Addition of Vitamin C on Diet to Improve Immunity on Tiger Grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus to Infection Viral Nervous Necrosis by F. Johnny, K. Mahardika, I.N.A. Giri, D. Roza

“…Each tank is equipped with flow-through water system and aeration.  Experimental diets were formulated to have the same nutrients content except of vitamin C stable form (L-ascorbyl-2-Phosphate-Magnesium) with different dose, that is 0; 300; 600; 1.200 mg/kg diet was added to each formula.  …”
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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

“…Tumor, blood, liver, and spleen were analyzed by flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry. Results: Humanized NOG-EXL mice demonstrated earlier and higher levels of human chimerism compared to humanized NOG mice (82.1% vs. 43.8%, p <0.0001) with a greater proportion of human monocytes (3.2% vs. 1.1%, p = 0.001) and neutrophils (0.8% vs. 0.3%, p = 0.02) in circulation. …”
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Treatment of pancreatic cancer with irreversible electroporation and intratumoral CD40 antibody stimulates systemic immune responses that inhibit liver metastasis in an orthotopic... by Partha Ray, Tomoko Hayashi, Karen Messer, Stephen Schoenberger, Aaron Miller, Dennis Carson, Sara McArdle, Zbigniew Mikulski, Jayanth S Shankara Narayanan, Suna Erdem, Herve Tiriac, Minya Pu, Rebekah R White

“…Metastatic disease and immune infiltration in the liver were analyzed 14 days postprocedure using flow cytometry and multiplex immunofluorescence imaging with spatial analysis. …”
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Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species trigger metformin-dependent antitumor immunity via activation of Nrf2/mTORC1/p62 axis in tumor-infiltrating CD8T lymphocytes by Kazuhiro Kakimi, Hirokazu Matsushita, Masaaki Komatsu, Eiryo Kawakami, Mikako Nishida, Nahoko Yamashita, Taisaku Ogawa, Keita Koseki, Eiji Warabi, Tomoyuki Ohue, Katsuyuki Shiroguchi, Heiichiro Udono

“…Expressions of glucose transporter (Glut)-1, mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS), interferon (IFN)-γ, Ki67, autophagy markers, activation markers for NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), and mammalian target of rapamaycin complex 1 (mTORC1) in CD8+ tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes (CD8TILs) were examined by flow cytometry analysis. In addition, conditional knockout mice for Nrf2 and p62 were used to detect these markers, together with the monitoring of in vivo tumor growth. …”
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Reflexive Methods of Knowledge in Educational Activities: Phenomenological Hermeneutics by T. N. Korneenko

“…Today, lifelong learning and self-education individual skills are of paramount importance for each representative of the society in relation to the world trends of a post-industrial era: economic domination in the innovative sector, progressive increase of intensity of information flows and rates of distribution of high technologies, rapid development of science and industry of knowledge, quickly changing and becoming tougher requirements to professionalism, qualification and creativity of experts irrespective of the sphere of employment. …”
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Production of Biogas from Bio-Degradable Municipal Solid Waste – A Way of Resource Recovery. by Atatiru, Faiza

“…During the design, the following results were arrived at considering an average of 5 persons per family each having a solid waste generation rate of 0.2kg/person/day in Uganda: flow rate of 0.003m3, reactor volume of 0.09m3, TS of 0.2kg of dry matter, VS of 1.78kgVs/m3 and OLR of 0.059 kg Vs.…”
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Modelling and Analysis of Bioretention Systems for Removal of Stormwater Pollutants by Nuwagaba, Emmanuel, Abdulkadir, Taofeeq Sholagberu, Agwe, Michael Tobby, Philip, Tibenderana, Ako, Terseer, Moses N., Twesigye-omwe

“…Storm water transports eroded soil, animal wastes, litter, salts, pesticides, fertilizers, oil and grease and other potential pollutants which flows directly into the streams and rivers. This damages the stream water quality and thereby causing a decline in aquatic biota. …”
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[Artículo traducido] Análisis retrospectivo de supervivencia del uso de vástagos modulares cónicos no cementados para la revisión en fracturas periprotésicas tipo B de Vancouver. ¿... by J. Lixa, P. Vieira, P. Pereira, A. Pinho, M. Seara, A. Sousa, L. Vieira

“…At least one episode of instability occurred in 26.3% of patients and 60% of these patients had a femoral head size 32 mm or lower. At least one episode of instability occurred in 71.4% of patients with a greater trochanter fracture (p = 0.008). …”
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Optimization and evaluation of precision distribution of loaned instruments and implants for orthopedic surgery (骨科外来器械及植入物精准配送的流程优化与效果评价)... by XIA Yesong (夏叶松), ZOU Xiufang (邹秀芳), FU Chaojuan (付朝娟)

“…Results The averaged time cost in checking loaned surgical instruments in the observation group was (283. 70±24. 55) s, which was lower than (732. 06±43. 06) s in the control group (P＜0. 05). …”
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Comparison on the effect of different dressings on poor wound healing after surgery via posterior midline approach (不同敷料对后正中手术入路切口愈合不良的影响差异研究)... by ZHANG Tingting (张婷婷), ZHANG Hongyang (张宏扬), ZHU Ruifang (朱瑞芳)

“…The number of dressing changes in the intervention group was significantly lower than that in the control group ［(2. 13±0. 99) vs. (3. 05±0. 85)］, with a statistically significant difference (P＜0. 05). …”
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Growth, physical, and cognitive function in children who are born HIV-free: School-age follow-up of a cluster-randomised trial in rural Zimbabwe. by Joe D Piper, Clever Mazhanga, Marian Mwapaura, Gloria Mapako, Idah Mapurisa, Tsitsi Mashedze, Eunice Munyama, Maria Kuona, Thombizodwa Mashiri, Kundai Sibanda, Dzidzai Matemavi, Monica Tichagwa, Soneni Nyoni, Asinje Saidi, Manasa Mangwende, Dzivaidzo Chidhanguro, Eddington Mpofu, Joice Tome, Gabriel Mbewe, Batsirai Mutasa, Bernard Chasekwa, Handrea Njovo, Chandiwana Nyachowe, Mary Muchekeza, Kuda Mutasa, Virginia Sauramba, Ceri Evans, Melissa J Gladstone, Jonathan C Wells, Elizabeth Allen, Melanie Smuk, Jean H Humphrey, Lisa F Langhaug, Naume V Tavengwa, Robert Ntozini, Andrew J Prendergast

“…We found strong evidence that cognitive function was lower in CBHF compared to CHU across multiple domains. …”
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Retrospective survival analysis of the use of uncemented modular tapered stems for revision in periprosthetic Vancouver B-type fractures. Is instability a threat to survival? by J. Lixa, P. Vieira, P. Pereira, A. Pinho, M. Seara, A. Sousa, L. Vieira

“…At least one episode of instability occurred in 26.3% of patients and 60% of these patients had a femoral head size 32 mm or lower. At least one episode of instability occurred in 71.4% of patients with a greater trochanter fracture (p = 0.008). …”
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Dysplasie faciale chez les chimpanzés sauvages de Sebitoli, parc national de Kibale, Ouganda : approches éthologiques, ethnographiques et agronomiques by Régine Gross, Francis Gumisiriza, Bernard T Kiremire, Andrew Seguya, Sabrina Krief

“…Les analyses en cours des échantillons de sol, sédiments et maïs récoltés permettront d'évaluer l'exposition réelle des chimpanzés aux pesticides et plus largement, l'exposition de la population humaine et de la faune et flore du parc national.…”
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Performance evaluation of four cascade impactors for airborne ultrafine-particle (UFP) collection: the influence of particle type, concentration, mass, and chemical nature by E. Eckenberger, A. Mittereder, N. Gawlitta, N. Gawlitta, J. Schnelle-Kreis, J. Schnelle-Kreis, M. Sklorz, D. Brüggemann, R. Zimmermann, R. Zimmermann, A. C. Nölscher

“…However, concentrations were about 29 % higher when sampled with the PENS and 30 % lower when sampled with the 120R MOUDI-II, indicating a maximum disagreement of nearly 60 %.…”
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Temperatura de superficie en el Valle del Río Neuquén Utilizando Imágenes LANDSAT by Marisa Gloria Cogliati

“…Areas near Neuquén river show lower surface temperature in summer, while the southeastern areas presented surface temperature between 4oC and 5°C smaller, and the zones of greater slope in the northern area on the plateau presented surface temperature approximately 4°C. …”
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Protein digestibility and ammonia excretion in catfish Clarias gariepinus culture by Bambang Gunadi, Enang Harris, Eddy Supriyono, . Sukenda, Tatag Budiardi

“…Larger fish (size of 111.6 g) excreted ammonia at a rate of 0.008±0.003 mg TAN/g fish-weight/hour, which was lower than that of the smaller catfish (size of 40.6 g), i.e. 0.012±0.004 mg TAN/g fish-weight/hour.   …”
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Effectiveness of shared decision-making for glycaemic control among type 2 diabetes mellitus adult patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Edosa Tesfaye Geta, Dufera Rikitu Terefa, Wase Benti Hailu, Wolkite Olani, Emiru Merdassa, Markos Dessalegn, Miesa Gelchu, Dereje Chala Diriba

“…As a result, the pooled MD showed that the SDM significantly lowered HbA1c by 0.14% compared to the usual care (95% CI = [-0.26, -0.02], P = 0.02). …”
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Evaluation of Ecological Resilience of Agricultural Ecosystems in Razavi Khorasan Province: Comparison of Integrated and Non-Integrated Ecosystems by Pegah Naghipour, Alireza Koocheki, Mahdi Nasiri mahalati, Soroor Khorramdel

“…In general, the high score of the components of biodiversity, ecosystem services, adaptive capacity, as well as the low level of intensification in small to medium scale integrated crop-livestock systems resulted to more resilient households while large scale single enterprise households had lower resilience despite their higher assets.ConclusionResilience is fundamental bases of sustainability and it refers to the ability of systems to return to its initial state after facing environmental tensions. …”
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Impact of antiviral prophylaxis on EBV viremia and posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders in solid organ transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Marjan Moghadamnia, Khadijeh Delroba, Shima Heidari, Zahra Rezaie, Simin Dashti-Khavidaki

“…The rate of PTLD was significantly lower among those who received antiviral prophylaxis compared to those who did not, as reported in 18 studies (RR 0.77, 95% CI 0.63 to 0.94). …”
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Mechanism of Inflammation Regulation of α7nAChR in Spleen and Spinal Dorsal Horn of Mice with Paclitaxel-induced Neuropathic Pain by Electroacupuncture on Zusanli Acupoint by PANG Lina, LAN Yanyan, WANG Zhifu, CHEN Xiaomei, YU Xiangmei

“…RT-qPCR and ELISA were used to detect the mRNA and protein expression of TNF-α in spleen and spinal dorsal horn of mice on day 14.Results1) Behavioral test: There was no significant difference in PWT and PWL before the model was established in the five groups (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05); PWT and PWL in the model group were significantly lower than those in the control group at day 7 and 14 (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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