Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Are Impaired in Myelodysplastic Syndrome by Yu Han, Huaquan Wang, Zonghong Shao

“…The myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) comprises a group of clonal hematopoietic stem cell diseases characterized by cytopenia, dysplasia in one or more of the major myeloid lineages, ineffective hematopoiesis, and increased risk of development of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). …”
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THE PRESENTATION OF SELF IN THE ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK by A. A. Shirmazanyan

“…At the same time he indicates that these practices are similar to real ones by their relative equality in particular space and time due to reflexivity of actors. There are three major functional regulators of users behavior in online social network: 1) quantitative restrictions on self presentation determined by information formats; 2) qualitative matter of self presentation conditioned on norms of Russian and International legislations; 3) rituals of virtual interaction. …”
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Transboundary hydropolitical conflicts and their impact on river morphology and environmental degradation in the Hirmand Basin, West Asia by Atefe Arfa, Seyed Ali Ayyoubzadeh, Hossein Shafizadeh-Moghadam, Hojjat Mianabadi

“…Further, prolonged droughts and upstream water diversions have desiccated the Hamoun Lake, obliterating ecosystems, displacing residents, and transforming exposed lakebeds into major dust sources. The TWINS analysis highlights hydropolitical dynamics as the predominant driver of these changes, outweighing climatic influences, and underscores the need for cooperative frameworks to address escalating environmental and social challenges in the basin.…”
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Scaffolded Antigens in Yeast Cell Particle Vaccines Provide Protection against Systemic Polyoma Virus Infection by Donald J. Tipper, Eva Szomolanyi-Tsuda

“…Significantly, a YCP vaccine expressing a GFP fusion to VP1, the murine polyoma virus major capsid protein, after either oral or subcutaneous administration, protected mice against an intraperitoneal polyoma virus challenge, reducing viral DNA levels in spleen and liver by >98%.…”
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“Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together”?: the Crisis of the World Sports Movement in the Context of the Pandemic and the Problem of Racism by E. V. Khakhalkina, A. V. Munko

“…In recent years, sport reflects the most painful trends in social development, economics, culture, and international politics.Major international sporting events of the summer 2021 reveal, according to authors, the crisis of Olympism and degradation of the ideological and philosophical basis of professional sport, which is an important element of international relations undergoing a noticeable transformation under the influence of the coronavirus pandemic and the exacerbation of racist traumas of the past.The study is based on social constructivism, it uses elements of critical discourse analysis and comparative analysis. …”
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Vulnerability of Agrobiodiversity and Agroforestry Settings to Climate Change in Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia by Fikadu Erenso, Azene Andemo

“…A total of 65 crop plant species with eleven major use categories have been recorded in the studied home gardens and crop fields. …”
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NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH REPUBLICS by Towoju Adedoyin John, Mohammed Idris Danjuma, Ibrahim O Salawu

“…Somehow, the 1999 constitution of the fourth republic seems to have overridden the gains and aspirations of this tier of government, this assertion can be verified by looking at how the 1999 constitution undermined the autonomy and aspiration as well as the efficacy of grassroots governance, unlike the 1989 constitution of the third republic that gives more power to local governments. The major findings were that each reform measure was necessitated by the short-comings inherent in the preceding system; some of the reforms were far reaching and had positive impacts, while others were cosmetic in nature and mainly for political expediency. …”
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Professional quality of life and psychopathological symptoms among first-line healthcare workers facing COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study in an Italian southern hospital by Simone Varrasi, Claudia Savia Guerrera, Giuseppe Alessio Platania, Sabrina Castellano, Concetta Pirrone, Pasquale Caponnetto, Costanza Nicolosi, Francesca Insanguine, Emanuela Greco, Mariacatena Perrone, Carmen Pulvirenti, Diletta Randazzo, Gabriele Ferro, Maurizio Consoli, Santo Di Nuovo

“…# Background The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the mental health of healthcare workers, who have taken on the major problems triggered by the emergency. The mental consequences concern high levels of insomnia, anxiety, depression and burnout, which inevitably affect their professional quality of life too…”
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Hepatitis E rORF2p Stimulated and Unstimulated Peripheral Expression Profiling in Patients with Self-Limiting Hepatitis E Infection by Sanjay B. Rathod, Anuradha S. Tripathy

“…The observed upregulations of inhibitory, integrin, activatory, and Treg-associated cytokine genes on the PBMCs of acute HEV patients complemented by their frequency data suggest them as the major players in the fine-tuning of immune response in self-limiting hepatitis E infection.…”
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Erosion Potential Estimation by Network Measurement of Soil Properties in Coastal Areas after Clearcutting by Shih-Hao Jien, Ming-Hsi Lee, Zeng-Yei Hseu, Hsiang-Hua Wang

“…During the period between clearcutting and establishing the next stand of plants for reforestation, the network measurements for determining the soil properties and estimating the spatial heterogeneity of soil erosion potential are regarded as a major issue of concern regarding the efficiency of subsequent restoration efforts.…”
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Assessment of Enzymatic Browning and Evaluation of Antibrowning Methods on Dates by Mariam Al-Amrani, Ahmed Al-Alawi, Insaaf Al-Marhobi

“…FTIR analyses of dates’ melanin have revealed similar structural feature to the reference melanin; however, some differences were noticed in the regions 2850–2950 cm-1 and 1690–1705 cm-1 which indicated major structural difference between the two melanin samples. …”
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Transition Effect on the Flow Dynamics in a Compressor Blade Passage by Ryszard Szwaba, Piotr Kaczynski, Janusz Telega

“…The main objective of investigations is to present the influence of the laminar and turbulent shock wave-boundary layer interaction on the flow dynamics in a compressor fan passage, and the specific objective is to show how the parameters of particular transition control methods affect the flow dynamics in the investigated channel. The major challenge for this research was to minimize the disturbance caused by the microstep or roughness to the laminar boundary layer, while still ensuring a successful transition. …”
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Inflammatory Nasal Swelling due to Leishmania tropica by Hajiba Fellah, Maryam Hakkour, Bouchra Delouane, Asmae Hmamouch, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Faiza Sebti, Abderrahim Sadak

“…Since its discovery in the 19th century, cutaneous leishmaniasis has been a major public health problem, especially with the appearance of more and more unusual cases of cutaneous lesions due to this parasite. …”
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Smart Integrated Decentralization Strategies of Solar Power System in Buildings by Syed Muhammad Kashif Shah, Tanzeel Ur Rasheed, Hafiz Muhammad Ali

“…After the industrial, the housing sector is the major energy-consuming sector. The goal of this study is to assess energy generation through a smart integrated decentralized solar energy system in the power hub of a commercial area in Taxila, Pakistan. …”
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Emergency Medical Resources Allocation of Periphery for Epidemic Areas: Based on Infectious Diseases Spatial-Temporal Transmission Path by Xuan Zhao, Benhong Peng, Chaoyu Zheng, Anxia Wan

“…People in the epicenter suffer from emergency medical supplies shortage in the early stage of a public health emergency because of imbalanced supply-demand in different regions or areas, which is a key issue in a major infectious disease. In response to the severe insufficiency of supplies in the epicenter, this study proposed a strategy of distributing supplies from peripheral areas to the epicenter and gave a supply-side selection model considering the epidemic influence and supplies condition in the candidate supply-side areas. …”
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Risk Factors for Endothelial Decompensation after Penetrating Keratoplasty and Its Novel Therapeutic Strategies by Mengyuan Liu, Jing Hong

“…Literature review. Results. As the major cause of graft failure in PKP, endothelial decompensation of corneal allograft is considered an irreversible decrease in endothelial cell density and endothelial dysfunction. …”
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Effects of Moringa oleifera Leaf Extract on Liver Histopathology: A Systematic Review by Titing Nurhayati, Muhamad Farrel Ridho, Putri Teesa Radhiyanti Santoso, Setiawan Setiawan, Hanna Goenawan, Vita Murniati Tarawan

“…Research Method. Five major electronic web databases, including PubMed, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, Scopus, and ScienceDirect, were used in identifying literature from 2014 to 2023. …”
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The Influence of Precipitation and Consecutive Dry Days on Burned Areas in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China by Feng Chen, Zhaofei Fan, Shukui Niu, Jingming Zheng

“…Daily threshold rainfall levels that most significantly affected area burned were determined for each ecoregion in Yunnan province, a major fire-prone area, in southwestern China. Results showed that the burned area of a wildfire decreased exponentially with increasing rainfall amounts on the day of burning. …”
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Fetal Growth Restriction Prediction: How to Move beyond by Debora F. B. Leite, Jose G. Cecatti

“…The actual burden and future burden of the small-for-gestational-age (SGA) babies turn their screening in pregnancy a question of major concern for clinicians and policymakers. Half of stillbirths are due to growth restriction in utero, and possibly, a quarter of livebirths of low- and middle-income countries are SGA. …”
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Effective Combination of Advancing Transplantation Date with High-Yielding Cultivars for Paddy Rice Could Increase the Yield Potential Under Climate Warming in China by He Zhang, Guangsheng Zhou, Qijin He

“…Based on field observation data from 2000 to 2012 and a biophysical process-oriented CERES-Rice crop model at three typical sites, we investigated the effects of cultivar improvement, different transplanting dates and their interactions on rice yield potential in the major paddy rice production areas of China. Rice planting systems were optimized with an optimal combination of varieties and transplanting dates, and their adaptability under future climate conditions (climate projections from five global climate models under four typical concentration path scenarios) was assessed. …”
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