Comparison of Immunomodulation Properties of Porcine Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells Derived from the Bone Marrow, Adipose Tissue, and Dermal Skin Tissue by Sun-A Ock, Raghavendra Baregundi Subbarao, Yeon-Mi Lee, Jeong-Hyeon Lee, Ryoung-Hoon Jeon, Sung-Lim Lee, Ji Kwon Park, Sun-Chul Hwang, Gyu-Jin Rho

“…However, skin-derived MSCs expressed both IFNγ and IL10, which may render them sensitive to immunomodulation. The xenogeneic human MLR test revealed that MSCs had a partial immunomodulation capacity, as proliferation of activated and resting peripheral blood mononuclear cells was not affected, but this did not differ among MSC sources. …”
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Theoretical and Practical Issues That Are Relevant When Scaling Up hMSC Microcarrier Production Processes by Valentin Jossen, Cedric Schirmer, Dolman Mostafa Sindi, Regine Eibl, Matthias Kraume, Ralf Pörtner, Dieter Eibl

“…The potential of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) for allogeneic cell therapies has created a large amount of interest. …”
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Socio-spatial vulnerability index of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Mexico in 2020 by Enríque Ibarra-Zapata, Darío Gaytán-Hernández, Yolanda Terán-Figueroa, Verónica Gallegos-García, Carmen del Pilar Suárez-Rodríguez, Sergio Zarazúa Guzmán, Omar Parra Rodríguez

“…It incorporated factors such as poverty, social backwardness, marginalization index, and human development index. This retrospective ecological study analyzed 317,011 incident cases of T2DM in 2020. …”
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Organ transplantation through historical and religious aspects with reference to Montenegro by Peličić Damir N.

“…Introduction: Since the second half of the twentieth century, thousands of human lives have been saved worldwide by organ transplantation. …”
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Dynamic non-coding RNA biomarker reveals lung injury and repair induced by polystyrene nanoplastics by Sheng Yang, Yiling Ge, Tianyi Zhang, Lihong Yin, Yuepu Pu, Zaozao Chen, Geyu Liang

“…Polystyrene nanoplastics (PS-NPs) are omnipresent in the air and can be inhaled by humans. However, their long-term adverse implications and toxicological mechanisms for human respiratory health are unclear. …”
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Clinical epidemiological characterization of COVID-19 in Cumanayagua. 2021 by Narciso Águila Rodríguez, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Sarah Hernández Malpica, Natasha Sánchez Bouza, Yoseline César Carrero, Maidelenyis Santos Santos

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> in the history of humanity, the great pandemics have represented important and terrible scourges for the human race and the development of society.…”
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Lysosphingolipids in ceramide-deficient skin lipid models by Georgios Paraskevopoulos, Lukáš Opálka, Andrej Kováčik, Anna Paraskevopoulou, Eleni Panoutsopoulou, Irene Sagrafena, Petra Pullmannová, Robert Čáp, Kateřina Vávrová

“…When applied topically to human stratum corneum sheets, SPC and GS increased water loss, decreased electrical impedance, and slightly disordered lipid chains. …”
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MONITORING OF CALCIUM CONTENT OF RAW COW MILK by Ye. S. Kandinskaya, S. V. Redkin, G. V. Chebakova

“…Milk is a natural food product that is unique in its nutritive value and signifcance for human organism. Its composition is balanced in major biochemical components as well as mineral components including calcium. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Effectiveness of IAVchip DNA Microarray in Influenza A Diagnosis by K. T. Sultankulova, O. V. Chervyakova, N. S. Kozhabergenov, K. A. Shorayeva, V. M. Strochkov, M. B. Orynbayev, N. T. Sandybayev, A. R. Sansyzbay, A. V. Vasin

“…The tests were evaluated with use of 185 specimens from humans, animals, and birds. IAVchip DNA microarray demonstrates higher diagnostic effectiveness (99.45%) in early influenza A diagnosis as compared to the real-time PCR (98.38%) and RT-PCR (96.22%), thus showing its clear superiority. …”
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Mineral Composition of Lentils: Physiological Functions, Antinutritional Effects, and Bioavailability Enhancement by Asmaa Benayad, Youssef Aboussaleh

“…Minerals have several beneficial influences on human health. Thus, lentils play a major role in food security, particularly among low-income countries. …”
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Mature Tiankengs are biodiversity hotspots of soil microorganisms in the karst region by Junbo Yang, Xiaohui Wang, Keyi Wang, Danjuan Zeng, Ling Mo, Shuai Li, Baozhu Fang, Bhagwan Rekadwad, Wenjun Li, Gaozhong Pu

“…Mature Tiankeng, the negative geological landform surrounded by integral walls as refugia in Karst regions, conserves the unique plant species of karst regions due to isolation from human disturbances and different local microclimates. …”
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Microbial Contamination, an Increasing Threat to the Consumption of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Today’s World by Gadafi Iddrisu Balali, Denis Dekugmen Yar, Vera Gobe Afua Dela, Priscilla Adjei-Kusi

“…Hence, the activities of humans cannot be completely separated from microbes. …”
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Recent advances in genetics of aggressive behavior by J. D. Davydova, S. S. Litvinov, R. F. Enikeeva, S. B.  Malykh, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…Aggressive behavior is an integral part of the human psyche. However, environmental risk factors, mental illness and somatic diseases can lead to increased aggression to be the biological basis of antisocial behavior in a human society. …”
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The limits of criminalization and the principle of legality in blanket economic criminal offenses: Whoever does not deal in good faith shall be punished! by Todorović Aleksandar D.

“…The aim of the paper is to determine whether the Supreme Court (of Casation) applies the standards arising from the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on the principle of legality. By comparing the positions taken by the Supreme Court in its decisions with the positions of legal theory regarding the significance, nature, and content of guarantees arising from the principle of legality, and further comparing them with the positions taken on this issue by the European Court of Human Rights, this paper concludes that the principle of legality in blanket economic criminal offenses has been completely undermined. …”
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The research into the propagation law of the shock wave of a gas explosion inside a building by Shu-Chao Lin, You-Chun Xu, Pei-Dong Yang, Shan Gao, Yi-Jun Zhou, Jin Xu

“…In terms of the peak pressure space distribution of the explosion shock wave, the peak pressure is much higher than the threshold of the killing pressure, which is unsafe for the humans and animals in the building.…”
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Counterweight cities in South America as an answer to unitarian centralism: Santa Cruz, Guayaquil and Concepcion by Esteban Valenzuela-Van Treek, Claudia Vaca

“…The cities studied here, enhanced the complexity of the human settlement system in their countries, mitigating the macro cephalic tendencies inherent in the Latin American centralist urban structure. …”
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miRNA-375 a Sensor of Glucotoxicity Is Altered in the Serum of Children with Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes by Lucien Marchand, Audrey Jalabert, Emmanuelle Meugnier, Kathleen Van den Hende, Nicole Fabien, Marc Nicolino, Anne-Marie Madec, Charles Thivolet, Sophie Rome

“…MiRNAs regulations in isolated human islets in response to high glucose concentrations were determined by TaqMan Low-Density Array. …”
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A rapid method for the preparation of an in vitro osteoporosis model of calf vertebrae: histological and biomechanical study by Anli Shi, Anli Shi, Yijie Liu, Qiang Ma, Jiaxin Li, Jiawang Fan, Zhaohui Ge, Zhaohui Ge

“…Given the constraints of limited supply and high costs associated with human specimens, calf spines are frequently employed as surrogates for human spines in both in vivo and in vitro biomechanical studies.MethodsThis study selected 60 spinal vertebrae from calves aged between 12 and 18 weeks. …”
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Analysis of heavy metal pollution of chromium (Cr) and nickel (Ni) in soil at Putri Cempo Landfill, Indonesia by Rachmawati Siti, Hawali Abdul Matin Hashfi, Khoiriyah Azzam Atikah, Meilana Arifiandita Dio, Darma Nurcahyo Furqon, Hamonangan Manullang Raymond, Susatio Raja

“…Heavy metal contamination is a critical issue because it negatively impacts human health and causes environmental damage that can threaten the sustainability of the economy and ecosystems at a global level. …”
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Analyzing industry ecological sustainability from the perspective of spatial association network: A case study of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River by Weifeng Deng, Shuoshuo Li, Guoen Wei, Ling Bai, Yaobin Liu

“…As zones of intensive human activity overlap with ecologically sensitive areas, human-land conflict in urban agglomerations becomes more pronounced. …”
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