FAMINE IN RETROSPECT: PAST EXPERIENCE AND FUTURE CHALLENGES

The study presents integrated data on the dive sticks crises and ways of dealing with famine and guaranteeing food security in Russia and in the USSR.The article reveals the dynamics of the food crises paying attention to the national peculiarities as well as specific historical, political and socio-economic conditions.Consideration of the issue of

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Drop-On-Demand Lubrication of Gears: A Feasibility Study

Different lubrication methods such as oil dip or injection lubrication are used in gearboxes to lubricate tribological contacts and to dissipate frictional heat.To improve resource and energy efficiency, novel needs-based lubrication methods like the drop-on-demand lubrication are being developed.It includes an ink-jet nozzle driven by a piezo Deco

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Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosome-educated macrophages alleviate systemic lupus erythematosus by promoting efferocytosis and recruitment of IL-17+ regulatory T cell

Abstract Background Anti-inflammatory polarized macrophages are reported to alleviate systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Our previous studies have demonstrated that exosomes from adipose-derived stem cells promote the anti-inflammatory polarization of macrophages.However, the possible therapeutic effect of exosomes from stem cells on SLE remains un

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