DAMPs Synergize with Cytokines or Fibronectin Fragment on Inducing Chondrolysis but Lose Effect When Acting Alone by Lei Ding, Joseph A. Buckwalter, James A. Martin

“…After 24 hrs, the protein expression of cartilage degrading metalloproteinases and iNOS in culture medium or cell lysates was examined with Western blotting, respectively. …”
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Internationalization of Higher Education in China: Modern Trends by S. S. Donetskaya, Yan Zhan

“…Now they come to China not only to learn Chinese, but also to obtain qualifications in engineering, economics, management and Western medicine.…”
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Healthcare and traditional medicine in the Tobolsk North: the view of political exiles of the late 19th century by V. A. Yakovchuk

“…In conclusion, the general state of health care and its importance in the daily life of political exiles, the role of provincial authorities in the system of political exile in the North of Western Siberia are assessed.…”
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A Case of Undetected Neuroborreliosis in a 75-Year-Old Chinese Male by Jenny Lamichhane, Rohail Haider, Michael Bekkerman, Sean Tilford, Shireen Hijaz, Bikash Bhattarai, Rajanish Bobde

“…Patients are identified based on their clinical symptoms and then diagnosed through enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Western blot, and blood culture techniques. Here, we present the case of a 75-year-old, Northeast suburban resident complaining of unstable gait, high fevers, malaise, myalgia, and confusion. …”
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Evolution and Influencing Factors of Township Spatial Form: A Two-Dimensional Perspective by Yanpeng Gao, Wenjun Chen

“…The countryside is the habitat of food, ecology, and culture, and the indispensable basis for human survival and development. …”
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The "Arab Spring": New Mechanisms of Change of Authoritarian Political Regimes by E. A. Antyukhova

“…The overall system of methods used during the "the Arab spring" indicates that the mechanism of overthrowing authoritarian regimes and its technologies came from Western culture and were borrowed by Arab activists.…”
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WHERE TWO WORLDS MEET: LIGETI AND ROMANIAN FOLK MUSIC by Bianca Ţiplea TEMEŞ

“…The study will demonstrate that the composer’s music engages in a subtle discourse with his roots, forging an underground connection between Western and Eastern European culture. …”
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Alternative dispute resolution: Mediation as a model [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Naser Sherman, Bashar Talal Momani

“…Additionally, it anticipates the future effectiveness of mediation in jurisdictions lacking comprehensive legislation, drawing from successful Western experiences to guide potential developments in Arab legal frameworks.…”
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PROBLEM OF DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN CONTEXT OF POSTCOLONIAL FEMINISM by V. A. Muzalevskiy

“…The author notes that the current strategy of democracy promotion, though being more complex, creates the effect of "double discrimination", when both the local people and local women (imposing image of "a free and independent Western woman") feel that they are "colonized". Based on an analysis of the current state of democratization, the author proposes four possible scenarios for promoting democracy in the world.…”
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Les hominoïdes fossiles : une aide pour l’éducation en Afrique by Brigitte Senut

“…In some cases, field museums became tourist attractions; in the long term, the scientific culture could be part of sustainable development.…”
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Administration of Iodine-125 Seeds Promotes Apoptosis in Cholangiocarcinoma through the PI3K/Akt Pathway by Junqing Lin, Leye Yan, Xiaolong Wang, Zhengzhong Wu, Kun Ke, Xin Lin, Ning Huang, Weizhu Yang

“…The expression of Bcl-2 and Bax was detected by RT-PCR, and Western blotting was carried out to explore changes in Akt activity. …”
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Stable Isotope Analysis of Human and Faunal Remains from Rosheim, Middle Neolithic, France by Christina Cheung, Fanny Chenal, Magali Fabre, Marie Horviller, Estelle Herrscher, Aline Thomas

“…Rosheim is a key site to help understand the westward movement of neolithisation from the Danubian region towards Western Europe. This study presents original stable isotope analyses of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur from 61 humans from RR and 37 fauna from neighbouring contemporaneous sites. …”
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European Studies by V. O. Pechatnov, E. O. Obichkina

“…The study of Western countries and teaching courses on the related subjects have longstanding and established tradition at MGIMO-University. …”
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Orden dentro del desorden: circulación de libros de derecho en Nueva España, 1585–1640 by Idalia García

“…These books contributed to the recreation of a Western normative order in American societies and thus played a key role in the emergence of a new legal culture. …”
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xCT as a potential marker for neuroendocrine cells in high-risk prostate cancer and the relation to AL122023.1-miR-26a/30d/30e axis. by Elena D Wilhelm, Jaroslaw T Dankert, Marc Wiesehöfer, Sven Wach, Mathias Wagner, Martin Spahn, Marianna Kruithof-de Julio, Gunther Wennemuth

“…Previous studies have shown that interaction via soluble factors lead to a reduction in the expression of xCT and AL122023.1 in the prostate carcinoma cell line LNCaP after seven days of co-culture with primary stromal p21 cells. In this study, we validated the repression of xCT and AL122023.1 at RNA level using quantitative real-time PCR and at protein level by Western Blotting. …”
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Body weight gain and development of reproductive tract in crossbred Murrah × Mediterranean water buffalo heifers by Oswaldo J. González, Amílcar Acuña, Solaine Bradley, Ysis Cañizalez, Jorge Espinoza, Cindy Paniagua, María Virginia Suárez, Mónica Fuentes

“… The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of supplementation that include a Saccharomyces cerevisiae commercial yeast culture (Nutrit Yeast®, Barquisimeto, Venezuela) on average daily gain (ADG) and development of the reproductive tract in crossbred Murrah x Mediterranean water buffalo heifers with poor weight gain in the central-western region of Venezuela, Lara state. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to data-based decision making in Australian early childhood education and care: A qualitative study by Shauna Sherker, Karen Villanueva, Ruth Beatson, Caitlin M. Macmillan, Wan Yi Lee, Olivia Hilton, Carly Molloy, Sharon Goldfeld

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Severe pneumonia caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a patient with bronchiectasis and IgA nephropathy: a case report by Yi Lin, Zhao-Zhao Jiang, Xiao-Qian Chi, Jian-Sheng Chen, Chao Wen, Chao Zhang, Ying-Ying Wang, Guang-Liang Xie

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hCTLA4-Gene-Modified Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hBMMSCs) Maintain POSTN Secretion to Enhance the Migration Capability of Allogeneic hBMMSCs through the Integ... by Lei Song, Fei Zhang, Rui Zhou, Jun Xiao, Lei He, Fei Dai

“…Following this, ELISA, Transwell assays, wound healing assays, and western blotting were performed. We found that the POSTN level was higher in the culture supernatant of CTLA4- and POSTN-modified hBMMSCs than in NC hBMMSCs cocultured with PBMCs treated with PHA. …”
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Eurocentrism, Afrocentrism, Postcolonialism and Hybridity in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and August Wilson’s Radio Golf by Olfa Gandouz

“…In A Raisin in the Sun, Beneatha views Western cultures as superior and she ultimately opts for Afrocentrism. …”
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