Unity makes strength: clustered extinctions have stronger, longer-lasting effects on metacommunities dynamics

When unity makes strength

In metastatic melanoma patients, circulating natural killer (NK) cells display phenotypic and functional alterations that appear to correlate with the duration of stage IV disease. Moreover, specific NK cell subsets that exhibit robust tumoricidal functions upon activation by cytokines infiltrate the diseased lymph nodes of these patients. These data suggest that NK cells may be harnessed for t...

Carbon nanotubes provide longer lasting gastroprotective effects for anandamide in stress-induced gastric ulcer in rat

Introduction: Anandamide (AEA) has shown a wide spectrum of pharmacological activities including the effects against the peptic ulcer, meanwhile, the poor solubility or short half-life may negatively affect the effectiveness of this valuable cannabinoid. Based on the superior properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for controlled drug delivery, we aimed to prepare AEA-CNTs complex and evaluat...

ADVANCED MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS Caterpillar Incorporated New Coating Technology for Stronger, Longer Lasting Wear Parts

In the heavy manufacturing industry, strength, resilience, and reliability are vital characteristics in products. In the early 1990s, Caterpillar developed a research plan to apply functionally gradient material (FGM) coatings onto wear parts in a cost-effective manner so that the coated parts would last several times longer than parts currently available. By spraying a series of coatings desig...

New multistage TB vaccine shown to produce stronger, longer-lasting response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Ephemeral disturbances have long-lasting impacts on forest invasion dynamics.

Ephemeral disturbances are common in many systems. Often, these brief events are assumed to be a nuisance with little long-term ecological impact. We quantified the impact of the ephemeral forest disturbance caused by gypsy moth canopy defoliation on exotic plant invasion in eight hardwood forests in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, USA. Six years following the gypsy moth distur...