Antibacterial and Anticancer Potentials of Presynthesized Photosensitive Plectranthus cylindraceus Oil/TiO2/Polyethylene Glycol Polymeric Bionanocomposite by Musarat Amina, Nawal M. Al Musayeib, Nawal A. Alarfaj, Maha F. El-Tohamy, Gadah A. Al-Hamoud

“…Overall, the results concluded that the bionanocomposite has expressed scope for multifaceted biomedical applications.…”
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The Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) in Veterinary Medicine: A Focused Review in Dogs and Cats by Daniela Diamanti, Carolina Pieroni, Maria Grazia Pennisi, Veronica Marchetti, Eleonora Gori, Saverio Paltrinieri, George Lubas

“…The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) measures the rate at which erythrocytes aggregate and sediment in a fixed time in an anticoagulated blood tube and is expressed as a speed (mm/h). The ESR is still widely used in human medicine mainly as a modified or alternate method to the original Westergren. …”
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Cost Effectiveness of a Home-Based Intervention That Helps Functionally Vulnerable Older Adults Age in Place at Home by Eric Jutkowitz, Laura N. Gitlin, Laura T. Pizzi, Edward Lee, Marie P. Dennis

“…Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER), expressed as additional cost to bring about one additional year of life, was calculated. …”
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Germline-restricted chromosomes of the songbirds by P. M. Borodin

“…Some GRC genes are actively expressed in female and male gonads, controlling the development of germline cells and synthesis of the proteins involved in the organization of meiotic chromosomes. …”
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PPAR-γ Signaling Crosstalk in Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Ichiro Takada, Alexander P. Kouzmenko, Shigeaki Kato

“…Furthermore, it has been shown that the noncanonical Wnts are expressed in MSCs and that Wnt-5a was capable to inhibit transactivation by PPAR-γ. …”
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Qualitative study on nurse preceptors’ preparedness, roles and familiarity with the basic principles of teaching and learning in a district hospital in Ghana by Dorothy Serwaa Boakye, Vida Maame Kissiwaa Amoah, Edward Appiah Boateng, John Antwi, Joyce Yeboah, Jennifer Owusu

“…While demonstrating inherent strengths like using probing questions, prompting techniques and assuming multifaceted roles, including role modelling, coaching and teaching, preceptors expressed uncertainty about over-reliance on passive demonstration-based teaching. …”
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The TIR Domain Containing Locus of Enterococcus faecalis Is Predominant among Urinary Tract Infection Isolates and Downregulates Host Inflammatory Response by Thomas Daniel Kraemer, Orlando Daniel Quintanar Haro, Eugen Domann, Trinad Chakraborty, Svetlin Tchatalbachev

“…In silico analysis predicted significant tertiary structure homology to the TIR domain of human TLR1 (TLR1-TIR). When transiently expressed in cultured eukaryotic cells, TcpF caused suppression of TLR2-dependent NF-κB activation suggesting for TcpF a role as a factor in E. faecalis that benefits colonization by modulating the host’s immune responses.…”
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Overweight among Four-Year-Old Children in Relation to Early Growth Characteristics and Socioeconomic Factors by Jörgen Thorn, Maria Waller, Maria Johansson, Staffan Mårild

“…Overweight was defined by the BMI cut-offs established by IOTF. BMI values expressed as BMI standard deviation score (BMISDS) were used for analysis. …”
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Delineating Molecular Mechanisms of Squamous Tissue Homeostasis and Neoplasia: Focus on p63 by Kathryn E. King, Linan Ha, Tura Camilli, Wendy C. Weinberg

“…The p53/p63/p73 family is expressed as multiple protein isoforms due to a combination of alternative promoter usage and C-terminal alternative splicing. …”
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An Analysis of Students’ Experience in Using English Learning Application “myON” in Helping Students’ English Learning Process by Fasya Putri Radhiyya, Nazwa Aulia, Syifa Shabrina, Hairunnisa Aulia Putri, Bambang Nur Alamsyah Lubis

“…The app received positive feedback from students in class IX B, who expressed satisfaction with its simple design and its positive influence on their English proficiency. …”
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Exploring English for Academic Purposes Program: Needs analysis and impact evaluation by Ika Lestari Damayanti, Pelin Derinalp, Firly Asyifa, Kurniawan Suryatama

“…The participating students also expressed their need for interactive EAP activities, team-based learning, and the use of social media for collaboration and connectivity. …”
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Les hominoïdes fossiles : une aide pour l’éducation en Afrique by Brigitte Senut

“…Our commitment of scientist as responsible citizen is fundamental: education is a right for all as expressed in the universal declaration of human rights. …”
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Mobility as a Service (MaaS) bundle uptake: a case study in Milan, Italy by Fulvio Silvestri, Federico Silvestri, Pierluigi Coppola

“…Conversely, 25.3% of respondents expressed interest in two or more MaaS bundles. Public transport (PT) pass holders showed a higher WTP for MaaS bundles compared to PT pass non-holders, with a WTP an additional 17.5–28.3% over what they currently pay for their PT pass. …”
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INVESTIGATION OF RATIONAL BUBBLES AND VOLATILITY SPILLOVERS IN COMMODITY MARKETS: EVIDENCES FROM PRECIOUS METALS by İsmail Çelik, Hilmi Tunahan Akkuş, Nazlıgül Gülcan

“…Price bubbles which can be expressed as thedeviation of the price of an asset from its fundamental value, have significantimpacts on markets. …”
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Robust Position Control of a Two-Sided 1-DoF Impacting Mechanical Oscillator Subject to an External Persistent Disturbance by Means of a State-Feedback Controller by Firas Turki, Hassène Gritli, Safya Belghith

“…We show that the stability conditions are first expressed in terms of bilinear matrix inequalities (BMIs). …”
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Investigative genetic genealogy practices warranting policy attention: Results of a modified policy Delphi. by Christi J Guerrini, Louiza Kalokairinou, Jill O Robinson, Whitney Bash Brooks, Stephanie M Fullerton, Sara Huston, Jacklyn Dahlquist, Diana Madden, Norah Crossnohere, Nicola Campoamor, John F P Bridges, Amy L McGuire

“…These top priority practices relate to: consent and notification; case eligibility and criteria; data management, privacy, and security; and governance and accountability. Participants expressed a range of opinions, some strongly held, and did not reach complete consensus with respect to any of the practices. …”
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Digital Lovers and Jealousy: Anticipated Emotional Responses to Emotionally and Physically Sophisticated Sexual Technologies by Ashton Prochazka, Robert C. Brooks

“…Female participants expressed higher levels of both responses across the range of sophistication. …”
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Immune Vulnerability of Infants to Tuberculosis by Koen Vanden Driessche, Alexander Persson, Ben J. Marais, Pamela J. Fink, Kevin B. Urdahl

“…One of the challenges faced by the infant immune system is learning to distinguish the myriad of foreign but nonthreatening antigens encountered from those expressed by true pathogens. This balance is reflected in the diminished production of proinflammatory cytokines by both innate and adaptive immune cells in the infant. …”
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„Wie die Geschichtsschreiber der Welt die Geschichte des Felsens schreiben“. Die zerschlagene Gedächtnislandschaft in der „Saison in den Alpen“ von Mieczysław Jastrun by Elżbieta Dutka

“…The broken, decomposed Alpine landscape of memory evoked in A Season in the Alps morphs into a question about history and its meaning. It also expresses fears related to the fragility of human existence and simultaneously signals the need to search for a new poetic language, giving the poem a self-referential character.…”
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A Novel Ferroptosis-Related Gene Signature for Prognosis Prediction in Ewing Sarcoma by Runhan Zhao, Zefang Li, Yanran Huang, Chuang Xiong, Chao Zhang, Hao Liang, Jingtao Xu, Xiaoji Luo

“…Here, 148 differentially expressed FRGs (DEFRGs) were identified between normal and ES tissue. …”
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