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    • A Direct Role for the CD1b Endogenous Spacer in the Recognition of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigen by T-Cell Receptors 

      Camacho F.; Moreno E.; Garcia-Alles L.F.; Chinea Santiago G.; Gilleron M.; Vasquez A.; Choong Y.S.; Reyes F.; Norazmi M.N.; Sarmiento M.E.; Acosta A.
      Lipids, glycolipids and lipopeptides derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) are presented to T cells by monomorphic molecules known as CD1. This is the case of the Mtb-specific sulfoglycolipid Ac2SGL, which is ...
    • A 3-Year Sample of Almost 1,600 Elves Recorded Above South America by the Pierre Auger Cosmic-Ray Observatory 

      Aab A.; Abreu P.; Aglietta M.; Albuquerque I.F.M.; Albury J.M.; Allekotte I.; Almela A.; Alvarez Castillo J.; Alvarez-Muñiz J.; Anastasi G.A.; Anchordoqui L.; Andrada B.; Andringa S.; Aramo C.; Asorey H.; Assis P.; Avila G.; Badescu A.M.; Bakalova A.; Balaceanu A.; Barbato F.; Barreira Luz R.J.; Baur S.; Becker K.H.; Bellido J.A.; Berat C.; Bertaina M.E.; Bertou X.; Biermann P.L.; Biteau J.; Blaess S.G.; Blanco A.; Blazek J.; Bleve C.; Boháčová M.; Boncioli D.; Bonifazi C.; Borodai N.; Botti A.M.; Brack J.; Bretz T.; Bridgeman A.; Briechle F.L.; Buchholz P.; Bueno A.; Buitink S.; Buscemi M.; Caballero-Mora K.S.; Caccianiga L.; Calcagni L.; Cancio A.; Canfora F.; Carceller J.M.; Caruso R.; Castellina A.; Catalani F.; Cataldi G.; Cazon L.; Cerda M.; Chinellato J.A.; Chudoba J.; Chytka L.; Clay R.W.; Cobos Cerutti A.C.; Colalillo R.; Coleman A.; Coluccia M.R.; Conceição R.; Condorelli A.; Consolati G.; Contreras F.; Cooper M.J.; Coutu S.; Covault C.E.; Daniel B.; Dasso S.; Daumiller K.; Dawson B.R.; Day J.A.; de Almeida R.M.; de Jong S.J.; Mauro G.; de Mello Neto J.R.T.; Mitri I.; de Oliveira J.; de Oliveira Salles F.O.; de Souza V.; Debatin J.; del Río M.; Deligny O.; Dhital N.; Díaz Castro M.L.; Diogo F.; Dobrigkeit C.; D'Olivo J.C.; Dorosti Q.; dos Anjos R.C.; Dova M.T.; Dundovic A.; Ebr J.; Engel R.; Erdmann M.; Escobar C.O.; Etchegoyen A.; Falcke H.; Farmer J.; Farrar G.; Fauth A.C.; Fazzini N.; Feldbusch F.; Fenu F.; Ferreyro L.P.; Figueira J.M.; Filipčič A.; Freire M.M.; Fujii T.; Fuster A.; García B.; Gemmeke H.; Gherghel-Lascu A.; Ghia P.L.; Giaccari U.; Giammarchi M.; Giller M.; Głas D.; Glombitza J.; Gobbi F.; Golup G.; Gómez Berisso M.; Gómez Vitale P.F.; Gongora J.P.; González N.; Goos I.; Góra D.; Gorgi A.; Gottowik M.; Grubb T.D.; Guarino F.; Guedes G.P.; Guido E.; Halliday R.; Hampel M.R.; Hansen P.; Harari D.; Harrison T.A.; Harvey V.M.; Haungs A.; Hebbeker T.; Heck D.; Heimann P.; Hill G.C.; Hojvat C.; Holt E.M.; Homola P.; Hörandel J.R.; Horvath P.; Hrabovský M.; Huege T.; Hulsman J.; Insolia A.; Isar P.G.; Jandt I.; Johnsen J.A.; Josebachuili M.; Jurysek J.; Kääpä A.; Kampert K.H.; Keilhauer B.; Kemmerich N.; Kemp J.; Klages H.O.; Kleifges M.; Kleinfeller J.; Krause R.; Kuempel D.; Kukec Mezek G.; Kuotb Awad A.; Lago B.L.; LaHurd D.; Lang R.G.; Legumina R.; Leigui de Oliveira M.A.; Lenok V.; Letessier-Selvon A.; Lhenry-Yvon I.; Lippmann O.C.; Lo Presti D.; Lopes L.; López R.; López Casado A.; Lorek R.; Luce Q.; Lucero A.; Malacari M.; Mancarella G.; Mandat D.; Manning B.C.; Mantsch P.; Mariazzi A.G.; Mariş I.C.; Marsella G.; Martello D.; Martinez H.; Martínez Bravo O.; Mastrodicasa M.; Mathes H.J.; Mathys S.; Matthews J.; Matthiae G.; Mayotte E.; Mazur P.O.; Medina-Tanco G.; Melo D.; Menshikov A.; Merenda K.-D.; Michal S.; Micheletti M.I.; Middendorf L.; Miramonti L.; Mitrica B.; Mockler D.; Mollerach S.; Montanet F.; Morello C.; Morlino G.; Mostafá M.; Müller A.L.; Muller M.A.; Müller S.; Mussa R.; Nellen L.; Nguyen P.H.; Niculescu-Oglinzanu M.; Niechciol M.; Nitz D.; Nosek D.; Novotny V.; Noža L.; Nucita A.; Núñez L.A.; Olinto A.; Palatka M.; Pallotta J.; Panetta M.P.; Papenbreer P.; Parente G.; Parra A.; Pech M.; Pedreira F.; Pękala J.; Pelayo R.; Peña-Rodriguez J.; Pereira L.A.S.; Perlin M.; Perrone L.; Peters C.; Petrera S.; Phuntsok J.; Pierog T.; Pimenta M.; Pirronello V.; Platino M.; Poh J.; Pont B.; Porowski C.; Prado R.R.; Privitera P.; Prouza M.; Puyleart A.; Querchfeld S.; Quinn S.; Ramos-Pollan R.; Rautenberg J.; Ravignani D.; Reininghaus M.; Ridky J.; Riehn F.; Risse M.; Ristori P.; Rizi V.; Rodrigues de Carvalho W.; Rodriguez Rojo J.; Roncoroni M.J.; Roth M.; Roulet E.; Rovero A.C.; Ruehl P.; Saffi S.J.; Saftoiu A.; Salamida F.; Salazar H.; Salina G.; Sanabria Gomez J.D.; Sánchez F.; Santos E.M.; Santos E.; Sarazin F.; Sarmento R.; Sarmiento-Cano C.; Sato R.; Savina P.; Schauer M.; Scherini V.; Schieler H.; Schimassek M.; Schimp M.; Schlüter F.; Schmidt D.; Scholten O.; Schovánek P.; Schröder F.G.; Schröder S.; Schumacher J.; Sciutto S.J.; Scornavacche M.; Shellard R.C.; Sigl G.; Silli G.; Sima O.; Šmída R.; Snow G.R.; Sommers P.; Soriano J.F.; Souchard J.; Squartini R.; Stanca D.; Stanič S.; Stasielak J.; Stassi P.; Stolpovskiy M.; Streich A.; Suarez F.; Suárez-Durán M.; Sudholz T.; Suomijärvi T.; Supanitsky A.D.; Šupík J.; Szadkowski Z.; Taboada A.; Taborda O.A.; Tapia A.; Timmermans C.; Todero Peixoto C.J.; Tomé B.; Torralba Elipe G.; Travaini A.; Travnicek P.; Trini M.; Tueros M.; Ulrich R.; Unger M.; Urban M.; Valdés Galicia J.F.; Valiño I.; Valore L.; van Bodegom P.; van den Berg A.M.; van Vliet A.; Varela E.; Vargas Cárdenas B.; Veberič D.; Ventura C.; Vergara Quispe I.D.; Verzi V.; Vicha J.; Villaseñor L.; Vink J.; Vorobiov S.; Wahlberg H.; Watson A.A.; Weber M.; Weindl A.; Wiedeński M.; Wiencke L.; Wilczyński H.; Winchen T.; Wirtz M.; Wittkowski D.; Wundheiler B.; Yang L.; Yushkov A.; Zas E.; Zavrtanik D.; Zavrtanik M.; Zehrer L.; Zepeda A.; Zimmermann B.; Ziolkowski M.; Zong Z.; Zuccarello F.
      Elves are a class of transient luminous events, with a radial extent typically greater than 250 km, that occur in the lower ionosphere above strong electrical storms. We report the observation of 1,598 elves, from 2014 to ...
    • A COMPLEX ORDER MODEL of ATRIAL ELECTRICAL PROPAGATION from FRACTAL POROUS CELL MEMBRANE 

      Ugarte J.P.; Tobón C.; Lopes A.M.; Machado J.A.T.
      Cardiac tissue is characterized by structural and cellular heterogeneities that play an important role in the cardiac conduction system. Under persistent atrial fibrillation (persAF), electrical and structural remodeling ...
    • Utilization of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) rejects as phosphate-rich fertilizer 

      Ramirez A.; Pérez S.; Flórez E.; Acelas N.
      Phosphorus (P) recovery from water hyacinth is one of the promising sources to recovery and recycle P to alleviate P supply shortage in the future. The result of calcination temperature during the thermal treatment of ...
    • Understanding mechanisms in the adsorption of lead and copper ions on chili seed waste in single and multicomponent systems: a combined experimental and computational study 

      Forgionny A.; Acelas N.Y.; Ocampo-Pérez R.; Padilla-Ortega E.; Leyva-Ramos R.; Flórez E.
      In the current work, a deep study to understand the adsorption phenomena occurring in single and multicomponent systems was conducted by using spectroscopic characterization, and computational tools. The experimental results ...
    • Trichoderma asperellum as a preventive and curative agent to control Fusarium wilt in Stevia rebaudiana 

      Díaz-Gutiérrez C.; Arroyave C.; Llugany M.; Poschenrieder C.; Martos S.; Peláez C.
      Stevia has been introduced in many countries for the production of sugar-free sweeteners. Concurrently, several emerging pathogens have been described in this plant host. One of the latest has been Fusarium oxysporum, a ...
    • Prefrontal cortex involvement during dual-task stair climbing in healthy older adults: An fNIRS study 

      Salzman T.; Aboualmagd A.; Badawi H.; Tobón-Vallejo D.; Kim H.; Dahroug L.; Laamarti F.; El Saddik A.; Fraser S.
      Executive function and motor control deficits adversely affect gait performance with age, but the neural correlates underlying this interaction during stair climbing remains unclear. Twenty older adults (72.7 ± 6.9 years) ...
    • Transforming weaknesses into strengths through organisational shamans: The case of Colombian peace commissioner that signed the final agreement 

      Escobar-Sierra M.; Calderón-Valencia F.
      The aim of this paper is to propose a tool for organisational management based on the analysis and interpretation of shamans in organisations, defining organisational shaman as someone who perceives, predicts and manages ...
    • Mercury distribution in different environmental matrices in aquatic systems of abandoned gold mines, Western Colombia: Focus on human health 

      Gutiérrez-Mosquera H.; Marrugo-Negrete J.; Díez S.; Morales-Mira G.; Montoya-Jaramillo L.J.; Jonathan M.P.
      Total mercury (THg), methylmercury (MeHg) in water, sediments, macrophytes, fish and human health risks were analyzed and assessed from abandoned gold mining ponds (AGMPs)/ mining areas in Western Colombia to know its ...
    • Not all platinum surfaces are the same: Effect of the support on fundamental properties of platinum adlayer and its implications for the activity toward hydrogen evolution reaction 

      Koverga A.A.; Flórez E.; Jimenez-Orozco C.; Rodriguez J.A.
      The adsorption of atomic hydrogen on a platinum monolayer supported on orthorhombic Mo2C(100) surface has been investigated, considering different hydrogen surface coverages. Calculations have been performed using density ...
    • Matrix variate Birnbaum–Saunders distribution under elliptical models 

      Díaz-García J.A.; Caro-Lopera F.J.
      This paper derives the elliptical matrix variate version of the well known univariate Birnbaum–Saunders distribution of 1969. A generalisation based on a matrix transformation is proposed, instead of the independent ...
    • LO-Phonons and dielectric polarization effects on the electronic properties of doped GaN/InN spherical core/shell quantum dots in a nonparabolic band model 

      Talbi A.; El Haouari M.; Nouneh K.; Pérez L.M.; Tiutiunnyk A.; Laroze D.; Courel M.; Mora-Ramos M.E.; Feddi E.
      The electron energy spectrum of a core/shell spherical quantum dot made of zincblende GaN/InN compounds is investigated taking into account the presence of an off-center donor atom and the influence of band nonparabolicity. ...
    • Local synchronization indices for rotors detection in atrial fibrillation: A simulation study 

      Orozco-Duque A.; Ugarte J.P.; Tobón C.
      Stable rotors have been proposed as mechanisms that maintain atrial fibrillation which is the most common arrhythmia worldwide. The information of intracardiac electrograms (EGMs), recorded through multielectrode arrays, ...
    • Latin american youth identity, based on the analysis of the impact of glocal socio-communicative discourse. Colombia case [Identidad juvenil latinoamericana a travÉs del anÁlisis de los discursos sociocomunicativos glocales. Caso colombia] 

      Arboleda M.C.P.; Corrales J.B.; Hernando J.A.A.
      This article is the result of the research project which inquired about the existence of a common Latin American Youth Identity, based on the analysis of the iconic references of young people. The methodology, which was ...
    • Knowledge Transfer in Software Development Teams Using Gamification: A Systematic Literature Review 

      Galeano-Ospino S.; Machuca-Villegas L.; Gasca-Hurtado G.P.
      One of the objectives of knowledge management is knowledge transfer. In software development projects, collaborative work is the key to teamwork. These projects are classified as knowledge-intensive, and their activities ...
    • Intermetallic-Rich Layer Formation for Improving Corrosion Resistance of Magnesium Alloys 

      Calderón D.; Galindez Y.; Toro L.; Zuleta A.A.; Valencia-Escobar A.; Chacón P.; Correa E.; Echeverría F.
      Abstract: The present work examines the formation of a corrosion protective coating containing intermetallic phases on magnesium alloy substrates. The protective coating was formed on the surfaces of commercially pure ...
    • Improved Gait Speed Calculation via Modulation Spectral Analysis of Noisy Accelerometer Data 

      Tobon V. D.P.; Garudadri H.; Godino J.G.; Godbole S.; Patrick K.; Falk T.H.
      Chronic diseases among older adults carry a heavy burden on a country's healthcare system and economy. As such, there is a critical need for the development of cost-effective, technology-based tools that can be scaled to ...
    • Improving cross-docking operations for consumer goods sector using metaheuristics 

      Gómez-Montoya R.A.; Cano J.A.; Campo E.A.; Salazar F.
      This paper aims to model a consumer goods cross-docking problem, which is solved using metaheuristics to minimize makespan and determine the capacity in terms of inbound and outbound docks. The consumer-goods cross-docking ...
    • First-principles calculation of volatile organic compound adsorption on carbon nanotubes: Furan as case of study 

      Torres A.M.; Correa J.D.
      Sensing of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is a growing research topic because of the concern about their hazard for the environment and health. Furan is a VOC produced during food processing, and it has been classified ...