Oligonucleotide and Parylene Surface Coating of Polystyrene and ePTFE for Improved Endothelial Cell Attachment and Hemocompatibility by Martina Schleicher, Jan Hansmann, Bentsian Elkin, Petra J. Kluger, Simone Liebscher, Agnes J. T. Huber, Olaf Fritze, Christine Schille, Michaela Müller, Katja Schenke-Layland, Martina Seifert, Heike Walles, Hans-Peter Wendel, Ulrich A. Stock

“…DNA-oligonucleotides immobilized by adsorption on parylene (poly(monoaminomethyl-para-xylene)) coated polystyrene and ePTFE were resistant to high shear stress (9.5 N/m2) and human blood serum for up to 96 h. Adhesion of murine endothelial progenitor cells, HUVECs and endothelial cells from human adult saphenous veins as well as viability over a period of 14 days of HUVECs on oligonucleotide coated samples under dynamic culture conditions was significantly enhanced (P<0.05). …”
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Fascioliasis: A Zoonotic Disease and Diagnostic Capture Using Radiological Imaging by Anggraeni Ayu Rengganis, Aan Awaludin, Yudhi Ratna Nugraheni

“…The usual reservoir for this parasitic disease is herbivorous mammals, including humans, sheep, goats, and cattle. However, humans can contract this zoonosis infection by ingesting metacercaria, a juvenile trematode stage, which adheres to aquatic vegetation. …”
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Fall Detection and Direction Judgment Based on Posture Estimation by Chunmiao Yuan, Pengju Zhang, Qingyong Yang, Jianming Wang

“…Next, we will use the three-dimensional human posture information to judge the direction of the fall. …”
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« The arrested step », Nightwood de Djuna Barnes : « Une image est une halte que fait l’esprit entre deux incertitudes » by Christiane Guillois

“…What is human in man is not permanently established; it is to be rediscovered and reconquered, constantly.…”
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Oscillation : bioadéquation et bien-être sont-ils l'avenir d'un progrès durable pour nos enfants ? by Franck Raffegeau, Eric Tromeur

“…In the coming decades, adaptation to climate change is a critical issue for plant and animal species, especially humans. However, what kind of adaptation we want to go through? …”
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Two distinct neural pathways for mechanical versus digital technology by Giovanni Federico, Mathieu Lesourd, Arnaud Fournel, Alexandre Bluet, Chloé Bryche, Maximilien Metaireau, Dario Baldi, Maria Antonella Brandimonte, Andrea Soricelli, Yves Rossetti, François Osiurak

“…Technology pervades every aspect of our lives, making it crucial to investigate how the human mind deals with it. Here we examine the cognitive and neural foundations of technological cognition. …”
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Directive Antenna for Ultrawideband Medical Imaging Systems by Amin M. Abbosh

“…The effect of the multilayer human body on the performance of the antenna is also studied. …”
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Problematyka koncepcji życia psychicznego w aspekcie historycznym by Dariusz Sańko

“…The history of human thoughts since the time of Ancient Greece until present time shows us abundance of thoughts regarding phenomena human psychological life. …”
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The Whaleness of the Whale: Interspecies Relationality in Moby-Dick and In The Heart of the Sea by Svetlana Seibel

“…All these texts are concerned with questions of human-whale relationality and reflect changing debates on human-animal relations by grappling with the whaleness of the whale, each in its own, particular way. …”
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Phthalates in the environment of China: A scoping review of distribution, anthropogenic impact, and degradation based on meta-analysis by Zhigang Cui, Ce Shi, Lanting Zha, Jiaman Liu, Yinchu Guo, Xiaohan Li, Enjiao Zhang, Zhihua Yin

“…Human activities significantly influence the distribution of PAEs, yet current research on this relationship remains limited. …”
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ELUCIDATING ECO-RELIGIOUS IN ISLAMIC STUDIES AND THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS by Muhammad Syihabuddin, Zulfi Mubaraq, M. Lutfi Mustofa

“…Also, it seeks to make practical contributions in the form of human spiritual awareness to preserve the environment as a form of constructing natural values (hablu min al-‘alam). …”
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Freedom as a natural ability in Roman law by Bronisław Sitek

“…Conclusions This was the result of the recognition that freedom is a natural human condition, which was clearly expressed by the lawyer Florentinus.…”
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Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract: A Genetic Disorder? by Ihor V. Yosypiv

“…Although CAKUTs are a part of many known syndromes, only few single-candidate causative genes have been implicated so far in nonsyndromic cases of human CAKUT. Evidence from mouse models supports the hypothesis that non-syndromic human CAKUT may be caused by single-gene defects. …”
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Escape Path Obstacle-Based Mobility Model (EPOM) for Campus Delay-Tolerant Network by Sirajo Abdullahi Bakura, Alain Lambert, Thomas Nowak

“…In Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs), humans are the main carriers of mobile devices, signifying that human mobility can be exploited by extracting nodes’ interests, social behavior, and spatiotemporal features for the performance evaluation of DTNs protocols. …”
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Asymetria pomiędzy dobrem a złem z perspektywy filozoficznej i moralnoteologicznej by Tadeusz Kuźmicki

“…In moral theology, the attainment of human activity assessment is based upon differentiation between what is good and what is evil. …”
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A Practical Approach for Identity-Embodied 3D Artistic Face Modeling by Tanasai Sucontphunt

“…This approach can automatically extract the human identity from a 3D human face model and then transfer it to a 3D artistic face model in a controllable manner. …”
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The influence of infectious diseases on population genetics by Zhilan Feng, Carlos Castillo-Chavez

“…Malaria is the vector-transmitted disease that causes the highestmorbidity and mortality in humans. Motivated by the known influenceof sickle-cell anemia on the morbidity and mortality ofmalaria-infected humans, we study the effect of malaria on the genetic composition of a host (human) population where sickle-cell anemia is prevalent and malaria is endemic. …”
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Spectrophotometric Determination of Calcium with Dibromo-p-methylsulfonazo by Xiao-Dong Li, Qing-Zhou Zhai

“…Calcium is a necessary trace element in the human body, and its low or high content in the human body is not appropriate. …”
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Facts about Wildlife Diseases: South Tick Associated Rash Illness or "STARI" by Katherine Sayler, Carisa Boyce, Samantha Wisely

“… Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) is a human tick-borne disease that occurs following the bite of Amblyomma americanum, the lone star tick, which is the most common and aggressive human-biting tick in the South, accounting for over 90% of human tick bites in the region. …”
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Le retour des hommes sur la scène méditerranéenne by Jean-Robert Henry

“…Absent for a long time from the institutions which try to give shape to the relationship between Europe and its south, the human dimension of Mediterranean relations returned to agenda thanks to the determination of the “illegal” migrants. …”
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