Immunomodulatory effect of hepatitis B virus (HBV) antigens and MRSA antigens on immune response by Entidhar A. Hadi, Mohammad Abd-Kadhum Al-Saadi, Kaiser N. Madlum

“…Objectives: This study aimed to illustrate the immune response of purified human peripheral blood mononuclear cells against somatic antigens of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and to study the immunomodulatory effect of hepatitis B virus (HBV) antigens on this immune response. …”
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Modification of Teaching/Learning Strategies of University Teaching Staff by O. A. Dyomina, I. A. Tepleneva

“…The role of educational moderator at creating a new type of teaching/learning interaction by using a Tutorial FL Navigator has been justified and illustrated by FLT at University. The student turns into a member of academic community while entering the environment of Content and Language Integrated Learning Project (CLILP). …”
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Divergent modulation of activated protein C pleiotropic functions by antibodies that differ by a single amino acid by Derek S. Sim, Meenal Shukla, Cornell R. Mallari, José A. Fernández, Xiao Xu, Doug Schneider, Maxine Bauzon, Terry W. Hermiston, Laurent O. Mosnier

“…These include prolonged in vitro APC plasma half-life, increased inhibition of anticoagulant activity, and agonistic enhancement of histone H3 cleavage, while having less impact on protease-activated receptor 1 cleavage, compared with TPP-26870. This study illustrates that APC is highly sensitive to non–active site targeting that can lead to unpredictable changes in its activity profile of this pleiotropic enzyme. …”
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Investigation of Moisture Sensitivity and Conductivity Properties of Inductive Asphalt Mixtures Containing Steel Wool Fiber by Seyed Mohsen Hosseinian, Vahid Najafi Moghaddam Gilani, Peyman Mehraban Joobani, Mahyar Arabani

“…Mixtures containing less than 4% SWF illustrated an insulating behavior, with electrical resistivity greater than 7.62 × 108 Ω.m. …”
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The Collections of Miraculous Stories on the Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra by Jing Liu

“…Known as ’stimulus-response’ stories (ganying 感應), these accounts illustrate the power of Buddhist practice through the depiction of miraculous events. …”
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Certain Death: Mike Flanagan’s Gothic Antidote to Traumatic Memory and Other Enlightenment Hang-Overs in <i>Doctor Sleep</i> by Erik Bond

“…We experience Dan Torrance’s reparative masculinity in real-time, communally sharing and recasting Dan’s horrific images of 40 years ago, but we now relate to them in psychologically helpful ways that enable community. In this way, I illustrate and encourage future study of how Gothic texts not only point to marginalized, repressed problems, but more importantly, how they help us relate differently to a traumatic past and innovate strategies for immediate relief from inherited suffering.…”
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Problema protocronismului. Precizări by Edgar Papu

“…., he discovers that the writings of the noble scholar Demeter Cantemïr (prince of Moldavia), entitled Hieroglyphic History (1705, published in 1883), foreshadows the Byronian type of Romanticism (illustrated by many masterpieces as Alfred de Vigny’s Moses, Mihaïl Lermontov’s The Demon, Eugene Onegin by Aleksandr Pushkin, Mihaï Eminescu’s poem The Morning Star or Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche). …”
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The triphenylmethane dye brilliant blue G is only moderately effective at inhibiting amyloid formation by human amylin or at disaggregating amylin amyloid fibrils, but interferes w... by Rehana Akter, Alexander Zhyvoloup, Bingqian Zheng, Surita R Bhatia, Daniel P Raleigh

“…The work highlights the differences between inhibition of Aβ and h-amylin amyloid formation, illustrates the limitation of using Aβ inhibitors as leads for h-amylin amyloid inhibitors, and reinforces the difficulties in interpreting dye binding assays of amyloid formation.…”
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HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR INSTALLATION ESTIMATION FOR THE WATER SOURCE WELL SAND-PACK CLEANING UP by V. V. Ivashechkin

“…A hydraulic-elevator installation parameters estimation example illustrates removing a sand pack from a water-source borehole of 41 m deep and 150 mm diameter bored in the village of Uzla of Myadelsk region, of Minsk oblast. …”
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Les résidences secondaires dans le Tyrol by Axel Borsdorf

“…Cela démontre que les mesures de régulation ne sont pas aussi efficaces que prévu. Cet article illustre le développement du secteur des maisons secondaires dans le Tyrol, ses connexions avec le phénomène des multilocalités, documente les conditions légales et essaie de fournir une évaluation de la situation.…”
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The Political Complexity of Regional Electricity Policy Formation by Kyungjin Yoo, Seth Blumsack

“…We add to a recently emerging literature on the governance of regional organizations that plan and operate electric power grids by developing and illustrating a novel approach to the study of political power in multistakeholder electricity organizations. …”
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A CASE REPORT: ENHANCING TARSAL AND MUSCULAR SUPPORT FOR ECTROPION CORRECTION IN TESSIER 3 AND 5 FACIAL CLEFT by Teuku Adifitrian, Hendra Tri Hartono, Agustina Indah Garnasih

“…Due to the high variance in its occurrence, good techniques have not been established yet. Case Illustration: In this case study, we present the medical history of a 45-year-old woman who previously underwent multiple surgeries for the reconstruction of her lower eyelid. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Study Demonstrating Increased Serum Amyloid A Related Inflammation in High-Density Lipoproteins from Subjects with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and How This Associati... by Jane McEneny, Jane-Ann Daniels, Anne McGowan, Anjuli Gunness, Kevin Moore, Michael Stevenson, Ian S. Young, James Gibney

“…Furthermore, regression analysis illustrated, that for every 1%-unit increase in HbA1c, SAA increased by 20% and 23% in HDL2 and HDL3, respectively, independent of BMI. …”
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STAT1 regulates immune-mediated intestinal stem cell proliferation and epithelial regeneration by Shuichiro Takashima, Roshan Sharma, Winston Chang, Marco Calafiore, Ya-Yuan Fu, Suze A. Jansen, Takahiro Ito, Anastasiya Egorova, Jason Kuttiyara, Viktor Arnhold, Jessica Sharrock, Endi Santosa, Ojasvi Chaudhary, Heather Geiger, Hiromi Iwasaki, Chen Liu, Joseph Sun, Nicolas Robine, Linas Mazutis, Caroline A. Lindemans, Alan M. Hanash

“…Furthermore, activated T cells have stimulated Interferon-γ-dependent epithelial regeneration in co-cultured organoids, and Interferon-γ has directly induced STAT1-dependent c-Myc expression and ISC proliferation. These findings illustrate immunologic regulation of a core tissue stem cell program after damage and support a role for Interferon-γ as a direct contributor to epithelial regeneration.…”
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Age-related calcium signaling disturbance restricted cAMP metabolism and induced ovarian oxidation stress in laying ducks by Cheng-long Jin, Sheng-lin Wang, Shuang Wang, Ya-nan Zhang, Wei-guang Xia, Chang Zhang, Xue-bing Huang, Kai-chao Li, Chun-tian Zheng, Wei Chen

“…In this study, fifty180-day-old and fifty 700-day-old female Longyan ducks were divided into the young group and the aged group to illustrate the differences of Ca signaling and further mechanisms. …”
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Mental health in people living with and beyond colorectal cancer: A patient‐oriented constructivist grounded theory by Vicki Cheng, Helen McTaggart‐Cowan, Jonathan M. Loree, Rachel A. Murphy, Mikaela Barnes, Haydn Bechthold, Norman Jansen, Mary A. De Vera

“…We constructed a patient‐oriented theory illustrating the dynamic nature between one's self‐identity and their mental health experiences across the CRC care continuum. …”
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Experimental study of the effects of siestas on the nocturnal sleep quality and thermal comfort levels under thermoneutral environment in summer by Huili Yu, Xue Zhao, Liping Chen, Xiaohui Tian, Shimin Liang, Songtao Hu

“…Furthermore, some correlations were illustrated between the thermal voting values and the sleep duration, as well as the DA concentration levels. …”
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Spatial analysis of teen births near the New Bedford Harbor Superfund site by Nicole V DeVille, Carolina Villanueva, Susan A Korrick, Verónica M Vieira

“…The highest risk was observed north and northeast of the harbor (OR: 95% CI—3.19: 2.08, 4.88 and 2.93: 1.47, 5.82), which aligns with the prevailing wind direction from the harbor. Our study illustrates the importance of assessing the independent contributions of sociodemographic factors to geographic variation in teen birth risk. …”
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Cromolyn sodium reduces LPS-induced pulmonary fibrosis by inhibiting the EMT process enhanced by MC-derived IL-13 by Cheng Tan, Hang Zhou, Qiangfei Xiong, Xian Xian, Qiyuan Liu, Zexin Zhang, Jingjing Xu, Hao Yao

“…Additionally, we explored the effect of MC-derived IL-13 on the EMT and illustrated the relationship between mast cell and pulmonary fibrosis. …”
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Aerosol Opto-physical Properties: Temporal Variation, Aerosol Type Discrimination and Source Identification by Amol R. Kolhe, Gajanan Raghunath Aher, Pawan S. Soyam, Sachin D. Ralegankar, Sumita Kedia, Laxman M. Chaudhari, Vivek V. Antad, Sachin D. Ghude, Pramod D. Safai, Sanjay D. Chakane, Panuganti C. S. Devara

“…However, MODIS AOD550 nm illustrates statistically insignificant increasing trend of about 0.007 year−1. …”
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