The Role of Type III Interferons in Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Therapy by Janina Bruening, Bettina Weigel, Gisa Gerold

“…The human interferon (IFN) response is a key innate immune mechanism to fight virus infection. …”
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Application of Synthetic Polymeric Scaffolds in Breast Cancer 3D Tissue Cultures and Animal Tumor Models by Girdhari Rijal, Chandra Bathula, Weimin Li

“…The scaffolding technology has appealing potentials to be applied in anticancer drug screening for a better control of the progression of human cancers.…”
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Clinical Relevance of HLA Gene Variants in HBV Infection by Li Wang, Zhi-Qiang Zou, Kai Wang

“…Host gene variants may influence the natural history of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in humans, is one of the most important host factors that are correlated with the clinical course of HBV infection. …”
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Nature’s Song under the Bombs: Pastoral Echoes in some Scottish War Poems by Stéphanie NOIRARD

“…It first shows the slow degradation of nature’s sounds in the poems on the First World War – from nostalgic reminiscences, comforting memories or patriotic pleas to human cries in the din of guns. It then focuses on anti-pastoral and the impact the idea of a waste-land had on World War II poetry, considering how the sounds of nature can still be heard in a ruined world of bombed cities and human atrocities. …”
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Pre-Modern Bosom Serpents and Hippocrates' <i>Epidemiae</i> 5: 86: A Comparative and Contextual Folklore Approach by Davide Ermacora

“…A short Hippocratic passage (Epidemiae 5: 86) might constitute the earliest Western surviving variant of the well-known narrative and experiential theme of snakes or other animals getting into the human body (motif B784, tale-type ATU 285B*). This paper aims: 1) to throw light on this ancient passage through a comparative folkloric analysis and through a philological-contextual study, with reference to modern and contemporary interpretations; and 2) to offer an examination of previous scholarly enquiries on the fantastic intrusion of animals into the human body. …”
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A novel method of adaptive weighted -nearest neighbor fingerprint indoor positioning considering user’s orientation by Jingxue Bi, Yunjia Wang, Xin Li, Hongji Cao, Hongxia Qi, Yongkang Wang

“…There are many factors affecting Wi-Fi signal in indoor environment, among which the human body has an important impact. And, its characteristic is related to the user’s orientation. …”
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First Detection of <i>Alphacoronavirus</i> in Bats from the World’s Largest Wetland, the Pantanal, Brazil by Tayane B. S. Magalhães, Amanda de O. Viana, Thiago B. F. Semedo, Juliane S. Saldanha, Nicole A. dos Reis, Nathalia de A. Pereira, Rachel V. P. de Barros, Hannah R. Miranda, Gabriella C. Almeida, Desyrée Y. S. R. Ozaki, Giovana S. Caleiro, Gustavo O. Fenner, Fernanda P. Vizu, Theo Kraiser, Thais P. Carvalho, Luciano M. Thomazelli, Erick G. Dorlass, Clarice W. Arns, Helena L. Ferreira, Erika Hingst-Zaher, Rogério Vieira Rossi, Guilherme S. T. Garbino, Edison L. Durigon, Jansen de Araujo, Daniel M. de Aguiar

“…Coronaviruses (CoV) infect a wide variety of hosts, causing epidemics in humans, birds, and mammals over the years. Bats (order Chiroptera) are one of the natural hosts of the Coronaviridae family. …”
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Minimal age-related variation in bipedal behavior in Sapajus by Kristin A. Wright, Dorothy M. Fragaszy

“…Bipedal behavior in non-human primates makes up a relatively small portion of their behavioral repertoire. …”
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Analysis of the Equation Style in Salek Qazvini's Sonnets by Sara Nezamdoost, Mohammad Amir Mashhadhi, Mohammad Ali Mahmoodi

“…He has created new themes concerning human relationships and characteristics of his time with precision and subtlety. …”
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Strategic Climate Litigation before National Courts: Can European Union Law be used as a Shield? by Christina Eckes

“…Third, the European Court of Human Rights would not accept the “EU law as a shield” argument.…”
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Flowering characteristics and breeding system of the rare plant Rosa anemoniflora by YU Qun, RUAN Shuming, SHI Qinghua, HUANG Xiaochun, ZENG Huahao, GAO Wei

“…Releasing effective insects during the flowering period and reducing human damage were important measures for the conservation of R. anemoniflora.…”
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Antarctic nematodes survival in Martian and Lunar regolith simulants under terrestrial conditions by CESAR R.L. AMARAL, FÁBIO L.V. BONES, ANTONIO CARLOS DE FREITAS, RODRIGO GOLDENBERG-BARBOSA, MAITHÊ G.P. MAGALHÃES, LUCAS M. MOREIRA, DAFNE ANJOS, ANNA DONATO, ANTONIO AMORIM, PAULO E.A.S. CÂMARA

“…Considering their crucial role in soil food webs, and their relation with nutrient cycling and carbon dioxide emissions, the observed capacity of nematodes to thrive in Martian and Lunar regoliths positions them as potential candidates to sustain human habitats, helping on the development of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) systems, and forming the basis for a biological life-support system to facilitate human survival in extraterrestrial environments.…”
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Unimodal‐Bio‐GAN: Keyless biometric salting scheme based on generative adversarial network by Mayada Tarek, Eslam Hamouda, Sara El‐Metwally

“…A technique called biometric salting uses a parameter (key) and an invertible function to transform the human biometrics features into a secured format that can be protected and stored securely in a biometric database system. …”
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Organic Alternatives to Quantum Dots for Intraoperative Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping by Shunsuke Ohnishi, Stephen J. Lomnes, Rita G. Laurence, Andrew Gogbashian, Giuliano Mariani, John V. Frangioni

“…This preclinical study, performed on large animals approaching the size of humans, should serve as a foundation for future clinical studies.…”
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Effect of COVID-19 Prevention Measures on Air Quality in Thailand by Jenjira Kaewrat, Rungruang Janta

“…In response, Thailand’s government has imposed various pandemic prevention measures, such as a rigorous stay-at-home measure to reduce viral transmission between humans. Many human activities ceased, such as transportation, businesses, and services. …”
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Comparing dislocation force between a flanged haptics IOL and a harpoon haptics IOL by Johannes Zeilinger, Martin Kronschläger, Andreas Schlatter, Natascha Bayer, Oliver Findl

“…Abstract To compare two different secondary IOL fixation techniques, either flanged or hooked, regarding the least required force to dislocate the haptic in human corneoscleral donor tissue (CST). Experimental laboratory investigation. …”
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Interpretable Detection of Malicious Behavior in Windows Portable Executables Using Multi-Head 2D Transformers by Sohail Khan, Mohammad Nauman

“…One of the major challenges in tackling this problem is the complexity of malware analysis, which requires expertise from human analysts. Recent developments in machine learning have led to the creation of deep models for malware detection. …”
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SPOCK2 controls the proliferation and function of immature pancreatic β-cells through MMP2 by Katarzyna Blaszczyk, Anna P. Jedrzejak, Natalia Ziojla, Ekaterina Shcheglova, Karolina Szarafin, Artur Jankowski, Christine A. Beamish, Jolanta Chmielowiec, Omaima M. Sabek, Ashok Balasubramanyam, Sanjeet Patel, Malgorzata Borowiak

“…Abstract Human pluripotent stem cell-derived β-cells (SC-β-cells) represent an alternative cell source for transplantation in diabetic patients. …”
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A Japanese man with community-onset carbapenem-resistant Stutzerimonas nitrititolerans bacteremia and a sacral pressure ulcer: a case report by Kohei Hasegawa, Kenya Murata, Yuki Suzuki, Yoshihiko Ogawa, Hisakazu Yano

“…Stutzerimonas nitrititolerans, previously known as Pseudomonas nitrititolerans, was initially isolated from a bioreactor. Only one case of human infection has been reported to date, and its pathogenicity remains unknown. …”
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Clinical Manifestations and Treatment Outcomes of Syphilitic Uveitis in a Chinese Population by Rui Zhang, Jiang Qian, Jie Guo, Yifei Yuan, Kang Xue, Han Yue, Ling Chen

“…Nine patients were male. Coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus was detected in two patients. …”
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