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11:00 PM

Grr, my bus is here totally between scheduled times. I suppose I should be happy and just pretend it is 15 min early instead of late.

Gigili

Do you have something like "crossed line" in a plot?

I mean, does it make sense?

I want to address something in a plot which is under that "crossed line"

user19161

@Gigili First what do you mean by crossed line and also plot?

Gigili

Um, plot or figure - something is shown in x-axis and y-axis

Um, a line crossed the curve or something

user19161

OK so you are saying there is a line and a curve on the xy-plane and they intersect?

Gigili

Yes, something like that

user19161

11:10 PM

I am not sure what you mean by crossed line or under crossed line.

user19161

You could describe exactly or show a picture.

Gigili

This is the context:

G2HS is used as an antigen to shorten plits which contain a complete virus and antigen of type 2 Herpes Simplex virus (HSV-2) and the results of this plot shows that antibodies existance is caused by HSV-2 infection and under the crossed line in this plot shows the number of plasma which are resistance to HSV-2 or didn’t have any communication with these viruses during their life

user19161

@Gigili I cannot tell from this passage alone which is also with spelling errors and other errors.

Gigili

Okay, thank you.

@aedia: Have minute to read the paragraph I translated?

aedia λ

Hmm. Reading now...

Gigili

11:14 PM

Thank you.

user19161

There might be a diagram somewhere to which this refers. I am not sure if this is a translation from another language.

Gigili

I'm saying it is, I did translate it!

aedia λ

It is hard to tell what is "under the crossed line". If it is an area marked in a way, maybe say "the shaded area below the intersection of blah and blah represents..."

user19161

@Gigili Then that is even more difficult to decipher because technical terms when translated do not become what they are supposed to be!

Gigili

@aediaλ Aha, got an idea. Is "below the intersection line" correct?

Also, is the part "the number of plasma" okay?

aedia λ

11:19 PM

Sorry might be slow to respond due to commuting...

Gigili

Oh sorry, didn't know that.

user19161

@Gigili I really don't think this is answerable unless we know exactly what the graph looks like.

Gigili

@WillHunting What spelling errors or other errors were you referring to?

aedia λ

Below the intersection line is grammatical, but depends on the picture if it makes sense. Intersection is usually a point

Gigili

I don't know it either. that's all I know.

Vitaly

11:22 PM

i'm quite sure that an “intersection line” is the line formed by the intersection of two surfaces, e.g. when a plane goes through a spherical surface, the “intersection line” would be a circle

aedia λ

Oh, man

Vitaly

and since Gigili is probably talking about a 2-dimensional graph, this is not the case

user19161

@Gigili For example, existence and not existance. But I can't correct the passage either because I am not sure what it means.

Gigili

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aedia λ

Oh, hmm. But does that seem to make sense in this context @vit ... Oh, ok, you're too fast for my phone :)

Gigili

11:23 PM

So crossed line would make more sense than intersection line?

Vitaly

We really need the diagram to answer that

You could draw it in Paint or something and then post here

aedia λ

Re number of plasma, plasma is uncountable so that doesn't quite make sense either

Gigili

I don't have it, it's a paragraph only without any diagrams. Maybe what's the best translation one could write without context?

Vitaly

Well, I suppose you understand the text in its original language and might be able to draw the diagram it describes, no?

user19161

I am afraid this is completely unanswerable, sorry.

Gigili

11:27 PM

Um, there is an area in the so called diagram which represents the number of plasma which are resistance to HSV-2 or didn’t have any communication with these viruses during their life

What about this, makes sense?

@aediaλ What should I say instead?

user19161

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user19161

Interesting!

aedia λ

I am marking up something for you @gigili, one moment. However I'm really not sure about the ending - it seems to me that it wouldn't be plasma being talked about but something in the plasma? Can you check if maybe there is another word or different translation of the thing that has the resistance?

I don't know enough about this particular context to make a good guess there

Gigili

So kind of you @aedia, thank you very much.

No, there's no other words. The literal translation would be "the number of plasma which are resistance to HSV-2"

Vitaly

Plasma cell

Plasma cells, also called plasma B cells, plasmocytes, and effector B cells, are white blood cells which produce large volumes of antibodies. They are transported by the blood plasma and the lymphatic system. Like all blood cells, plasma cells ultimately originate in the bone marrow; however, these cells leave the bone marrow as B cells, before terminal differentiation into plasma cells, normally in lymph nodes. Development After leaving the bone marrow, the B cell acts as an antigen presenting cell (APC) and internalizes offending antigens. That antigen is taken up by the B cell throug...

KitFox

11:36 PM

Holla.

Gigili

So if it's plasma cell, it's countable. right @Vitaly?

Vitaly

at least that's what “communication with these viruses” makes me think of

Hi @Kit

KitFox

How are you feeling today, @Vitaly?

Vitaly

@Gigili Yes, but we can't know for certain if that's what the original paragraph is talking about

aedia λ

G2HS is used as an antigen to ?shorten plots [what is done with the plots? Are they created?] which contain a complete virus and antigen of type 2 Herpes Simplex virus (HSV-2).

KitFox

11:38 PM

Plots?

Vitaly

@KitFox i feel crushed: the latest HP:MoR chapter ends in a terrible cliffhanger and it's a whole 'nother week of waiting for an update

KitFox

@Vitaly i no rite?

Gigili

@aediaλ Plits?

aedia λ

he results of this plot show that the antibody's existence [or antibodies' if plural] is caused by HSV-2 infection. The ?area under the intersection of the lines [really not sure w/o picture] in this plot shows the number of ?plasma[really not sure] which are resistant to HSV-2 or which were never exposed to these viruses during their life.

Vitaly

@Gigili plit isn't a word in English

aedia λ

11:40 PM

Ok, it is just too hard to paste/edit on this darn phone. I tried though

Hope at least helps a little

KitFox

If you repost, maybe I can help.

Hi @aedia!

Gigili

@aediaλ Helped a lot, thank you very much.

aedia λ

Thats it

Hi @kit

Gigili

G2HS is used as an antigen to shorten plits which contain a complete virus and antigen of type 2 Herpes Simplex virus (HSV-2) and the results of this diagram represents that the produced antibodies are caused by HSV-2 infection and below the intersection line in this diagram represents the number of plasmas which are resistance to HSV-2 or didn’t have any communication with these viruses during their life

Vitaly

39 mins ago, by Gigili

Do you have something like "crossed line" in a plot?

29 mins ago, by Gigili

G2HS is used as an antigen to shorten plits which contain a complete virus and antigen of type 2 Herpes Simplex virus (HSV-2) and the results of this plot shows that antibodies existance is caused by HSV-2 infection and under the crossed line in this plot shows the number of plasma which are resistance to HSV-2 or didn’t have any communication with these viruses during their life

@Kit ^

KitFox

11:42 PM

Thanks, I was being lazy.

Gigili

But it's written "plit" which I presume is a special name or something.

KitFox

Lemme see if I can find anything. "Plit" is an odd word.

aedia λ

Idk what shortened plits would be, scared to Google that

KitFox

I have to figure it is actually "split" or something.