E. coli Endotoxin Modulates the Expression of Sirtuin Proteins in PBMC in Humans by Angela Storka, Gerhard Führlinger, Martin Seper, Lisa Wang, Michael Jew, Asha Leisser, Michael Wolzt

“…Sirtuin (SIRT) proteins are class I histone deacetylases displaying gene regulatory functions in inflammatory, cancer, and metabolic diseases. …”
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The smart city concept as a method of building urban resilience to threats: Evidence from Poland by Wioletta Sylwia Wereda, Natalia Moch, Andrzej Skwarski

“…Objectives The functioning of cities is strongly influenced by local phenomena and global processes related to the urban natural environment. …”
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Chloroplast Vesiculation and Induced Chloroplast Vesiculation and Senescence‐Associated Gene 12 Expression During Tomato Flower Pedicel Abscission by Magda Tušek Žnidarič, Maja Zagorščak, Živa Ramšak, Katja Stare, Marko Chersicola, Maruša Pompe Novak, Aleš Kladnik, Marina Dermastia

“…This suggests a possible vesicle transport of chloroplast degrading material for recycling by autophagy‐independent senescence‐associated vacuoles (SAVs) and CV‐containing vesicles (CCVs). …”
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Impact of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on Gastrointestinal Motility by Eleni Sioka, George Tzovaras, Konstantinos Perivoliotis, Vissarion Bakalis, Eleni Zachari, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Vassiliki Tassiopoulou, Spyridon Potamianos, Andreas Kapsoritakis, Antigoni Poultsidi, Konstantinos Tepetes, Constantine Chatzitheofilou, Dimitris Zacharoulis

“…The stomach motility was assessed in eighteen studies. Functionally, the sleeve was divided into a passive sleeve and an accelerated antrum. …”
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Fruits of Polish Medicinal Plants as Potential Sources of Natural Antioxidants: Ellagic Acid and Quercetin by Agnieszka Szmagara, Agnieszka Krzyszczak-Turczyn, Ilona Sadok

“…The research material was chosen considering both the popularity of the fruits and their recognized medicinal and pharmaceutical properties. …”
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Achieving significant mechanical improvement of chitosan aerogel with embedding or bridging structures mediated by size-dependent silk microfibers by Haiyu Liu, Fang He, Zhixiang Xu, Meng Zhang, Quan Wan, Yajun Shuai, Jie Wang, Mingying Yang, Zongpu Xu

“…The results of this study demonstrated the feasibility of applying filler-size-mediated strategy for material structural optimization.…”
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Life cycle assessment of additively manufactured elastocaloric Ni-Ti heat pump/refrigeration components and the effect of design geometry on the environmental impact categories by Anesu Nyabadza, Karthikeyan Tamil, Lehar Asip Khan, Sujith S. Kumar, Corné Muilwijk, Greg McNamara, Kevin O'Toole, Lorna Fitzsimons, Dermot Brabazon

“…A 10 x 10 × 55 mm Ni-Ti structure, providing >2 °C temperature span under compressive cycles, served as the functional unit.…”
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Evaluation of Regeneration Effects of Different Rejuvenators on Aged Asphalt by Jian Wang, Song Xu, Jiang Chen, Weibin Xie, Xuehong Cheng, Jiahao Wang, Yunbin Ke

“…As a polymer-like organic material, asphalt often undergoes aging during service life. …”
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Retrospective Evaluation of Tooth Agenesis in Different Regions of Turkey with Panoramic Radiography by Neşe Oral, Şükran Ayran, Aslıhan Aslan Balcı, Gülay Özdoğan, Selma Ece Karabıyıkoğlu, Hilal Peker Öztürk, Hüseyin Aykut Özyiğit, Ercan Türerer, Gürdoğan Aydın

“…It can result in several complications, impacting functional aspects of the dentition, such as chewing and speech. …”
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Research on Mechanical Performance of Porous Asphalt Mixture with High-Viscosity Modified Asphalt by Wei Chen, Zhengchao Zhang, Jincheng Wei, Xiaomeng Zhang, Chenghua Gan, Wenjian Wang, Yuxuan Sun

“…The proposed high-viscoelastic asphalt formulation meets the technical requirements for functional drainage asphalt mixtures while providing material-level support for implementing sponge city initiatives.…”
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CD44-Receptors-Mediated Multiprong Targeting Strategy Against Breast Cancer and Tumor-Associated Macrophages: Design, Optimization, Characterization, and Cytologic Evaluation by Hussain Z, Abdulrahim Abdul Moti L, Jagal J, Thu HE, Khan S, Kazi M

“…In this research, we aimed to design a multiprong targeting strategy for concurrent action against different phenotypes of BC (MCF-7 and SK-BR-3) and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) for relapse-free treatment of BC.Methods: Paclitaxel (PTX) and tamoxifen (TMX) co-loaded chitosan (CS) nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared using the ionic-gelation method and optimized using the Design Expert® software by controlling different material attributes. For selective targeting through CD44-receptors that are heavily expressed on the BC cells and TAMs, the fabricated NPs (PTX-TMX-CS-NPs) were functionalized with hyaluronic acid (HA) as a targeting ligand.Results: The optimized HA-PTX-TMX-CS-NPs exhibited desired physicochemical properties (PS ~230 nm, PDI 0.30, zeta potential ~21.5 mV), smooth spherical morphology, high encapsulation efficiency (PTX ~72% and TMX ~97%), good colloidal stability, and biphasic release kinetics. …”
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PRAGMATIC DEVIATIONS IN TRANSLATION OF LEXICAL BLENDS WITHIN POLITICAL DISCOURSE by Olena M. Medvid, Kateryna M. Vashyst

“…The general and special methods were used to achieve the goal and objectives of the study: information retrieval method – to select research material and process basic theoretical knowledge; generalization method – to highlight the most critical academic positions; deduction and induction – to clarify the theoretical foundations, generalize data and formulate conclusions; discourse analysis – to identify specific communicative and pragmatic features of socio-political communication; contextual and functional methods – to actualize the linguopragmatic meaning of the lexical units under the study, i.e., blends; the vocabulary definitions analysis – to examine their linguopragmatic peculiarities; structuralsemantic and component analysis – to determine the ways of blend formation and their main structural elements – all this is necessary for the implementation of translation analysis. …”
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Model of property relations in the Soviet Lithuania village (Case of Stungiai village) by Žilvinas Kačiuška

“…Good execution of a task corresponded to bigger volume of material resources used and smaller amount of tasks received. …”
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The impact of local symptoms on health‐related quality of life in vulvar cancer survivors—A nationwide prospective study by Diana Zach, Pernille T. Jensen, Henrik Falconer, Zuzana Kolkova, Katja Stenström Bohlin, Preben Kjølhede, Ivette Raices Cruz, Elisabeth Åvall‐Lundqvist, Angelique Flöter Rådestad

“…Emotional‐, role‐, social‐, and cognitive functioning, global and mental health improved significantly after treatment. …”
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DIABETES MELLITUS 2ND TYPE WITH CARDIOVASCULAR AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY by V. A. Serhiyenko, A. A. Serhiyenko

“…To perform the analysis of some parameters of insulin resistance, concentration of N-terminal natriuretic pro-brain peptide (NT-prоBNP), hi-sensitive С-reactive proteine (hsCRP) and some proand anti-inflammatory cytokines in diabetes mellitus patients with diabetes mellitus 2nd type (DM2) with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN).Material and methods.   Totally 48 patients studied with DM2, of those 12 without verified cardiovascular diseases (CVD), 36 patients with functional stage of CAN, age 50-59 y., DM2 1-6 y. duration, HbA1c 7,1±0,6%. …”
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Extracorporeal shockwave therapy as a treatment option for shoulder impingement syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ahmad Aldardour, Ahmad R. Al-Qudimat, Mohammad Etoom, Shefa’a Alnammaneh, Wesam al Debes, Loiy Khasaweneh, Alaa Abd-Alrazaq, Sunitha Mysore, Muhammed Al-Jarrah

“…Abstract Background Shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) is a common alignment syndrome that causes significant discomfort and functional limitations. In recent years, extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has gained attention as a promising non-invasive treatment for SIS. …”
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Methylation of p53-responsive oncosuppressive microRNA genes in hemoblastosis by E. N. Voropaeva, T. I. Pospelova, O. V. Berezina, M. I. Churkina, A. A. Gurazheva, V. N. Maksimov

“…The review examines the molecular and genetic characteristics of oncosuppressive micrornas functioning in normal hematopoiesis, the violation of expression of which is shown in the development of hemoblastoses, namely: miR-34a, miR-34b/c, miR-145, miR-143 and miR-203. …”
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Retalho supramaleolar de fluxo reverso: aplicações clínicas Supramalleolous flap of reverse flow: clinical applications by Juliano Candido Batista

“…Donor areas are larger, can cause functional impairment and use on major vascular trunks. …”
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Pharmacoeconomic analysis of the use of tocilizumab in therapy for rheumatoid arthritis:imitation simulation by Dmitry Vladimirovich Goryachev, Sh F Erdes, E L Nasonov

“…Modeling relied on the relationship of RA mortality to a patient's functional status rated by the health assessment questionnaire (HAQ). …”
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The significance of notch signaling in the regulation of Тreg-lymphocyte differentiation in patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis by A. E. Sanina, V. A. Serebryakova, O. I. Urazova, A. A. Gadzhiev, Т. E. Kononova

“…The overwhelming effect of Treg cells on the proliferation, functional activity of Th1 lymphocytes and antigen-presenting cells allows to consider this population as a possible target of modulation of the immune response in patients with tuberculosis. …”
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