Recombinant SpTransformer proteins bind to specific sites on sea urchin phagocytes and modulate SpTransformer gene expression and immune responsiveness by Ryley S. Crow, Leon Grayfer, L. Courtney Smith

“…IntroductionThe California purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, relies exclusively on an innate immune system to survive in its pathogen rich marine environment. Central to this defense is the SpTransformer (SpTrf) gene family that is unique to the euechinoid group of echinoderms. …”
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Situación da lingua galega desde 1963 á actualidade by Francisco Fernández Rei

“…Après un gouvernement de Socialistes et Nationalistes de gauche (2005-2009), favorable à la promotion du galicien, avec ses points positifs et négatifs, depuis 2009, le gouvernement du Parti Populaire a commencé à mener une politique de défense de la liberté linguistique face à une imposition supposée du galicien par le gouvernement précédent. …”
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FTA: A Feature Tracking Empirical Model of Auroral Precipitation by Chen Wu, Aaron J. Ridley, Anna D. DeJong, Larry J. Paxton

“…Predictions from the FTA and two other auroral models were compared to the measurements by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Special Sensor Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imagers (SSUSI) on March 17, 2013. …”
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Assessment of Clothing and Teacher Credibility among Lecturers in Universities in South-East Nigeria by Ginika Hope Amaefule, Oluwaleyimu Olufunke Opeyemi, Udochukwu Mmaduabuchi Emeghebo

“…Major findings include: Twenty-three (23) constituents of teacher credibility among lecturers in South East Nigeria which includes that lecturers should dress decently and professionally at all times among others, Seven (7) ways teachers’ clothing can affects learning including that students pay attention to lecturer’s clothing, students are interested in the subject areas taught by properly dresses lecturers among others. …”
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Harnessing marine bacteria for next-gen antibiotics: potent inhibition of S. aureus and Riemerella anatipestifer through in vitro, omics, and chemoinformatics approach with enhance... by Syed Shams ul Hassan, Huizi Jin

“…A transcriptome analysis of active compound 4 showed its antibacterial effect on R. anatipestifer by inhibiting 30S and 50S ribosomal subunits, resistance mechanisms, and gliding motility proteins IX secretion system (T9SS) and interfering with protein translations process, secretion system, defense and resistance mechanisms, ultimately resulting in effective inhibition of normal bacterial growth and its motility. …”
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At the Turn of the Nuclear Ages: Strategic Stability and Contours of a New World Order by V. A. Veselov

“…As for the ‘second nuclear age’, the author links its emergence with such developments as India and Pakistan joining the nuclear ‘club’, long-range missile tests carried out by the DPRK, and the revision of the U.S. policy regarding the anti-missile defense which led to the abrogation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. …”
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Construct Validity and Psychometric Properties of Farsi Version of the Motivational Persistence Scale in University Students by Elham Kooshki, Omid Shokri, Fatemeh Almasi

“…The results related to the correlation between aspects of motivational persistence with positive and negative progress emotions and self-efficacy beliefs provided evidence in defense of the criterion validity of this scale. the internal consistency coefficients of the subscales the long-term purposes pursuing, current purpose pursuing and recurrence of unattained purposes subscales was 0/90, 0/89 & 0/87 . …”
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“Feedback is communication between human beings”: understanding adolescents' conception of written qualitative feedback by Sining Tao, Wenjuan Qin

“…Quantitative data from an adapted Conception of Written Feedback questionnaire reveals two predominant patterns in their conception of written qualitative feedback: (1) engaging with positive emotion and active use or (2) ignoring with defensiveness. To explore potential explanations for these patterns, a purposeful subsample of 10 learners participated in semi-structured interviews, conceptualizing the role of feedback in their writing practices. …”
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USING THE METHODS OF SYSTEMS BIOLOGY FOR PREDICTING PERSPECTIVE TARGET GENES TO SELECT C3 AND C4 CEREALS FOR OXIDATIVE STRESS RESISTANCE by A. V. Doroshkov, A. V. Bobrovskikh

“…The work was carried out on a series of genes that belong to 4 functional groups (APX, GPX, SOD and CAT) of enzymatic components of the antioxidant defense system in six species of C3 cereal plants and 3 species of C4 cereal plants. …”
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Modeling of stakeholder influence on effectiveness of team decisions in the digital network space of crisis management centres of the EMERCOM of Russia by T. V. Popov

“…The article deals with issues related to modeling of stakeholder influence on effectiveness (sustainability) of teamwork in crisis management centres (hereinafter referred to as CMC) of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (hereinafter referred to as EMERCOM of Russia) while analysing, forecasting development and resolving/reducing conflictness of social emergencies (hereinafter referred to as SE). …”
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Russia and Poland: Problems of Inevitable Coexistence by D. V. Ofitserov-Belskiy

“…But innovations appear in multilateral and conflict enough issues, such as deployment of US missile defense system in Poland or Polish supervision of "Eastern Partnership" programme. …”
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Assessment of ameliorative effects of Moringa oleifera Lam. on epididymal dysfunctions and fertility in streptozotocin–induced diabetic rats by Ram Niwas Jangir, Gyan Chand Jain

“…Sperm parameters (sperm count, motility and viability), fertility index, litter size, lipid peroxidation and antioxidative defense markers (i.e. superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione, and ascorbic acid) in the epididymal tissue were determined. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN NOTIONS OF J.RAWLS‘ "A THEORY OF JUSTICE" by Goda Izabelė Izabelė Venslauskaitė

“…Rawls avoided error in the sense that he deduced the principles of justice defending the human rights of individuals from his Kantian premisses. …”
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Influence of contextual factors on most demanding scenarios in under-19 professional soccer players by Rubén-Cipriano Romero-Rodríguez, Enrique Alonso-Pérez-Chao, Carlos Ribas, Daniel Memmert, Miguel-Ángel Gómez-Ruano

“…(i) Opponent level did not show significant differences; (ii) full-backscovered more distance at 1 minute in home games; (iii) midfieldersin winning vs. drawing scenarios exhibited higher decelerations at 1 minute but less distance at 10 minutes; (iv) in drawing vs. losing scenarios, central defenders had greater distance at 5 minutes and accelerations at 5 minutes, while midfielders showed greater distances at 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 10 minutes; (v) offensive midfielders and forwards displayed specific performance differences; (vi) no significant differences were found for the playing surface; (vii) regarding pitch size, full-backs covered more distance at 5 minutes on larger pitches, while midfielders covered more distance at 5 minutes and 10 minutes; and (viii) starters generally outperformed non-starter players across various variables depending on the playing positions. …”
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TLR2 Expression in Relation to IL-6 and IL-1β and their Natural Regulators Production by PMN and PBMC in Patients with Lyme Disease by Ewa Jablonska, Magdalena Marcinczyk

“…Recently, it has been reported that TLR2 on macrophages plays a unique role in the inflammatory response and host defense to infection with Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) which is an etiologic agent of Lyme disease. …”
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A Fuzzy Logic-Based Approach for Humanized Driver Modelling by Yuxiang Feng, Pejman Iravani, Chris Brace

“…With the performance validated, models representing more aggressive and more defensive driving styles were derived following the same procedure. …”
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Gestión de configuración. Validación de un modelo liviano para pequeñas empresas de desarrollo de software by Luis Merchán Paredes, Diego Armando Gómez Mosquera

“…La validación logró gracias a la cooperación de tres pequeñas empresas (dos de ellas a nivel internacional -en Rusia-) que permitieron su aplicación en seis proyectos reales de software con resultados que muestran las mejoras en los índices de eliminación de defectos, productividad y valor ganado. El modelo propuesto abre un camino hacia la transferencia de buenas prácticas de industria a las empresas pequeñas, esperando que estos resultados permitan aplicarlo en otros escenarios, tanto nacionales como internacionales.…”
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Direito da concorrência e supermercados: como essas plataformas de dois lados podem trazer riscos aos consumidores? by Amanda Athayde

“…Por sua vez, nos termos da teoria dos gargalos à concorrência, defende-se que o supermercado varejista detém um poder monopolista de prover ou não o acesso de um grupo a outro. …”
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“O FETICHISMO DO CONCEITO” DE LUÍS DE GUSMÃO: NOTAS DE LEITURA by José Luciano Gois Oliveira

“…Interessei-me pelo livro porque, como examinador de dissertações e teses, identifiquei-me com algo que dizia Gusmão na matéria citada: “É praticamente impossível defender um mestrado ou doutorado sem apresentar questões teóricas, cobrança dispensável e funesta”. …”
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Data Augmentation-Based Enhancement for Efficient Network Traffic Classification by Chang-Yui Shin, Yang-Seo Choi, Myung-Sup Kim

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