From the "Fortress Europe" to a Democratic Confederation: Romanian Visions on the European Construction during the World War II

The end of the First World War, with its dramatic changes, opens up the way for a fresh thing as regards Europe.From now on we will be dealing with a thinking balancing between two extremes.On one hand we will have the idea of a Confederation, an union of equals, free and democratic states.On the other side there is the vision of a united Europe un

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Human exposure to piroplasms in Central and Northern Italy

A serosurvey has been conducted in Northern and Central Italy to investigate the Swimwear presence in humans of antibodies against zoonotic Babesia and Theileria species.The study focused on a total of 432 volunteers, of which 290 were persistently exposed to tick bites because of their jobs (forester employees, livestock keepers, veterinary practi

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The Hedgehog signal transducer Smoothened and microRNA-326: pathogenesis and regulation of drug resistance in pediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Zahra Sheybani, Soheila Rahgozar, Elaheh Sadat GhodousiDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, IranPurpose: Multidrug resistance (MDR) and the subsequent disease relapse are the major causes of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) related death.The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway can contribute to cancer M

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