Impact of high-risk EBV strains on nasopharyngeal carcinoma gene expression.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is closely associated with Epstein-Barr Virus infection (EBV). Despite ubiquitous EBV infection worldwide, NPC displays a unique geographical distribution in Southern China and Southeast Asia. This observed phenomenon can be attributed to the interplay of different strains of EBV infection with host genetics and environmental factors.

Object-of-Interest Perception in a Reconfigurable Rolling-Crawling Robot.

Cebrenus Rechenburgi, a member of the huntsman spider family have inspired researchers to adopt different locomotion modes in reconfigurable robotic development. Object-of-interest perception is crucial for such a robot to provide fundamental information on the traversed pathways and guide its locomotion mode transformation. Therefore, we present a object-of-interest perception in a reconfigurable rolling-crawling robot and identifying appropriate locomotion modes.

AI-Enabled Mosquito Surveillance and Population Mapping Using Dragonfly Robot.

Mosquito-borne diseases can pose serious risks to human health. Therefore, mosquito surveillance and control programs are essential for the wellbeing of the community. Further, human-assisted mosquito surveillance and population mapping methods are time-consuming, labor-intensive, and require skilled manpower.

False Ceiling Deterioration Detection and Mapping Using a Deep Learning Framework and the Teleoperated Reconfigurable 'Falcon' Robot.

Periodic inspection of false ceilings is mandatory to ensure building and human safety. Generally, false ceiling inspection includes identifying structural defects, degradation in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, electrical wire damage, and pest infestation. Human-assisted false ceiling inspection is a laborious and risky task.

Remote drain inspection framework using the convolutional neural network and re-configurable robot Raptor.

Drain blockage is a crucial problem in the urban environment. It heavily affects the ecosystem and human health. Hence, routine drain inspection is essential for urban environment.

Prednisolone: role in amoxicillin-clavulanate-induced cholestatic liver injury.

A 68-year-old patient presented with symptoms of a urinary tract infection. A deterioration in the patient's liver function tests (LFTs) was noted 1 week following completion of a course of amoxicillin-clavunalate. This progressively worsened, reaching its peak by day 30.

Comparative Genomics: Insights on the Pathogenicity and Lifestyle of .

Proper management of agricultural disease is important to ensure sustainable food security. Staple food crops like rice, wheat, cereals, and other cash crops hold great export value for countries. Ensuring proper supply is critical; hence any biotic or abiotic factors contributing to the shortfall in yield of these crops should be alleviated.

Improved genome of type strain provides new taxonomic insight into genomospecies 4.

The reported DSM 30174 genome is highly fragmented, hindering robust comparative genomics and genome-based taxonomic analysis. We re-sequenced the type strain, generating a dramatically improved genome with high contiguity. In addition, we sequenced the genome of B6, enabling for the first time, a proper comparative genomics of these contentious species.

High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of the Type Strain of Allorhizobium vitis, the Primary Causal Agent of Grapevine Crown Gall.

Using Illumina and Nanopore reads, we assembled a high-quality draft genome sequence of Allorhizobium vitis K309 (= ATCC 49767, = NCPPB 3554), a phytopathogenic strain isolated from a grapevine in Australia. The hybrid approach generated 50% fewer contigs and a 3-fold increase in the value compared with the previous Illumina-only assembly.

Medical planning for mass-participation running events: a 3-year review of a half-marathon in Singapore.

Background: Systematically planning appropriate medical coverage for mass-participation running events is a challenge that has received relatively little attention in the medical literature, despite its potentially severe consequences. In particular, the literature lacks quantitative information on running events that medical planners can utilize for decisions on medical resource allocation and deployment.

Methods: Using a case-study approach, this study provides a detailed quantitative medical services utilization profile for the Singapore Army Half-Marathon, constructed from participant and casualty data spanning three years and comprising over 80,000 data points.

Acanthosis nigricans in a patient treated with palifermin.

Palifermin is a modified human keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) given to decrease the incidence and duration of severe oral mucositis in patients receiving myelotoxic chemotherapy followed by a hematopoietic stem cell transplant. We report a case of a 42-year-old man who developed acanthosis nigricans after taking palifermin.

Systemic therapy for psoriasis.

Psoriasis therapy has changed dramatically in the past decade with the introduction of biologic therapy. The treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis is reviewed. Phototherapy, conventional systemic therapy, and biologic therapy are discussed including practical tips for administering each agent.

Rosacea, light, and phototherapy.

The long-established notion that rosacea is worsened by light is of particular concern in the phototherapy of diseases such as psoriasis, eczema, or vitiligo, which often can be coexistent with rosacea. A literature search was conducted and much evidence was found to challenge this belief that light adversely affects rosacea. In fact, more patients actually improved with sunlight in a more recent published survey.