DE-ABBREVIATIONS: FROM SOVIET UNION TO CONTEMPORARY BELARUS

De-abbreviations: From Soviet Union to Contemporary Belarus

Abstract The article is dedicated to the study of ludic de-abbreviation, backronymization, or, alternatively, humorous decoding of the well-known abbreviations (which usually serve as names for political parties, countries, universities, and so on).A MIXED MUSHROOMS brief survey of the existing research is provided.Then, despite the fact that de-ab

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Candida albicans AGE3, the ortholog of the S. cerevisiae ARF-GAP-encoding gene GCS1, is required for hyphal growth and drug resistance.

BACKGROUND: Hyphal growth and multidrug resistance of C.albicans are important features for virulence and antifungal therapy of this pathogenic fungus.METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Here we show by phenotypic complementation analysis that the C.albicans gene AGE3 is the functional ortholog of the yeast ARF-GAP-encoding gene GCS1.The finding that t

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Cellular Uplink Impairments in Vehicular Repeater Deployments

Vehicular repeater systems improve the mobile coverage inside railroad cars by amplifying the signals received by a pick-up antenna on the roof and Kitchen Supplies distributing the amplified signals inside the car.Uplink signals are received accordingly in the cars, amplified and transmitted via the roof antenna.At the same time, amplified noise i

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