Seroprevalence of <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> in White-Tailed Deer (<i>Odocoileus virginianus</i>) in New York State by Emily D. Ledgerwood, Jason D. Luscier

“…The parasitic protozoa, <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> (<i>T. gondii</i>), is a model organism for one health because of its wide-ranging impacts on humans, wildlife, and domestic animals. Intermediate hosts, including white-tailed deer (<i>Odocoileus virginianus</i>), have been implicated in its maintenance. …”
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Magnetic Induction Phase Difference for Cerebral Hemorrhage Detection by Jie Liu, Lian Yan, Huangsen Deng, Mingxin Qin, Mingsheng Chen

“…The adjusted R-squared value of the first-order linear fit was above 0.98 in both physical and animal experiments, indicating that high detection linearity was achieved. …”
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Comparison of natural and artificial vasopressin deficiency: why the latter is lethal? by D. Zelena

“…The transgenic mouse technology is widespread, however, untill now 22.0 % of tested null mutations was found to be lethal. …”
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Investigation into the sero-molecular prevalence of Brucella melitensis in small ruminants in districts Mohmand and Charsadda Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. by Sohaib Ul Hassan, Farhan Anwar Khan, Muhammad Shuaib, Muhammad Shahid, Said Sajjad Ali Shah, Shahrood Ahmed Siddiqui, Anthony Pokoo-Aikins, Ayman A Swelum

“…Brucellosis is one of the important zoonotic diseases affecting the range of animals caused by Brucella species, including Brucella abortus and Brucella mellitensis. …”
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Lingguizhugan Decoction Protects against High-Fat-Diet-Induced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Alleviating Oxidative Stress and Activating Cholesterol Secretion by Lili Yang, Weili Lin, Colleen A. Nugent, Shijun Hao, Haiyan Song, Tao Liu, Peiyong Zheng

“…Lingguizhugan decoction (LGZG), a classical Chinese herbal formula, has beneficial effects on NAFLD animal models. Our study examined the impact of LGZG on hepatic global transcriptome of high-fat-diet-induced NAFLD rats. …”
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Maternal Fructose Intake Induces Insulin Resistance and Oxidative Stress in Male, but Not Female, Offspring by Lourdes Rodríguez, Paola Otero, María I. Panadero, Silvia Rodrigo, Juan J. Álvarez-Millán, Carlos Bocos

“…Interestingly, plasma AOPP and uricemia (oxidative stress markers) were augmented in male rats from fructose-fed mothers compared to the animals from control or glucose-fed mothers. In contrast, female rats did not show any differences in leptinemia between the three groups. …”
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“Enfoncer une porte ouverte”. Madame Bovary sounds as music by Roberto Doati

“…In the second half of the xx Century some composers developed new musical techniques for voice composition clearly under the influence of Saussure, Trubeckoj, Jakobson as well as experimental Literature. To compose Enfoncer une porte ouverte I was facing a XIX Century narrative text, leaving me not enough space to fit these modern techniques into it. …”
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Negative Feedback of the cAMP/PKA Pathway Regulates the Effects of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Induced NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation on Type II Alveolar Epithelial Cell Pyroptosis... by Qiaohui Hong, Yue Zhang, Weixian Lin, Wei Wang, Yafei Yuan, Jiajia Lin, Zhanzhan Xie, Xu Li, Ying Meng

“…We found that in vivo, ER stress, NLRP3 inflammasome, and PKA upregulated in the alveolar epithelial area in animal models of pulmonary fibrosis. In addition, immunofluorescence staining further confirmed that ER stress, NLRP3 inflammasome, and cAMP/PKA had potential links on type II AECs in BLM group. …”
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Does Cisapride, as a 5HT4 Receptor Agonist, Aggravate the Severity of TNBS-Induced Colitis in Rat? by Azadeh Motavallian, Mohsen Minaiyan, Mohammad Rabbani, Parvin Mahzouni, Sasan Andalib, Alireza Abed, Mohammad Reza Babavalian

“…Two hours subsequent to induction of colitis using TNBS in rats, cisapride (2 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (i.p); 4 mg/kg, orally (p.o)) and dexamethasone (1 mg/kg, i.p; 2 mg/kg, p.o) were administrated for 6 days. Animals were thereafter euthanized; macroscopic, histological, and biochemical assessments and ELISA test were carried out on distal colon samples. …”
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Sympathetic nervous system inhibition enhances cardiac metabolism and improves hemodynamics and glucose-insulin dynamics in obese and lean rat models by Ionuț Tudorancea, Ionela Lăcrămioara Șerban, Dragomir N. Șerban, Irina-Iuliana Costache-Enache, Caratașu Cătălin, Alexandru Grațian Naum, Radu Iliescu

“…Abstract This study aimed to investigate the effects of chronic sympathoinhibition on glucose uptake by the myocardium and by the skeletal muscle in an animal model of obesity associated with leptin signaling deficiency. 6 obese Zucker rats (OZR) and 6 control Lean Zucker rats (LZR) were studied during basal conditions, chronic clonidine administration (30 days, 300 µg/kg), and washout recovery period. …”
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A faunal inventory of methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica by Charlotte A. Seid, Avery S. Hiley, Marina F. McCowin, José I. Carvajal, Harim Cha, Shane T. Ahyong, Oliver S. Ashford, Odalisca Breedy, Douglas J. Eernisse, Shana K. Goffredi, Michel E. Hendrickx, Kevin M. Kocot, Christopher L. Mah, Allison K. Miller, Nicolás Mongiardino Koch, Rich Mooi, Timothy D. O'Hara, Fredrik Pleijel, Josefin Stiller, Ekin Tilic, Paul Valentich-Scott, Anders Warén, Mary K. Wicksten, Nerida G. Wilson, Erik E. Cordes, Lisa A. Levin, Jorge Cortés, Greg W. Rouse

“…The methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica support extensive animal diversity and offer insights into deep-sea biogeography. …”
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Hyperbaric exposure in rodents with non-invasive imaging assessment of decompression bubbles: A scoping review protocol. by Joshua Currens, Paul A Dayton, Peter Buzzacott, Virginie Papadopoulou

“…Decompression puts subjects at a greater risk for injury, which often justifies conducting such experiments using animal models. Therefore, it is important to provide a broad view of previously utilized methods for decompression research to describe imaging tools available for researchers to conduct rodent decompression experiments, to prevent duplicate experimentation, and to identify significant gaps in the literature for future researchers. …”
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REMOTE STUDENT TRAINING OF STUDENTS OF THE EARLY DIVISION by Olga M. Sevostyanova

“…Mixed technique involves the integration of classical full-time and distance learning and contributes to the quality of the educational process. …”
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Variable Absorption of Clavulanic Acid After an Oral Dose of 25 mg/kg of Clavubactin® and Synulox® in Healthy Cats by Tom B. Vree, Eric Dammers, Eri van Duuren

“…The evaluation was based on the data from plasma concentration-time curves obtained following a single-dose, open, randomised, two-way crossover phase-I study, each involving 24 female cats treated with two Amoxi-Clav formulations (formulation A was Clavubactin® and formulation was B Synulox® ; 80/20 mg, 24 animals, 48 drug administrations). Plasma amoxicillin and clavulanic acid concentrations were determined using validated bioassay methods. …”
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Prevalencia y factores de riesgo del comportamiento anormal estereotipado aerofagia en el caballo criollo colombiano by J. J. Patiño Marulanda, S. A. Vélez Gil, J. R. Martínez Aranzales

“…La aerofagia es la estereotipia clásica más común en los equinos, con una etiología poca entendida; sin embargo, se reconoce por ser de naturaleza multifactorial. …”
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Discontinuist and continuist approaches of language evolution… and beyond by Lise Habib-Dassetto, Alban Lemasson, Cristel Portes, Marie Montant

“…This function is still considered qualitatively different from the rest of animal communication in several fields such as psychology, neuroscience or cognitive science, leading to numerous debates in the scientific community. …”
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Comparison of different methods for identification of meat species in meat products by Yusuf Özşensoy, Seyda Şahin

“…<b>Aim:</b> Objective of this study were identification of animal species in meat products marketed in Sivas province using different methods and comparison of these methods.…”
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Metalized Plastic Waste Fiber Effects on Green Concrete Beams Mechanical Performance by Hamed Safayenikoo

“…Incorrect and insufficient management of these waste materials causes adverse effects on the nature of the soil, water, humans, and animals’ life. One type of waste plastic is metalized plastic waste (MPW), which is used mainly in different types of food packaging productions, and there is no appropriate technology for reusing it all over the world. …”
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Coregistration of Ultrasonography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging with a Preliminary Investigation of the Spatial Colocalization of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 2 Exp... by Mary E. Loveless, Jennifer G. Whisenant, Kevin Wilson, Andrej Lyshchik, Tuhin K. Sinha, John C. Gore, Thomas E. Yankeelov

“…In summary, a method for accurately coregistering small animal US and MRI has been presented that allows for comparison of quantitative metrics provided by the two modalities.…”
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Intercultural and Intertextual Crossings in Sarah Howe’s Loop of Jade (2015) by Yasna Bozhkova

“…A Borgesian epigraph – a surprising abecedary of apparently arbitrary categories of animals given in a “certain Chinese encyclopedia” – becomes a structuring device for the whole collection, announcing its project to reflect on real or imaginary cultural differences. …”
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