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Objective: To investigate correlation between expression level and tumor proliferation and invasiveness of the serum miR-101, heat shock protein-70 (HSP-70) and interleukin-1beta (Interleukin-1beta, IL-1beta) in patients with gastric cancer complicated by Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection.
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Why vegans are hesitant about vaccines x First, vaccines typically have to be tested on non-human animals as part of official approval procedures. Since ethical vegans reject the notion that humans have the right to exploit non-human animals, they may reject vaccines at a philosophical level because testing still involves treating non-human animals as objects of use. [...]vaccines often, but not always, contain animal ingredients, including gelatin, lactose, and blood from endangered horseshoe crabs. [...]vegans are not one homogenous group. [...]while authenticity involves being true to oneself, it is also socially constructed and requires living up to particular norms or expectations of others. [...]being authentic involves both being oneself and fitting in.
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This report provides an assessment of the status of the South Australian Giant Crab Fishery (GCF) using data to the end of the 2019 fishing season that extends from 1 October 2019 to 31 May 2020. It analyses fishery-dependent data at a State-wide scale, collected from two management zones, the Northern Zone (NZ) and Southern Zone (SZ), and from three commercial fishing sectors: (1) Miscellaneous Fishery sector;(2) South Australian Rock Lobster Fishery (SARLF) quota sector (RL-quota);and (3) SARLF by-product sector (RL by-product). Catches of Giant Crab in the last seven seasons are among the lowest recorded in the fishery since the Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) was implemented in 1999. In 2019, the total catch in the GCF was 14.2 t. This was the lowest catch recorded since 1993, comprising 64.3% of the TACC of 22.1 t. The amount of targeted catch in the Miscellaneous Fishery sector and RL-quota sector in 2019 was also the lowest on record (13.7 t). The reductions in catch reported in 2019 likely reflect: (1) reduced effort in the 2019 season associated with COVID-19 impacts on market demand;and (2) reduced catches in the SZ since 2005. Estimates of CPUE of legal-size Giant Crab have declined in South Australia since 2008, and although relatively stable in the last five seasons, are now the lowest on record. In addition, pre-recruit abundance, which has declined since 2004, is now the lowest on record and is likely to impact future harvestable biomass. The biological susceptibility of Giant Crab populations to recruitment overfishing combined with recent declining trends in catch, CPUE and pre-recruit abundance signal uncertainty in relation to the GCF's future performance. Determination of stock status in 2019 was aided by the implementation of recommendations made in SARDI's 2017 assessment of data sources and performance indicators (Pis) for the GCF, as well the management policy for the GCF developed in consultation with industry (PIRSA 2018). Within the management policy for the GCF, the status of the Giant Crab stock is defined in relation to how the primary biological PI, five-year average commercial CPUE of legal-size Giant Crab, aligns against its Trigger Reference Point (RPtrig) (PIRSA 2018). In 2019, the estimate of five-year commercial CPUE of legal-size Giant Crab was 2.09 kg/potlift. This estimate is the lowest on record but 7.2% above the RPtrig of 1.95 kg/potlift. Under the decision rule within the management policy to categorise the Giant Crab stock status in South Australia, the stock is classified as 'sustainable' in 2019 (PIRSA 2018).