The dream that never dies: the ideals and realities of cosmopolitanism in science, 1870–1940 by Robert Fox

“…A “national turn” during the 1920s assumed a darker form in the 1930s, as totalitarian regimes in the Soviet Union, Italy, Germany, and Spain associated science ever more closely with national interests. …”
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Designing of a wide-area power system stabilizer using an exponential distribution optimizer and fuzzy controller considering time delays by Chao Zhang, Xucheng Chang, Jun Dai, Zhiqiang Chen, Manoochehr Babanezhad

“…This research primarily focuses on assessing the stabilizer’s capability to dampen inter-area oscillations, a critical challenge in power grid operations. …”
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Effect of the Addition of Polysaccharide Hydrocolloids on Sensory Quality, Color Parameters, and Anthocyanin Stabilization in Cloudy Strawberry Beverages by Mirosława Teleszko, Paulina Nowicka, Aneta Wojdyło

“…After 6 months, beverages with CMC, GG, and LBG were darker in comparison to the control sample. The contribution of red color in beverages was higher, and of yellow color was lower than in the strawberry juice. …”
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Protecting Florida Panthers by Protecting Domestic Animals: Building a "Panther-Proof" Pen by Phillip D. Rodgers, Elizabeth F. Pienaar, Mark Lotz, Darrell Land

“…Pienaar, Mark Lotz, and Darrell Land, and published by the UF Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, October 2016. …”
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Intrapericardial injection of hydrogels with ASC and their secretome to treat dilated cardiomyopathies by Tácia Tavares Aquinas Liguori, Gabriel Romero Liguori, Viktor Sinkunas, Cristiano Jesus Correia, Raphael dos Santos Coutinho e Silva, Fernando Luiz Zanoni, Vera Demarchi Aiello, Martin Conrad Harmsen, Luiz Felipe Pinho Moreira

“…We hypothesized that the intrapericardial injection of hydrogels derived from the cardiac decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) loaded with adipose tissue-derived stromal cells (ASC) and their secretome dampens or reverses the progression of DOX-IC. DOX-IC was induced in Wistar male rats through ten weekly intra-peritoneal injections of doxorubicin (cumulative dose: 18 mg/kg). …”
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Anandamide, Acting via CB2 Receptors, Alleviates LPS-Induced Neuroinflammation in Rat Primary Microglial Cultures by Natalia Malek, Katarzyna Popiolek-Barczyk, Joanna Mika, Barbara Przewlocka, Katarzyna Starowicz

“…In summary, we showed that the endocannabinoid system plays a crucial role in the management of neuroinflammation by dampening the activation of an M1 phenotype. This effect was primarily controlled by the CB2 receptor, although functional cross talk with GPR18/GPR55 may occur.…”
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Wheat Germ as Partial or Total Substitutive of Lean Meat in Low-Fat Cooked Sausages by Marta Rodríguez-Fernández, Isabel Revilla, Pablo Rodrigo, Rocío López-Calabozo, Ana María Vivar-Quintana

“…Sausages made with germ were darker (L*), as well as harder, chewier, and gummier, but less cohesive and elastic. …”
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Logements sociaux à Chongqing et à Shanghai. Corollaires de l’« urbanisation » rurale et de la financiarisation foncière by Miguel Elosua, Françoise Ged, YANG Chen

“…Housing loses its status as a social benefit : allocated by companies (danwei) to their employees, it becomes a market, while the construction sector is a major stake for economic growth. …”
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The Impact of Autophagy on Cell Death Modalities by Stefan W. Ryter, Kenji Mizumura, Augustine M. K. Choi

“…Recent advances suggest that autophagy can dampen inflammatory responses, including inflammasome-dependent caspase-1 activation and maturation of proinflammatory cytokines. …”
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A Possible Novel Anti-Inflammatory Mechanism for the Pharmacological Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate: Implications for Use as a Therapeutic for Parkinson’s Disea... by Shankar J. Chinta, Subramanian Rajagopalan, Abirami Ganesan, Julie K. Andersen

“…Our results suggest that DHB’s neuroprotective properties could be due to its ability to dampen induction of microglial activation via induction of HO-1.…”
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Drying Characteristics and Physical and Nutritional Properties of Shrimp Meat as Affected by Different Traditional Drying Techniques by P. T. Akonor, H. Ofori, N. T. Dziedzoave, N. K. Kortei

“…The development of red color during drying was comparable among the two methods, but solar-dried shrimps appeared darker (L⁎=47.4) than the air-oven-dried (L⁎=49.0). …”
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TAX PLANNING AND THE TIMELINESS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING IN LISTED MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Ikponmwosa Michael Igbinovia, Amaka Nkiru Unamma

“…The study recommends that Managers take full advantage of tax avoidance and tax planning within the context of relevant tax laws, as they do not dampen firms’ ability to produce timely financial reports. …”
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Equity of Incentives: Agent-Based Explorations of How Social Networks Influence the Efficacy of Programs to Promote Solar Adoption by Heike I. Brugger, Adam Douglas Henry

“…This paper examines how a common characteristic of social networks, known as network segregation, can dampen the indirect benefits of solar incentive programs that arise from peer effects. …”
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Circulation of Baffin Bay and Hudson Bay waters on the Labrador shelf and into the subpolar North Atlantic by E. Duyck, N. P. Foukal, E. Frajka-Williams

“…If this additional freshwater reaches the regions where deep convection occurs, it could potentially dampen ventilation and the formation of deep waters. …”
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IKIMOKYKLINIO UGDYMO PEDAGOGŲ STUDIJŲ IR DARBO DERINIMO GALIMYBĖS by Algimantas Bagdonas, Asta Jakimavičienė, Raimonda Sadauskienė, Sigita Saulėnienė

“…Pabrėžiamos šios studijų ir darbo derinimo galimybės: tinkama komunikacija, suinteresuotų asmenų bendradarbiavimas, optimalaus darbo krūvio pasirinkimas, darbinės veiklos, susijusios su studijomis, pasirinkimas. …”
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White Matter Atrophy in Patients with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Voxel-Based Morphometry Analysis of T1- and T2-Weighted MR Images by Barbara Braga, Clarissa L. Yasuda, Fernando Cendes

“…We analyzed T1- and T2- weighted images with SPM8, using VBM/DARTEL algorithm to extract maps of GM and WM. The second level of SPM was used to investigate areas of WM atrophy among groups. …”
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Monte Carlo Simulation of the Effect of Melanin Concentration on Light–Tissue Interactions in Reflectance Pulse Oximetry by Raghda Al-Halawani, Meha Qassem, Panicos A. Kyriacou

“…Hence, this study sets out to investigate the influence of skin pigmentation, particularly in individuals with darker skin, on the accuracy and reliability of SpO₂ measurement in consumer wearables that utilise reflectance pulse oximeters. …”
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The Influence of Media Treatments on Color Changes, Dimensional Stability, and Cracking Behavior of Bamboo Scrimber by Jingpeng Li, Yuhe Chen, Jun Xu, Danjing Ren, Hui Yu, Fan Guo, Zaixing Wu

“…The results showed that the bamboo scrimber specimens became darker after all treatment conditions, especially the oil treatments and infrared drying. …”
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Protecting Florida Panthers by Protecting Domestic Animals: Building a "Panther-Proof" Pen by Phillip D. Rodgers, Elizabeth F. Pienaar, Mark Lotz, Darrell Land

“…Pienaar, Mark Lotz, and Darrell Land, and published by the UF Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, October 2016. …”
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Spatial strategies for organizing the rivervalley by the approach of promoting the health of citizens between the Modiriat Bridge and Hemmat Bridge by jamaleddin honarvar, mohammad ali tabarsa

“…In this study, in order to organize spatial space along urban rivers with a health promotion approach to achieve suitable environmental conditions for the survival of Darkeh River in Tehran (between the Modiriat bridge and Hemmat highway) and improving the quality of the surrounding environment. …”
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