Wisely perceived, altruism is not self-sacrifice but rather enlightened self-interest . As the Dalai Lama put it, “If you’re going to be selfish, be wisely selfish—which means to love and serve others, since love and service to others bring rewards to oneself that otherwise would be unachievable” . These benefits of altruism hold major implications…

Spike-RBD-Fc and trimeric Spike ectodomain , and ACE2-Fc were produced as biotinylated proteins as previously described.Fabs were subcloned from the Fab-phagemid into an E. coli expression vector pBL347. VH-Fc were cloned into a pFUSE vector with a human IgG1 Fc domain as previously described.The heavy chain of the IgG were cloned from the Fab plasmid into…

The frequency response is determined from averaging the cross-spectra of the input output data. It is evident that the frequency response derived from the case with harder forcing deviates from the nominal, or low amplitude, frequency response. Additionally, the jet velocity coherence, shown in Fig. 3, decreases with the larger amplitude forcing compared to the nominal…

According to a survey carried out by Handley , “19 of the 60 countries that delimit constituencies indicated that respect for communities of interest was a criterion considered by the boundary authority” . That selection of countries includes such disparate nations as Australia, Germany, Hungary, Pakistan, Nepal, and Papua New Guinea, all defining the term…

This review therefore focuses on the roles of organic N metabolites derived from microbes, as well as on the roles of pyridoxal-5′-phosphate -dependent enzymes, which constitute the primary family of enzymes responsible for N metabolism. Additionally, this review highlights potential applications of N metabolites and related gene products developed using synthetic biology to engineer new…

If productivity gains can support sustainability, climate, and rural development goals, then more explicit consideration and potential yield-enhancing technologies is needed to design effective policy instruments. Future analyses can benefit from consideration of these factors for a more comprehensive assessment of environmental and health impacts of dietary transitions.As one of the six major air pollutants, nitrous oxide…

The μXRF maps indicate that Ce was mostly adsorbed on the barley roots or aggregated in the soil just outside the roots, but was not detected inside the roots . This data is similar with our previous finding which showed high concentration of Ce on wheat root surface.Hernandez et al. also reported CeO2-NPs adsorption in…

The overall mean phenotypic value of each line across the environments was taken as the input phenotype for that line representing the genotypic value of that line. All QTL detected would represent those showing consistent effects across environments. There were many statistical approaches to identify and estimate QTL effects such as linear regression model, interval…

We may use the Blasius solution of the Prandtl equation, since, by comparing the size of the nanobubble to the size of the water laminae we may approximate the relative curvature to be negligible, as well as the flow being laminar due to the fluid itself being static, and hence the flat plate approximation may…