The Calicophoron daubneyi genome provides new insight into mechanisms of feeding, eggshell synthesis and parasite-microbe interactions by Shauna M. Clancy, Mark Whitehead, Nicola A. M. Oliver, Kathryn M. Huson, Jake Kyle, Daniel Demartini, Allister Irvine, Fernanda Godoy Santos, Paul-Emile Kajugu, Robert E. B. Hanna, Sharon A. Huws, Russell M. Morphew, J. Herbert Waite, Sam Haldenby, Mark W. Robinson

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Radiation decreases bronchial epithelial progenitor function as assessed by organoid formation by Merian E. Kuipers, Dennis K. Ninaber, Krista C.J. van Doorn-Wink, Annelies M. Slats, Pieter S. Hiemstra

“…Finally, IR of ALI-PBEC had a marked effect on organoid formation capacity, which was markedly impaired following IR in a dose-dependent manner. …”
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How it started, how it evolved: Ukrainian entrepreneurship in Poland by Konrad Pędziwiatr, Hanna Smaliichuk, Inna Voznyuk, Jan Brzozowski

“…Poland’s laissez-faire approach, marked by limited social benefits, can support socio-economic integration, especially when refugees have immediate access to the labor market and the ability to start businesses. …”
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Optimising fatigue, abdominal pain and faecal incontinence in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD-BOOST Optimise): feasibility study of a checklist and algorithm for initia... by Thomas Hamborg, John McLaughlin, Ailsa Hart, Christine Norton, Sonia Bouri, Laura Miller, Jean-Frédéric LeBlanc, Asma Fikree, Imogen Stagg, Fionn Cléirigh Büttner

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Alpha-defensins increase NTHi binding but not engulfment by the macrophages enhancing airway inflammation in Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency by Jungnam Lee, Naweed Mohammad, Kyudong Han, Kyudong Han, Tammy Flagg-Dowie, Maria Magallon, Mark L. Brantly, Karina A. Serban, Karina A. Serban

“…The decreased phagocytosis was associated with TLR4 activation, downstream signaling via NF-κB p65 and marked increased secretion of inflammatory cytokines, CXCL8, IL-1b, and TNFα by the α-defensin-treated and NTHi-infected MDMs. …”
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Investigating a Suitable Ratio of Iron Ore Tailings and Quarry Dust in Concrete Production. by Kasozi, Mark

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Aperçu de la situation de l’enseignement de l’aragonais à travers les voix de ses protagonistes by Iris Orosia Campos Bandrés, Rosa Tabernero Sala

“…Despite the fact that the academic year 2022/2023 marked a quarter of a century since the introduction of Aragonese in schools in Huesca, its situation in the school context is still far from being close to educational normalisation. …”
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Digital policy and Nigeria’s Platform Code of Practice: towards a radical co-regulatory turn by Vincent Obia

“…Already established as a regulatory practice in Europe, co-regulation emphasises the need to impose duties of care on platforms and hold them, instead of users, accountable for safe online experiences. It is markedly different from the prior (and existing) regulatory paradigm in Nigeria, which is based on direct user regulation. …”
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Dracula, le monstre et les savants : entre Darwin et Bunyan by René Gallet

“…Mina mentions the names of Nordau and Lombroso quite late in the book (chapter XXV); however, the latter had begun to leave his mark on the narrative almost from the very start: much of Dracula’s “physiognomy” is borrowed from Lombroso’s description of the “born criminal”, the anthropological type defined in L’uomo Deliquente. …”
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Apes, Great Apes, and Mankind in 19th and early 20th Century German Literature by Tanja Nusser

“…And to this day, we find that especially great apes act as unsettling doubles and distorted images of the human in literature and film, marking the porous border between the animalistic and the human. …”
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Genetic Polymorphism in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy by Ivana Purnama Dewi, Johanes Nugroho

“…PPCM is a potentially life-threatening pregnancy-associated disease that typically arises in peripartum period and is marked with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and heart failure. …”
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Generation and Characterization of Erythroid Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: An Overview by Kai-Hsin Chang, Halvard Bonig, Thalia Papayannopoulou

“…In contrast to other ex vivo stem-cell-derived cellular therapeutics, tumorigenesis is not a concern, as RBCs can be irradiated without marked adverse effects on in vivo function. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of the recent publications relevant to the generation and characterization of hESC- and iPSC-derived erythroid cells and discuss challenges to be met before the eventual realization of clinical usage of these cells.…”
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Poland's Competitive Position in Trade in Agri-Food Products with the United Kingdom – Selected Aspects by Justyna Łapińska, Maurycy Graszewicz, Ewa Zdunek-Rosa

“…The conducted analyses show that Poland's competitive position in agri-food trade with the United Kingdom improved markedly over the period considered. The dynamic growth in trade, especially in exports, a significant increase in the trade balance surplus, and generally favourable comparative advantage indexes for Poland show that the period of EU membership has been well utilised by Polish food producers. …”
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Universal Typeface. Innovation without Style by Dario Russo

“…The Bauhaus (1919-1933) has marked history. This school was animated by some of the most significant Twentieth-century artist-designers, from Gropius to Kandinskij, from Itten to Moholy-Nagy, not related to an unambiguous approach. …”
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Technology and the Cinematographic Writing of Trauma in Kipling’s Motoring Short Stories by Élodie Raimbault

“…These stories depict characters marked by physical and psychological traumas and present an ambiguous vision of this new means of transport. …”
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Translation-Poems: Blurred Genres and Shifting Authorship in Contemporary English Verse by Jerzy Jarniewicz

“…One of the most interesting tendencies in contemporary English poetry which arguably will develop further and mark the next decades of writing in England, are works which I would call translation-poems, i.e. texts which problematize the distinction between translations and original works, as well as between authors and translators. …”
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An Unusual Presentation of Thyrotoxicosis: Leg Weakness and Hypokalemia in a 21-Year-Old Male by Mario S. Campana, Maria Riofrio, Raja S. Jadav, Mattan Rozenek

“…We present a case of a 21-year-old Hispanic male complaining with symptoms of thyrotoxicosis, marked hypokalemia, and severe generalized muscle weakness. …”
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Geneza unui clişeu: „călinescianismul” by Andrei Terian

“…Negoitescu, Nicolae Balota, Ovidiu Cotrus), the polemics in 1966-67 mark a real insurrection. Eventually, both sides agreed that, in essence, the “calinescianism” was based on the respect for aesthetical value and the reject of the dogmatism. …”
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Cultures and politics in the present-day Alps by Bernard Debarbieux

“…This text takes another look at the subject of a lecture given as part of celebrations to mark the centenary of the Institut de Géographie Alpine. …”
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La relocalisation des terres agricoles en ville : des sols et des paysages à (re)connaître by Claire Aragau

“…Their aesthetics are marked by technical elements, adjustments and an unsustainable aspect which all relate to the difficulties of using the soil for agricultural purposes in an urban context.…”
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