Giardia trophozoites attach to the intestinal microvilli (or inert surfaces) using an undefined “suction-based”
mechanism, and remain attached during cell division to avoid peristalsis. …

Giardia intestinalis is a ubiquitous parasitic protist that is the causative agent of giardiasis,
one of the most common protozoan diarrheal diseases in the world. Giardia trophozoites …

Giardia lamblia is a highly prevalent yet understudied protistan parasite causing significant
diarrheal disease worldwide. Hosts ingest Giardia cysts from contaminated sources. In the …

A critical component of flagellar assembly, the kinesin-2 heterotrimeric complex powers the
anterograde movement of proteinaceous rafts along the outer doublet of axonemes in …

Giardia is a highly prevalent, understudied protistan parasite causing significant diarrheal
disease worldwide. Its life cycle consists of two stages: infectious cysts ingested from …

Mesenchymal stem cells are an easily obtainable stem cell source from bone marrow. Presently,
they are the most widely used cell type for cellular replacement strategies in humans as …

Background Diplomonads are common free-living inhabitants of anoxic aquatic environments
and are also found as intestinal commensals or parasites of a wide variety of animals. …

Background Alcohol abuse is recognized as a significant contributor to injury. It is therefore
essential that trauma centers implement screening and brief intervention (SBI) to identify …

Computer-aided diagnosis systems have been developed to assist doctors in diagnosing
thyroid nodules to reduce errors made by traditional diagnosis methods, which are mainly …

… jk from joint pt j to pt k at timestamp t, represented by the unit vector … Each vector JJOt jk is
a 3D vector where all of its components can be normalized to the range [0, 255]. We consider …