According to Qian Chengdan, a well-known historian at Peking University, innovation is not only technological advancements or the development of new tools but also systemic innovations, new human ideas, and tra
In the EAE mouse model of multiple sclerosis, systemic administration of galectin-1 and -9 inhibits autoimmunity, which likely reflects the ability of these galectins to induce apoptosis of autoreactive T cells44. However, as outlined in Box 2, there are caveats to interpreting galectin activity...
As a result, we found that scientists face systemic issues such as lack of funding, time, opportunities, and evaluation systems for science communication. At the same time, there is a disparity of attitudes toward media discourse between scientists and the public.Ryuma...
as inspirational models lacks the considerations mentioned above, resulting in older adults in urgent need not being able to receive timely external assistance, which shifts the public’s focus and delays the process of resolving the psychological problems of older adults from a systemic perspective. ...
Overcoming this inertia would, the authors argue, require the implementation or strengthening of a number of wider, systemic enabling factors (ibid). Similarly, Nepstad et al. (1991) argue that profitability is far from the only factor influencing the land-use decisions made, in their case by...
Most of COVID-19 cases are mild, while about 15 % develop severe disease that results in acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with dysregulated immune response, systemic inflammation and cytokine storm. Host genetic factors predisposing to severe viral infection include inborn errors of ...
their expertise with others, proactively approaching neighbors or friends and trying to motivate them to install balcony-PV, thus helping to change mindsets. The participants were still aware of the need for systemic change and called particularly for policymakers to create incentives and remove ...
Indian Biotech opponents have attributed the increase of suicides to the monopolization of GM seeds, centering on patent control, application of terminator technology, marketing strategy, and increased production costs. The contentions of the biotech opp
Food or health, energy or transport — it’s hard to imagine these systems without companies of all shapes and sizes playing an intrinsic role. And when it comes to playing a positive role in society, this is the front edge of delivering social value: being part of the drive for syste...
For instance, we reported that paternal consumption of an obesity-inducing diet (OID) increased breast cancer susceptibility in the offspring (F1). Nevertheless, it is still unclear whether programming of breast cancer in daughters is due to systemic alterations or mammary epithelium-specific factors ...