The contact zone between a root and the surrounding soil mediates processes such as nutrient and water uptake and the interaction with microorganisms. Despite the importance of the contact zone, there is a lack of understanding ...

Sialic acids are sugars located at the cell surface on glycoproteins and lipids, and act as check-point inhibitors of the innate immune and complement systems. Sialic acids are abundant throughout the central nervous system, ...

Authentication is an area where users regularly encounter IT security, and it has been studied in the field of usable IT security for at least 25 years. There are numerous proposals and ideas to improve the IT security of ...

The significant increase in life expectancy over the past two centuries can be attributed to advancements in public health, including improved sanitation, access to clean drinking water, widespread immunization, and the ...

Crop growth models play a crucial role in agriculture as they help to understand how crops grow and thrive. They allow farmers to predict how much harvest they can expect, which is important when planning, storing, and ...

<strong>Einleitung: </strong> Virtuelle Simulatoren finden zunehmend Anwendung in der zahnmedizinischen Ausbildung. Diese Studie untersucht, ob das Training einer Vollgusskronenpräparation an virtuellen Präparationssimulatoren ...

CD8⁺ T cells are important for the elimination of intracellular pathogens and tumours. Activation of naive CD8⁺ T cells triggers their differentiation and clonal expansion, resulting in the formation ...

First introduced by Cherkis in theoretical physics, bow varieties form a rich family of symplectic varieties generalizing Nakajima quiver varieties. An algebro-geometric definition was later given by Nakajima and Takayama ...