by | Mar 10, 2018 | Storch, Gregory
— Background: Viral infections are common causes of fever without an apparent source (FWS) in young children. Despite absence of bacterial infection, many febrile children are treated with antibiotics. Virus and bacteria interact with different pattern recognition receptors in circulating blood leuko…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Benzinger, Tammie, Wang, Qing, Wang, Yong
— Background: One in three seniors will die of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or other neurodegenerative diseases. As the prevalence of AD increases rapidly, there is a strong need for early diagnoses and the ability to evaluate efficacy of drug treatments. Typically, a combination of neurological tes…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Ironside, Daniel, Shen, Jung-Tsung
— Background: Advances in nonlinear materials give rise to a multitude of optical phenomena that have important applications as switches and modulators in telecommunications and optical computing industry. The degree of optical nonlinearity in a material depends upon the strength of the optical field…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Axelbaum, Richard, Dhungel, Bhupesh, Gopan, Akshay, Kumfer, Benjamin, Xia, Fei
— Technology Description: Washington University in St. Louis researchers have developed new technology for clean coal combustion. The Staged Pressurized Oxy-Combustion (SPOC) system, pioneered by researchers at Dr Axelbaum’s Laboratory for Advanced Combustion & Energy Research, provides a pa…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Knoop, Kathryn, McDonald, Keely, Newberry, Rodney
— Background: The frequency of allergic disorders has been rapidly increasing in children in Western societies. Previous studies have shown reduced allergic outcomes in at-risk children upon breast feeding with complementary introduction of food allergens combined with limited oral antibiotic exposure…