Effect on Multipotency and Phenotypic Transition of Unrestricted Somatic Stem Cells from Human Umbilical Cord Blood after Treatment with Epigenetic Agents by Foued Ghanjati, Simeon Santourlidis

“…This treatment leads to a new stable, spheroid-forming cell type which we have named SpheUSSC. These cells can be stably propagated over at least 150 cell divisions, express OCT4, retain the potential to undergo osteogenic differentiation, and have additionally acquired the ability to uniformly differentiate into adipocytes, unlike the source USSC population. …”
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Exploring the Perspectives of Older People on the Concept of Home by Deborah Hatcher, Esther Chang, Virginia Schmied, Sandra Garrido

“…However, some aspects of home could be renegotiated despite changes to living location, with new social connections able to be forged and personal comforts being transferrable. …”
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Nonlinear Regression Based Health Monitoring of Hysteretic Structures under Seismic Excitation by C. Xu, J. Geoffrey Chase, Geoffrey W. Rodgers

“…Acceleration and infrequently measured displacement are integrated using a multirate Kalman filtering method to generate restoring force-displacement hysteresis loops. A linear/nonlinear regression analysis based two-step method is proposed to identify nonlinear system parameters. …”
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Limpograss: A Quick Reference by Yoana C. Newman

“…Newman, provides key data on this warm-season perennial grass used extensively for forage in south and central Florida, its origin, use, description, adaptation, management practices, fertilization, broad-leaf weed control, and pests and control. …”
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New insights into interspecies relationships, chromosomal evolution, and hybrid identification in the Lycoris Herb. by Yue Zhang, Shujun Zhou, Yu Chen, Pengchong Zhang, Yongchun Zhang, Junhuo Cai, Zixuan Nie, Lu Zhang

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Brain Activation and Psychomotor Speed in Middle-Aged Patients with Type 1 Diabetes: Relationships with Hyperglycemia and Brain Small Vessel Disease by Misun Hwang, Dana L. Tudorascu, Karen Nunley, Helmet Karim, Howard J. Aizenstein, Trevor J. Orchard, Caterina Rosano

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Estrategias de capacitación contable en las cooperativas textileras del Municipio Valera del estado Trujillo by María Eugenia Briceño, María Elizabeth Rojas, Silvana Cardozo, Ramón A. Valero

“…La educación se ha convertido en un pilar fundamental en este tipo de organizaciones de la economía social para garantizar la continuidad de las operaciones y fortalecer el modelo de desarrollo endógeno del país. …”
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Pronerve Growth Factor Induces Angiogenesis via Activation of TrkA: Possible Role in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by Sally L. Elshaer, Mohammed A. Abdelsaid, Ahmad Al-Azayzih, Parag Kumar, Suraporn Matragoon, Julian J. Nussbaum, Azza B. El-Remessy

“…Inhibition of TrkA but not p75NTR significantly reduced mutant-proNGF-induced cell proliferation, cell migration, and tube formation. Taken together, these results provide evidence that proNGF can contribute to PDR at least in part via activation of TrkA.…”
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Radiomics model based on computed tomography images for prediction of radiation-induced optic neuropathy following radiotherapy of brain and head and neck tumors by Elham Raiesi Nafchi, Pedram Fadavi, Sepideh Amiri, Susan Cheraghi, Maryam Garousi, Mansoureh Nabavi, Iman Daneshi, Marzieh Gomar, Malihe Molaie, Ali Nouraeinejad

“…Decision Tree and Random Forest with the highest AUC (97 % and 95 % respectively) among the five classifiers were the most powerful algorithms to predict radiation-induced optic neuropathy. …”
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Magnetic materials and devices by Varun Chaudhary, R Nirmala, Yulong Huang

“…This focus collection provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the synthesis and characterization of advanced magnetic materials, both in their bulk and low-dimensional forms. These studies aim to enhance our understanding of fundamental physical properties and identify suitable candidate materials for various device applications. …”
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Coconut Shell Activated Carbon/CoFe2O4 Composite for the Removal of Rhodamine B from Aqueous Solution by Le Phuong Hoang, Huu Tap Van, Thi Thuy Hang Nguyen, Van Quang Nguyen, Phan Quang Thang

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The drawback of liberal nationalism as a condition for positive peace in the Balkans by Lakić Danijela

“…The subject of the paper is liberal nationalism as the only acceptable form of nationalism for the Balkans, which has been imposed and allowed by the so-called great forces (the EU and the USA) after the end of the Cold War for this, from a political and ethnic aspect, unstable region. …”
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Cyanoacrylate glue in breast surgery: the GLUBREAST Trial by Emanuela Esposito, Claudio Siani, Ivana Donzelli, Anna Crispo, Sergio Coluccia, Piergiacomo Di Gennaro, Assunta Luongo, Franca Avino, Alfredo Fucito, Ugo Marone, Maria Teresa Melucci, Ruggero Saponara, Raimondo di Giacomo

“…The assumed mechanism of action in breast surgery is that the glue would create a seal coating in the operative field to occlude lymphatic leaks and limit seroma formation.Materials and methodsThe trial included 180 patients scheduled for breast-conserving surgery or for radical modified mastectomy without reconstruction. …”
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Evaluation of Nutritive and Antioxidant Properties of Blanched Leafy Vegetables Consumed in Northern Côte d’Ivoire by Oulai Patricia D., Zoué Lessoy T., Niamké Sébastien L.

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Ambulatory Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy in Quebec: The Hôpital Charles LeMoyne Experience in 1996 by Laurent Delorme, Charles Frenette, Isabelle Le Corre, Julie Duchesne, Carole Delorme, Pauline Plourde

“…Hospitalized patients constituted only 18.4% of admissions to the outpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy program. Forty per cent of the surgical/medical staff participated in the program and they were able to generate a significant impact by diverting patients to outpatient therapy. …”
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Study on Hydration and Mechanical Property of Portland Cement-Blended Recycled Plaster Materials by Zhixin Li, Kaidong Xu, Jiahui Peng, Jina Wang, Xianwei Ma, Jishou Niu

“…On the contrary, consistent with the previous studies, the strength of OPC-blended plaster of Paris materials (POCP) was improved by the formation of AFt, Ca(OH)2, and CaCO3 that filled pores in the pastes. …”
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Nephropathy in Hypertensive Animals Is Linked to M2 Macrophages and Increased Expression of the YM1/Chi3l3 Protein by Paula Andréa Malveira Cavalcante, Natalia Alenina, Alexandre Budu, Leandro Ceotto Freitas-Lima, Thaís Alves-Silva, Juan Sebastian Henao Agudelo, Fatimunnisa Qadri, Niels Olsen Saraiva Camara, Michael Bader, Ronaldo Carvalho Araújo

“…Bone marrow cells were isolated from the femurs and tibia of male FVB/N (control) and transgenic hypertensive animals that overexpressed the rat form of angiotensinogen (TGM(rAOGEN)123, TGM123-FVB/N). …”
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From consent to authorization by Bjørn Hofmann

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A Juridical Analysis of the Caning Implementation in Aceh Prisons and its Relations to Islamic Laws by Muhammad Syarif, Syahrizal Abbas, Rahmadon Rahmadon, Musfira Musfira

“…However, the issuance of the Governor's Regulation contradicts the system of forming legislation in Indonesia and legally lacks legal force. …”
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Nonfragile H∞ Stabilizing Nonlinear Systems Described by Multivariable Hammerstein Models by Zeineb Rayouf, Chekib Ghorbel, Naceur Benhadj Braiek

“…Second, approximate inverse nonlinear functions of polynomial form are proposed to deal with nonbijective invertible nonlinearities. …”
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