Insights into CSF-1/CSF-1R signaling: the role of macrophage in radiotherapy by Qingchao Shang, Qingchao Shang, Pei Zhang, Xiao Lei, Lehui Du, Baolin Qu

“…Macrophage plays an important role in homeostasis and immunity, and dysfunctional macrophage polarization is believed to be associated with the pathogenesis of tissue fibrosis and tumor progression. Colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1), a polypeptide chain cytokine, through its receptor (CSF-1R) regulates the differentiation of macrophages. …”
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Morphological Aspects of Antennal Sensilla of the Rhodnius brethesi Matta, 1919 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from the Negro River, Amazon Region of Brazil by Simone Patrícia Carneiro Freitas, Laura Cristina Santos, Amanda Coutinho de Souza, Angela Cristina Verissimo Junqueira

“…The specimens used come from the field and laboratory colony. No differences were observed between R. brethesi and other Triatominae studied. …”
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A new Lactobacillus gasseri strain HMV18 inhibits the growth of pathogenic bacteria by Xiang Gao, Zixuan Wang, Xiang Li, Xiaoling Zhang, Shengqiang Du, Miaomiao Jia, Dailun Hu, Xianxian Jia, Bin Cong, Yan Zhang, Chunling Ma, Song Zhou, Jun Zhang

“…The new isolate was identified as L. gasseri by the colony morphology, Gram staining, biochemical reactions and confirmed by the 16S rDNA sequencing. …”
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Rosavin exerts an antitumor role and inactivates the MAPK/ERK pathway in small-cell lung carcinoma in vitro by Liu Rui, Jiang Cuihong, Zhao Zhizheng, Lv Yutong, Wang Gaoxing

“…The viability and clone formation of SCLC cells were assessed using cell counting kit-8 and colony formation assays, respectively. Apoptosis and cell cycle were detected using flow cytometry and cell cycle analysis, respectively. …”
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Effects of Bacterial-Fungal Coinfection on Biochemical Parameters and Organ Structure in African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) by Alexander Atanasoff, Dimitrinka Zapryanova, Atanas Bozhkov, Çiğdem Ürkü

“…Samples from the lesions were cultured on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA), and the fungus was identified as Rhizopus sp. based on colony morphology and microscopy. Bacteriological samples from the kidney, spleen, liver, and blood were cultured on Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) and Brain Heart Infusion Agar (BHIA), revealing the presence of Yersinia ruckeri, Aeromonas hydrophila, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa based on their physiological, morphological, and biochemical traits. …”
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Search Rate and Functional Response of a Eusocial Insect (Oecophylla longinoda) in a Tanzanian Mango Orchard by Thora Samsø Fast, Jørgen Aagaard Axelsen, Gina Kier Lynegaard, Maulid Mwatawala, Joachim Offenberg

“…The results presented here are probably the first attempt to identify the functional response type of a colony of living predatory eusocial insects.…”
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D-mannose alleviates chronic periodontitis in rats by regulating the functions of neutrophils by Xue Li, Xueting Chen, Qingyu Zhu, Pengye Zhang, Shunxue Nan, Lei Lv, Shengcai Qi

“…Then, immunofluorescence (IF), Western Blot, and RT-PCR were applied to assess the expression levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-17), anti-inflammatory cytokine (IL-10), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), ten-eleven translocation 2 (TET2), and key glycolytic enzymes (HK1, HK2, PFKFB3), and to examine D-mannose’s impact on the recruitment and activation of neutrophils in the gingiva. …”
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TRADITIONAL METHODS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN OZALLA SOCIETY, OWAN-WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE BEFORE 1900 by SUNDAY IMANAH OMOAFENA, FIDELIS ACHOBA

“…Thus, this paper seeks to examine the traditional pattern of conflict resolution in Ozalla community to achieve an enduring peaceful society from pre-colonial to the present. In order to achieve this great task this paper adopted the use of primary and secondary sources of information to bridge the gaps in historiography of Ozalla people. …”
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Aportes de las epistemologías decoloniales a una etnografía de políticas socioculturales en mujeres jóvenes by Marcela A. País Andrade

“…La cual debe (re)construir en sus conceptos claves las imposiciones, negociaciones, resistencias y luchas de cómo se fue (re)produciendo un poder colonial en contextos y grupos sociales específicos.…”
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Kino wielojęzyczne jako pole komunikacji międzykulturowej by Teresa Rutkowska

“…Chris Wahl postrzega kino wielojęzyczne (polyglot cinema) jako szczególny gatunek filmowy wraz z takimi podgatunkami jak: episode film, globalisation film, immigrant film, colonial film i existential film. Przypisuje temu gatunkowi szczególne znaczenie, ponieważ odnosi się on do dosłownego i metaforycznego znaczenia granic w obecnym świecie i komunikacji międzyludzkiej. …”
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Decolonizing Literary Studies: Unveiling Postcolonial Narratives in Post-Yugoslav Academic Curricula* by Sara Vukotić, Darko Ilin

“…Drawing on the anticolonial heritage of socialist Yugoslavia and its involvement in the Non-Aligned Movement, the paper navigates the complexities of (post)colonial dynamics in the Balkans. This paper investigates the presence, or absence, of postcolonial theory in literature curricula within humanities faculties in the former Yugoslav countries’ capital cities. …”
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De la negación a la diversificación: los intra y extramuros de los estudios afrochilenos by Montserrat Arre Marfull, Paulina Barrenechea Vergara

“…Se plantea que, si bien las investigaciones historiográficas, antropológicas y musicológicas durante el siglo XX visualizaron a las poblaciones de origen africano como un elemento presente en la historia formativa de Chile y su cultura, especialmente en lo referido al período colonial, no ha sido hasta el siglo XXI que dichos estudios se han sistematizado y expandido. …”
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I santi degli altri. Devozione, mutamento e rituali tra i singalesi cattolici a Messina by Giovanni Cordova

“…For this reason, processes of construction of sainthood at the core of these ritual systems, very useful to reflect upon the vernacularization of religious discourses along the post-colonial trajectories of western “multicultural” Church, will be analyzed looking at the interactions connecting them to ecclesial powers, the daily experience of the sacred, and religious actors’ existential and biographical paths. …”
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Safety of Pegfilgrastim (Neulasta) in Patients with Sickle Cell Trait/Anemia by Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi, Mrinal M. Patnaik, Prema P. Peethambaram

“…Pegfilgrastim (Neulasta) is a recombinant filgrastim (human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)) attached to a polyethylene glycol (PEG) molecule and is given as part of chemotherapy regimens that are associated with significant myelosuppression and risk for febrile neutropenia. …”
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Banquets et rites collectifs au ve s. av. J.-C. au sein de l’habitat de la Monédière à Bessan (Hérault) : caractérisation et signification d’une fosse hors norme et des dépôts asso... by Alexandre Beylier, Éric Gailledrat, Anne-Marie Curé, Cécile Dubosse, Luke Howarth, Ariadna Nieto Espinet

“…It is tempting to consider these events in parallel with the profound changes affecting the region at that time, notably with the emergence of the nearby Greek colony of Agde.…”
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Scientific Community in Algeria: Adopting Traditions and Developing Identity by T. I. Tyukaeva

“…The Algerian leadership and researchers have been making efforts to create Algeria's national science through protection from the western scientific tradition, which is reminiscent of the colonial period of the country, and at the same time adoption of scientific knowledge and scientific institutions functioning principles from abroad, with no organizational or scientific experience of their own. …”
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Histoire humaine et naturelle d’une invasion biologique by Nathalie Udo, Catherine Darrot, Michèle Tarayre, Anne Atlan

“…Gorse was highly valued in its area of origin, Europe, which has led to its voluntary introduction in many European colonies to the 19th century. It is now considered invasive in more than 30 countries and on all continents. …”
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Study on Cold Chain Transportation Model of Fruit and Vegetable Fresh-Keeping in Low-Temperature Cold Storage Environment by Xiaolong Jiao, Wen Xu, Lintong Duan

“…Under six constraints, the improved ant colony algorithm is used to find the optimal fruit and vegetable fresh-keeping cold chain transportation route. …”
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A Historical Review of African Scholarship and the Decolonial Discourse: Challenges and Prospects by Juliet Munyaradzi

“…This is pertinent to higher education in postcolonial Africa, whose indigenous knowledge systems and intellectual legacies have played peripheral roles because of coloniality and the global neoliberal trends. This paper presents a historical review of a generation of African scholarship that spans from the last half of the twentieth century to date. …”
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Canidad: rastros coloniales y blanquidad en las relaciones multiespecie perro-humano by David A. Varela Trejo

“…Para analizar lo anterior, esbozo un recorrido histórico-etnográfico desde un enfoque interespecie con el fin de pensar el especismo como un orden afectivo que utiliza formas estereotipadas de amor y cuidado como tecnologías para el control canino, una necesidad de control que puede rastrearse desde la conquista y cuya figura paradigmática de control es el hombre blanco-moderno-colonial.…”
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