Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium marinum: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment by Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Pendru Raghunath, Long Chiau Ming, Jodi Woan-Fei Law

“…Although having common ancestry and highly similar in genetic makeup, M. ulcerans and M. marinum have differential impacts on the host innate immune system. In term pathogenesis, prolonged cell exposure to exotoxin mycolactone produced by M. ulcerans could lead to Buruli ulcer. …”
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Analytical and Approximate Solutions of a Novel Nervous Stomach Mathematical Model by Yolanda Guerrero Sánchez, Zulqurnain Sabir, Hatıra Günerhan, Haci Mehmet Baskonus

“…The pivotal aim of the present study is to propose the nonlinear mathematical model of the nervous stomach system based on three compartments namely, tension (T), food (F), and medicine (M). …”
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Selection of Candidates for Positions in Higher Education Institution from the Standpoint of Their Potential Loyalty to Employer by A. R. Alaverdov, T. P. Alaverdova

“…The presence of a number of features in a candidate, with high probability, determines their potential disloyalty to any employer in the system of higher education. The authors explore the personal qualities, psychological types, habits and inclinations of lecturers, as well as other employees of University, which can provoke various threats to its reputation, information and property security. …”
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The Effects of Affinity Mediated Clonal Expansion of Premigrant Thymocytes on the Periphery T-Cell Repertoire by Guanyu Wang

“…The immune system maintains a highly diverse T-cell repertoire,which is shaped by active interactions between developing thymocytesand endogenous peptide/MHC molecules through the principle ofpositive and negative selections. …”
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Peptide with Dual Roles in Immune and Metabolic Regulation: Liver-Expressed Antimicrobial Peptide-2 (LEAP-2) by Yitong Li, Ying Liu, Meng Gou

“…Liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP-2) was originally discovered as an antimicrobial peptide that plays a vital role in the host innate immune system of various vertebrates. Recent research discovered LEAP-2 as an endogenous antagonist and inverse agonist of the GHSR1a receptor. …”
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Analysing the Resilience of Fortified Settlements from the Perspective of Community Capital: The Case of Pujing Community in the Ancient Acropolis, Yongning, Quanzhou by Shao-Chuan Zhu, Rung-Jiun Chou

“…The findings of the study are as follows: (1) Pujing is a community system and organisation built upon religious beliefs; (2) the community utilises religious beliefs to construct a community network platform to promote community capital building and industrial transformation; and (3) religious activities are an integral part of daily life in the community, serving as a form of community capital. …”
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Convenient Synthesis of 1,4-Dideoxy-1,4-imino-D-ribitol from D-Ribose by Makoto Oba, Shoi Kawaji, Hironobu Kushima, Takanori Sano, Kozaburo Nishiyama

“…Cyclization of the generated dimesylated L-lyxitol with benzylamine proceeded with another configurational inversion at C-4 to afford the D-ribo-configured pyrrolidine system, which upon deprotection gave DRB.…”
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Behavior of Full-Scale Porous GFRP Barrier under Blast Loads by D. Asprone, A. Prota, G. Manfredi, A. Nanni

“…This research paper is part of the SAS (Security of Airport Structures) Project funded by the European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection, whose objective was to develop and deploy a fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) fencing system intended to protect airport infrastructures against terrorist acts. …”
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A Novel Edge Detection Algorithm for Mobile Robot Path Planning by Rami Al-Jarrah, Mohammad Al-Jarrah, Hubert Roth

“…A novel detection algorithm for vision systems has been proposed based on combined fuzzy image processing and bacterial algorithm. …”
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DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTIC OF ROD FASTENING ROTOR SUPPORTED BY FIXED-TILTING PAD GAS-LUBRICATED BEARINGS by HEI Di, ZHENG MeiRu

“…At the same time,the influence of the preloads and pivot ratios on the dynamic behaviors of the system is also studied.…”
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SCIENTIFIC MISSION OF THE RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE HUMANITIES by Olga V. Pavlenko

“…In other words, the RSUH mission is being realized at such levels as: 1) intercollegiate; 2) in the system of civil and public landmarks; 3) within the humanitarian contexts of Russian and world science. …”
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Gendered Species of Yoruba Plants: An Ecofeminist Perspective by Adeola Adijat Faleye

“…In addition, evidence reveals that within the Yorùbá belief system, some cultural practices are evident in support of the ecofeminist thought spanning various contexts in politics, warfare, or conflict resolutions, as well as Yorùbá Òrìṣà cults. …”
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Landscape architecture at Wageningen (Netherlands) by Martin van den Toorn

“…The academic environment of Wageningen University has strengthened the position of landscape architecture in meeting the new challenges of climate change; the combination of knowledge of the landscape as a natural system and conceptual ways of thinking seems to be a unique and solid basis for the future.…”
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Approximate Analytic Solution for the KdV and Burger Equations with the Homotopy Analysis Method by Mojtaba Nazari, Faisal Salah, Zainal Abdul Aziz, Merbakhsh Nilashi

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Cryptococcus neoformans Meningoencephalitis in an Immunocompetent Patient after COVID-19 Infection by Hebah Ghanem, Geetha Sivasubramanian

“…While few reports allude to depressed T-cell function and lymphopenia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection, further studies are needed to evaluate the effects of this infection and its treatment on the immune system and its contribution to the emergence of secondary opportunistic infections.…”
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Damage and restoration of historical urban walls: literature review and case of studies by Mauro Sassu, Aida Safabakhsh

“…Finally, the implementation of tie-beams, Fiber Reinforced Polymers layers, ventilation, draining systems, and high-quality materials are proposed as solutions for controlling the moisture effect and retrofitting.…”
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The mitochondrial genome of Carex pseudochinensis H. Lév. & Vaniot, an endemic sedge in Korea by Jieun Lee, Sang Chul Choi, Sangtae Kim

“…. & Vaniot is an endemic species in Korea and is included in the clade of section Paludosae in the recent classification system. We present the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of C. pseudochinensis based on the POLAP pipeline with both long- and short-read sequences. …”
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Exit, Voice, and Loyalty in the Italian Public Health Service: Macroeconomic and Corporate Implications by Adelaide Ippolito, Cira Impagliazzo, Paola Zoccoli

“…The study investigated the effects developed by exit of the patients on the system of financing of local health authorities considering both the corporate level of analysis and the macroeconomic level. …”
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Vocal Emotion of Humanoid Robots: A Study from Brain Mechanism by Youhui Wang, Xiaohua Hu, Weihui Dai, Jie Zhou, Taitzong Kuo

“…Driven by rapid ongoing advances in humanoid robot, increasing attention has been shifted into the issue of emotion intelligence of AI robots to facilitate the communication between man-machines and human beings, especially for the vocal emotion in interactive system of future humanoid robots. This paper explored the brain mechanism of vocal emotion by studying previous researches and developed an experiment to observe the brain response by fMRI, to analyze vocal emotion of human beings. …”
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Accompagnement dans l’apprentissage de l’argumentation par une équipe pluridisciplinaire : quels effets sur les acteurs? by Martine Paindorge, Virginie Lang, Virginie Libante, Pascal Reboul, Bertrand Aigle

“…The article examines the effects of this support system on the students and their tutors. The analysis of the students' results, their answers to a self-evaluation survey and those of the tutors during semi-directive interviews indicate that this AMS contributes to the acquisition of skills and the development of students' autonomy. …”
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