A fulminant case of JC virus encephalopathy supporting a novel syndrome associated with JC virus infection of cortical neurons by Matteo Ciocca, Marta Pirovano, Monica Lodi, Antonino Romeo, Vincenza Fetoni

“…The JC virus ( JCV) is well known for causing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a potentially fatal, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). PML almost exclusively affects immunosuppressed patients, whereas it is rare in immunocompetent subjects. …”
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A Three-Vector Fast Model Predictive Control Method for Steady State Performance Improvement by Yongzhen Zhang, Pu Cheng, Kai Shen, Weiming He, Di Nian, Jun Pan

“…The voltage vector switching sequence is centralized to avoid equivalent zero vectors caused by dead-time, improving system performance. …”
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Assessment of Thermodynamic Efficiency of the Belarusian Energy System. Part 1 by V. N. Romaniuk, A. A. Bobich, T. V. Ryzhova, T. V. Bubyr, V. V. Yanchuk, Y. S. Yatsukhna

“…Attention is paid to the issue of the acceptability of the error when generalizing data on the initial flows of primary energy resources and product flows of centralized generating sources of the energy system. …”
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Deciphering the concurrent phenomenon of childhood malnutrition by using the extended composite index of anthropometric failure (ECIAF): facts from the BESLEN project by Gözde Dumlu Bilgin, İrem Kaya Cebioğlu, Hasan Kaan Kavsara, Aybüke Sarioğlu, Melis Keküllüoğlu Tan, Sema Aydin, Pınar Usta, Binnur Okan Bakir

“…Conclusions: The co-existence of stunting and overweight, the occurrence of weight excess in one in three stunted children and the high risk of central obesity are public health concerns. Also, ECIAF can better assess all aspects of childhood malnutrition than conventional measures. …”
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Recommendations for developing, documenting, and distributing data products derived from NEON data by Jeff W. Atkins, Kelly S. Aho, Xuan Chen, Andrew J. Elmore, Rich Fiorella, Wenqi Luo, Danica Lombardozzi, Claire Lunch, Leah Manak, Luis X. dePablo, Allison N. Myers‐Pigg, Sydne Record, Tong Qiu, Samuel Reed, Benjamin Ruddell, Brandon Strange, Christa L. Torrens, Kelsey Yule, Andrew D. Richardson

“…These data products include both field and remote sensing data collected using standardized protocols and sampling schema, with centralized quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) provided by NEON staff. …”
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Naringin prevents heart mitochondria dysfunction during diabetic cardiomyopathy in rats by Ilya Zavodnik, Tatsiana A. Kavalenia, Siarhei N. Kirko, Elena B. Belonovskaya, Irina A. Kuzmitskaya, Yulia V. Eroshenko, Elena A. Lapshina, Vyacheslav U. Buko

“… Background and purpose: Cardiac mitochondria dysfunction plays a central pathophysiological role in the abnormal glucose metabolism in the heart and in diabetic cardiomyopathy. …”
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Cardiac responses and load during training and competition in wheelchair-basketball players by Jurgi Olasagasti-Ibargoien, Idaia Bidaurrazaga-Letona, Susana M. Gil

“…Heart rate (HR) and peripheral and central rating of perceived exertion (RPE) were recorded in a WCB team (n=15) during a season. …”
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Measurement of inferior colliculus volume based on MRI image stacks and its relationship with age and hearing status. by Pingling Kwok, Otto Gleich, Peter Koch, Gudrun Schenkl, Nina Koch, Christopher Bohr

“…The inferior colliculus is a key nucleus in the central auditory pathway, integrating acoustic stimuli from both cochleae and playing a crucial role in sound localization. …”
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US Pilot Study of Lumbar to Sacral Nerve Rerouting to Restore Voiding and Bowel Function in Spina Bifida: 3-Year Experience by Kenneth M. Peters, Holly Gilmer, Kevin Feber, Benjamin J. Girdler, William Nantau, Gary Trock, Kim A. Killinger, Judith A. Boura

“…To report our experience with creating a skin-central nervous system-bladder reflex arc with intradural lumbar to sacral motor root microanastomosis to restore bladder/bowel function in spina bifida patients. …”
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Transcriptional Activity of PGC-1α and NT-PGC-1α Is Differentially Regulated by Twist-1 in Brown Fat Metabolism by Hee-Jin Jun, Thomas W. Gettys, Ji Suk Chang

“…Brown fat expresses two PGC-1α isoforms (PGC-1α and NT-PGC-1α) and both play a central role in the regulation of cellular energy metabolism and adaptive thermogenesis by interacting with a wide range of transcription factors including PPARγ, PPARα, ERRα, and NRF1. …”
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Simulation study on converter transformer windings stress characteristics under harmonic current and temperature rise effect by Jing Xu, Jian Hao, Ning Zhang, Ruijin Liao, Yun Feng, Wenlong Liao, Huanchao Cheng

“…Following the inclusion of thermal rise effects, the stress in the grid-side and valve-side windings shifts towards the oil channels between the two windings and also spreads from the hotspot temperature regions to the central regions of the windings. Maximum stress changes under varying harmonic frequencies follow a power function growth pattern. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory and Antinociceptive Activities of Bufalin in Rodents by Lili Wen, Yang Huang, Xianbiao Xie, Wan Huang, Junqiang Yin, Wenqian Lin, Qiang Jia, Weian Zeng

“…The antinociceptive activities were evaluated by acetic acid-induced writhing, formalin, and hot-plate tests; open-field test investigated effects on the central nervous system. Our data showed that bufalin (0.3 and 0.6 mg/kg, i.p.) potently decreased carrageenan-induced paw edema. …”
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Impact of Climate Change on the Growth of Typical Crops in Karst Areas: A Case Study of Guizhou Province by Jun Ma, Baisha Weng, Wuxia Bi, Dan Xu, Ting Xu, Dengming Yan

“…The rate of shortening of crop cycle length is faster than the value during 1961 to 2018. (2) In the next 30 years, extreme precipitation concentrates in June and mainly falls in the central and southeast parts of Guizhou Province. In addition, summer is the outbreak period of drought events and drought-flood abrupt alternation events, which has a great impact on crop’s growth. …”
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Prospects for the creation of national and supranational cryptocurrencies in the BRICS countries by O. M. Makhalina, V. N. Makhalina

“…Cryptocurrency is not recognized as a legal means of payment; in the BRICS countries there are no own, national cryptocurrencies, and only projects of future cryptocurrencies are developed, taking into account the features of the set goalsof economic development and management of cryptocurrency activities; the countries of the Association do not abandon the use of blockchain technology in the field of economy and Finance, as it ensures the openness and security of data storage, the creation of centralized exchanges, the exchange of goods and services; the BRICS countries should be interested in a gradual shift away from dollar dependence. …”
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Development and validity test of impression management efficacy scale based on self-presentation behavior of Chinese youth on social media by Yixuan Liu, Ke Lei

“…A total of 920 questionnaires were then distributed for a centralized investigation. The collected data underwent repeated testing to refine and finalize the questionnaire.ResultsThis study explores the relationship between self-presentation and IME in social media contexts. …”
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Evaluation of the practice of applying state price regulation methods: Indian experience by E. A. Santovich

“…The regulatory legal acts of the Republic of India, statistics, electronic resources, as well as operational primary information of the ministries and departments of the Central Government of India make up the information base of the study.It has been concluded, that the state-built model of price regulation provides protection not only to consumers, ensuring the availability of necessary goods, but also to producers, ensuring redistribution of profit in their favor. …”
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Temporal link prediction method based on community multi-features fusion and embedded representation by Yuhang ZHU, Lixin JI, Yingle LI, Haitao LI, Shuxin LIU

“…Dynamic networks integrates time attributes on the basis of static networks, and it contains multiple connotations such as the complexity and dynamics of the network structure.It is a better thinking object for studying complex network link prediction problems in the real world.Its high application value has attracted much attention in recent years.However, most of the research objects of traditional methods are still limited to static networks, and there are problems such as insufficient utilization of network time-domain evolution information and high time complexity.Combining sociological theory, a novel temporal link prediction method was proposed based on community multi-feature fusion embedding representation.The core idea of this method was to analyze the dynamic evolution characteristics of the network, learn the embedded representation vector of nodes within the community, and effectively fuse multiple features to measure the generation probability of the connection between nodes.The network was divided into several subgraphs by using community detection with collective influence weights and the Similarity index was proposed based on the collective influence.Then, the biased random walk and the Skip-gram were used to get the embedded vectors for every node and the Similarity index was proposed based on the random walk within the community.Integrating the collective influence, multiple central features of the community, and the representation vector learned within the community, the Similarity index was proposed based on the multi-features fusion.Compared with classical temporal link prediction methods, including moving average methods, embedded representation methods, and graph neural network methods, experimental results on six real data sets show that the proposed methods based on the random walk within the community and the multi-features fusion both achieve better prediction performance under the evaluation criteria of AUC.…”
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A guerra da Ucrânia e os impactos sobre as estratégias energéticas de Rússia e União Europeia by José Késsio Floro Lemos

“…A energia, tradicionalmente um pilar do poder internacional, assume agora um papel central na ordem geopolítica em evolução, influenciando alianças, cadeias de suprimento e estratégias de segurança. …”
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STATISTICAL METHODS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL AUDIT RESULTS by Taras Gutor, Andriy Zimenkovsky, Zoriana Mysak

“…It is noteworthy that for pointing the central tendency almost in half of the cases (46.8 %) the median and the Interquartile Range were used. …”
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A socioeconomic disadvantage index for informing policy, systems, and environmental change interventions for senior nutrition programs by Shadi Maleki, Cassandra M. Johnson, Francis A. Méndez Mediavilla, Ramalingam Shanmugam, Lesli Biediger-Friedman

“…Census to develop a new socioeconomic disadvantage index for adults older than 60 years, with a focus on food insecurity, for a large region in Central Texas. The Older Adult Socioeconomic Disadvantage Index (OASDI) includes 12 variables related to unmet needs for food, housing, healthcare access, and transportation, and others at the census tract level. …”
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