Human cytomegalovirus gene UL76 induces IL-8 expression through activation of the DNA damage response. by Helena Costa, Rute Nascimento, John Sinclair, Robert Michael Evans Parkhouse

“…Moreover, IL-8 has a positive effect in the replication of HCMV. This work has identified an HCMV gene (UL76), with the relevant property of inducing IL-8 expression at both transcriptional and protein levels. …”
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Standards for reporting optical biosensor experiments (STROBE): Improving standards in the reporting of optical biosensor-based data in the literature by Paul E. Belcher, Anna Moberg, Michael B. Murphy

“…We have also found published work in which the authors have failed to report the type of sensor that was used, or which biosensor instrumentation was used. …”
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Impact of Smart City Planning and Construction on Community Governance under Dynamic Game by Jie Guo, Wenhao Ling

“…Finally, based on learning from the relevant work experience, corresponding improvement measures are proposed for the existing problems from the united front, top-level design, social participation, platform construction, and talent training.…”
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Combinatorial Synthesis, Screening, and Binding Studies of Highly Functionalized Polyamino-amido Oligomers for Binding to Folded RNA by Jonathan K. Pokorski, Daniel H. Appella

“…Preventing this interaction from occurring in vivo halts HIV replication, thus making RNA-binding molecules an intriguing pharmaceutical target. …”
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Perspective on the Biomimetic Approaches for the Design of Hydrophobic and Antimicrobial Paper Coatings with Hierarchical Surface Structures by Pieter Samyn

“…The bio-inspired approaches through the replication of hierarchical surface structures with multi-scale dimensional features in combination with selection of appropriate bio-based functional groups offer new concepts for coating design. …”
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G-quadruplexes in pathogens: a common route to virulence control? by Lynne M Harris, Catherine J Merrick

“…This is a stable four-stranded structure formed by the stacking of quartets of guanine bases. Recent work has convincingly shown that G4s can form in vivo as well as in vitro and can affect both replication and transcription of DNA. …”
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Russian Higher Education and Science on the Intellectual Property Market by K. Yu. Kazantsev, S. I. Chernykh

“…In conclusion, the article outlines the main areas of work for the development of intellectual property market in the Russian Federation to overcome the monopoly of Western countries and China on the scientific production and high technologies market.…”
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Roma in tabula by Sophie Madeleine, Jérôme Nicolle

“…Roma in Tabula is an application which allows everyone to visualize, on mobile devices or computers, part of the research work on the virtual restitution of 4th-century Rome carried out at the University of Caen Normandy. …”
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Double-edged sword: The evolutionary consequences of the epigenetic silencing of transposable elements. by Jae Young Choi, Yuh Chwen G Lee

“…However, a flurry of recent work suggests that there is another important source of TEs' harmful effects-epigenetic silencing. …”
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Computational Analysis of the Effect of Inhibitor Proteins P21/p27 on Cell Cycle Under Microgravity Conditions by Gabriele Traversari, Antonio Locci, Alessandro Concas, Nicola Lai, Alberto Cincotti, Giacomo Cao

“…In particular, the aim of this work is the analysis of p21/p27 over expression induced by microgravity, with particular attention to its effect on cell duplication time and quality. …”
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Case-Only Survival Analysis Reveals Unique Effects of Genotype, Sex, and Coronary Disease Severity on Survivorship. by Jennifer R Dungan, Xuejun Qin, Benjamin D Horne, John F Carlquist, Abanish Singh, Melissa Hurdle, Elizabeth Grass, Carol Haynes, Simon G Gregory, Svati H Shah, Elizabeth R Hauser, William E Kraus

“…Building on our previous work, the purpose of this current study was to: evaluate LSAMP SNP-specific hazards for all-cause mortality post-catheterization in a larger cohort of our CAD cases; and, perform additional replication in an independent dataset. …”
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Transcription Analysis of the Myometrium of Labouring and Non-Labouring Women. by Gemma C Sharp, James L Hutchinson, Nanette Hibbert, Tom C Freeman, Philippa T K Saunders, Jane E Norman

“…We have made all our data available at www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress/ (accession number E-MTAB-3136) to facilitate progression of this work.…”
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РАЗВИТИЕ ГЕПАТОЦЕЛЛЮЛЯРНОЙ КАРЦИНОМЫ В ИСХОДЕ ХРОНИЧЕСКОЙ ДЕЛЬТА-ИНФЕКЦИИ by Л. Ю. Ильченко, Т. В. Кожанова, К. К. Кюрегян, А. А. Сарыглар, О. Н. Сарыг-Хаа, Я. Д. Сонам-Байыр, М. И. Михайлов

“…Replication of hepatitis viruses were estimated in 4 of 8 HCC cases: HDV RNA was detected in 2 patients, HBV DNA — in 1 patient, replication of both viruses (HBV DNA + HDV RNA) —  in 1 person. …”
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Estimation of Optimum Dilution in the GMAW Process Using Integrated ANN-GA by P. Sreeraj, T. Kannan, Subhashis Maji

“…Experiments were conducted based on central composite rotatable design with full replication technique, and mathematical models were developed using multiple regression method. …”
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Dicer-2-dependent activation of Culex Vago occurs via the TRAF-Rel2 signaling pathway. by Prasad N Paradkar, Jean-Bernard Duchemin, Rhonda Voysey, Peter J Walker

“…Despite their importance as vectors of human and livestock diseases, relatively little is known about innate antiviral immune pathways in mosquitoes and other insects. Previous work has shown that Culex Vago (CxVago), which is induced and secreted from West Nile virus (WNV)-infected mosquito cells, acts as a functional homolog of interferon, by activating Jak-STAT pathway and limiting virus replication in neighbouring cells. …”
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“…Not Sterne, or, at least, not Vernes”: Towards a description of the French genesis of Karamzin’s Sterne by M. Е.  Baskina (Malikova)

“…Namely, the fragment “A Poor Man and His Dog”, presented in Karamzin’s Moscow Magazine (1792) as “Sterne’s work”, appears to be a translation not of Sterne but of an interpolation made by his French translator into the French version of Tristram Shandy. …”
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Social exclusion as a side effect of machine learning mechanisms by A. G. Tertyshnikova, U. O. Pavlova, M. V. Cimbal

“…This situation brings up the question of the correctness of artificial intelligence decisions and their consequences. The aim of this work is to consider the origin and replication of social exclusion, inequality and discrimination in society as a result of neurotraining. …”
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PLAGIARISM IN DISSERTATIONS by M. S. Gelfand

“…We consider the established practices in the evaluation of independence in academic works. Unethical use of someone else’s work and materials by the authors of dissertations include, in particular, copying from official documents and abstracts without acknowledgement the source and with no citation; replication of existing reviews and chapters from already defended dissertations; falsification by refreshing of outdated data with substituted dates, and or wordfor-word copy-pasting with substitution of the research object. …”
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Optineurin negatively regulates the induction of IFNbeta in response to RNA virus infection. by Jamel Mankouri, Rennos Fragkoudis, Kathryn H Richards, Laura F Wetherill, Mark Harris, Alain Kohl, Richard M Elliott, Andrew Macdonald

“…Furthermore, mutagenesis studies determined that binding of ubiquitin was essential for both the correct sub-cellular localisation and the inhibitory function of optineurin. This work identifies optineurin as a critical regulator of antiviral signalling and potential target for future antiviral therapy.…”
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The dual-hormone hypothesis and first-time fathers’ relationship satisfaction at 3 months postpartum by Rylei L. Donovan, Randy Corpuz

“…Discussion focuses on numerous limitations of the study, small effect size, and the need for replication with less homogenous samples.…”
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