Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics: Gut and Beyond by Usha Vyas, Natarajan Ranganathan

“…Microbiomics has spurred a dramatic increase in scientific, industrial, and public interest in probiotics and prebiotics as possible agents for gut microbiota management and control. …”
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PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH PERIODONTAL DISEASE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES by Mihaela Mariș, Sorana Maria Bucur, Mariș Marius, Mariana Păcurar, Kamel Earar

“…These findings reinforce the link between oral microbial agents and periodontal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes. …”
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Antifungal and enzymatic activities of endophytic fungi associated with Tamarix nilotica by Helal F. Al-Harthi

“…The most potent antifungal agents against Fusarium solani and Rhizoctonia solani are Aspergillus ochraceus (2 isolates) and Penicillium chrysogenum (16 isolates). …”
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Tourism and Cultural Landscapes in Southern China’s Highlands by Zhe Wang, Nelson Graburn

“…A stakeholder approach is applied in understanding the attitudes and practices of different agents towards terraced fields and traditional villages. …”
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SOST and DKK: Antagonists of LRP Family Signaling as Targets for Treating Bone Disease by James J. Mason, Bart O. Williams

“…Thus, devising methods to mimic the molecular consequences of this mutation to treat bone diseases associated with low bone mass is a promising avenue to pursue. Two groups of agents related to putative LRP5/6 functions are under development. …”
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ESTUDO DA VIABILIDADE E DESENVOLVIMENTO DE FILMES ATIVOS A PARTIR DE RESÍDUOS DA INDÚSTRIA VINÍCOLA by Helen Cristiny Dias, Arlete Barbosa Reis

“…Tendo em vista a produção de vinhos e sabendo que a casca da uva, principal componente do resíduo, possui em sua composição agentes com atividade antioxidante, este trabalho visa o desenvolvimento de filmes a base de quitosana com casca de uva para utilização em embalagens ativas. …”
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The role of the Internet in the modern life of children and teenagers: analysis of a sociological survey by S. E. Titor

“…For residents of developed countries, mass media have largely replaced interpersonal communication as the main source of adaptive and meaningful information and, serving as agents of socialisation, now play the key role in forming people’s worldview. …”
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Biodegradable Polymers for Microencapsulation Systems by Joana Filipa Parente, Vânia Isabel Sousa, Juliana Filipa Marques, Marta Adriana Forte, Carlos José Tavares

“…The controlled release of encapsulated active agents is a research field that, over the years, has been constantly innovating due to the promising applications in the areas of pharmaceutical, cosmetic, textile industry, among others. …”
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Mitochondrial Stress Signalling: HTRA2 and Parkinson's Disease by Enrico Desideri, L. Miguel Martins

“…Mitochondria have therefore evolved specific molecular quality control mechanisms to compensate for the action of damaging agents such as oxygen-free radicals. PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1) and high-temperature-regulated A2 (HTRA2), a mitochondrial protease, have recently been proposed to be key modulators of mitochondrial molecular quality control. …”
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Modeling Nonusers’ Behavioral Intention towards Mobile Chatbot Adoption: An Extension of the UTAUT2 Model with Mobile Service Quality Determinants by Gatzioufa Paraskevi, Vaggelis Saprikis, Giorgos Avlogiaris

“…Artificial intelligence agents (chatbots), which are programs to communicate with users primarily in customer service contexts, are an alternative interaction channel supporting businesses in the digital environment and vital components in customer service. …”
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Antibody-Mediated Rejection: Pathogenesis, Prevention, Treatment, and Outcomes by Olivia R. Blume, Sarah E. Yost, Bruce Kaplan

“…Splenectomy is used in desensitization protocols for ABO incompatible transplants as well as being found to treat AMR refractory to conventional treatment. Also used are agents targeted for plasma cells, B cells, and the complement cascade which are bortezomib rituximab and eculizumab, respectively.…”
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Identification of Molecular Substrate for the Attenuation of Anxiety: A Step Toward the Development of Better Anti-Anxiety Drugs by Uwe Rudolph

“…Benzodiazepine tranquilizers like the prototypic diazepam are among the most widely used anti-anxiety agents. In addition to their anxiolytic action, they also induce sedation and may impair motor coordination, both of which are undesired side effects when they are used as anxiolytics. …”
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La territorialisation des politiques environnementales. Le cas de la pollution nitrique de l’eau par l'agriculture by Anne Lacroix, François Bel, Amédée Mollard, Emmanuelle Sauboua

“…Theoretically, such policies are considered optimal, since economic agents tune their efforts according to the sensitivity of the milieu where they operate. …”
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Emojilogía: propuesta metodológica para la transformación escolar desde y con el estudiantado by Cristopher Yáñez-Urbina, Ignacio Figueroa, Esteban Fica

“…En primer lugar, se aborda la «caja de herramientas» teórico-epistemológica que permite repensar al colectivo estudiantil como agentes sociales válidos para generar procesos de transformación escolar. …”
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Estudio de la educación patrimonial de la historia del territorio: clave de futuro de la gestión turística municipal distrito de Vichayal, provincia de Paita by David González Espino

“…Para llegar a su consolidación es necesario la implicación de la gestión turística municipal como un agente que permite motivar a diversos actores como las autoridades, servidores municipales, y sociedad civil organizada en la defensa y conservación del patrimonio. …”
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Estado e desenvolvimento capitalista by José Carlos Radin, Luciano Adilio Alves

“…Este artigo analisa o paradoxo neoliberal de construção e defesa do chamado Estado mínimo e a histórica relação com o Estado brasileiro, principal agente financiador de boa parte das grandes corporações empresariais. …”
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Investigar y Deliberar en la filosofía aristotélica by Alejandro Farieta

“…Se tratará de probar una relación mucho más fuerte entre investigación y deliberación, mostrando que no es ni su objeto ni las habilidades racionales y cognitivas lo que distingue la una de la otra, sino simplemente su finalidad: investigar es el género de la deliberación, y, por tanto, es preciso distinguir entre investigación teórica e investigación práctica o deliberación, cuyo fin, a diferencia de la investigación teórica, es hallar la manera de alcanzar un estado de cosas determinado, lo cual no depende tanto del objeto mismo, como es el caso de la teoría, sino del agente.…”
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Targeting Drug Delivery to the Lungs by Inhalation by C. O'Callaghan

“…To deliver therapeutic agents by inhalation to the lower respiratory tract, inhaled drug particles must have appropriate aerodynamic characteristics. …”
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Shall we kill again? Violence and intimacy among the “awajun “new leaders” in the northeastern Peruvian frontier by Silvia Romio

“…All this occurs as a result of experiences resulting from close contact with the earliest agents of government authority to show up in their native homelands: evangelical missionaries and the army. …”
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Routine Immunization of Adults in Canada: Review of the Epidemiology of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Current Recommendations for Primary Prevention by Michael D Parkins, Shelly A McNeil, Kevin B Laupland

“…Vaccination of all Canadians to these common agents remains a vital tool to decrease individual morbidity and mortality and reduce the overall burden of preventable disease in Canada.…”
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