Analysis of periodontal status in Polish patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biological therapies by Joanna Samborska-Mazur, Dorota Sikorska, Marzena Liliana Wyganowska

“…Red cell distribution width values were also correlated with RA activity ( R = 0.286387, p = 0.043769) and duration of the disease ( R = 0.339425, p = 0.015889). …”
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Sequential Therapy of Linezolid and Contezolid to Treat Hematogenous Lung Abscess Caused by Staphylococcus aureus in a Congenital Cerebral Hypoplasia Patient: A Case Report by Zhou S, Xin C, Liu W

“…Shuang Zhou,1 Chengqi Xin,2– 5 Wenjuan Liu1 1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China; 2Stem Cell Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China; 3National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China; 4National Genetic Test Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China; 5Liaoning Key Laboratory of Frontier Technology of Stem Cell and Precision Medicine, Dalian Innovation Institute of Stem Cell and Precision Medicine, Dalian, Liaoning, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Wenjuan Liu; Chengqi Xin, Email liuwenjuan880424@126.com; chengqixin@126.comAbstract: Staphylococcus aureus is a common pathogen of hematogenous lung abscesses. …”
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TransLeish: Identification of membrane transporters essential for survival of intracellular Leishmania parasites in a systematic gene deletion screen by Andreia Albuquerque-Wendt, Ciaran McCoy, Rachel Neish, Ulrich Dobramysl, Çağla Alagöz, Tom Beneke, Sally A. Cowley, Kathryn Crouch, Richard J. Wheeler, Jeremy C. Mottram, Eva Gluenz

“…Abstract For the protozoan parasite Leishmania, completion of its life cycle requires sequential adaptation of cellular physiology and nutrient scavenging mechanisms to the different environments of a sand fly alimentary tract and the acidic mammalian host cell phagolysosome. Transmembrane transporters are the gatekeepers of intracellular environments, controlling the flux of solutes and ions across membranes. …”
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Novel Study of Reaction Kinetics and Mass Transfer in Bioreactor Modelling: Prediction of Bioethanol Fermentation Performance by Saccharomyces cerevisiae on Continuous Fixed Bed Bi... by Christian Aslan, Hary Devianto, Vita Wonoputri, Ardiyan Harimawan

“…The most sensitive parameters related to product productivity are temperature and cell concentration, so in its implementation, the temperature must be controlled at its optimum temperature, and the inoculum must be prepared with high cell concentration. …”
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Lysophosphatidic Acid Induced Apoptosis, DNA Damage, and Oxidative Stress in Spinal Cord Neurons by Upregulating LPA4/LPA6 Receptors by Yifan Yang, Jing Xu, Qingxin Su, Yiran Wu, Qizheng Li, Zongren Ma, Tao Ding

“…Taken together, the possible mechanism by which LPA secretion in LSS patients aggravates patient injury was further elucidated using an LPA-induced spinal cord neuronal injury cell model in vitro.…”
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Beneficial mutualistic fungus Suillus luteus provided excellent buffering insurance in Scots pine defense responses under pathogen challenge at transcriptome level by Zilan Wen, Minna J. Manninen, Fred O. Asiegbu

“…Pre-inoculation of Scots pine seedlings with beneficial fungus S. luteus prior to pathogen challenge promoted primary root growth, as well as had a balancing buffering role in plant defense responses and cell growth at transcriptome level.…”
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Performance of Lac Insect Kerria lacca Kerr on Bushy Host Flemingia semialata (Roxb.) by P. Bhagyapriya, S. R. Koteswara Rao, Sanyasidhurua, D. Ramesh

“…There was a positive non-significant correlation recorded between female lac cell size and fecundity and also between female lac cell size and female cell weightand concluded that F. semialata can be used as a potential host for lac cultivation in the state of Andhra Pradesh …”
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Identification of Neurons Containing Calcium-Permeable AMPA and Kainate Receptors Using Ca2+ Imaging by Sergei Gaidin, Artem Kosenkov, Valery Zinchenko, Bakytzhan Kairat, Arailim Malibayeva, Sultan Tuleukhanov

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Altered mitochondria-associated ER membrane (MAM) function shifts mitochondrial metabolism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by Delfina Larrea, Kirstin A. Tamucci, Khushbu Kabra, Kevin R. Velasco, Taekyung D. Yun, Marta Pera, Jorge Montesinos, Rishi R. Agrawal, Carmen Paradas, John W. Smerdon, Emily R. Lowry, Anna Stepanova, Belem Yoval-Sanchez, Alexander Galkin, Hynek Wichterle, Estela Area-Gomez

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Noncanonical IFN Signaling, Steroids, and STATs: A Probable Role of V-ATPase by Howard M. Johnson, Ezra Noon-Song, Chulbul M. Ahmed

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L’amplification exosomatique de l’intelligence by David Bates

“…Grâce à un retour sur les théories biologiques, épistémologiques et cybernétiques des années 1950-1970, cet article tente de retracer le projet d’augmentation de l’esprit qui préoccupait alors les pionniers de l’intelligence artificielle : la question de l’intelligence artificielle n’était pas posée comme celle de l’imitation ou de la simulation mécanique de l’intellect, mais comme celle de la technicité constitutive de la pensée. …”
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Unveiling the complex double-edged sword role of exosomes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Xueyan Huang, Yuedi Tang

“…Exosomes are small membrane vesicles at the nanoscale that transport physiologically active compounds from their source cell and have a crucial function in signal transmission and intercellular message exchange. …”
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Energy efficiency optimization algorithm for heterogeneous NOMA network based on imperfect CSI by Yongjun XU, Hao XIE, Qianbin CHEN, Jinzhao LIN, Qilie LIU

“…In order to improve the suppression capability of parametric perturbation and energy efficiency (EE) of heterogeneous networks (HetNets),a robust resource allocation algorithm was proposed to maximize system EE for reducing cross-tier interference power in non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) based HetNets.Firstly,the resource optimization problem was formulated as a mixed integer and nonlinear programming one under the constraints of the interference power of macrocell users,maximum transmit power of small cell base station (BS),resource block assignment and the quality of service (QoS) requirement of each small cell user.Then,based on ellipsoid bounded channel uncertainty models,the original problem was converted into the equivalent convex optimization problem by using the convex relaxation method,Dinkelbach method and the successive convex approximation (SCA) method.The analytical solutions were obtained by using the Lagrangian dual approach.Simulation results verifiy that the proposed algorithm had better EE and robustness by comparing it with the existing algorithm under perfect channel state information.…”
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Verrucous Carcinoma of Buccal Mucosa in Female: A Rare Case Report of Traumatic Tooth Origin by V. Keerthi Narayan

“…Verrucous carcinoma or Ackermann’s tumor is considered a low-grade variant of squamous cell carcinoma frequently presenting at the oral mucosa and skin. …”
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DNA Polymerase e - More Than a Polymerase by Helmut Pospiech, Juhani E. Syväoja

“…Together with DNA polymerases a and d, this enzyme replicates the nuclear DNA in the eukaryotic cell. During this process, DNA polymerase a lays down RNA-DNA primers that are utilized by DNA polymerases d and e for the bulk DNA synthesis. …”
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Multiple resistance factors collectively promote inoculum-dependent dynamic survival during antimicrobial peptide exposure in Enterobacter cloacae. by Andrew N Murtha, Misha I Kazi, Eileen Y Kim, Facundo V Torres, Kelly M Rosch, Tobias Dörr

“…Here, we evaluate the genetic determinants of resistance to an insect AMP, cecropin B, in the opportunistic pathogen Enterobacter cloacae. Single-cell analysis of E. cloacae's response to cecropin revealed marked heterogeneity in cell survival, phenotypically reminiscent of heteroresistance (the ability of a subpopulation to grow in the presence of supra-MIC concentration of antimicrobial). …”
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Role of Pore-Forming Toxins in Neonatal Sepsis by Andreas F.-P. Sonnen, Philipp Henneke

“…Amongst these toxins are pore-forming exotoxins that are expressed as soluble monomers prior to engagement of the target cell membrane with subsequent formation of an aqueous membrane pore. …”
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RNA Degradation in Staphylococcus aureus: Diversity of Ribonucleases and Their Impact by Rémy A. Bonnin, Philippe Bouloc

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Anima Animalis. Éthologies en résonance 1900-2000 by Catherine Repussard

“…Derrière les coulisses de ce que l’on a pris l’habitude au cours des dernières décennies de qualifier de ‘question animale’ se trouve non seulement la question de la relation de l’humain à l’animal ou à l’animalité, mais aussi celle des rapports des humains entre eux. Ainsi, la ‘question animale’ reste intimement liée à celle de l’organisation des sociétés humaines, relevant à la fois de l’éthique et du politique, mais aussi de leur instrumentalisation. …”
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Energy Saving Optimization for Mobile Relays in Multicast Transmission Underlying Cellular Network by Jihong Zhao, Yuan Wang, Rui Tang, Zhenwei Zhang, Hua Qu

“…Device-to-device（D2D）communication enables direct data transmission between mobile terminals（MT）in proximity by reusing the frequency of traditional cellular network.It is capable to improve individual quality of service（QoS）,reduce MT's energy consumption and expand cell coverage.Particularly,when multiple MT request the same content of service at cell edge,some MT in their vicinity could relay the data to them by means of D2D multicast transmission.However,due to the limited battery lifetime of MT and spectral reusing between D2D and cellular communications,relay node selection and power control are two key techniques needed to be addressed.A particle swarm optimization based scheme to minimize the sum power consumption of mobile relays while guarantee the individual QoS requirement by incorporating both relay node selection and power control was proposed.The efficacy of our scheme was extensively verified through numerical results.…”
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