Non-lethal sonodynamic therapy mitigates hypertensive renal fibrosis through the PI3K/AKT/mTORC1-autophagy pathway by DanDan Liu, Hui Wang, Jialong Li, Siqi Sheng, Shu Wang, Ye Tian

“…We obtained the following results via animal and cellular research. In vivo, (1) The collagen area of renal tissue was increased significantly in Ang II group (50.6%). …”
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La flore sauvage du boulevard Dr Henri-Henrot à Reims/Durocortorum : approche carpologique de l’environnement du site et des productions de denrées végétales by Véronique Matterne, Clémence Pagnoux

“…Human intervention on the prairies would therefore have remained limited. There is little evidence of controlled burning of grasslands and even less indication of artificial grasslands. …”
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Human GM-CSF/IL-3 enhance tumor immune infiltration in humanized HCC patient-derived xenografts by Kelley Weinfurtner, David Tischfield, George McClung, Jennifer Crainic, John Gordan, Jing Jiao, Emma E. Furth, Wuyan Li, Erena Tuzneen Supan, Gregory J. Nadolski, Stephen J. Hunt, David E. Kaplan, Terence P.F. Gade

“…“Humanized” mice represent promising models to address this deficiency but are limited by variable chimerism and underdeveloped myeloid compartments. …”
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Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…[iv] Recent advances using gene modification and improved immunosuppression in single-patient attempts to transplant porcine organs into brain-dead human recipients have presented more realistic human-environment models; however, these modified xenografts have still functioned only for very short durations.[v] The limited bioethics discourse on xenotransplantation centers primarily on the ethical use of high-order animals and the risks of zoonotic infectious disease spread.…”
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CompSafeNano project: NanoInformatics approaches for safe-by-design nanomaterials by Dimitrios Zouraris, Angelos Mavrogiorgis, Andreas Tsoumanis, Laura Aliisa Saarimäki, Giusy del Giudice, Antonio Federico, Angela Serra, Dario Greco, Ian Rouse, Julia Subbotina, Vladimir Lobaskin, Karolina Jagiello, Krzesimir Ciura, Beata Judzinska, Alicja Mikolajczyk, Anita Sosnowska, Tomasz Puzyn, Mary Gulumian, Victor Wepener, Diego S.T. Martinez, Romana Petry, Naouale El Yamani, Elise Rundén-Pran, Sivakumar Murugadoss, Sergey Shaposhnikov, Vasileios Minadakis, Periklis Tsiros, Harry Sarimveis, Eleonora Marta Longhin, Tanima SenGupta, Ann-Karin Hardie Olsen, Viera Skakalova, Peter Hutar, Maria Dusinska, Anastasios G. Papadiamantis, L. Cristiana Gheorghe, Katie Reilly, Emilie Brun, Sami Ullah, Sebastien Cambier, Tommaso Serchi, Kaido Tämm, Candida Lorusso, Francesco Dondero, Evangelos Melagrakis, Muhammad Moazam Fraz, Georgia Melagraki, Iseult Lynch, Antreas Afantitis

“…Significant progress has been made in generating atomistic and quantum-mechanical descriptors for various NMs, evaluating their interactions with biological systems (from small molecules or metabolites, to proteins, cells, organisms, animals, humans and ecosystems), and in developing predictive models for NMs risk assessment. …”
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A novel non-invasive murine model for rapidly testing drug activity via inhalation administration against Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Xirong Tian, Xirong Tian, Xirong Tian, Xirong Tian, Yamin Gao, Yamin Gao, Yamin Gao, Yamin Gao, Chunyu Li, Chunyu Li, Chunyu Li, Chunyu Li, Wanli Ma, Wanli Ma, Wanli Ma, Wanli Ma, Jingran Zhang, Jingran Zhang, Jingran Zhang, Jingran Zhang, Yanan Ju, Yanan Ju, Yanan Ju, Yanan Ju, Jie Ding, Jie Ding, Jie Ding, Jie Ding, Sanshan Zeng, Sanshan Zeng, Sanshan Zeng, Sanshan Zeng, H. M. Adnan Hameed, H. M. Adnan Hameed, H. M. Adnan Hameed, H. M. Adnan Hameed, Htin Lin Aung, Htin Lin Aung, Htin Lin Aung, Nanshan Zhong, Gregory M. Cook, Gregory M. Cook, Gregory M. Cook, Gregory M. Cook, Jinxing Hu, Jinxing Hu, Tianyu Zhang, Tianyu Zhang, Tianyu Zhang, Tianyu Zhang, Tianyu Zhang

“…The efficacy of many compounds against Mycobacterium tuberculosis is often limited when administered via conventional oral or injection routes due to suboptimal pharmacokinetic characteristics. …”
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Villa d’époque romaine et habitat médiéval à Mont-Saint-Jean (Sarthe) : bilan des recherches 2008-2020 by Florian Sarreste, Paul-André Besombes, Phaedra Bouvet, Chloé Genies, Étienne Jaffrot, Florian Jedrusiak, Thomas Jubeau, Anthony Ledauphin, Annaïg Le Martret, Christophe Loiseau, Hugo Meunier, Aurore Noël, Sandrine Paradis-Grenouillet, Boris Robin

“…This settlement was excavated during the summer of 1844 and again in 1873. Knowledge of it was limited to brief accounts of these efforts carried out during the second half of the 19th century. …”
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The Bioethics-CSR Divide by Caio Caesar Dib

“…Despite stemming from similar agendas, bioethics’ orientation towards the private sphere resulted in a limited perspective on the broader implications of its decisions. …”
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GLOBAL ANTHRAX EPIZOOTOLOGY. 3. THE INDEX OF NIDALITY by V. V. Makarov, N. Ya. Makhamat

“…A detailed statistical analysis of the number of animals being exposed in anthrax nidi globally, based on ProMED and WAHIS summarized data for 2007–2017, is given in the paper. 195 anthrax nidi/outbreaks with n = 12,423 animals (64 animal per outbreak in average) and the largest range of limits from min 1 to max 2600 were taken into consideration. …”
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Occurrence and diagnostic of intermittent shedding of Staphylococcus aureus in bovine mammary infection by Lena Mues, Nicole Kemper, Julia Anna Blumenberg

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Protecting Your Family and Pets from Rabies by Holly K. Ober

“…Ober, explains what rabies is and how it spreads, which animals can get rabies, the symptoms, how common it is, how you can limit its spread, and what to do after a wild animal bite. …”
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Protecting Your Family and Pets from Rabies by Holly K. Ober

“…Ober, explains what rabies is and how it spreads, which animals can get rabies, the symptoms, how common it is, how you can limit its spread, and what to do after a wild animal bite. …”
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Development of a reversed dispersive based graphene functionalized with multiwalled carbon nanotubes for detection of β2-agonists in pork by high-performance liquid chromatography by Ying-Wen Qian, Xia Hong, Cai-Xia Yuan, Xin-Kui Zhou, Hai-Ning He, Dong-Shuai Wang

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Abnormalities in mitochondrial energy metabolism induced by cryopreservation negatively affect goat sperm motility by Shengqin Zang, Shuqi Zou, Xiangyi Chen, Bo Pan, Ao Ning, Jianpeng Qin, Yaozong Wei, Kunlin Du, Jiangfeng Ye, Qiuxia Liang, Yi Fang, Qiongla, Cirenlamu, Tianzeng Song, Tianzeng Song, Guangbin Zhou

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From Dog Alterity to Canine Sublime: A Cross-Century Reading of Victorian Fiction by Georges Letissier

“…Reversing Monica Flegel’s stance in Pets and Domesticity in Victorian Literature and Culture. Animality, Queer Relations and the Victorian Family, in which pet animals are studied through their relationship with the family institution, this paper considers dogs through their radical otherness. …”
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Economic effects of livestock disease burden in Ethiopia: A computable general equilibrium analysis. by Amanda M Countryman, Taís C de Menezes, Dustin L Pendell, Jonathan Rushton, Thomas L Marsh

“…Ethiopia is one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa; however, much of the population still lives in extreme poverty, and most households depend on agriculture. Animal disease negatively affects domestic livestock production and limits growth potential across the domestic agricultural supply chain. …”
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Construction and efficacy of recombinant Newcastle disease virus co-expressing VP2 and VP3 proteins of very virulent infectious bursal disease virus by Tongfei Liu, Lin Lin, Yun Pan, Xiaoling Lin, Ming Liang, Guanming Shao, Keyu Feng, Yaxin Liu, Xinheng Zhang, Qingmei Xie

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Efficacy of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) Oil vis-a-vis Other Standard Drugs for Management of Gastric Ulceration and Erosions in Dogs by Richa Dogra, S. P. Tyagi, Amit Kumar

“…Animals of groups I, II, III, IV, and V were treated with oral administration of lansoprazole @ 1.5 mg/kg, sucralfate @ 1 g/animal, misoprostol @ 10 µg/kg, famotidine @ 1 mg/kg, and Seabuckthorn seed oil @ 5 mL/animal, twice a day, respectively. …”
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Ultrasonographic Imaging of Normal and Impacted Omasum in Indian Crossbred Cows by Sheikh Imran, S. P. Tyagi, Amit Kumar, Shivali Sharma

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A Label-Free Aptasensor for the Detection of Sulfaquinoxaline Using AuNPs and Aptamer in Water Environment by Zhaoyang Zhou, Xingyue Chen, Shuang Jiang, Zhuoer Chen, Sixian Wang, Yueyang Ren, Xiaodong Fan, Tao Le

“…Sulfaquinoxaline (SQX) is widely utilized in aquaculture and animal husbandry due to its broad antimicrobial spectrum and low cost. …”
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