Lichens are poikilohydric organisms, whose internal water content tends to reflect external humidity conditions.After drying, they can reactivate their metabolic activity through water vapor uptake or liquid water input.Thus, lichen water-related functional traits are important as they are involved in the duration of the hydrated period.Models pred
Sloping croplands in karst areas of Southwest China usually contain a multitude of rock outcrops with diameters larger than 25 cm.Rock outcrops and spatial location have substantial effects on soil properties and thus likely affect soil erodibility.Moreover, rock outcropping is a indicator of rocky desertification and has an important impact on soi
Background: End-of-life doulas are an emerging, non-medical support and advocacy role for the dying and their caregivers.As more and more people are dying at home, research shows end-of-life doulas are increasingly in demand as non-medical advocates and companions for the dying, and their friends and families.Compassionate communities are essential
OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Utilize polymer-based fiber scaffolds and machine learning methods applied to patient biomarker data to enhance and personalize T cell expansion and production for T cell therapy in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Scaffolds are 1) generated from a co-polymer blend of PDMS and PCL with controlled fiber diamet