Publications by authors named "M T Meister"
This article is about the neural conundrum behind the slowness of human behavior. The information throughput of a human being is about 10 bits/s. In comparison, our sensory systems gather data at ∼10 bits/s.
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- Climate change is altering habitats in the Arctic Ocean, affecting migrating baleen whales like blue and fin whales, leading to changes in their range and presence in Arctic waters.
- A study using passive acoustic monitoring in Fram Strait from 2012 to 2021 reveals that blue whales are primarily present from July to October, with some winter activity, while fin whales peak in mid-summer to autumn with some winter and sporadic spring presence.
- Environmental factors such as zooplankton mass and sea surface temperature influence the acoustic presence of blue and fin whales, with no significant trends in the timing of their presence over the years, indicating Fram Strait is an important feeding ground for these species.
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- Fibrinolysis plays a crucial role in the release of hematopoietic stem cells from bone marrow, affecting the development of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL).
- Activation of plasmin, driven by annexin A2, alters the extracellular matrix (ECM), which impacts cancer cell growth by trapping the growth factor IGF1 and hindering signaling pathways.
- Inhibiting plasmin activation with ε-aminocaproic acid (EACA) shows promise in reducing tumor size and extending survival in B-ALL models, suggesting that targeting fibrinolysis could be a helpful addition to cancer treatment.
Background: The importance of ethanol-based hand rubs (EBHRs) to prevent health care-associated infections is undisputed. However, there is a lack of meaningful data regarding the influence of EBHRs on skin microbiome.
Methods: Four nurses in a neonatal intensive care unit were included.
Background: Our objective was to compare the use of agentic ("I") and communal ("we") spoken intraoperative discourse between male and female attending and resident surgeons.
Methods: We analyzed transcripts involving attending and resident surgeons from 5 specialties at a single Midwestern academic teaching hospital. We adapted and expanded Grebelsky-Lichtman's codes, assessed rater agreement, and systematically coded transcripts for agentic and communal terms.