PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PRIOR TO TRIAL INITIATION: LESSONS LEARNT FOR RAPID PARTNERSHIP IN THE COVID-19 ERA

Patient and public involvement prior to trial initiation: lessons learnt for rapid partnership in the COVID-19 era

Plain English summary Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) describes the active involvement of patients and the public in the research process.Through PPI, patients and members of the public are increasingly involved in the design and conduct of clinical trials.PPI has been shown to improve the quality and relevance of research.During the COVID-19

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Data Augmentation and Preparation Process of PerInfEx: A Persian Chatbot With the Ability of Information Extraction

In this paper, we describe data preparation for our proposed chatbot PerInfEx (Persian Information Extraction chatbot).It aims to interactively chit-chat with users in Persian and by asking the least number of direct questions, extract as much personal information as possible such as user’s age or occupation.Collecting data in considerable s

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A conditional RNA Pol II mono-promoter drives HIV-inducible, CRISPR-mediated cyclin T1 suppression and HIV inhibition

Gene editing using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) targeted to HIV proviral DNA has shown Cable Display excision of HIV from infected cells.However, CRISPR-based HIV excision is vulnerable to viral escape.Targeting cellular co-factors provides an attractive yet risky alternative to render viral escape irrelevant.C

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Effect of paint on vapour resistivity in plaster

The vapour resistivity of plaster coatings such as paint and their effectiveness as water repellents were studied in several types of plaster.To this end, painted, unpainted ORG ADZUKI BEANS and pigmented specimens were tested.Experimental values were collected on diffusion and vapour permeability, or its inverse, water vapour resistivity.The data

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