Understanding Epistatic Interactions between Genes Targeted by Non-coding Regulatory Elements in Complex Diseases by Min Kyung Sung, Hyoeun Bang, Jung Kyoon Choi

“…Genome-wide association studies have proven the highly polygenic architecture of complex diseases or traits; therefore, single-locus-based methods are usually unable to detect all involved loci, especially when individual loci exert small effects. …”
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Chloride Ingress in Chemically Activated Calcined Clay-Based Cement by Joseph Mwiti Marangu, Joseph Karanja Thiong’o, Jackson Muthengia Wachira

“…Compressive strength increased after exposure to the chloride rich media in all cement categories. Chemically activated PCC35 exhibited higher compressive strength compared to nonactivated PCC35. …”
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Characterization of the Care Process for Hypertensive People in a Polyclinic in Old Havana by Addys Díaz Piñera, Yamila Soler Carbonell, Nelsy Álvarez Mesa, Armando Rodríguez Salvá

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> arterial hypertension is the most common of all conditions internationally and one of the main risk factors that contributes to premature mortality. …”
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Mountains, Shrines, and Rock Art: Landscape in Ancestral Pueblo culture from the Colorado Plateau, North American Southwest by Radosław Palonka, Kathleen M. O’Meara, Katarzyna M. Ciomek, Zi Xu, Brianna Gooch, Claire Moriarty, Bartosz Foryś

“…One of the project’s aims is to reconstruct the relationships between Ancestral Pueblo culture settlements and rock art vs. environment and surrounding landscape. All these elements were related to the beliefs and rituals of Pueblo societies in the thirteenth century A.D. …”
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Automated deobfuscation and family classification system for Excel 4.0 macros by LI Chenguang, YANG Xiuzhang, PENG Guojun

“…The family classification accuracy for deobfuscated XLM codes stood at 94.88%, surpassing all baseline models and underscoring the efficacy of Word and Token feature integration. …”
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The Impact of diabetes on long-term prognosis in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome by Farouk BOUKERCHE, Leila HAMMOU, Nadia LAREDJ

“…Methods - A prospective study including all patients admitted to the cardiology department of CHU Oran for non-ST elevation ACS from November 2015 to October 2016 and with a five-year follow-up, a comparative study was carried out between the known diabetic group and the non-diabetic group in terms of occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. …”
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Nutritional and Nonnutritional Content of Underexploited Edible Seaweeds by Rabia Alghazeer, Hesham El Fatah, Salah Azwai, Sana Elghmasi, Maammar Sidati, Ali El Fituri, Ezdehar Althaluti, Ftaim Gammoudi, Ervia Yudiati, Nadia Talouz, Ghalia Shamlan, Ammar AL-Farga, Wafa S. Alansari, Areej A. Eskandrani

“…Lipid content was found to be low in all the studied taxa at approximately 1–6%, except for Caulerpa prolifera (Chlorophyta), which had a noticeable higher lipid content at 12.41%. …”
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The Expanding Family of Bone Marrow Homing Factors for Hematopoietic Stem Cells: Stromal Derived Factor 1 Is Not the Only Player in the Game by Mariusz Z. Ratajczak, ChiHwa Kim, Anna Janowska-Wieczorek, Janina Ratajczak

“…., C3 complement cascade cleavage fragments and antimicrobial cationic peptides, such as cathelicidin/LL-37 or β2-defensin) as well as prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). Since all these factors are upregulated in BM after myeloblative conditioning for transplantation, a more complex picture of homing emerges that involves several factors supporting, and in some situations even replacing, the SDF-1-CXCR4 axis.…”
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Price Manipulation in Common Stock Transactions and Analysis Prohibition of Obscenity in Some Cases by Ali Hassanzadeh Sarvestani, Seyed Mohammad Reza Seydnorani, Fathollah Tari

“…Manipulation of common stock transactions in stock exchanges is one of the common phenomena of these transactions, which brings destructive effects, and supervisory institutions have been and are trying to reduce all types of manipulation. Also, the religion of Islam is full of valuable teachings in the field of transactions. …”
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Novel Quantification Method for Lithium Ion Battery Electrolyte Solvents in Aqueous Recycling Samples Using Solid‐Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography‐Flame Ionization Detection by Julius Buchmann, Yixin Song, Simon Wiemers‐Meyer, Martin Winter, Sascha Nowak

“…A quantitative extraction of all target analytes is achieved using the polystyrene‐divinylbenzene‐based stationary phase LiChrolut EN. …”
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Effects of Strength, Speed and Non-Specific Resistance Training on Athletic Performance And FVP Profile Characteristics of Youth Professional Soccer Players by Ažbe Ribič, Jernej Pleša, Filip Ujaković, Žiga Kozinc

“…We assessed sprint performance, including sprint split times and the sprint FVP profile. Post-training, all groups showed significant enhancements in sprint times (p = 0.000-0.004, η² = 0.32-0.75) and FVP profile variables (p = 0.000-0.049; η² = 0.17-0.73). …”
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ESTIMATION OF THERMAL PARAMETERS OF POWER BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS BY THE METHOD OF THERMAL RELAXATION DIFFERENTIAL SPECTROMETRY by V. S. Niss, A. S. Vaskou, A. S. Turtsevich, A. F. Kerentsev, V. K. Kononenko

“…On the basis of the measurements the thermal parameters of high-power bipolar transistors is evaluated, in particular, the structure of their thermal resistance. For all of the measured samples is obtained that the thermal resistance of the layer planting crystal makes a defining contribution to the internal thermal resistance of transistors. …”
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Effects of Linear-Polarized Near-Infrared Light Irradiation on Chronic Pain by Dong Huang, Yong-Hong Gu, Qin Liao, Xue-Bin Yan, Shai-Hong Zhu, Chang-Qing Gao

“…Visual analogue scales (VASs) were measured in all patients before and 6 months after therapy visiting the pain clinic during the period of August 2007 to January 2008. …”
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Differences in Lower Extremity Kinematics Between High School Cross-Country and Young Adult Recreational Runners by Mark F Reinking, Nina M Carson, Bridget M End, Olivia K Miller, Joshua D Munter, Thomas G McPoil

“…After a five-minute acclimation period in which the participants ran on a treadmill at their preferred running speed, video data were recorded at 240 frames per second for all participants while they continued to run on the treadmill…”
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Diagnostic Power of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor in Breast Cancer Patients Based on ROC Analysis by Monika Zajkowska, Edyta Katarzyna Głażewska, Grażyna Ewa Będkowska, Przemysław Chorąży, Maciej Szmitkowski, Sławomir Ławicki

“…VEGF was also the only parameter which has statistically significant AUC in all stages of cancer. M-CSF has been shown to be comparable to CA15-3 and VEGF, specificity, and AUC values only in stages III and IV of BC. …”
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Safety-netting strategies for primary and emergency care: a codesign study with patients, carers and clinicians in Sweden by Sara Riggare, Rita Fernholm, Karin Pukk Härenstam, Carolina Wannheden, Johanna Hagman

“…Objectives To codesign safety-netting strategies for primary and emergency care settings by integrating the experiences and ideas of patients, carers and clinicians.Design A codesign process involving two focus group discussions, eight individual interviews and five workshops. All sessions were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. …”
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Toward a 10-W level femtosecond erbium laser operating in the 1600 nm low gain region by Haolin Yang, Ruili Zhang, Sailing He

“…Applying the pump scheme to the all-fiber large-mode-area (LMA) chirped pulse amplification (CPA) system, we achieve a record-high output power of ∼9.42 W, corresponding to a 262 nJ single pulse energy. …”
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The Natural History and Predictors for Intervention in Patients with Small Renal Mass Undergoing Active Surveillance by Zaher Bahouth, Sarel Halachmi, Gil Meyer, Ofir Avitan, Boaz Moskovitz, Ofer Nativ

“…Small renal masses might eventually be managed by active surveillance without compromising survival or surgical approach. All masses that were eventually excised underwent a nephron-sparing surgery. …”
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Effect of Probiotics and Herbal Products on Intestinal Histomorphological and Immunological Development in Piglets by Daiga Gāliņa, Līga Ansonska, Anda Valdovska

“…The intestinal histomorphology was improved p<0.05 in all experimental groups by an increased villus height, VH : CD ration, colon crypt depth, and number of Ki-67+ epithelial cells. …”
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Hydrogenases – Types, Sources, Properties, and the Potential for Their Application by Ana-Katarina Marić, Anđela Radan, Nevena Milčić, Martina Sudar, Zvjezdana Findrik Blažević

“…Furthermore, we summarise the methods available for determining their activity and emphasise the need for standardised units to ensure comparability of all data available in the literature. Finally, we discuss their potential applications, particularly in hydrogen production and synthetic reaction pathways for coenzyme regeneration, emphasizing the critical importance of these aspects in the investigation of hydrogenases.…”
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