Impairments in Activities of Daily Living in Older Japanese Men in Hawaii and Japan by Robert D. Abbott, Aya Kadota, Katsuyuki Miura, Takehito Hayakawa, Takashi Kadowaki, Tomonori Okamura, Akira Okayama, Kamal H. Masaki, Hirotsugu Ueshima

“…Hypertension and cigarette smoking are dominant risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Japan while in westernized countries, broader effects encompass obesity, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia. …”
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The antitumor activity of umbelliferone in human renal cell carcinoma via regulation of the p110γ catalytic subunit of PI3Kγ by Wang Xue, Huang Shuaishuai, Xin Xia, Ren Yu, Weng Guobin, Wang Ping

“…Similarly, umbelliferone exhibited a dose-dependent reduction of p110γ when using western blotting analyses. Taken together, these results provide an insight into the pharmacology regarding the potential application of umbelliferone, which contributes to cell death by decreasing p110γ protein expression.…”
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Therapy of Prostate Cancer by Nanoyam Polysaccharide by Cheng Peng, Bo Han, Baishan Wang, Gaoyang Zhao, Fang Yuan, Yeyu Zhao, Liang Liang, Dingge Liu, Zhaohui Zhai, Yanping Shen

“…The levels of caspase-3 protein were determined with Western blot. In our data, nanoyam polysaccharide presented inhibitory effect on the proliferation of PC-3. …”
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Les noms de tranchées et de boyaux de la Grande Guerre en Champagne by Alain Devos, Pierre Taborelli, Robin Perarnau

“…The study of trench maps reveals the western front is made of a dense and complex defense network structured according to the geomorphological conditions. …”
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Théorie de la régulation : la perspective oubliée du développement by Noureddine El Aoufi

“…The examination of the research program over thirty years stresses the idea of a western-centered orientation of the recent works and a progressive tendency to a restriction of the field of analysis to the variety of canonic fordism, especially that of Western countries.This self-reference system is more than territorial insofar as it deals with an approach that gives substance to capitalism by looking inside its system for the fundamental laws, whereas peripheries are only ad hoc and over-determined configurations.Second, the development perspective is brought out as a constituent generality of capitalism that declines in specific trajectories of the sub-fordism variety. …”
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Circulation of Dengue Virus Serotypes in the City of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, as Determined by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction by Sameer R. Organji, Hussein H. Abulreesh, Gamal E. H. Osman

“…The present study was aimed to investigate the circulation of four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes in Makkah, Western Saudi Arabia. Blood samples were collected from 25 dengue fever-suspected patients and were subjected to molecular typing for DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4 serotypes of dengue virus, by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), using six sets of primers. …”
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Lg Coda Variations in North-Central Iran by Mojtaba Naghavi, Zaher Hossein Shomali, Mehdi Zare

“…The observed variations in quality factor show low values of 𝑄0 in western part of the study region where bounded by relatively high values in southern and northern parts. …”
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God’s Forgotten Garden: The Role of Missionary Botany in Sino-European Exchanges by Jooyoung Hong

“…By examining the transnational exchange of scientific ideas, the paper highlights the role of missionaries, particularly Jesuits and Protestants, in promoting Western botany within a highly sophisticated Chinese intellectual framework. …”
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DECONSTRUCTION OF THE METAPHYSICS OF PRESENCE IN PHENOMENOLOGY AND STRUCTURALISM by A. A. Polivoda

“…Derrida, to deconstruct Western philosophy means to explore the tensions and contradictions in text, which should clarify false reliability of accepted hierarchies. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 on the cultural identity of the Amazonian indigenous Waorani by Aldrin Espín-León, María Luisa Pertegal-Felices, Antonio Jimeno-Morenilla, Juan Guzmán-Montalvo

“…The indigenous peoples of the Amazon have experienced changes in cultural identity due to Western colonisation, contact with other cultures, migration, and pandemics. …”
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Low Molecular Weight Fucoidan Can Inhibit the Fibrosis of Diabetic Kidneys by Regulating the Kidney Lipid Metabolism by Yan Wang, Yanlei Sun, Fengli Shao, Bo Zhang, Zhen Wang, Xinpeng Li

“…Immunohistochemistry and western blot analyses indicated that the diabetic condition significantly increased the expressions of fibrotic markers including collagen, α-SMA, and fibronectin. …”
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A single-center cross-sectional study on the clinical profile of pancytopenia and a novel scoring system for megaloblastic anemia by Sanjaykumar Somsingbhai Rathwa, Darshankumar Manubhai Raval, Shashwat Mallik, Shahin Khan

“…Conclusion: It was concluded that MGA due to dietary deficiency of Vitamin B12 is the most common etiology for pancytopenia in western India. Our scoring system could be used as an alternative to serum cobalamin tests to diagnose cobalamin deficiency, subject to confirmation in larger populations.…”
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Dietary Cocoa Powder Improves Hyperlipidemia and Reduces Atherosclerosis in apoE Deficient Mice through the Inhibition of Hepatic Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress by Hua Guan, Yan Lin, Liang Bai, Yingfeng An, Jianan Shang, Zhao Wang, Sihai Zhao, Jianglin Fan, Enqi Liu

“…We fed apoE knockout mice a Western diet supplemented with either 0.2% (low group) or 2% (high group) cocoa powder for 12 weeks. …”
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Heating and Cooling Requirements in Relation to Broiler Breeding, Case Study: Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran by Mohammad Baaghideh, Motahhareh Zargari

“…Overall, the northeastern, southern, and western marginal areas of the province, including Khaf, Gonabad, Kashmar, Sarakhs, and Sabzevar, exhibited the lowest cooling and heating needs during the 6-week period of broiler chicken production, making them suitable climates for this economic activity.…”
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Analysis and Enhancements of a Prolific Macroscopic Model of Epilepsy by Christopher Fietkiewicz, Kenneth A. Loparo

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When Inflation Causes No Increase in Claim Amounts by Vytaras Brazauskas, Bruce L. Jones, Ričardas Zitikis

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A Survey of Prelicensure Pain Curricula in Health Science Faculties in Canadian Universities by Judy Watt-Watson, M McGillion, J Hunter, M Choiniere, AJ Clark, A Dewar, C Johnston, M Lynch, P Morley-Forster, D Moulin, N Thie, CL von Baeyer, K Webber

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An Evaluation of a Novel Mask in Four Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Overlap Syndromes by Alireza Yarahmadi, Nader D. Nader, Gino Zadeii, Jahan Porhomayon

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Autoantibodies and Liver Disease: Uses and Abuses by Marilyn V Zeman, Gideon M Hirschfield

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(1 →3)- β -D-Glucan and endotoxin modulate immune response to inhaled allergen by R. Rylander, P. G. Holt

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