Membrane Currents in Airway Smooth Muscle: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications by Luke J Janssen

“…Electrophysiological and pharmacological techniques were used to characterize the membrane conductance changes underlying spasmogen-evoked depolarization in airway smooth muscle (ASM). …”
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Floridian Consumer Perceptions of Local Versus Organic Ornamental Plants by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn

“…UF/IFAS researchers conducted a survey last summer which suggests that consumers in central Florida define local as plants that are grown near where they are sold and identify the most important local benefits as product safety, quality, and community support. …”
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Nursing care of a patient after pericardiocentesis in terms of the International Classification of Nursing Practice ICNP® – a case study by Filip M. Tkaczyk

“…The study used the case study method and the technique of interviewing, observing, measuring, and analysing the patient’s medical records. The study was conducted in January 2024 and included a 51-year-old man hospitalised for angioplasty with complications of cardiac tamponade. …”
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Identité biologique des artisans moustériens de Kebara (Mont Carmel, Israël) Réflexions sur le concept de néanderthalien au Levant méditerranéen by Anne-Marie Tillier, Baruch Arensburg, Jaroslav Brůžek

“…The southern Mediterranean Levant has attracted the attention of the scientific community since the early excavations conducted at the beginning of the 20th century on several sites, which provided a significant sample of Upper Pleistocene hominids. …”
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Patent Portfolios and Competition Law: Some Reflections After the Recent RPSA Cases by Emanuela Arezzo

“…While EU institutions have made clear that the latter behaviour is in plain contrast with competition law provisions prohibiting agreements in restraint of trade, RPSAs are only the tail of a multifaceted conduct which deserves closer scrutiny. …”
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Collective Competencies and their Constitutive Elements: a case study in a Brazilian Fashion Group by Luiz Henrique da Silva, Tatiana Ghedine

“…Through exploratory and qualitative research, applying the case study strategy, conducted semi-structured interviews (with 36 employees from 6 work teams of the Lunelli Group's brands), and realizing a participant observation. …”
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Experimental Study of a Flexible Rotor and its Dependency on the Rolling-Bearing Temperature

“…In addition to the investigation of the influences of the bearing temperature on the dynamics of the flexible rotor at the first critical speeds, a brief investigation into the complete dynamic within the speed range of interest is also conducted. The purpose of this is to examine in detail the vibrational phenomena of the flexible rotor and to detect some characteristics dynamic behaviour due to the presence of rolling-element bearings.…”
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POSSIBILITIES OF SELF-ORGANIZATION METHODS IN PREDICTING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS IN MINING by I. S. Bondarenko, V. V. Kupriyanov

“…Successfully predictable and non-predictable variables have been revealed. Conducted complex forecasts for different criteria of self-organization have allowed us to set the optimal number of analogs and to rank the f…”
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Transforming preschool teacher’s role: From implementer toward researcher by Dragana PAVLOVIĆ BRENESELOVIĆ, Živka KRNJAJA

“…The analysis has shown that the pre-school teachers do not generally conduct projects in the function of reflection and transformation on their own practice. …”
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Serum Calcium and Phosphorus Concentration in Egyptian Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty liver disease by Mohammed F. Mohammed, Sameh S.E. Elsayed, Asem G. Yosuf

“…Patients and methods A case–control study was conducted on 200 patients; 100 diagnosed with NAFLD cross-matched with 100 individuals without NAFLD regarding to age, sex, and BMI. …”
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Les représentations de l’eau by Bernadette De Vanssay

“…It is why, the author with the participation of Laboratoire de Psychologie Environnementale, conducted a pilot study on water representations and perceptions in four french towns (Rennes, Limoges, Bordeaux et Paris) and six metropolis disseminated through the world. …”
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Trabalho doméstico: entre o poder simbólico patronal e a luta por reconhecimento jurídico by Attila Magno e Silva Barbosa, Giovanna Iasiniewicz, Maria Emília Valli Büttow

“…Among the methodological procedures used to obtain the data, includes eighteen semi-structured interviews and direct observation conducted at the headquarters of the Domestic Workers’ Union of Pelotas - seeking to understand the perception of domestic workers, employers and trade unionists about the recent changes.…”
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Field Measurement of Wind Characteristics of Typhoon Muifa on the Shanghai World Financial Center by Y. An, Y. Quan, M. Gu

“…Detailed analysis of the field data is conducted to investigate the characteristics of the typhoon-generated wind including the mean wind speed and direction, turbulence intensities, gust factors, peak factors, turbulence integral length scales, and spectra of fluctuating wind speed. …”
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Professional know-how and MSD prevention: conceptual and methodological reflection leading to their identification and the start of their construction by Sylvie Ouellet, Nicole Vézina

“…Individual and group interviews, on-site and video observations, and individual auto-confrontation (confronting participants with their own activity) were conducted. A typology of the know-how’s knowledge base was developed and the existence of a hierarchy in the development of expertise was brought to light, including know-how called « efficient know-how ». …”
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STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION OF THE EXCAVATOR ENGINE HOOD BASED ON MODAL ANALYSIS by YANG WeiPing, HOU Liang, CAI HuiKun, LI ShengYu, ZHANG EnLai, WANG WenWu

“…The finite element model of an excavator engine hood was established and modal analysis was conducted by using Hyper Works software. Its first four order natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes in free state were obtained. …”
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Model split-based data privacy protection method for federated learning by CHEN Ka

“…To evaluate the proposed BLDP algorithm, experiments were conducted on four commonly benchmarked datasets and the leakage loss and model accuracy were analyzed. …”
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Assembly and disassembly – The module as a compositional element for a ‘new’ sustainability – The Spanish case by Claudia Pirina, Giovanni Comi, Anna Frangipane

“… This paper investigates the concept of module based on Argan’s proposed dual definition of module-measure and module-object, reflecting on architectural design by ‘elements’ from a circular economy perspective. This reflection is conducted by selecting case studies on prefabricated architecture within the Iberian context, comparing contemporary projects with selected works by 20th-century Masters, following a reverse process. …”
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Effect Mechanism of the North Wind on Saltwater Intrusion in the Modaomen Channel by GAO Chenchen, CAI Duo

“…This paper establishes a three-dimensional mathematical salinity model for tide in the Modaomen Channel based on MIKE3 software, validates and calibrates the model by the measured data, conducts the numerical calculation of saltwater intrusion in the Modaomen Channel under north wind. and analyzes the effect of north wind on saltwater intrusion in the Modaomen Channel according to the simulation results and the theory of salt flux decomposition. …”
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ROLE AND PLACE OF LABORATORY AND RESEARCH EXPERIMENT IN A COMPETENCE PARADIGM OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION SPECIALISTS by Dmitry V. Popov

“…It gives the results of the conducted expert research on identifying the activities of specialists in physical processes of oil and gas production, which allowed us to determine that its dominant species is the performance of laboratory and research experiments. …”
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Secondary sex estimation using morphological traits from the cranium and mandible: application to two Merovingian populations from Belgium by Bérénice Chevalier, Frédéric Santos, Caroline Polet, Sébastien Villotte

“…Our study thus illustrates the value of using morphological characteristics of the skull for a secondary sex estimation conducted with a reliable statistical method.…”
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