Turnover of Focal Adhesions and Cancer Cell Migration by Makoto Nagano, Daisuke Hoshino, Naohiko Koshikawa, Toshifumi Akizawa, Motoharu Seiki

“…Adhesion to the ECM has been studied mainly using cells cultured on an ECM-coated substratum, where the rate of cell migration is determined by the turnover of FAs. …”
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Studied Speech and The Duchess of Malfi: The Lost Arts of Rhetoric, Memory, and Death by Rory Loughnane

“…In this article, Loughnane uses two key lines from the opening scene of Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi about the two brothers’ ‘studied speech’ to discuss how the play’s themes and ideas connect to a broader cultural preoccupation with practices of habitual preparation. …”
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Multiple Approaches to Investigate the Transport and Activity-Dependent Release of BDNF and Their Application in Neurogenetic Disorders by David Hartmann, Jana Drummond, Erik Handberg, Sharday Ewell, Lucas Pozzo-Miller

“…Studies utilizing genetic and pharmacological manipulations in rodent models and neuronal cultures have revealed myriad roles of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). …”
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Préfigurations du lecteur dans la presse en ligne by Alexandra Saemmer

“…The author draws on the analytical tools of cultural studies and political economy to establish the methodological foundation for a semiotic-rhetorical investigation of media text. …”
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LEADERSHIP AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ESTABLISHING THE THEORETICAL NEXUS by Achor, Joy Achile

“…In spite of the divergence perspective of scholars in theorizing leadership, the emphasis is the virtues being it moral, religious, political, economic, cultural, or otherwise; the essence is to arrive at good leadership. …”
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Masques de Chine, visages du nuo : du patrimoine à l’art premier by Sylvie Beaud

“…After their use had been prohibited for nearly two decades, Chinese masks, used mainly in rituals, made their reappearance in the public domain thanks to a relaxation of religious policy the 1980s. Cultural researchers and administrators then had the task of indexing and restoring them, necessitating the creation of a new administrative category. …”
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Invisibilisées et déconsidérées : autoreprésentations de personnes assistées sociales au Québec by Normand Landry, Anne Sophie Letellier, Lena A. Hübner, Anne-Marie Gagné, Marie-Josée Dupuis

“…These representations are discussed in light of conceptual and theoretical tools from the field of cultural studies. By doing so, alternative narratives to those commonly used in public and media discourse emerge to name, define, and problematize the experiences of welfare recipients in Quebec. …”
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Imagining the monstrous other: An introduction to the research on the medicalized undead by Mandić Marina

“…Monsters are liminal subjects, whose ambivalent position challenges culturally established distinctions between the normal and abnormal, the ordered and disordered, and the healthy and unhealthy. …”
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Imaginaire national et laïcité. Penser l’identité avec le projet de Charte des valeurs by Sklaerenn Le Gallo

“…The issue of cultural and religious diversity is important amongst Quebec’s public sphere. …”
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Values and Ecosystem Services Provided by Gainesville's Urban Forest in 2016 by Michael G Andreu, Caroline A Hament, David A. Fox, Robert J. Northrop

“…Northrop and published by the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation describes an urban forest ecological analysis conducted in 2016 in Gainesville, Florida, by the University of Florida in partnership with the Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Department to quantify the vegetation structure, functions, and values of the urban forest. …”
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Non-mega sporting events and urban development: Assessing the impact of the 2022 Mediterranean Games on the socio-urban development of Oran city by Bouadam Chaima, Lazri Youcef, Salah-Salah Hana

“…Findings reveal that, while not comparable in scale to the Olympics, the Mediterranean Games significantly influenced Oran’s urban and social development, generating major urban projects and encouraging international cooperation and cultural exchange among participating nations.…”
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A brief agricultural history of cannabis in Africa, from prehistory to canna-colony by Chris S. Duvall

“…First, during the plant’s initial dispersal across the continent, people developed diverse cultures of cannabis farming and use. Second, several formal markets for cannabis developed under colonial regimes, although colonialists more widely suppressed the crop. …”
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Chronic Granulomatous Disease Presenting as Aseptic Ascites in a 2-Year-Old Child by J. F. Moreau, John A. Ozolek, P. Ling Lin, Todd D. Green, Elaine A. Cassidy, Veena L. Venkat, Andrew R. Buchert

“…We review the case of a 2-year-old boy who presented with ascites and fever of an unknown origin as manifestations of CGD. Cultures were negative for infection throughout his course, and CGD was suspected after identification of granulomas on peritoneal biopsy. …”
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The Structure of Bit-String Similarity Networks by David M. Schneider, Damián H. Zanette

“…We study the structural properties of networks formed by random sets of bit strings—namely the ordered arrays of binary variables representing, for instance, genetic information or cultural profiles. Two bit strings are connected by a network link when they are sufficiently similar to each other, i.e., when their Hamming distance is below a certain threshold. …”
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Dandiacal Conversation in Oscar Wilde’s Comedies of Manners: Conventions, Conversions and Reconfigurations of Phallogocentrism by Gilbert Pham-Thanh

“…Their strong reliance on rhetoric ensures their supremacy in polite conversation, even if their intellectual and cultural edge does a lot to secure their domination. …”
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Una mirada a las representaciones cinematográficas de las regiones fronterizas en México by Jean Philippe Clot, Heidi Elizabeth Aguilar Pérez

“…In the south and north of México, the border regions are a stage of complex processes in migration, economic and cultural topics; they give to the region an own character. …”
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Saisir les dynamiques de minorisation sociale dans les espaces publics verts des quartiers populaires urbains en France, depuis le point de vue du jardinier municipal by Elsa Koerner

“…Cross-cutting issues of cultural alterisation, spatial and institutional hierarchies, property and production contribute to the perpetuation of gender categories, with the risk of aiming for the feminisation of public space, at the expanse of men pertaining to social minorities. …”
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Brief focal psychoanalytic psychotherapy. A modality of intervention for university students: "ESPORA Psychological" by Janett Esmeralda Sosa Torralba, Bertha Blum Grynberg, Catalina Elizabeth Stern Forgach, José Vicente Zarco Torres

“…Background: The current individual and socio-cultural conditions of subjects require technical adaptation in the modalities of psychotherapeutic treatment. …”
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Apprentissage coopératif ou pédagogies coopératives ? by Sylvain Connac, Albert Irigoyen

“…However, the traditions in this area are old and different cultures have emerged. This theoretical article attempts to bring together two conceptions of school cooperation: cooperative learning (apprentissage coopératif) and cooperative pedagogies (pédagogies coopératives). …”
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The Configuration of Work in the XXI Century: The Market Eloy Salmon and Molecular Movements of the Capital by María Luisa López Guerrero

“…This can be explained by observing that in their existing organization they have their own institutional forms, internal codes of exchange, and cultural practices that allow there to be social and local attachments, as well as the fostering of relationships with global capitalism, which creates “resistance” to the State.…”
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