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Media Reporting Of The 2024 Us Preventive Services Task Force Mammography Guideline Update, Tamar Parmet, Yue Li, Joseph Cappella, Laura D Scherer, Erika A Waters, Ashley J Housten

2020-Current year OA Pubs

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Carnets De Bord. Tables D’Orientation « Tariq Teguia », Pascale Cassagnau, Tariq Teguia

Regards

This interview by Pascale Cassagnau with Tariq Teguia puts into perspective the Algerian filmmaker’s work notebooks, which are both autonomous objects and working documents, linked to the film itself. A medium for thought, the notebook is a space for language, a score and a cartographic space that gives shape to the writing of the film in a graphic way. A discursive space parallel to the space of scriptwriting, the notebook accompanies the development of the film from its inception, collecting the writing of thought in no particular chronological order.

Résumé
Cet entretien de Pascale Cassagnau avec Tariq Teguia met en …

Influence Of Pulse Width On Energy Deposition And Temperature In Nanosecond-Pulsed Discharges, Christopher B. Reuter, Joshua B. Sinrud, Tanvir I. Farouk, Nicholas S. Dewey, Dmitri Kaganovich

Faculty Publications

Nanosecond-pulsed discharges are a promising method to enhance combustion but can generate significant levels of electromagnetic interference (EMI). Modifying the discharge pulse width is an unexplored option to reduce EMI, but few studies have examined how changing the pulse width affects discharge parameters such as energy and temperature. This study addresses this issue by systematically investigating how the pulse width affects the energy per pulse, breakdown time, rotational temperature, and vibrational temperature in air across different frequencies, flow velocities, and gap distances in a plasma-assisted flow tube. It is observed that the pulse width has a substantial impact on the …

Intouch Week Of March 2, 2026, New York Medical College

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• Uncovering an Early Driver of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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« Voi(E)X De L’Exil, Formes De La Pensée » : Le Cinéma-Essai De Borhane Alaouié », Elie Yazbek, Farah Alhashem

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This article offers a comprehensive study of Borhane Alaouié’s work, a central figure in modern Lebanese cinema, situating it within the tradition of the essay film. Through an analysis of Lettre d’un temps d’exil, À toi où que tu sois and Khallas, it examines how exile, wounded memory, and fragmentary thought shape the filmmaker’s aesthetic and ethical approach. Exile is explored not only as a geopolitical condition but as an interior state, a persistent uncertainty that structures voices, narratives and images. The study highlights the importance of voice-over, fragmentation, memory-driven editing and epistolary address, while positioning Alaouié’s work …

The Personal Is Collective: Egyptian First-Person – Documentary Cinema As Post-Revolution Diary, Eman Elharmeel

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The 2011 Egyptian revolution marked a watershed moment in the reconfiguration of individuality, autonomy and self-expression within Egyptian society. Challenging long-standing collectivist frameworks, the revolutionary moment opened new spaces for individual agency and subjective reflection. This paper examines how these shifts intersect with the rise of first-person documentary cinema as a powerful medium for articulating post-revolutionary subjectivity in Egypt.
Focusing on The Past Will Return (2015) by Dina Hamza, Happily Ever After (2016) by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir, and Little Eagles (2016) by Mohamed Rashad, the paper analyzes how filmmakers negotiate personal desires, familial pressures and collective belonging …

Triste Souvenir Et Sombre Avenir, « Lettre À Ma Sœur » (2006) De Habiba Djahnine, Boualem Khelifati

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This article explores how Letter to My Sister (2006), a film by director and poet Habiba Djahnine dedicated to her sister Nabila, a democratic and feminist activist who was murdered by Islamist terrorists in Tizi Ouzou in 1995, revisits the fate of the direct and indirect victims of Algeria’s dark decade of the 1990s and the repressive religious and state policies towards women. It employs a narrative structure that combines several film genres – film-letter, film-journey, film-poem, and film-archive – showing situations in which memories and pain are shared, as well as the necessary perpetuation of a struggle that is …

Beyrouth 1978-1982 : Le Fonds Photographique De Monica Maurer – Une Collection Contre L’Oubli Et La Destruction, Aude Fourel

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It was while searching for unused film footage on the Palestinian struggle for a documentary essay that I discovered the filmography of German director Monica Maurer and her work restoring and preserving Palestinian films. For the past four years, we have been working together to digitise and catalogue the photographs and documents she still keeps at home.
I reflect on the paths opened up by the writing of a film in the making, on the formatting of Monica Maurer’s photographic collection, and on the initial prospects for visual and historical studies of this material in the particular context of the …

Sonorisation De L’Anarchive Ou La Palestine Comme Projet Politique – À L’Écoute De « A Fidai Film » De Kamal Aljafari Et De « Partition » De Diana Allan, Judith Abensour

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Kamal Aljafari’s A Fidai Film draws on Palestinian archives confiscated by Israel in Beirut in 1982. Diana Allan created Partition using archives from Mandatory Palestine held at the Imperial War Museum in London. The film notebook not only refers to a type of fragmentary editing, but also allows us to revisit the relationship between sound and image, thus offering an exercise in remembrance in the present. By adding sound to images, the two filmmakers question the contradictions inherent in archives, their erasure or their resistance to authoritative or propagandistic discourse. Thus, under the guise of sensory and sound anthropology for …

Videotracts For Palestine : Images Et Contre-Images, Lola Maupas

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This article examines the political and aesthetic gesture of Videotracts for Palestine, a collective founded on Instagram in November 2023 in the context of the Israeli offensive in Gaza. Heirs to the ciné-tracts of 1968 and, more broadly, to international militant cinema, these very short anonymous films also mobilize contemporary digital tools and produce what might be called a counter-visuality of resistance. The study highlights how the collective situates itself within a tradition of images as weapons of struggle while inventing its own forms, shaped by the massive circulation enabled by the Internet and social media. The videotracts deconstruct …

Des Sons Pour L’Histoire. Correspondance Avec Mohammed Yaghi, Aude Fourel

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Sounds for History. Correspondence with Mohammed Yaghi
Mohammed Yaghi was born in 1992 and trained in sound engineering in Gaza. He has worked for UNRWA television and collaborated with Palestinian and international documentary film production companies.
These sound recordings for films, educational programs and interviews were the first step in the sound diary that he has kept on building on a daily basis.
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Résumé
Mohammed Yaghi est né en 1992 et s’est formé aux métiers du son à Gaza. Il a travaillé à la télévision de l’UNRWA et collaboré avec des maisons de productions palestiniennes et internationales de films …

Transforming Orthopedic Clinic Workplace Culture Using The Pdsa Cycle, Tania Mae Golo-Atkin, Jodie Mae B. Shiba, Daniel A. Collins, Chrystal Leigh Lewis

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

BACKGROUND: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the work environment was already associated as a contributing factor to nurses’ intention to leave the workplace (Nantsupawat et al., 2016; Shah et al. 2021). Additionally, peer-to-peer nursing isolation is a problem within ambulatory nursing (Allen, 2016). However, specific investigation into intent to leave in ambulatory nursing is limited. The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) survey was first used in this setting’s ambulatory clinics in 2021. The Orthopedic Clinic RN Coordinators (RNC) initial 2021 NDNQI scores on the specific metric exploring nurses’ intentions to leave their current workplace within 3 years was …

"By The Sweat Of His Brow"?: Master Mechanics And Class Position In Antebellum New Orleans, Caleb G. Roark

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis argues that New Orleans’s skilled laborers profited alongside or from enslaved laborers. Proponents of free labor ideology, largely relegated to the North, charged that the skilled mechanic was the prototypical “free laborer.” In contemporary and modern portrayals, the systems of free and enslaved labor were considered antithetical. This thesis posits that these views are incorrect. Free and enslaved labor flourished together in the Crescent City. Despite their absence in historical understandings of the antebellum South, skilled laborers succeeded in New Orleans. I track societal debates across Louisiana’s newspapers concerning the status and success of mechanics across the state. …

A Review Of Interaction Between Sleep Apnea And Apoe E4 On The Risk Of Dementia, Xiuhua Ding, Carol Watwood, Amit Patel, Krupa Hegde, Brooke Mahanna, Lindsey Escudero, Jean Neils-Strunjas Ph.D, Ccc-Slp

Faculty Publications

Dementia has a significant impact on individuals, families, communities, and the economy. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) accounts for 60–80% of dementia cases. The APOE e4 allele is well known as the primary genetic risk factor for AD and dementia. Studies have also shown that sleep apnea increases the risk of dementia. Some research further suggests a possible interaction between sleep apnea and the APOE in dementia development; however, this relationship remains unclear. The purpose of this study is to synthesize evidence from the existing literature and report findings on the relationship between APOE, sleep apnea, and dementia. A systematic search of …

After Universal Injunctions: The Practical Perils Of Trump V. Casa, Rajiv Malhotra

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice (ERSJ) Blog

On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order seeking to drastically limit birthright citizenship—a longstanding constitutional principle under which individuals born in the United States automatically acquire citizenship, regardless of their parents’ immigration status. While many supporters of President Trump commended the order as a necessary protection against illegal immigration, constitutional law scholars on both sides of the political spectrum did not share this enthusiasm. The executive order was widely understood to conflict with the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which codifies statutory protections for birthright citizenship. …

Search For Ultra-High-Energy Neutrons From Galactic Sources With The Pierre Auger Observatory, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, I. Allekotte, K. Almeida Cheminant, A. Almela, B. Fick, K. Nguyen, D. Nitz

Michigan Tech Publications

Deflections in the propagation of charged ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) caused by magnetic fields make the identification of their sources challenging. On the other hand, the arrival directions at Earth of neutrons point directly to their origin. The emission of UHECRs from a source is expected to be accompanied by the production of neutrons in its vicinity through interactions with ambient matter and radiation. Since free neutrons travel a mean distance d kpc−1 = 9.2 (E EeV−1) before decaying, a neutron flux in the EeV range could be detected on Earth from sources of UHECRs in our Galaxy. Using …

Targeting Cancer With T Cells: Preclinical And In Silico Insights To Improve Immunotherapies, Nina Obertopp

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

T-cell–based immunotherapies are often constrained by limited trafficking and persistence in tumors and by functional exhaustion under chronic antigen exposure. This dissertation addresses these barriers through two distinct strategies: (i) preclinical studies testing how radiation therapy modulates tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) therapy, and (ii) agent based modeling (ABM) to optimize treatment day treatment-free intervals (TFI) in T-cell engager (TCE) therapy. (i) In a human papillomavirus–positive (HPV⁺) head-and-neck cancer (HNC) model, a single local-dose of RT (8 Gy) delivered five days before tumor harvest increased the success and functional quality of ex vivo TIL outgrowth from tumor fragments, enriching polyfunctional CD8⁺ subsets. …

Examining The Relationship Between Academic Excellence And Clinical Productivity In Orthopedic Surgery, Mohamad Y. Fares, Xiaoran Zhang, Harry H. Liu, Ana Paula Beck Da Silva Etges, Krishna Chopra, Brian Zhou, Ira Sivaram, Chrishaun Alexander, Peter Boufadel, Porter Jones, Derek A. Haas, Adam Z. Khan, Eric Wagner, Joseph A. Abboud

Rothman Institute Papers

Background/Objectives: The relationship between clinical volume and academic performance in orthopedic surgery remains understudied. The purpose of this study is to explore the characteristics of high-achieving academic orthopedic surgeons in an attempt to extrapolate patterns and trends that govern the relationship between clinical performance and academia in orthopedic surgery. Methods: The 2023 National Plan and Provider Enumeration System and Medicare claims data (2021–2022) databases were used to include all active orthopedic surgeons of different subspecialties. A publication score, based on publication volume, journal impact, and authorship position, was calculated for each included surgeon, and surgeons who scored in the top …

Jackfruit Peel Valorization Through An Integrated Biorefinery Approach, Rohil Kumar K Mr

Theses and Dissertations

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) peel (JFP), an abundantly available lignocellulosic biomass, remains largely underutilized despite being rich in cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and pectin. In India, approximately 13,460 hectares are under jackfruit cultivation, with Panruti in Tamil Nadu as a major production zone. The discarded peel often contributes to environmental pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The present study emphasizes sustainable valorization of JFP through an integrated biorefinery framework for generating value-added bioproducts.

Major biopolymers, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and pectin were extracted and fractionated, followed by detailed physicochemical characterization using FTIR, NMR, XRD, SEM, TGA, DSC, GPC, and BET analyses. Pectin extraction with …

Isde Guidelines On The Management Of Ct2n0 Esophageal Cancer, Sarbajit Mukherjee

All Publications

Esophageal cancer incidence is rising globally, with at least 500,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Management options for non-metastatic disease include primary resection, neoadjuvant or perioperative therapies, or definitive non-surgical treatment, with the choice being guided by tumor staging, histology, patient fitness, and available resources. However, even with the use of advanced diagnostic modalities, preoperative clinical staging is challenging with respect to accuracy of both tumor and nodal assessment. Early-stage esophageal cancer may be managed with local therapies, such as endoscopic mucosal resection or submucosal dissection, while for more advanced tumors managed with curative intent neoadjuvant oncologic therapy is commonly recommended. …

What Do Future Nutrition Professionals Think About Wic Jobs? A Study Of Nutrition Career Perceptions, Madison Degenfelder

Theses

Background: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program faces a critical workforce shortage, yet little is known about the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of nutrition students and recent graduates regarding WIC career pathways, requirements, and compensation. Understanding these factors is essential to design strategies to strengthen recruitment and build a sustainable WIC workforce. Objective: To identify and describe knowledge, attitudes and beliefs on entering the WIC workforce among college nutrition and dietetics students and recent graduates. Design: A mixed-methods, sequential study design which included a cross-sectional survey and two focus groups was employed to ascertain …

Colocalization And Functional Analyses Identify Gbe1 As A Gene Linking Muscle Strength And Cardiometabolic Fitness, Theresia M. Schnurr, Miranda L. Johnson, Christopher Jin, Kimmie V. Sørensen, Lindsey Kim, James W. Jahng, Amanda Ramste, Ewa Bielczyk-Maczynska, Michael J. Gloudemans, Peter Saliba-Gustafsson, Elena Vinton, Patrick L. Jurney, Ivan Carcamo-Orive, Euan A. Ashley, Torben Hansen, Joshua W. Knowles, Brian T. Palmisano

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Handgrip strength is a proxy for muscular fitness, an indicator for general health status, and is associated with cardiometabolic health. The mechanisms connecting handgrip strength to skeletal muscle function are incompletely understood. We applied integrated linkage-disequilibrium-adjusted colocalization analysis of genome-wide association study summary statistics for handgrip strength, combined with expression and splicing quantitative trait loci from skeletal muscle, and identified glycogen branching enzyme 1 (GBE1) as a candidate gene for handgrip strength. CRISPR-interference knockdown of GBE1 in immortalized human skeletal muscle cells (HMCL-7304) demonstrated decreased glycogen content and accumulation of polyglucosan bodies. Knockdown of GBE1 led to increased oxygen consumption …

Activin A Secretion By Muscle-Repairing Macrophages Induces Heterotopic Ossification In Mice, Wenqiang Yin, Kazuo Okamoto, Asuka Terashima, Warunee Pluemsakunthai, Takehito Ono, Taku Ito-Kureha, Shizuo Akira, Yoshinobu Hashizume, Roland Baron, Satoshi Ueha, Kouji Matsushima, Martin M Matzuk, Yuji Mishina, Hiroshi Takayanagi

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The immune system is not only essential for host defense, but it is also involved in tissue maintenance and disease pathogenesis. Macrophages play a key role in tissue repair, fibrosis, and tumorigenesis, but the mechanisms underlying their multifunctionality have not been fully explored. Here, we identified Mrep (Ly6ChiCX3CR1loPDPN+CD9+) as a crucial subset of macrophages for muscle regeneration after muscle injury. Muscle regeneration required Mrep-derived activin A, which was produced via the TLR4/TIR domain-containing adapter-inducing interferon-β/TANK-binding kinase 1/interferon regulatory factor 3/7 signaling pathway in response to muscle injury. Mrep exerted pathological effects by secreting activin A in a model of genetically …

Depression Due To Combined Dexamethasone And Cyproheptadine Abuse For Weight Gain, Sanjana Sateesh, Jatin Kumar, Dhananjay Ardawatia, Kishor M, Shashidhara Kc, Srikanth Ms

Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine

Cyproheptadine, an H1 antihistamine, and Dexamethasone, a long-acting steroid, are often misused in combination for addressing self-perceived body image issues and have become a popular but dangerous ‘weight gain cocktail’, often available over the counter without any prescription. This case describes a 25-year-old man who had self-prescribed the above-mentioned drugs in combination to address his self-perceived lean physique. This resulted in a significant weight gain, followed by an abnormal increase in appetite, which affected his daily life. Upon cessation, it resulted in rebound weight changes, depressive features, along with features of corticosteroid withdrawal, which required multidisciplinary management.

This case highlights …

Co-Electrospinning Polyacrylonitrile (Pan) / Polymer Of Intrinsic Microporosity-1 (Pim-1) For Electrochemical-Based Sensor For Pyridine Detection And Absorption, Samar A. Salim

Nanotechnology Research Centre

The electrospinning of the polymer of intrinsic microporosity-1 (PIM-1) poses challenges due to its limited solubility and tendency to form bead-like structures at high concentrations. This work details the synthesis and analysis of electrospun composite fibers made from polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and PIM-1 for electrochemical applications. The data analysis confirmed the successful incorporation of PIM-1 into the PAN matrix. The fiber characteristics were significantly influenced by PIM-1 loading (1–10%), resulting in fiber diameters ranging from 0.8 to 1.7 μm. A 10% concentration of PIM-1 results in the formation of macropores with diameters ranging from 0.5 to 1.7 μm. Optical analysis using …

Which Repair Technique, Bone Tunneling Or Suture Anchors, Is Superior When Performing Lesser Tuberosity Osteotomy At The Time Of Stemless Total Shoulder Arthroplasty?, Jared M. Mahylis, Stephaine J. Muh, Mahdi Mazeh, Emil Espinal Nunez, Daniel Oravec, Johnny Kasto, Chimdindu Obinero, Kai Zhu, Yener N. Yeni, Shariff K. Bishai

Conference Presentation Abstracts

INTRODUCTION: Total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) has evolved as a treatment for advanced shoulder osteoarthrosis, with stemless implants gaining popularity due to reduced risks of stress shielding and complications associated with stemmed designs. However, the optimal technique for repairing the subscapularis during TSA remains under investigation. This study evaluates the biomechanical performance of two repair techniques—bone tunneling and suture anchors—used for Lesser Tuberosity Osteotomy (LTO) in the context of stemless TSA.  
METHODS: Ten shoulders from six cadaveric specimens (3 male, 3 female; aged 58–93) were prepared and allocated to bone tunneling or suture anchor repair groups. Cyclic loading tests were performed, …

Leveraging Csr To Buffer Brand Challenges During Crises: A Saudi Arabian Perspective, Nouf Alrayes, Abdullah Alhidari

Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets

Crises, such as economic downturns or global health pandemics, pose significant business challenges. Engaging in CSR initiatives that contribute to societal well-being can help mitigate the negative consequences of crises, reinforce customer gratitude, and minimize corporate hypocrisy. CSR is critical in shaping a company’s accountability and ethical responsibilities. Consequently, there is an opportunity for the firm to see the role of CSR and how it affects customers’ responses and attitudes during any difficult situation. Drawing upon attribution theory and the customer gratitude reciprocity cycle, a conceptual framework was developed to test the impact of CSR on the variables: corporate hypocrisy, …

Comparison Of Integrated 3d Electroanatomic Mapping And Conventional Mapping Systems For Pentaspline Pulsed Field Ablation Of Atrial Fibrillation., Auroa Badin, Andrea K Robinson, Allyson Farrah, Saanvi Billakanty, David M Nemer, Ankur N Shah, Jaret D Tyler, Eugene Y Fu, Nagesh Chopra, Anish K Amin

Heart and Vascular Articles

INTRODUCTION: Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is an established therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF), yet optimal mapping strategies during pentaspline PFA remain uncertain. We compared procedural characteristics and material costs of an integrated 3D electroanatomic mapping (EAM) platform with conventional mapping systems.

METHODS AND RESULTS: In a multicenter observational study of 448 consecutive AF ablations done using pentaspline catheter (62 integrated mapping; 386 conventional mapping) performed between February 2024 and August 2025, baseline characteristics were similar between groups. Compared with conventional mapping, the integrated platform was associated with shorter total procedure time (49 ± 16 vs. 66 ± 26 min, p …

Mechanometabolism Instructs Hematopoietic Stem Cell Specification, Paulina D Horton, Alina Syed, Michelle Winkler, Abishek B Vaidya, Michael Rariden, Neha Arora, Yong Zhou, Michihiro Kobayashi, Momoko Yoshimoto, Hyun Jung Lee, Hyun-Eui Kim, John P Hagan, Catherine Denicourt, Travis I Moore, Pamela L Wenzel

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Mechanical force generated by blood flow stimulates emergence of the first hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that populate the blood system. Force drives the transition of HSC precursors from an endothelial to hematopoietic identity, yet the molecular regulation of this fate switch remains poorly understood. We report that shear stress triggers adaptation in mitochondrial composition, ultrastructure, and function, which are essential for hematopoietic fate and engraftment potential. Shear stress remodels mitochondria in hemogenic endothelium by promoting mitochondrial gene transcription and protein synthesis. Laminar flow selectively initiates translation of 5' terminal polypyrimidine (5'TOP) motif-containing transcripts, which commonly encode ribosome and translation machinery. …

Ectopic B Lymphocyte Follicles Exacerbate Ischemic Brain Damage Via Mif-Cd74/Cxcr4 And Interferon Signaling, Sheng Yang, Hang Zhang, Lu-Lu Xu, Luo-Qi Zhou, Yun-Hui Chu, Lian Chen, Xiao-Wei Pang, Lu-Yang Zhang, Li-Fang Zhu, Ming-Hao Dong, Ke Shang, Jun Xiao, Long-Jun Wu, Wei Wang, Dai-Shi Tian, Chuan Qin

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Neuroinflammation, encompassing both innate and adaptive immune responses, plays a crucial role in ischemic stroke. Although B lymphocytes are central to adaptive immunity, their contributions to ischemic stroke remain poorly understood. Here, we demonstrated that B lymphocytes accumulate in ischemic lesions, forming germinal center-like structures at the later stage after stroke, which mainly depended on in situ proliferation. This accumulation correlated with worsened neuroinflammation and ischemic injury, whereas B cell depletion reduced chronic brain damage during stroke. Mechanistically, microglia recruited B cells into ischemic lesions through MIF-CD74/CXCR4 signaling during the early phase of stroke, while IFN-related pathways in B cells …