Generation of two induced pluripotent stem cell lines to model and investigate diseases affecting Pacific Islanders by Angela Zhang, James W.S. Jahng, Julio V. Guevara, Christopher D. Yan, Michael V. McConnell, Joseph C. Wu

“…Pacific Islanders (PI) comprise only 0.4% of the US population, yet they have amongst the highest prevalence of diseases. …”
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Demographic disparities, service efficiency, safety, and user satisfaction in public bus transit system: A survey-based case study in the city of Charlotte, NC by Sanaz Sadat Hosseini, Babak Rahimi Ardabili, Mona Azarbayjani, Hamed Tabkhi

“…Public bus transit in the US faces challenges like reduced ridership, rising costs, and service quality concerns, with ridership dropping to 62% of pre-pandemic levels by mid-2022. …”
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Construction of the image of Ermak in late XVI – XVII centuries: official, church and folk practices by S. A. Chernyshov

“…This study shows how, as a result of collective action on the construction of «Ermak» by various subjects of communication (government, church, Stroganovs, folk art), a contradictory but universal image of a hero has come down to us, suitable for any communication task — from justifying «Cossack freemen» to evidence of the «state» nature of the campaign to Siberia.…”
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Genetic Manipulation of Calcium Release-Activated Calcium Channel 1 Modulates the Multipotency of Human Cartilage-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Shuang Liu, Minae Takahashi, Takeshi Kiyoi, Kensuke Toyama, Masaki Mogi

“…To aid in the clinical implementation of tissue engineering strategies for joint regeneration, these data may allow us to identify prospective factors for effective treatments and could maximize the therapeutic potential of MSC-based transplantation.…”
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Bioinformatic Prediction of Novel microRNAs Encoded in Krüppel-like Factor 4 Gene by Mina Zahiri, Maryam Hassanlou, Amir-Reza Javanmard, Nooshin Bijari

“…While the bioinformatic results increase our understanding of the function of the KLF4 gene, experimental studies are needed to confirm these results, which can give us more information about the function of this gene in the future.…”
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From European to World War: Dynamics of ‘Totalization’ and ‘Globalization’ of the Warfare in September 1939 — December 1941 by I. E. Magadeev

“…Internal dynamics of the warfare and evolution of the general strategic situation in the period of WWII, limited by the German aggression against Poland, on the one hand, and the failure of ‘Barbarossa’ and the U.S. entry into the war, on the other hand, were not so straightforward, as it is sometimes presented in scholarly accounts. …”
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Positive airway pressure therapy adherence and outcomes in obstructive sleep apnea: An exploratory longitudinal retrospective randomized chart review by Daniel Stevens, Michaela Title, Kathleen Spurr, Debra Morrison

“…A commonly used definition for PAP therapy adherence is based upon the minimum requirements to receive Medicare coverage in the US, defined as PAP usage of four or more hours per night on 70 percent of nights for at least 30 consecutive days. …”
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Report of a Novel Mutation in MLH1 Gene in a Hispanic Family from Puerto Rico Fulfilling Classic Amsterdam Criteria for Lynch Syndrome by Juan M. Marqués-Lespier, Yaritza Diaz-Algorri, Maria Gonzalez-Pons, Marcia Cruz-Correa

“…Limited information is available about the prevalence, clinical manifestations, and genetic mutations of hereditary CRC in US Hispanic individuals. In this paper we report a novel mutation in the hMLH1 gene in a Puerto Rican Hispanic family with Lynch syndrome recruited through the Puerto Rico Familial Colorectal Cancer Registry (PURIFICAR). …”
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Sociology of values: experience of building a taxonomy by using natural language analysis technology by M. A. Kashina, S. Tkach

“…The results obtained allow us to form a new direction of work with large arrays of scientific texts, associated with their clustering using NLP/NLA. …”
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Brassicaceous roots as an unexpected diversity hot-spot of helotialean endophytes by Jose G. Maciá-Vicente, Meike Piepenbring, Ondřej Koukol

“…Abstract A high number of fungal strains were isolated from roots of Brassicaceae species collected across western and southern Europe, resulting in an unexpectedly rich collection of Cadophora species. These isolates enable us to present a new and comprehensive view of the ecological, morphological, and phylogenetic traits of root-inhabiting members of this helotialean genus. …”
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PRELIMINARY REPORT ON AFLATOXIN M1 IN PIG URINE AS A MARKER OF AFLATOXIN B1 EXPOSURE IN SERBIA by Miroslava Polovinski Horvatovic, Saša Krstović, Darko Guljaš, Marko Damjanović, Mile Mirkov, Igor Jajić

“…The estimation of the AFB1 daily intake enabled us to assess the level in feed. The mathematical model revealed a level of 0.269 mg/kg that overestimated the AFB1 content obtained by analyzing the feed. …”
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EFFECT OF THE FILL VENTILATION WINDOW ON PERFORMANCE OF A NATURAL DRAFT COOLING TOWER SUBJECTED TO CROSS-WINDS by K. V. Dobrego

“…The analogy (equivalence) between the heat and mass transfer was taken into consideration, which enabled us to consider single-phase flow and perform complicated 3D simulation by using modern personal computers. …”
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Enhanced dynorphin expression and secretion in pancreatic beta-cells under hyperglycemic conditions by Miranda Movahed, Ruy A. Louzada, Manuel Blandino-Rosano

“…Perifusion studies allowed us to measure the dynamic secretion of dynorphin in response to glucose from mouse and human islets for the first time. …”
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Analyzing crop production: Unraveling the impact of pests and pesticides through a fractional model by Navnit Jha, Akash Yadav, Ritesh Pandey, A.K. Misra

“…These simulations are conducted employing the generalized Adams–Bashforth–Moulton method, which allowed us to vividly demonstrate the real-world implications of our research. …”
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A bioinformatic approach to characterize the vitellogenin receptor and the low density lipoprotein receptor superfamily in the newt Cynops orientalis by Chiara Spinsante, Federica Carducci, Elisa Carotti, Adriana Canapa, Davide Bizzaro, Maria Assunta Biscotti, Marco Barucca

“…The position of LRP8 in the tree and its expression findings in C. orientalis ovary allowed us to suggest that other proteins of the LDLR superfamily could act as receptors during vitellogenesis.…”
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Comparative analysis of developmental outcomes in very preterm infants: BSID-II versus Bayley-III German norms. by Marlene Hammerl, Martina Zimmermann, Anna Posod, Ulrike Pupp Peglow, Michaela Höck, Elke Griesmaier, Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Vera Neubauer

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>After the release of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, third edition (Bayley-III), US norms, an overestimation of outcome was observed. …”
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Critical analysis of methods for measuring and monitoring of the population life quality by A. A. Golovin

“…Historical and economic analysis allows us to distinguish between the monetarist approach, the social justice approach, and the physico-economic approach. …”
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From musk to body odor: Decoding olfaction through genetic variation. by Bingjie Li, Marissa L Kamarck, Qianqian Peng, Fei-Ling Lim, Andreas Keller, Monique A M Smeets, Joel D Mainland, Sijia Wang

“…This study provides information about coding for human body odor, and gives us insight into broader mechanisms of olfactory coding, such as how differential OR activation can converge on a similar percept.…”
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The epidemiological and economic burden of diabetes in Ghana: A scoping review to inform health technology assessment. by Joseph Kazibwe, Mohamed Gad, Emmanuella Abassah-Konadu, Ivy Amankwah, Richmond Owusu, Godwin Gulbi, Sergio Torres-Rueda, Brian Asare, Anna Vassall, Francis Ruiz

“…The mean annual financial cost of managing one diabetic case at the outpatient clinic was estimated at GHS 540.35 (2021 US $194.09). There was a paucity of evidence on the overall economic burden and the regional prevalence burden. …”
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Research of a modern communicative discourse of users of the Internet network within the reflexive activity and structural theory of communicative action of Jurgen Habermas by A. Gostev, O. Belous

“…A digital era with inevitability raises for us a question of need of definition of determination of the changes, resulting from informatization: processes of transformation of contents, organizational and technological bases and also valuable sense of social communications in virtual space within concepts of “open society”, “network society”, “digital society”. …”
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