Up from the Depths: The Cultural Appropriation of Godzilla in 1970s American Animation and Comics by C. Scott Maravilla

“…This article will examine how Marvel Comics and Hanna-Barbera cartoons culturally appropriated Godzilla for American children, but how this also led to an appreciation of the Japanese films.…”
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Des allégories des Saisons sur les tissus coptes by Amandine Mérat

“…This search for identities is moreover often distorted or led astray by the Western vision of researchers who, influenced by Christian art of the medieval period, regularly attribute a Christian saintly dimension to any figure with a nimbus around his or her head. …”
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Recent Advances in Potential Clinical Application of Ghrelin in Obesity by Christine Delporte

“…Furthermore, a better understanding of ghrelin biology led to the identification of molecular targets modulating ghrelin levels and/or its biological effects: GOAT, ghrelin, and GHS-R1a. …”
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Rethinking Communication in Interactions with a Child with Autism: Ela, Her Father, and the Jellyfish in the Pool by Nora Lucía Gómez-Victoria, Katerine Carvajal, Sebastián Collazos, Yerly Muñoz, Angie Quinchia

“…A multilevel-multimodal transcription was made to characterize the communication; the video recordings were complemented by the thematic analysis of the parents’ accounts and opinions. The analysis led us to the conclusion that, through this approach, communication can be understood as a unique and solidary encounter. …”
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Deleterious effects of thermal and water stresses on life history and physiology: a case study on woodlouse by Depeux, Charlotte, Branger, Angèle, Moulignier, Théo, Moreau, Jérôme, Lemaître, Jean-François, Dechaume-Moncharmont, François-Xavier, Laverre, Tiffany, Paulhac, Hélène, Gaillard, Jean-Michel, Beltran-Bech, Sophie

“…Both increasing temperature and decreasing moisture led reproductive success to decrease. While the density of immune cells decreased and the β-galactosidase activity increased with increasing temperature and decreasing moisture, which suggests a negative impact of these stressors on individual performance, increased temperature and decreased moisture affected differently the other biomarkers conjuring different underlying mechanisms depending on the stress applied. …”
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Psychogenic Polydipsia: The Result, or Cause of, Deteriorating Psychotic Symptoms? A Case Report of the Consequences of Water Intoxication by Melissa Gill, MacDara McCauley

“…In this case, psychogenic polydipsia led to significant hyponatraemia, cerebral oedema, and tonic-clonic seizures. …”
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Tree-dimensional resources: hedgerow and orchard pollen for bumble bees by Gekière, Antoine, Michel, Apolline, Semay, Irène, Tourbez, Clément, Begou, Martin, Michez, Denis, Gerbaux, Pascal, Vanderplanck, Maryse

“…Intensive landscape modifications have led to the loss of floral resources, partly in early spring when bumble bee queens need suitable pollen to establish their brood. …”
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An Exceptional Case of Liver-Restricted High-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma in a Patient with Clinical History of HBV and HCV Coinfections by Connor R. Zuraski, Vinit Patil, Katherine E. Schwetye

“…Additionally, attempts at cytogenetic testing of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) autopsy tissues, which we performed approximately ten years after the original autopsy, led us to question the utility of older tissue blocks in molecular and some immunohistochemical assays.…”
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Team member exchange leadership model to improve company strategy development by Agung Edy Wibowo, Ida Bagus Udayana Putra, Ida Aju Brahma Ratih, Ida Bagus Cempena, Ida Aju Brahma Sari, Suhardi Suhardi

“…The results of the study explain that a company led by an entrepreneurial spirit, charismatic, democratic model is able to improve team performance so that the company can develop quickly through planning strategies and periodic evaluations from leaders and members of the work team. …”
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Satu dalam Keberagaman: Komunikasi Antar Agama di Kota Palangkaraya by Ari Yunaldi, Ahmad Sobirin, Mualimin Mualimin

“…This study found that three essential aspects led to inter-religious harmony in Panjehang Village. …”
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Severe Mitral Regurgitation–Induced Acute Heart Failure due to Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis in a Patient With Urothelial Carcinoma Recurrence by Catarina Santos Reis, Francisco Dias, Bárbara Granja, Maria Inês Matos, Ana Ribeiro, Fernando Friões

“…A vegetation in the mitral valve constituted a finding on echocardiography, causing severe mitral regurgitation, which led to severe acute heart failure and culminated in patient’s death. …”
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The Responsibility of a Service Provider in Classical Roman Law

“…The author describes the main social and legal factores led to the changes in a service agreement in comparing with its structure in Preclassical period of roman law. …”
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The Moral Limits of Markets: A Critique on the Book “What Money Can't Buy?” by Hamid Padash

“…The writer has criticized a situation in which neoliberal policies have led to commodification and monetization of social relations. …”
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A Critique of the English Book for 8th Graders Entitled Prospect 2 in Terms of its Cultural Aspects by Reza Taherkhani, Fateme Mottaghi

“…Globalization has led to changes in the conceptual meaning of culture, one of which is the perception of people towards language in EFL contexts. …”
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Predicting lung aging using scRNA-Seq data. by Qi Song, Alex Singh, John E McDonough, Taylor S Adams, Robin Vos, Ruben De Man, Greg Myers, Laurens J Ceulemans, Bart M Vanaudenaerde, Wim A Wuyts, Xiting Yan, Jonas Schupp, James S Hagood, Naftali Kaminski, Ziv Bar-Joseph

“…Our results identified lung epithelial cells as the most significant predictors for non-smokers while lung endothelial cells led to the best chronological age prediction results for smokers.…”
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Extreme Rhabdomyolysis, Acute Renal Failure, and Protracted Ileus in a Case of Legionella Pneumonia by C. Laivier, M.-O. Bleuze, P. Hantson, J. Devos

“…The protracted course of the ileus led to explorative laparotomy despite negative computed tomography findings. …”
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Israeli environmental policy as role in reducing gases pollutants in parallel with improving economic performance by ANDREEVA Tatiana

“…Increased awareness of global environmental risks and increased enforcement and demands from world market firms have led to rapid growth of tech clean markets (Israeli companies offering alternative energy technologies, such as Ormat and Solel companies) are experiencing rapid economic growth. …”
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The South Carolina Digital Watershed: End-to-End Support for Real-Time Management of Water Resources by G. W. Eidson, S. T. Esswein, J. B. Gemmill, J. O. Hallstrom, T. R. Howard, J. K. Lawrence, C. J. Post, C. B. Sawyer, K.-C. Wang, D. L. White

“…The combined effects of population growth, climate change, and rural industrialization have led to greater demand for an increasingly scarce resource. …”
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An outlook on structural biology after AlphaFold: tools, limits and perspectives by Serena Rosignoli, Maddalena Pacelli, Francesca Manganiello, Alessandro Paiardini

“…While the excitement around AI‐based tools led to their widespread application, it is essential to acknowledge that their practical success hinges on their integration into established protocols within structural bioinformatics, often neglected in the context of AI‐driven advancements. …”
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Additions to the saprobic fungi (Ascomycota) associated with macadamia trees from the Greater Mekong Subregion by Xian Zhang, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Tian-Ye Du, Li-Su Han, Abdallah M. Elgorban, Jaturong Kumla, Chanokned Senwanna, Dong-Qin Dai, Nakarin Suwannarach, Hao-Han Wang

“…Our multigene phylogenetic analyses (ITS, LSU, SSU, tef1-α, TUB2, and ACT loci), genealogical concordance phylogenetic species recognition (GCPSR) with a pairwise homoplasy index (PHI) test, and morphological characteristics led to the discovery of two new species, Dothiorella macadamiae and Phaeoacremonium chiangmaiense, and one new record, Melomastia puerensis. …”
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