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Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) in Cape Town, South Africa: a descriptive outcomes cohort study
INTRODUCTION Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) or acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP) is an important cause of acute severe and life-threatening weakness. It occurs worldwide and may affect all age groups, but varies widely in clinical presentation, subtype, …
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Roles of Group B Streptococcal membrane proteins in virulence and protection
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) asymptomatically colonizes the rectovaginal tract in up to 20% of women worldwide. During pregnancy, GBS is a leading cause of invasive infections associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes including preterm births, neonatal infections, and stillbirths. In addition to …
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The adherence to group b streptococcus screening guidelines amongst pregnant women in Western Australia – A quantitative descriptive analysis
Colonisation with Group B Streptococci (GBS) is a major risk factor for neonatal infection acquired via vertical transmission during pregnancy, labour, or birth, potentially resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Universal screening at 35 – 37 weeks gestation for maternal GBS …
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Utility Accrual Real-Time Scheduling: Models and Algorithms
… the Generic Benefit Scheduling algorithm (or GBS). GBS solves a previously open real-time scheduling problem: scheduling activities subject to arbitrarily shaped, time/utility function (TUF) time constraints and mutual exclusion resource constraints. A TUF specifies the utility of completing …
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The frequency and characterization of streptococci in aerobic vaginitis (AV) and its association with pregnancy outcomes
… bacteria such as group B streptococci (GBS) and E. faecalis in pregnant women are regarded to be the leading cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity world-wide. The aim of the study was to detect the prevalence of AV and its associated bacteria with preterm delivery in the Western …
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Atomistic Study of Grain Boundary Sliding
… deformation and damage, grain boundary sliding (GBS) plays a critical role. For example, in ceramics, GBS is the predominant mechanism since dislocation activity is quite suppressed. Although decades of work have gone in understanding GBS, there are several open questions like an appropriate GBS …
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Statin-Mediated Attenuation of Chemokine Expression in Peripheral Nerve Vascular Endothelial Cells
… in the pathogenesis of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a debilitating autoimmune disorder that affects the peripheral nervous system. By up-regulating endothelial expression of chemokines and cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), TNF-α facilitates the recruitment and trafficking of autoreactive …
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NMR characterisation of group b streptococcus capsular polysaccharide repeating units
… To date, ten serotypes of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) have been recognised (Ia, Ib, II - IX), each identified and differentiated by their sialic acid-containing capsular polysaccharide. Capsular polysaccharides are the virulence factor for bacterial pathogens and the target for vaccine …
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Multiscale Modeling of Effects of Solute Segregation and Oxidation on Grain Boundary Strength in Ni and Fe Based Alloys
… the effects of solute or impurity segregation at GBs on the GB strength are studied. Thermal annealing or radiation induced segregation of solute and impurity elements to GBs in metallic alloys changes GB chemistry and thus can alter the GB cohesive strength. To understand the underlying …
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A resonant mirror biosensor approach to understand antibody-antigen interactions in Guillain Barré Syndrome
… frequently associated with clinical symptoms in GBS. These antibodies were found to be specific to various gangliosides and ganglioside complexes. It was also found that antibody reactivity to gangliosides is affected by membrane components. The most prevalent (20-30%) immunoglobulin in GBS is …
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Macrolide and lincosamide resistance patterns in invasive and colonizing group B streptococcus isolated in Belgium
… resistance among group B Streptococcus (GBS) have been reported worldwilde. Therefore phenotypical and molecular surveillance of macrolides and lincosamides resistance patterns in Belgium has been conducted. Antimicrobial susceptilities to erythromycin and clindamycin were determined by …
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Streptococcus agalactiae bei Schwangeren und Neugeborenen : Prävalenz und Transmission sowie Serotypen und molekulargenetische Charakteristika
… agalactiae oder Gruppe B-Streptokokken (GBS) sind der führende Erreger der invasiven Neugeboreneninfektionen. Sie äußern sich als Sepsis, Meningitis oder Pneumonie und treten in ca. 80% der Fälle in den ersten 6 Lebenstagen auf, überwiegend innerhalb der ersten 24 Stunden nach der Geburt. …
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Identification of loci for resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot (white mold) in accessions of perennial relative of soybean (Glycine latifolia)
… (MD5) Appendix F. GBS SNP genotype data for F5 mapping population.docx: 172727 bytes, checksum: bf91fb795a690e38c804b485113812ee (MD5) Appendix E. GBS SNP genotype data for F2 mapping population.docx: 211005 bytes, checksum: 23a1a3f5465ce51498cbfc28248b8e23 (MD5) …
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Quantitative understanding of the role of grain boundaries in polycrystalline deformation via multiscale digital image correlation
… strains in the vicinity of grain boundaries (GBs). Particularly we address the interaction of slip with GBs which can result in slip blockage or slip transmission and investigate how these two possible outcomes of slip-GB interaction influence the plastic strain magnitudes and fatigue crack …
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Background-dependent genetic architecture of Fusarium head blight resistance in U.S. hard winter wheat
… the utility of genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) for characterizing introgression populations. A total of 470 BC₂F₄ lines carrying different QTL combinations were evaluated for Type II FHB resistance and agronomic traits. The effectiveness of QTL combinations varied among genetic backgrounds, …
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Atomic-scale assessment of graphene-substrate interactions, grain boundaries, and materials for heterostructures
… graphene domains that form grain boundaries (GBs) when these domains merge. These graphene GBs strongly perturb the local graphene electronic structure, leading to localized states and decreased the local work functions. The GBs induce p-n-p and p-p’-p (p’ < p) potential barriers that scatter …
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Grain boundaries in coated conductors
… density Jc) was limited by grain boundaries (GBs). In order to reduce their detrimental effects coated conductors have been developed, in which a superconducting thin film is deposited on a polycrystalline, textured substrate. Within certain temperature and magnetic field ranges, however, GBs …
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Underlying Mechanisms of Halide Perovskites Properties and Metal Insulator Transitions in Vanadium Dioxide
… the MIT is less sharp due to grain boundaries (GBs). Despite the crucial role of GBs in the MIT, the mechanisms driving them to be semiconducting or metallic are not fully understood. Here, we demonstrate that V-V pairing, which renders monoclinic VO<sub>2</sub> semiconducting in bulk, also …
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Weakening of ice by magnesium perchlorate hydrate
… results suggest that grain boundary sliding (GBS) may be enhanced with respect to pure ice. As the enhancement of GBS is expected in polycrystalline aggregates containing a few percent melt or otherwise weak material distributed along grain boundaries, the observed n~~ 2 is consistent with the …
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Computational methods for genomic variant calling and analysis
… a comparison of genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) analysis methods on plant data. As a reduced-representation sequencing method to identify genetic variants and quickly genotype samples, GBS produces extensive missing data and requires complex bioinformatics analysis, particularly in the …
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