A Personal Desktop Liquid-Metal Printer as a Pervasive Electronics Manufacturing Tool for Society in the Near Future by Jun Yang, Yang Yang, Zhizhu He, Bowei Chen, Jing Liu

“…This paper discusses important roles that the new machine may play for a group of emerging needs. The prospective future of this cutting-edge technology is outlined, along with a comparative interpretation of several historical printing methods. …”
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How osteogenic is dexamethasone?—effect of the corticosteroid on the osteogenesis, extracellular matrix, and secretion of osteoclastogenic factors of jaw periosteum-derived mesench... by Felix Umrath, Felix Umrath, Achim Pfeifer, Wanjing Cen, Marina Danalache, Siegmar Reinert, Dorothea Alexander, Andreas Naros

“…This allows the in vitro conditions to be much closer to the natural situation in vivo and enables us to compare osteogenic differentiation with and without dexa. …”
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Police Culture and Change: The Case Of Compstat In Police Organizations by Yusuf Yuksel

“…Most of the studies in this literature refer to the concept of culture due to the multidimensional role it is acknowledged to play in promoting, managing, or impeding planned organizational change efforts. …”
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Impact of Changing Stellar and Planetary Magnetic Fields on (Exo)planetary Environments and Atmospheric Mass Loss by Sakshi Gupta, Arnab Basak, Dibyendu Nandy

“…It is observed that the relative strengths of stellar and planetary magnetic fields play a significant role in determining the steady-state magnetospheric configuration and atmospheric erosion. …”
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GENOMIC ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND NON-TYPHOIDAL SALMONELLA CARRIAGE: SALMONELLA AGONA – THE BUG THAT WON'T GO AWAY by W. Lee, E. Waters, A. Ismail, G. Langridge, M. Chattaway

“…Agona has been associated with multiple outbreaks and is associated with shedding in pigs, sheep and gulls but little is known about potential carriage in humans or whether large-scale genomic rearrangements play a role in persistent infections. Methods: A review of 2,233 S. …”
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Patient’s Clinical User Experience in Gastroenterology by Eun Sun Kim

“…Improving of patient’s experience can help doctors draw closer to their patients and restore and strengthen public trust. …”
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Metabolic Connectome and Its Role in the Prediction, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Complex Diseases by Weiyu Meng, Hongxin Pan, Yuyang Sha, Xiaobing Zhai, Abao Xing, Sai Sachin Lingampelly, Srinivasa R. Sripathi, Yuefei Wang, Kefeng Li

“…Among these entities, metabolites are particularly significant as they exhibit a closer relationship to an organism’s phenotype compared to genes or proteins. …”
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Unraveling Honey Bee–<i>Varroa destructor</i> Interaction: Multiple Factors Involved in Differential Resistance between Two Uruguayan Populations by Yamandú Mendoza, Ivanna H. Tomasco, Karina Antúnez, Loreley Castelli, Belén Branchiccela, Estela Santos, Ciro Invernizzi

“…The obtained results show that the natural resistance of honey bees to <i>V. destructor</i> in Uruguay depends on several factors and that the genetic variants of both organisms can play a relevant role.…”
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The distinct roles of two intertidal foraminiferal species in phytodetrital carbon and nitrogen fluxes – results from laboratory feeding experiments by J. Wukovits, M. Oberrauch, A. J. Enge, P. Heinz

“…<p>Benthic foraminifera play a major role as primary consumers and detrivores redistributing organic carbon and nitrogen in intertidal environments. …”
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Is it possible to identify physical-motor profiles of preschool children on their association with selected biosocial factors? by Pedro Gil-Madrona, Luisa Losada-Puente, Paula Mendiri, César Sá, César Sá, Inês P. Silva, Linda Saraiva, Linda Saraiva

“…Biosocial factors play a crucial role in the physical-motor development (PMD) of children during the preschool age. …”
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Models of stereotypizaton of national characteristics, gender roles and behavioral scenarios in series by Олена Росінська

“…The men in both series play active social roles, they are successful specialists, defenders, rescuers, guarantors of happiness, and both series are about the Polish men. …”
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Neutrophil degranulation, NETosis and platelet degranulation pathway genes are co-induced in whole blood up to six months before tuberculosis diagnosis. by Stuart Meier, James A Seddon, Elizna Maasdorp, Léanie Kleynhans, Nelita du Plessis, Andre G Loxton, Stephanus T Malherbe, Daniel E Zak, Ethan Thompson, Fergal J Duffy, Stefan H E Kaufmann, Tom H M Ottenhoff, Thomas J Scriba, Sara Suliman, Jayne S Sutherland, Jill Winter, Helena Kuivaniemi, Gerhard Walzl, Gerard Tromp, GC6-74 Consortium, Catalysis TB Biomarkers Consortium

“…These findings suggest that neutrophils and platelets play a critical role in TB pathogenesis, and provide details of the timing of specific effector mechanisms that may contribute to TB lung pathology.…”
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Plasmacytoma Variant Translocation 1 (PVT1) Gene as a Potential Novel Target for the Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy by Helen Mok, Ahmed Al-Jumaily, Jun Lu

“…The renoprotection is attributed to the reduction in ECM accumulation, TGF-β1 elevation and insulin decline. PVT1 is suggested to play an important role in ECM accumulation which makes it a possible target for the treatment of DN.…”
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Experimental study on combined load-bearing instability of filling body and roadway surrounding rock in original roadway filling without coal pillar excavation by Dong Li, Jucai Chang, Kaifeng Huang, Siyu Du, Litong Dou, Fenghui Li

“…When analyzing the strength of the contact surface of the combined body, the D-P criterion is closer to test results than M-C. The strength of combinations is determined by the minimum value of the strength of the contact surface between filling body and other lithology and the strength of the non-standard sample of each lithology. …”
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Bridging Retinal and Cerebral Neurodegeneration: A Focus on Crosslinks between Alzheimer–Perusini’s Disease and Retinal Dystrophies by Luigi Donato, Domenico Mordà, Concetta Scimone, Simona Alibrandi, Rosalia D’Angelo, Antonina Sidoti

“…Glial cells, especially microglial cells, play a crucial role in these diseases, maintaining immunoproteostasis. …”
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Being Blind in a World of Multiple Perspectives: The Evaluator’s Dilemma Between the Hope of Becoming a Team Player and the Fear of Becoming a Critical Friend with No Friends by Michele Tarsilla

“…In addition, the author acknowledges that evaluators today have a new important role to play vis-à-vis their evaluand: mediating stakeholders’ competing values and agendas for the sake of equity and social justice. …”
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β-Amyloid Clustering around ASC Fibrils Boosts Its Toxicity in Microglia by Lea L. Friker, Hannah Scheiblich, Inga V. Hochheiser, Rebecca Brinkschulte, Dietmar Riedel, Eicke Latz, Matthias Geyer, Michael T. Heneka

“…They uncover a vicious circle involving amplified NLRP3 inflammasome activity and reduced Aβ clearance in the presence of ASC that might play a key role in Alzheimer’s disease progression. …”
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Being Blind in a World of Multiple Perspectives: The Evaluator’s Dilemma Between the Hope of Becoming a Team Player and the Fear of Becoming a Critical Friend with No Friends by Michele Tarsilla

“…In addition, the author acknowledges that evaluators today have a new important role to play vis-à-vis their evaluand: mediating stakeholders’ competing values and agendas for the sake of equity and social justice.  …”
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A case study of whale optimization algorithm for scheduling in C2M model by Hongying Shan, Xinze Shan, Libin Zhang, Mengyao Qin, Peiyang Peng, Zunyan Meng

“…These unprecedented changes have brought consumers and manufacturers closer together, resulting in the intelligent business model of "Internet + Customized Production" and "Customer to Manufacturer (C2M)". …”
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Modern Processing of Indian Millets: A Perspective on Changes in Nutritional Properties by N. A. Nanje Gowda, Kaliramesh Siliveru, P. V. Vara Prasad, Yogita Bhatt, B. P. Netravati, Chennappa Gurikar

“…One of the ways to reach closer to our goal is to provide an affordable healthy and nutritious diet to all. …”
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