İç Savaştan Devlet Başkanlığı Seçimine: Liberya’da Kalıcı Barış ve İstikrar Ne Derece Mümkün? by Engin AVCI

“…This research, based on the information gathered through open sources, shows thatthe political and socioeconomic dynamics leading the country to the civil war have not completely disappeared although the political profile of the country has changed historically, that the gaps in security sector reform still cause some risks, and finally that security in Liberia is still fragile in terms of national, regional and international developments.…”
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Recent trends in conversion of rice straw into bioethanol: A bibliometric analysis by Cahaya Titisan Sukma Andhika, Budiyono Budiyono, Ni’matullah Al-Baarri Ahmad

“…A total of 483 relevant publications from 2004 to June 2024 were gathered from the Scopus database. The bibliometric analysis was performed using VOSviewer. …”
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Neonatal Sepsis and Inflammatory Mediators by Juliana Reis Machado, Danilo Figueiredo Soave, Marcos Vinícius da Silva, Liliana Borges de Menezes, Renata Margarida Etchebehere, Maria Luiza Gonçalves dos Reis Monteiro, Marlene Antônia dos Reis, Rosana Rosa Miranda Corrêa, Mara Rúbia Nunes Celes

“…Although proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines have been identified as probable markers of neonatal infection, in order to characterize the inflammatory response during sepsis, it is necessary to analyze a panel of cytokines and not only the measurement of individual cytokines. …”
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Recent Advances, Research Trends, and Clinical Relevance of Hyaluronic Acid Applied to Wound Healing and Regeneration by Gloria Huerta-Ángeles, Edgar Mixcoha

“…The synthesis/catabolism of HA is critical in several pathologies and has been used as a marker for the prognosis of cancers. Among its physiological roles, HA is used for wound healing applications. …”
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Pacific Feminist Imaginaries: The 1977 US National Women’s Conference and the Politics of Territorial Representation by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu

“…In November 1977, approximately 20,000 people gathered in Houston, Texas for the National Women’s Conference (NWC), the first and only federally-funded convening charged with developing a national agenda of women’s issues. …”
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Preparation and in vitro biological evaluation of strontium doped β-tricalcium phosphate scaffolds for alveolar bone tissue regeneration by Congrui Liu, Guiyong Xiao, Zichen Wang, Mengchen Xu, Yinchuan Wang, Nan Wang, Zhenlong Sun, Xiaoyan Li, Yixin Yin

“…Alveolar bone defects resulting from periodontitis or other oral tissue diseases have garnered significant attention in regenerative medicine. …”
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Potentially commercializable nerve guidance conduits for peripheral nerve injury: Past, present, and future by Chundi Liu, Mouyuan Sun, Lining Lin, Yaxian Luo, Lianjie Peng, Jingyu Zhang, Tao Qiu, Zhichao Liu, Jun Yin, Mengfei Yu

“…Peripheral nerve injuries are a prevalent global issue that has garnered great concern. Although autografts remain the preferred clinical approach to repair, their efficacy is hampered by factors like donor scarcity. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Nickel Nanoparticles: Biological and Photocatalytic Properties by Fadliah Fadliah, Indah Raya, Ahyar Ahmad, Paulina Taba, Muhammad Burhanuddinnur, Maming Gaffar, Tri Widayati Putri, Arfiani Nur, Andi Nur Fitriani Abubakar, Rachmin Munadi, Ahmad Fudhail Majid, Irham Pratama, M. Yasser, Sulistiani Jarre, Harningsih Karim

“…The potential uses of ecologically benign nickel nanoparticle manufacturing in various sectors, such as biomedicine, energy storage, and catalysis, have garnered much interest. This paper covers green approaches to nickel nanoparticle manufacturing, which integrate natural substances as stabilizing and reducing agents with eco-friendly processes. …”
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Astaxanthin mitigates doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity via inhibiting ferroptosis and autophagy: a study based on bioinformatic analysis and in vivo/vitro experiments by Bowen Yin, Jingyi Ren, Xuanyi Liu, Yadong Zhang, Jinshi Zuo, Rui Wen, Huanting Pei, Miaomiao Lu, Siqi Zhu, Zhenao Zhang, Ziyi Wang, Yanyi Zhai, Yuxia Ma

“…Astaxanthin (ASX), a natural carotenoid pigment, has garnered significant attention for its numerous health benefits. …”
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Varroa Volatiles Offer Chemical Cues to Honey Bees for Initial Parasitic Recognition by Qinglong Zhao, Xinning Wang, Ahsan Mustafa, Ying Wang, Hongfang Wang, Xuepeng Chi, Baohua Xu, Zhenguo Liu

“…The ectoparasitic mite <i>Varroa destructor</i> poses a significant threat to the health of the honey bee <i>Apis mellifera</i> worldwide and has garnered global attention. To better understand the chemical ecology of this host–parasite relationship, we collected and characterized the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from <i>V. destructor</i> and used electroantennography (EAG) to record the responses of honey bee (<i>A. c. cerana</i> and <i>A. m. ligustica</i>) antennae to the different VOCs. …”
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Chiral polypeptide hydrogels regulating local immune microenvironment and anti-tumor immune response by Junfeng Ding, Tianran Wang, Zhiqiang Lin, Zhenyu Li, Jiaxuan Yang, Fujiang Li, Yan Rong, Xuesi Chen, Chaoliang He

“…However, D-Gel causes higher levels of suppressive markers on antigen-presenting cells and even induces stronger T cell exhaustion than L-Gel. …”
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A Rasch analysis of the Danish version of the occupational balance questionnaire (OBQ11) by Anne-Le Morville, Petra Wagman, Carita Håkansson

“…To evaluate occupational balance, accurate self-rating instruments in the native language are needed.Aim The aim was to investigate the measurement properties of the Danish version of OBQ11, using the Rasch analysis.Method Data for the analysis of the Danish version of OBQ11 (OBQ11-DK) was gathered online, and all full data records (n 366) were included in the analysis.Results Three items showed non-significant marginal under- or overfit, suggesting a degree of misfit between the data and the Rasch model. …”
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The role of dendritic cells in tertiary lymphoid structures: implications in cancer and autoimmune diseases by Mariana Reste, Kristi Ajazi, Ayca Sayi-Yazgan, Ayca Sayi-Yazgan, Radmila Jankovic, Biljana Bufan, Sven Brandau, Espen S. Bækkevold, Florent Petitprez, Malin Lindstedt, Gosse J. Adema, Catarina R. Almeida

“…Central to the function of TLS are DCs, professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs) that coordinate the adaptive immune response, and which can be classified into different subsets, with specific functions, and markers. In this article, we review current data on the contribution of different DC subsets to TLS function in cancer and autoimmunity, two opposite sides of the immune response. …”
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First Report and Phylogenetic Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes of <i>Chrysomya villeneuvi</i> and <i>Sarcophaga genuforceps</i> by Fengqin Yang, Jiao Xiao, Xiangyan Zhang, Yanjie Shang, Yadong Guo

“…All thirteen protein-coding genes (PCGs) exhibited Ka/Ks ratios below one, indicating purifying selection and supporting their utility as barcoding markers. Phylogenetic analysis and genetic distance calculations based on PCGs showed that <i>C. villeneuvi</i> is closely related to <i>Chrysomya rufifacies</i> and <i>Chrysomya albiceps</i>, and <i>S. genuforceps</i> aligns more closely with <i>Sarcophaga kentejana</i> and <i>Sarcophaga schuetzei</i>. …”
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Original Approach for Automated Quantification of Antinuclear Autoantibodies by Indirect Immunofluorescence by Daniel Bertin, Noémie Jourde-Chiche, Pierre Bongrand, Nathalie Bardin

“…Indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) is the gold standard method for the detection of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) which are essential markers for the diagnosis of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases. …”
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Pathways to mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study from rural tertiary government mental health facilities in India by Jithin Jaise, Kannappa V. Shetty, Sanjeev Kumar Manikappa, Urmila Bamney

“…Materials and Methods: A descriptive research design was utilized, alongside simple random sampling, to select a sample of 30 participants. Along with gathering sociodemographic variables, data collection involved utilizing the World Health Organization Pathways to Care Performance tool at rural government hospitals in India. …”
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Dzieciństwo, dziecko i jego dobro w perspektywie Korczakowskiej by Małgorzata Turczyk, Justyna Kusztal

“…It is his pedagogical practice and contemporary reception of his thoughts, made by educators and lawyers, that will become the basis for seeking the meanings of categories on which the modern doctrine of children’s rights and the system of their protection are built. …”
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A Stochastic and Optimized Energy Efficient Clustering Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks by Kyung Tae Kim, Hee Yong Youn

“…Wireless sensor network consisting of a large number of small sensors of low-power transceiver is effective for gathering data in a variety of environments. Since the network is built with low-cost sensor nodes of limited battery power, it is a challenging task to design an efficient routing scheme maximizing the network lifetime. …”
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Implementation of Business Process Mapping Framework for Indonesia’s Government Institutions by Martinus Tukiran, Nugraheni Puspita Sari, Lukas Danny Tjitrabudi, Nurul Amalia

“…While there is some independent guidance available on how various tools support different aspects of business process mapping initiatives, organizations still need to determine what their specific needs are and be able to establish how information gathered on tool functionality can be evaluated against these needs.  …”
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Adaptive Conflict-Free Optimization of Rule Sets for Network Security Packet Filtering Devices by Andrea Baiocchi, Gianluca Maiolini, Annachiara Mingo, Daniele Goretti

“…Our work joins the two issues in an innovative way and defines a traffic adaptive algorithm to find conflict-free optimized rule sets, by relying on information gathered with traffic logs. The proposed approach suits current technology architectures and exploits available features, like traffic log databases, to minimize the impact of ACO development on the packet filtering devices. …”
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