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Characterization of inflammatory responses to eccentric exercise in humans
Eccentric exercise commonly results in muscle damage. The primary sequence of events leading to exercise-induced muscle damage is believed to involve initial mechanical disruption of sarcomeres, followed by impaired excitation-contraction coupling and calcium signaling, and finally, activation of…
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Cytokine expression and secretion by skeletal muscle cells: regulatory mechanisms and exercise effects
Cytokines are important mediators of various aspects of health and disease, including appetite, glucose and lipid metabolism, insulin sensitivity, skeletal muscle hypertrophy and atrophy. Over the past decade or so, considerable attention has focused on the potential for regular exercise to…
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Can exercise affect immune function to increase susceptibility to infection?
Multiple studies in humans and animals have demonstrated the profound impact that exercise can have on the immune system. There is a general consensus that regular bouts of short-lasting (i.e. up to 45 minutes) moderate intensity exercise is beneficial for host immune defense, particularly in older…
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Cancer statistics, 2026
Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the numbers of new cancer cases and deaths in the United States and compiles the most recent data on population-based cancer occurrence and outcomes using data collected by central cancer registries (incidence, through 2022) and the National Center…
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IQ-TREE 3: phylogenomic inference software using complex evolutionary models
IQ-TREE (https://iqtree.github.io/) is a widely used open-source software tool for efficiently inferring phylogenetic trees under maximum likelihood. Here, we present IQ-TREE version 3, the third major release of the software. IQ-TREE 3 significantly extends version 2 with new features, including…
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Can ChatGPT forecast stock price movements? Return predictability and large language models
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Changes in inflammatory mediators following eccentric exercise of the elbow flexors
The aims of this study were to examine the plasma concentrations of inflammatory mediators including cytokines induced by a single bout of eccentric exercise and again 4 weeks later by a second bout of eccentric exercise of the same muscle group. Ten untrained male subjects performed two bouts of…
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Prehistoric Investigations in Iraqi Kurdistan
xxviii, 184 p. : ill., 29 plates, 5 maps. ; 30 cm.
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A Survey of Large Language Models
Abstract The rapid evolution of large language models (LLMs) has driven a transformative shift in artificial intelligence (AI), reshaping both research paradigms and practical applications. Distinguished from their predecessors by unprecedented scale and advanced capabilities, LLMs necessitate new…
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Deliberative Democracy or Agonistic Pluralism?
A s testified by the increasing success of the extreme right in several countries, western societies are witnessing a growing disaffection with democratic institutions. Such a disaffection may have serious consequences for the future of democracy. Unfortunately, liberal democratic societies are…
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Relative Deprivation and Social Justice
Originally published in 1966, Relative Deprivation and Social Justice is a study of attitudes to social inequality in twentieth-century England. It was an important contribution both to the social history and psychology of contemporary England and to political theory at the time. Using ideas drawn…
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Synergistic Multicomponent Nucleopeptide-Based Hydrogels: Harnessing DNA-Base Pairing and Electrostatic Complementarities
Hydrogels are everyday materials characterized by their remarkable properties, of bridging the gap between liquid and solid states. While most hydrogels are traditionally formed from polymers, biomolecules can also undergo gelation, as seen with proteins (e.g., collagen), enabling numerous…
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AutoResearch Lite: a reproducible paper-inspired experiment runner (Adam mechanism reproduction and convergence-speed comparison)
A dependency-free experiment runner that turns a paper's research question into a configuration-driven, verifiable experiment task. The bundled reproduction maps the first/second moment estimates and bias correction of Adam (Kingma & Ba, arXiv:1412.6980) into runnable Python and compares them…
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Oral Literature in Africa
Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes…
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Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, the new name for polycystic ovary syndrome: a multistep global consensus process
Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), previously named polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), affects one in eight women. However, the term PCOS is inaccurate, implying pathological ovarian cysts, obscuring diverse endocrine and metabolic features, and contributing to delayed diagnosis…
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Speckle Interferometry at SOAR in 2024 and 2025
Abstract Results of speckle interferometry observations at the 4.1 m Southern Astrophysical Research telescope obtained during 2024–2025 are presented. We present 5316 measurements of relative positions and magnitude differences in 3532 pairs (including 524 unpublished measures made before 2024)…
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Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Water Electrolysis: Cell-Level Considerations for Gigawatt-Scale Deployment
Hydrogen produced with no greenhouse gas emissions is termed "green hydrogen" and will be essential to reaching decarbonization targets set forth by nearly every country as per the Paris Agreement. Proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs) are expected to contribute substantially to the…
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