A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from western Yunnan, China by Hongxin Zhou, Xiaohan Wang, Liangwei Cui, Dongru Zhang, Ziqi Shen, Xiuyan Li, Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao

“…The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by a significant genetic divergence of greater than 4.8% in the mitochondrial ND2 gene and a combination of the following characters: maximum SVL of 38.5 mm; 10 or 11 chin scales; enlarged postmentals; 6 circumnasal scales; 2 or 3 internasal scales; 8 or 9 supralabial scales; 8 or 9 infralabial scales; 15 or 16 dorsal scales; 9 ventral scales; a manual lamellar formula of 3-4-4-4 and a pedal lamellar formula of 3(4)-4-4-4; 26–28 precloacal and femoral pore-bearing scales contiguous in males; 1–3 cloacal spur on each side; a dark postorbital stripe extending to at least base of neck; dorsolateral light–colored spots on trunk present; dark ventrolateral stripe on trunk present; dark dorsal transverse blotches present; and a dark and brown postsacral mark bearing anteriorly projecting arms.…”
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Secretoglobin Superfamily Protein SCGB3A2 Deficiency Potentiates Ovalbumin-Induced Allergic Pulmonary Inflammation by Taketomo Kido, Mitsuhiro Yoneda, Yan Cai, Tsutomu Matsubara, Jerrold M. Ward, Shioko Kimura

“…In ovalbumin- (OVA-) induced airway allergy inflammation model, Scgb3a2−/− mice in mixed background showed a decreased OVA-induced airway inflammation, while six times C57BL/6NCr backcrossed congenic Scgb3a2−/− mice showed a slight exacerbation of OVA-induced airway inflammation as compared to wild-type littermates. …”
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An Overview: PAH and Nitro-PAH Emission from the Stationary Sources and their Transformations in the Atmosphere by Yen-Yi Lee, Yen-Kung Hsieh, Bo-Wun Huang, Justus Kavita Mutuku, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien, Shiwei Huang

“…Formation processes, gas-particle partitioning, and indicative congeners are mentioned. The role of APCDS in controlling PAHs and nitro-PAHs and their fate in the environment are highlighted. …”
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Comercio electrónico. Una revisión desde la Unión internacional de Telecomunicaciones by Gladys S. Rodríguez

“…Se concluye que el trabajo de la UIT-ONU, en materia de comercio electrónico en pa(ses subdesarrollados, ha sido asertivo, mas son sólo recomendaciones y declaraciones sin ningún tipo de obligatoriedad…”
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Retropharyngeal Calcific Tendonitis Mimics a Retropharyngeal Abscess by Natasha Pollak, Sonya Wexler

“…Retropharyngeal calcific tendonitis presents with neck pain, limitation of neck range of motion and includes inflammation, calcifications, and a sterile effusion within the longus colli muscle. Treatment is medical with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications. …”
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A new species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Truong Son Mountain Range, Vietnam by Hai Ngoc Ngo, Linh Tu Hoang Le, Tao Thien Nguyen, Tuan Minh Nguyen, Ngan Thi Nguyen, Tien Quang Phan, Truong Quang Nguyen, Thomas Ziegler, Dang Trong Do

“…Acanthosaura cuongi sp. nov. differs from its congeners by a combination of the following diagnostic characteristics: size moderate (snout-vent length: 79.4–104.61 mm); the absence of a diastema between the short nuchal and dorsal crest spines; vertebral crests composed of two rows of enlarged, keeled, pointed scales, arranged in a zipper line; various body coloration with light-green, orange-yellow, and light or purple-gray; black eye patch extending posteriorly to the anterior edge of tympanum. …”
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Evaluación de la autoestima en una población de adultos mayores by William Morales-Caseres, Lazaro Ernesto Horta Martínez, Melissa Sorá-Rodriguez, Ricardo Izquierdo-Medina

“…El antecedente patológico personal más frecuente fue la hipertensión arterial; se observó predominio del nivel medio de autoestima (n= 38; 64,4 %) y ningún paciente con baja autoestima (n= 0). Conclusiones: El nivel de autoestima predominante en adultos mayores es medio. …”
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Atmospheric Deposition: Sampling Procedures, Analytical Methods, and Main Recent Findings from the Scientific Literature by M. Amodio, S. Catino, P. R. Dambruoso, G. de Gennaro, A. Di Gilio, P. Giungato, E. Laiola, A. Marzocca, A. Mazzone, A. Sardaro, M. Tutino

“…Deposition fluxes of POPs showed spatial and seasonal variations, diagnostic ratios of PAHs on deposited particles, allowed the discrimination between pyrolytic or petrogenic sources. Congener pattern analysis and bulk deposition fluxes in rural sites confirmed long-range atmospheric transport of PCDDs/Fs. …”
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Los jóvenes durante el frente nacional. Rock y política en Colombia en la década del sesenta by HERNANDO CEPEDA SÁNCHEZ

“…De alguna manera, la coyuntura del Frente Nacional no iba en contravía del proyecto modernizador y no se observó ningún choque relevante entre las políticas culturales del gobierno y los productores de rock. …”
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Hologenomic data generation and analysis in wild vertebrates by Carlotta Pietroni, Nanna Gaun, Aoife Leonard, Jonas Lauritsen, Garazi Martin‐Bideguren, Iñaki Odriozola, Ostaizka Aizpurua, Antton Alberdi, Raphael Eisenhofer

“…Comparisons across taxa and sample types provide novel insights into the relationships between laboratory quality metrics and derived data, the variation of host, prokaryotic and non‐prokaryotic fractions of shotgun data, and the relationship between data quality and quantity with genome and metagenome reconstruction. …”
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Los murciélagos y la COVID-19, una injusta historia by Jorge Galindo-González, Rodrigo A. Medellín

“…No se ha encontrado el SARS-CoV-2 en ningún murciélago: el contagio de la COVID-19 es entre humanos; 70% de las enfermedades zoonóticas, como el SARS o el MERS, proviene de animales silvestres comercializados ilegalmente, por lo que es necesario eliminar la venta ilegal en mercados insalubres que representan un foco de contagios y proliferación de enfermedades infecciosas emergentes. …”
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Bifidobacterium adolescentis-derived nicotinic acid improves host skeletal muscle mitochondrial function to ameliorate sarcopenia by Zeng Zhang, Quan Guo, Zhihan Yang, Yukai Sun, Shuaiming Jiang, Yangli He, Jiahe Li, Jiachao Zhang

“…While the connection between the gut microbiome and muscle health is recognized, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. In this study, shotgun metagenomics revealed that Bifidobacterium adolescentis is notably depleted in individuals with sarcopenia, correlating with reduced muscle mass and function. …”
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Deep sequencing-derived Metagenome Assembled Genomes from the gut microbiome of liver transplant patients by Goutam Banerjee, Suraya Rahman Papri, Hai Huang, Sanjaya Kumar Satapathy, Pratik Banerjee

“…However, there is a lack of comprehensive gut microbiome shotgun sequence data for patients experiencing MASLD recurrence after LT. …”
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Viral Hepatitis B and Its Implications for Public Health in DR Congo: A Systematic Review by Marcellin Mengouo Nimpa, Hermès Karemere, Christian Ngandu, Franck-Fortune Mboussou, M. Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Dalau Nkamba, André Bita Fouda, Bienvenu Nguejio, Sifa Kakozi, Aimé Mwana-Wabene Cikomola, Jean-Crispin Mukendi, Dieudonné Mwamba, Moise Désiré Yapi, Richard Bahizire Riziki, Cedric Mwanga, John Otomba, Jean Baptiste Nikiema, Boureima Hama Sambo, Daniel Katuashi Ishoso

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Role of Opioid Ligands in the Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Enrico Corazziari

“…Themureceptor agonists – morphine and, to a greater extent, the meperidine congeners diphenoxylate and loperamide – have been shown to slow gastrointestinal transit by their effects on the circular and longitudinal muscle of the intestine. …”
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El matrimonio canónico en la era digital. by Francisco Carrasco Cuadros

“…Los hombres y las mujeres de este tiempo que pueden plantearse contraer matrimonio canónico, viven en esta cultura en la que no tiene ningún sentido establecer  una relación interpersonal fiel y para siempre. …”
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Cartografías de la intimidad en la Colombia de la década de 1960 by Maribel Florián Buitrago

“…A partir del análisis de una serie de fuentes prescriptivas provenientes de distintos saberes, propongo que estas orientaciones no funcionaron de manera autónoma o sin ningún tipo de transacción entre ellas. Al parecer, el asunto de las relaciones amorosas y sexuales, necesitó para su organización de ciertas negociaciones entre los distintos saberes. …”
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TRANSICIONES HACIA UNA SOCIEDAD IGUALITARIA: EL CUIDADO DE LA VIDA EN EL CENTRO DE LA POLÍTICA by Anabella Di Tullio

“…Esta perspectiva nos confronta al hecho de que ningún ser es completamente independiente. Nos obliga a asumir que todas las personas estamos atravesadas por la condición de vulnerabilidad y que somos, en diversos grados a lo largo de nuestras vidas y de nuestros contextos particulares, seres (inter)dependientes. …”
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Hybridized Extreme Learning Machine Model with Salp Swarm Algorithm: A Novel Predictive Model for Hydrological Application by Zaher Mundher Yaseen, Hossam Faris, Nadhir Al-Ansari

“…The classical ELM training algorithm is based on a nontuned and random procedure that might not be efficient in convergence of excellent performance or possible entrapment in the local minima problem. …”
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¿Qué es un déficit lingüístico? by Montserrat Veyrat Rigat

“…Por otra parte, el lenguaje le confiere al mismo tiempo la capacidad para liberarse y ser creativo, como se patentiza en la creación poética, metafórica, Irónica . sin que ello suponga en ningun caso anomalía en su conducta, lingüística o de otro tipo. …”
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