Use of Tick Cell Lines in Co-Infection Studies with a Preliminary Study of Co-Culture of <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> and <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i> by Violetta Zając, Lesley Bell-Sakyi, Angelina Wójcik-Fatla

“…<i>Ixodes ricinus</i> is an important vector of infectious human and livestock diseases in Europe. Co-infections of pathogens in ticks and hosts have been reported. …”
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Bidirectional effects of neutrophils on Streptococcus oralis biofilms in vitro by Basmah M. Almaarik, Rizwan Ali, Paul R. Cooper, Michael R. Milward, Josefine Hirschfeld

“…Background Streptococcus oralis is a commensal bacterium and an early biofilm coloniser found in the human oral cavity. One of the biofilm matrix constituents is bacterial extracellular DNA (eDNA). …”
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Facial expression recognition using singular values and wavelet‐based LGC‐HD operator by Durga G. Rao Kola, Srinivas K. Samayamantula

“…Abstract Facial expression recognition (FER) is a significant research area in the human–computer interaction. The performance of FER systems depends on an efficient feature extraction method. …”
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Collaborative Relay Beamforming Strategies for Multiple Destinations with Guaranteed QoS in Wireless Machine-to-Machine Networks by Da Wang, Lin Bai, Xiaoning Zhang, Wenyang Guan, Chen Chen

“…The Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications allow information exchange between machine devices, which can be carried out without any human interaction. However, there are a large number of small and low-power machine devices in the wireless M2M networks. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with xerostomia in patients hospitalized due AIDS-related complications by Jhonatan Yukio Naka, Adryano Arana Kamei, Vanessa C. Klamas, Mateus A. Ventura, Marcelo Morato, Rafael Z. Mobile, Antonio A. S. D. Lima

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with the presence of hypo-salivation and xerostomia complaint in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related complications. …”
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Investigating the Relationship between Occupational Stress and Job Satisfaction among University Faculty Members (Case Study: A University in Tehran) by Adel Shokri, Tooraj Dana, Amirhooman Hemmasi, Solmaz Toutounchian

“…By implementing identified strategies, organizational excellence in universities should be facilitated through attention to human resources, which are considered national assets.…”
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The effect of soy isoflavones in brain development: the emerging role of multiple signaling pathways and future perspectives by Winda Ariyani, Noriyuki Koibuchi

“…This review summarizes the current knowledge on the mechanisms of isoflavone action, particularly in the early stages of brain development by introducing representative human, and animal models, and in vitro studies, and discusses their beneficial and adverse impact on neurobehavior. …”
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Temporal Coding of Periodicity Pitch in the Auditory System: An Overview by Peter Cariani

“…Features in such distributions correspond closely with pitches that are heard by human listeners. The most common all-order interval present in the auditory nerve array almost invariably corresponds to the pitch frequency, whereas the relative fraction of pitchrelated intervals amongst all others qualitatively corresponds to the strength of the pitch. …”
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Significance of Semiquantitative Assessment of Preformed Donor-Specific Antibody Using Luminex Single Bead Assay in Living Related Liver Transplantation by Atsushi Yoshizawa, Hiroto Egawa, Kimiko Yurugi, Rie Hishida, Hiroaki Tsuji, Eiji Ashihara, Aya Miyagawa-Hayashino, Satoshi Teramukai, Taira Maekawa, Hironori Haga, Sinji Uemoto

“…DSA was assessed using direct complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) and anti-human globulin- (AHG-) CDC tests, as well as the Luminex Single Antigen assay. …”
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Technetium 99m–Labeled VQ Peptide: A New Imaging Agent for the Early Detection of Tumors or Premalignancies by Jiyun Shi, Liyang Cui, Bing Jia, Zhaofei Liu, Peng He, Chengyan Dong, Xiaona Jin, Huiyun Zhao, Fang Li, Fan Wang

“…Technetium 99m ( 99m Tc)-labeled VQ peptide ( 99m Tc-HYNIC-VQ) identified through screening phage display peptide libraries against fresh human colonic adenomas was prepared and evaluated for tumor detection. 99m Tc-HYNIC-VQ was prepared by a non-SnCl 2 method with more than 99% radiochemical purity. …”
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Beneficial Effects of Palmitoylethanolamide on Expressive Language, Cognition, and Behaviors in Autism: A Report of Two Cases by Nicola Antonucci, Alessandra Cirillo, Dario Siniscalco

“…PEA has been tested in thousands of human subjects without any noted significant side effects. …”
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Critiquing representations of intellectual disability in occupation-based literature by Rachel Reparon, Pamela Block, Ann Fudge Schormans, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Gail Teachman

“…Such representations risk reducing the complexities of human doing and being and can limit the occupational possibilities of this group. …”
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Decolonizing perspectives and decolonial pluriversality in management praxis & research: introduction to the special issue by MICHELLE MIELLY, GAZI ISLAM, ANA MARIA PEREDO, PENELOPE MUZANENHAMO, HÉLIO ARTHUR REIS IRIGARAY, SANDISO BAZANA

“…These overarching themes reflect a commitment to acknowledging and integrating diverse epistemic traditions following the notion of pluriversality to resist simplistic or monolithic interpretations of human organizing practices. This commitment requires us to advocate for more inclusive publication practices beyond traditional norms to acknowledge the barriers posed by English-dominant publication outlets and standards. …”
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Chemical Composition and Microbial Contaminants of Poha Beer: A Local Nonalcoholic Beverage in the Bolgatanga Municipality, Ghana by Julius T. Dongdem, James Abugri, Clement A. Asakedola

“…Therefore, Poha Beer processed and sold in the Bolgatanga Municipality is acidic and contains detrimental amounts of Cd2+ and bacterial pathogens which may render it unwholesome for human consumption.…”
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Hydrodynamic Cavitation‐Induced Thrombolysis on a Clot‐on‐a‐Chip Platform by Beyzanur Ozogul, Unal Akar, Rabia Mercimek, Farzad Rokhsar Talabazar, Seyedali Seyedmirzaei Sarraf, Araz Sheibani Aghdam, Ali Ansari Hamedani, Luis Guillermo Villanueva, Dmitry Grishenkov, Ehsan Amani, Tugrul Elverdi, Morteza Ghorbani, Ali Koşar

“…Complications from thrombosis constitute a massive global burden for human health. Current treatment methods have limitations and can cause serious adverse effects. …”
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The migration-security nexus: desecuritization and the shift towards the sustainable approach by Paulina Polko

“…Thirdly, the proposed approach combines the logic of strategic security and human security. Conclusions As deterring migration, especially illegal ones, is ineffective, new strategies for better understanding the issue on theoretical and practical levels are needed.…”
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Designing of an innovative conserved multiepitope subunit vaccine targeting SARS-CoV-2 glycoprotein and nucleoprotein through immunoinformatic by Temitope Isaac Adelusi, Abdeen Tunde Ogunlana, Moyosoluwa Precious Oyewole, Taiwo Ooreoluwa Ojo, Olamide Tosin Olaoba, Elijah Kolawole Oladipo, Shopnil Akash, Samir Ibenmoussa, Mohammed Bourhia, Yousef A. Bin Jardan, Baye Sitotaw

“…Additionally, the vaccine’s binding prowess for human toll-like receptors (TLR) (1, 3, 4, and 8) was investigated. …”
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Endothelial tip-cell position, filopodia formation and biomechanics require BMPR2 expression and signaling by Christian Hiepen, Mounir Benamar, Jorge Barrasa-Fano, Mar Condor, Mustafa Ilhan, Juliane Münch, Nurcan Hastar, Yannic Kerkhoff, Gregory S. Harms, Thorsten Mielke, Benjamin Koenig, Stephan Block, Oliver Rocks, Salim Abdelilah-Seyfried, Hans Van Oosterwyck, Petra Knaus

“…Targeting of Bmpr2 reduced sprouting angiogenesis in zebrafish and BMPR2-deficient human ECs formed fewer filopodia, affecting cell migration and actomyosin localization. …”
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Neurological Complications following Surgical Treatments of the Lower Molars by Antonio Mancini, Angelo Michele Inchingolo, Marco Di Blasio, Elisabetta de Ruvo, Angela Di Noia, Laura Ferrante, Gaetano Del Vecchio, Andrea Palermo, Francesco Inchingolo, Alessio Danilo Inchingolo, Gianna Dipalma

“…We found a total of 2,250 articles that matched our topic using the Boolean keywords, mandibular nerve complications AND oral surgery, from PubMed (1,083), Scopus (435), and Web of Science (732), with the filters of English language articles, time range January 1, 2003, to September 30, 2023, and human studies. After 762 duplicates were eliminated, there remained 1,488 articles. …”
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Carbonic anhydrase 2-derived drug-responsive domain regulates membrane-bound cytokine expression and function in engineered T cells by Mara C. Inniss, Sean G. Smith, Dan Jun Li, Benjamin Primack, Dexue Sun, Grace Y. Olinger, Kerri-Lynn Sheahan, Theresa Ross, Meghan Langley, Violet Young, Andres Alvarado, Shabnam Davoodi, Jiefei Geng, Michael Schebesta, Michelle L. Ols, Jeremy Tchaicha, Jan ter Meulen, Dhruv K. Sethi

“…Here we show T cells can be armored with membrane-bound cytokines with surface expression regulated using drug-responsive domains (DRDs) developed from the 260-amino acid protein human carbonic anhydrase 2 (CA2). The CA2-DRD can be stabilized in vitro and in vivo with the FDA-approved small-molecule CA2 inhibitor acetazolamide (ACZ). …”
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