Acute stimulation of PBMCs drives switch from dopamine-induced anti- to proinflammatory phenotype of monocytes only in women by Leonie Fleige, Silvia Capellino

“…Abstract Several studies report an impact of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) on human immune cells, with effects dependent on the immune cell type addressed and their activation status. Another contributing factor appears to be sex, as sex-specific differences in the dopaminergic pathway are described in the neurological context as well as in autoimmune diseases. …”
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Evolution of money to digital currency by V. D. Kuligin, I. D. Matskulyak, D. I. Matskulyak

“…In it, the needs of one individual are satisfied by the means of ensuring them that are in the possession of another. With the money’s advent, the alienation of one’s product and the appropriation of someone else’s in exchange for it is divided in space and time. …”
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Laryngeal Cancer in Women: Unveiling Gender-Specific Risk Factors, Treatment Challenges, and Survival Disparities by Barbara Verro, Simona Fiumara, Giuseppe Saraniti, Carmelo Saraniti

“…Differences in treatment between the sexes, with women tending to receive less intensive treatment than men, is another crucial aspect that needs more attention. …”
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An Analysis of Patients That Underwent Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography with the Prediagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department by Engin Ozakin, Filiz Baloglu Kaya, Nurdan Acar, Arif Alper Cevik

“…The differences in D-dimer results of patients diagnosed with PE, patients diagnosed with another pathology, and patients with normal CTPA results were statistically significant (P<0.001). …”
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Real-time adaptive optics for high-power laser beam correction in the strong turbulence by A.L. Rukosuev, A.N. Nikitin, I.V. Galaktionov, Y.V. Sheldakova, A.V. Kudryashov

“…Using information received from Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor, a bimorph-based adaptive mirror, controlled by another FPGA, is able to compensate for wavefront aberrations for up to 23-th Zernike polynomial in real time. …”
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Systematic Literature Review Methodology for Drone Recharging Processes in Agriculture and Disaster Management by Leonardo Grando, Juan Fernando Galindo Jaramillo, José Roberto Emiliano Leite, Edson Luiz Ursini

“…The studies show that the coordination process relies on communication, which can use more battery, and we also find a lack of real-world applications in the studies. Another finding is that the context of disaster is studied more than agricultural usage.…”
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Performing Not-Not-Me in SoMe: A New Theatrical Typology of Self-Presentation Online by Anne-Britt Gran

“…We argue that Goffman’s dramaturgical model belongs to another era, and that online self-presentation needs new theoretical approaches and new content. …”
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Des architectes urbanistes au cœur d’une lutte entre des écologies concurrentes. « Quartier libre des Lentillères » contre « écocité Jardin des maraîchers » à Dijon... by Pierre Bouilhol

“…These new forms of activism and civic engagement, both local and global, have become increasingly divisive, often pitting environmentalists against one another. This essay proposes to examine the history, the narrative regimes and the unfolding consequences of a specific case of socio-environmental mobilization, the “quartier libre des Lentillères” on the outskirts of the French city of Dijon. …”
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Mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal RNA analysis place Alveonasus lahorensis within the Argasinae and suggest that the genus Alveonasus is paraphyletic by Ben J. Mans, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Ronel Pienaar, Minique de Castro, Mehran Khan, Mashal M. Almutairi, Abdulaziz Alouffi, Abid Ali, Ala Tabor

“…The systematic data unambiguously place Alveonasus in the Argasinae and also suggest that Alveonasus may be another paraphyletic genus.…”
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Mentoring as Support for African Women’s Academic Career Trajectories by Renitha Rampersad

“…Balancing a career as a female academic, including parenting and family obligations adds another layer of complication, often resulting in breakdown. …”
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Directivity of Quantum Walk via Its Random Walk Replica by Tomoki Yamagami, Etsuo Segawa, Nicolas Chauvet, André Röhm, Ryoichi Horisaki, Makoto Naruse

“…By exploiting the fact that QWRW allows trajectories of individual walkers to be considered, we first discuss the determination of future directions of QWRWs, through which the effect of linear spreading and localization is manifested in another way. Furthermore, the transition probabilities of QWRWs can also be visualized and show a highly complex shape, representing QWs in a novel way. …”
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Fabrication and Characterization of New Ti-TiO2-Al and Ti-TiO2--Pt Tunnel Diodes by Yaksh Rawal, Swaroop Ganguly, Maryam Shojaei Baghini

“…Remotely empowered wireless sensor networks use different energy resources including photovoltaic solar cells, wireless power transmission, and batteries. As another option the electromagnetic energy available in the ambient can be harvested to power these remote sensors. …”
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Field Testing and Analysis of Embankment Vibrations Induced by Heavy Haul Trains by Peng Li, Xianzhang Ling, Feng Zhang, Yan Li, Yingying Zhao

“…For embankment surface, another pronounced dominant frequency zone was observed between 30 and 80 Hz, which was attributed to the dynamic excitation. …”
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The plot in Isaiah 40-55 by SL Stassen

“…A good example of this confusion is the question of whether the nations form part of Yahweh's invitation to salvation or not. Another example is the different roles allocated to the Ebed Yahweh and the issue of whether he represents Israel, or the prophet, or Cyrus, or an entirely dffferent person. …”
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MaaS Bundling and Acceptance in the Pandemic Era: Evidence from Padua, Italy by Andrea Baldassa, Riccardo Ceccato, Federico Orsini, Riccardo Rossi, Massimiliano Gastaldi

“…This paper aims to understand (1) what factors influence respondents’ preferences between their usual transportation means and a possible MaaS alternative and (2) what leads a user to prefer one MaaS bundle to another. A logistic regression and a mixed logit model were developed to reach the two aims, respectively. …”
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Reflection in Practice as Source of Values: The Cross-cultural Creation of a Health-care Ethic in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Augustine Shutte

“…This article provides grounds for this view by examining the practice of health-care in post-apartheid South Africa, and the co-reflection of scientific health-care professionals and traditional healers, that are part of constructing a new model for health-care that better serves the needs of all South Africans. …”
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The Poisson Extension of the Unrelated Question Model: Improving Surveys With Time-Constrained Questions on Sensitive Topics by Benedikt Iberl, Anesa Aljovic, Rolf Ulrich, Fabiola Reiber

“…In this paper, this model is combined with the unrelated question model (UQM) by Greenberg et al. (1969). The UQM is another survey technique which guarantees complete and objective anonymity to participants in order to achieve more valid survey results when asking sensitive questions (e.g., about drug use). …”
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Exclusion Limits on a Scalar Decaying to Photons and Distinguishing Its Production Mechanisms by Tanumoy Mandal

“…We show that combining various kinematic variables in a multivariate analysis can be very powerful to distinguish different production mechanisms from one another.…”
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AN INTEGRATED MODEL APPROACH WITH FUZZY MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS FOR THE SELECTION OF THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS FIRM IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY by Nuri Özgür Doğan, Mehri Banu Erdem, Nusret Göksu

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Design and Construction of an Adjustable Light Intensity Reading Lamp. by Tukamuhabwa, Deus

“…This difference in how people see, known as accommodation, means that what works for one person might not work for another. As a result, many individuals complain about the fixed brightness level of reading lamps, wishing they could adjust it to their sight Comfort. …”
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