Balance, Sensorimotor, and Cognitive Performance in Long-Year Expert Senior Ballroom Dancers by Jan-Christoph Kattenstroth, Tobias Kalisch, Izabela Kolankowska, Hubert R. Dinse

“…However, there was no generalization of positive effects to those domains that were found to be improved in amateur dancers, such as tactile and cognitive performance, suggesting that there might be an optimal range of intervention intensity to maintain health and independence throughout the human lifespan.…”
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The glucose-sensing transcription factor MLX balances metabolism and stress to suppress apoptosis and maintain spermatogenesis. by Patrick A Carroll, Brian W Freie, Pei Feng Cheng, Sivakanthan Kasinathan, Haiwei Gu, Theresa Hedrich, James A Dowdle, Vivek Venkataramani, Vijay Ramani, Xiaoying Wu, Daniel Raftery, Jay Shendure, Donald E Ayer, Charles H Muller, Robert N Eisenman

“…Here, we show that the glucose-sensing transcription factor (TF) MAX-Like protein X (MLX) and its binding partner MondoA are both required for male fertility in the mouse, as well as survival of human tumor cells derived from the male germ line. …”
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Representative Public Administration as the Modelling Behaviour for the New Bureaucracy by Mirko Pečarič

“…Although in our time – when reductions of public funds and dismissals of employees are present – it will be difficult to achieve this goal, we should not forget that humanity has never depended on finances; the public trust, awareness, faith and other values are all the more needed in the time of crisis. …”
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Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Microplastics by Yun-Ya Yang, Ignacio A. Rodriguez-Jorquera, Maia McGuire, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Since the mid-twentieth century, plastic has been a boon to humanity and an integral part of our modern lives. …”
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The second life of micro-organisms. Bio-digital design for a new ecology of space and behaviour by Alessandro Valenti, Claudia Pasquero

“…To reflect today, as designers and researchers, on the issue of Second Life, is to pose questions not only about the potential contemporary articulations of the term within a disciplinary field defined by knowledge that intertwines sectors like Urbanism, Architecture, Interior Design and Design but also to explore the very concept of life rendering living organisms – both human and not – as an active part of the speculation and the eventual experimentations giving new meaning to actions like regeneration or reuse. …”
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Increasing experience in the use of papaya for burn injuries in an African context, potential and limitations by Helena W.C. Hofland, Edris W. Kalanzi, Emmie Viyuyi, Tilinde Chokotho, Titus M. Opegu, Eduard E. Zijlstra

“…World-wide, burns are most common in low resource settings (LRS) with high mortality. Human resources, equipment and affordable, effective and safe treatments all influence outcome. …”
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A Noble Classification Framework for Data Glove Classification of a Large Number of Hand Movements by Yuhuang Zheng

“…The recognition of hand movements is an important method for human-computer interaction (HCI) technology, and it is widely used in virtual reality and other HCI areas. …”
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Self-driving lab for the photochemical synthesis of plasmonic nanoparticles with targeted structural and optical properties by Tianyi Wu, Sina Kheiri, Riley J. Hickman, Huachen Tao, Tony C. Wu, Zhi-Bo Yang, Xin Ge, Wei Zhang, Milad Abolhasani, Kun Liu, Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Eugenia Kumacheva

“…Finding reaction conditions for the synthesis of nanoparticles with targeted characteristics is a time-consuming and resource-intensive trial-and-error process, however closed-loop nanoparticle synthesis enables the accelerated exploration of large chemical spaces without human intervention. Here, we introduce the Autonomous Fluidic Identification and Optimization Nanochemistry (AFION) self-driving lab that integrates a microfluidic reactor, in-flow spectroscopic nanoparticle characterization, and machine learning for the exploration and optimization of the multidimensional chemical space for the photochemical synthesis of plasmonic nanoparticles. …”
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Suitability of Hydraulic Disk Brakes for Passive Actuation of Upper-Extremity Rehabilitation Exoskeleton by Arno H. A. Stienen, Edsko E. G. Hekman, Alfred C. Schouten, Frans C. T. van der Helm, Herman van der Kooij

“…During standstill, the measured torque is equal to the torque applied by the human. During rotations, it is equal to the brake torque. …”
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Omentin-1 Ameliorated Free Fatty Acid-Induced Impairment in Proliferation, Migration, and Inflammatory States of HUVECs by Yubin Chen, Fen Liu, Fei Han, Lizhi Lv, Can-e Tang, Fanyan Luo

“…Omentin-1 rescued the FFA-induced impaired proliferation and migration capabilities of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). …”
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New Insight into Laboratory Tests and Imaging Modalities for Fast and Accurate Diagnosis of COVID-19: Alternative Suggestions for Routine RT-PCR and CT—A Literature Review by Amir Khorasani, Amir Chegini, Arezoo Mirzaei

“…The globally inimitable and unremitting outbreak of COVID-19 infection confirmed the emergency need for critical detection of human coronavirus infections. Laboratory diagnostic tests and imaging modalities are two test groups used for the detection of COVID-19. …”
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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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Trypanosoma cruzi SSP4 Amastigote Protein Induces Expression of Immunoregulatory and Immunosuppressive Molecules in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells by Yadira Morán-Utrera, Aracely López-Monteon, José Luis Rosales-Encina, Enrique Méndez-Bolaina, Angel Ramos-Ligonio

“…The acute phase of Chagas' disease in mice and human is marked by states of immunosuppression, in which Trypanosoma cruzi replicates extensively and releases immunomodulatory molecules that delay parasite-specific responses mediated by effector T cells. …”
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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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