Principles for increasing equity in WASH research: understanding barriers faced by LMIC WASH researchers by J'Anna-Mare Lue, Salamata Bah, Kaelah Grant, Justine Lee, Leila Nzekele, James B. Tidwell

“…Introduction There have long been critiques of colonial legacies influencing global health. With growing public awareness of unjust systems in recent years, a new wave of calls for antiracist and decolonisation initiatives has emerged within the sector. …”
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Muslim Bank as a Historical Category: Creating Credit Institutions for Muslims In the First Half of the 20 ^th Century by R. I. Bekkin

“…Muslim banks were an important element of the financial system of a number of countries during the era of colonialism. In the context of competition in the capital markets between Western banks and credit institutions belonging to different religious and ethnic groups, as well as competition of the latter with each other, Muslim banks acted as an instrument for ensuring the economic independence of Muslim communities in a number of countries and regions in the period under review. …”
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Imaginarios musicales cambiantes en el Centro Cultural Polinesio by Cynthia L. Van Gilder, Dana R. Herrera

“…Defendemos que, en definitiva, el concurso de canoa revisado puede entenderse como una narrativa musical que empaqueta la relación colonial-misionera de la LDS con los polinesios en un imaginario musical no sólo para el consumo de los turistas, sino también de los propios intérpretes (miembros indígenas de la LDS).…”
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“A quien perturbe el orden público le caerá el rigor de las penas, hasta la de muerte”. Aproximaciones al tratamiento de la pena capital en el Río de la Plata en la década de 1820.... by María Cecilia Guerra Orozco

“…El clero fue uno de los actores fundamentales dentro del entramado social colonial. Este rol principal sufrió algunas modificaciones a partir de mayo de 1810, cuando la revolución empezó a delinear una nueva forma de relación entre la Iglesia y los individuos que la componían, y los nuevos poderes emergentes. …”
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RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE IN CONTEMPORARY INDONESIA: The Contributions of Al Washliyah Madrasahs and Scholars to the Development of Hadith Studies by Ja'far Ja'far, Umar Muhammad Noor

“…The findings indicate that hadith has been introduced and taught across all Al Washliyah educational institutions from the Dutch colonial period to the present. Several Al Washliyah scholars have published works on hadith studies in both Arabic and Indonesian. …”
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RapidBenthos: Automated segmentation and multi‐view classification of coral reef communities from photogrammetric reconstruction by Tiny Remmers, Nader Boutros, Mathew Wyatt, Sophie Gordon, Maren Toor, Chris Roelfsema, Katharina Fabricius, Alana Grech, Marine Lechene, Renata Ferrari

“…Additional validation of 524 Acropora coral colonies from 11 additional test plots resulted in a segmentation accuracy of 0.92 and classification accuracy of 0.88 to the coarser ‘Acropora’ group. …”
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CTX-M, SHV, TEM and VEB β-lactamases, and MCR-1 among multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella isolates from environment near animal farms in Thailand by Arpasiri Srisrattakarn, Bhanubong Saiboonjan, Patcharaporn Tippayawat, Sunpetch Angkititrakul, Aroonwadee Chanawong, Chanakan Pornchoo, Chokdee Smithkittipol, Aroonlug Lulitanond

“…The samples were cultured in appropriate media and isolated colonies were further identified. Antimicrobial susceptibility and ESBL production were tested by disk diffusion method except for colistin susceptibility determined by broth disk elution test. …”
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Mechanistic insights into Rho/MRTF inhibition-induced apoptotic events and prevention of drug resistance in melanoma: implications for the involvement of pirin by Bardees M. Foda, Bardees M. Foda, Annika E. Baker, Annika E. Baker, Annika E. Baker, Łukasz Joachimiak, Marzena Mazur, Richard R. Neubig, Richard R. Neubig, Richard R. Neubig

“…Both CCG-257081 enantiomers robustly suppressed development of Vem-resistant colonies with the S isomer being more potent (1 μM IC50).ConclusionCCG-257081 appears to target pre-resistant cells and Vem-induced resistant cells through enhanced apoptosis. …”
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Skeletal Site-Specific Lipid Profile and Hematopoietic Progenitors of Bone Marrow Adipose Tissue in Patients Undergoing Primary Hip Arthroplasty by Drenka Trivanović, Marko Vujačić, Aleksandra Arsić, Tamara Kukolj, Milica Rajković, Nikola Bogosavljević, Zoran Baščarević, Mirjana Maljković Ružičić, Jovana Kovačević, Aleksandra Jauković

“…This was associated with a higher incidence of total clonogenic hematopoietic progenitors and late erythroid colonies CFU-E in femoral BMAT when compared to acetabular BMAT, similar to their BM counterparts. …”
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Assessing Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Western Honey Bees in the Czech Republic Using 22 Microsatellite Loci by Aleš Knoll, Martin Šotek, Jan Prouza, Lucie Langová, Antonín Přidal, Tomáš Urban

“…Between 2022 and 2023, worker bees were collected from colonies distributed throughout the Czech Republic in 77 districts, and their genetic differences were examined using 22 microsatellite loci. …”
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Development of functional beverage with rice bran protein (Hom mali 105) by Saveboworn Wanticha, Rittisak Sriwiang, Schoenlechner Regine, Wangtueai Sutee, Charoen Ratchanee

“…Microbial analysis showed that the values met the standard (microbial count less than 250 colonies/ml, Coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli less than <1.1 MPN/100 g). …”
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Morphological and Chemical Changes in the Hemolymph of the Wax Moth <i>Galleria mellonella</i> Infected by the Entomopathogenic Fungus <i>Conidiobolus coronatus</i> by Mieczysława Irena Boguś, Agata Kaczmarek, Anna Katarzyna Wrońska, Mikołaj Drozdowski, Lena Siecińska, Ewelina Mokijewska, Marek Gołębiowski

“…<i>Galleria mellonella</i> Linnaeus 1758 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is a global pest to honey bee colonies. The hemolymph of its larvae was examined after infection with the soil fungus <i>Conidiobolus coronatus</i> (Constantin) Batko 1964 (Entomophthorales). …”
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Generation and characterization of two induced pluripotent stem cell lines (ICGi052-A and ICGi052-B) from a patient with frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism-17 associated wit... by E. V. Grigor’eva, A. A. Malakhova, E. S. Yarkova, J. M. Minina, Y. V. Vyatkin, J. A. Nadtochy, E. A. Khabarova, J. A. Rzaev, S. P. Medvedev, S. M. Zakian

“…The iPSC lines ICGi052-A and ICGi052-B proliferate stably, form colonies with a morphology characteristic of human pluripotent cells, have a normal diploid karyotype (46,XX), express endogenous alkaline phosphatase and pluripotency markers (OCT4, NANOG, SSEA-4 and TRA-1-60) and are able to differentiate into derivatives of three germ layers: ento-, ecto- and mesoderm. …”
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Copper Resistance in <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> pv. <i>actinidiae</i> Strains from the Prefecture of Pella, Northern Greece, and a Comparison of the Effectiveness of Several Comme... by Thomas Thomidis, Marianthi G. Pagoulatou, Eleftherios Alexandridis, Evaggelia Mpalantinaki, Dimitrios E. Goumas

“…Additionally, resistant bacterial colonies were observed in four strains (18.2%), suggesting the presence of resistant subpopulations within the broader bacterial community. …”
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Preparation of Sea-buckthorn Oil Microcapsule Composite Film and the Preservation Effect of Hand-grabbed Mutton by Bingbing ZHANG, Guishan LIU, Delang XIE, Haiyang MA, Yang LI, Fang MA, Xiaojun LI, Qingqing CAO, Xiaoxue LI, Qian ZHANG

“…The effects of composite membrane on color, pH, weight loss, TVB-N, total number of bacterial colonies and sensory indexes were analyzed to evaluate the fresh-keeping effect of hand-grabbed mutton. …”
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In vitro inhibition of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum, the causal agent of banana Xanthomonas Wilt, using medicinal plant extracts from North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic... by Franchement Mukeshambala, Angele Ibanda, Ludivine Lassois, Gakuru Semacumu, Dhed’a Djailo, Leon Nabahungu, Guy Blomme, Godefroid Monde

“…The bacterial samples were collected from infected field-grown banana plants in South Kivu and isolated on Yeast Extract Peptone Agar (YPGA). Pure Xvm colonies were used for identification via i) Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) with specific primers and, ii) greenhouse inoculation trials. …”
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Domestication of different varieties in the cheese-making fungus Geotrichum candidum by Bennetot, Bastien, Vernadet, Jean-Philippe, Perkins, Vincent, Hautefeuille, Sophie, Rodríguez de la Vega, Ricardo C., O’Donnell, Samuel, Snirc, Alodie, Grondin, Cécile, Lessard, Marie-Hélène, Peron, Anne-Claire, Labrie, Steve, Landaud, Sophie, Giraud, Tatiana, Ropars, Jeanne

“…Another of the cheese populations seemed to represent a more advanced stage of domestication, with stronger phenotypic differentiation from the wild clade, harboring much lower genetic diversity, and phenotypes more typical of cheese fungi, with denser and fluffier colonies and a greater ability of excluding cheese spoiler fungi. …”
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Evidence that the domesticated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus recycles its cytoplasmic contents as nutritional rewards to feed its leafcutter ant farmers by Caio Ambrosio Leal-Dutra, Lok Man Yuen, Bruno Augusto Maciel Guedes, Marta Contreras-Serrano, Pedro Elias Marques, Jonathan Zvi Shik

“…Abstract Leafcutter ants farm a fungal cultivar (Leucoagaricus gongylophorus) that converts inedible vegetation into food that sustains colonies with up to millions of workers. Analogous to edible fruits of crops domesticated by humans, L. gongylophorus has evolved specialized nutritional rewards—swollen hyphal cells called gongylidia that package metabolites and are consumed by ant farmers. …”
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Culturas en movimiento: migración y difusión-dilución de las creencias en México by Daniel Delaunay

“…En cuanto a los protestantes evangelistas, no se encontraran fundamentos demoeconómicos en su aptitud migratoria, por lo que ésta sí puede calificarse como cultural; su inclinación migratoria les sirve para difundir la iglesia evangelista, en particular las regiones de tradición más colonial que se resisten más a la dilución del catolicismo. …”
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Políticas de identidad y gestión sexual de los cuerpos: un análisis de los discursos legislativos acerca de la gestión estatal del conflicto trans en Chile by Dariela Milen Cristi Donoso

“…Lo que resulta clave para la reconfiguración de una ciudadanía excluyente, en cuanto se institucionalizan normas socio-sexuales que definirían las nociones emergentes de la figura de ciudadano/a, evidenciando que se enmarca en las fronteras del no-ser a toda corporalidad que no se manifieste bajo los márgenes de inteligibilidad que impone la lógica científica-colonial y la estructura político-administrativa del país.…”
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