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A Unified Scene? Global Fictions in the C21

Alluvium: 21st-Century Writing, 21st-Century Approaches, 2015
The twenty-first century has been marked by an unprecedented intensification in globalisation, transnational mobility and technological change. According to Peter Boxall, there has been a ‘turn in the fiction of the new century’ to reflect this ‘contemporary global condition’ (Boxall 141).
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How is environmental performance associated with economic growth? A world cross-country analysis

Studia Universitatis Vasile Goldis Arad, Seria Stiinte Economice, 2017
The aim of the paper is to explore the association between environmental performance and income level in the world economy in 2016. Data from Yale University and World Bank are used in a cross-country regression analysis comprising 166 countries.
Neagu Olimpia, Ardelean Doru Ioan, Lazăr Vasile   +2 more
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Endogenous synthesis of corticosteroids in the hippocampus. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: Brain synthesis of steroids including sex-steroids is attracting much attention. The endogenous synthesis of corticosteroids in the hippocampus, however, has been doubted because of the inability to detect deoxycorticosterone (DOC) synthase ...
Shimpei Higo, Yasushi Hojo, Hirotaka Ishii, Yoshimasa Komatsuzaki, Yuuki Ooishi, Gen Murakami, Hideo Mukai, Takeshi Yamazaki, Daiichiro Nakahara, Anna Barron, Tetsuya Kimoto, Suguru Kawato   +11 more
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AT2R Activation Improves Wound Healing in a Preclinical Mouse Model

Biomedicines
Abnormal skin healing resulting in chronic wounds or hypertrophic scarring remains a major healthcare burden. Here, the antifibrotic angiotensin II type 2 receptor (AT2R) signaling pathway was modulated to determine its impact on cutaneous wound healing.
Julia M. Harrison, Edwin K. Leong, Natasha D. Osborne, Jean S. Marshall, Michael Bezuhly   +4 more
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The Role of Public Transportation in Shaping Urban Property Values: A Case Study of Thu Duc City, Vietnam

Real Estate Management and Valuation
This study investigates the factors shaping real estate values in Thu Duc City, located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, over the past five years (2019–2024), focusing on a comparative analysis of econometric models to identify the most suitable framework ...
Nguyen Hai Minh
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Coffee C21 and protection of DNA from strand breaks: evaluation of a health claim pursuant to Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006

EFSA Journal, 2020
Following an application from Tchibo GmbH submitted for authorisation of a health claim pursuant to Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 via the Competent Authority of Germany, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA ...
EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel foods and Food Allergens (NDA), Dominique Turck, Jacqueline Castenmiller, Stefaan De Henauw, Karen Ildico Hirsch‐Ernst, John Kearney, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Alexandre Maciuk, Inge Mangelsdorf, Harry J McArdle, Androniki Naska, Carmen Pelaez, Kristina Pentieva, Frank Thies, Sophia Tsabouri, Marco Vinceti, Jean‐Louis Bresson, Alfonso Siani   +17 more
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DREADD agonist compound 21 causes acute diuresis in wild-type mice

Frontiers in Pharmacology
The targeted activation or inhibition of specific cell populations using chemogenetics allows the precise dissection of cellular signaling and function.
Bryce MacIver, Ali Wu, Warren G. Hill, Weiqun Yu   +3 more
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AT2-receptor stimulation enhances axonal plasticity after spinal cord injury by upregulating BDNF expression

Neurobiology of Disease, 2013
It is widely accepted that the angiotensin AT2-receptor (AT2R) has neuroprotective features. In the present study we tested pharmacological AT2R-stimulation as a therapeutic approach in a model of spinal cord compression injury (SCI) in mice using the ...
Pawel Namsolleck, Francesco Boato, Katja Schwengel, Ludovit Paulis, Katherine S. Matho, Nathalie Geurts, Christa Thöne-Reineke, Kristin Lucht, Kerstin Seidel, Anders Hallberg, Björn Dahlöf, Thomas Unger, Sven Hendrix, U. Muscha Steckelings   +13 more
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Urban Greenery as a Component of Real Estate Value

Real Estate Management and Valuation, 2016
Due to the specific characteristics of cities, such as the intensity of the use of space, the supply of green areas is limited. These areas are subjected to constant pressure (demand for new transportation or construction functions), which usually ...
Szczepańska Agnieszka, Krzywnicka Iwona, Lemański Grzegorz   +2 more
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The Selective Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor Agonist, Compound 21, Attenuates the Progression of Lung Fibrosis and Pulmonary Hypertension in an Experimental Model of Bleomycin-Induced Lung Injury

Frontiers in Physiology, 2018
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic lung disease characterized by scar formation and respiratory insufficiency, which progressively leads to death.
Anandharajan Rathinasabapathy, Anandharajan Rathinasabapathy, Alana Horowitz, Alana Horowitz, Kelsey Horton, Ashok Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Santhi Gladson, Thomas Unger, Diana Martinez, Gaurav Bedse, James West, Mohan K. Raizada, Ulrike M. Steckelings, Colin Sumners, Michael J. Katovich, Vinayak Shenoy, Vinayak Shenoy   +17 more
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