Materializations of oricha voice through divinations in Cuban Santería by Kristina Wirtz

“…The analysis shows how approaching voice as a material phenomenon, sensible and physical, also activates its potential as a marker of social personhood, agentive force, and even biographical individuality. …”
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Identity and the emergence of South African advertising esperanto by Stephanie Cawood, Jaqueline du Toit

“…The suggestion is that this global homogenising trend for target audiences, developed in advertising copy, has since transcended advertising parameters to include all kinds of copy. Language as marker of culture is being written out of the definition of cultural specificity as one of the primary means of identifying target audience. …”
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How Much Does AMH Really Vary in Normal Women? by Antonio La Marca, Valentina Grisendi, Georg Griesinger

“…It is considered an accurate marker of ovarian reserve, able to reflect the size of the ovarian follicular pool of a woman of reproductive age. …”
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White Matter Lesions and Cognitive Impairment as Silent Cerebral Disease in Hypertension by Cristina Sierra, Antonio Coca

“…Correlations between cerebral white matter lesions and elevated blood pressure provide indirect evidence that structural and functional changes in the brain over time may lead to lowered cognitive functioning when blood pressure control is poor or lacking.Some authors have suggested that the presence of white matter lesions in hypertensive patients could be considered an early marker of brain damage.…”
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Varied Age of First Presentation of Sickle Cell Disease: Case Presentations and Review by Alexis Claeys, Susanne Van Steijn, Lydia Van Kesteren, Elizabet Damen, Machiel Van Den Akker

“…In further studies, the role of each factor should be evaluated more deeply, and its use as a marker of disease severity or activity should be assessed.…”
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Sedentarismo y actividad física by Frank Carlos Álvarez Lí

“…In order to improve the results obtained in preventing chronic diseases, it is very important that strategies and policies implemented fully recognize the crucial role of physical activity as a risk marker for those diseases.</p>…”
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Urinary Angiotensinogen as a Biomarker of Nephropathy in Childhood by Maki Urushihara, Shoji Kagami

“…These results suggest that urinary AGT reflects intrarenal RAS status in chronic GN and may be an early marker of diabetic nephropathy.…”
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Advanced Skeletal Muscle Mass Reduction (Sarcopenia) Secondary to Neuromuscular Disease by G. R. Pesola, V. Terla, M. Pradhan

“…This method can be used in ICU patients to evaluate for sarcopenia which is a predictive marker for mortality.…”
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Metabolic and Hepatic Effects of Energy-Reduced Anti-Inflammatory Diet in Younger Adults with Obesity by Gordana Kenđel Jovanović, Ines Mrakovcic-Sutic, Sandra Pavičić Žeželj, Indira Benjak Horvat, Lucia Šuša, Dario Rahelić, Sanja Klobučar Majanović

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Effects of in-feed zeolite treatment on some biomarkers in dairy cows with subclinical mastitis by Dražen Đuričić, Silvijo Vince, Nino Maćešić, Damjan Gračner, Mislav Kovačić, Ivan Folnožić, Sonja Perkov, Marko Samardžija

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Reticulocyte hemoglobin content: a new frontier in iron deficiency diagnostics for major surgical patients by Suma Choorapoikayil, Mischa J. Kotlyar, Lisa Kawohl, Paul P. Pratz, Denana Mehic, Peter Kranke, Florian Rumpf, Lea V. Blum, Jan A. Kloka, Kai Zacharowski, Vanessa Neef, Patrick Meybohm

“…Conclusion This study highlights the potential of Ret-He as a promising alternative marker for diagnosing ID in patients undergoing major surgery, particularly in cases of elevated ferritin levels or non-anemic patients. …”
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Diagnostic Value of Measurements of Median Nerve Diameter at the Site of the Maximal Stenosis in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Fryźlewicz A, Rusin G, Rudnicki W, Ułamek-Kozioł M, Antczak J

“…The stenosis index (SI), which uses the ratio of the diameter of median nerve at the tunnel inlet to the diameter within the tunnel (SI diameter), was proposed as the diagnostic marker of CTS. In this study, we compared the diameter of the median nerve measured at the site of maximal stenosis (DMS) between patients with CTS and controls. …”
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A case of central diabetes insipidus after COVID-19 as a probable diagnosis of lymphocytic infundibulo-neurohypophysitis with positive anti-rabphilin-3A antibodies with review of l... by Yuka Natsuki, Yuki Nagata, Toshiki Nagasaki, Mari Morimoto, Norikazu Toi, Masafumi Kurajoh, Tomoaki Morioka, Tetsuo Shoji, Yasuo Imanishi, Naoko Iwata, Haruki Fujisawa, Atsushi Suzuki, Yoshihisa Sugimura, Masanori Emoto

“…The presence of anti-rabphilin-3A antibodies may be useful as a non-invasive diagnostic marker of LINH and potentially serve as a valuable diagnostic aid in cases of LINH associated with COVID-19.…”
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Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles alleviate diabetes-exacerbated atherosclerosis via AMPK/mTOR pathway-mediated autophagy-related macrophage polariza... by Libo Liu, Ziyu An, Huan Zhang, Xueqi Wan, Xin Zhao, Xueyao Yang, Jinfan Tian, Xiantao Song

“…These cells also expressed the M1 macrophage markers CD86 and iNOS, but showed reduced expression of the M2 marker Arg-1. …”
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In Vitro Cultivation of Limbal Epithelial Stem Cells on Surface-Modified Crosslinked Collagen Scaffolds by Michel Haagdorens, Vytautas Cėpla, Eline Melsbach, Laura Koivusalo, Heli Skottman, May Griffith, Ramūnas Valiokas, Nadia Zakaria, Isabel Pintelon, Marie-José Tassignon

“…Upon confluence, primary LESC showed high expression of the stem cell marker ΔNp63, proliferation marker cytokeratin (KRT) 14, adhesion markers integrin-β4 and E-cadherin, and LESC-specific extracellular matrix proteins laminin-α1, and collagen type IV. …”
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Nucleotide receptor P2X7/STAT6 pathway regulates macrophage M2 polarization and its application in CAR-T immunotherapy by Qin Si, Lu Yang, Jie Liu, Hui Liu, Ruifang Bu, Na Cui

“…Result: P2X7 receptor silencing promotes M1 macrophage marker expression (CD86, TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β), diminishes M2 macrophage marker expression (CD206 and IL-10) and suppresses STAT6 phosphorylation, whereas STAT6 overexpression reverses these phenomena. …”
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The digestibility of biofloc meal from African catfish culture medium as a feed raw material for Pacific white shrimp by Julie Ekasari, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Putri Elas, Reza Karunia Senja

“…A basal feed with 43% crude protein content was used as a control diet and mixed with 2% of binders and 0.5 % of Cr2O3 as a marker for digestibility. The experimental diets were made by mixing 67.5% of the basal diet with 30% of biofloc meal, 2% of binders and 0.5 % of Cr2O3. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of the Triglyceride and Glucose Index for Insulin Resistance: A Systematic Review by Adriana Sánchez-García, René Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Leonardo Mancillas-Adame, Victoria González-Nava, Alejandro Díaz González-Colmenero, Ricardo Cesar Solis, Neri Alejandro Álvarez-Villalobos, José Gerardo González-González

“…The triglyceride and glucose (TyG) index has been described as a biochemical marker of insulin resistance (IR); however, its diagnostic accuracy remains uncertain. …”
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Extending the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) for longitudinal historical databases to include geographic data by Finn Hedefalk, Lars Harrie, Patrick Svensson

“…Moreover, we propose the export of data from IDS-Geo using an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Schema. IDS-Geo is implemented in a case study using historical property units, for the period 1804 to 1913, stored in a geographically extended version of the Scanian Economic Demographic Database (SEDD). …”
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Highest Recorded Serum Creatinine by Christine Persaud, Uttsav Sandesara, Victor Hoang, Joshua Tate, Wayne Latack, David Dado

“…Serum creatinine is a commonly used laboratory marker to assess kidney function; however, there has not been an established level of serum creatinine to predict mortality. …”
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