Modulation of the high concentration viscosity of IgG1 antibodies using clinically validated Fc mutations by Joel Heisler, Daniel Kovner, Saeed Izadi, Jonathan Zarzar, Paul J. Carter

“…This study demonstrates that high viscosity of some IgG1 antibodies can be mitigated by Fc mutations, and thereby offers an additional tool to help design future antibody therapeutics potentially suitable for subcutaneous delivery.…”
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La geografía local del narcomenudeo: patrones, procesos y recomendaciones de política urbana by Carlos J. Vilalta Perdomo

“…Se examinan los patrones y procesos geográficos del narcomenudeo y se ofrecen elementos para una discusión preliminar sobre las recomendaciones de política y las estrategias territoriales para lograr su efectiva erradicación. …”
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The Dumbarton Oaks Tlazolteotl: looking beneath the surface by Jane MacLaren Walsh

“…They have consistently posed problems for researchers due to anomalies of theme, material, size, technical virtuosity and iconography. This paper offers a historical and scientific approach to objectively determining the authenticity of unprovenienced pre-Columbian artifacts. …”
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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19, clinical characteristics: A multi-center observational study from Jordan by Marwan Shalabi, Salam Ghanem, Iyad Al-Ammouri, Amirah Daher, Enas Al-zayadneh, Alaa Alsmadi, Mais Ayyoub, Samah Abughanam, Mariam Jabr, Montaha Al-Iede

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Minimal-Sensing, Passive Force Identification Techniques for a Composite Structural Missile Component by Nick Stites, Jonathan White, Douglas E. Adams, Matt Triplett

“…Structural health monitoring systems are often limited to the use of one sensor due to cost, complexity, and weight restrictions. …”
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Macroscopic perspective on phase transition behavior of natural single-crystal graphite under different pressure environments by Xiaoshuang Yin, Songyang Li, Lijuan Wang, Peiyuan Liu, Zhihai Cheng, Huiyang Gou, Liuxiang Yang

“…Despite considerable experimental and theoretical progress, current experimental studies have mainly focused on the local microstructural characterizations of recovered samples, which has certain limitations for high-temperature and high-pressure products, which often exhibit diversity. Here, we report on the pressure-induced phase transition behavior of natural single-crystal graphite under three distinct pressure-transmitting media from a macroscopic perspective using in situ two-dimensional Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. …”
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An Algorithm for Global Optimization Inspired by Collective Animal Behavior by Erik Cuevas, Mauricio González, Daniel Zaldivar, Marco Pérez-Cisneros, Guillermo García

“…These collective behaviors are often advantageous to groups, allowing them to increase their harvesting efficiency, to follow better migration routes, to improve their aerodynamic, and to avoid predation. …”
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Pathfinding for Mobile Robot Navigation by Exerting the Quarter-Sweep Modified Accelerated Overrelaxation (QSMAOR) Iterative Approach via the Laplacian Operator by A’qilah A. Dahalan, Azali Saudi, Jumat Sulaiman

“…Mobile robots are often in a situation where they need to find a bump-free path or navigation in their environment from any starting to a specific target point. …”
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Biopolitics of the Zombie Corpses: Collectivity, Contagion, and Alterity by Onur Kartal

“…Rather than destroying the capitalist rationalization without offering any alternatives, zombie corpses enounce the birth of a new form of social life as analysed through Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. …”
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Potential plant proteins for functional food ingredients: Composition, utilization and its challenges by Paul Ndubuisi Anyiam, Suphat Phongthai, Lutz Grossmann, Young Hoon Jung, Samart Sai-Ut, Ekasit Onsaard, Saroat Rawdkuen

“…Further research and development of alternative plant-based proteins can diversify food offerings while promoting environmental and human health considerations.…”
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Alleviating symptoms of paediatric acute rhinosinusitis and acute otitis media with otorrhea using nasal-spraying Bacillus probiotics: a randomized controlled trial by Thanh Huu Khieu, Dung Phuong Le, Binh Thanh Nguyen, Binh Thanh Ngo, Hong Thi Chu, Duc Minh Truong, Hung Minh Nguyen, Anh Hoa Nguyen, Tung Dinh Pham, Anh Thi Van Nguyen

“…Abstract Acute rhinosinusitis (ARS) in children may be accompanied by acute otitis media (AOM) which is often associated with bacterial co-infections. These conditions are among the primary reasons that children visit hospitals and require antibiotic treatment. …”
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Xenophobia in South Africa by Zama Mthombeni

“…It seems that apartheid’s heritage, which produced the present-day South Africa in which these xenophobic events occur, is often overlooked when South Africans are characterised as xenophobic and in need of ubuntu salvation. …”
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Affective-Sexual Health Promotion in Early Childhood: Critical Review in The Context of Childcare and Education in Costa Rica by Milvia Rodríguez Sánchez, Laura Brenes Vásquez

“…Sexual-affective development is often addressed from a moralistic standpoint, advising for instance that the genitals should be named only  in the last levels of preschool and not when the other parts of the body are first named. …”
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ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND FIRM VALUE OF LISTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by M.L. SUBAIR, N.O. SALAU, O.A. OYENIYI, B.B. ANIFOWOSE

“… In recent times, firms’ neglect of their environmental and social responsibilities has become a matter of concern. Their activities are often aimed at making profit in line with the identified problem. …”
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L’accueil des laïcs dans les monastères (ve-ixe siècle), d’après les règles monastiques by Michèle Gaillard

“…The rules are more explicit and sometimes divergent concerning the general conditions how to receive laymen and how to organize an exchange between laymen and monks; they clearly distinguish visitors and postulants, and they often entrust the control of the two categories to the Ancients.…”
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Unexpected Smoking-Linked High MMP-9 in Induced Sputum of Hazardous Dust-Exposed Workers by Yehuda Lerman, Abraham Moscovich, Elizabeth Fireman

“…Thirty-nine factory employees (28 workers exposed to metal particles and 11 supposedly nonexposed office workers) underwent IS induction. Samples were processed by conventional methods within 2 hours. …”
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Selecting a Name for a 4-H Club by Marilyn N. Norman, Joy C. Jordan

“…A club name should reflect the purpose(s) of the club, and often relates to the project(s) the club participates in, the geographic area where members live, or where the club meets. …”
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TÜRKİYE’DE KAMU PERSONEL POLİTİKALARININ SÜREÇ MODELİ ÇERÇEVESİNDE ANALİZİ - AN ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC PERSONNEL POLICIES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF PROCESS MODEL IN TURKEY by Osman Kürşat Acar, Elvettin Akman

“…Cumhurbaşkanlığı Hükümet Sisteminde Cumhurbaşkanlığı Makamı altında “İnsan Kaynakları Ofisi”, İdari İşler Başkanlığına bağlı “Personel ve Prensipler Genel Müdürlüğü” ve “Strateji ve Bütçe Başkanlığı” kurulmuştur. …”
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Retained Barium in the Appendix Is Difficult to Distinguish from Surgical Remnants following Laparoscopic Surgery by Masakazu Sato, Minako Koizumi, Takahiro Hino, Yu Takahashi, Natsuki Nagashima, Nao Itaoka, Chiharu Ueshima, Maki Nakata, Yoko Hasumi

“…This iatrogenic complication should be avoided and is often prevented by routine X-ray analysis after surgical abdominal procedures. …”
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Kinship and Leprosy in the Contacts of Leprosy Patients: Cohort at the Souza Araújo Outpatient Clinic, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 1987–2010 by Daiane Santos dos Santos, Nadia Cristina Duppre, Anna Maria Sales, José Augusto da Costa Nery, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Mariana Andréa Hacker

“…In the prevalence analysis, close kinship (sibling OR = 2.75, offspring OR = 2.00, and other relatives OR = 1.70), socioeconomic factors, and the duration of exposure to the bacillus were associated to leprosy. …”
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