• BACKGROUND Thrombocytopenia in cancer patients with an indication for anticoagulation poses a unique clinical challenge. There are guidelines for the setting of venous thromboembolism but not atrial fibrillation (AF). Evidence is lacking and current practice is unclear. OBJECTIVE To identify patient and physician characteristics associated with…[Read more]

  • Interaction among concentrated spherical polyelectrolyte brushes (SPB) dispersions in water was systematically investigated by means of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS), and rheological methods. SPB consist of a core of polystyrene (PS) and a poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) brush shell. The “polyelectrolyte peak”…[Read more]

  • LAT clustered in multiple supramolecular complexes and their number and size distributions were determined. Using this protocol, cSMAC properties in its cellular context at the interface between a T cell and an APC could be quantified.Animal infection models play significant roles in studying bacterial pathogenic mechanisms, host pathogen…[Read more]

  • Background Death during pregnancy and postpartum in the United States is an issue of urgent and growing concern. Mortality from obstetric-related causes is on the rise, and pregnancy-associated homicide remains a leading cause of death. It is unknown how the context in which women live contributes to their risk of obstetric or violent death during…[Read more]

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