A Selective Bioreduction of Toxic Heavy Metal Ions from Aquatic Environment by Saccharomyces cerevisiae by A. M. Rahatgaonkar, N. R. Mahore

“…This need has been proved financially in terms of cost saving through metal reuse or sale and environmentally as heavy metal toxicity can affect organisms throughout the food chain, including humans. Bioremediation of heavy metal pollution remains a major challenge in environmental biotechnology. …”
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When the Stoic Chameleon Came Across the Cylinder. Stoicism and the Matter of Confessions by Ádám Smrcz

“…While in his early works Lipsius endorsed a semi-compatibilist view (claiming that humans were not endowed with free will, but still, they could be held responsible for their actions), later in his life, he adopted a more libertarian stance. …”
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‘A deep, empathetic, wondrous connection’: Autistic adults' definitions and experiences of nature connection by Samantha Friedman, Sara McHaffie, Roan Noble, Anna Stenning

“…Abstract Connection to nature is an important concept for understanding human‐nature relationships, interests in nature and pro‐environmental behaviours. …”
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Issues Impairing the Success of Neural Implant Technology by A. Spiers, K. Warwick, M. Gasson, V. Ruiz

“…By monitoring signals from the central nervous system, humans can be provided with a novel extra channel of communication that can, for example, be used for the voluntary control of peripheral devices. …”
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Les nouvelles frontières des Jeux Anthropologiques de Saint-Louis by Fabrice Delsahut

“…They also set up special competitions, called for the occasion “Anthropological Days”, reserved for those who were considered as sub-humans by the segregationist America of that time. …”
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Perspectives rituelles dans les Plaines et sur la Côte Nord-Ouest by Klaus Hamberger

“…In the Plains, the ritual aim was to transfer the power of supernatural predators to humans; on the Northwest Coast, to re-transform supernatural predators into human beings. …”
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The role of high-density lipoproteins in sepsis by Liam R. Brunham

“…Many preclinical studies have examined strategies to augment HDL genetically or pharmacologically and have shown that this leads to protection from sepsis in animal models. Data in humans are more limited, but suggest a clinically relevant role of HDL in mediating the response to pathogen-associated lipids and preventing excessive inflammation. …”
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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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New Concepts in the Vague Graph Structure with an Application in Transportation by Xiaolong Shi, Saeed Kosari

“…Fuzzy graph (FG) models take on the presence being ubiquitous in environmental and fabricated structures by humans, specifically the vibrant processes in physical, biological, and social systems. …”
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Nanai Fairytales about the Cruel Bride by Tatiana Bulgakova

“…The plots about the cruel behaviour of the bride, which are in contradiction to real Nanai traditions, are divided into two categories in the present article – on the one hand, plots connected with the cohabitation of humans and the spirits, and, on the other hand, plots that speak about the marriage of two people in which the cruelty of the bride is very often expressed by the perishing of the bridegroom, who loses a pre-marriage contest with the bride or her relatives. …”
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Functional insights from an exploration of the inner structure of the patella: new perspectives for the study of the hominin fossil record by Marine Cazenave

“…However, patellar remains are rare in the hominin fossil record and it is still unclear whether and how their differences in shape and proportions compared to extant humans affect knee kinesiology. Here, we illustrate with a first example from a sample of human, Pan, Papio and Neanderthal patellae that the development of a "whole-bone" endostructural analysis has the potential to provide relevant functional information for reconstructing the knee loading environment in fossil taxa, combined, whenever necessary, with a subsampling approach. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: E. coli “The Big Six” by Susanna Richardson, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider, Keith R. Schneider

“…Escherichia coli is a bacterium usually found in the digestive system of healthy humans and animals and transmitted through fecal contamination. …”
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Organic Alternatives to Quantum Dots for Intraoperative Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping by Shunsuke Ohnishi, Stephen J. Lomnes, Rita G. Laurence, Andrew Gogbashian, Giuliano Mariani, John V. Frangioni

“…This preclinical study, performed on large animals approaching the size of humans, should serve as a foundation for future clinical studies.…”
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Latest news from the bonobos: Pan paniscus myths and realities by David Beaune

“…This review describes the most recent findings: bonobos, chimpanzees, and humans ought to be part of the same genus (Homo or Pan) according to our genetics. bonobos have impressive cognitive ability to communicate with lexigram and sign-language, solve problems and use tools. …”
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Viral Interference and Persistence in Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses by Juan Santiago Salas-Benito, Mónica De Nova-Ocampo

“…Mosquito-borne flaviviruses are important pathogens for humans, and the detection of two or more flaviviruses cocirculating in the same geographic area has often been reported. …”
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Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract: A Genetic Disorder? by Ihor V. Yosypiv

“…Although CAKUTs are a part of many known syndromes, only few single-candidate causative genes have been implicated so far in nonsyndromic cases of human CAKUT. Evidence from mouse models supports the hypothesis that non-syndromic human CAKUT may be caused by single-gene defects. …”
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A New Paradigm in Cardiac Regeneration: The Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome by Clara Gallina, Valentina Turinetto, Claudia Giachino

“…Its therapeutic potential has been already shown in several preclinical models and both the safety and efficacy of MSCs-based therapy are being evaluated in humans. It is now clear that the predominant mechanism by which MSCs participate in heart tissue repair is through a paracrine activity. …”
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Clinical Aspects of Dermatitis Associated with Dirofilaria repens in Pets: A Review of 100 Canine and 31 Feline Cases (1990–2010) and a Report of a New Clinic Case Imported from It... by Walter Tarello

“…Cutaneous dirofilariasis is a parasitic disease caused by the mosquito-borne filarial nematodes Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens, living in the subcutaneous tissue of dogs, cats, wild carnivores, and humans. Cases have been recently reported also from Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine, Russia, Austria, Switzerland, France, The Netherlands, and the Middle East. …”
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Pulmonary Remodeling in Equine Asthma: What Do We Know about Mediators of Inflammation in the Horse? by Ann Kristin Barton, Heidrun Gehlen

“…Increasing evidence in horses and humans suggests that local pulmonary inflammation is influenced by systemic inflammatory processes and the other way around. …”
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The need for adequate argumentation for the protection of biotic community by Marcin Klimski

“…Among the ethical ideas which are developed in this context, the holistic view presents the broadest scope of human moral responsibility for the natural world. …”
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