IRF3 Promotes Production of IL-6 and Nitric Oxide but Represses CCL22 in RAW264.7 Macrophage Cells Exposed to Lipopolysaccharides in Culture by Moore TC, Pinkerton TS, Petro TM

“…For comparison, responses to poly I:C and IFN-gamma and responses from RAW264.7 cells deficient in IRF3 were also assessed.Results: Herein, LPS of P. gingivalis, significantly enhanced production of IL-6 and NO that was induced by E. coli LPS but significantly decreased poly I:C-induced ISRE promoter activity. …”
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Nanoparticle-in-Hydrogel Delivery System for the Sequential Release of Two Drugs by Demian van Straten, Jaime Fernández Bimbo, Wim E. Hennink, Tina Vermonden, Raymond M. Schiffelers

“…The aim of this study was to investigate a biodegradable, dextran-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (dex-HEMA) based hydrogel, containing polymeric micelles loaded with dexamethasone and liposomes encapsulating dexamethasone phosphate for localized and prolonged delivery. Methods: Poly(ethylene glycol)-<i>b</i>-poly(<i>N</i>-2-benzoyloxypropyl methacrylamide (mPEG-<i>b</i>-p(HPMA-Bz)) micelles were loaded with dexamethasone and characterized. …”
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Outdoor Performance Assessment of New and Old Photovoltaic Panel Technologies Using a Designed Multi-Photovoltaic Panel Power Measurement System by Mehmet Karabulut, Huseyin Kusetogullari, Sinan Kivrak

“…Average monthly panel efficiencies are estimated as 8.46%, 8.11%, 5.65%, and 3.88% for new Mono, new Poly, new CIS, and new CdTe PV panels, respectively. …”
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Penurunan Fraksi Ejeksi Ventrikel Kiri dalam Enam Bulan Meningkatkan Faktor Resiko Gangguan Kognitif Penderita Gagal Jantung Sistolik by Risky Ilona Saputra, I Made Oka Adnyana, AAA Putri Laksmidewi, Anna Marita Gelgel, I Putu Eka Widyadharma

“…Metode penelitian ini adalah kontrol kasus, di Poli Jantung dan Poli Saraf RSUP Sanglah, Denpasar, periode Oktober 2018 hingga Desember 2018. …”
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Electronic and Optical Properties of Cl-doped CH3NH3SnI3 Perovskite: A DFT Study by Laassouli Abdelmounaim, Moulaoui Lhouceine, Najim Abdelhafid, Archi Marouane, Karouchi Mohamed, Rahmani Khalid, Lachtioui Youssef, Bajjou Omar

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Robotic assisted TKA may allow for smaller polyethylene liner sizes compared to manual TKA with simultaneous removal of Hardware by Andrew D. Lachance, Alexander Edelstein, Shaya Shahsavarani, Roman Steika, Mason Stilwell, Jeffrey Lutton

“…Patients undergoing ROH and RA-TKA had a statistically significant decrease in poly size with a trend of less revision component utilization. …”
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Methods for identifying adverse drug reactions in primary care: A systematic review. by Vera Logan, David Hughes, Adam Turner, Neil Carter, Sue Jordan

“…<h4>Background</h4>Identification of real-time adverse drug reactions [ADRs] (as opposed to the risk of ADRs) in older poly-medicated people in primary care is a challenging task, often undertaken without an explicit strategy. …”
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Surface Plasmon-Induced Band Gap in the Photocurrent Response of Organic Solar Cells by Ribal Georges Sabat, Marcos Jose Leite Santos, Paul Rochon

“…A 260 nm layer of organic bulk heterojunction blend of the polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and the fullerene [6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric (PCBM) was spin-coated in between aluminum and gold electrodes, respectively, on top of a laser inscribed azo polymer surface-relief diffraction grating. …”
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On Generalized Arakawa–Kaneko Zeta Functions with Parameters a,b,c by Nestor G. Acala, Edward Rowe M. Aleluya

“…In this paper, an interpolation formula between these generalized zeta functions and the poly-Bernoulli polynomials with a,b,c parameters is obtained. …”
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Advances in Low-Profile Antennas in Wireless Communications 2015 by Guo Qing Luo, Xiao Ping Chen, Zhang Cheng Hao, Bing Liu, Yu Jian Cheng

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Isolation, Characterization, and Safety Evaluation of Human Skin-Derived Precursors from an Adherent Monolayer Culture System by Ru Dai, Wei Hua, Wei Chen, Lidan Xiong, Li Li, Yiming Li

“…Herein, we optimized the procedure by treating flasks with poly-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (poly-HEMA). Methods. tSKPs generated from our adherent monolayer culture system were investigated for protein expression and differentiation capacity. …”
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Electrochemical properties of hydroxyapatite immobilization material for potential cytosensor fabrication by Dennis Adusei, Bernard O. Asimeng, Francis D. Krampa, Elvis K. Tiburu

“…The SHAp material was characterised using X-ray diffractometry (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy to determine the structural configuration, after which it was blended with a conductive polymer [poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly-4-styrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS)] to improve the electrochemical responses. …”
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Evaluation of three novel antigens and costimulatory agents for improvement of M. Tuberculosis specific interferon gamma release assays by Sandra Schwarzlose-Schwarck, Mark Reinwald, Torsten Bauer, Florian Hentschel, Til Kiderlen, Dorinja Zapf, Victor Herbst, Stefan Lüth, David Krieger, Werner Dammermann

“…Further, C5a, CpG ODN and Poly(I: C) were tested as co-stimulators. IFN-γ levels in plasma were quantified using ELISA. …”
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In Vitro Degradation of PHB/Bacterial Cellulose Biocomposite Scaffolds by Maria Râpă, Cătălin Zaharia, Paul Octavian Stănescu, Angela Cășărică, Ecaterina Matei, Andra Mihaela Predescu, Mircea Cristian Pantilimon, Ruxandra Vidu, Cristian Predescu, Horia Cioflan

“…The present work reported the preparation of biocomposites based on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), plasticizer, and bacterial cellulose (BC) by melt processing and their testing by means of thermal properties (DSC), water absorption, and in vitro degradation. …”
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Review on the Relationship between Human Polyomaviruses-Associated Tumors and Host Immune System by Serena Delbue, Manola Comar, Pasquale Ferrante

“…The name polyomavirus is derived from the Greek roots poly-, which means “many,” and -oma, which means “tumours.” …”
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RESEARCH OF THE CLEANING PROCESS REGULARITIES FOR THE MODEL WASTE WATER SYSTEMS WITH THE «VODOKANALNY» POLYACRYLAMIDE FLOCULANT by Eugeniya Y. Shachneva, Viktor Y. Khentov

“…The influence of the nature and concentration of (poly) electrolytes on the flocculation rate was studied using BAU and quartz sand suspensions as an example. …”

A Novel Dictionary Learning Model with PT-HLBP for Palmprint Recognition by Xiumei Guo, Weidong Zhou

“…The proposed algorithm has been tested by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) database (v2) and ideal recognition accuracy can be achieved. …”
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Regenerating contemporary city between experimentation and education by Laura Ricci, Irene Poli

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Effect of Platelet-activating Factor on in vitro and in vivo Interleukin-6 Production by B. Pignol, T. Maisonnet, P. Guinot, J. M. Mencia-Huertac, P. Braquet

“…The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible effect of platelet-activating factor (PAF), by comparison with interleukin-1β and polyriboinositic/polyribocytidylic (poly I–C) acid, on IL-6 production by L 929 mouse fibroblasts. …”
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CdTe Quantum Dots Embedded in Multidentate Biopolymer Based on Salep: Characterization and Optical Properties by Ghasem Rezanejade Bardajee, Zari Hooshyar

“…This paper describes a novel method for surface modification of water soluble CdTe quantum dots (QDs) by using poly(acrylic acid) grafted onto salep (salep-g-PAA) as a biopolymer. …”
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