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... We propose a model whereby players’ beliefs about the opponents’ reasoning are anchored to an irrelevant number. The model predicts that strategies are adjusted toward the anchor if they are complements. If strategies are substitutes, adjustments away are also possible. ...
... New digitally enabled modes of food provisioning are being developed. The aim of this paper is to examine, empirically illustrate, and conceptualize how and under what conditions these digital food platforms become routinized and what this means for the enabling of sustainable food consumption. Drawing on an ethnographically inspired study of three digital food provision platforms - i.e. meal box ...
complement, etc ; hydrologic models; model validation; runoff; Show all 4 Subjects
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... The performance criteria have been often used in the hydrological model evaluation or calibration. Since the performance criteria have their own advantages and disadvantages, it is necessary to understand the impact of each performance criterion on the model evaluation or calibration to be used for the purposes of model applications. The Liu Mean Efficiency (LME) was proposed for the design flow e ...
complement, etc ; electricity; energy; heat transfer; renewable energy sources; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Energy simulations of buildings complement or replace the static calculations used so far and provide detailed answers to questions such as: what is the energy demand for individual purposes in a building and how does it change over the course of a day, a month, a year and also enable a comparison of several design variants and the selection of the optimal one in terms of energy consumption. There ...
complement, etc ; Lewis bases; free radicals; regioselectivity; transition elements; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Oxetanes are valuable building blocks due to their well-explored propensity to undergo ring-opening reactions with nucleophiles. However, their application as precursors of radical species is still elusive. Herein, we present a bioinspired cobalt-catalysis-based strategy to access unprecedented modes of radical reactivity via oxetane ring-opening. This powerful approach gives access to nucleophili ...
complement, etc ; bundling; econometrics; journals; models; probability; purchasing; utilities; Show all 8 Subjects
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... This paper studies partial identification of latent complementarity in an optimizing model with two goods and binary quantities of each good (buy/do not buy). We provide bounds on the fraction of individuals for whom goods are complements, or substitutes. When utility indices are unknown, we present simple bounds that require only the average structural function (“mean demands”). We show these sim ...
complement, etc ; data collection; glycomics; isomerization; mass spectrometry; spectrometers; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Accurate characterization of chemical structures is important to understand their underlying biological mechanisms and functional properties. Mass spectrometry (MS) is a popular tool but is not always sufficient to completely unveil all structural features. For example, although carbohydrates are biologically relevant, their characterization is complicated by numerous levels of isomerism. Ion mobi ...
Daniel Drazan; Hanna Czajka; Jason D. Maguire; Jean-Louis Pregaldien; Roger Maansson; Robert O'Neill; Annaliesa S Anderson; Paul Balmer; Johannes Beeslaar; John L Perez
complement, etc ; antibodies; blood serum; humans; immunogenicity; serotypes; vaccination; vaccines; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The MenB-FHbp vaccine is licensed to prevent meningococcal serogroup B disease on either a 2-dose (0, 6 months) or 3-dose (0, 1–2, 6 months) series. This phase 3 study further assessed the immunogenicity and safety of the 2-dose MenB-FHbp schedule.Subjects 10–25 years of age received MenB-FHbp (months 0, 6) and the quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine MenACWY-CRM (month 0). Primary immunog ...
complement, etc ; electric potential difference; electrodes; industrial wastes; industry; prototypes; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This paper concerns the implementation of the electrostatic separation process as complement of the mechanical sorting separators in the recycling industry. Preliminary experiments carried out on the laboratory separator have established the limit values for the speed of the rotating electrode and the high supply voltage for the industrial prototype. Industrial tests have validated the use of elec ...
complement, etc ; X-radiation; microstructure; modulus of elasticity; paper; porosity; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Mechanical properties of fiber-based materials, such as paper, are governed by the heterogeneous microstructure induced by the formation process. For example, in paper materials during tensile tests, lower strains are observed in the flocs (fiber aggregates where the basis weight is larger than the average one) than in the antiflocs (complement of flocs). To explain such behavior, we investigated ...
complement, etc ; Panax; biopolymers; immune response; macrophages; osteoporosis; polysaccharides; research; therapeutics; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Panax polysaccharides are biopolymers that are isolated and purified from the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits of Panax L. plants, which have attracted considerable attention because of their immunomodulatory activities. In this paper, the composition and structural characteristics of purified polysaccharides are reviewed. Moreover, the immunomodulatory activities of polysaccharides are d ...
complement, etc ; Internet; cost effectiveness; geophysics; politics; risk; risk assessment; Portugal; Show all 8 Subjects
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... European countries are affected by various levels of seismic hazard, including many areas with medium to high seismicity. Heavy damage over large areas has been observed in past earthquakes in these countries, particularly in masonry buildings located in historical centers, confirming the need for enhancing the current knowledge on the seismic vulnerability of these constructions, so more informed ...
J.J. de la Cruz-Cruz; M.A. Domínguez-Crespo; E. Ramírez-Meneses; A.M. Torres-Huerta; S.B. Brachetti-Sibaja; A.E. Rodríguez-Salazar; E. Pastor; L.E. González-Sánchez
complement, etc ; chemical composition; dielectric spectroscopy; electrochemistry; hydrogen production; transmission electron microscopy; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This document presents the supporting information for the evaluation of the role of Ni amount during the in situ synthesis of vulcan supported PdNi nanostructures using an organometallic approach for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline medium [1]. The data here presented included analysis of deconvolution during structural characterization, chemical composition and transmission electron micros ...
complement, etc ; ancestry; chloroplasts; ecophysiology; eukaryotic cells; evolution; landscapes; mitochondria; photosynthesis; proteomics; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Mitochondria have been fundamental to the eco‐physiological success of eukaryotes since the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA). They contribute essential functions to eukaryotic cells, above and beyond classical respiration. Mitochondria interact with, and complement, metabolic pathways occurring in other organelles, notably diversifying the chloroplast metabolism of photosynthetic organisms. ...
complement, etc ; humans; models; photogrammetry; probability; regression analysis; travel; urban development; China; Show all 9 Subjects
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... The quality of street space plays an important role in promoting urban development. Street space refers to public spaces consisting of street elements such as plant, roads and buildings. Humans are the main users of street space. How to quantify the human perception of the quality of street space and how to explore the connection between the quality of street space and street composition elements ...
complement, etc ; extracellular matrix; fields; forces; journals; molecular models; physical chemistry; wills; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Many biological processes result from the effect of mechanical forces on macromolecular structures and on their interactions. In particular, the cell shape, motion, and differentiation directly depend on mechanical stimuli from the extracellular matrix or from neighboring cells. The development of experimental techniques that can measure and characterize the tiny forces acting at the cellular scal ...
complement, etc ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; biofilm; macrophages; mice; perfluorocarbons; phenotype; three-dimensional printing; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Microfluidic devices are widely used in many fields of biology, but a key limitation is that cells are typically surrounded by solid walls, making it hard to access those that exhibit a specific phenotype for further study. Here, we provide a general and flexible solution to this problem that exploits the remarkable properties of microfluidic circuits with fluid walls─transparent interfaces betwee ...
complement, etc ; Bayesian theory; case studies; risk; risk management; rivers; satellites; soil; Germany; Show all 9 Subjects
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... This study introduces a method for assessing the annual failure rate of levees based on information from historical floods, while also considering the return period of these past events. Also, an approach has been developed to quantify the influence of deviating conditions on failure rates. The presence of deviating conditions at failed and survived levee sections is analyzed based on satellite ob ...
complement, etc ; Plasmodium; blood; fibrin; fibrinolysis; homeostasis; humans; immunoglobulins; invertebrates; malaria; parasitology; plasmin; therapeutics; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Plasmodium and other vector-borne pathogens have evolved mechanisms to hijack the mammalian fibrinolytic system to facilitate infection of the human host and the invertebrate vector. Plasmin, the effector protease of fibrinolysis, maintains homeostasis in the blood vasculature by degrading the fibrin that forms blood clots. Plasmin also degrades proteins from extracellular matrices, the complement ...
complement, etc ; glomerulopathy; humans; innate immunity; interleukin-10; interleukin-6; ligands; monocytes; pathogenesis; secretion; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Human complement Factor H-related protein 1 (FHR-1) is one of complement Factor H-related proteins (FHRs) and plays an important role in innate immunity. In particular, FHR-1 promotes complement activation by competing with Factor H (FH) for ligands on different surfaces or directly binding to C3b and native C3. Paradoxically, FHR-1 restrains complement activation by inhibiting C5 convertase and t ...