Is platelet activating factor (PAF) an important mediator in bronchial asthma? by R. H. Gundel, H. O. Heuer, L. G. Letts

“…The development of selective PAF receptor antagonists may provide a novel approach to the treatment of human bronchial asthma. In preclinical animal models of human asthma, PAF receptor antagonists have been found to be efficacious in blocking antigen-induced changes in lung function. …”
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Lost Pathways of Urban Development by Erik Harms

“…Attention to images draws attention to the history of non-human nature and to lost pathways of urban development, which in turn emphasizes their uses and the practices which maintained them, revealing the interconnection between human sociality and the non-human world. …”
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A Christian spirituality of imperfection: Towards a pastoral theology of descent within the praxis of orthopathy by D.J. Louw

“… The endeavour towards perfectionism in a praxis pietatis is most of the time described and portrayed as the preferential “narrow way”, resulting in a kind of “theology of ascent” (the legalistic upgrading of human beings equipped with super, spiritual abilities). …”
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MANDATORY TECHNICAL ELEMENTS IN THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE SINGING VOICE by Georgeta PINGHIRIAC

“… As an instrument, the human voice is unique and inimitable. Human voice reflects each individual’s personality and literacy. …”
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Manger la parole de Dieu. La Bible lue par les Wari’ by Aparecida Vilaça

“…This process is reinforced by the moral contents of the Holy Words, as well as by their ontological premises, since the clear-cut distinction between human and non-human animals helps to ratify the Wari’s human status.…”
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Multiple Control Strategies for Prevention of Avian Influenza Pandemic by Roman Ullah, Gul Zaman, Saeed Islam

“…We present the prevention of avian influenza pandemic by adjusting multiple control functions in the human-to-human transmittable avian influenza model. …”
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The association between hair cortisol and burnout is moderated by age, psychosocial, and immunological markers by Patrick D. Gajewski, Peter Bröde, Maren Claus, Klaus Golka, Jan G. Hengstler, Carsten Watzl, Edmund Wascher, Stephan Getzmann

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Preclinical assessment of splicing modulation therapy for ABCA4 variant c.768G>T in Stargardt disease by Dyah W. Karjosukarso, Femke Bukkems, Lonneke Duijkers, Tomasz Z. Tomkiewicz, Julia Kiefmann, Andrei Sarlea, Sander Bervoets, Irene Vázquez-Domínguez, Laurie L. Molday, Robert S. Molday, Mihai G. Netea, Carel B. Hoyng, Alejandro Garanto, Rob W. J. Collin

“…No major safety concerns regarding off-targets, immunostimulation and toxicity are observed in transcriptomics analysis, cytokine stimulation assays in human primary immune cells, and cytotoxicity assays. …”
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Preaxial Polydactyly of the Foot: Variable Expression of Trisomy 13 in a Case from Central Africa by Sébastien Mbuyi-Musanzayi, Aimé Lumaka, Bienvenu Yogolelo Asani, Toni Lubala Kasole, Prosper Lukusa Tshilobo, Prosper Kalenga Muenze, François Tshilombo Katombe, Koenraad Devriendt

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La promenade publique géosymbole de l’urbanité espagnole.La Rambla Nova de Tarragone by Jean Rieucau

“…This linear public space become human filled under the effect of movement of human body (walker, stroller, pedestrian, and tourist) and has been globalized with intrusion of electronics allowing permanent connection to the world (walkman, mobile phones).…”
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Penser l’humain et l’animal·e depuis la sexualité by Maïa Petoton

“…Based on a discursive analysis of the curricula of biology, this article aims to examine the participation of SVT’s programmatic discourse on sexuality in the construction of the concept of humanity. After tracing the historical introduction of the terms sexuality, procreation, and reproduction in the curricula, we will analyze how the differentiated use of the latter two terms contributes to producing a dichotomy between human procreation and animal reproduction. …”
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Usages et mésusages de la durabilité forte. Introduction au dossier « Regards disciplinaires et perspectives critiques sur la durabilité forte en SHS » by Caroline Lejeune, Clémence Guimont

“…This introduction aims at presenting the theoretical debates on this notion and to draw a brief overview of its anchoring and influence in social sciences and humanities. It highlights some of the strengths and limits of this notion, since the accentuation and acceleration of global environmental disturbances, question the capacity of social sciences and humanities to study the economic, social and political consequences of the finiteness of nature. …”
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A Low-Cost Anthropometric Walking Robot for Reproducing Gait Lab Data by Rogério Eduardo da Silva Santana, Agenor de Toledo Fleury, Luciano Luporini Menegaldo

“…Human gait analysis is one of the resources that may be used in the study and treatment of pathologies of the locomotive system. …”
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Les Dynastes de Thomas Hardy : une poétique spectrale à l’œuvre contre la guerre by Annie Escuret

“…In The Dynasts, Hardy wrote an epic of human automatism or impulsion, an account of human action in spite of human knowledge which is a most violent indictment of war showing that Hardy heralds modern pacifists like Michel Serres or René Girard.…”
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Anti-HMGCR Specificity of HALIP: A Confirmatory Study by Andrés Baucells, Maria Angeles Martínez, Marcelo Alvarado-Cardenas, Anaís Mariscal, Laura Martinez-Martinez, Cándido Juárez, Albert Selva-O’Callaghan

“…This study confirms that the HALIP is due to human anti-HMGCR antibodies.…”
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The SERPINB4 gene mutation identified in twin patients with Crohn’s disease impaires the intestinal epithelial cell functions by Xiao-Mei Ouyang, Jun-Hui Lin, Ying Lin, Xian-Ling Zhao, Ya‐Ni Huo, Lai-Ying Liang, Yong-Dong Huang, Gui-Jing Xie, Peng Mi, Zhen-Yu Ye, Bayasi Guleng

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Anterior pituitary gland volume mediates associations between adrenarche and changes in transdiagnostic symptoms in youth by Giorgia Picci, Nathan M. Petro, Chloe C. Casagrande, Lauren R. Ott, Hannah J. Okelberry, Danielle L. Rice, Anna T. Coutant, Grace C. Ende, Erica L. Steiner, Yu-Ping Wang, Julia M. Stephen, Vince D. Calhoun, Tony W. Wilson

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Hybridization State Detection of DNA-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Using Hyperspectral Imaging by Richard C. Murdock, Omar A. Khan, Thomas J. Lamkin, Saber M. Hussain, Nancy Kelley-Loughnane

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Experience of Filipinos with Spinal Cord Injury in the Use of Assistive Technology: An Occupational Justice Perspective by Daryl Patrick G. Yao, Kaoru Inoue, Michael P. Sy, Peter Bontje, Natsuka Suyama, Chiyomi Yatsu, Dante A. Perez, Yuko Ito

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