Motivation: AlphaFold has been a major advance in predicting protein structure, but still leaves the problem of determining which sub-molecular components of a protein are essential for it to carry out its function within the cell. Direct coupling analysis predicts two- and three-amino acid contacts, but there may be essential interdependencies that are not proximal within the 3D structure. The problem to be addressed is to design a computational method that locates and ranks essential non-proximal interdependencies within a protein involving five or more amino acids, using large, multiple sequence alignments (MSAs) for both globular and intrinsically unstructured proteins.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMany commentators argue that, until the 1980s, Brisbane and Queensland were cultural backwaters within the Australian context. However, with the hosting of the highly successful (1982) and (1988) and with the development of the Queensland Cultural (1976-) and South Bank (1974-) Precincts, Brisbane and Queensland cast aside perennial apologism to acquire prominence, maturity, and self-respect. Within these national, state, and municipal settings, the theme, timing, and venue for the (1985) involved risk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAccounts of dental history in Queensland are few and almost invariably authored by those who either held or hold power. The focus is 'who, what, when' rather than 'why and how'. -related developments as a case study provide an opportunity to assess aspects of the Australian Dental Association Queensland Branch's (ADAQ) model of administration in the early 1970s.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere are few formal publications in Australia relating to Victorian-era dentures and reliable evidence relating to their contemporaneous design, ownership and type is almost non-existent. Archeologists have reported only ten denture units retrieved from eight individuals interred in 19 century Australian cemeteries. A salvage excavation in 2001 at the North Brisbane Burial Grounds (NBBG, 1843-1875) uncovered, , an assemblage of two metal- and two vulcanite-based dentures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe rationale that underpins volunteering has long fascinated behavioral scientists. James Meyrick Croker's personal life, professional career and community engagement conform to the classic twentieth century model for professional behavior. Accordingly, the authors use historical methods of investigation to evaluate the influences on and the legacies from a remarkable contribution to the professions and the community.
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