FEATURES OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO XENOGENIC TISSUES OF VALVES AND PATCHES OF THE HEART (literature review) by Andrey Vladimirovich Shabaldin, Anna Vladimirovna Blinova, Alexey Valrievih Evtushenko

“…The highly dynamic functioning of xenogeneic biological prostheses increases their antigenicity by reducing the primary cross-linking of the extracellular matrix and activating the alternative complement pathway with adsorption on xenogeneic tissue complement component iC3b, as an opsonin for micro- and macrophages. …”
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Switch lists in the landscape of knowledge representation languages by Ondrej Cepek

“…A switch-list representation (SLR) of a Boolean function is a compressed truth table representation of a Boolean function in which only the function value of the first row in the truth table and an ordered list of switches are stored. …”
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Democracy: vectors of researches in Ukraine by N. M. Onishchenko, L. Yu. Malyuga, M. S. Bulkat

“…The provisions on the progress of domestic democracy in the field of the theory of state and law, the history of state and law, constitutional law, political science, etc. are very well developed. …”
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The impact of point mutations in the human androgen receptor: classification of mutations on the basis of transcriptional activity. by Colin W Hay, Iain J McEwan

“…Importantly, mutations introducing constitutive gain of function are uncommon, with the majority of mutations leading to either loss of function or no significant change from wild-type activity. …”
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L’odeur de l’axé by Arnaud Halloy

“…I suggest three theoretical claims: the hypothesis of the metonymic function of smells (Howes 1987), i.e. that the very nature of smell—their liminal, intangible and evolutive character, as well as their privileged link to emotions—redouble at the experiential level the rituals’ symbolic function of transformation; the hypothesis of an “olfactive evaluative conditioning” (Zucco 2013) at the heart of the metonymic function of smells; the existence of olfactive practices and “styles,” which are constitutive elements of collective identities in Afro-Brazilian religions.…”
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Islam in Front of the Challenges of Modernity: World Politics, State System, Public Opinion by V. V. Orlov

“…The authors focus on fundamental issues of constitutional law, functioning of supreme state bodies, building of parties and political systems. …”
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Protection of human rights in the European Union: general principles by A. M. Hryb

“…They must establish democratic institutions and independent judicial bodies, bodies of constitutional jurisdiction, which create conditions for the normal functioning of state institutions, the holding of free and fair elections, periodic changes of the ruling parliamentary majority, as well as recognition of the important role of the opposition in political life. …”
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Regulatory and legal support for the basic military training of students in higher education institutions of Ukraine by O. S. Kuruch, O. V. Batiuk, M. V. Fedorov

“… In the scientific article, the authors note that basic military training, hereinafter referred to as BMT, must be conducted on a mandatory basis in order for Ukrainian citizens to obtain military specialisation, skills and abilities necessary to fulfil their constitutional duty to defend the homeland, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine. …”
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Odorant Receptors Signaling Instructs the Development and Plasticity of the Glomerular Map by Pablo Valle-Leija

“…The olfactory system provides a great opportunity to explore the mechanisms that underlie the formation and function of neural circuits because of the simplicity of its structure. …”
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Attention as the primary cognitive domain affected in post-myocardial infarction cognitive impairment: a prospective multicenter study by Dominika Kasprzak, Janusz Rzeźniczak, Katarzyna Kaczmarek-Majer, Ada Grabarczyk, Teresa Ganowicz-Kaatz, Marek Słomczyński, Jan Budzianowski, Hubert Ficner, Konrad Pieszko, Błażej Makowski, Jarosław Hiczkiewicz, Paweł Burchardt

“…In those who improved (group 2) or with worsened cognitive function (group 3), analogous changes in attention function occurred. …”
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Assessing pathogenicity of mismatch repair variants of uncertain significance by molecular tumor analysis by Anne-Sophie van der Werf't Lam, Noah C. Helderman, Arnoud Boot, Diantha Terlouw, Hans Morreau, Hailian Mei, Rebecca E.E. Esveldt-van Lange, Inge M.M. Lakeman, Christi J. van Asperen, Emmelien Aten, Nandy Hofland, Pia A.M. de Koning Gans, Emily Rayner, Carli Tops, Niels de Wind, Tom van Wezel, Maartje Nielsen

“…Functional analyses are the main method to classify mismatch repair (MMR) gene variants of uncertain significance (VUSs). …”
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CO40 | The co-inheritance of two ITGB3 variants exerting additive detrimental effects on platelets leads to variant Glanzmann thrombasthenia

“…The co-inheritance of two heterozygous αIIbβ3 gene variants with different impact on integrin function is a rare event whose final effect on platelet function is hardly predictable. …”
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The profile of disability grant applicants in Bishop Lavis, Cape Town by Thirumani Govender, Gubela Mji

“…Most applicants had a chronic medical condition and reported functional restrictions but only received a temporary grant. …”
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Coronavirus pandemic as a reason for limitation of human rights and freedoms by G. A. Vasilevich, I. Yu. Ostapovich, E. G. Kalinina

“…The authors have applied the functional method to research the main areas for ensuring a reasonable balance of private (individual) and public interests.The main results, scope of application. …”
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Modelling the Triaxial Compression Behavior of Loess Using the Disturbed State Concept by Yali Xu, Panpan Guo, Yixian Wang, Cheng-Wei Zhu, Kang Cheng, Gang Lei

“…A research into the evolution laws of the disturbing function was also conducted, followed by the construction of a constitutive model for loess soil as well as the verification of the constitutive model with model test results. …”
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Early experiments with hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion of kidney grafts from extended criteria donors by A. V. Shabunin, M. G. Minina, P. V. Drozdov, I. V. Nesterenko, D. A. Makeev, O. S. Zhuravel, L. R. Karapetyan, S. A. Astapovich

“…Postoperative complications with delayed graft function were diagnosed in 12 patients, which was 22.6% (12/53), with immediate function in 13 patients, which was 8.8% (13/147). …”
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From social contradiction to social competition as the basic legal regime (mode) of statehood (Part I) by A. V. Butakov

“…There is a danger of an existential rup- ture between the three most important social institutions of human civilization: property, competition, and the state.Society, constituting the creation of the state as artificial (reasonable) sufficiency, through the functioning of the structural organization of power has fixed the fundamental purpose of existence - property in the form of an integral structural platform of the main ways of its organization (private (individualized), mixed (corporate), general (collective)), assigning to each of them the execution of the corresponding social function.Conclusions. …”
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From social contradiction to social competition as the basic legal regime (mode) of statehood (Part II) by A. V. Butakov

“…There is a danger of an existential rupture between the three most important social institutions of human civilization: property, competition, and the state.Society, constituting the creation of the state as artificial (reasonable) sufficiency, through the functioning of the structural organization of power has fixed the fundamental purpose of existence - property in the form of an integral structural platform of the main ways of its organization (private (individualized), mixed (corporate), general (collective)), assigning to each of them the execution of the corresponding social function.Conclusions. …”
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GR management as an ESG transformation driver: Evidence from Russian companies by Victoria V. Savelieva, Anna S. Veselova

“…At the same time, cross-functional interaction between GR and other divisions of the firm enhances the effectiveness of its ESG practices. …”
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The role of the thymus in allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation by W Krenger, GA Holländer

“…However, in the context of the reconstruction of immunity, the generation of naïve T cells constitutes a slow process, and requires a functionally competent thymus. …”
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