Modifying threat related biases in attention and interpretation has been shown to successfully reduce global symptoms of anxiety in high anxious and clinically anxious samples (termed Cognitive Bias Modification, CBM). However, the possibility that CBM can be used as a way to prevent anxiety associated with an upcoming real-life stressful event in vulnerable populations has yet to be systematic...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the interest of academia and a range industries. Much this appeal is driven by obsession with military political supremacy, desire to control people their movements. This article looks at expansion impact AI systems deployed along physical borders on mobility illegalised non-citizens border security in Global North. Using case study Silicon Valley’s And...

This article is published as part of the Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography special issue based on Vega symposium: 'Bounded spaces in question: X-raying persistence regions, territories and borders, edited by Anssi Paasi.ABSTRACTThe distorted shape many today’s political borders has been widely noted. An increasingly sprawling body literature geography beyond explored growing spatia...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study examines the effects of a single session of Cognitive Bias Modification to induce positive Interpretative bias (CBM-I) using standard or explicit instructions and an analogue of computer-administered CBT (c-CBT) program on modifying cognitive biases and social anxiety. METHODS A sample of 76 volunteers with social anxiety attended a research site. At both ...

The AuMan5A, an acidophilic glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 5 β-mannanase derived from Aspergillus usamii YL-01-78, consists of an only catalytic domain (CD). To perfect enzymatic properties of the AuMan5A, a family 1 carbohydrate-binding module (CBM) of the Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I (TrCBH I), having the lowest binding free energy with cellobiose, was selected by in silico design,...

Carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) are ubiquitous components of glycoside hydrolases, which degrade polysaccharides in nature. CBMs target specific polysaccharides, and CBM binding affinity to cellulose is known to be proportional to cellulase activity, such that increasing binding affinity is an important component of performance improvement. To ascertain the impact of protein and glycan engi...

BACKGROUND Platelet preparations can stimulate the healing process and have mitogenic properties. We hypothesized that collagen barrier membranes (CBM), clinically used in guided bone regeneration and guided tissue regeneration, can serve as carriers for platelet secretome. METHODS Secretome was generated from washed platelets and unwashed platelets (washed/unwashed PSEC) and lyophilized onto...

The objective of this article is to identify the main areas where Central American migrants spend most their time during transit through Mexico. theoretical framework reviews mobility-immobility and aspiration/ability approaches that focus on mobility restrictions waiting times. definition territories inclusion length stay variable contribute study migration from perspective immobility. Using M...