Tigers and Their Prey in Bukit Rimbang Bukit Baling: Abundance Baseline for Effective Wildlife Reserve Management by Febri Anggriawan Widodo, Stephanus Hanny, Eko Hery Satriyo Utomo, Zulfahmi Zulfahmi, Kusdianto Kusdianto, Eka Septayuda, Tugio Tugio, Effendy Panjaitan, Leonardo Subali, Agung Suprianto, Karmila Parakkasi, Nurchalis Fadhli, Wishnu Sukmantoro, Ika Budianti, Sunarto Sunarto

“…We documented the highest density of tigers (individuals/100 km2) in southern sampling block (based on traditional capture recapture (TCR) : 1.52 ± SE 0.55; based on Maximum Likelihood (ML) SCR:0.51 ± SE 0.22) and the lowest in northeastern sampling block (TCR: 0.77 ±SE 0.39; ML SCR: 0.19 ± SE 0.16). …”
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Structure characterization and mechanism of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides modified by plastein reaction derived from tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus) by Junhua Shi, Zhuo Yang, Ming Xu, Guogang Zhao, Yawen Gao, Hongyan Zheng, Ji Feng

“…ACE inhibitory peptide (CLPP, the ACE inhibitory rate is 76.52 ± 1.07%) was obtained by hydrolysis of tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus) protein with alkaline protease. …”
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Bloodsucking Insects by P.G. Koehler, J.L. Castner

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Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Residential Power Backup Gasoline Generators in Nigeria by B.N. Nwankwojike, J.O. Nwosu, M.O. Egwuagu

“…Also 0.8KVA Sumec and 2.2KVA Elemax were revealed as most cost effective due to their comparative low life cycle cost of N26, 810 and N39,820 respectively. …”
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Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Residential Power Backup Gasoline Generators in Nigeria by B.N. Nwankwojike, J.O. Nwosu, M.O. Egwuagu

“…Also 0.8KVA Sumec and 2.2KVA Elemax were revealed as most cost effective due to their comparative low life cycle cost of N26, 810 and N39,820 respectively. …”
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Polydatin retards the progression of osteoarthritis by maintaining bone metabolicbalance and inhibiting macrophage polarization by Qi Sun, Xin-Yu Nan, Hui Wang, Shuo Pan, Gang Ji, Ya-Feng Guo, Ya-Heng Zhao, Gao-Cen Li, Shao-Shi Guo, Lu-Feng Lin, Yu-Jie Jin, Xue Li Zhang, Chang-Cheng Liu, Guo-Bin Liu

“…In addition, paeoniflorin markedly suppresses the transmission of the NF-κB signaling pathway and reverses M1 polarization in macrophages induced by IL-1β.ConclusionTaken together, PD might be a potential therapeutic agent for the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis.…”
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When is a DAO Decentralized? by Henrik Axelsen, Johannes Rude Jensen, Omri Ross

“…We propose a definition of “sufficient decentralization” and present a general framework for the assessment of decentralization. …”
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Rimes de malandrins : du narcocorrido au narco rap by Enrique Flores

“…The former genealogy of popular ballads and of the printed sheets of bandits and smugglers is founded on the culture of the hip-hop –heaps, rhythm, street language, graffiti and urban inscriptions, dance, body in a transe, visceral politics. “What else?”: artistic and criminal performance; reality as the kingdom of insane violence; Dante’s hell and Rimbaud’s “time of assassins”; jails, drug and misery; Pancho Villa’s mural; Caballeros águila and body painting; outlaw culture and “warriors of the drug” –from the Brazilian jails to the neighborhoods of Los Angeles; “Reynosa la maldosa”; Marcola, Tiger and Subway 3; “Big Word” and “Murderers Artists”; Gangsta rap; narcopoetry and hallucination; poetics of the crime; “Crime pays: rhyme pays”.…”
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The Empire of Beasts Then and Now: Political Cartoons and New Trends in Victorian Animal Studies by Irina Kantarbaeva-Bill

“…This article attempts to analyse the animal display as a political commentary in the visual images of Punch or The London Charivari Magazine in the aftermath of the 1857 Mutiny and the growing geopolitical tensions worldwide. …”
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Assessment of physiological status of felids as indicator of their welfare in the wild by Ekaterina V. Pavlova, Evgeny A. Ivanov, Vadim E. Kiriluk, Vyacheslav V. Rozhnov

“…Pallas cats had the lowest N:L ratio (1.0 ± 0.1), significantly differing from leopards (42.8 ± 16.0) and tigers (24.5 ± 9.2). …”
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ISLAM AND CAPITALISM: THE DYNAMICS OF RELIGION AND CONTEMPORARY INDONESIAN WORK ORIENTATION by Husnul Khitam

“…The impressive economic growth at an average level of 5 percent, a low rate of inflation at 2.36, the rose of consumption growth to 5.1 percent, the rapid decline of poor people, and the low Gini ratio index at 0.382 show how vital Indonesia as an exemplar of the growth of capitalism in the global south. …”
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