Resilience of S309 and AZD7442 monoclonal antibody treatments against infection by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineage strains by James Brett Case, Samantha Mackin, John M. Errico, Zhenlu Chong, Emily A. Madden, Bradley Whitener, Barbara Guarino, Michael A. Schmid, Kim Rosenthal, Kuishu Ren, Ha V. Dang, Gyorgy Snell, Ana Jung, Lindsay Droit, Scott A. Handley, Peter J. Halfmann, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, James E. Crowe, Daved H. Fremont, Herbert W. Virgin, Yueh-Ming Loo, Mark T. Esser, Lisa A. Purcell, Davide Corti, Michael S. Diamond

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Senufo People in the Prism of the Psycho-Pragmatic Perception of Colors by Sita TUO

“…The word color is designated by the term “feligi” in Senufo. Colors are deeply marked by three main classes or groups of colors for Senufo people. …”
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Attitudes of Students of Different Schools of University of Zagreb on Tooth Bleaching by Dinka Diklić, Eva KLARIĆ SEVER, Nada Galić, Jelena Spajić, Katica Prskalo

“…The respondents were asked to fill out the survey with multiple choices by marking the answers they considered correct. Results: Only 12% of the respondents followed the information on oral health. …”
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Sources of residual autocorrelation in multiband task fMRI and strategies for effective mitigation by Fatma Parlak, Damon D. Pham, Daniel A. Spencer, Robert C. Welsh, Amanda F. Mejia

“…Assuming a global model for autocorrelation, which is the default in several standard fMRI software tools, may under- or over-whiten in certain areas and produce differential false positive control across the brain. …”
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Laser markability of PVC coated automotive electric cables by E. Bitay

“…On the two-layer insulation, despite the whitening of the inner material, dark marking is produced because the heat developing on the interface of the two layers will heat up and carbonize the transparent layer.…”
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Neurovascular sequestration in paediatric P. falciparum malaria is visible clinically in the retina by Valentina Barrera, Ian James Callum MacCormick, Gabriela Czanner, Paul Stephenson Hiscott, Valerie Ann White, Alister Gordon Craig, Nicholas Alexander Venton Beare, Lucy Hazel Culshaw, Yalin Zheng, Simon Charles Biddolph, Danny Arnold Milner, Steve Kamiza, Malcolm Edward Molyneux, Terrie Ellen Taylor, Simon Peter Harding

“…Orange vessels had dense sequestration of late stage parasitised red cells (histopathology, n = 29; sensitivity 0.97, specificity 0.89) involving 360° of the lumen circumference, with altered protein expression in blood-retinal barrier cells and marked loss/disruption of pericytes. Retinal whitening was topographically associated with tissue response to hypoxia. …”
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Evidence to suggest that teeth act as human ornament displays signalling mate quality. by Colin A Hendrie, Gayle Brewer

“…Results showed that deviation away from normal spacing and/or the presence of yellowed colouration had negative effects on ratings of attractiveness and that these effects were markedly stronger in female models. Whitening had no effect beyond that produced by natural colouration. …”
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In the Mouth of the World: Brazilian cinema affects racialized by Teresa Cristina Furtado Matos

“…Staging and discussing themes like miscegenation and the affective-sexual relationships in Brazil, marked by conflicts where themes as whitening and social uplift play an important role.…”
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QUESTÃO SOCIAL E RELAÇÕES ÉTNICO-RACIAIS NO BRASIL by Cláudia Alves Durans

“…It seeks the genesis of inequalities and pauperism in Brazil, marked by nearly four centuries of slavery. Analyzes the supporting pillars of slavery: slave labor, the monoculture and the landlordism, which generated high profit rates, highlighting that, after the abolition and the proclamation of the republic, with the need of construction of an idea of developed nation, it was necessary to eliminate the black element, through the whitening ideology and the myth of racial democracy, which masked / masks the real condition that were put black men and women in this country.…”
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First case of envenomation in humans caused by the banded cat-eyed snake Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in Brazil by Larissa Ferreira-Cunha, Mariana Fiszer, Walter Periard Junior, Pedro Henrique Pinna

“…After four hours, edema persisted, but the bitten area was slightly whitened. Treatment consisted of antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs. …”
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Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in adults with severe falciparum malaria. by Maude, R, Barkhof, F, Hassan, M, Ghose, A, Hossain, A, Abul Faiz, M, Choudhury, E, Rashid, R, Abu Sayeed, A, Charunwatthana, P, Plewes, K, Kingston, H, Maude, R, Silamut, K, Day, N, White, N, Dondorp, A

“…CONCLUSION: Cerebral swelling is mild and not specific to coma or death in adult severe falciparum malaria. This differs markedly from African children. Retinal whitening, reflecting heterogeneous obstruction of the central nervous system microcirculation by sequestered parasites resulting in small patches of ischemia, is associated with coma and this process is likely important in the pathogenesis.…”

Ethyl Acetate Fraction from a <i>Catalpa ovata G</i>. Don Extract Inhibits ɑ-MSH-Induced Melanogenesis through the cAMP/CREB Pathway by Yon-Suk Kim, Eun-Bin Lee, Ye-Ji Yu, Ga-Won Kim, Woo-Jung Kim, Dong-Kug Choi

“…The whitening effect of reducing skin pigmentation is one of the most important goals of cosmetics. …”
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COR E RAÇA: ORIGENS RELIGIOSAS DO DEBATE - ROGER BASTIDE E TALCOTT PARSONS by Roberto Motta

“…Those who stress the use of race tend to adopt simple dichotomic oppositions and to add urgency to the fight for human rights in marked opposition to the theories of branqueamento (whitening) through an indefinite number of generations. …”
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Imagens do negro na literatura infantil brasileira: análise historiográfica Images of the Black in children's literature in Brazil: historiographical analysis by Maria Cristina Soares de Gouvêa

“…Blacks appear as stereotyped characters, described from markedly ethnocentric cultural perspectives that, even when trying to build an image of integration, do it from the whitening of the characters. …”
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Watermark Detection and Extraction Using Independent Component Analysis Method by Yu Dan, Sattar Farook, Ma Kai-Kuang

“…Watermark can be successfully detected during the Principle Component Analysis (PCA) whitening stage. A nonlinear robust batch ICA algorithm, which is able to efficiently extract various temporally correlated sources from their observed linear mixtures, is used for blind watermark extraction. …”
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Boca Negra e a Cidade Sorriso: Giras, gingas e beats do patrimônio cultural afro-brasileiro em periferias da capital paranaense by Janaina dos Santos Moscal

“…Continuities/ruptures of the center(s) of a city with whitened speech. Underneath the Capanema Viaduct today, it seems possible to hear rhythmic markings that tell about those who lived along those banks. …”
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Vision Loss following Small Incision Cataract Surgery: A Case Report by Sushma Chaudhary, Sharad Gupta, Sanjaykumar Singh, Hari Sharma, Reena Yadav, Vinit Kumar Kamble

“…Fundoscopy of the operated eye showed marked retinal whitening with cherry-red spot in the posterior pole suggestive of cilio-retinal artery occlusion. …”
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Combined central retinal vein, central retinal artery and cilioretinal artery occlusion with ischemic macular hole secondary to severe orbital cellulitis after black fly bite by Keorochana N, Vongkulsiri S, Choontanom R

“…Fundus examination showed retinal whitening at the posterior pole and a few scattered flame-shaped retinal hemorrhages. …”
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Cold-Inducible SIRT6 Regulates Thermogenesis of Brown and Beige Fat by Lu Yao, Xiaona Cui, Qi Chen, Xiaoying Yang, Fude Fang, Jun Zhang, Guoqing Liu, Wanzhu Jin, Yongsheng Chang

“…Here, we show that fat SIRT6 expression is markedly induced by cold exposure and a β-adrenergic agonist. …”
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Influence of different fat replacers and drying techniques on physicochemical characteristics and sensory attributes of regular and instant reduced-fat coffee creamer by Hedayatnia, Simin

“…Most of coffee drinkers prefer to add creamer and/or whitener to their coffee before sunsumption. Coffee creamers usually contains high amount of the saturated fat (15-40%). …”
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