À la recherche de l’immortalité : intelligence artificielle, vie artificielle et post-humanisme dans La Cité des permutants de Greg Egan. by Ross Farnell

“…La Cité des permutants montre comment la vie artificielle offre à la SF une occasion crédible de narrer une véritable altérité extra-humaine émancipée des traditions métaphysiques occidentales, développant ainsi une réflexion précieuse à propos de la condition humaine et post-humaine.…”
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Classification of kinesiophobia in patients after cardiac surgery under extracorporeal circulation in China: latent profile and influencing factors analysis from a cross-sectional... by Qi Li, Rong Wang, Yanmei Gu, Tong Ren, Jing Jing Piao, Wenhui Xing, Yujing Liang

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Effect of Neck Exercises Combined with Stimulating Baihui and Yongquan Acupoints Based on the Concept of Muscle and Bone Balance on Patients with Cervical Hypertension by CHEN Xiuming, LIN Jian, LIU Jinyong, FANG Yuelong, ZHAN Zhengxuan, HE Zhen, CAI Shuhe

“…ObjectiveTo observe the efficacy of neck exercises combined with stimulating Baihui (DU20) and Yongquan (KI1) acupoints based on the concept of muscle and bone balance on patients with cervical hypertension (CHBP ) of Yin deficiency and Yang hyperactivity.MethodsA total of 60 patients with CHBP of Yin deficiency and Yang hyperactivity were treated in the Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from April 2017 to April 2020, which were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group, with 30 cases in each group. …”
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INVESTIGASI DESAIN ARSITEKTUR YANG TIDAK TERKONDISI BERBASIS METODE PARTISIPATIF by Rian Faisal Asqhor, Yandi Andri Yatmo, Kristanti Dewi Paramita

“…This article focuses on the design method of unconditional architecture through case studies of participatory architecture in Amiriya Complex restoration, Code river development, and Puebla traditional dwellings for the community in Mexico. The analysis of these case studies demonstrates how community participation changes function and emphasize material localities that are unconditioned that generate new urban identity. …”
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How climate change is shaping young people’s health: a participatory, youth co-led study from Bangladesh, Guatemala and Nigeria by Jessie Pinchoff, Karen Austrian, Eno-Obong Etetim, Damilola Babatunde, Eleanor Blomstrom, Sigma Ainul, Toyin Olamide Akomolafe, Brian Medina Carranza, Angel Del Valle

“…In Nigeria, respondents discussed health effects of extreme heat, and how droughts were shifting women into more traditionally male roles in agriculture and income-generating activities, increasing the perceived risk of household tensions and gender-based violence. …”
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Fabrication of taxifolin loaded zein-caseinate nanoparticles and its bioavailability in rat by Ying Li, Hang Su, Wenjun Wang, Zhongping Yin, Jing’en Li, En Yuan, Qingfeng Zhang

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Clinical Study of Chuanzi Moxibustion in Improving Neurogenic Bladder Function and Preventing Urinary Tract Infection after Spinal Cord Injury by Xia ZHOU, Xiangyu WANG, Xiangxia MENG, Jiale ZHANG, Liping SUN

“…Objective:To explore the clinical effect of Chuanzi moxibustion in the prevention and treatment of neurogenic bladder urinary tract infection caused by spinal cord injury.Methods:A total of 60 patients with highly compliant neurogenic bladder after complete spinal cord injury diagnosed in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2020 to December 2020 were selected and randomly divided into the control group and the treatment group, with 30 cases in each group. …”
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Piezo1 aggravates ischemia/reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury by Ca2+-dependent calpain/HIF-1α/Notch signaling by Xiaoting Chen, Jintao Jiang, Bin He, Shangfei Luo, Qiaorui Tan, Youfen Yao, Rentao Wan, Honglin Xu, Silin Liu, Xianmei Pan, Xin Chen, Jing Li

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Advances and Challenges in the Research of Integration Methods of Animal Experimental Evidence by ZHENG Qingyong, LI Tengfei, XU Jianguo, ZHOU Yongjia, MA Zhichao, WANG Na, LI Molan, YANG Wenjing, WU Peirun, WANG Haidong, TIAN Jinhui

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Jackson–Vanik Amendment and Development of Soviet-American Relations in 1972-1975 by V. Yungblyud, D. Ilyin

“…Each of the parties involved regarded the Amendment differently: Soviet leaders saw it as a rude interference in the internal affairs of the USSR; Kissinger saw it as an untimely and too radical in form and methods attempt to transform the Soviet system; Jackson saw it as a good way to increase his popularity by exploiting a popular in the post-Vietnam era theme that was naturally consistent with American national values and traditions. Both the Kremlin and Jackson had a fairly clear set of concessions that they could make. …”
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Betaine Inhibits NLRP3 Inflammasome Hyperactivation and Regulates Microglial M1/M2 Phenotypic Differentiation, Thereby Attenuating Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Depression-Like Behavi... by Man Zhang, Xiao-Long Wang, Hui Shi, Lan-Qing Meng, Hong-Feng Quan, Lin Yan, Hui-Fang Yang, Xiao-Dong Peng

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Fully Covered Stent-TIPS for Advanced HCC Patients with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus-Related Severe Symptomatic Portal Hypertension by Liu Z, Lyu T, Yang J, Xie Y, Fan S, Song L, Zou Y, Wang J

“…Zechuan Liu,1,* Tianshi Lyu,1,* Jinming Yang,2 Yong Xie,1 Siyuan Fan,1 Li Song,1 Yinghua Zou,1 Jian Wang1 1Department of Interventional and Vascular Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Vascular Interventional, Aerospace Central Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jian Wang; Yinghua Zou, Department of Interventional and Vascular Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Email wangjianbdyy@126.com; Dr_zouyinghua@126.comPurpose: Portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT)–related severe symptomatic portal hypertension (SPH) leads to a poor prognosis in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Traditional transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) using covered plus bare stent can effectively relieve SPH, however, the bare segment is susceptible to obstruction due to PVTT invasion. …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Four Aerobic Exercise Intensity Prescription Techniques in Rehabilitation Training for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by Tao Chen, Huiying Zhu, Qingyuan Su

“…A retrospective study was conducted on all patients with CHD who were admitted to CR and completed cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPET) in Guangdong Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine. According to the risk stratification method of CHD, all participants were divided into three groups: low, moderate, and high risk. …”
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The manor estate economy ofthe Republic of Two Nations (the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) in the 16th-18th centuries from the Marxist and neo-institutionalist perspectives by Darius Žiemelis

“… This article continues an analysis of the socioeconomic history of the Republic of Two Nations (RTN) in the 16th-18th centuries, viewed through two competing historiographical views: the traditional Marxist conception emphasizing internal considerations and the neo-Marxist capitalist world system theory (CWS) emphasizing external motivations. …”
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Physicochemical Profile of Canastra Cheese Inoculated with Starter Cultures of <i>Kluyveromyces lactis</i> and <i>Torulaspora delbrueckii</i> by Adriele do Amor Divino Silva, Dérica Gonçalves Tavares, Rafaela Pereira Andrade, Tamara Leite dos Santos, Whasley Ferreira Duarte

“…The obtained results demonstrated that the use of autochthones probiotic cultures could improve the cheese characteristics without negatively impacting the traditional physicochemical attributes of Canasta cheese.…”
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A community-based approach to address lung cancer screening disparities in the black community using the Witness Project® framework: development and pilot trial by Lisa Carter-Bawa, Jamie S. Ostroff, Deborah O. Erwin, Elan N. Shoulders, Detric Johnson, Mikhalya Brown, Francis Valenzona, Lina Jandorf

“…Witness Project® Lung presents a promising alternative to traditional health system-based interventions for improving lung screening rates among Black Americans. …”
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USSD: Unsupervised Sleep Spindle Detector by Edgardo Ramirez, Pablo A. Estevez, Martin D. Adams, Claudio A. Perez, Marcelo Garrido Gonzalez, Patricio Peirano

“…The USSD outperforms the A7 and LUNA detectors, which are traditional unsupervised models. Next, we fine-tune the resulting USSD model with 20% of the labeled MASS-SS2 and INTA-UCH datasets, achieving F1 scores of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.78 \pm 0.06$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.75 \pm 0.05$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, respectively. …”
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Application of knowledge management tools: Comparative analysis of small, medium, and large enterprises by Natalia Sytnik, Maryna Kravchenko

“…Although all enterprises, regardless of their size, showed a high awareness of knowledge/KM importance for their business, significant distinctions between small and large enterprises were found with regard to their KM policies, the scope of advanced KM tools application, and the intensity of some traditional and advanced KM tools application. In all cases, large enterprises showed higher levels of these characteristics compared to small enterprises, whereas medium enterprises were more similar to large enterprises. …”
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Nystose attenuates bone loss and promotes BMSCs differentiation to osteoblasts through BMP and Wnt/β-catenin pathway in ovariectomized mice by Qi Zhang, Sijing Hu, Jianjun Wu, Peng Sun, Quanlong Zhang, Yang Wang, Qiming Zhao, Ting Han, Luping Qin, Qiaoyan Zhang

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Human and entomological determinants of malaria transmission in the Lihir Islands of Papua New Guinea: A cross-sectional study. by Pere Millat-Martínez, Michelle Katusele, Bernadine Kasian, Elias Omera, Esther Jamea, Lina Lorry, Aina Casellas, Dan Ouchi, Chilaka Wali, Sylvia Raulo, Arthur Elizah, Peter Kaman, Absalom Dau, Muker Sakur, Lemen Kilepak, Siub Yabu, Nelson Koata, John Kave, Michael Toa, Christopher Urakusie, Charles Kongs, Frank Kisba, Moses Laman, Oriol Mitjà, William Pomat, Quique Bassat, Stephan Karl, Bàrbara Baro

“…Other factors independently associated with infection risk included cohabiting with an infected individual (aOR = 1.94, 95%CI: 1.56-2.42), and residing in traditional housing (aOR = 1.65, 95%CI: 1.21-2.25). …”
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