'Pseudo' Treatment Failure of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Association with a Tuberculoma by Richard Long, Sylvia Chomyc, Evelina Der, Daniel S Sitar

“…Response to treatment is best measured bacteriologically; two different smear and one culture criteria for failure are widely used. Patients meeting either smear, but not culture, criteria for treatment failure may be said to have 'pseudo' treatment failure. …”
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Rockstar Games, Red Dead Redemption, and Narratives of “Progress” by Esther Wright

“…In both popular and historiographical discussions of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century American West, and the successive waves of popular culture that have come to represent Westward expansion and colonization, there has been much negotiation and debate over the nature and meaning of “progress.” …”
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Exploring maritime safety and risk management practices among STIP Jakarta graduates by Marihot Simanjuntak, Larsen Barasa, Marudut Bernadtua Simanjuntak

“…Results indicate a strong commitment to safety culture and high compliance with IMO-STCW standards. …”
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TRANSFORMATION OF SECULAR LIFE IN THE DIVINE REALITY OF THE MIDDLE AGES by Justinas Karosas

“… History of philosophy as well as that of all spiritual culture has an astonishing quality to isomorphically reveal social and practical changes of one époque or another. …”
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Educational endeavors in a rural society –an example from a small community in Sweden by Peter Erlandson, Anne Kjellsdotter

“…Our ethnographic analysis integrates the social and cultural aspects inherent to our research site. The findings are organised into three prominent themes: Education and Rural Life, The Influence of Global Digital Technologies, and The Significance of Culture. …”
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A North Saami to South Saami Machine Translation Prototype by Lene Antonsen, Trond Trosterud, Francis M. Tyers

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Les collections de vêtements d’enfant, problèmes et perspectives by Aude Le Guennec, Clare Rose

“…Because of the disappearance of this heritage, museums neglect children's clothing practices and prevent young people from accessing the history of their material culture despite this being one of their fundamental rights (United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child). …”
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Yorùbá Theatre Practice and Nollywood by Shola Balogun

“…The development of theatre in Yorùbáland evolving from travelling actors to the contemporaneous practice of the culture in the film medium is an intriguing phase of maturity of the Yorùbá people’s theatrical tradition. …”
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Anarchisme et sexualité en Espagne jusqu’en 1939 by Jean-Louis Guereña

“…This contribution examines the space occupied by the sexuality within the « anarchist Spanish culture », by approaching diverse points which show the presence and the importance of a real « sexual culture » in the anarchistic sphere of influence: the sex education and the disclosure of the sexuality, the eugenics, the neoMalthusianism and the control of the birth rate, fights against the prostitution regulated and the « venereal diseases », as said then, and finally the homosexuality.…”
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Queering the Virgin: Evangelical World-Making and the Heterosexual Crisis by Jennifer Miller

“…Aspects of purity culture including purity balls are theorized as undertaking an unexpectedly queer world making project.…”
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Salinity Stress Response of Rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Luem Pua) Calli and Seedlings by Worasitikulya Taratima, Titirat Chomarsa, Pitakpong Maneerattanarungroj

“…The effect of salt stress on seedling growth was determined using in vitro culture and soil conditions. An efficient protocol for callus induction has been developed by culture sterilized seeds on the Murashige and Skoog (MS, 1962) medium containing 0.5 mg/l benzyladenine (BA) with 1 mg/l 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) that resulted in a 100% callus induction. …”
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Gene expression and immunohistochemistry analysis of ADAMTS-1 and its substrates in odontogenic keratocyst by Osvaldo Rodrigues de Souza Neto, Antonia Taiane Lopes de Moraes, Hellen Thais Fuzii, Antonio Guilherme Maneschy Faria, Vanessa Morais Freitas, Maria Sueli da Silva Kataoka, Sérgio de Melo Alves, João de Jesus Viana Pinheiro

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Milieux propices au Coffea canephora en Martinique by Jean-Philippe Claude

“…Pionnière pour la culture du café dans la Caraïbe dès 1720, connue pour son légendaire café Arabica, la Martinique n’a plus aucune filière caféière depuis le XIXe siècle. …”
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MG-63 Cell Proliferation with Static or Dynamic Compressive Stimulation on an Auxetic PLGA Scaffold by Myeong Jin Kim, Hong Jin Choi, Jongman Cho, Jung Bok Lee, Hak-Joon Sung, Jeong Koo Kim

“…The average proliferation rates of the static and dynamic groups were higher than those of the control group: 13.4% and 25.5% higher at culture day 1, 34.7% and 56.2% at culture day 3, and 17.5% and 43.0% at culture day 5, respectively. …”
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Islamic Worldview : Tinjauan Pemikiran Syech Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas dan Budaya Keilmuan Dalam Islam by Melinda Rahmawati, Fitri Nur Aini, Yustiara Nuraini, Bagus Muhammad Mahdi

“…The thought of Syech Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas is what ignited the awareness of Muslims to revive scientific culture in the Islamic view. The result of this article is he knew knowledge of Syech Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas's view on Islamic Worldview and its influence in Islamic scientific culture. …”
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The effectiveness of interactive learning media on dance dynamics material using articulate storyline 3 in elementary schools by Cicilia Ika Rahayu Nita, Alfina Dela Wati

“…The objectives of this study are 1) to develop learning media based on the articulate storyline 3 application on the content of art and culture lessons, 2) to describe the feasibility of learning media based on the articulate storyline 3 application on the content of art and culture lessons, 3) to describe the practicality of learning media based on the articulate storyline 3 application on the content of art and culture lessons, 4) to describe the effectiveness of learning media based on the articulate storyline 3 application on the content of art and culture lessons. …”
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Quando as ruas abrigam a arte: a cena hip hop no Recife (1980-2014) by Cristiano Nunes Alves

“…As a way of operationalizing the notion of scene, a concept that is dear to the study of artistic production in places, we analyze the depth of the hip hop culture in Recife, from the 1980s up to the present day. …”
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Effects of Strength Training on Muscle Properties, Physical Function, and Physical Activity among Frail Older People: A Pilot Study by Atle Hole Saeterbakken, Hilde Bremseth Bårdstu, Anine Brudeseth, Vidar Andersen

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Inhibition of JAK-STAT ERK/MAPK and Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Induces a Change in Gene Expression Profile of Bovine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Luis F. Malaver-Ortega, Huseyin Sumer, Jun Liu, Paul J. Verma

“…These results demonstrate that the biPSC gene expression profile is malleable by modification of the cell culture conditions well after nuclear reprogramming, and the culture conditions may determine their differentiation potential.…”
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The role of highly dispersed silica nanoparticles in the realization of the effects of granulosa on the maturation and fertilization competence of <i>Sus scrofa domesticus</i> oocy... by T. I. Kuzmina, I. V. Chistyakova, A. O. Prituzhalova, D. N. Tatarskaya

“…Thus, a high efficiency of the porcine oocyte maturation system in the joint culture of gametes with GCs and HDSn was revealed. …”
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