Systemic inflammation responses have been associated with cancer development and progression. C-reactive protein (CRP), Glasgow prognostic score (GPS), neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), lymphocyte-monocyte ratio (LMR), and neutrophil-platelet score (NPS) have been shown to be independent risk factors in various types of malignant tumors. This retrospective anal...

The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in FeSe/STO has trigged great research interest to reveal a range of exotic physical phenomena in this novel material. Here we present a temperature dependent magnetotransport measurement for ultrathin FeSe/STO films with different thickness and protection layers. Remarkably, a surprising linear magnetoresistance (LMR) is observed around the s...

a Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories and Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA b NJU-ECE Institute for Underground Space and Geo-environment, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 210093 c Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Sch...

For mate-searching species, the learnedmate recognition (LMR) hypothesis assumes that sexual harassment favours signal variation among females, which exploits the receiver ability of males. Themodel predicts that coevolving males have responded to the female sexual foil by learning to recognize female variants as potential mates. I translate the LMR hypothesis into the language of signal detect...

The profiling of cancer cell secretomes is considered to be a good strategy for identifying cancer-related biomarkers, but few studies have focused on identifying low-molecular-mass (LMr) proteins (<15 kDa) in cancer cell secretomes. Here, we used tricine-SDS-gel-assisted fractionation and LC-MS/MS to systemically identify LMr proteins in the secretomes of five oral cavity squamous cell carcino...

The determination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in environmental samples, such as drinking waters, requires the design high performing versatile sensing strategies. Label-free biosensing platforms based on specialty fiber optics are a valid option to face this challenge. Among them, lossy mode resonance (LMR) optic biosensors showing remarkable performance terms detection limit,...

Longitudinal magnetoresistance (LMR) refers to the change in resistance due a magnetic field when current and are parallel each other. For this be nonzero weak fields, kinetic theory stipulates that electronic dispersion must satisfy certain conditions: it should either sufficiently anisotropic or have topological features. The former results positive LMR, while latter negative LMR. Here, I pro...

INTRODUCTION Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) release assays, such as QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test (QFT-G) and QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-GIT) are designed to detect M. tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. Recognition of unusual IFN-γ measurements may help indicate inaccurate results. METHODS We examined QFT-G and QFT-GIT results from subjects who had two or more tests completed. We classified unus...

A study was conducted on the incidence of perinatal lamb mortality with extension up to 30 days of age (PMR 30) in West African Dwarf sheep in Ibadan, Nigeria, over a three year period. An overall PMR 30 of 19.9% was recorded. This consisted of an abortion rate of 3.0%, a still-birth rate of 2.7% and a neonatal lamb mortality rate of 15.6% up to 30 days of age (LMR). Abortion rate was significa...