Background Gender-based violence and gender inequality are increasingly cited as
important determinants of women's HIV risk; yet empirical research on possible connections …

Sex workers have long been considered a high-risk group for HIV infection, but to date little
quantitative research has explored the association between HIV risk and exchange of sex for …

Immune-microbe interactions early in life influence the risk of allergies, asthma, and other
inflammatory diseases. Breastfeeding guides healthier immune-microbe relationships by …

Cotton linters were partially hydrolyzed in dilute acid and the morphology of remaining
macrofibrils was studied with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) under various magnifications. …

The ability to use cellulosic biomass as feedstock for the large-scale production of liquid
fuels and chemicals depends critically on the development of effective low temperature …

Several converging lines of contemporary evidence suggest that weakness presents a more
serious compromise to movement function in poststroke hemiplegia than spasticity. This …

Gender-based violence is a key health risk for women globally and in South Africa. The
authors analyzed data from 1,395 interviews with women attending antenatal clinics in Soweto, …

Previous genetic and biochemical studies have led to the hypothesis that the essential
mitotic bipolar kinesin, KLP61F, cross-links and slides microtubules (MTs) during spindle …

This meta-analysis examined 36 studies comparing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and
control groups in reading comprehension. Three moderators (semantic knowledge, decoding …

It is well established that multiple microtubule-based motors contribute to the formation and
function of the mitotic spindle, but how the activities of these motors interrelate remains …