Enhanced Apoptosis of Monocytes from Complication-Free Juvenile-Onset Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 May Be Ameliorated by TNF-α Inhibitors by Jolanta Myśliwska, Monika Ryba-Stanisławowska, Marcin Smardzewski, Bartosz Słomiński, Małgorzata Myśliwiec, Janusz Siebert

“…In conclusion, diabetes mellitus type 1 is associated with greater apoptosis of three monocyte subsets which may contribute to the development of microvascular complications. TNF-α modifiers appear to ameliorate monocyte apoptosis. They may be useful for controlling excessive monocyte apoptosis in diabetic patients.…”
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Assessment and Prediction of Salivary Gland Function After Head and Neck Radiotherapy: A Systematic Review by J. Le Guevelou, X. Palard‐Novello, E. Kammerer, M. Baty, M. Perazzi, A. Larnaudie, R. De Crevoisier, J. Castelli

“…Conclusions Modern imaging parameters appear to be correlated with salivary gland scintigraphy parameters. …”
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Transformations of the Food Practices in Modern Russia: the Institutional and Discursive Determinants by N. N. Zarubina

“…Diverse discourses of the food practices - medikalizationed, environmental, hedonistic and other discourses, appear as a show representing the various, sometimes conflicting, rules of everyday activities. …”
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The Influence of the Motor Traction Vibration on Fatigue Life of the Bogie Frame of the Metro Vehicle by Qiushi Wang, Jinsong Zhou, Dao Gong, Tengfei Wang, Jiangxue Chen, Taiwen You, Zhanfei Zhang

“…During the service life of metro vehicles, the cracks frequently appear at the root of motor seats. This indicates the previous antifatigue designs are unable to cover the actual operating environment. …”
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Facile Synthesis of Magnetic Copolymer Microspheres Based on Poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-N-isopropylacrylamide)/Fe3O4 by Suspension Photopolymerization by Siti Zulaikha Mazlan, Faszly Rahim, Sharina Abu Hanifah

“…Morphology study revealed that magnetic copolymer exhibited uniform spheres and smoother appearance when entrapped with Fe3O4 nanoparticles. …”
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Effects of High-Density Pulse Currents on the Solidification Structures of Cu-SiCp/AZ91D Composites by Xi Hao, Weixin Hao, Guihong Geng, Teng Ma, Chen Wang, Fuqiang Zhao, Hao Song, Yugui Li

“…The wettability between SiCp and matrix during solidification was improved by coating 0.095-μm thick copper film on the surface of SiCp. By comparing the composites prepared with/without pulse currents, the solidification structure and its formation mechanism of Cu-SiCp/AZ91D composites were analyzed under different conditions. …”
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Design Optimization of an Integrated E-Type Multilink Suspension Wheel-Side Drive System and Improvement of Vehicle Ride Comfort by Wen Lu, Wenbo Li, Xinbo Chen

“…However, a complete and systematic description of the design of such a system is not available in the literature. Therefore, this paper proposes a design process for an integrated E-type multilink suspension wheel-side drive system and a method to improve the vehicle ride comfort. …”
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MARTIN HEIDEGGER’S METAPHYSICAL QUESTION 1935-1937: GENESIS AND CONSEQUENCES. PART ONE by Юрій МАРИНЧУК

“…The metaphysics considered is the intersection of being and time in thing and thing as a special place where thoughts appear in the artistic act. The first plan of the stated metaphysics is considered in the fourfold geometric intersection of the essential-artistic space – the square (Gefirt) of the world, earth, mortals and immortals. …”
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Cardiogenic Shock in a Hemodialyzed Patient on Flecainide: Treatment with Intravenous Fat Emulsion, Extracorporeal Cardiac Life Support, and CytoSorb® Hemoadsorption by Nicolas De Schryver, Philippe Hantson, Vincent Haufroid, Mélanie Dechamps

“…In addition, while conventional techniques of extrarenal epuration usually appear as poorly effective for flecainide removal, a mean plasma clearance of 40.3 ml/min was observed using the hemoadsorption technique based on CytoSorb® cartridge. …”
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The Application of Thermal Solar Energy to High Temperature Processes: Case Study of the Synthesis of Alumina from Boehmite by Isabel Padilla, Aurora López-Delgado, Sol López-Andrés, Marta Álvarez, Roberto Galindo, Alfonso J. Vazquez-Vaamonde

“…The aim of this paper is to evaluate the feasibility of obtaining alumina from boehmite using a free, clean, and unlimited power source as the solar energy. …”
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Experiment and Failure Analysis of Rock-Like Material Affected by Different Excavation Depths by Yuan Tian, Zhende Zhu, Xinyu Liu, Yanxin He

“…However, in the specimens with single-hole crack, no antiwing-shaped crack appears. And when the hole depth reaches 80%, two wing-shaped cracks appear at the precrack tip. …”
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L’urbanisme balnéaire : processus de colonisation ou aménagement durable du littoral ? by Roland Vidal

“…Despite a highly creative architecture, the seaside resorts have a tendency to look like one another, both in their shapes and in the way they respond to a unique social desire: sea bathing. Some exceptions appear through this monotony though, and Sables-d’Or-les-Pins is one of them. …”
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Hörerwartung im zeitlichen Fluss der Musik. Überlegungen zum Expektanzbegriff by Helga de la Motte-Haber

“…Which expectancies are generated when a musical sequence is interrupted, and which reactions appear when a musical sequence progresses in an unexpected way? …”
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Ocular Surface Disease Severity in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: is This Really Significant in Daily Life? by Demet Yabanoglu, Funda Gode

“…CONCLUSIONS: Daily activities appear to be slightly impaired in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome due to ocular surface problems. …”
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The Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Activity of Some Metal Ions Complexes with Schiff’s Bases Derived from Reaction of 3-Hydrazone-1,3- Dihydro-Indole-2-One with 2- Pyri... by safa sami Muwafaq, Naser Shaalan

“…Metal complexes comprising manganese, cobalt, nickel, copper, and zinc with Schiff base have been produced at a molar ratio of 1:1 (M: L). …”
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Water excess events in the written press (system Ventania, Argentina) by María Ortuño Cano, Jorge Gentili, Belén Moretto, Alicia Campo

“…In waterlogging, provincial and national actors predominate, unlike floods, where local actors mainly appear. This may be associated with the greater extent of the manifestation of waterlogging processes and, consequently, greater economic effects and losses regarding to floods. …”
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Exploration of Erdaohe Silver Polymetallic Deposit in Inner Mongolia based on Induced Polarization Method by Baoyou Li, Zhiqing Shi, Zhiguang Yang, Lan Xu, Hanlie Cheng, David Sturdivant

“…According to the theory of induced polarization sounding in time domain, it is considered in this paper that when the parameters such as high power, suitable device, and time delay are well coupled with the deep blind ore, it is possible to find anomalies caused by deep lead-zinc ore larger than 300 m. …”
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Mongolian Education and Science Vocabulary by Anna V. Mazarchuk

“…Some of the analyzed words happen to have been borrowed into Mongolian from Uighur, but Uighur was not the ultimate source of the lexemes: Mong. шавь ‘disciple, pupil’ < Uig. šabï had come to Uighur from Sanskrit via Chinese; Mong. багш ‘teacher’ < Uig. baqšı and Mong. бичиг ‘writings’ < Uig. bitig are originally Chinese; Mong. ном ‘book’ < Uig. nom had come to Uighur from Greek via Sogdian. …”
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INCREASING FITNESS WITH ACUPUNCTURE AND HERBS by Ario Imandiri, Diarista Salfa Pratama, Abdul Rahman

“…This is evidenced by the results of copper test VO2 max increased 44.3% and no more complaints felt by patient. …”
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Effect of Strain-Dependent Hydraulic Conductivity of Coal Rock on Groundwater Inrush in Mining by Haifeng Lu, Nan Shan, You-Kuan Zhang, Xiuyu Liang

“…The results indicate that in the early time, the rocks undergo elastic compression with increasing rock strain, resulting in a decrease in hydraulic conductivity; then, the microcracks and fissures appear in the rock after it yields results in a sudden jump in hydraulic conductivity; in the later time, the hydraulic conductivity decreases gradually again owing to the microcracks and fissures that were compacted. …”
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