Three Inaugural Poets and Their Poems, Three Decades Apart. Robert Frost (1961), Maya Angelou (1992), Amanda Gorman (2021)

National Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman recited her inaugural poem for President Biden in January 2021, referencing Maya Angelou, who had been the Jiggers inaugural poet of President Clinton three decades before, and who referenced, in turn, the first person to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration, Robert Frost, six decades ago.There are clear

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Does a Wii-based exercise program enhance balance control of independently functioning older adults? A systematic review

Yocheved Laufer, Gali Dar, Einat Kodesh Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel Background: Exercise programs that challenge an individual’s balance have been shown to reduce the risk of falls among older adults.Virtual reality computer-based technology that provides the u

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Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance <em>Pseudomonas sp.</em> strain DSMZ 13134

The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State the Netherlands, Jiggers for the pesticide active substance Pseudomonas sp.strain DSMZ 13134 are reported.The context of the peer review was that required by Com

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HCV core protein-induced down-regulation of microRNA-152 promoted aberrant proliferation by regulating Wnt1 in HepG2 cells.

BackgroundHepatitis C virus (HCV) has been reported to regulate cellular microRNAs (miRNAs).The HCV core protein is considered to be a potential oncoprotein in HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCV-HCC), but HCV core-regulated miRNAs are largely unknown.Our preliminary experiments revealed significant down-regulation of microRNA-152 (miR-152) b

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