Montrer ou cacher le corps humain by Brigitte Faugère

“…Conventions used to represent the body in the Pre-Hispanic period convey a particular way of conceiving of the human individual. In this article, using an approach based on what we know from ethnohistorical and ethnographic studies about the conception of the body at the time of the Spanish conquest, I attempt to examine the possible meanings of its representation. …”
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Athens or Rome? A New Perspective on the Political Philosophy of H. Arendt by Simas Čelutka

“…According to established readings of The Human Condition, Arendt is generally regarded as a ‘Graecophile’ whose thought is underwritten by ‘Athenian nostalgia’. …”
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A pressure model of immune response to mycobacteriumtuberculosis infection in several space dimensions by Fabrizio Clarelli, Roberto Natalini

“…However, in general, the human immune system is able to contain it. In this work, we propose a mathematical model which describes the early immune response to the Mtb infection in the lungs, also including the possible evolution of the infection in the formation of a granuloma. …”
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Review: performance of jujube and its extracts in cancer: therapeutic, toxicity-reducing and potentiating effects by Boyun Gou, Guoqing Chen, Shicong Huang, Na Ning, Qian Gu, Shuai Duan, Yuhua Du, Yi Nan, Ling Yuan

“…The number of new and fatal patients with cancer continues to increase every year, which poses a serious threat to human health. Although there are effective treatments such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy for cancers, they are often accompanied by serious side effects. …”
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Assessment of Salivary Adipokines Resistin, Visfatin, and Ghrelin as Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Biomarkers by Mythily Srinivasan, Melinda L. Meadows, Lisa Maxwell

“…Increase in circulating inflammatory adipokines has been suggested as predictive of T2DM. Human saliva is an easily accessible biospecimen amenable for painless frequent collection and possesses nearly 50% of serum proteome. …”
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Evaluation of the impact of school canteen programs on schooling and combating school wastage of students in rural schools in Morocco by Fatima Azdagaz, Mariem Liouaeddine, Omar Zirari

“…The analysis is based on data from a national social support survey conducted by the National Human Development Observatory (ONDH) in 2018, involving a representative sample of 3,039 rural and urban households. …”
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Synthesis and structure elucidation of some novel thiophene and benzothiophene derivatives as cytotoxic agents by Mohareb Rafat M., Abdallah Amira E. M., Helal Maher H. E., Shaloof Somiya M. H.

“…The results showed that ethyl 5-amino-3-(4-chlorostyryl)-4-cyanothiophene-2-carboxylate (5b), ethyl 5-amino-4-((4-methoxyphenyl)carbonyl)-3-methylhiophene-2-carboxylate (8c) and 5-3-(ethoxy-3-oxopropanamido)-3-methyl-4-(phenylcarbamoyl)thiophene-2-carboxylate (9) were the most active compounds towards three tumor cell lines – MCF-7 (breast adenocarcinoma), NCI-H460 (non-small cell lung cancer) and SF-268 (CNS cancer) and a normal fibro-blast human cell line (WI-38) compared to the anti-proliferative effects of the reference control doxorubicin.…”
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Handling COVID-19: Produce Farms and Packinghouses by Laurel Dunn, Michelle Danyluk

“…Written by Laurel Dunn and published by the UF/IFAS Food Science and Human Nutrition Department. Revised April 21, 2020: Changes were made relating to physical distancing, mask usage and monitoring employee health when exposed to the virus. …”
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Yoruba-Chinese Ethical Intersectionality: Towards a Community of Shared Future in Afro-Asian Diasporic Spaces by Philip Ademola Olayoku

“…The study explores case studies from performances of the Chinese Ru tradition, founded on three basic virtues of ren, yi and li, and juxtaposes them with Yoruba ethical equivalents of ṣ’ènìyàn (humaneness), òdodo (righteousness) and ìwà-ètọ́ ̣(propriety) as prerequisites for qualifying as omo ̣ lúàbí ̣ . …”
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Why and How Meet n-3 PUFA Dietary Recommendations? by Olivier Molendi-Coste, Vanessa Legry, Isabelle A. Leclercq

“…Contemporary changes in human nutrition occurred characterized by increased consumption of fat and of vegetable oils rich in n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) together with decrease in n-3 PUFA-rich foods, resulting in an n-6/n-3 ratio of 10–20/1 in Western diet for a ratio around 1/1 in the diet of our ancestors. …”
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Bioactive Volatile Content of the Stem and Root of Centaurea carduiformis DC. subsp. carduiformis var. carduiformis by Ibrahim Demirtas, Ayse Sahin

“…In the present study, antiproliferative activity of hexane extract from stems and roots of Centaurea carduiformis DC. subsp. carduiformis var. carduiformis (CCS and CCR) on Vero cells (African green monkey kidney), C6 cells (Rat Brain tumor cells), and HeLa cells (human uterus carcinoma) was investigated in vitro. …”
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Streptococcus suis-associated neonatal meningitis and sepsis: characterization, antimicrobial resistance, and public health implications by Giovanna Fusco, Rubina Paradiso, Lorena Cardillo, Maria Antonia Salvia, Saveria Dodaro, Veronica Del Monaco, Gianfranco Scarpelli, Francesca Greco, Antonio Rinaldi, Lorella Barca, Stefania Ambrogio, Antonio Limone, Esterina De Carlo, Giorgia Borriello

“…High homology was observed with previously identified human and swine strains in the same area. S. suis meningitis and sepsis are mainly reported in adults, related to direct contact with pigs or contaminated pork meat consumption, while it is rarely reported in children. …”
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A platform for Bioengineering Tissue Membranes from cell spheroids by Quang Bach Le, Hariharan Ezhilarasu, Weng Wan Chan, Alok Tanala Patra, Priya Murugan, Shashaank Abhinav Venkatesh, Yean Kai Tay, Shin Ru Lim, Ahmad Amirul Abdul Rahim, Jia Sheng Zach Lee, Xuezhi Bi, Deepak Choudhury

“…We demonstrated this method by producing cartilage tissue membranes from human mesenchymal stem cell spheroids undergoing chondrogenic differentiation, evaluating spheroid sizes, assembly timing, fusion process and membrane thickness. …”
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Structural insights into HIV-2 CA lattice formation and FG-pocket binding revealed by single-particle cryo-EM by Matthew Cook, Christian Freniere, Chunxiang Wu, Faith Lozano, Yong Xiong

“…Summary: One of the striking features of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the capsid, a fullerene cone comprised of pleomorphic capsid protein (CA) that shields the viral genome and recruits cofactors. …”
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Emotional assessment in people exposed to violent situations: an exploratory analysis by Iván Ricardo Perdomo Vargas

“…Introduction: Non-pathological effects on humans related to violence naturalization, bring forward a pronounced research interest related specifically to behavioral regulation mechanisms such as emotions. …”
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Evaluation Comparison Image Quality of Breath Hold (SSTSE) and Respiratory Triggering (TSE) Technique to the Examination of Magnetic Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) by Nikky Anis Suroiyah, Risalatul Latifah, Sri Andreani Utomo

“…Background : Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is MRI examination to visualize to visualize a disorder in part biliary or of the human bile. The artefact in the image MRCP is often happened due to the movement of respiratory system. …”
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Molecular insights into the unique properties of the blood‐circulating proteasome by Yegor Leushkin, David Morgenstern, Shifra Ben‐Dor, Rebecca Haffner‐Krausz, Katharina Zittlau, Gili Ben‐Nissan, Michal Sharon

“…We also found that physiological stress significantly upregulates serum 20S proteasome levels, paralleling human data. This research highlights the specialized characteristics of circulating proteasomes, offering new insights into protein turnover in the blood with significant implications for understanding proteostasis beyond the intracellular environment.…”
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Selected Topics on Complex Systems Informatics: Editorial Introduction to Issue 23 of CSIMQ by Kurt Sandkuhl

“…In business informatics, the complexity of information systems is attributed to their socio-technical nature, which acknowledges the interaction between the human actors and the information technology in an enterprise. …”
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Empedobacter brevis Bacteremia in a Patient Infected with HIV: Case Report and Review of Literature by Syed Bokhari, Naeem Abbas, Manisha Singh, Richard B. Cindrich, Cosmina Zeana

“…A 69-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and CD4 count of 319 presented with chief complaints of black tarry stools, nausea and vomiting for 2 days. …”
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The concept of most responsible in international criminal law and its problematic reception in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia by José Manuel Díaz-Soto, Diego Borbón

“…In the context of Colombia's transitional justice process, the definitions of “most responsible” and “determining participants” play a pivotal role in deciding who should face prosecution and sanctions of effective restriction of liberty for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The article argues that the current conceptual ambiguity within the JEP's legal framework risks conflating accomplices with principal offenders, which could undermine the selective justice model designed to focus on high-level perpetrators. …”
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