Las multitudes católicas argentinas en la primera mitad del siglo XX. Religión, política y sociedad de masas by Diego Mauro

“…Se analizan los efectos performativos del llamado “paradigma clásico” de la secularización y se plantea la necesidad de reubicar los aportes de la perspectiva política, gestada en el contexto de la década de 1980, en un marco explicativo más amplio, capaz de incorporar los aportes recientes de la historia social y cultural. Con dicho propósito se delinea un acercamiento que, basado en el concepto de multitud, pretende poner en diálogo diferentes dimensiones del fenómeno, subrayando su naturaleza poliédrica y su irreductibilidad política e ideológica.…”
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Revisiting community-based traditional irrigation systems in India by Kumar Gaurav, Prabhakar Sharma, Aviram Sharma

“…While critiquing the traditional irrigation system, the paper explores the epistemic and socio-cultural challenges related to the governance of traditional irrigation systems in today's time.…”
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FGF21 as an Endocrine Regulator in Lipid Metabolism: From Molecular Evolution to Physiology and Pathophysiology by Yusuke Murata, Morichika Konishi, Nobuyuki Itoh

“…Experiments with Fgf21 transgenic mice and cultured cells indicate that FGF21 exerts pharmacological effects on glucose and lipid metabolism in hepatocytes and adipocytes via cell surface FGF receptors. …”
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Program for Studying Intergenerational Transmissions in Infant Mortality Using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) by Luciana Quaranta

“…Studies conducted in historical populations and developing countries have evidenced the existence of clustering in infant deaths, which could be related to genetic inheritance and/or to social and cultural factors such as education, socioeconomic status or parental care. …”
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Raphaëlle Décloître, Le récit allégorique de la fin du Moyen Âge : poétique d’un effacement inévité by Raphaëlle Décloître

“…If the study of the last manifestations of a genre requires, in addition to focusing on poetic considerations, placing late works in literary history (to understand their state of posterity and finality), it seems that, in the case of the last allegorical narratives, the poetics of the texts is revealing of their positioning: beyond the cultural upheavals of the turn of the 16th century, the peaceful relationship of these works to their filiation seems to have encouraged little renewal of the practice.…”
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Speed and Longevity: Elements of the Internationalization of Technology-Based Firms by Dinorá Eliete Floriani, Sílvio Luís de Vasconcellos, Carine Leticia Morandi, Svante Andersson

“…Regarding longevity and survival, while TBFs serving creative sectors tend to adapt more easily to culturally similar markets and develop products more quickly, TBFs working traditional sectors tend to exploit local networks revealing exciting nuances about the time perception among TBFs.…”
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WOMEN AND PEACE PROCESSES IN NIGERIA by EMMANUEL ACHUS JAH, AMINA NKANDAK KURMI, TANKO SHAWULU PAUL, LONGPOE HENTUANG HENRY

“…It recommends that women should not be seen as second fiddle and peaceful while men dominant and violent, there should be cultural reorientation in Nigeria where obnoxious practices of relegation of women to the background be prohibited and the democratic space in Nigeria should presentvents for the implementation of greater gender equality and offer a window for change. …”
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Mistaken Worlds: When “Abundance” and “Scarcity” Collide in the Colombian Amazon by Gerard Verschoor, Camilo Torres

“…Employing a perspective that rejects cultural uniqueness, this study examines the multiplicity of practices and realities in which the different actors confront dilemmas around the use of common pool resources. …”
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High-Resolution Microscopy to Learn the Nuclear Organization of the Living Yeast Cells by Renjie Wang, Aiwen Huang, Yan Wang, Pengxin Mei, He Zhu, Qianqian Chen, Sankui Xu

“…The nuclei lost their spherical geometry gradually when the cell was cultured from the most to a less favorable carbon source. …”
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Revolutionizing precision medicine in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Harnessing 3D in vitro models for translation by Nitesh Buldak, Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan, Ullas Mony

“…In this review, we discuss the role of the tumor-immune microenvironment (TIME) in tumorigenesis and the 3D in vitro cultures in recreating the tumor microenvironment paving the way for the development of personalized medicine in OSCC.…”
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Co-Designing Future-Based Partnership for a University-Affiliated Organization Using a Futuristic Approach by Anne Namatsi Lutomia

“…Drawing inspiration from systems learning and the cultural concept of reciprocity, the paper underscores the importance of mutual respect, trust, and collaboration in creating impactful, non-domination partnerships. …”
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Group A Streptococcal Endometritis: Report of an Outbreak and Review of the Literature by Ziad A Memish, Denise Gravel-Tropper, Catherine Oxley, Baldwin Toye, Gary E Garber

“…These personnel were questioned about a recent history of sore throat, skin lesions, vaginal or rectal symptoms. Throat and rectal cultures were obtained for gas from all 10 personnel. …”
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Les représentations de la non-monogamie consensuelle : perceptions des parents polyamoureux ou en couple ouvert canadiens by Milaine Alarie, Morag Bosom

“…Despite the cultural imperative in Western societies for individuals to practice monogamy, a considerable proportion of individuals report having engaged in consensual non-monogamous (CNM) relationships at some point in their life. …”
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Nanoporosity of Alumina Surfaces Induces Different Patterns of Activation in Adhering Monocytes/Macrophages by Natalia Ferraz, Jaan Hong, Matteo Santin, Marjam Karlsson Ott

“…Human mononuclear cells cultured on alumina membranes with pore diameters of 20 and 200 nm were evaluated in terms of cell adhesion, viability, morphology, and release of proinflammatory cytokines. …”
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Elevated Circulating Angiogenic Progenitors and White Blood Cells Are Associated with Hypoxia-Inducible Angiogenic Growth Factors in Children with Sickle Cell Disease by Solomon F. Ofori-Acquah, Iris D. Buchanan, Ifeyinwa Osunkwo, Jerry Manlove-Simmons, Feyisayo Lawal, Alexander Quarshie, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Gary H. Gibbons, Beatrice E. Gee

“…Despite having a higher number of angiogenic progenitor cells, children with Hemoglobin SS had slower migration of cultured mononuclear cells.…”
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Russian conservatism: outlines of a responsible political course by A. P. Vorobev

“…It is necessary to develop own “language”, taking into account civilizational, cultural and socio-historical features.…”
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Immunomodulatory Effects of Tigecycline in Balb/C Mice by Elhayek Shada Y., Fararjeh Mohammad A., Assaf Areej M., Abu-Rish Eman Y., Bustanji Yasser

“…It was found that tigecycline enhanced lymphocyte proliferation and significantly increased cellular infiltration within the footpad, as based on DTH testing, but reduced the hemagglutination titer. In splenocyte cultures, tigecycline suppressed splenocyte proliferation with IC50 3-5 mmol L-1, significantly increased IL-2 secretion and reduced IL-17 secretion in a dose dependent mode. …”
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Possibilities of Habit-Change in The Essex Serpent: A Semiotic Analysis of Cora Seaborne by Onur Eyüp Böle

“…In the light of Teresa de Lauretis’s study of interpretants in relation to female subjectivity, it becomes evident that Perry in her protagonist Cora Seaborne reformulates female experience as an active and immanent force in socio-cultural processes of semiotic production. This article analyses this force in terms of de Lauretis’s habit-change, which defines subjectivity as a nexus between the norms that produce it and the change on which the very possibility of semiotic production depends. …”
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The role of authenticity, involvement and experience quality in heritage destinations by Abdullah Uslu, Nuria Recuero-Virto, Ramazan Eren, Maria Francisca Blasco-López

“…According to research results, to increase willingness to pay, it is imperative to offer a high-quality cultural tourism experience, wherein tourists gain knowledge about the heritage destination and enjoy the experience while deeply engaging with the surroundings. …”
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An Inquiry in the Exploration of Persian and âArabic Literature Connection (The Case of âIrony in Masnavi Maânavi and Arabic âLiterature)â by وحید سبزیان پور, صدیقه رضایی, سمیره خسروی

“…The result of the study shows that ironies in âMasnavi have similarities with Arabic irony and as each âculture has its own specific irony so this commonality shows âthe deep historical and cultural connection of these two âLiteratures: Arabic and Persian. …”
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