Branched PLGA derivatives with tailored drug delivery properties by Snejdrova Eva, Podzimek Stepan, Martiska Juraj, Holas Ondrej, Dittrich Milan

“…Despite several shortcomings such as extreme hydrophobicity, low drug capacity, characteristic triphasic drug release pattern with a high burst effect, poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid derivatives are widely used in drug delivery. …”
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Trends in Extreme Precipitation Indices in Iran: 1951–2007 by Robert C. Balling, Mohammad Sadegh Keikhosravi Kiany, Shouraseni Sen Roy, Javad Khoshhal

“…On a regional level, we find that the upward trend in extreme precipitation has a strong southwest-to-northeast gradient across the country for all the indices. …”
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Preparation and Properties of Ag-Containing Diamond-Like Carbon Films by Magnetron Plasma Source Ion Implantation by K. Baba, R. Hatada, S. Flege, W. Ensinger

“…A mixture of two gases, argon, and acetylene was introduced into the discharge chamber as working gas for plasma formation. …”
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Two Atypical Cases of Hantavirus Infections from Sri Lanka by N. D. B. Ehelepola, B. M. L. S. Basnayake, S. M. B. Y. Sathkumara, K. L. R. Kaluphana

“…The emergence of the hantavirus, an infection seriously affecting multiple organ systems with a high case fatality rate that is spread by aerosol and other routes, could become a serious public health issue in Sri Lanka.…”
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Multiscenario-Based Train Headway Analysis under Virtual Coupling System by Jinyi Pan, Qiyuan Peng, Shuguang Zhan, Jiaqi Bai

“…The concept of virtual coupling seems to be a promising solution that provides a new operational scenario for high-speed railway, where trains are formed into a cooperative convoy and run synchronously with small train headways. …”
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Desenvolvimento de um software para dimensionamento de fundações do tipo tubulão para torres de linhas de transmissão by Renata de Oliveira Marinho, Manoel Denis Costa Ferreira, João Marcos Azevedo de Oliveira, Gleidson Leite da Silva

“… A energia elétrica é um recurso indispensável à vida moderna. …”
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Bilateral Ovarian Serous Borderline Tumor with Non-Invasive Endometrial Implants by Melissa Bou Malham, Jordy Mehawej, Andreas Filippaios, Christina Kushnir, Paulette Mhawech-Fauceglia

“…Herein, we are presenting a case of a 33-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department complaining of persistent lower abdominal pain of one-day duration. …”
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Suggestions and Applications for Evaluating Seismic Functionality for Railway Infrastructure Network Based on Fragility Curve by Mintaek Yoo, Jiyun Jeon, Seokjung Kim, Sunnie Haam

“…This study proposes a novel model to quantitatively evaluate functionality loss in railway network systems during earthquakes and assesses its applicability to a hypothetical railway network system. …”
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Blood coagulation dynamics: mathematicalmodeling and stability results by Adélia Sequeira, Rafael F. Santos, Tomáš Bodnár

“…The hemostatic system is a highly complex multicomponent biosystem that under normal physiologic conditions maintains the fluidity of blood. …”
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Productive Entry Pathways of Human Rhinoviruses by Renate Fuchs, Dieter Blaas

“…Currently, complete or partial genome sequences of more than 150 human rhinovirus (HRV) isolates are known. Twelve species A use members of the low-density lipoprotein receptor family for cell entry, whereas the remaining HRV-A and all HRV-B bind ICAM-1. …”
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Effectiveness of Head MSCT Examination in Cases of Mild Head Injuries by Dyah Ayu Puspitaningtyas, Alfian Danie, Muhammad Fa’ik

“…Mild Head Injury (MIH) with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 13-15, has symptoms of temporary loss of neurological function, mild to severe headache and vomiting, CT-Scan examination is performed if there are signs of skull fracture and vomiting more than once. …”
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Spray-Dried Microencapsulation of Oregano (Lippia graveolens) Polyphenols with Maltodextrin Enhances Their Stability during In Vitro Digestion by Manuel de Jesús Bernal-Millán, Erick Paul Gutiérrez-Grijalva, Laura Contreras-Angulo, M. Dolores Muy-Rangel, L. Xochitl López-Martínez, J. Basilio Heredia

“…The effect of in vitro gastrointestinal digestion on the release of microencapsulated phenolic compounds was evaluated through an optimized spray drying process. A stock extract of oregano phenolic compounds was developed and microencapsulated in a spray dryer following a central composite rotatable design, controlling the variables, inlet temperature (111.7-168.2°C), and percentage of wall material (5.8-34.1%). …”
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2.5D Facial Personality Prediction Based on Deep Learning by Jia Xu, Weijian Tian, Guoyun Lv, Shiya Liu, Yangyu Fan

“…In a previous study, we predicted personality based on positive images of college students. …”
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Robot Path Planning Using Improved Ant Colony Algorithm in the Environment of Internet of Things by Hongliu Huang, Guo Tan, Linli Jiang

“…It is a research topic of practical significance to study the path planning technology of mobile robot navigation technology. …”
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Therapeutic Potential of 5-HT2C Receptor Ligands by Nanna H. Jensen, Thomas I. Cremers, Florence Sotty

“…Anatomically, they are present in various brain regions, including cortical areas, hippocampus, ventral midbrain, striatum, nucleus accumbens, hypothalamus, and amygdala. A large body of evidence supports a critical role of serotonin 2C receptors in mediating the interaction between serotonergic and dopaminergic systems, which is at the basis of their proposed involvement in the regulation of mood, affective behavior, and memory. …”
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Comparison of health technology assessments for digital therapeutics in Germany, the United Kingdom and France by Emanuele Arcà, Dorothea Heldt, Martina Smith

“…This allowed us to conduct a direct comparison of these countries’ DTx assessment frameworks. …”
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Divergência genética entre genótipos de cenoura através de caracteres agronômicos by Agnaldo Ferreira Carvalho, Giovani Olegário Silva

“…O objetivo deste trabalho foi quantificar a divergência genética entre 20 genótipos de cenoura com base em testes de agrupamento para caracteres agronômicos. …”
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Les humanistes français, le roi et le tyran. Débats autour du tyrannicide au sein du milieu humaniste français, 1ère moitié du XVe siècle by Lucie Jollivet

“…The French humanists milieu, which brings together acknowledged and famous humanists such as Nicolas de Clamanges, Laurent de Premierfait and Alain Chartier, and academics tempted by this new intellectual movement, such as Pierre d’Ailly and Jean Gerson, revive the controversy by adapting it to the context: who can be call a tyrant? What is the difference between a tyrant and a legitimate king? …”
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Concept and Classification of Functions of State Policy in the Field of Ensuring Economic Security of the State by D. O. Koshikov

“…The phenomenon of the state’s functions as the main directions of its activity for the fulfillment of tasks and the purpose of its existence in a specific period of development, their peculiarities and types have been studied. …”
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Networks on Chips: Structure and Design Methodologies by Wen-Chung Tsai, Ying-Cherng Lan, Yu-Hen Hu, Sao-Jie Chen

“…The next generation of multiprocessor system on chip (MPSoC) and chip multiprocessors (CMPs) will contain hundreds or thousands of cores. Such a many-core system requires high-performance interconnections to transfer data among the cores on the chip. …”
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