β-Cell Specific Overexpression of GPR39 Protects against Streptozotocin-Induced Hyperglycemia by Kristoffer L. Egerod, Chunyu Jin, Pia Steen Petersen, Nils Wierup, Frank Sundler, Birgitte Holst, Thue W. Schwartz

“…It is concluded that GPR39 functions in a β-cell protective manner and it is suggested that it is involved in some of the beneficial, β-cell protective effects observed for Zn++ and that GPR39 may be a target for antidiabetic drug intervention.…”
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A Critique on the Book Managerial Movements in Public Sector (Past, Present and Future) by Mehdi Golverdi

“…In this article, the attempt was to review the book in a descriptive-analytical manner, by mentioning the evidence and documents. …”
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Linguistic and Rhetorical Criticism of Nasser Bukharayi's Poetry by Hosein Ettehadi

“…Therefore, in the present study, the rhetoric and language of his poetry are examined and analyzed in a descriptive-analytical manner. In the linguistic domain, the results show incorrect use of some combinations and interpretations, catalexis, verbal abstruseness and contradictions in syntactic analogy, causing ambiguity and weakness of his speech. …”
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Le métier impossible des moniteurs de Maison Familiale Rurale : analyse de l’activité, entre l’audace d’un projet et la réalité du terrain by Violaine Charil

“…Those people are also called instructors because their assignments are various and go further than simple teaching, giving some knowledge some know-how or some manners. Nowadays, educating and teaching are often classed in impossible works. …”
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Pathology of the Arabic Language Curriculum A Case Study: Farhangian University by Hedayatollah Taghizadeh

“…The research information was obtained through documentary studies and by using quantitative and descriptive methods and using the researcher-made questionnaire in a statistical population consisting of professors of Farhangian University of Tehran, in a purposeful and comprehensive manner. The results show that the most important quantitative changes have been the reduction of the share of specialized units from 93 units to 54 units and the increase of the share of educational courses. …”
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Biblical Leadership Spirituality in Developing the Quality of Catholic Education by Florensius Sutami, Fransiskus Gregorius Nyaming, Subandri Simbolon, Angga Satya Bhakti, Yusi Kurniati

“…The proclamation is carried out in a methodical and organic manner. Catechist actors, in particular, focus on evangelizing the general public, both clergy and laity. …”
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Catechin-Albumin Conjugates: Enhanced Antioxidant Capacity and Anticancer Effects by Tooru Ooya, Izumi Haraguchi

“…The results indicated that the FITC-labelled CT–HSA was incorporated into HeLa cells in a concentration-dependent manner. The CT–HSA enhanced the binding of anticancer drugs (5-fluorouracil (5-Fu) and mitomycin C (MMC)) comparing with HSA, and the CT–HSA mixed with 5-Fu or MMC decreased significantly the HeLa cell viability as compared with the same concentration of each drug. …”
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The effect of a hypocycloid irregularity on torsional surface waves in a multilayer system by Saha Anup, Das Sandip Kumar

“…It is assumed that the directional rigidities, density and initial stress vary in the upper and lower semi-infinite spaces in an exponential and hyperbolic manner, respectively. A closed form for the torsional wave dispersion equation is presented. …”
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Dual Implantation of Artificial Urinary Sphincter and Inflatable Penile Prostheses for Concurrent Male Urinary Incontinence and Erectile Dysfunction by Tariq F. Al-Shaiji

“…Once indicated, this can be done in a synchronous or nonsynchronous manner; however, the emerging of the single transverse scrotal incision as well as advancement in the prostheses has made synchronous dual implantation more favourable and appealing option. …”
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Small-molecule-induced ERBB4 activation to treat heart failure by Julie M. T. Cools, Bo K. Goovaerts, Eline Feyen, Siel Van den Bogaert, Yile Fu, Céline Civati, Jens Van fraeyenhove, Michiel R. L. Tubeeckx, Jasper Ott, Long Nguyen, Eike M. Wülfers, Benji Van Berlo, Antoine A. F. De Vries, Nele Vandersickel, Daniël A. Pijnappels, Dominique Audenaert, H. Llewelyn Roderick, Hans De Winter, Gilles W. De Keulenaer, Vincent F. M. Segers

“…EF-1 reduces cell death and hypertrophy in cardiomyocytes and decreases collagen production in cardiac fibroblasts in an ERBB4-dependent manner. In wild-type mice, EF-1 inhibits angiotensin-II-induced fibrosis in males and females and reduces heart damage caused by doxorubicin and myocardial infarction in females, but not in Erbb4-null mice. …”
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A Computer Vision-Based Framework for Snow Removal Operation Routing by Mohamed Karaa, Hakim Ghazzai, Yehia Massoud, Lokman Sboui

“…For unmonitored roads, we use the Graph Convolutional Network architecture to predict parameters in a semi-supervised manner. Following that, we assign priority weights to all graph edges as a function of image-based attributes and road categories. …”
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VERDI AND WAGNER IN EARLY VICTORIAN LONDON: THE VIEWPOINT OF “THE MUSICAL WORLD” by Massimo ZICARI

“…By the mid-1850s Wagner’s figure was conceptualized on the basis of factors that only in part depended on the quality of his music; yet, the manner in which his controversial writings impinged on the Victorian musical milieu benefited Verdi’s image, which came to be understood as a more reassuring popular composer. …”
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Revenge pornography on the internet by Evelyne Wanjiku

“… Revenge pornography, which is mainly understood as the publication of nude or intimate pictures of another person without their consent, is a phenomenon that is increasing in occurrence and constantly changing in the manner in which it is carried out. In Kenya, due to the absence of a proper regulatory mechanism, perpetrators continue to carry out their activities with resounding impact and devastating effects on the victims. …”
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Framing Deaths, Embracing Lives: Alan M. Clark’s Jack the Ripper Victims Series by Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko

“…This article outlines the way the fictionalisations of the five women’s lives bring to the fore five other ‘crimes’ or transgressions: addiction, domestic violence, unemployment, sex work, and homelessness, but also the way these texts replace what is sensational and formulaic in Ripperature with something more than mundane and gritty in the lived experience of everyday people, such as moments of personal joy or professional accomplishments. …”
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Differential Dynamics of ATR-Mediated Checkpoint Regulators by Daniël O. Warmerdam, Roland Kanaar, Veronique A. J. Smits

“…Interestingly, ATRIP directly associated with locally induced UV damage, whereas Rad9 bound in a cooperative manner, which can be explained by the Rad17-dependent loading of Rad9 onto damaged chromatin. …”
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c-Jun-N-Terminal Kinase Signaling Is Involved in Cyclosporine-Induced Epithelial Phenotypic Changes by Nicolas Pallet, Eric Thervet, Dany Anglicheau

“…Previous toxicogenomic studies have demonstrated that cyclosporine- (CsA-) induced epithelial phenotypic changes (EPCs) are reminiscent of an incomplete epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in a TGF-β-independent manner. Furthermore, we identified endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress as a potential mechanism that may participate in the modulation of tubular cell plasticity during CsA exposure. …”
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Ethical aspects of the use of social networks during the employment process by Branislav Sančanin

“…Employers violate the privacy of potential candidates by obtaining data in this manner without making prior notification and receiving consent, which opens up a whole range of complex ethical and legal issues, especially in the light of the large number of fake profiles and pages on social networks. …”
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Imagining alternative futures through the lens of food in the Afghan and Tajik Pamir mountains by Frederik J.W. Van Oudenhoven, L. Jamila Haider

“…This crisis of imagination partly springs from a narrow reading of history, which obscures much of the wealth of the Pamirs and its people, including elements crucial to their ability to develop in a sovereign manner. This paper explores a different development narrative, which emerges when the history of today’s Pamirs, its landscape, agriculture, diversity, and culture are understood, not in terms of empires, humanitarian threats or markets, but through the lens of food. …”
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Association of TNF-α with Impaired Migration Capacity of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Linyu Geng, Xia Li, Xuebing Feng, Jiyun Zhang, Dandan Wang, Jinyun Chen, Rui Liu, Haifeng Chen, Lingyun Sun

“…Increased tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) in SLE serum significantly inhibited the migration capacity and in vivo homing capacity of SLE BMSCs via a specific TNF receptor I (TNFRI) manner, in which decreased HGF mRNA production caused by the activation of I kappa B kinase beta (IKK-β) pathway is partially involved. …”
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Hydrogels for the Application of Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering: A Review of Hydrogels by Er-Yuan Chuang, Chih-Wei Chiang, Pei-Chun Wong, Chih-Hwa Chen

“…These gels are designed with consideration of their polymeric classification, mechanical strength, manner of biodegradation, limitations of the payload, cellular interaction, amount of cells in the 3D hydrogel, sustained release for the model drug, and the different approaches for incorporation into adjacent organs. …”
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