The Mid-Twentieth Century Baby Boom and the Role of Social Influence. An Agent-Based Modelling Approach by Eli Nomes, André Grow, Jan Van Bavel

“…Around the middle of the 20th century, most Western countries experienced a surge in birth rates, called the Baby Boom. …”
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Academic and recreational reading attitudes among primary students in a rural Malaysian village by Astri Yulia, R. Malatesha Joshi, Nor Azilah Husin, Na~Thinamalar Magiswary Nadarajan, Norhayati Mohd Zin, Cheli Nadarajan

“…Positive reading attitudes are linked to better reading achievement, but research on these attitudes among ESL speakers in non-Western, rural contexts remains limited. This study explores the attitudes of 4th and 5th graders towards recreational and academic reading in a rural Malaysian village, assessing students who participated in a reading program. …”
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Tumor-associated macrophage-derived exosome miR-194 confers cisplatin resistance in GC cells by Yi Zhou, Yang-cheng Sun, Qiong-yan Zhang, Jing Wang, Xian-ya Zhu, Xiang-yu Su

“…Cellular uptake experiments demonstrated that miR-194 can transfer from macrophages to GC cells and exert functional effects. Western blotting and PCR analysis further confirmed that macrophage-derived miR-194 inhibits apoptosis in GC cells and enhances cisplatin resistance by downregulating PTEN. …”
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Analysis of the Influence of the Distribution and Development of Soil Caves on the Stability of High-Voltage Transmission Tower Foundations by Yingbo Zhou, Li Zhou, Zhiqiang Duan, Fangchao Ke, Huan Liu

“…In this paper, combined with an engineering case in western Hubei, first, FLAC3D finite element software is used to analyze the influence of a single underground soil cave during continuous development and expansion on 500 kV transmission towers. …”
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Synergistic therapeutic approach for hemorrhoids: integrating mesenchymal stem cells with diosmin-hesperidin to target tissue edema and inflammation by M. Hidayat Budi Kusumo, Adi Prayitno, Soetrisno ., Abdurahman Laqif

“…The effects of MSCs and their combination with MPFF (diosmin-hesperidin) were evaluated through histological examinations, western blot analysis, and gelatin zymography. Results Characterization confirmed the MSCs’ plastic adherence, osteogenic differentiation potential, and immunophenotype (positive for CD90 and CD29, negative for CD45 and CD31). …”
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Healthy enough to work up to age 67 and beyond? A longitudinal population-based study on time trends in working life expectancy free of cardiovascular diseases based on German heal... by Fabian Tetzlaff, Jelena Epping, Juliane Tetzlaff, Lieselotte Mond

“…Background Due to the rising life expectancy in Western countries, the discussion about the increase in the retirement age is becoming more important. …”
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Inhibition of Androgen Receptor Expression with Small Interfering RNA Enhances Cancer Cell Apoptosis by Suppressing Survival Factors in Androgen Insensitive, Late Stage LNCaP Cells by Sang Soo Kim, Hee Joo Cho, Jung Yoon Kang, Hee Kyu Kang, Tag Keun Yoo

“…We compared expressions of AR, heat shock protein 27 (HSP27), clusterin (CLU), glucose-related protein 78 (GRP78), and cellular FLICE-like inhibitory protein (c-FLIP) and their genes between es-LNCaP (less than 33 times subcultured, L-33), ls-LNCaP (over 81 times subcultured, H-81), and si-LNCaP (AR siRNA transfected ls-LNCaP) by Western blotting and RT-PCR. Results. The expressions of AR, HSP27, CLU, GRP78, and c-FLIP were increased in ls-LNCaP compared with es-LNCaP (AR, 157%; HSP27, 132%; CLU, 146%; GRP78, 138%; c-FLIP, 152%). …”
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Repellent Activities of Essential Oils of Some Plants Used Traditionally to Control the Brown Ear Tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus by Wycliffe Wanzala, Ahmed Hassanali, Wolfgang Richard Mukabana, Willem Takken

“…Essential oils of eight plants, selected after an ethnobotanical survey conducted in Bukusu community in Bungoma County, western Kenya (Tagetes minuta, Tithonia diversifolia, Juniperus procera, Solanecio mannii, Senna didymobotrya, Lantana camara, Securidaca longepedunculata, and Hoslundia opposita), were initially screened (at two doses) for their repellence against brown ear tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, using a dual-choice climbing assay. …”
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Metformin Regulating miR-34a Pathway to Inhibit Egr1 in Rat Mesangial Cells Cultured with High Glucose by Can Wu, Ningning Qin, Huiwen Ren, Min Yang, Shuang Liu, Qiuyue Wang

“…Quantitative real-time PCR was used to assay the transcription levels of Egr1 mRNA and miR-34a. Western blot was used to test the protein. And ELISA was used to measure inflammatory factors. …”
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Activation of Opioid Receptors Attenuates Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Skeletal Muscle Induced by Tourniquet Placement by Yue-Xian Guo, Gui-Ying Wang, Wen-jie Cheng, Cai-Zhen Yan, Shuang Zhao, Zhao Li, Peng Liu, Xiu-Li Wang

“…Expression levels of TLR4, NF-κB, SIRT1, and PGC-1α in the skeletal muscles were detected by western blot. Blood TNF-α levels, gastrocnemius muscle contractile force, and ATP concentration were examined. …”
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METTL3-dependent DLG2 inhibits the malignant progression of cervical cancer by inactivating the Hippo/YAP signaling by Mei Pu, Xia Xiao, Shasha Lv, Daqing Ran, Qian Huang, Mingming Zhou, Qirong Lei, Lingshuang Kong, Qing Zhang

“…Methods Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and western blotting assays were employed to detect RNA and protein expression, respectively. …”
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Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with mites phoretic on bark beetles in Qinghai, China by Runlei Chang, Tuan A. Duong, Stephen J. Taerum, Michael J. Wingfield, XuDong Zhou, Z. Wilhelm de Beer

“…We studied the mites and fungi from galleries of four spruce-infesting bark beetle species in the high altitude forests of Qinghai province, western China. Mites were identified based on morphological characteristics, and fungi based on DNA sequences of four gene regions. …”
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A dataset on environmental DNA, bacterio-, phyto- and zooplankton from an emerging periglacial lagoon in Svalbard, ArcticMendeley DataMendeley Data by Sergej Olenin, Dzmitry Lukashanets, Anastasija Zaiko, Aurelija Samuilovienė, Irina Olenina, Evelina Grinienė, Tobia Politi, Aleksej Šaškov, Greta Kilmonaitė, Andrius Šiaulys

“…The data presented here were collected from an emerging lagoon in the western region of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, situated between the retreating Eidembreen Glacier and Eidembukta Bay in 2022–2023. …”
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Sulfated Cyclocarya paliurus polysaccharides exert immunomodulatory potential on macrophages via Toll-like receptor 4 mediated MAPK/NF-κB signaling pathways by Yue Yu, Haibin Zhu, Mingyue Shen, Qiang Yu, Yi Chen, Shiru Mo, Jianhua Xie

“…In addition, Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) receptor inhibitors were able to block the production of NO and TNF-α by SCP3-stimulated macrophages. Based on Western blot analysis and validation using specific inhibitors against MAPK and NF-κB signaling pathways, the results demonstrated that SCP3 induced macrophages activation and enhanced TNF-α and NO production via TLR4-mediated MAPK and NF-κB pathways. …”
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Spatial variation of land use carbon budget and zoning for carbon compensation in the Huai River Eco-economic Belt, China by Hongwen Xu, Xiaorui Tao, Yan Lu, Yuexiang Wang, Hui Li, Zhengwei Ye

“…Results indicate that (1) Carbon emissions in the Huai River Eco-economic Belt are generally showing a downward trend, and carbon absorption rises modestly. (2) Carbon emissions exhibit a spatial distribution of higher in the western, northern and eastern regions and lower in the center zone, with large differences in carbon absorption among cities in the same year. (3) Carbon compensation types in the Huai River Eco-economic belt include 7 payment zones, 5 balanced zones and 14 compensated zones, which can be finally classified into 5 categories of carbon compensation space optimization areas by combining with the Normalized Revealed Comparative Advantage Index and model for zoning of carbon compensation. …”
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Command, Control and Co-Creation: Drivers and Barriers Faced by Professionals Co-Creating in the Slovenian Public Sector by Sanja Vrbek, Marlot Kuiper

“…Secondly, by being placed in the Slovenian administrative context, the paper complements and enriches the debate on co-creation shaped predominantly by the experience of Northern and Western Europe. Purpose: By focusing on the Slovenian public sector, as a traditionally hierarchical administrative context, the paper aims to identify factors that stimulate professionals to implement co-creation in their everyday work, as well as factors that impede their decision and behaviour in this direction. …”
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Wild pea (<i>Pisum sativum</i>Pisum sativum L. subsp. <i>elatius</i> (Bieb.) Aschers. et Graebn. s.l.) at the periphery of its range: Zagros Mountains by O. E. Kosterin, V. S. Bogdanova, A. V. Mglinets

“…Scarce information available on wild pea occurrence in Iran suggests their existence in the south-western principal slope of Zagros Mts and southern principal slopes of Elborz and Kopet Dagh Mts. …”
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Filling the Atlantic coastal tree-ring reconstruction gap: A 195-year record of growing season discharge of the Sainte-Anne River, Gaspésie, Québec, Canada by A.V. Pace, J.-M. St-Jacques, D.D. Noel, G. Fortin

“…While energy-limited tree-ring chronologies are well-known in western North America, they are poorly known in eastern North America. …”
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Changes in the Order of Family Life Events in 20th-Century Europe: A Cross-Regional Perspective by Reto Burgin, Reto Schumacher, Gilbert Ritschard

“…In Eastern Europe where family event sequences have become less standardized and where a particular sequence characterized by the reversal of the traditional order between leaving home and family formation has been observed, the hypothesized transition is still in its very beginning. In Western Europe the transition is clearly on its way, but no re-standardization towards a new standard can be observed as for now. …”
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Tangduqing Granules Attenuate Insulin Resistance and Abnormal Lipid Metabolism through the Coordinated Regulation of PPARγ and DGAT2 in Type 2 Diabetic Rats by Qinghua Zhang, Yingying Huang, Xiaojin Li, Hongyi Liu, Baichuan He, Bin Wang, Yuntao Ma, Xiang Zhou, Yaqin Liu, Shentao Wu

“…After oral administration of TDQ for 5 weeks, the effects on glucose and lipid metabolism and the underlying mechanism were evaluated by biochemical, histological, RT-PCR, and western blotting methods. The results showed that TDQ decreased fasting blood glucose, ameliorated glucose tolerance, and improved IR. …”
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