From Dog Alterity to Canine Sublime: A Cross-Century Reading of Victorian Fiction by Georges Letissier

“…It starts from the assumption that literature is where humans can encounter and confront the alterity of animal kind in ways that attempt to move beyond anthropomorphism/centrism. …”
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Cakalele Dance: Religious and Social Ethics in Islamic and Environmental Education by Abdullah Latuapo

“…In addition, it also emphasizes environmental ethics, promoting harmony between humans and the coastal and sea environment. Through this research, it becomes evident that the Cakalele dance carries a strong message regarding Islamic education, social ethics, and the preservation of the environment.…”
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Ecosystem Services Valuation for Estuarine and Coastal Restoration in Florida by Susanna Blair, Carrie Adams, Tom Ankersen, Maia McGuire, David Kaplan

“… Throughout Florida’s history, humans have altered the coastlines, leading to large-scale degradation of coastal ecosystems. …”
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Efficacy of Adalimumab in a Girl with Refractory Intestinal Behcet’s Disease by Mariko Kaji, Takayuki Kishi, Takako Miyamae, Satoru Nagata, Hisashi Yamanaka, Satoshi Fujikawa

“…We describe our experience with a juvenile patient who had refractory intestinal Behcet’s disease that responded to adalimumab, a fully humanized antibody against soluble TNF-α and its receptor. …”
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Field-scale screening of pumpkin cultivars for cost-effectiveness of “repairing while producing” in cadmium-arsenic co-contaminated agricultural land by Xingxiu Huang, Qingzhou Yu, Mengya Zhou, Chongjian Ma, Huashou Li

“…Soil contamination with heavy metals poses a significant health risk as these metals can be transferred to humans through agricultural products. This study aimed to identify pumpkin varieties with low cadmium and arsenic accumulation. …”
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Reflections on the current state and future of strategic communication as paradigm and practice by Nina Overton-De Klerk

“…Within a complexity framework, it is proposed that a reflective regeneration of strategic communication includes a scrutiny of new logics and lenses relevant in an African context, including Radical Reason and metamodernism, coupled with lateral, collaborative transdisciplinary responses to digital and other complexities facing humanity, also in the workplace. …”
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La traque policière des étranger·es à la frontière franco-italienne (Hautes-Alpes) comme « maintien de l’ordre » social et racial by Sarah Bachellerie

“…The persistence of “police hunts for illegal humans” (Chamayou, 2010) as a control technology helps us, on the whole, to understand how migration control on France’s borders forms part of a “colonial present” (Gregory, 2004).…”
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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in ticks, domestic, and wild animals by Seyma S. Celina, Jignesh Italiya, Allan Obonyom Tekkara, Jiří Černý

“…Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) poses a significant public health threat due to its potential for causing severe disease in humans and its wide geographic distribution. The virus, primarily transmitted by Hyalomma ticks, is prevalent across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. …”
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The role of short-chain fatty acid in metabolic syndrome and its complications: focusing on immunity and inflammation by Wenqian Yu, Wenqian Yu, Siyuan Sun, Siyuan Sun, Qiang Fu

“…This study reviews recent research advances on SCFA in Mets from an immune-inflammatory perspective, including complications dominated by chronic inflammation, as well as the fact that these findings also contribute to the understanding of the specific mechanisms by which gut flora metabolites contribute to metabolic processes in humans. This review proposes an emerging role for SCFA in the inflammatory Mets, followed by the identification of major ambiguities to further understand the anti-inflammatory potential of this substance in Mets. …”
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Sauver la planète, un burger à la fois : Les stratégies communicationnelles de la viande végétale by Mathieu Chaput, Alexander Paulsson

“…This article reviews some of the communicative strategies of plant-based meat, a food innovation that promises an experience akin to that of animal meat, but devoid from its harmful consequences relating to the well-being of humans, animals, and the planet. Mobilizing a constitutive approach on communication, we trace the founding narrative of the Beyond Meat firm using various documents, which enables us to highlight the main communication strategies developed in them. …”
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Advances in Murine Models of Diabetic Nephropathy by Li-li Kong, Hao Wu, Wen-peng Cui, Wen-hua Zhou, Ping Luo, Jing Sun, Hang Yuan, Li-ning Miao

“…Although a large number of murine models of DN including artificially induced, spontaneous, and genetically engineered (knockout and transgenic) animal models have been developed, none of them develops renal changes sufficiently reflecting those seen in humans. Here we review the identified murine models of DN from the aspects of genetic background, type of diabetes, method of induction, gene deficiency, animal age and gender, kidney histopathology, and phenotypic alterations in the hope of enhancing our comprehension of genetic susceptibility and molecular mechanisms responsible for this disease and providing new clues as to how to choose appropriate animal models of DN.…”
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Impact of antisperm antibodies on sperm functions and fertility in livestock: A narrative review by Channareddi Kuntareddi, Kamaraj Elango, Pradeep Nag, Arumugam Kumaresan

“…While ASAs are known to potentially interfere with sperm quality and sperm binding to zona pellucida in both humans and livestock, their impact on fertility remains debated, as ASAs are also detected in a significant number of fertile individuals. …”
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Possible relationship between long-term post neutering complications in dogs and caregiver burden in the owners by Idil Bastan

“…The potential benefits and risk of gonadectomy can affect the quality of life of both humans and pets. Relevant research findings should therefore be incorporated into each pet's and owner's particular situation. …”
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Identification of pathogenic bacteria by biosensors in water and wastewater by Sakineh Hargolzadeh, Soheila Kashanian, Maryam Nazari

“…On the other hand, due to the ability of antibiotics to prevent or treat bacterial infections, they have been used as the main method of infection treatment in humans and animals for the past two decades. The irresponsible use of these antibiotics is one of the most important reasons for the emergence of microbial resistance, which has become a global issue. …”
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Review and Performance Evaluation of Photovoltaic Array Fault Detection and Diagnosis Techniques by Albert Yaw Appiah, Xinghua Zhang, Ben Beklisi Kwame Ayawli, Frimpong Kyeremeh

“…To guarantee reliable power supply, economic returns, and safety of both humans and equipment, highly accurate fault detection, diagnosis, and interruption devices are required. …”
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Representative Public Administration as the Modelling Behaviour for the New Bureaucracy by Mirko Pečarič

“…Although in our time – when reductions of public funds and dismissals of employees are present – it will be difficult to achieve this goal, we should not forget that humanity has never depended on finances; the public trust, awareness, faith and other values are all the more needed in the time of crisis. …”
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Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Microplastics by Yun-Ya Yang, Ignacio A. Rodriguez-Jorquera, Maia McGuire, Gurpal S. Toor

“…Since the mid-twentieth century, plastic has been a boon to humanity and an integral part of our modern lives. …”
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Meiosis-specific stable binding of augmin to acentrosomal spindle poles promotes biased microtubule assembly in oocytes. by Nathalie Colombié, A Agata Głuszek, Ana M Meireles, Hiroyuki Ohkura

“…In the oocytes of many animals including humans, the meiotic spindle assembles without centrosomes. …”
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Yoruba-Chinese Ethical Intersectionality: Towards a Community of Shared Future in Afro-Asian Diasporic Spaces by Philip Ademola Olayoku

“…The study explores case studies from performances of the Chinese Ru tradition, founded on three basic virtues of ren, yi and li, and juxtaposes them with Yoruba ethical equivalents of ṣ’ènìyàn (humaneness), òdodo (righteousness) and ìwà-ètọ́ ̣(propriety) as prerequisites for qualifying as omo ̣ lúàbí ̣ . …”
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Daily Behavior and Range of Rehabilitated Orangutan in the Hutan Pinus Jantho Nature Reserve, Aceh Besar by Hadi Sofyan, Satyawan Pudyatmoko, Muhammad Ali Imron

“…Previous interaction with humans, especially during early developmental period, may affect in behaviour of rehabilitated Orangutan Sumatera and probably also influence the adaptation success in the wild.…”
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