Impact of human activities on the Marchica lagoon ecosystem in northeast Morocco by Hlal Mohammed, El Monhim Bilal, Bouymajjan Mohamed, Sbai Abdelkader, Benrbia Khadija, Cwick Gary, El Harradji Abderrahmane, Benata Mohamed, Saidi Abdelouahid

“…However, human activities have progressively exerted ever-increasing pressure on this fragile ecosystem more than 70% of the pressure comes from urban and agricultural activities. …”
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Gene Carriers and Transfection Systems Used in the Recombination of Dendritic Cells for Effective Cancer Immunotherapy by Yu-Zhe Chen, Xing-Lei Yao, Yasuhiko Tabata, Shinsaku Nakagawa, Jian-Qing Gao

“…This paper describes the recent progress in gene delivery systems including viral vectors and nonviral carriers for DC-based genetically engineered vaccines. …”
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A Rare Complication of Tracheal Intubation: Tongue Perforation by Loreto Lollo, Tanya K. Meyer, Andreas Grabinsky

“…A 65-year-old female with intraparenchymal brain hemorrhage with rapidly progressive neurologic deterioration had the airway secured prior to arrival at the referral institution. …”
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Microbial-Derived Uremic Toxins: Role in the Pathogenesis of Comorbidities in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease by M. O. Pyatchenkov, A. A. Vlasov, E. V. Sherbakov, S. P. Salikova

“…The results of recent studies allow to consider these metabolites as an independent risk factor for adverse outcomes in people with CKD due to the progression of renal dysfunction to the terminal stage; as well as frequent cardiovascular; neurological; bone mineral; nutritional and other complications.Conclusion. …”
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Evaluation of Stature Development During Childhood and Adolescence in Individuals with Familial Hypophosphatemic Rickets by Mauro M.S. Borghi, Veronica Coates, Hatim A. Omar

“…This review was conducted to study the diagnosis, treatment, and growth progression in infants and adolescents with familial hypophosphatemic rickets. …”
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Metabolic Syndrome, Chronic Kidney, and Cardiovascular Diseases: Role of Adipokines by Manfredi Tesauro, Maria Paola Canale, Giuseppe Rodia, Nicola Di Daniele, Davide Lauro, Angelo Scuteri, Carmine Cardillo

“…Obesity predisposes to diabetic nephropathy, hypertensive nephrosclerosis, and focal and segmental glomerular sclerosis and represents an independent risk factor for the development and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Albuminuria is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). …”
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New options for targeting TRPV1 receptors for cancer treatment: odorous Chinese herbal medicine by Minghui Zhang, Minghui Zhang, Zongao Wang, Zongao Wang, Shaojun Liu, Shaojun Liu, Yuxuan Li, Yuxuan Li, Yanting Gong, Yanting Gong, Min Liu, Min Liu

“…It is also involved in the process of cancer occurrence and progression, and researchers are revealing its role in cancer. …”
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Linking Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease by Géraldine Gelders, Veerle Baekelandt, Anke Van der Perren

“…Immune alterations in response to extracellular α-synuclein may play a critical role in modulating Parkinson’s disease progression. In this review, we address the current concept of neuroinflammation and its involvement in PD-associated neurodegeneration.…”
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Amyloids in bladder cancer hijack cancer-related proteins and are positive correlated to tumor stage by Diego Alem, César X. García-Laviña, Francisco Garagorry, Dardo Centurión, Joaquina Farias, Hany Pazos-Espinosa, María Noel Cuitiño-Mendiberry, Carolina Villadóniga, Susana Castro-Sowinski, Martín Fló, Federico Carrión, Brenda Iglesias, Kevin Madauss, Lucía Canclini

“…In a murine model of bladder cancer, a positive correlation was observed between amyloids and tumor stage, indicating an association between amyloids and bladder cancer progression. Subsequently, the amyloid proteome of the RT4 non-invasive and HT1197 invasive bladder cancer cell lines was identified and included oncogenes, tumor suppressors, and highly expressed cancer-related proteins. …”
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Theory and Realization of Secondary Task Assignment for Multi-UAV Pickup Based on Green Scheduling by Shunqi Liu, Xi Fang, Yi Guo, Chenwei Liu, Jian Yang

“…Under the concept of green sustainable development, how to use the progress of science and technology to implement low-carbon strategies is a problem that every enterprise should consider. …”
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Two Cases of Heavy Chain MGUS by Jan Van Keer, Björn Meijers, Michel Delforge, Gregor Verhoef, Koen Poesen

“…In the absence of specialized guidelines, we suggest a similar follow-up as for MGUS, while taking into account the higher probability of progression to lymphoma than to myeloma.…”
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Modelling and Design of HF RFID Passive Transponders with Additional Energy Harvester by Piotr Jankowski-Mihułowicz, Włodzimierz Kalita, Mariusz Skoczylas, Mariusz Węglarski

“…The huge progress in electronics technology and RFID technique gives the opportunity to implement additional features in transponders. …”
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Fast timing silicon R&D for the future Electron-Ion Collider by Li Xuan, Renner Eric, Liu Ming, Sondheim Walter, Sanchez Carlos Solans, Nuñez Marcos Vazquez, Gonzalez Vicente, Morales Yasser Corrales

“…The fast timing resolution of the MALTA2 technology will help reject background events at the EIC as well. Progress of latest MALTA2 R&D, the development of a new MALTA2 quad-sensor prototype module and impacts of the proposed FMT in EIC physics studies will be discussed.…”
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The Emerging Functions of Long Noncoding RNA in Immune Cells: Autoimmune Diseases by Keshav Raj Sigdel, Ao Cheng, Yin Wang, Lihua Duan, YanLin Zhang

“…In this review article we attempt to highlight the recent progress regarding lncRNAs studies and summarize its role in autoimmune diseases.…”
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Early Pathologic Findings of Bronchiolitis Obliterans after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Proposal from a Case by Rie Nakamoto-Matsubara, Hidekazu Nishikii, Kenji Yamada, Masafumi Ito, Yuichi Hasegawa, Naoki Kurita, Naoshi Obara, Yasushi Okoshi, Kazumi Suzukawa, Yasuhisa Yokoyama, Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto, Masayuki Noguchi, Shigeru Chiba

“…Here, we report a case of slowly progressive BO. A biopsy specimen at an early stage demonstrated alveolar destruction with lymphocyte infiltration in bronchial walls and mild narrowing of bronchioles without fibrosis, those were strongly indicative of initial pathologic changes of BO. …”
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Occult hepatitis B virus infection: risk for a blood supply, but how about individuals’ health? by Michael X. Fu, Ahmed Elsharkawy, Brendan Healy, Celia Jackson, Daniel Bradshaw, Emma Watkins, Ines Ushiro-Lumb, Jaisi Griffiths, James Neuberger, Kathryn Maguire, Monica Desai, Neil McDougall, Nicole Priddee, Stephen T. Barclay, Stuart Blackmore, Peter Simmonds, William L. Irving, Heli Harvala

“…Limited evidence suggests that OBI may accelerate the progression of liver disease and cancer. The need for a specialist referral for donors identified with OBI carries mixed opinions from blood establishments, hepatologists, and public health. …”
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TILs and Anti-PD1 Therapy: An Alternative Combination Therapy for PDL1 Negative Metastatic Cervical Cancer by Huanhuan Yin, Wei Guo, Xiangling Sun, Ruili Li, Cuihua Feng, Yujie Tan

“…A total of 80 patients were put on TILs and anti-PD1 combination therapy, and the progression-free survival time (PFS) and overall survival time (OS) were assessed by Kaplan–Meier analysis. …”
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Economic diplomacy as a basis and instrument in achieving the objectives of state's economy by Kalčić Nenad, Gavrilović Milan, Macura Milan

“…In this paper, economic diplomacy as a discipline will be dealt with, a short theoretical review will be given, as well as the author's perspectives and views on the progress of the Republic of Serbia and the countries of the region in this field.…”
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Cancer therapy-related interstitial lung disease by Chengzhi Zhou, Haiyi Deng, Yilin Yang, Fei Wang, Xinqing Lin, Ming Liu, Xiaohong Xie, Tao Luan, Nanshan Zhong, Peifang Wei

“…Cancer therapy-related ILD (CT-ILD) can result from a variety of treatments including chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immune checkpoint inhibitors, antibody–drug conjugates, and radiotherapy. CT-ILD may progress rapidly and even be life-threatening; therefore, prompt diagnosis and timely treatment are crucial for effective management. …”
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Pulmonary Vein Occlusion and Lung Infarction after Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation by Julyan Al Fori, Maryam Al Belushi, Mohammed Al Shuraiqi, Ghalia Al Mohanny, Rashid Al Umairi, Nasser Al Busaidi

“…However, pulmonary vein occlusion is a potentially rare, sometimes severe, complication which may present clinically as nonspecific respiratory symptoms, signifying pulmonary vein stenosis, that are often underrecognized or misdiagnosed, leading to progression of the low-grade stenosis to complete occlusion if not treated with timely intervention (Alfudhili et al., 2017). …”
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