Cognitive analysis of conceptual metaphor and its types in discourse of Shahrnūsh Pārsipur’s The Dog and the Long Winter based on the theory of Fauconnier and Turner by Parvin Gholamhosseini, Parastoo Karimi, Hamidreza Ghanooni, Jahangir Safari

“…The metaphors were classified in terms of eight group as follows:  ontological metaphors (phenomenal or material), characterizing metaphors, directional metaphors for positive and negative entities, structural metaphors (the conceptual domain of objects, body parts, and the concept of life, natural phenomena and animals). In general, it can be said that, in all constructed metaphors, the use of conceptual domains in the construction of metaphors and conveying specific meanings to the audience has been done intentional.…”
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Exploring the anti-inflammatory effects of phytochemicals in attenuating interstitial cystitis-a literature review by Irfan Anjum, Ayesha Nasir, Faiza Naseer, Faiza Naseer, Ahsan Ibrahim, Bisma Rehman, Fawad Bashir, Qura Tul Ain

“…However, cyclophosphamide has been employed in developing animal models of interstitial cystitis in in vivo studies. …”
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Long-term smoking contributes to aging frailty and inflammatory response by Huijin Hou, Yidi Chai, Ting Zhang, Yue Liang, Lan Huang, Xu Cao, Shufang Liang

“…Additionally, we used the GEO database to validate the correlation between frailty and inflammation in elderly smokers, facilitating cross-comparisons between animal model findings and human sample data. Our results show that mice exposed to high-dose smoking were significantly more prone to frailty, with notable reductions in maximal grip strength (p < 0.01) and drop time (p < 0.001). …”
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Human Umbilical Cord Perivascular Cells Prevent Tumor Growth in a Melanoma Tumor-Bearing Mouse Model and Modulate Breast Cancer and Melanoma Cells in a Cell Line-Dependent Manner I... by Lianet Lopez, Hannah Shuster-Hyman, Eden Marco, Hasna Khan, Avishai Gasner, Aleksandra Uzelac, Brandon Wyse, Poonam Mander, Mugundhine Sangaralingam, Joseph Fish, Ariel Gorodensky, Samar Mouazz, Amanda Kauffman, Denis Gallagher, Andrée Gauthier-Fisher, Clifford L. Librach

“…Systemic administration of FTM and term human umbilical cord perivascular cells, but not fibroblast cells, prevented melanoma tumor growth in a tumor-bearing animal model by modulating tumor cell proliferation and systemic inflammatory mechanisms. …”
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Development and evaluation of a novel E7 multi-epitopic vaccine for human papillomavirus type 16: design, expression, purification, and immunological characterization by Bahareh Bahmani, Zahra Amini-bayat, Mohammad Mehdi Ranjbar, Masoud Hassanzadeh Makoui, Amir-Hassan Zarnani

“…The efficacy of the vaccine was assessed in a therapeutic animal model of HPV-induced cancer. Results Our study revealed that the final construct was successfully expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3)-gold within 4 h of induction as inclusion bodies. …”
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Retrospective evaluation of acid–base imbalances, clinicopathologic alterations, and prognostic factors in hospitalized calves with Eimeria-associated diarrhea by Andrea Urgibl-Bauer, Annette Lorch, Dana Badura, Yury Zablotski, Peter D. Constable, Florian M. Trefz

“…In contrast to neonatal calves with diarrhea, there are very few reports about the clinicopathological alterations in affected animals, which are mainly based on experimental data. …”
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High-altitude hypoxia aggravated neurological deficits in mice induced by traumatic brain injury via BACH1 mediating astrocytic ferroptosis by Peng Zou, Tianjing Li, Zixuan Cao, Erwan Yang, Mingdong Bao, Haofuzi Zhang, Zhuoyuan Zhang, Dan Liu, Min Zhang, Xiangyu Gao, Junmiao Ge, Xiaofan Jiang, Zhicheng Tian, Peng Luo

“…In order to deeply investigate this scientific issue, we constructed a high-altitude hypoxic TBI model at different altitudes and used animal behavioral assessments (Modified neurological severity score, rotarod test, elevated plus maze test) as well as histopathological analyses (brain gross specimens, brain water content, Evans blue content, hypoxia inducible factor-1α, Hematoxylin-Eosin staining and ROS detection) to reveal its underlying principles and characteristics. …”
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Black Soldier Fly (<I>Hermetia illucens</I>) Oil Inclusion and its Effects on Growth Performances in Common Carp (<I>Cyprinus carpio</I>) by Vivi Endar Herawati, Heni Tri Jayanti, Tita Elfitasari, Sapto Purnomo Putro, Seto Windarto

“…Fish growth can be increased by adding nutrients in the form of animal oil sources. An alternative ingredient that can be used to support fish growth with good nutritional content and relatively inexpensive is maggot oil or black soldier fly (H. illucens) oil. …”
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Being a tree crop increases the odds of experiencing yield declines irrespective of pollinator dependence by Aizen, Marcelo A., Gleiser, Gabriela, Kitzberger, Thomas A., Milla, Ruben

“…Global decreases in pollinator abundance and diversity have been proposed as a major driver of yield declines in crops that depend on animals, mostly bees, to produce fruits and seeds. …”
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Managing ADHD Symptoms in Children Through the Use of Various Technology-Driven Serious Games: A Systematic Review by Aikaterini Doulou, Pantelis Pergantis, Athanasios Drigas, Charalampos Skianis

“…They need help to retain the directions given by teachers and are very animated. Focus issues, hyperactivity, and attention problems may hamper learning. …”
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Cowpea cropping systems, traits preference and production constraints in the upper west region of Ghana: farmers' consultation and implications for breeding by Benjamin Karikari, Margaret Delle Maale, Ebenezer Anning, Daniel Brain Akakpo, Afishata Mohammed Abujaja, Isaac Kwahene Addai

“…Walp) is used primarily as food for humans and feed for animals. It is also used for soil management within a cropping system. …”
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Immunization with a Synthetic Helicobacter pylori Peptide Induces Secretory IgA Antibodies and Protects Mice against Infection by David Espinosa-Ramos, Diana Caballero-Hernández, Ricardo Gomez-Flores, Armando Trejo-Chávez, Luis Jerónimo Pérez-Limón, Myriam Angélica de la Garza-Ramos, Reyes Tamez-Guerra, Patricia Tamez-Guerra, Cristina Rodriguez-Padilla

“…In addition, levels of serum TH1 and TH2 cytokines were not altered after immunization, except for the significant increase in IL-6 production in immunized and/or infected animals. Moreover, immunization correlated with plasma secretory IgA and IgG, whereas infection alone only elicited IgM antibodies. …”
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Thermal ablation enhances immunotherapeutic effect of IP-001 on orthotopic liver cancer in a rat model by Yan Li, Samuel S.K. Lam, Chun Fung Wong, Tomas Hode, David Anderson, Robert C.G. Martin

“…When tumor size reached 1.0–1.5 cm3, the animals were divided randomly into 4 groups, (1) MWA+IP-001; (2) MWA+saline; (3) sham MWA+IP-001 and (4) sham MWA+saline (n = 5 each group).Results IP001 + MWA treatment significantly suppressed tumor growth in comparison to the other 3 groups. …”
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Comparative study of packaging materials developed from fish and legume protein concentrates by Evmorfia Athanasopoulou, Angeliki Katsiroumpa, Chrysavgi Gardeli, Theofania Tsironi

“…Regarding the composite animal based film, the WVTR and WVP values were measured at 119.50 ± 2.90 g × s−1 × m−2 and 5.04±0.06 × 10−8 × g × m−1 × s-1×Pa−1, respectively. …”
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Antibody-induced erythrophagocyte reprogramming of Kupffer cells prevents anti-CD40 cancer immunotherapy-associated liver toxicity by Florence Vallelian, Marc Pfefferlé, Irina L Dubach, Raphael M Buzzi, Elena Dürst, Nadja Schulthess-Lutz, Livio Baselgia, Kerstin Hansen, Larissa Imhof, Sandra Koernig, Didier Le Roy, Thierry Roger, Rok Humar, Dominik J Schaer

“…In contrast, extrahepatic inflammation, antigen-specific immunity, and antitumor activity remained unaffected in Ter119 treated animals.Conclusions Our study offers a targeted approach to uncouple CD40-augmented antitumor immunity in peripheral tissues from harmful inflammatoxicity in the liver.…”
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A deep contrastive learning-based image retrieval system for automatic detection of infectious cattle diseases by Veerayuth Kittichai, Morakot Kaewthamasorn, Apinya Arnuphaprasert, Rangsan Jomtarak, Kaung Myat Naing, Teerawat Tongloy, Santhad Chuwongin, Siridech Boonsang

“…Abstract Anaplasmosis, which is caused by Anaplasma spp. and transmitted by tick bites, is one of the most serious livestock animal diseases worldwide, causing significant economic losses as well as public health issues. …”
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Efficacy and compatibility mechanism of bear bile powder in Shexiang Tongxin dropping pills for acute myocardial infarction treatment by Yu Luo, Fangmin Zhang, Lidan Zhu, Jianfeng Ye, Hong-ye Pan, Xiaoyan Lu, Xiaohui Fan

“…Abstract Background Bear bile powder (BBP), a unique animal-derived medicine with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, is used in Shexiang Tongxin dropping pills (STDP), which is applied to treat cardiovascular diseases, including acute myocardial infarction (AMI). …”
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What can be lost? Genomic perspective on the lipid metabolism of Mucoromycota by Blanka Sokołowska, Małgorzata Orłowska, Alicja Okrasińska, Sebastian Piłsyk, Julia Pawłowska, Anna Muszewska

“…Early diverging fungi retained most of beta oxidation components common with animals including Nudt7, Nudt12 and Nudt19 pointing at peroxisome divergence in Dikarya. …”
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Feasibility and complications of videocapsule endoscopy in dogs weighing 7 kg or less by Camille St‐Jean, Allison Collier, Alex Zur Linden, Alexa Bersenas, Alice Defarges

“…Objectives Describe the feasibility and complications of VCE in dogs ≤7 kg. Animals Twenty‐six client‐owned dogs. Methods Retrospective study describing the signalment, previous GI imaging, indications, findings, and complications of canine VCE studies submitted to Infiniti Medical between March 2020 and January 2023. …”
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Therapeutic Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on a Rat Model of Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion by Pan Long, Weiming Yan, Jianwen Liu, Manhong Li, Tao Chen, Zuoming Zhang, Jing An

“…Fundus photography and fluorescein fundus angiography (FFA) of the animals were applied. The retinal layers were measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT). …”
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