Travelling through a powder keg: War and Tourist Imaginary in Sarajevo by Patrick Naef

“…The aim of this article is to examine the influence of a recent conflict on the production of tourist imaginaries linked to a place, more precisely to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Both the city itself, as well as the whole Balkan region, have often been compared to a powder keg, notably in the media coverage of the conflict which set fire to the Balkans during the 1990s. …”
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The association between visceral fat metabolic score and stroke: mediation by declining kidney function by Yue Cao, Weixing Wen, Hao Zhang, Weiwen Li, Guolin Huang, Yuli Huang

“…Metabolic Score for Visceral Fat (METS-VF), a metric of visceral obesity, has emerged as a novel predictor of metabolic diseases. However, its association with stroke remains unclear. This study investigates the relationship between METS-VF and the risk of stroke, as well as the potential mediating role of kidney function. …”
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A thermodynamic bottleneck in the TCA cycle contributes to acetate overflow in Staphylococcus aureus by Nabia Shahreen, Jongsam Ahn, Adil Alsiyabi, Niaz Bahar Chowdhury, Dhananjay Shinde, Sujata S. Chaudhari, Kenneth W. Bayles, Vinai C. Thomas, Rajib Saha

“…Overall, our findings suggest that overflow metabolism offers S. aureus distinct bioenergetic advantages over a thermodynamically constrained TCA cycle, potentially supporting its commensal–pathogenic lifestyle.…”
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Researcb on New Internet Quality of Service Guarantee Tecbnology by Fei Meng, Julong Lan, Yuxiang Hu

“…In addition, wide-sense circuit and its deployment were introduced. Reconfigurable network architecture can adapt to future application development network and meet the compatible integration of evolution needs of existing network, with the characteristics of its adaptability to applications and functions scalability, providing a solution for the QoS guarantee of future network.…”
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Impaired Emotion Recognition after Left Hemispheric Stroke: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature by Hugo P. Aben, Yael D. Reijmer, Johanna M. A. Visser-Meily, Jacoba M. Spikman, Geert Jan Biessels, Paul L. M. de Kort, PROCRAS Study Group

“…The case is discussed in relation to the literature concerning emotion recognition and its neural correlates. Our case supports the notion that emotion recognition, including fear recognition, is regulated by a network of interconnected brain regions located in both hemispheres. …”
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Gender and experiences of retaliation by Kely César Martins de Paiva, Hélio Arthur Reis Irigaray, Mariana Branquinho Macedo, Jesuína Maria Pereira Ferreira, Gizelle Souza Mageste, Michelle Regina Santana Dutra

“…Given the idiosyncrasies of call center work, its impact on the lives of employees and their possible reactions, we analyzed what forms of retaliation can occur in such an environment by considering gender. …”
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Community pharmacist-and psychologist-led program of neuropsychological screening in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey by Nicola Luigi BRAGAZZI, Fiorella PALOMBO-FERRETTI, Rocco CARBONE, Tania Simona RE, "Pharmacists- and Psychologists in community pharmacies-led Psychological Screening for Cognitive issues in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic" (PsyChOVID) WORKING GROUP

“…Aim: To assess the impact of a pharmacist-based cognitive memory screening service delivered in community pharmacy practice in Italy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Diabetes and gut microbiome by Kateřina Olša Fliegerová, Tiziana Maria Mahayri, Tiziana Maria Mahayri, Hana Sechovcová, Hana Sechovcová, Chahrazed Mekadim, Jakub Mrázek, Radka Jarošíková, Radka Jarošíková, Michal Dubský, Vladimíra Fejfarová, Vladimíra Fejfarová

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Neuropeptides and Control of Food Intake by Paolo de Girolamo, Carlos Dieguez

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The Characteristic and Short-Term Prognosis of Tinnitus Associated with Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss by Xiaoqiong Ding, Xiaoli Zhang, Zhichun Huang, Xu Feng

“…Tinnitus is believed to result from the maladaptive plasticity of the auditory nervous system; reports regarding its severity and prognosis are conflicting. We evaluated the characteristic and short-term prognosis of tinnitus associated with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). …”
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Trends in the applications of terahertz radiation in oral oncology treatments by Marwan Al-Raeei

“…By examining the principles of terahertz radiation and its effects on dental tumors, we aim to offer valuable insights that could transform the treatment of these conditions in the future. …”
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Long-term hypoxic atmosphere enhances the stemness, immunoregulatory functions, and therapeutic application of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells by Qi-Ming Huang, You-Qiong Zhuo, Zhong-Xin Duan, Yin-lin Long, Jia-Nan Wang, Zhou-hang Zhang, Shao-Yong Fan, Yong-Ming Huang, Ke-Yu Deng, Hong-Bo Xin

“…However, the impact of hypoxia on MSCs has not been deeply studied, especially its translational application. Methods: In the present study, we investigated the characterizations of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) in hypoxic (1%) and normoxic (21%) atmospheres with a long-term culture from primary to 30 generations, respectively. …”
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The N17 domain of huntingtin as a multifaceted player in Huntington’s disease by Hyunju Cho

“…The first 17 amino acids of the N-terminus of Httex1 (N17 domain) immediately preceding the polyQ repeat domain are evolutionarily conserved across vertebrates and play multifaceted roles in the pathogenesis of HD. Due to its amphipathic helical properties, the N17 domain, both alone and when membrane-associated, promotes mHttEx1 aggregation. …”
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Some Applications of Supra Preopen Sets by M. E. El-Shafei, A. H. Zakari, T. M. Al-shami

“…Then, we introduce a concept of supra prehomeomorphism maps and discuss its main properties. After that we explore the concepts of supra limit and supra boundary points of a set with respect to supra preopen sets and examine their behaviours on the spaces that possess the difference property. …”
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Flaxseed Ingestion Alters Ratio of Enterolactone Enantiomers in Human Serum by Niina M. Saarinen, Annika I. Smeds, José L. Peñalvo, Tarja Nurmi, Herman Adlercreutz, Sari Mäkelä

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Dynamic Task Distribution Model for On-Chip Reconfigurable High Speed Computing System by Mahendra Vucha, Arvind Rajawat

“…In this paper, we have described the DTD-MLF model and verified its effectiveness by distributing some of real life benchmark applications onto RHSCS configured on Virtex-5 FPGA device. …”
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Silver economy – a reply to challenges of population aging by Boris Cizelj

“…Society aging is among the biggest challenges of the century, and it is amazing that we are still not fully aware of its dimensions and implications. Actually, the very concept of “elderly” has changed, and the demographic pyramid has turned around the first time in history:  there are more people above 60 years than youngsters below 20 years.  …”
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Solitary Plasmacytoma of the Mesentery: A Systematic Clinician’s Diagnosis by Georgia Mitropoulou, Adamantia Zizi-Sermpetzoglou, Hippokrates Moschouris, Athanasios Kountourogiannis, Despoina Myoteri, Dionysios Dellaportas

“…Plasmacytoma is an uncommon plasma cell neoplasm and its localized form is solitary plasmacytoma of the bone and solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma. …”
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Development of a Zero-Cement Binder Using Slag, Fly Ash, and Rice Husk Ash with Chemical Activator by M. R. Karim, M. F. M. Zain, M. Jamil, F. C. Lai

“…NaOH, Ca(OH)2, and KOH were used in varying weights and molar concentrations. Z-Cem was tested for its consistency, setting time, flow, compressive strength, XRD, SEM, and FTIR. …”
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Flexible and cost-effective deep learning for accelerated multi-parametric relaxometry using phase-cycled bSSFP by Florian Birk, Lucas Mahler, Julius Steiglechner, Qi Wang, Klaus Scheffler, Rahel Heule

“…In this study, feed-forward deep neural network (DNN)- and iterative fitting-based frameworks are compared for multi-parametric (MP) relaxometry based on phase-cycled balanced steady-state free precession (pc-bSSFP) imaging. …”
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