Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (MABC2): Cross-Cultural Validity, Content Validity, and Interrater Reliability in Thai Children by Rujira Jaikaew, Nuntanee Satiansukpong

“…It was established and is used widely in Western countries. Studying cross-cultural validity and reliability was necessary before using the MABC2 with Thai children. …”
Get full text

Housing Vacancy Rate in Major Cities in China: Perspectives from Nighttime Light Data by Zhiru Tan, Donglan Wei, Zixu Yin

“…The results revealed that (1) the lowest (15%) and highest (24.3%) HVRs occur in Shenzhen and Nanning, respectively. (2) The urban HVR correlates positively with the three production structures (0.3143) but is significantly negatively correlated with population (0.3841), GDP (0.6139), and urban average housing prices (0.5083). (3) The first-tier, new first-tier, and second-tier cities showed the lowest (16.9%), relatively concentrated (20.5%), and highest (21.3%) average vacancy rates, respectively. (4) The vacancy rate is relatively low in the eastern coastal areas, whereas high in the northeast and western inland areas. The proposed method can help urban planners by identifying vacant areas and providing building information.…”
Get full text

Chitosan suitability to adhesion, neuronal differentiation and maturation of hiPSCs compared to Matrigel coated substrates by Sara Grasselli, Donatella Di Lisa, Pier Francesco Ferrari, Sergio Martinoia, Laura Pastorino

“…Cell differentiation was investigated via immunocytochemistry and western blot analysis. Stemness markers and neuronal markers were used to confirm the gradual differentiation of cells. …”
Get full text

Traditional Chinese acupuncture versus minimal acupuncture for mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomised, controlled pilot trial by Guang-Xia Shi, Cun-Zhi Liu, Ning Sun, Yi Du, Jian-Feng Tu, Yong-Ting Li, Li-Wen Zhang, Yan Cao, Jing-Jie Zhao, Da-Chang Xiong, Hai-Kun Hou

“…The primary end point is success rate, which will be calculated according to a change from baseline in Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index pain and function scores at 8 weeks. …”
Get full text

Study on Apoptosis of Prostate Cancer Cells Induced by IκBα Overexpression Synergistic with Poly (Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid)-Curcumin Nanoparticles by Hui Guo, Jianwen Huang, Hongbin Li, Ranxing Yang, Rong Chen

“…The expression levels of IκBα, apoptosis-related, and signaling proteins were measured by western blotting assay. Results. PC cell proliferation was significantly inhibited by the overexpression of IκBα. …”
Get full text

Impact of Comb Cell Diameter on Nectar Evaporation Efficiency in Honey Bees by Shunhua Yang, Qingxin Meng, Tao Ye, Jianming Wang, Wenzheng Zhao, Yakai Tian, Kun Dong

“…The results showed that eastern honey bee (EHB; <i>Apis cerana</i>) colonies were more efficient at concentrating sucrose solutions in worker cells than in drone cells under both combined active and passive evaporation conditions, as well as passive evaporation alone. Conversely, western honey bee (WHB; <i>Apis mellifera</i>) colonies exhibited greater efficiency in drone cells. …”
Get full text

When spatial agency bias and the advantage of the first mention are in contradiction: Evidence from Czech, German, and Spanish by Anna Marklová, Renate Delucchi Danhier

“… Evidence from Art (History), perceptual psychology, and (psycho-)linguistics support the claim that in Western culture (or rather within left-to-right writing languages), people depict or visualize more important or salient figures to the left. …”
Get full text

Leptin Modifies the Rat Heart Performance Associated with Mitochondrial Dysfunction Independently of Its Prohypertrophic Effects by Edna Berzabá-Evoli, Cecilia Zazueta, Jarumi Hishel Cruz Hernández, Nancy Patricia Gómez-Crisóstomo, Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop, Erick Natividad De la Cruz-Hernández, Eduardo Martínez-Abundis

“…Homogenates and mitochondria were prepared by centrifugation and analyzed for cardiac actin, STAT3, and pSTAT3 by Western blotting, as well as for mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, membrane potential, swelling, calcium transport, and content of oxidized lipids. …”
Get full text

Regional differentiation of the tax burden on personal income in Canada by I. V. Mitroshin

“…The results obtained found that in Canada, there is a conditional division into eastern provinces with a traditionally high tax burden, western provinces with a national average tax burden, and northern territories with a relatively low tax burden. …”
Get full text

The Union Army’s Surgical Handbook and the Positive Story of Civil War Surgery by John M. Harris, Jr., MD

“…Western armies have relied on surgical field manuals to help physicians deal with unfamiliar combat medical conditions from the Napoleonic wars to the present day, but there has been little discussion of whether these handbooks have been used or improved outcomes. …”
Get full text

Composite Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma and T-Prolymphocytic Leukemia Presenting with Lymphocytosis, Skin Lesions, and Generalized Lymphadenopathy by Ali Sakhdari, Guilin Tang, Lawrence E. Ginsberg, Cheryl F. Hirsch-Ginsberg, Carlos E. Bueso-Ramos, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Roberto N. Miranda

“…Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common type of leukemia in Western countries with an incidence of 3-5 cases per 100,000 persons. …”
Get full text

Lazer e consumo na percepção dos estudantes universitários by Márcia Botelho Oliveira, Neuza Maria da Silva, Renato Mareto

“…The relation between leisure and consumption is visible in Western society and has been strengthened by the media, which in the last decades has been suggesting the forms of leisure to be enjoyed by people. …”
Get full text

Naître et mourir à Nîmes dans l’Antiquité. L’évolution d’un espace funéraire consacré à l’inhumation des nourrissons et des fœtus du Ier siècle avant notre ère au IIIe siècle de no... by Gaëlle Granier, Richard Pellé

“…During the Roman period, the burial site on Montaury Hill in Nîmes was located near the western gate of the Augustan enclosure. The rampart, which has been preserved over a length of several hundred metres, was excavated between 2014 and 2019 with a burial space extending from its base. …”
Get full text

Par-delà les temps qui courent : comment la pandémie de covid-19 nous invite à refonder notre rapport au temps by Coline Ruwet

“…Moving away from the ideal of control at the heart of the dominant conception of time in contemporary western societies thus invites us to transform our relationship to time so as to account for the polychronic temporalities of the living world. …”
Get full text

Evaluation of anticancer potency of Cu-isatin-1-(2-pyridyl) piperazine thiosemicarbazone (Cu-Istpypz) against epidermoid carcinoma cell line (A431) by Indranil Banerjee, Piyush Kumar, Narendra K. Singh, Paras N. Yadav, Yuba Raj Pokharel

“…Additionally, at higher concentrations, Cu-Istpypz slowed down the migration and wound-healing capabilities of A431 cells. RT-PCR and western blot analysis indicated that the compound induced the expression of pro-apoptotic Bax and inhibited anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 and Bcl-xl in a concentration-dependent manner. …”
Get full text

Diagnosis of planktonic trophic network dynamics with sharp qualitative changes by Gaucherel, Cedric, Fayolle, Stolian, Savelli, Raphael, Philippine, Olivier, Pommereau, Franck, Dupuy, Christine

“…In a rigorous and analytical approach, for the first time, we validated the model on one theoretical and two observed trajectories recorded at freshwater stations in the La Rochelle region (Western France). The model appears to be easy to build and intuitive, and it provides additional relevant trajectories to the expert community. …”
Get full text

Prospects for marker-associated selection in tomato <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L. by A. B. Shcherban

“…Most of these traits, especially specific resistance to one or another pathogen, were transferred to the cultivated tomato by crossing with wild species, therefore, special attention was paid in the article to identifying and marking resistance genes to a variety of viral, fungal and bacterial pathogens occurring in Western Siberia and adjacent areas. Another important aspect for breeding is the nutrient content of tomato fruits, including carotenoids, vitamins, sugars, organic acids, etc. …”
Get full text

The Role of IL-17 Promotes Spinal Cord Neuroinflammation via Activation of the Transcription Factor STAT3 after Spinal Cord Injury in the Rat by Shaohui Zong, Gaofeng Zeng, Ye Fang, Jinzhen Peng, Yong Tao, Keke Li, Jingmin Zhao

“…Immunohistochemistry was used to determine the expression levels of IL-17 and p-STAT3 in spinal cord tissues. Western blotting analysis was used to determine the protein expression of p-STAT3 in spinal cord tissue. …”
Get full text

Purpurogallin, a Natural Phenol, Attenuates High-Mobility Group Box 1 in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Induced Vasospasm in a Rat Model by Chih-Zen Chang, Chih-Lung Lin, Shu-Chuan Wu, Aij-Lie Kwan

“…Basilar arteries (BAs) were harvested to examine HMGB1 mRNA and protein expression (Western blot). CSF samples were to examine IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α (rt-PCR). …”
Get full text

3D Imaging of Dead Sea Area Using Weighted Multipath Summation: A Case Study by Shemer Keydar, Benjamin Medvedev, Abdallah Al-Zoubi, Michael Ezersky, Emad Akkawi

“…In order to understand the relationship between a developing sinkhole and its tectonic environment, a high-resolution (HR) three-dimensional (3D) seismic reflection survey was carried out at the western shoreline of the Dead Sea. A recently developed 3D imaging approach was applied to this 3D dataset. …”
Get full text