COX-2 Gene Promoter Polymorphism and Coronary Artery Disease in Middle-Aged Men: The Helsinki Sudden Death Study by Kati H. Huuskonen, Tarja A. Kunnas, Minna M. Tanner, Jussi Mikkelsson, Erkki Ilveskoski, Pekka J. Karhunen, Seppo T. Nikkari

“…Our objective was to study whether the functional C variant of the −765G→C polymorphism in the human COX-2 gene associates with the severity of coronary atherosclerosis measured at the coronary artery level. …”
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The effects of magnesium supplementation in autoimmune rheumatic diseases by Aaron Lerner, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Carina Benzvi, Motti Haimi

“… Magnesium is an essential mineral for the human body, and its deficiency causes multiple detrimental cellular and organ dysfunctions. …”
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Analytical Method Development and Validation for the Quantification of Acetone and Isopropyl Alcohol in the Tartaric Acid Base Pellets of Dipyridamole Modified Release Capsules by... by Sriram Valavala, Nareshvarma Seelam, Subbaiah Tondepu, V. Shanmukha Kumar Jagarlapudi, Vivekanandan Sundarmurthy

“…The method validation was carried out with regard to the guidelines for validation of analytical procedures Q2 demanded by the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH). All the validation characteristics were meeting the acceptance criteria. …”
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COVID-19 preguntas frecuentes para servicios de comida: recepcion de alimentos y sus empaques by Natalie Seymour, Mary Yavelak, Candice Christian, Ben Chapman, Michelle Danyluk

“…Written by Natalie Seymour, Mary Yavelak, Candice Christian, and Ben Chapman (NC State University Extension), and published by the UF/IFAS Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, April 2020. FSHN20-14s/FS357: COVID-19 preguntas frecuentes para servicios de comida: recepcion de alimentos y sus empaques (ufl.edu) …”
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Real-Time Classification of Deep and Non-Deep Sleep With Comparative Intervention Experiments by Mo Xia, Hongxi Xue, Boning Li, Jianting Cao

“…Sleep is an essential part of human life, and sleep quality is a critical indicator of overall health. …”
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Conscientização política e prática teórica no ensino de sociologia: um relato de experiência by Robson da Costa de Souza, Jefferson Evânio da Silva, Joanildo Burity

“…Having as reference the experiences reported (and developed) in the scope of a discipline of Theories of Social Sciences offered by a Professional Master’s Degree, in the City of Recife (PE), we will then see how teaching sociology, in the school context, is related to the universe of research and knowledge production in Human Sciences, in general, and Social Sciences, in a specific way. …”
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Aging Adults and Seasonal Influenza: Does the Vitamin D Status (H)Arm the Body? by Pierre Olivier Lang, Dimitrios Samaras

“…Vitamin D (VitD), although originally described as an essential hormone for bone and mineral homeostasis, appears to have an active role in regulating specific facets of human immunity. Indeed, VitD has been shown to have significant effects on cytokine production and lymphocyte proliferation. …”
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Study of Protein Biomarkers of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and Therapy with Vitamin B1 by Samreen Riaz

“…The effect of high dose thiamine on the levels of these identified protein biomarkers in the human urine has also been observed. Assessment of the levels of these biomarkers will be helpful in not only early diagnosis but also prognosis of diabetes mellitus type 2.…”
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Perinatal Chicken Pox (Varicella Zoster Virus) Infection by Ali Annagur, Ayhan Tastekin, Pervin Gunaslan, Oguzhan Demirel, Ahmet Hakan Dikener

“…Chickenpox is due to infection with the varicella zoster virus (VZV), a human alphaherpervirus found worldwide. Classically, the cinical disease is a febrile illness with a pruritic vesicular rash. …”
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The Broken Generational Contract in Europe: Generous transfers to the elderly population, low investments in children by Bernhard Hammer, Tanja Istenič, Lili Vargha

“…The results indicate that in most of the analysed countries the human capital investments in children are far too low to finance the generous transfers to the elderly population in the future.…”
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Progress in the Research of the Toxicity Effect Mechanisms of Heavy Metals on Freshwater Organisms and Their Water Quality Criteria in China by Ya-jun Hong, Wei Liao, Zhen-fei Yan, Ying-chen Bai, Cheng-lian Feng, Zu-xin Xu, Da-yong Xu

“…Heavy metals not only have major impacts on aquatic organisms, but also seriously threaten human health. However, the current environmental criteria refer to the maximum value limitations of environmental factors in environmental media where harmful or detrimental effects are not produced on specific protected objects. …”
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Analysis of the Thymidylate Synthase Gene Structure in Colorectal Cancer Patients and Its Possible Relation with the 5-Fluorouracil Drug Response by A. Calascibetta, Flavia Contino, S. Feo, G. Gulotta, M. Cajozzo, A. Antona, G. Sanguedolce, R. Sanguedolce

“…We planned to perform the whole TS gene structure by means of sequencing techniques in human colorectal cancer (CRC) samples to try to identify the presence of any possible TS variant form that could be responsible of fluoropyrimidines drug resistance and of the worse prognosis. …”
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Wearable respiratory sensors for health monitoring by Zhifu Yin, Yang Yang, Cong Hu, Jinzhe Li, Boyu Qin, Xue Yang

“…Abstract Real-time monitoring and early warning of human health conditions is an important function of wearable devices. …”
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Limiting the Carbon Footprint of an Enterprise: Calculation Methods and Solutions by Svetlana Ivanova, Elena Zhidkova, Alexander Prosekov

“… The importance of the carbon footprint problem is determined by its role in global warming and climate change, which lead to various negative consequences (heavy rains, droughts, floods, other climatic disasters), as well as threaten human health and well-being. The fight against the carbon footprint problem requires a comprehensive approach, including improving energy efficiency, switching to renewable energy sources, improving emission reduction technologies, forest conservation and rational use of resources. …”
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Knowledge management as a determinant of job satisfaction by Ćurčić Mihailo, Matejić Ivica

“…The difference between organizations is reflected in human resources, ie., employees. Employees are not enough to outperform the competition. …”
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Future studies on identifying potential land for urban development using GIS (Case study: Kerman city) by esmaeeil kamali, omeid samandari, sadegh, morteza sarhadi

“…Kerman as one of Iran's major cities encountering with limited natural and human development, is not an exception. Thus, it is essential to take into account its development structure. …”
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Closed-form interpretation of neural network classifiers with symbolic gradients by Sebastian J Wetzel

“…I interpret these neural networks by finding an intersection between the equivalence class and human-readable equations defined by a symbolic search space. …”
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ELEMENTS D’ORGANISATION DE L’ESPACE DU SUD DE LA BUCOVINE by DRAGOŞ BAROIU, PAUL RĂZVAN ŞERBAN

“…Moreover, the behaviour of human communities is deeply imprinted in the collective mind, Prospective organisation should take into account the study-area’s resources, the role played by the physical and social infrastructure, the correct hierarchy of settlements (severely disturbed by the new settlements raised to urban status in 2004), as well as local, regional and national policies.…”
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A comparison of Bartonella henselae infection in immunocompetent and immunocompromised mice. by Rebekah L Bullard, Mercedes Cheslock, Shiva Kumar Goud Gadila, Ricardo G Maggi, Edward B Breitschwerdt, Ahmad A Saied, Monica E Embers

“…For this study, Bartonella henselae, the most common species associated with human disease, was injected into Swiss Webster (SW) mice. …”
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Efficiency of the photosynthetic apparatus of Myriophyllum spicatum L. under anthropopression – a case study from Upper Silesian by Ewelina Roszkowska

“…The current type of global economy and environmental management requires a change in its approach to the use of natural resources in order to meet human needs. A system approach and an analysis of the importance of anthropogenic ecosystems appears to be an effective tool for sustainable development of urban and post-industrial areas. …”
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