The Mustachioed Woman, or The Problem of Androgyny in Victoria Cross’ Six Chapters of a Man’s Life by Ana Raquel Rojas

“…The male narrator, Cecil, finds himself first attracted to and then frustrated by the ever-shifting gender identity of his female lover, Theodora, who secretly cross-dresses as a man, Theodore, so that they may travel together unmarried. …”
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‘Queer Reverence’: Aubrey Beardsley’s Venus and Tannhäuser by Nicole Fluhr

“…It recasts the legendary Christian bard who tries and fails to renounce pagan pleasures as a sexually adventurous dandy; visiting the underground realm of the exiled goddess Venus, he finds it equal parts Alice in Wonderland and My Secret Life, peopled by decadent courtiers who feast, gamble, and gambol together. …”
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« You don’t suspect me of doing anything wrong, do you ? » Peurs, soupçons et paranoïa dans The Woman in White de Wilkie Collins by Laurence Taleirach-Vielmas

“…In The Woman in White, mysterious, secretive and dangerous characters abound, from the ghostly virgin dressed in white who wanders at night and threatens to reveal secrets, to the Italian count and the British baronet who incarcerate the heroine under her half-sister’s name in a lunatic asylum in order to inherit her fortune. …”
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Exploring the Diversity of Some Microorganisms from Lake Al-Asfar, KSA: The Good, the Bad, and the Pathogenic by Fatimah Al Tammar, Nermin El Semary, Munirah F. Aldayel, Duaa Althumairy, Gowhara Alfayad

“…The identity of the heterotrophic bacterial partners, on the other hand, awaits investigation and is addressed in the present research. …”
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The transcendent space of transformation by Antonio Ochoa

“…She sees this as a way to access the primary impulses and desires that secretly move our conscious behavior. The importance of ambiguity is the possibility of contact with different states or spaces of being. …”
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CFO-CR: Carrier Frequency Offset Methodology for High-Rate Common Randomness Generation by Prashanth Kumar Herooru Sheshagiri, Martin Reisslein, Juan A. Cabrera, Frank H. P. Fitzek

“…Ideally, the random variables at the two locations should be identical, i.e., have low probability of discrepancy, and should have high entropy. …”
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The Sexual Behaviour of Chagas' Disease Vectors: Chemical Signals Mediating Communication between Male and Female Triatomine Bugs by Gabriel Manrique, Marcelo Lorenzo

“…Analyses of the MG secretions of several species resulted in the identification of numerous ketones, acetals, and alcohols. …”
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Functional analysis of conserved C. elegans bHLH family members uncovers lifespan control by a peptidergic hub neuron. by G Robert Aguilar, Berta Vidal, Hongzhu Ji, Joke Evenblij, Chien-Po Liao, Hongfei Ji, Giulio Valperga, Christopher Fang-Yen, Oliver Hobert

“…Strikingly, through null mutant analysis and cell-specific rescue experiments, we find that loss of hlh-15/NHLH in the peptidergic AVK neurons and the resulting abrogation of neuropeptide secretion from these neurons causes a substantially extended lifespan of the animal, which we propose to be akin to hypothalamic control of lifespan in vertebrates. …”
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A Nodulation-Proficient Nonrhizobial Inhabitant of Pueraria phaseoloides by W. M. M. Wedage, A. H. M. N. R. Aberathne, I. N. Harischandra, D. Gunawardana

“…The Sub1 bacterium showed biofilm formation and secreted into the extracellular medium, indole acetic acid. …”
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The Construction of Heterothallic Strains of <i>Komagataella kurtzmanii</i> Using the I-SceI Meganuclease by Daria D. Sokolova, Philipp I. Akentyev, Kristina O. Petrova, Lyudmila V. Lyutova, Aleksei A. Korzhenkov, Irek I. Gubaidullin, Stepan V. Toshchakov, Dmitry G. Kozlov

“…However, the ability of the Y-727-2(alpha)-derived producers to efficiently secrete recombinant β-galactosidase was unaffected by this genomic rearrangement.…”
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Comparative genomics of Botryosphaeria dothidea and B. kuwatsukai, causal agents of apple ring rot, reveals both species expansion of pathogenicity-related genes and variations in... by Bo Wang, Xiaofei Liang, Mark L. Gleason, Rong Zhang, Guangyu Sun

“…Pair-wise genome alignments revealed that the two species are highly syntenic (96.74 % average sequence identity). Both species encode a significant number of pathogenicity-related genes, e.g.carbohydrateactive enzymes (CAZYs), plant cell wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs), secondary metabolites (SMs) biosynthetic enzymes, cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYPs), and secreted peptidases, in comparison to all additional sequenced fungal species involved in various life-styles. …”
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Comparative genomics reveals low levels of inter- and intraspecies diversity in the causal agents of dwarf and common bunt of wheat and hint at conspecificity of Tilletia caries an... by Somayyeh Sedaghatjoo, Bagdevi Mishra, Monika K. Forster, Yvonne Becker, Jens Keilwagen, Berta Killermann, Marco Thines, Petr Karlovsky, Wolfgang Maier

“…We predicted nine highly identical secondary metabolite biosynthesis gene clusters comprising in total 62 genes in all species and none were species-specific. …”
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Preconditioning of Rat Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells with Toll-Like Receptor Agonists by Fabiana Evaristo-Mendonça, Gabriela Sardella-Silva, Tais Hanae Kasai-Brunswick, Raquel Maria Pereira Campos, Pablo Domizi, Marcelo Felippe Santiago, Ricardo Augusto de Melo Reis, Rosalia Mendez-Otero, Victor Túlio Ribeiro-Resende, Pedro Moreno Pimentel-Coelho

“…In conclusion, LPS preconditioning boosted the production of constitutively secreted factors by rBM-MSCs, without changing their mesenchymal identity, an effect that requires further investigation in exploratory preclinical studies.…”
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Salvia deserti Decne., an endemic and rare subshrub from Arabian desert: antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic effects of leaf hydroethanolic extracts by Arbi Guetat, Slimen Selmi, Abdelrhman T. Abdelwahab, Marwa A. Abdelfattah, Abd Ealrhman M. Elhaj, Roaa T. Mogharbel, M. J. A. Abualreish, Abdullah F. Alanazi, Karim Hosni, Naceur Mejri, Abdennacer Boulila

“…The presence of several phenolic compounds (derivatives of ferulic, coumaric, and caffeic acids, among other derivatives) could at least in part explain the obtained data and empower the use of S. deserti as a source of bioactive ingredients with antioxidant, antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic properties.DiscussionOur research has unveiled S. deserti as a source of potential to effectively manage diabetes and its associated dyslipidemia by improving antioxidant status, recovery of the liver and kidney functions and presumably by increasing insulin secretion and sensitivity of peripheral tissues to insulin.…”
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Characterization of the C5H11ORF96 gene in chickens: cloning, tissue distribution and investigation of its potential function in stress response regulation by Yiping Wan, Jiannan Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Jiliang He, Ningkun Shi, Yuanyou Li, Juan Li, Yajun Wang

“…To be in response to the varied stimulus, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is activated through the controlling of the synthesis and secretion of glucocorticoids (GCs). Present study characterized a novel gene C5H11ORF96, that demonstrated significant upregulation after the DEX injection in chicken, which simulates the stress stimulus. …”
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Decreased Interleukin-4 Release from the Neurons of the Locus Coeruleus in Response to Immobilization Stress by Hyun-ju Lee, Hyun-Jung Park, Angela Starkweather, Kyungeh An, Insop Shim

“…Glucocorticoid receptor (GR), TH, and IL-4-expressing cells were localized in identical neurons of the LC, indicating that hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal- (HPA-) axis and sympathetic-adrenal-medullary- (SAM-) axis might be involved in IL-4 secretion in the stress response. …”
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Mechanistic Framework for Establishment, Maintenance, and Alteration of Cell Polarity in Plants by Pankaj Dhonukshe

“…By residing at the distinct plasma membrane domains polar cargoes mark the identities of those domains, and execute localized functions. …”
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Visfatin/Nampt: An Adipokine with Cardiovascular Impact by Tania Romacho, Carlos F. Sánchez-Ferrer, Concepción Peiró

“…Visfatin/Nampt effects on cytokine and chemokine secretion, macrophage survival, leukocyte recruitment by endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle inflammation and plaque destabilization make of this adipokine an active factor in the development and progression of atherosclerosis. …”
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The Role of Potassium Phosphite in Enhancing the Activity of Defense Enzymes in Rice Infected by Sheath Blight by Milad Habibi Daronkolaei, Mohammad Ali Tajick Ghanbary, Valiollah Babaeizad, Heshmatollah Rahimian, Ali Dehestani

“…R. solani induces cell death in plants by secreting enzymes and toxins. Potassium phosphite inhibits cell death by enhancing the activity of antioxidant enzymes, such as CAT, PPO, and SOD, thereby impeding the progression of the fungus. …”
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