Background Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) testing might provide a current assessment of
the genomic profile of advanced cancer, without the need to repeat tumour biopsy. We aimed …

Robotic Autonomy is a seven-week, hands-on introduction to robotics designed for high school
students. The course presents a broad survey of robotics, beginning with mechanism and …

Proprioception, the perception of body and limb position, is mediated by proprioceptors,
specialized mechanosensory neurons that convey information about the stretch and tension …

The genomics of advanced breast cancer (ABC) has been described through tumour tissue
biopsy sequencing, although these approaches are limited by geographical and temporal …

During the summer of 2002, Robotic Autonomy was taught to thirty students at Carnegie
Mellon West in cooperation with NASA/Ames (Moffett Field, CA). The authors at Carnegie …

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) patients have dissimilar red blood cell (RBC)
phenotypes compared to the primarily Caucasian blood donor base due, in part, to underlying …

OBJECTIVES: Hypercoagulability may be a key mechanism for acute organ injury and death
in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019, but the relationship between elevated …

Background Acanthamoebidae is a “family” level amoebozoan group composed of the
genera Acanthamoeba, Protacanthamoeba, and very recently Luapeleamoeba. This clade of …

Background Primary school children engage in a wide range of reading activities, yet we lack
insights into why children choose to read different text types. Furthermore, recent studies of …

The authors explored adolescents’ reasons for reading or not reading books. In individual
interviews with 39 adolescents (ages 15 and 16) in the United Kingdom, they reported that …