The Safety of Systemic Treatments That Can Be Used for Geriatric Psoriasis Patients: A Review by Jillian W. Wong, John Y. M. Koo

“…Patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis are often treated with systemic immunosuppressant agents that decrease immune system function. For the elderly, these medications are often problematic due to their already immunosuppressed state and comorbidities. …”
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Colorectal Polyposis and Immune-Based Therapies by Pearl Jacobson-Brown, Manuela G Neuman

“…Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors have traditionally been used as inflammation-reducing agents in cases of colon adenoma. Currently, adjuvant immunotherapies such as recombinant gene therapy and antibody-cytokine fusion proteins are assuming a more significant role in the management of colorectal neoplasia. …”
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Molecular Imaging of Autoimmune Diseases and Inflammation by S. Anna Sargsyan, Joshua M. Thurman

“…Molecular imaging methods allow the noninvasive detection and localization of specific molecules. Agents that report on molecular disease biomarkers can be used to diagnose and monitor disease. …”
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Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors: Raynaud's and beyond by Sanat Phatak, Sajal Ajmani, Vikas Agarwal, Durga Prasanna Misra

“…Recent evidences have suggested a potential antifibrotic role of these agents, and studies in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease hold promise for future exploration of these agents for these indications.…”
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The Future of Asthma Treatment by Louis-Philippe Boulet

“…An unprecedented number of new, potentially helpful agents have been developed and will soon be available. …”
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Speaking Up, Pushing Back, Closing the Door: Agency of Open and Covert Teacher Resistance in Dual-Language Bilingual Education by Brandon Sherman, Trish Morita-Mullaney, Jennifer Renn

“…Teachers acted from different identity positions, including agentive compliance, anagentive compliance (without agency), and nonconfrontational resistance. …”
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Pouvoir d’agir et capacités d’agir : une perspective méthodologique ? by Catherine Gouédard, Pierre Rabardel

“…This paper presents a methodological framework for assessing the capacity and power to act of different agents within an organization, in terms of health, safety and working conditions. …”
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Inventores prolíficos, conocimiento tecnológico y patentes: México y Corea by Isabel López Escobedo

“…La reflexión económica sobre la importancia de la producción de nuevo conocimiento como factor estratégico para el crecimiento y el desarrollo tecnológico, y la función que desempeñan los inventores prolíficos en las economías como agentes clave en el proceso de innovación, constituyen los temas centrales de este artículo. …”
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A experiência dos representantes do sistema judiciário e suas relações com os habitantes das comarcas na região Norte de Goiás (1870-1900) by Rita de Cássia Guimarães Melo

“…Nuestro objetivo es caracterizar y discutir acerca de la experiencia de los agentes del sistema judicial y sus relaciones con los habitantes de la provincia de Goiás. …”
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(1 →3)- β -D-Glucan and endotoxin modulate immune response to inhaled allergen by R. Rylander, P. G. Holt

“…Exposure to dust may involve co-exposure to agents which are allergens, together with those which are pro-inflamm atory. …”
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A Non-Anthropocentric Approach to The Digital Writing : Some Remarks on The Agency of Digital Writing by Sung do Kim

“…Indeed, the very existence of human writer and non-human agents of writing are regarded as meaningful actants that cowork in the semiotic mediation. …”
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Strategies to Increase Personal Resilience in Disaster Response Efforts by Amanda D. Ali, Angela Lindsey, Amy Harder, Lisa Lundy, T. Grady Roberts

“…A basic qualitative research design explored UF/IFAS Extension agents’ hurricane experiences. Results suggested participants experienced some inability to balance personal and professional demands and were mentally and emotionally stressed. …”
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Antibiotic Treatment of Dogs and Cats during Pregnancy by Marcela Rebuelto, María Elena Loza

“…The use of pharmacological agents in pregnant females poses a major clinical challenge due to the marked physiological changes that may modify the pharmacokinetics of drugs and to the potential effects on the fetus. …”
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The Relationships between Parental Involvement, Students’ Basic Psychological Needs and Students’ Engagement in Science: A Path Analysis by Uluhan Kurt, Yasemin Tas

“…Besides, students whose basic psychological needs were met demonstrated more behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and agentic engagement in science.…”
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Influence of Money Distribution on Civil Violence Model by Ignacio Ormazábal, F. A. Borotto, H. F. Astudillo

“…Our experiments show that the number of outbursts of protest and the number of agents participating in them decrease when the distribution of money guarantees that there are no agents without money in the system as a consequence of saving. …”
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Silica Nanoparticles Effects on Blood Coagulation Proteins and Platelets by Volodymyr Gryshchuk, Natalya Galagan

“…Interaction of nanoparticles with the blood coagulation is important prior to their using as the drug carriers or therapeutic agents. The aim of present work was studying of the primary effects of silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) on haemostasis in vitro. …”
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Strategies to Increase Personal Resilience in Disaster Response Efforts by Amanda D. Ali, Angela Lindsey, Amy Harder, Lisa Lundy, T. Grady Roberts

“…A basic qualitative research design explored UF/IFAS Extension agents’ hurricane experiences. Results suggested participants experienced some inability to balance personal and professional demands and were mentally and emotionally stressed. …”
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La eficacia simbólica de los juicios por crímenes dictatoriales: los casos Fujimori y Ríos Montt by Maira Ixchel  Benítez Jiménez

“…More specifically, I reflect on the meanings, which the agents of transitional justice —survivors, relatives and lawyers— attribute to the sentences in the context of their mobilizations and battles for justice. …”
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Interferon-free therapy of chronic hepatitis C: replacement of medications or new treatment paradigm? by S. N. Batskikh

“…Monotherapy by drugs with direct action on virus is less effective in comparison to combined application. Combination of agents with direct antiviral effect considerably reduces risk of resistance, increasing probability of virus eradication. …”
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Conectando cidade e campo: o papel dos mercados digitais na construção de sistemas alimentares sustentáveis no Rio de Janeiro by Júlia Izecksohn, Ève Anne Bühler

“…The paper discusses the role that digital commerce can play in the construction of more sustainable food commercialization circuits that promote, among other aspects, (re)connections, both between spaces and between agents involved in the food system. Faced with the strong commercial concentration exercised by supermarkets and the difficulties for products and agents that promote alternative food systems to access the market, we seek to understand how digital commerce can be mobilized to build more sustainable supply networks and to what extent these networks are able to implement more environmentally and socially responsible principles. …”
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