Thermal Behavior of an Asphalt Pavement in the Laboratory and in the Parking Lot by J. B. Martinkauppi, A. Mäkiranta, J. Kiijärvi, E. Hiltunen

“…First the thermal behavior of asphalt and the layers beneath are researched in the laboratory and then the measurement field is bored and dug in the parking in the Western coast of Finland, 63°5′45′′ N. Distributed temperature sensing method was found to be a good choice for temperature measurements. …”
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Propofol Suppresses Proinflammatory Cytokine Production by Increasing ABCA1 Expression via Mediation by the Long Noncoding RNA LOC286367 by Xin Ma, Teng Wang, Zhen-Long Zhao, Yu Jiang, Shu Ye

“…Here, we provide evidence that in addition to inducing ABCA1 expression, propofol represses proinflammatory cytokine production by increasing ABCA1 expression in a LOC286367-dependent manner. Western blot analysis showed that ABCA1 expression was elevated in macrophages by propofol treatment and this effect was markedly reduced by LOC286367 overexpression. …”
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The Peripherin Gene Regulates the Migration of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Wuzhishan Mini Pigs by Zheng Feng, Wentong Li, Ying Xia, Hui Yu, Hua Li, Kui Li, Yulian Mu

“…The expression level of PRPH in BMMSCs was determined by quantitative real-time PCR and western blot analysis. The migration capacity of the BMMSCs was estimated using a scratch assay, a transwell in vitro migration model assay, and filamentous actin staining. …”
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How the approach to the Epoch of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is changing in the Lithuanian Historiography today? by Vytautas Jarutis

“…After reestablishing independence in 1990, Lithuanian historians refused the heritage of Soviet historiography, started integrating the Western theoretical discourse and have created a unique model of the development of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the European civilization, proposed by Edvardas Gudavičius. …”
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Nutrition and Reproductive Health: Sperm versus Erythrocyte Lipidomic Profile and ω-3 Intake by Gabriela Ruth Mendeluk, Mariano Isaac Cohen, Carla Ferreri, Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu

“…The erythrocyte lipidomic profile of patients was significantly altered, with signatures of typical Western pattern dietary habits and no fish intake. …”
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Temporal Changes in Concentrations of Some Trace Elements in Muscle Tissue of Crayfish, Astacus leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823), from Keban Dam Lake by Onder Aksu, Ragip Adiguzel, Veysel Demir, Numan Yildirim, Durali Danabas, Sebahat Seker, Safak Seyhaneyildiz Can, Mustafa Ates

“…It was exported regularly to Western Europe. In this study, bioaccumulation and temporal trends of some trace elements (arsenic: As, cadmium: Cd, copper: Cu, mercury: Hg, lead: Pb, and zinc: Zn) in edible abdomen muscle of crayfish from Keban Dam Lake (Elazığ, Turkey) were investigated for the 2006–2012 period. …”
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"Suddenly a Binge Drinking Episode Has Happened to Him": Locus of Control, Notion of Responsibility, Alcoholism and Suicide in the Taz Region, Yamal Nenets Autonomous Okrug by Kirill V. Istomin

“…Based on the example of the Taz Nenets of western Sibera, this paper explores how cross-cultural differences in the notion of responsibility, if approached in a non-moralising way, can enrich our understanding of several aspects of the drinking and suicidal behaviours of native northerners. …”
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Butterfly Species Richness in Selected West Albertine Rift Forests by Patrice Kasangaki, Anne M. Akol, Gilbert Isabirye Basuta

“…The butterfly species richness of 17 forests located in the western arm of the Albertine Rift in Uganda was compared using cluster analysis and principal components analysis (PCA) to assess similarities among the forests. …”
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M2 Macrophages Mediate the Resistance of Gastric Adenocarcinoma Cells to 5-Fluorouracil through the Expression of Integrin β3, Focal Adhesion Kinase, and Cofilin by Daniel Ngabire, Irvine Niyonizigiye, Maheshkumar Prakash Patil, Yeong-Ae Seong, Yong Bae Seo, Gun-Do Kim

“…THP-1 cells were polarized using recombinant human IL-4, then were cocultured with AGS cells treated with fluorouracil. Cell viability, Western blot, immunofluorescence, and cell invasion were performed for this investigation. …”
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Insight into the Pore Structures and Its Impacts on Movable Fluid in Tight Sandstones by Dazhong Ren, Fu Yang, Rongxi Li, Desheng Zhou, Dengke Liu, Ying Li

“…In our research, the western area of the Sulige gas field was chosen as the research region, and various kinds of experiments were conducted. …”
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Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Hemorrhagic Fever in White-Tailed Deer by Katherine A. Sayler, Charlotte Dow, Samantha M. Wisely

“…Large outbreaks have occurred in the northern Midwest and western United States. In Florida, outbreaks are fewer and less severe in populations of wild white-tailed deer than are outbreaks among wild deer in other areas of the United States, but farm-raised deer in the state are proving vulnerable to epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus: one of the viruses that cause HD. …”
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Entre Narbonnaise et Italie : le territoire de la province des Alpes Maritimae pendant l’Antiquité romaine (ier s. av. J.-C. - ve s. apr. J.-C.) by Stéphane Morabito

“…From the beginning, it was concentrated on the western Alpine slopes. The elevation to the rank of provincia, probably under Nero, was associated with the move of territorial limits up to the North. …”
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Physicochemical, antioxidant, and antimicrobial study in Nepalese honey by Amrita Adhikari, Nabin Kumar Thapa, Anita Gurung, Niranjan Parajuli

“… Five honey samples, mostly from western Nepal, were analyzed for physicochemical properties, TPC, TFC, antioxidant, and antimicrobial assays. …”
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Comparative analysis of antioxidant activity and content of (poly)phenolic compounds in cabernet sauvignon and merlot wines of Slovenian and Serbian vineyards by Elvira Mavric-Scholze, Dušica Simijonović, Edina Avdović, Dejan Milenković, Sabina Šaćirović, Andrija Ćirić, Zoran Marković

“…The individual (poly)phenols of red wines cultivated in two different Western Balkan wine-growing regions were determined using the HPLC method, while the ABTS and DPPH tests were employed to investigate antioxidant activity. …”
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Historical record of upwelling-favorable winds in Southern Benguela 1833–2014 by David Gallego, Ricardo García-Herrera, Folly Serge Tomety, M. Carmen Álvarez-Castro, Cristina Peña-Ortiz

“…Abstract As a result of the high volume of maritime traffic along the coasts of Namibia and western South Africa, mariners recorded numerous in-situ wind observations since early times. …”
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Poorly Differentiated Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising in Tattooed Skin by Deba P. Sarma, Renee B. Dentlinger, Amanda M. Forystek, Todd Stevens, Christopher Huerter

“…Tattoos have increasingly become accepted by mainstream Western society. As a result, the incidence of tattoo-associated dermatoses is on the rise. …”
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Dolphinfish Bycatch in Spanish Mediterranean Large Pelagic Longline Fisheries, 2000–2010 by David Macías, José C. Báez, Salvador García-Barcelona, José M. Ortiz de Urbina

“…The aim of this paper is to describe the dolphinfish bycatch rates in the longline fisheries of the Western Mediterranean and modelling the nominal bycatch abundance and distribution of dolphinfish from the Spanish Mediterranean as a function of technical, geographical, and seasonality factors. …”
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The Scanian Economic-Demographic Database (SEDD) by Martin Dribe, Luciana Quaranta

“…It covers all individuals born in or migrated to the city of Landskrona and five rural parishes in western Scania in southern Sweden. The entire population present in the area is fully covered after 1813. …”
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Environmental Activism in the Architectural Culture of Socialist Yugoslavia: The Case of the Center for Urban Development Planning (CEP) by Jasna Galjer

“…Case studies of alternative models for environmental initiatives in architectural and urban practices are explored to contest a historical narrative of environmental activism that claims it is underpinned by Western democratic political conditions. The research is based on a comparative analysis of documents and period sources about the activities, which ranged from self-organized exhibitions to architecture and urban-design competitions. …”
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Wild Wild West : une série au carrefour des affirmations dans les États-Unis du milieu des années 1960 by Jean Ruhlman

“…While it cleverly brings together the aesthetics of the western and spy fiction, its success also has to do with the historical and social relevance of the themes it addresses. …”
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