« Penser base-ball » by Peter Marquis

“…Around 1900, large American cities saw the rise of charity organizations that instrumentalized sports to revitalize the nation. …”
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Design of an Air Quality Monitoring and Control System Using Internet of Things. by Dwire, Jelly Jophian

“…Air pollution is one of the leading global public health risks but its magnitude in many developing countries' though in most cities it is not known. …”
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Wnt signaling as a translational target in rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis by Gloria Riitano, Francesca Spinelli, Valeria Manganelli, Daniela Caissutti, Antonella Capozzi, Cristina Garufi, Tina Garofalo, Roberta Misasi, Maurizio Sorice, Fabrizio Conti, Agostina Longo, Cristiano Alessandri

“…Values were correlated with CTX-1, detected by ELISA, and with disease activity indices: Disease Activity Score on 28 joints (DAS28-CRP) for RA and the Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) score for PsA. …”
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Ascorbate-glutathione cycle in wheat and rice seedlings under anoxia and subsequent reaeration by V. V. Yemelyanov, E. G. Prikaziuk, V. V. Lastochkin, O. M. Aresheva, T. V. Chirkova

“…The operation of the AGC (enzymes and low-molecular components) in wheat (Triticum aestivum, cv. Leningradka, non-resistant to hypoxia) and rice (Oryza sativa, cv. …”
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Phytochemical and Biological Investigations of Crude Extracts of <i>Astragalus pisidicus</i> by Esra Aydemir, Elif Odabaş Köse, Serap Özkaya Gül, Alaaddin Korkut, A. Cansu Kilit, Mehmet Engin Celep, Mustafa Yavuz, R. Süleyman Göktürk, Cengiz Sarikurkcu

“…Antimicrobial activities of the extracts were evaluated against 16 bacterial strains by disc diffusion and broth microdilution methods. …”
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Delivery determinants of an Acinetobacter baumannii type VI secretion system bifunctional peptidoglycan hydrolase by Valeriya Bezkorovayna, Brooke K. Hayes, Francesca N. Gillett, Amy Wright, David I. Roper, Marina Harper, Sheena McGowan, John D. Boyce

“…Moreover, we show that the Tae17 transglycosylase activity is more important than amidase activity for the killing of Escherichia coli. …”
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Transcriptomic and enzymatic analysis of peroxidase families at the early growth stage of halophyte ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.) under salt stress by Li-Ching Hsieh, Chia-Che Lee, Kai-Fu Zhang, Hui-Hsien Chang, Cheng-Hsun Li, Hsuan-Jung Huang, Hungchen Emilie Yen

“…Salt-induced APX activities were detected mainly in the microsomal fraction for light-grown seedlings and the cytosolic fraction for etiolated seedlings, highlighting plastids as the primary site of ROS accumulation under salt stress. …”
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A gut-derived Streptococcus salivarius produces the novel nisin variant designated nisin G and inhibits Fusobacterium nucleatum in a model of the human distal colon microbiome by Garreth W. Lawrence, Enriqueta Garcia-Gutierrez, A. Kate O’Mahony, Calum J. Walsh, Paula M. O'Connor, Máire Begley, Caitriona M. Guinane, Paul D. Cotter

“…The production of nisin G by a gut-derived S. salivarius, its narrow-spectrum activity against F. nucleatum, and its anti-F. nucleatum activity in a model colonic environment warrants further research to determine its probiotic-related applications.…”
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Lithuanian DP book connection with Latvian and Estonian DP in West Europe in 1945-1952 by Remigijus Misiūnas

“…The living conditions in the camps were very difficult, but the social and cultural activity of the DPs was vibrant. Book publishing was one expression of this activity. …”
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Robust Proactive Project Scheduling Model for the Stochastic Discrete Time/Cost Trade-Off Problem by Hongbo Li, Zhe Xu, Li Xiong, Yinbin Liu

“…Given the project budget and a set of activity execution modes, each with uncertain activity time and cost, the objective of the SDTCTP-B is to minimize the expected project makespan by determining each activity’s mode and starting time. …”
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Features of using artificial intelligence in companies’marketing communications by K. A. Arzhanova, L. D. Pisklakova

“…The use of artificial intelligence (hereinafter referred to as Al) is one of the leading trends in marketing and advertising in recent years. With its help, it is possible to solve tasks of varying complexity: from generating ideas for promotion to creating advertising creatives. …”
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Kaempferia galanga (L.): An Updated Overview of In Vitro and In Vivo Antioxidant Properties by Anami Riastri

“…Whereas, the parameter in vivo antioxidant assay of K galanga including lifespan, survival life, intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) level, malondialdehyde (MDA) level, and antioxidant enzyme activities: superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px). …”
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Hedgehog signaling directs cell differentiation and plays a critical role in tendon enthesis healing by Fei Fang, Matthew Casserly, Julia Robbins, Stavros Thomopoulos

“…Activation of Hh target genes during enthesis development increased its mineralization and mechanical properties. …”
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The Potential of Food Protein-Derived Bioactive Peptides against Chronic Intestinal Inflammation by Wanying Zhu, Liying Ren, Li Zhang, Qinqin Qiao, Muhammad Zahid Farooq, Qingbiao Xu

“…Various food protein-derived bioactive peptides (BAPs) with anti-inflammatory activity have the potential to manage these diseases. …”
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Effects of 3R, 16S-2-hydroxyethyl apovincaminate (HEAPO), donepezil and galantamine on learning and memory retention in naïve Wistar rats by Dimitrova Darinka, Getova Damianka, Saracheva Kremena

“…The effects of 3R,16S-2-hydroxyethyl apovincaminate (HEAPO, RGH-10885) compared with those of two cholinesterase inhibitors, donepezil and galantamine, were examined in naïve Wistar rats using standard active and passive avoidance tests. The active avoidance test (shuttle box) and two passive avoidance tests (step-through and step-down) were performed according to the experimental design. …”
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Financial Sustainability of the Russian Higher Education Institutions: Quantitative Analysis by D. A. Endovitsky, V. V. Korotkikh, A. V. Krivosheev

“…The levels of financial sustainability of Russian state universities are linked to internal environmental factors including the levels of financial management quality, income-generating activities scale, debt financing, fiscal discipline, academic and research-based activities scales. …”
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Forming Critical Thinking: The Role of Students’ Epistemic Beliefs and Styles of Learning in Russian Universities by Kseniya V. Tarasova, Daniil P. Talov, Irina A. Shcheglova, Taras V. Pashchenko, Anastasiia Yu. Beliaeva

“…The role of epistemic beliefs in the formation of critical thinking with the direct use of an active approach in teaching in the context of higher education in Russia was studied within the framework of the presented research. …”
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Bioremediation of Soil Microcosms from Auto-Mechanic Workshops by AT Ajao, AO Oluwajobi, VS Olatayo

“…Microbial activities are essential for the restoration of soil contaminated with hydrocarbons, their roles includes biotransformation and mineralization of petroleum products into harmless compounds. …”
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Bioremediation of Soil Microcosms from Auto-Mechanic Workshops by AT Ajao, AO Oluwajobi, VS Olatayo

“…Microbial activities are essential for the restoration of soil contaminated with hydrocarbons, their roles includes biotransformation and mineralization of petroleum products into harmless compounds. …”
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The Application of Equivalent Age Concept to Sand Concrete Compared to Ordinary Concrete by Nabil Bella, Ilham Aguida Bella, Aissa Asroun

“…The error was due to large superplasticizer dosage, which modified the hardening of sand concrete; the most influent parameter in Arrhenius law is apparent energy activation, to search for the value of the activation energy which gives the best simulation; a superposition is used of two curves of different temperature and with superplasticizer dosage 4% and several values of activation energy, 15, 20, 25, and 30 × 10 kcal. …”
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