Characteristics and Emerging Trends in International City Negotiations by M. I. Kolykhalov

“…Sometimes, the position of a city may differ significantly from that of the state it belongs to. At the international level, there are several specialized institutions and mechanisms that allow cities to coordinate their positions and develop common approaches. …”
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Cross-border Cooperation in the Sphere of Education: Murmansk Region Youth Views by O. I. Ivanishcheva, A. V. Koreneva, I. V. Ryzhkova

“…The authors emphasize that the transboundary region, including the European and the Russian segments, presupposes cooperation on the basis of effective competition between two heterogeneous systems: on the one hand - Russian, and on the other hand – belonging to all other states of Barents Euro-Arctic region: Finland, Sweden and Norway. …”
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Doktrína řádného procesu jako prostředek inkorporace Bill of Rights by Jaroslav Ženíšek

“…The incorporation of the Bill of Rights against the states through the Fourteenth Amendment belongs among the most complex topics of American constitutional law. …”
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Comparative Genome Characterization of a Petroleum-Degrading Bacillus subtilis Strain DM2 by Shi-Weng Li, Meng-Yuan Liu, Rui-Qi Yang

“…The DDH value shows that strain DM2 belongs to B. subtilis subsp. subtilis subspecies, but significant variations of the genome are also present. …”
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Homology Modeling and Expression of Recombinant NS5-RdRp Based on the Indonesian Local Strain of Dengue Virus for Anti-Dengue Drug Development by Toto Subroto, Ade Rizqi Ridwan Firdaus, Shinta Kusumawardani, Taufik Ramdani Tohari, Theresia Adventina Nababan, Wulan Pertiwi, Muhammad Fadhlillah, Sri Agung Fitri Kusuma, Yaya Rukayadi

“…As the result, the RdRp gene, which belongs to the non-structural protein 5 (NS5) of DENV, was successfully isolated and sequenced from DENV RNA samples. …”
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A study of maternal and perinatal outcomes in primigravida and multigravida by comparing their partogram in labor by Umadevi Vavaldas, K. S. Midhuna, Sarada Kandhichetty

“…Results: Among primigravida, majority (77.2%) belonged to Group A of partogram compared to 91.3% of multigravida. …”
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Mathematical Modelling of the Transmission of Ebola Virus in Human Populations in Uganda. by Nkamuhabwa, Jolly

“…The Ebola virus is a Filo virus which belongs to the Filovirudae family of viruses. It causes the disease known as Ebola virus disease in humans, primates, and other animals. …”
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The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases in the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Cristian Scheau, Ioana Anca Badarau, Raluca Costache, Constantin Caruntu, Gratiela Livia Mihai, Andreea Cristiana Didilescu, Carolina Constantin, Monica Neagu

“…While gelatinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 are the MMPs commonly cited in the EMT of HCC, MMPs belonging to other classes have been proven to be involved in this process, favoring not only invasion and metastasis (MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-7, MMP-10, MMP-11, MMP-13, MMP-14, MMP-16, MMP-26, and MMP-28) but also angiogenesis (MMP-8 and MMP-10). …”
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in endangered Eld’s deer (Rucervus eldii) in Hainan, China by Yun Zhang, Yun Zhang, Guangxu Ren, Guangxu Ren, Qingqing Lu, Jiaqi Li, Jiaqi Li, Yu Qiang, Youyou Li, Xiuyi Lai, Yuan Wang, Xingyue Yu, Sheng Lei, Yu Li, Yunxing Chang, Xianrong Liu, Xuning Qi, Zhi Xie, Tingting Li, Jiang Du, Rui Duan, Xinyu Chang, Hesheng Wang, Hesheng Wang, Gang Lu, Gang Lu

“…Phylogenetic analysis showed that all the detected genotypes belonged to zoonotic Group 1. The results implied that the further research on threaten of E. bieneusi to endangered Eld’s deer and potential risks for public health is necessary.…”
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Genetic Dissection of Sympatric Populations of Brown Planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), Using DALP-PCR Molecular Markers by M. A. Latif, M. Y. Rafii, M. S. Mazid, M. E. Ali, F. Ahmed, M. Y. Omar, S. G. Tan

“…The unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA) dendrogram based on genetic distances for the 11 populations of Nilaparvata spp. revealed that populations belonging to the same species and the same host type clustered together irrespective of their geographical localities of capture. …”
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Serological and Molecular Characterization of the Hepatitis B Virus in Blood Donors in Maputo City, Mozambique by Olga Maquessene, Osvaldo Laurindo, Lúcia Chambal, Nalia Ismael, Nédio Mabunda

“…Most of the sequenced samples (94.3%) belonged to subgenotype A1. These findings underscore the importance of ongoing surveillance to inform effective HBV control strategies and present evidence about the burden of HBV among blood donors, which definitely requires attention, and clinical blood banks in Mozambique and in similar settings.…”
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Latitudinal Variation into the Macrofaunal Assemblages Associated to Zostera noltei Seagrass along the Atlantic Coast of Morocco by Oussama Bououarour, Soilam Boutoumit, Reda El Kamcha, Hocein Bazairi

“…Overall, 17,320 individuals were reported as belonging to 96 taxa. The ecological community descriptors differ significantly at the level of the site. …”
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Geochronology of the felsic rocks in Orijärvi, southern Finland – implications for stratigraphy by Elisa Toivanen, Teemu Vehkamäki, Markku Väisänen, Jaakko Kara, Hugh O’Brien

“…Picritic interlayers occur within all these successions and are here interpreted as belonging to the same Toija formation. We tentatively infer that the Toija and Salittu formations, together with the overlying sedimentary rocks, can be traced to the West Uusimaa area in the east and the Turku area in the west. …”
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Composition and Biological Properties of Agaricus bisporus Fruiting Bodies – a Review by Muszyńska Bożena, Kała Katarzyna, Rojowski Jacek, Grzywacz Agata, Opoka Włodzimierz

“…A. bisporus also contains derivatives of benzoquinone, a substance which belongs to the group of antibiotics. Studies of tyrosinase isolated from this species show its very high similarity to human tyrosinase. …”
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Ultrafast Charge and Triplet State Formation in Diketopyrrolopyrrole Low Band Gap Polymer/Fullerene Blends: Influence of Nanoscale Morphology of Organic Photovoltaic Materials on C... by René M. Williams, Hung-Cheng Chen, Daniele Di Nuzzo, Stephan C. J. Meskers, René A. J. Janssen

“…The slower rate of charge recombination to the triplet state (in ~900 ps) belongs to a morphology that results in a higher power conversion efficiency in the corresponding device. …”
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Aminoglycoside tolerance in Vibrio cholerae engages translational reprogramming associated with queuosine tRNA modification by Louna Fruchard, Anamaria Babosan, Andre Carvalho, Manon Lang, Blaise Li, Magalie Duchateau, Quentin Giai Gianetto, Mariette Matondo, Frederic Bonhomme, Isabelle Hatin, Hugo Arbes, Céline Fabret, Enora Corler, Guillaume Sanchez, Virginie Marchand, Yuri Motorin, Olivier Namy, Valérie de Crécy-Lagard, Didier Mazel, Zeynep Baharoglu

“…RsxA displays a codon bias toward tyrosine TAT and overabundance of RsxA leads to decreased expression of genes belonging to SoxR oxidative stress regulon. We also identified conditions that regulate tgt expression. …”
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Cultivable Actinobacteria First Found in Baikal Endemic Algae Is a New Source of Natural Products with Antibiotic Activity by Denis V. Axenov-Gribanov, Daria V. Kostka, Ulyana А. Vasilieva, Zhanna M. Shatilina, Maria E. Krasnova, Ekaterina V. Pereliaeva, Elena D. Zolotovskaya, Maria M. Morgunova, Olga O. Rusanovskaya, Maxim A. Timofeyev

“…For the first time, actinobacteria belonging to the genera Nonomuraea and Saccharopolyspora were isolated from Baikal ecosystem. …”
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Influence of Acute High Glucose on Protein Abundance Changes in Murine Glomerular Mesangial Cells by Michelle T. Barati, James C. Gould, Sarah A. Salyer, Susan Isaacs, Daniel W. Wilkey, Michael L. Merchant

“…Immunoblot experiments for a protein belonging to both categories, prohibitin (PHB), supported a trend for increased total expression as well as significant increases in an acidic PHB isoform. …”
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A Multiregion Discrete-Time Epidemic Model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections: An Optimal Control Approach by Rachid Bouajaji, Hassan Laarabi, Mostafa Rachik, Abdelhadi Abta

“…We focus in our study to control the outbreaks of an epidemic that affects a hypothetical population belonging to a specific region. Firstly, we analyze the epidemic model when the control strategy is based on the vaccination control only, and secondly, when the travel-blocking control is added, we finish with the introduction of the treatment control. …”
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Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Collaborative Representation Using Projection Dictionary Pair by Dan Ma, Yixiang Lu, Yushun Zhang, Hua Bao, Xueming Peng

“…The results show that, for different fault categories generated from different fault size and motor loads, our method can rapidly and accurately identify the fault category to which the input sample belongs.…”
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