Tailoring NK Cell Receptor-Ligand Interactions: An Art in Evolution, 2nd Edition

Ulrike Koehl, Antoine Toubert, Gianfranco Pittari

Frontiers Media SA

Recognition and killing of aberrant, infected or tumor targets by Natural Killer (NK) cells is...

Health Immunology Alloimmunity and Transplantation

Keywords: Natural Killer cells,­Nk receptors,­Cancer,­Transplantation,­Immunotherapy,­Immune Evasion,­Checkpoint inhibitors,­chimeric antigen receptors,­bispecific antibodies

Regulatory RNAs in the Nervous System, 2nd Edition

Tommaso Pizzorusso, Alessandro Cellerino, Laure Bally-Cuif

Frontiers Media SA

Until about a decade ago, the non-coding part of the genome was considered without function. RNA...

Science Neuroscience Cellular Neuroscience

Keywords: brain plasticity,­Transcriptomics,­neurodevelopment,­neurodegeneration,­Aging,­neurodevelopmental disorder

Advances in Legume Research

Diego Rubiales, Susana S. Araújo, Maria C. Vaz Patto, Nicolas Rispail

Frontiers Media SA

Legumes crops have an extraordinary importance for the agriculture and the environment. In a world...

Science Plant Science Plant Breeding

Keywords: legumes,­pulses,­protein,­plant breeding,­Agronomy,­Genetic resources

Phenomics

John Doonan, Marcos Egea-Cortines

Frontiers Media SA

"Phenomics" is an emerging area of research whose aspiration is the systematic measurement of the...

Science Plant Science Technical Advances in Plant Science

Keywords: Phenomics,­artificial vision,­RGB data,­RGB image analysis,­Multispectral imaging

(Pushing) the Limits of Neuroplasticity Induced by Adult Language Acquisition

Jurriaan Witteman, Leticia Pablos-Robles, Maria Carmen Parafita Couto, Niels Schiller, Yiya Chen

Frontiers Media SA

Most adults attempt to learn a second or even third language at some point in their life. Since...

Science Psychology Language Sciences

Keywords: bilingualism,­plasticity,­Language,­Brain

Developmental, Modal, and Pathological Variation — Linguistic and Cognitive Profiles for Speakers of Linguistically Proximal Languages and Varieties

Kleanthes K. Grohmann, Maria Kambanaros, Evelina Leivada

Frontiers Media SA

One significant area of research in the multifaceted field of bilingualism over the past two...

Science Psychology Cognition

Keywords: (a)typical development,­bilingualism,­cognitive advantage,­executive functions,­impaired language,­Language variation,­multilectalism,­Proximity,­Varieties

The Adaptive Value of Languages: Non-Linguistic Causes of Language Diversity

Antonio Benítez-Burraco, Steven Moran

Frontiers Media SA

The goal of this eBook is to shed light on the non-linguistic causes of language diversity, and in...

Science Psychology Language Sciences

Keywords: Linguistic diversity,­adaptation,­language complexity,­Language change,­Sociocultural factors,­environment; cognition,­linguistic relativism,­language development,­recursion

Evolvability, Environments, Embodiment, & Emergence in Robotics

John H. Long, Eric Aaron, Stéphane Doncieux

Frontiers Media SA

Embodied and evolving systems — biological or robotic — are interacting networks of structure,...

Engineering Robotics and AI Evolutionary Robotics

Keywords: Evolvability,­environments,­embodiment,­emergence,­robustness,­Cognitive Robotics,­Evolutionary Robotics

Melt Water Retention Processes in Snow and Firn on Ice Sheets and Glaciers: Observations and Modeling

W. Tad Pfeffer, Jason E. Box, Robert S. Fausto, Horst Machguth

Frontiers Media SA

Melt takes place where the surface of glaciers or ice sheets interacts with the atmosphere. While...

Science Earth Science Cryospheric Sciences

Keywords: meltwater retention,­Refreezing,­firn,­Snow,­Greenland firn aquifer,­regional climate model,­expert elicitation,­glacier and ice sheet,­mass balance,­sea level rise