Au cœur de la mort : faire science avec les défunts by Marc-Antoine Berthod

“…Through these two illustrations, the aim is to bring the questions raised by cultural and social anthropologists into perspective with questions liable to be encountered by biological anthropologists and funerary archaeology when interpreting the relationship between the living and the dead over historical time.…”
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Bifurcation Analysis and Control of a Differential-Algebraic Predator-Prey Model with Allee Effect and Time Delay by Xue Zhang, Qing-ling Zhang

“…Finally, by using Matlab software, numerical simulations illustrate the effectiveness of the results.…”
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Bounds of Degree-Based Molecular Descriptors for Generalized F-sum Graphs by Jia Bao Liu, Sana Akram, Muhammad Javaid, Abdul Raheem, Roslan Hasni

“…A molecular descriptor is a mathematical measure that associates a molecular graph with some real numbers and predicts the various biological, chemical, and structural properties of the underlying molecular graph. …”
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PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION AND THE STATUS OF THE WOMAN IN SOCIETY OF THE XVIII CENTURY by Olha P. Vlasova, Nataliia P. Kostyuk

“…The objective of this paper is to illustrate how the biological basis of the “natural” male and female characteristics is subjected to doubt in the books of the women-writers - “feminists before feminism” despite the dictatorship of the specific gender norms of the philosophical concepts of that period. …”
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Birhythmicity and Hard Excitation from Coupled Synthetic Feedback Loops by Aimin Chen, Caixia Liu, Junwei Wang

“…Synthetic biology opens up the possibility of creating circuits that would not survive in the natural world and studying their behaviors in living cells, expanding our notion of biology. …”
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Stability Analysis of Regular and Chaotic Ca2+ Oscillations in Astrocytes by Min Ye, Hongkun Zuo

“…In more details, we theoretically analyze the stability of the equilibrium points and illustrate the regular and chaotic spontaneous calcium firing activities in the astrocytes model, which are qualitatively similar to actual biological experiment. …”
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of a Reaction Diffusive Predator-Prey Model: A Weak Nonlinear Analysis by N. B. Sharmila, C. Gunasundari, Mohammad Sajid

“…The article concludes by discussing the biological implications of these outcomes.…”
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Multifunctional integration of breakwaters: Taking ecological protection and restoration as an example by Xia Yuyang

“…The importance of providing biological habitats to increase biodiversity is also investigated. …”
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Principles of occupational medicine: an educational case study of hazards and risks for Dr “Indiana” Jones by Thomas C. Erren, Christopher Dietrich, Jonas Wallraff, Florian Glenewinkel, Andreas Pinger, Philip Lewis

“…Educational case study We review the fictional example of “Indiana” Jones as an educational vector to illustrate principles of occupational medicine in real-world scenarios. …”
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Dysmorphic Short Stature: Radiological Diagnosis of Trichorhinophalangeal Syndrome by Corina Ramona Nicolescu, Laura Kasongo, Léon Rausin

“…A 14-year-old boy presented with short stature and distinctive facial features, and following the first clinical and biological evaluation, no precise diagnosis was reached. …”
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An Overview of the Emergence and Challenges of Land Reclamation: Issues and Prospect by Kingsley Eghonghon Ukhurebor, Uyiosa Osagie Aigbe, Robert Birundu Onyancha, Juliana Ngozi Ndunagu, Otolorin Adelaja Osibote, Joseph Onyeka Emegha, Vincent Aizebeoje Balogun, Heri Septya Kusuma, Handoko Darmokoesoemo

“…Notwithstanding the importance of land, its degradation consequences, possibly as a result of the various biological, physical, and chemical processes caused by some activities (both natural and man-induced) that diminish viable yield, result in a long-term, enduring devaluation of land. …”
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Optimal Intervention in Semi-Markov-Based Asynchronous Probabilistic Boolean Networks by Qiuli Liu, Qingguo Zeng, Jinghao Huang, Deliang Li

“…Synchronous probabilistic Boolean networks (PBNs) and generalized asynchronous PBNs have received significant attention over the past decade as a tool for modeling complex genetic regulatory networks. From a biological perspective, the occurrence of interactions among genes, such as transcription, translation, and degradation, may require a few milliseconds or even up to a few seconds. …”
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Raves, clubs and ecstasy: the impact of peer pressure by Baojun Song, Melissa Castillo-Garsow, Karen R. Ríos-Soto, Marcin Mejran, Leilani Henso, Carlos Castillo-Chavez

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Maximum Likelihood Inference for Univariate Delay Differential Equation Models with Multiple Delays by Ahmed A. Mahmoud, Sarat C. Dass, Mohana S. Muthuvalu, Vijanth S. Asirvadam

“…We also develop methodology to compute the information matrix and confidence intervals for all unknown parameters based on the likelihood inferential framework. We present three illustrative examples related to biological systems. …”
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Bifurcation Behavior Analysis in a Predator-Prey Model by Nan Wang, Min Zhao, Hengguo Yu, Chuanjun Dai, Beibei Wang, Pengfei Wang

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Successful Management of Acquired Hemophilia A Associated with Bullous Pemphigoid: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Quentin Binet, Catherine Lambert, Laurine Sacré, Stéphane Eeckhoudt, Cedric Hermans

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Colloidal nanoparticles prepared from zein and casein: interactions, characterizations and emerging food applications by Yi Wang, Wusigale, Yangchao Luo

“…Protein colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) are ubiquitous present in nature and function as building blocks with multiple functions in both food formulations and biological processes. Food scientists are inspired by naturally occurring proteins to induce self-assembly behavior of protein by manipulating environmental parameters, providing opportunities to construct special and expected NPs. …”
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Punicalagin attenuated allergic airway inflammation via regulating IL4/IL-4Rα/STAT6 and Notch- GATA3 pathways by Yu Li, Li Jianying

“…Punicalagin, a major polyphenol present in pomegranates, is reported to possess various biological properties including antioxidant and antiproliferative effects. …”
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Impact of war on the environment: ecocide by Yohannes Desalegn Wirtu, Umer Abdela

“…This paper reviews the militaristic consequences on Mother Earth and in particular ecocide or the mass degradation of the biological forms in regards to war. Wars are recorded from the ancient Egyptian dynasty to the modern era, and all are left concerning effects on mother nature such as deforestation, loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, and water, and air pollution. …”
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Trends in Snag Populations in Drought-Stressed Mixed-Conifer and Ponderosa Pine Forests (1997–2007) by Joseph L. Ganey, Scott C. Vojta

“…Snags provide important biological legacies, resources for numerous species of native wildlife, and contribute to decay dynamics and ecological processes in forested ecosystems. …”
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