High Levels of Hemoglobin Promote Carotid Adventitial Vasa Vasorum Neoangiogenesis in Chronic Kidney Disease by Maria Vittoria Arcidiacono, Montserrat Martinez-Alonso, Montserrat Belart, Ana Vilar, Marisa Martín, Lourdes Craver, Àngels Betriu, Dídac Mauricio, José Manuel Valdivielso, Elvira Fernández, Mercè Borràs

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Immunomodulatory Effects of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 on Dendritic Cells Promote Induction of T Cell Hyporesponsiveness to Myelin-Derived Antigens by Wai-Ping Lee, Barbara Willekens, Patrick Cras, Herman Goossens, Eva Martínez-Cáceres, Zwi N. Berneman, Nathalie Cools

“…Importantly, 1,25(OH)2D3-treated DC induce T cell hyporesponsiveness, as demonstrated in an allogeneic mixed leukocyte reaction. …”
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Integrating radiological and clinical data for clinically significant prostate cancer detection with machine learning techniques by Luis Mariano Esteban, Ángel Borque-Fernando, Maria Etelvina Escorihuela, Javier Esteban-Escaño, Jose María Abascal, Pol Servian, Juan Morote

“…This study explores modeling using regularization techniques such as ridge regression, LASSO, elastic net, classification tree, tree ensemble models like random forest or XGBoost, and neural networks to predict CsPCa in a dataset of 4799 patients in Catalonia (Spain). …”
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Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparison of the Efficacy at Week 32 of Tralokinumab and Dupilumab in the Treatment of Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis by Tiago Torres, Anne Sohrt Petersen, Ulla Ivens, Albert Bosch Vilaro, John Stinson, José Manuel Carrascosa

“…IPD were selected by applying inclusion criteria from LIBERTY AD CHRONOS and weighting to match summary baseline characteristics—age, sex, race, body mass index, disease duration, Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI), Investigator’s Global Assessment (IGA), Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and SCORing Atopic Dermatitis index—of patients treated with dupilumab. …”
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Syngas Generation from Methane Using a Chemical-Looping Concept: A Review of Oxygen Carriers by Kongzhai Li, Hua Wang, Yonggang Wei

“…As one of the most interesting oxygen storage materials, ceria-based and perovskite oxides were paid much attention for this process. …”
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Large Right Atrial Thrombus Associated with Central Venous Catheter Requiring Open Heart Surgery by Nasir Hussain, Paul Eric Shattuck, Mourad Hussein Senussi, Erwin Velasquez Kho, Mubeenkhan Mohammedabdul, Devang K. Sanghavi, Usman Mustafa, Arvind Balavenkataraman, Dragic M. Obradovic

“…We describe an interesting case of a 59-year-old asymptomatic male successfully treated with open heart surgery after failure of medical treatment for a large CRAT discovered during a preoperative evaluation for a kidney transplant. …”
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Electrical Properties of a CeO2-Bi2O3 Mix System Elaborated at 600°C by Lamia Bourja, Bahcine Bakiz, Abdeljalil Benlhachemi, Mohamed Ezahri, Sylvie Villain, Claude Favotto, Jean-Raymond Gavarri

“…The stabilization of the tetragonal phase coexisting with substituted ceria close to composition x=0.7 is associated with a high conduction of the mix system CeO2-Bi2O3.…”
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Reparative Justice Vis-a Vis the legacy of slavery in the Caribbean. Interregional perspectives by Claudia Rauhut

“…Using data collected in Jamaica, this text exposes the main arguments presented by advocates of reparations, as well the arenas where they have been more active: public education, awareness raising campaign and archival reconstruction of documentation evidencing the economic impact of slavery. …”
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An Extremely Rare Presentation of Four Coronary Anomaly Patterns Originating from the Right Coronary Sinus by Nabil Braiteh, Wajeeh Rehman, Wajiha Ali, Owais Ahmed

“…We present the case of an 85-year-old male who presents with an acute coronary syndrome who was found to have an extremely rare combination of different coronary anomaly patterns including left main coronary artery (LMCA) atresia, small LAD arising posteriorly from the right coronary cusp, anomalous left circumflex artery arising from the RCA, and an anomalous LAD arising from the left circumflex artery which is originating from the RCA. …”
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The Home and the World: Analysing Socio-Spatial Dynamics and Identity-Formation in Indian Picturebooks by Aditi Bhardwaj, Devjani Ray

“…This paper locates fourteen contemporary Indian picturebooks within two arenas of conceptual enquiry – space and self-identity within childhood, and the multicultural experientiality of childhood as encompassing differences and structural inequalities – and studies the links between marginalisation and space in children’s literature. …”
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Evaluating the Sustainable Growth of Small- and Medium-Sized Construction Enterprises Using the Multicriteria Decision-Making Method by Wenbao Wang, Wenhe Lin, Xinyi Dai, Yingzheng Yan, Aiping Xuan

“…Sustainable growth plays an important role in the development of small- and medium-sized construction enterprises and has increasingly become a hot topic in the political and academic arenas. Growth is an important indicator for measuring the operational status and development potential of listed enterprises and is of great significance for studying sustainable growth. …”
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El diálogo judicial euro-latinoamericano en el tema de leyes de amnistía: un ejemplo de cross-fertilization entre tribunales de Derechos Humanos by Miguel Arenas Meza

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Moral Aspects of Some Combat Sports by Jacek Meller

“…Their history shows a process of gradual brutalisation, in antiquity from battles during the Greek Olympics, to competitions in  Roman arenas; in the modern age from regulations introduced in the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, to formation or restoration of combat, where almost no rules exist. …”
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Cumplimiento de derechos infantiles en Chile: evaluación de profesionales de programas públicos by Giselle Lagos Beltrán, Ricardo Pérez-Luco Arenas

“…Se discute la consistencia in-terna del instrumento y su adaptación según ámbito, población atendida y aplicación en población infantil general y específica.…”
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La costruzione culturale della vita materiale: dono strategico, economie e relazioni informali nei mercati pubblici by Silvia Lelli

“… After a short theoretical introduction that highlights how field research in public street markets provides a contribution to economic-anthropological theories, street markets turn out to be characterized by a dense social interaction, and by complex intersections of multidirectional policies: within them, the effects of economic and administrative macro-policies imposed 'from above' are visible and, at the same time, in reverse, we can detect here aspects of the local social construction that from grass root level influences the exterior, both in forms of organized resistance against disadvantageous imposed policies, and by spontaneously shaping the social interaction pattern and the identity of the urban neighbourhoods where markets are sited. As arenas in which the possibility and the ability 'to negotiate' symbolic as well as economic values is constantly reproduced, the cultural 'immaterial' component of 'material' life is evident in public markets. …”
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Provincial diffusion, national acceptance: the transfer of conservation easement policy in Canada by Forrest Hisey

“…CE legislation reveals a fundamental shift in how subnational governments were trying to enhance biodiversity conservation, specifically by legitimizing PLC and non-state partners. …”
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A memória e a comunidade na experiência da vulnerabilidade. O mural de Santo Domingo Sávio by Sandra Patricia Arenas Grisales, José César Coimbra

“…, ¿cuáles son las vidas que cuentan? Se trata de un análisis hecho a partir de los resultados de dos investigaciones de doctorado con énfasis en los conceptos de comunidad, memoria e identidad. …”
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Postcolonial/Decolonial Critique and the Theory of International Relations by Aziz Elmuradov

“…The formation of integrative approaches in the study of world politics should provide a new consolidation of both political science and international studies and a productive interaction of these areas of knowledge.…”
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Review and Bibliographic Analysis of Metaheuristic Methods in Multicriteria Decision-Making: A 45-Year Perspective Across International, Latin American, and Colombian Contexts by Christian Manuel Moreno Rocha, Andres Santacruz Benitez, Daina Arenas Buelvas

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Vitalidades en flujo: de pagar, ofrendar y alimentar a los seres del origen entre la gente I´ku by Jose Arenas Gómez

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