Insights into parental perspectives: Children's eye care in Saudi Arabia by Sokinah N. Al Musalami, Reem J. Al Qasim, Bayan S. Alshuhayb, Abdulaziz I. Al-Somali

“…However, parents from the central region, healthcare workers, and those having a child with an eye disease were more likely to have their children's eyes checked regularly. …”
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Universidad Pública Colombiana y fundaciones norteamericanas en el contexto de las reformas universitarias, c. 1960-1966: los casos de la Universidad del Valle y de la Universid... by Milder Susana García Ovalle

“…En el contexto de las reformas universitarias de la primera mitad del decenio de 1960, este artículo analiza cómo las directivas centrales de la Universidad del Valle y de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia desarrollaron mecanismos institucionales para lograr la incorporación legítima de la vinculación de sus instituciones con las fundaciones norteamericanas. …”
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Blood proteomics and multimodal risk profiling of human volunteers after incision injury: A translational study for advancing personalized pain management after surgery by Daniel Segelcke, Julia R. Sondermann, Christin Kappert, Bruno Pradier, Dennis Görlich, Manfred Fobker, Jan Vollert, Peter K. Zahn, Manuela Schmidt, Esther M. Pogatzki-Zahn

“…Outcome measures included pain intensity ratings and the extent of the area of hyperalgesia to mechanical stimuli surrounding the incision, as a proxy of central sensitization. A multi-step logistic regression analysis was performed to predict outcome measures based on feature combinations using data-driven cross-validation and prognostic model development. …”
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Direct imaging of exoplanets: Legacy and prospects by Chauvin, Gael

“…In that perspective, direct imaging from ground-based observatories or in space is playing a central role in concert with other observing techniques. …”
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Synthesis of Interleukin-10 in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Helicobacter pylori Infection by Jesús K. Yamamoto-Furusho, Gabriela Fonseca-Camarillo, Carlos A. Barrera-Ochoa, Janette Furuzawa-Carballeda

“…IL-10 is a regulatory cytokine that plays a central role in limiting host immune response to pathogen. …”
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Las que se quedan: Género,  Migración y Control Social by Maria José Garcia Oramas, Susana Ruiz Pimentel, Sara Ruiz Vallejo

“…This is true for both sides of the frontier particularly in the case of coffee growing areas of central Veracruz, in the southeastern part of Mexico, where men typically migrate leaving women in care of the children and their households, under the tutelage of their relatives.  …”
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Aluminum-Induced Alterations in Purinergic System Parameters of BV-2 Brain Microglial Cells by Charles Elias Assmann, Vitor Bastianello Mostardeiro, Grazielle Castagna Cezimbra Weis, Karine Paula Reichert, Audrei de Oliveira Alves, Vanessa Valéria Miron, Margarete Dulce Bagatini, Taís Vidal Palma, Cinthia Melazzo de Andrade, Micheli Mainardi Pillat, Fabiano Barbosa Carvalho, Cristina Ruedell Reschke, Ivana Beatrice Mânica da Cruz, Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger, Vera Maria Melchiors Morsch

“…The trivalent free Al anion (Al3+) can cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), accumulate in the brain, and elicit harmful effects to the central nervous system (CNS) cells. Thus, evidence has suggested that Al increases the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer’s disease (AD). …”
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Clinical profile, treatment, and outcomes of testicular cancer in a resource-limited setting: a study from Sudan by Eltahir Ahmed Eltahir, Sami Mahjoub Taha Awad, Yassin Mohammed Osman, Mohammed El Imam Mohammed Ahmed, Moawia Mohammed Ali Elhassan

“…Methods A retrospective review was conducted at two tertiary care centers in central Sudan. Data were extracted for patients > 15 years of age diagnosed with testicular cancer from 2007 to 2015, with a follow-up of up to 5 years. …”
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Pan-caspase inhibitors induce secretion of HIV-1 latency reversal agent lymphotoxin-alpha from cytokine-primed NK cells by Zamaneh Hajikhezri, Ioannis Zygouras, Anders Sönnerborg, Robert van Domselaar

“…Neutralization of LTα effectively abolished the observed LRA activity, confirming its central role. Moreover, cytokine-primed but not resting human primary NK cells exhibited LRA activity that could be neutralized with LTα neutralizing antibodies. …”
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A multi‐tagged SAR ocean image dataset identifying atmospheric boundary layer structure in winter tradewind conditions by Chen Wang, Justin E. Stopa, Doug Vandemark, Ralph Foster, Alex Ayet, Alexis Mouche, Bertrand Chapron, Peter Sadowski

“…The dataset includes PNG‐formatted SAR image files along with two text files containing the file name, the central latitude/longitude, expert tags for each image, and all dataset metadata. …”
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Filme “Sonhos Tropicais” e negacionismo da ciência: O processo de intermediação no desenvolvimento do conhecimento científico by Eloisa da Silva Pauletti, Eliane Gonçalves dos Santos

“…Concluímos que, ao utilizar filmes no ensino, a ação intencional do professor intermediador é essencial, uma vez que ele assume papel central na condução de discussões e no desenvolvimento de posicionamentos críticos dos/as licenciandos/as para o contexto social em que estão inseridos, além de contribuir com a construção do conhecimento científico dos sujeitos. …”
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Modernización del espacio cívico en La Araucanía: La plaza republicana a inicios del siglo XX by Leonel Pérez Bustamante, Yabel Arévalo Molina, Bárbara Sáez Orrego, Pablo Fuentes Hernández

“…Para ello, se realiza una revisión de fuentes primarias y secundarias que permitan pesquisar las variables morfológicas del espacio público, enfocándose específicamente las plazas centrales. Los resultados indican que se fortaleció el entorno inmediato de las plazas con usos y equipamientos propios del ideal decimonónico, a menudo asociados al progreso y al capitalismo, mientras que al interior de las plazas paulatinamente se incorporó mobiliario arquitectónico dedicado a la vida cívica. …”
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The effect of space flight on genes expression in brain by A. S. Tsybko, T. V. Ilchibaeva, N. K. Popova

“…Thus, the data obtained from the flight of the Bion-M1 biosatellite for the first time allowed for creating a molecular genetic basis for the currently known neurophysiological mechanisms of adaptation of the central nervous system to the state of weightlessness.…”
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Interferon gamma‐mediated prevention of tumor progression in a mouse model of multiple myeloma by Zoltán Kellermayer, Sabrin Tahri, Madelon M. E. deJong, Natalie Papazian, Cathelijne Fokkema, Elodie C. G. Stoetman, Remco Hoogenboezem, Gregory vanBeek, Mathijs A. Sanders, Louis Boon, Chelsea Den Hollander, Annemiek Broijl, Pieter Sonneveld, Tom Cupedo

“…Single‐cell RNA‐sequencing of immune cells and bulk RNA sequencing of immune and mesenchymal stromal cells implicated the activation of interferon responses as a central immune pathway during stable disease. Experimentally, neutralization of IFNγ significantly increased myeloma development and progression in C57Bl/6 mice, testifying to the importance of this pathway in early disease control. …”
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“Em suaves preceitos” by Maria Celi Chaves Vasconcelos, Maria Teresa Santos Cunha

“…O trabalho se propõe a analisar os conselhos registrados no livro “A mulher como deveria sê-lo”, na visão do padre Victor Marchal, missionário francês, cuja obra é traduzida em Portugal, no ano de 1892, pelo padre Mesquita Pimentel. O objetivo central é evidenciar a formação feminina católica proposta e considerada ideal, no século XIX, além de discutir a religião como devoção e como modeladora de comportamentos/condutas; analisar os preceitos morais para construção da imagem da “esposa perfeita”; e apresentar o exemplo de Maria como o padrão de virtude a ser seguido e aspirado pelas mulheres. …”
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Anti-Neuroinflammatory Effects of Prenylated Indole Alkaloids from the Antarctic Fungus <i>Aspergillus</i> sp. Strain SF-7367 by Zhiming Liu, Chi-Su Yoon, Thao Quyen Cao, Hwan Lee, Il-Chan Kim, Joung Han Yim, Jae Hak Sohn, Dong-Sung Lee, Hyuncheol Oh

“…Inflammation has always been considered a trigger or consequence of neurodegenerative diseases, and the inhibition of inflammation in the central nervous system can effectively protect nerve cells. …”
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Cocaine-Induced Giant Bullous Emphysema by Steven Douedi, Vandan D. Upadhyaya, Ishan Patel, Usman Mazahir, Eric Costanzo, Mohammad A. Hossain

“…Emphysematous bullae have also been reported in patients using cocaine usually involving the lung periphery and sparing the central lung parenchyma. We present a case of a male with a history of cocaine abuse found to have a singular giant emphysematous bulla occupying >95% of the right hemithorax requiring video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) with a favorable outcome. …”
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Socio-psychological factors of students` satisfaction in the context of digitalization of education during the COVID-19 pandemic and self-isolation by I. E. Sokolovskaya

“…The Rapid development of digitalization is now taking place in the field of education, where distance learning is becoming one of the Central forms. This impetuosity has created a number of problems, both organizational and psychological, since the real reality has not yet been fully prepared for radical changes in both the teaching methodology and the methods of obtaining knowledge by the student audience. …”
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Chemogenetic engagement of different GPCR signaling pathways segregates the orexigenic activity from the control of whole-body glucose metabolism by AGRP neurons by Valerie Espinal Abreu, Rachel Barnes, Vishnupriya Borra, Jennifer Schurdak, Diego Perez-Tilve

“…Objective: The control of energy balance involves neural circuits in the central nervous system, including AGRP neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARC). …”
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Corneal Nerve Parameter Reference Values for Chinese Adults Assessed by Corneal Confocal Microscopy by Juan Cao, Jingru Qu, Bekzod Odilov, Bin Lu, Yuanpin Zhang, Lili Li, Yuan Zhang, Qian Xiong, Yu Hong, Jianqiao Li, Yunfeng Shen, Xinguo Hou

“…Two experts captured and selected images of the central corneal subbasal nerve plexus at each center using the same corneal confocal microscopy instrument according to a commonly adopted protocol. …”
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