Moisture Transfer Model and Simulation for Dehumidification of HTGR Core by Jun Li, Zhenzhong Zhang, Yingchao Meng, Huaqiang Yin, Shengchao Ma, Xuedong He, Xingtuan Yang, Shengyao Jiang

“…These carbon materials mainly include graphite IG-110 and boron-containing carbon material (BC), both of which are typical porous materials and normally absorb moisture. …”
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General concepts on health economic evaluations by Fernando Briceño Muga, Javier Gallegos, Eva Madrid, Camila Quirland, Roberto Garnham

“…This article is the first of two reviews on whose main purpose is to address fundamental theoretical concepts of health economic evaluations to facilitate their understanding and critical analysis. …”
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Assessment of the possibility to use the of hot dip galvanizing waste-zinc dust for zinc-rich paints by N. I. Urbanovich, K. A. Baranovsky, E. V. Rozenberg, V. A. Ashuyko

“…The research results showed that zinc dust is a dispersed waste with particles of mainly circular shape and sizes from 3 to 200 microns, and in chemical composition it mainly meets the requirements of ISO 3549. …”
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A Comprehensive Look at the Possibilities of Edible Insects as Food in Europe – a Review by Mlcek Jiri, Rop Otakar, Borkovcova Marie, Bednarova Martina

“…Insects in Asian, African, Central American and South Central American cultures are mainly nutritional components. This review mainly describes the species of insects that are suitable as food in Europe and other developed countries. …”
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A Novel Method of the Generalized Interval-Valued Fuzzy Rough Approximation Operators by Tianyu Xue, Zhan’ao Xue, Huiru Cheng, Jie Liu, Tailong Zhu

“…These operators are shown to be equivalent to the generalized interval fuzzy rough approximation operators introduced by Dubois, which are determined by any interval-valued fuzzy binary relation expressed in a generalized approximation space. Main properties of these operators are discussed under different interval-valued fuzzy binary relations, and the illustrative examples are given to demonstrate the main features of the proposed operators.…”
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Review and Critique of the Justice Theory: The Universality or Contextuality of the Principles of Justice by Majid Tavasoli Roknabadi, Mokhtar Nouri

“…An attempt will be made to introduce a critical review on the agenda. What is Rawls's main issue? What is the purpose of this work and its place in the resources available in this area? …”
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International collaboration of VIR as an important factor of replenishing the collection of grain legume genetic resources by M. A. Vishnyakova, T. G. Alexandrova, T. V. Buravtseva, M. O. Burlyaeva, G. P. Egorova, E. V. Semenova, I. V. Seferova, I. L. Stepanova, I. I. Yankov

“…The study of new foreign accessions within VIR's network made it possible to identify sources of economically valuable traits for the main trends of crop breeding.…”
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Soil organic carbon contents and their major influencing factors in mangrove tidal flats: a comparison between estuarine and non-estuarine areas by Ting Wu, Jia Guo, Gang Li, Yu Jin, Wei Zhao, Guangxuan Lin, Fang-Li Luo, Yaojun Zhu, Yifei Jia, Li Wen

“…The Random Forest algorithm was employed to identify the main influencing factors affecting SOC. The direct and indirect effects of the main influencing factors on SOC were studied using partial least squares structural equation modeling. …”
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Pore Structure and Its Fractal Dimension: A Case Study of the Marine Shales of the Niutitang Formation in Northwest Hunan, South China by Wei Jiang, Yang Zhang, Tianran Ma, Song Chen, Yang Hu, Qiang Wei, Dingxiang Zhuang

“…The main influencing factors of the pore space fractal dimension are APS and the content of clay minerals. …”
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Mechanism of <italic>Hindu Datura</italic> in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis from the Perspective of Network Pharmacology by Changlong FU, Yangyang MEI, Xihai LI, Zhiwei QIU, Changxing CHEN, Chunsong ZHENG

“…Objective:To construct the active component target of <italic>Hindu datura</italic> and the disease target of rheumatoid arthritis by using network pharmacology, to predict the specific molecular signal and pathway of <italic>hindu datura</italic> in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, and to analyze its potential therapeutic target and molecular mechanism.Methods:All the chemical components of <italic>hindu datura</italic> were summarized and screened through Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform(TCMSP)database, retrieval was performed with the preset oral bioavailability(OB)≥30%and drug like(DL)≥0.18.Uniprot database was used to screen the entire correlation basis of the effective chemical compound.After screening the disease target with"rheumatoid arthritis"as the retrieval word using GeneCards and OMIM database, the superimposed target area between the drug target of <italic>hindu datura</italic> and the disease target of rheumatoid arthritis was summarized and analyzed, and it could be used as the prediction target gene of <italic>hindu datura</italic> for treating rheumatoid arthritis.Network targets were constructed and analyzed for the exported data based on Cytoscape 3.7.1 software and STRING 7.8 database.Finally, GO functional enrichment analysis and KEGG signal pathway analysis were performed to further screen the main targets and signal pathways.Results:①Through screening and analysis, 27 effective compounds, 318 corresponding target genes and 125 predicted target genes were obtained for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.②The core genes in PPI network mainly included JUN, AKT1, RELA, MAPK1, etc.③GO functional enrichment analysis showed that the biological process(BP)for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by <italic>hindu datura</italic> mainly involves response to lipopolysaccharide, response to lipopolysaccharide, response to molecule of bacterial origin, response to metalion, response to oxidative stress, response to steroid hormone, cellular response to oxidative stress, reactive oxygen species metabolic process, response to oxygen levels, etc..The cell component(CC)consisted of membrane raft, membrane region, plasma membrane raft and presynaptic membrane; molecular functions(MF)mainly involved the nuclear receptor activity, transcription factor activity(direct ligand regulated sequence-specific DNA binding), steroid hormone receptor activity, cytokine receptors, cytokine activity, DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymeraseⅡtranscription factor binding, kinase regulator activity, receptor ligand activity, etc.The analysis of KEGG signaling pathway showed that the obvious pathway of <italic>hindu datura</italic> in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis may involve IL-17 signaling pathway, TNF signal pathway, HIF-1signalpathway, Toll-like receptor signal pathway, etc.Conclusion:The potential mechanism of <italic>hindu datura</italic> for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is to exert anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antioxidant effects, which involve a number of interactive signal pathways.…”
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Nephronectin Is Required for Vascularization in Zebrafish and Sufficient to Promote Mammalian Vessel‐Like Structures in Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering by Chinmoy Patra, Amey Rayrikar, Ganesh Wagh, Florian Kleefeldt, Kaveh Roshanbinfar, Florian Cop, Iva Nikolic, Mirko H. H. Schmidt, Amparo Acker‐Palmer, Süleyman Ergün, Felix B. Engel

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Distribution Pattern of Cadmium in the Profile of Shallow Fissure Soil and Its Influencing Factors in Karst Areas with High Geological Background by FAN Pingping, CHEN Jia, ZHANG Feng, NIU Yong, FANG Nufang, WU Zeyan, CAI Huayin

“…The average Cd concentration was 2.99 mg/kg, the concentration was high at 0—20 cm and gradually decreased with increasing soil depth, and Cd was predominantly in the reducible form. (3) Total Cd concentration was mainly influenced by soil pH, CEC, clay, silt, and water-stable aggregates, with CEC being the primary controlling factor for the vertical distribution of Cd. (4) The distribution of Cd speciation was controlled by different factors, depending on the form of Cd, with the weak acid-extractable form primarily influenced by organic matter, the reducible form mainly influenced by CEC, the oxidizable form mainly influenced by CEC, clay, and silt, and the residual form mainly influenced by silt content. (5) There was a significant difference in Cd concentration between the soils of funnel-shaped and trapezoidal fissure profiles and the rectangular fissure profile. …”
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Experimental Study on Characteristics of Seismic Damage and Damping Technology of Absorbing Joint of Tunnel Crossing Interface of Soft and Hard Rock by Dao-yuan Wang, Jin-xiu Yuan, Guang-yao Cui, Jia Liu, Hong-fan Wang

“…It has generally been believed that the serious seismic damage of tunnel mainly occurred in portal section and fault dislocation zone. …”
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Exploring policy processes against microbial threats in Iran: a qualitative policy analysis by Amirhossein Takian, Ali Akbari Sari, Masud Yunesian, Azam Raoofi

“…Through content analysis of the agenda-setting process, we identified three main themes: magnitude of the problem, actors’ power and priorities. …”
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CONSTRUCTION PECULIARITIES OF MACHINES OF MULTIPLE TORSION. Part 1 by A. V. Vedeneev

“…The peculiarities of the wires behavior at spin on machines of double torsion are examined. The main characteristics of machines of double torsion are given.…”
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A Multicenter, Prospective Study of a New Fully Covered Expandable Metal Biliary Stent for the Palliative Treatment of Malignant Bile Duct Obstruction by Bret T. Petersen, Michel Kahaleh, Richard A. Kozarek, David Loren, Kapil Gupta, Thomas Kowalski, Martin Freeman, Yang K. Chen, Malcolm S. Branch, Steven Edmundowicz, Michael Gluck, Kenneth Binmoeller, Todd H. Baron, Raj J. Shah, Timothy Kinney, William Ross, Paul Jowell, David Carr-Locke

“…Patients and Methods. 58 patients were included in this prospective, multicenter series conducted under an FDA-approved IDE. Main outcome measurements included (1) absence of stent occlusion within six months or until death, whichever occurred first and (2) technical success, need for reintervention, bilirubin levels, stent patency, time to stent occlusion, and adverse events. …”
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The current state of the quality of homeopathic clinical research by Patricia M. Herman, Cindy C. Crawford, Margaret A. Maglione, Sydne J. Newberry, Paul S. Amieux, Kimberlee Blyden-Taylor, Raheleh Khorsan, Marcia Prenguber, Elizabeth Rice, Andy Shollar, Tiesha Tyson, Nazanin Vassighi, Ian D. Coulter

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SMART SPECIALISATION AS A BASIC COMPONENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT by Olena Guzenko, Svitlana Nikolaichuk, Dmytro Ivanenko

“…This study pays particular attention to the main conceptual provisions of the SS concept. These include research and innovation strategies of SS, the choice of the region as the main object of specialisation, the use of scientific, technological and economic specialisation, and the attribution of key assets and the possible potential for diversification of the international position of the region as a local node in global chains to the main criteria for choosing subject areas. …”
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Determination of Important Topographic Factors for Landslide Mapping Analysis Using MLP Network by Mutasem Sh. Alkhasawneh, Umi Kalthum Ngah, Lea Tien Tay, Nor Ashidi Mat Isa, Mohammad Subhi Al-batah

“…There are three main stages involved in this study. The first stage is the extraction of extra topographic factors. …”
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Comparative evaluation of the energy and economic efficiency of vapor compression heat pumps in modernization of large chemical and oil refining industries. Part 2 by V. L. Yusha, M. A. Sutyaginskiy, Yu. A. Potapov

“…A feature of the energy system under consideration is the provision of the main circuit of the heat pump and its drive from a common source of thermal energy. …”
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