Technologies and Research Trends in Wireless Body Area Networks for Healthcare: A Systematic Literature Review by Ilkyu Ha

“…In particular, a WBAN has a very different network environment compared to a sensor network that uses free space, because wireless sensors in a BAN transmit through parts of the human body. Therefore, research on WBANs involves a variety of research areas that differ slightly from those of conventional sensor networks and take into account the characteristics of the human body. …”
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Dwelling in the Abyss: Society in Werner Herzog and Martin Heidegger by Haotian Wu

“…This article articulates a dialogue between Werner Herzog’s films and Martin Heidegger’s philosophy to illuminate human dwelling. In the light of Heidegger’s ideas of dwelling, thrownness, they-self, authenticity, abyss and being-towards-death, I look into the abyss of society as represented by Herzog, considering dwelling with humans in The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) and Into the Abyss (2011) as dwelling through language and dwelling in proximity to death. …”
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Brown Adipose Tissue Growth and Development by Michael E. Symonds

“…Thermogenesis in brown fat humans is environmentally regulated and can be stimulated by cold exposure and diet, responses that may be further modulated by photoperiod. …”
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The Complexity of the Transition in Combat Operations and Potential Solutions to Streamline the Process by Claudiu Valer NISTORESCU

“…Despite the high degree of transparency on the battlefield, the nature of the conflict, characterized by friction, uncertainty, violence, and high lethality, underscores the pivotal role of the human factor. The operational process remains primarily driven by human decision-making, with the constant planning, preparation, execution, and evaluation of military operations shaped by the human decision-making process. …”
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Perspectives rituelles dans les Plaines et sur la Côte Nord-Ouest by Klaus Hamberger

“…In the Plains, the ritual aim was to transfer the power of supernatural predators to humans; on the Northwest Coast, to re-transform supernatural predators into human beings. …”
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Modeling co-infection of Ixodes tick-borne pathogens by Yijun Lou, Li Liu, Daozhou Gao

“…Ticks, including the Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes scapularis hard tick species, are regarded as the most common arthropod vectors of both human and animal diseases in Europe and the United States capable of transmitting a large number of bacteria, viruses and parasites. …”
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Jesus uttering his last words and drawing on his final breath: reflecting on Luke 23:46 by P. Nagel

“… The last words and final breath of any human being in the wake of death is a moment in time one should not underappreciate. …”
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Theology Before and After Bishop Robinson’s Honest to God (1963)

“…Since the Enlightenment brought to humans the freedom to think for themselves – Bonhoeffer labelled this phenomenon ‘Humanity’s coming of age’ – so the theological enterprise gradually changed from being the exposition of divinely revealed dogmas to the human exploration of religious experience. …”
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N-Cadherin promotes cardiac regeneration by potentiating pro-mitotic β-Catenin signaling in cardiomyocytes by Yi-Wei Tsai, Yi-Shuan Tseng, Yu-Shuo Wu, Wei-Lun Song, Min-Yi You, Yun-Chia Hsu, Wen-Pin Chen, Wei-Han Huang, Jia-Ci Chng, Chai-Ling Lim, Ke-Hsuan Wei, Shih-Lei Ben Lai, Wen-Chih Lee, Kai-Chien Yang

“…Abstract Adult human hearts exhibit limited regenerative capacity. …”
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Spirometra (Pseudophyllidea, Diphyllobothriidae) Severely Infecting Wild-Caught Snakes from Food Markets in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, Guangdong, China: Implications for Public Health by Fumin Wang, Weiye Li, Liushuai Hua, Shiping Gong, Jiajie Xiao, Fanghui Hou, Yan Ge, Guangda Yang

“…The results indicated that Spirometra severely infected snakes in food markets in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, implying that eating snakes has great health risk and improper cooking methods may increase the risk of Spirometra infection in humans in China. Additional steps should be considered by the governments and public health agencies to prevent the risk of snake-associated Spirometra infections in humans.…”
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Pulmonary Remodeling in Equine Asthma: What Do We Know about Mediators of Inflammation in the Horse? by Ann Kristin Barton, Heidrun Gehlen

“…Increasing evidence in horses and humans suggests that local pulmonary inflammation is influenced by systemic inflammatory processes and the other way around. …”
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Affect and subjectivity of child welfare policy workers in Chile by Javiera Garcia-Meneses, Giazú Enciso-Domínguez

“…Our findings indicate that these workers' subjectivities are constituted by/in the assemblage of their bodies with other bodies – human and non-human – that are part of the childhood program. …”
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Adaptive Neuroplastic Responses in Early and Late Hemispherectomized Monkeys by Mark W. Burke, Ron Kupers, Maurice Ptito

“…The non-human primate model presented here offers a unique opportunity for studying the behavioral and functional neuroanatomical reorganization that underlies developmental plasticity.…”
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Drugs from poisonous plants: Ethnopharmacological relevance to modern perspectives by Bhagya Lakhmi Rajbongshi, Ashis K. Mukherjee

“…Since the inception of early civilization, humans have utilized plants for several purposes, particularly for their medicinal value. …”
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Zoonotic Diseases in India: A Growing Concern by Mamata Panda

“…Usually, emerging infections are more challenging and threatening to humans as little knowledge is acquired about them. …”
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Biological Activity and Taxonomy of Persea americana Mill: A Systematic Review by Abdulrahman Mahmoud Dogara

“…Clinical studies involving humans are necessary to confirm and improve the effectiveness of avocado seed, peel, and leaf extracts in the treatment of diseases. …”
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Available and unavailable decoys in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.) decision-making by Marco Marini, Edoardo Colaiuda, Serena Gastaldi, Elsa Addessi, Fabio Paglieri

“…Decoy effects have been extensively studied both in humans and in several other species; however, evidence in non-human primates remains scant and inconclusive. …”
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Rodent Models of Developmental Ischemic Stroke for Translational Research: Strengths and Weaknesses by Mariangela Gennaro, Alessandro Mattiello, Tommaso Pizzorusso

“…Differently from adults, very few models of the human developmental stroke have been characterized, and most of them have been established in rodents. …”
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Eyes Open on Sleep and Wake: In Vivo to In Silico Neural Networks by Amaury Vanvinckenroye, Gilles Vandewalle, Christophe Phillips, Sarah L. Chellappa

“…However, much remains to be established on how the brain operates at the neuronal level in humans during sleep and wakefulness. A key limitation of human neuroscience is the difficulty in isolating neuronal excitation/inhibition drive in vivo. …”
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Effects of Artificial Flooding for Hydroelectric Development on the Population of Mansonia humeralis (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Paraná River, São Paulo, Brazil by Marcia Bicudo de Paula, Almério de Castro Gomes, Delsio Natal, Ana Maria Ribeiro de Castro Duarte, Luís Filipe Mucci

“…Collection methods used were an aspirator, a Shannon trap, and the Human Attractive Technique. A total of 30,723 mosquitoes were collected, Ma. humeralis accounting for 3.1% in the preflood phase, 59.6% in the intermediate, and 53.8% at maximum level. …”
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