Evidence that the domesticated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus recycles its cytoplasmic contents as nutritional rewards to feed its leafcutter ant farmers by Caio Ambrosio Leal-Dutra, Lok Man Yuen, Bruno Augusto Maciel Guedes, Marta Contreras-Serrano, Pedro Elias Marques, Jonathan Zvi Shik

“…While autophagy is a ubiquitous and often highly derived process across the tree of life, our study reveals a new role for autophagy as a mechanism of functional integration between ant farmers and their fungal crop, and potentially as a signifier of higher-level homeostasis between uniquely life-time committed ectosymbionts.…”
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Identification and characterization of the functional tetrameric UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from Klebsiella pneumoniae by Isabel Ramón Roth, Pavel Kats, Timm Fiebig, Françoise Routier, Roman Fedorov, Larissa Dirr, Jana I. Führing

“…UGP function is tied to its oligomeric state, and the majority of bacterial homologs have been described as tetramers encoded by the galU gene. Uniquely, enterobacterial species harbor a second gene, galF, encoding a protein with high homology to UGP, whose function is somewhat controversial. …”
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TOOLS OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: A POSTCOLONIAL APPROACH by Eldar Veremchuk, Hennadii Vasylchuk

“…While the former seeks to disguise the colonial influence on business, the progressive branding strategy seeks to promote national and cultural identity by using nationally themed brand names, deleting colonial semantics in naming, and emphasising uniqueness and identity through the use of cultural symbols and motifs. …”
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Stage-specific function of sphingolipid synthases in African trypanosomes by Norton Heise, Carolina M. Koeller, Mohamed Sharif, James D. Bangs

“…These findings raise interesting questions about the roles of individual phosphosphingolipids in in vivo infection of the mammalian and tsetse hosts.IMPORTANCEAfrican trypanosomes are eukaryotic pathogens that cause human and veterinary African trypanosomaisis. Uniquely, they synthesize all three major phosphosphingolipid species using four distinct sphingolipid synthases (SLS). …”
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Unravelling the transcriptomic symphony of muscle ageing: key pathways and hub genes altered by ageing and caloric restriction in rat muscle revealed by RNA sequencing by Gulam Altab, Brian J. Merry, Charles W. Beckett, Priyanka Raina, Inês Lopes, Katarzyna Goljanek-Whysall, João Pedro de Magalhães

“…CR was found to suppress 69.7% and rescue 57.8% of the genes found to be upregulated and downregulated in aged muscle, respectively. In addition, CR uniquely upregulated 291 and downregulated 304 protein-coding genes. …”
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Looking for the origins of the human brain: The role of South Africa in the history of palaeoneurology by Amélie Beaudet, Edwin de Jager, Mirriam Tawane, Brendon Billings

“…We finally consider how our view of human brain evolution, and in particular the putative uniqueness of the hominin brain, has changed over the last century. …”
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Genesis of the term "savilaida": from collections of avant-garde poetry till Lithuanian neologism by Egidijus Jaseliūnas

“… The genesis of the Lithuanian neologism "savilaida" has not been studied by the science of history, though such studies would allow reasonable answering to the questions of expedience of the usage of the term and uniqueness of its object. The article aims at analyzing the history of the origin of the Lithuanian term "savilaida" and its genesis in the Soviet society.  …”
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Los Derechos Fundamentales en Iberoamérica by Javier Pardo

“…En efecto, por un lado, la creciente hegemonía de Estados Unidos a nivel mundial habrá de notarse de manera especial en Iberoamérica, y ello, casi con toda probabilidad, en un sentido poco favorable al éxito de procesos políticos de democratización y emancipación social que puedan amenazar los intereses norteamericanos en la zona. …”
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Molecular and functional characterization of Accl(2)efl: A biomarker for heavy metal stress in Apis cerana cerana by Yu-Lin Xu, Ling Peng, Jun-Jie Li, Wen-Feng Chen

“…However, l(2)efl (LOC410857) uniquely remains unresponsive to heat stress within this gene family, and research examining its role in adaptation to other types of stress across diverse bee species is scarce. …”
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Bosquejo de la construcción de América Latina by Jorge Majfud

“…Pese a todas estas discrepancias, coincidieron en su admiración por la Europa anglosajona y los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica. Ambos fueron liberales y progresistas, como la mayoría de los intelectuales de su época. …”
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Calidad de vida en pacientes sobrevivientes a un ictus al año de seguimiento by Yoany Mesa Barrera, Otman Fernández Concepción, Tania Elena Hernández Rodríguez, Yanneris Parada Barroso

“…<br /><strong>Conclusión:</strong> la calidad de vida estuvo determinada por el grado de afectación neurológica, el estado cognitivo, mayor edad y la presencia de síntomas depresivos. Los únicos factores asociados a la calidad de vida que sufrieron modificación al año del seguimiento, fueron la afectación neurológica y la presencia de síntomas depresivos.…”
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Encapsulation of Hydrogen Peroxide in PVA/PVP Hydrogels for Medical Applications by Natalie Mounayer, Sivan Shoshani, Elena Afrimzon, Taly Iline-Vul, Moris Topaz, Ehud Banin, Shlomo Margel

“…The resulting PVA/PVP-based hydrogel uniquely combines the water absorbency, biocompatibility, and biodegradability of the polymer composite. …”
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Factores nutricionales maternos y el bajo peso al nacer en un área de salud by Arley Rey Vilchez, Darehyne Ávila Piña, Amarelis Rodríguez Fuentes, Ana Celia Cabrera Iznaga

“…Los hábitos alimentarios inadecuados unidos a otros factores nutricionales maternos son determinantes. …”
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Un análisis bibliométrico y de contenido de metodologías activas en el campo educativo. by Juan Luis Cabanillas-Garcia, María Cruz Sánchez-Gómez, Irene del Brío-Alonso

“…Se destacó el protagonismo de autores como Hwang, Gwo-Jen y se observó que Estados Unidos lidera la producción científica en metodologías activas, seguido por países europeos, Australia y China. …”
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Real-World Parkinson&#x2019;s Hand Tremor Detection Using Ensemble Learning Techniques by Sungwook Hur, Jieming Zhang, Moon-Hyun Kim, Tai-Myoung Chung

“…Finally, unlike traditional approaches that use uniform feature weighting, our proposed variance adaptive AdaBoost (VA-AdaBoost) algorithm uniquely incorporates accelerometer signal variance to adaptively weight samples for feature training. …”
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El Zika, un Virus Transmitido por Mosquitos by Jorge R. Rey, L. Phil Lounibos, Barry W. Alto, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Cynthia C. Lord, Chelsea T. Smartt, C. Roxanne Rutledge Connelly

“…Transmisión local, principalmente por el mosquito de la fiebre amarilla Aedes aegypti, ha sido documentada en la mayoría de los países tropicales de las Américas, pero aún no se ha detectado en Los Estados Unidos Continentales. Los síntomas de la infección incluyen, salpullido, dolor de cabeza, fiebre, dolor muscular y en las coyunturas, conjuntivitis, y malestar general. …”
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El Zika, un Virus Transmitido por Mosquitos by Jorge R. Rey, L. Phil Lounibos, Barry W. Alto, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Cynthia C. Lord, Chelsea T. Smartt, C. Roxanne Rutledge Connelly

“…Transmisión local, principalmente por el mosquito de la fiebre amarilla Aedes aegypti, ha sido documentada en la mayoría de los países tropicales de las Américas, pero aún no se ha detectado en Los Estados Unidos Continentales. Los síntomas de la infección incluyen, salpullido, dolor de cabeza, fiebre, dolor muscular y en las coyunturas, conjuntivitis, y malestar general. …”
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How international research consortia can strengthen organisations’ research systems and promote a conducive environment and culture by Justin Pulford, Nadia Tagoe, Yan Ding, Imelda Bates, Susie Crossman, Taghreed El Hajj, Tara Tancred, Lorelei Silvester, Martina Savio, Natasha Bevan

“…They were partly or wholly funded by UK agencies including the Wellcome, Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office, UK Research and Innovation Fund, and the Medical Research Council and they operated for 2–10 years between 2012 and 2022.Consortia’s size and ability to access and share resources among their member organisations according to need meant they were uniquely placed to target actions to address weaknesses in member organisations’ research capacity, to widen networks and collaborations, and to build in sustainability of capacity gains. …”
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Probabilistic estimation of rheological properties in subduction zones using sequences of earthquakes and aseismic slip by Tobias Köhne, Rishav Mallick, Mark Simons

“…However, differentiating between various rheological model classes using only observations of a single earthquake (coseismic and postseismic deformation) is difficult—especially in the presence of coarse spatiotemporal sampling, inherent observational noise, and non-uniqueness of the inverted properties. In this study, we present a framework to estimate key rheological parameters of a subduction zone plate interface using simulations of sequences of earthquakes and aseismic slip, constrained by pre- and postseismic surface displacement timeseries. …”
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Angesinenolide B, A Phthalide Dimeric Peroxide, Exerts Anti-Inflammatory Properties by Suppressing MAPK/STATs Signaling Pathways and ROS Production by Zhang L, Liu Y, Wang H, Guo S, Lv J

“…Laibin Zhang, Yuan Liu, Huanhuan Wang, Shuangyan Guo, Jieli Lv School of Pharmacy, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Laibin Zhang; Jieli Lv, School of Pharmacy, Xinxiang Medical University, 601 Jinsui Road, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, People’s Republic of China, Email zhanglb@xxmu.edu.cn; jielilv2009@xxmu.edu.cnPurpose: Angesinenolide B (ASB), a phthalide dimer with a peroxy bridge, is uniquely isolated from Chinese medicine Angelica sinensis radix and demonstrates significant anti-inflammatory properties. …”
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