Publications by authors named "M M Dekker"

Background: HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) are prevalent complications of ageing with treated HIV, disproportionally affecting sub-Saharan Africa. Causal HAND treatments are lacking worldwide; therefore, reversible factors are important to explore. Sleep duration and quality are frequently associated with risk of cognitive impairments.

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Eating rate (ER) can moderate energy intake and ER can be modified by the texture and physical properties of food. However, the magnitude of the effects is not well known. The aim of this study was to investigate how bread texture and physical properties determine ER.

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Fully organic photocatalyst systems are highly attractive, not merely because they are transition-metal free, but more importantly due to their unique and often potent reactivity. A detailed understanding of the various redox states, both ground and excited state, and specifically what structural parameters control them is therefore crucial for harnessing the full potential of these systems in organic synthesis. However, unlike their organometallic counterparts, detailed structure-property relationships for organic photocatalysts are largely absent from the literature.

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Background: Rabies remains a major public health problem in low- and middle-income countries. However, human rabies deaths are rarely laboratory-confirmed or sequenced, especially in Africa. Five human rabies deaths from Tanzania and Kenya were investigated and the causative rabies viruses sequenced, with the aim of identifying implications for rabies control at individual, healthcare and societal levels.

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Transport through the nuclear pore complex (NPC) relies on intrinsically disordered FG-nucleoporins (FG-Nups) forming a selective barrier. Away from the NPC, FG-Nups readily form condensates and aggregates, and we address how this behavior is surveilled in cells. FG-Nups, including Nsp1, together with the nuclear transport receptor Kap95, form a native daughter cell-specific cytosolic condensate in yeast.

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