Effects on the sex hormone profile in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery by Ana I. López, Ana Ma. Ortiz-Zableh, Andrés F. Quiñones-Roa, Natalia Patiño-Covelli, Paula Silva, Paul A. Camacho, Bernardo Santamaria-Fuerte

“…Only one article showed a slight increase in estradiol levels (not statistically significant, 33.3-32 pg/mL, p: 0.68). Normal or low levels of LH and FSH were present both before and after the procedure. …”
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Exclusive displaced hadronic signatures in the LHC forward region by Xabier Cid Vidal, Yuhsin Tsai, Jose Zurita

“…We find that for 1 GeV < mS< 2 GeV and 0.5 mm ≲ cτ ≲ 10 mm our proposed search will be competitive with the ATLAS and CMS projections, while at the same time providing crucial information of the hadronic interactions of S, which can not be obtained from the indirect measurement of the Higgs invisible width.…”
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Lipopolysaccharide inhibits osteoblast formation and receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand degradation via autophagy inhibition by Huaizhi Zhang, Jianhua Lin, Xu Chen, Jianhui Dai, Haibin Lin

“…Our results showed that LPS inhibited autophagy (LC3 conversion and autophagosome formation) and enhanced the protein and mRNA expression of RANKL in MC3T3-E1 osteoblast precursor line. …”
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Model Predictive Control for Automatic Carrier Landing with Time Delay by Kaikai Cui, Wei Han, Yujie Liu, Xinwei Wang, Xichao Su, Jie Liu

“…The simulation results show that the delay estimation error of the PE-PSO algorithm is smaller than 2 ms, and the AD-MPC algorithm proposed in this paper can limit the landing height error within ±0.14 m under the condition of multiple disturbances and system input delay. …”
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Impact of Personal Values on School Engagement Among Chinese Adolescents: Mediating Effects of Achievement Goals by Tingyu Gu, Xiaosong Gai

“…We surveyed 700 senior high school students from a public school in Changchun, Jilin province, China (M_age = 16.91, SD_age = 0.43, 55.57% male). …”
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Atherogenic Cytokines Regulate VEGF-A-Induced Differentiation of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Endothelial Cells by Izuagie Attairu Ikhapoh, Christopher J. Pelham, Devendra K. Agrawal

“…Naïve MSCs cultured in differentiation media containing VEGF-A (50 ng/mL) demonstrated increased expression of EC-specific markers (vWF, PECAM-1, and VE-cadherin), VEGFR-2 and Sox18, and enhanced endothelial tube formation. …”
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Leptin Antagonizes Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Signaling in Growth Plate Chondrocytes by Lai Wang, Yvonne Y. Shao, R. Tracy Ballock

“…Leptin treatment also leads to a mild downregulation of PPAR mRNA expression and a significant MAPK/ERK-dependent PPARγ phosphorylation at serine 112/82. …”
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Hz. Ali’nin Şiirlerinde İnsani Değerler by Ahmet Tekin

“…Hicretten takriben yirmi iki yıl önce (m. 600) Mekke’de doğan Hz. Ali’nin (ö. 40/661), gerek nazım gerekse de nesir tarzındaki sözleri şifahi rivayet yöntemiyle aktarılmış ve vefatından çok sonra derlenerek yazıya geçirilmiştir. …”
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The Curing Kinetics of Multiscale [Ni(EDTA)]-2 Intercalated Zn-Al Layered Double Hydroxides: Glass Fiber–Epoxy Composite Prepreg by Reza Darvishi, Mahdi Darvishi, Ali Moshkriz

“…The kinetic parameters of the autocatalytic model (such as Eα, A, m, n) and the equations explaining the curing behavior of prepregs were introduced as well whose predictions were in line with the experimental findings.…”
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Hubungan Kualitas Tidur dengan Tekanan Darah pada Pelajar Kelas 2 SMA Negeri 10 Padang by Mohd Luthfi B, Syaiful Azmi, Erkadius Erkadius

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Relationship between Dyskerin Expression and Telomerase Activity in Human Breast Cancer by Lorenzo Montanaro, Maria Calienni, Claudio Ceccarelli, Donatella Santini, Mario Taffurelli, Stefano Pileri, Davide Treré, Massimo Derenzini

“…We found that when dyskerin mRNA values were very low the telomerase activity was markedly reduced, independently of the expression of other important components of the telomerase complex such as telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT). …”
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Local endoreduplication of the host is a conserved process during Phytomyxea–host interaction by Michaela Hittorf, Andrea Garvetto, Marianne Magauer, Martin Kirchmair, Willibald Salvenmoser, Pedro Murúa, Sigrid Neuhauser

“…We identified molecular signatures of endoreduplication in RNA-seq datasets of P. brassicae-infected Brassica oleracea and M. ectocarpii-infected Ectocarpus siliculosus.DiscussionCell cycle switch proteins such as CCS52A1 and B in plants, CCS52 in algae, and the protein kinase WEE1 in plants were upregulated in RNA-seq datasets hinting at a potential role in the phytomyxean-induced transition from mitotic cell cycle to endocycle. …”
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Investigation on the Influence of Design Parameters of Streamline Flow Tubes on Pump Performance by Kan Bian, Zhi Huang, Jietao Dai, Fan Zhang, Xiaosheng Chen, Zhenlin Chen, Liyi Lai, Jianhui Zhang

“…The results show that the output performance increases with the increase in the radius of the arc segment, and the maximum flow rate was 116.78 mL/min. The amplitude and the flow rate are almost the same trend as the frequency. …”
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O znanych i mniej znanych relacjach Leonharda Eulera z Polską by Roman Sznajder

“…Ehlerem, Heinrichem Kühnem i Natanaelem M. von Wolfem zaczęła się już w połowie lat 30. …”
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Addressing Fundamental Challenges of Si/Gr Electrodes with High Silicon Contents Using Innovative Bilayer Electrode Structure Design by Jeong Hyeon Yoo, Sung Joon Park, Cheol Bak, Yong Min Lee, Ki Jae Kim

“…Consequently, because of the distinct features of the upper and lower layers in the bilayer Si/Gr electrode, superior cyclability is achieved despite an increase in the total Si content to 30 wt% in the Si/Gr electrode, with a specific capacity of 534.8 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles.…”
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A sociedade dos povos como solução dos conflitos internacionais by Guilherme Pinto Ravazi

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The Effect of Therapeutic Blockades of Dust Particles-Induced Ca2+ Signaling and Proinflammatory Cytokine IL-8 in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells by Ju Hee Yoon, Sung Hwan Jeong, Jeong Hee Hong

“…Our results show that exposure to several inhibitors of Ca2+ pathway attenuated the PM10-induced Ca2+ response and subsequent IL-8 mRNA expression. PM10-mediated Ca2+ signal and IL-8 expression were attenuated by several pharmacological blockades such as antioxidants, IP3-PLC blockers, and TRPM2 inhibitors. …”
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Hydraulic Tomography for Estimating the Diffusivity of Heterogeneous Aquifers Based on Groundwater Response to Tidal Fluctuation in an Artificial Island in Taiwan by Jet-Chau Wen, Hong-Ru Lin, Tian-Chyi Jim Yeh, Yu-Li Wang, Keng-Li Lin, Shao-Yang Huang

“…Furthermore, the results of the estimated α using the HT showed low error and high correlation, 0.41 m2/hr and 0.83, respectively, between the optimal estimated heterogeneous and reference α fields in the synthetic aquifer. …”
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State-of-the-Art Developments of Acoustic Energy Transfer by Md Rabiul Awal, Muzammil Jusoh, Thennarasan Sabapathy, Muhammad Ramlee Kamarudin, Rosemizi Abd Rahim

“…Progressively, the AET efficiency can reach up to 88% in extension to 8.6 m separation distance which is even superior to that of inductive and capacitive power transfer.…”
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Sex-modulated association between thyroid stimulating hormone and informant-perceived anxiety in non-depressed older adults: Prediction models and relevant cutoff value by Asma Hallab

“…The median age of 2,114 eligible participants was 73 years (68–78), 1,117 (52.84%) were males, and the median TSH was 1.69 µIU/mL. There was a significant association between TSH and informant-perceived anxiety in the total study population (ORModel1 = 0.86, 95%CI 0.76–0.97, p = 0.011), even after adjusting for bio-demographical (adj.ORModel2 = 0.85, 95%CI 0.75–0.96, p = 0.007), and socio-cognitive confounders (adj.ORModel3 = 0.84, 95%CI 0.73–0.96, p = 0.009). …”
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