POLICY AND BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE TO SHOCK EVENTS: AN AGENT-BASED MODEL OF THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EQUITY OF POLICY DESIGN FEATURES.

Policy and behavioral response to shock events: An agent-based model of the effectiveness and equity of policy design features.

In the aftermath of shock events, policy responses tend to be crafted under significant time constraints and high levels of uncertainty.The extent to which individuals comply with different policy designs can further influence how effective the policy responses are and how equitably their impacts are distributed in the population.Tools which allow

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Constitutive type VI secretion system expression gives Vibrio cholerae intra- and interspecific competitive advantages.

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) mediates protein translocation across the cell membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, including Vibrio cholerae - the causative agent of cholera.All V.cholerae strains examined to date harbor gene clusters encoding a T6SS.Structural similarity and sequence homology between components of the T6SS and the T4 bacteriop

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Methylation of the Sox9 and Oct4 promoters and its correlation with gene expression during testicular development in the laboratory mouse

Abstract Sox9 and Oct4 are two important regulatory factors involved in mammalian development.Sox9, a member of the group E Sox transcription factor family, has a crucial role in the development of the genitourinary system, while Oct4, commonly known as octamer binding transcription factor 4, belongs to class V of the transcription family.The expre

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