On the Critical Case in Oscillation for Differential Equations with a Single Delay and with Several Delays by Jaromír Baštinec, Leonid Berezansky, Josef Diblík, Zdeněk Šmarda

“…New nonoscillation and oscillation criteria are derived for scalar delay differential equations ̇𝑥(𝑡)+𝑎(𝑡)𝑥(ℎ(𝑡))=0,𝑎(𝑡)≥0,ℎ(𝑡)≤𝑡,𝑡≥𝑡0, and ∑̇𝑥(𝑡)+𝑚𝑘=1𝑎𝑘(𝑡)𝑥(ℎ𝑘(𝑡))=0,𝑎𝑘(𝑡)≥0,ℎ𝑘(𝑡)≤𝑡, and 𝑡≥𝑡0, in the critical case including equations with several unbounded delays, without the usual assumption that the parameters 𝑎,ℎ,𝑎𝑘, and ℎ𝑘 of the equations are continuous functions. …”
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Reduction reactions dominate the interactions between Mg alloys and cells: Understanding the mechanisms by Jua Kim, Jeremy L. Gilbert, William W. Lv, Ping Du, Haobo Pan

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Safety Evaluation of Multiple Strains of Lactobacillus plantarum and Pediococcus pentosaceus in Wistar Rats Based on the Ames Test and a 28-Day Feeding Study by Cheng-Chih Tsai, Sew-Fen Leu, Quan-Rong Huang, Lan-Chun Chou, Chun-Chih Huang

“…Three lactic acid bacterial strains, Lactobacillus plantarum, HK006, and HK109, and Pediococcus pentosaceus PP31 exhibit probiotic potential as antiallergy agents, both in vitro and in vivo. …”
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On Nonoscillation of Advanced Differential Equations with Several Terms by L. Berezansky, E. Braverman

“…Existence of positive solutions for advanced equations with several terms x˙(t)+∑k=1mak(t)x(hk(t))=0,  hk(t)≥t is investigated in the following three cases: (a) all coefficients ak are positive; (b) all coefficients ak are negative; (c) there is an equal number of positive and negative coefficients. …”
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Rates of Stellar Tidal Disruption Events around Intermediate-mass Black Holes by Janet N. Y. Chang, Lixin Dai, Hugo Pfister, Rudrani Kar Chowdhury, Priyamvada Natarajan

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Use of hazardous barium slag as a supplementary cementitious material in calcium aluminate cement: Evolution of engineering properties and microstructure by Chen-xi Dong, Zhao Duan, Jiang-shan Li, Xin Chen, Wei Zhang, Haitao Cao, Nianqin Wang

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TXNIP deficiency attenuates renal fibrosis by modulating mTORC1/TFEB-mediated autophagy in diabetic kidney disease by Yunxia Du, Ming Wu, Shan Song, Yawei Bian, Yonghong Shi

“…Simultaneously, TXNIP interference inhibited epithelial-to-mesenchymal transformation (EMT), collagen I and fibronectin expression, and mTORC1 activation, increased TFEB nuclear translocation, and promoted autophagy restoration in HK-2 cells exposed to high glucose (HG). Rapamycin, an inhibitor of mTORC1, increased TFEB nuclear translocation and autophagy in HK-2 cells under HG conditions. …”
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lncRNA SNHG14 Plays a Role in Sepsis-Induced Acute Kidney Injury by Regulating miR-93 by Chuanchuan Shi, Yuqian Zhao, Qi Li, Jianguo Li

“…Increased expression of SNHG14 was observed in LPS-induced HK-2 cells, and this was due to the activation of the TLR4/NF-κB pathway. …”
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miR-16-5p aggravates sepsis-associated acute kidney injury by inducing apoptosis by Han Li, Junyan Duan, Tongtong Zhang, Yingjie Fu, Yue Xu, Hongjun Miao, Xuhua Ge

“…In vitro, the expression level of miR-16-5p in HK-2 cells treated with 10 μg/mL lipopolysaccharide (LPS) increased by more than 2 times. …”
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Olive tourism in Andalusia by Hervé Théry

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Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Participate in Renal Fibrosis in Diabetic Kidney Disease Partly via TGF-β1 Signal Pathway by Cuiping Liu, Ludan Qin, Jingya Ding, Luping Zhou, Chenlin Gao, Ting Zhang, Man Guo, Wei Huang, Zongzhe Jiang, Yang Long, Yong Xu

“…The expression of TGF-β1, FN, and collagen1 was significantly upregulated in HK-2 cells induced by IL-4 or IL-13 (P<0.05). Moreover, the IL-4Rα and IL-13Rα1 mRNA in HK2 cells were increased followed by high glucose alone or combined with IL-4 or IL-13, but the differences were not statistically significant (P>0.05). …”
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NIR‐II emissive biohybrid nanovesicles as mild‐temperature photothermal antibiofilm agents against acute bacterial skin and skin‐structure infections by Ji Wang, Zhihao Wu, Xiaoxi Ma, Zhihui Huang, Haorong Dong, Jinxin Zhang, Xiaoming Liu, Pengfei Zhang, Shuhuai Yao

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Evaluation of the willingness to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with automated external defibrillator (AED) among Hong Kong Chinese using the theory of planned behavio... by Victor C W Tam, Anthony Wai Leung Kwok

“…Introduction Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation by an automated external defibrillator (AED) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) events were low in Hong Kong (HK). This study evaluated the willingness and associated factors of performing CPR with AED in HK using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB).Methods A total of 1449 responses from HK Chinese aged 15–64 years were collected in a cross-sectional online survey using convenience sampling on social media including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. …”
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Characterizations and growth kinetics of the borided layer formed on pure nickel by molten salt electrolysis by Wang B.-X., Yuan W.-L., Wang Z.-Y., Li J.-X., Ma H.-Z., Song Y.-H.

“…After 1 h of boronizing, the hardness of the silicon rich borides is 966 HK, which is a little lower than that of the nickel borides (992-1008 HK); the surface hardness reached 1755 HK after 4 h electrolysis. …”
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Chloé Thomas, Les Excentrés. Poètes modernistes américains by Clément Oudart

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A modern look at the oscillation physics case for a neutrino factory by Peter B. Denton, Julia Gehrlein

“…The next generation of neutrino oscillation experiments, JUNO, DUNE, and HK, are under construction now and will collect data over the next decade and beyond. …”
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D-mannose alleviates chronic periodontitis in rats by regulating the functions of neutrophils by Xue Li, Xueting Chen, Qingyu Zhu, Pengye Zhang, Shunxue Nan, Lei Lv, Shengcai Qi

“…The results of qPCR showed that D-mannose reduced the expression levels of IL-1β (p<0.05), IL-6 (p<0.01), IL-17 (p<0.01), TNF-α (p<0.01), G-CSF (p<0.01), GM-CSF (p<0.01), TET2 (p<0.01), HK1 (p<0.01), HK2 (p<0.01), and PFKFB3 (p<0.01). …”
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Protective effects of Notoginsenoside R2 on reducing lipid accumulation and mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetic nephropathy through regulation of c-Src by Xieyi Guo, Liu Yang, Xiaoning An, Maofang Hu, Yilan Shen, Niansong Wang, Youhua Xu, Dingkun Gui

“…Methods In vivo models were developed using db/db mice, while in vitro models utilized HK-2 cells exposed to high glucose and palmitic acid (HGPA). …”
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Constraining Binary Mergers in Active Galactic Nuclei Disks Using the Nonobservation of Lensed Gravitational Waves by Samson H. W. Leong, Justin Janquart, Aditya Kumar Sharma, Paul Martens, Parameswaran Ajith, Otto A. Hannuksela

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Bushen Huoxue formula protects against renal fibrosis and pyroptosis in chronic kidney disease by inhibiting ROS/NLRP3-mediated inflammasome activation by Lin Liao, Pengyu Tao, Qiming Xu, Jie Chen, Weiwei Liu, Jing Hu, Jianrao Lu

“…Similarly, BSHX treatment reduced the levels of hydroxyproline, transforming growth factor-β, matrix metalloproteinase 2, and matrix metalloproteinase 9 and inactivated the Smad2/3 signaling pathway in Ang II-treated HK-2 cells. Our data also showed that treatment with BSHX reduced NLRP3 inflammasome activation and pyroptosis in Ang II-treated HK-2 cells. …”
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