KCNJ11: Genetic Polymorphisms and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus by Polin Haghvirdizadeh, Zahurin Mohamed, Nor Azizan Abdullah, Pantea Haghvirdizadeh, Monir Sadat Haerian, Batoul Sadat Haerian

“…Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major worldwide health problem and its prevalence has been rapidly increasing in the last century. …”
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Data-driven analysis of chemicals, proteins and pathways associated with peanut allergy: from molecular networking to biological interpretation by Emmanuel Kemmler, Julian Braun, Florent Fauchère, Sabine Dölle-Bierke, Kirsten Beyer, Robert Preissner, Margitta Worm, Priyanka Banerjee

“…Peanut allergy is majorly related to severe food induced allergic reactions. …”
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Induction of Interleukin-8 from Nasal Epithelial Cells during Bacterial Infection: The Role of IL-8 for Neutrophil Recruitment in Chronic Rhinosinusitis by Bit-Na Yoon, Nan-Geum Choi, Hyun-Sun Lee, Kyu-Sup Cho, Hwan-Jung Roh

“…Conclusion. MEC and IL-8 are major factors for neutrophil recruitment in nonallergic CRS.…”
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Immunological Responses and Epitope Mapping by Tuberculosis-Associated Antigens within the RD1 Region in Japanese Patients by Hideaki Nagai, Maho Suzukawa, Yumi Sakakibara, Ken Ohta, Pedro A. Reche, Koichi Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hoshino

“…Tuberculosis remains a major global health problem worldwide, and hence there is a need for novel vaccines that better induce cellular-mediated immunity (CMI). …”
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Effects of seasonal variations of the physio-chemical properties of municipal solid waste on effective materials and resources recovery by Tobby Michael Agwe, Moses N. Twesigye-omwe, Zubeda Ukundimana, Davies Rotimi, Sneha Gupta

“…This study revealed that this MSW is majorly plastics, with concentrations of 21.45% and 26.94% in the dry and wet seasons, respectively, which presents a more recycling potential for these plastics in the wet season. …”
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A Novel Compression Technique for Multi-Camera Nodes through Directional Correlation by Saima Shaheen, M. Younus Javed, Muid Mufti, Shehzad Khalid, Aasia Khanum, Shoab A. Khan, M. Usman Akram

“…A major fraction of multimedia stream contents tends to be redundant and leads to wastage of storage capacity and channel bandwidth. …”
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Numerical simulation of CBR test and HS-Small parameter characterization for Bogotá soils by Camilo Ernesto Herrera-Cano, Juan Carlos Ruge-Cárdenas, Juan Gabriel Bastidas-Martínez

“… This paper presents the determination of HS-Small constitutive model parameters for the Sabana Formation, the major deposit of Bogotá city. Mechanical parameters were obtained from index parameter of physical characterization, using correlations consulted as state-of-the-art. …”
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Magnetic Behavior of Sintered NdFeB Magnets on a Long-Term Timescale by Minna Haavisto, Sampo Tuominen, Timo Santa-Nokki, Harri Kankaanpää, Martti Paju, Pekka Ruuskanen

“…This study shows that material with a very square JH curve is stable until a certain critical operating temperature is reached. Major losses are detected as the critical temperature is exceeded. …”
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Daily Activity Monitoring and Fall Detection Based on Surface Electromyography and Plantar Pressure by Xugang Xi, Wenjun Jiang, Zhong Lü, Seyed M. Miran, Zhi-Zeng Luo

“…Falls among the elderly comprise a major health problem. Daily activity monitoring and fall detection using wearable sensors provide an important healthcare system for elderly or frail individuals. …”
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The Experience of the Upu Smurd Floreasca Team during the Earthquakes in Turkey, February 2023 by Bogdan Oprita, Ruxandra Oprita, Teodor-Nicolae Berea, Ionut Olaru, Marian Alexandru Draghici

“…Conclusions: Quickly recognizing life-threatening situations and rapidly instating rapid fluid resuscitation is an essential step in reducing mortality in patients affected by major natural or human-made disasters. The need for an international consensus for the prehospital care of these patients is needed now more than ever in order to further ameliorate morbidity and mortality that largely occurs due to crush syndrome and its derived complications.…”
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Correlation between plasma glutamate and adiponectin in patients with type 2 diabetes by Hirofumi Nagao, Hitoshi Nishizawa, Shiro Fukuda, Yuya Fujishima, Shunbun Kita, Norikazu Maeda, Takeshi Bamba, Eiichiro Fukusaki, Iichiro Shimomura

“…Visceral fat accumulation is a major determinant of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Phylogeny-Directed Search for Murine Leukemia Virus-Like Retroviruses in Vertebrate Genomes and in Patients Suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Pr... by Jonas Blomberg, Ali Sheikholvaezin, Amal Elfaitouri, Fredrik Blomberg, Anna Sjösten, Johan Mattson Ulfstedt, Rüdiger Pipkorn, Clas Källander, Christina Öhrmalm, Göran Sperber

“…Mouse MLLVs contain three major groups. One, MERV G3, contained MLVs and XMRV/HMRV. …”
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Networked Control System for the Guidance of a Four-Wheel Steering Agricultural Robotic Platform by Eduardo Paciência Godoy, Giovana Tangerino Tangerino, Rubens André Tabile, Ricardo Yassushi Inamasu, Arthur José Vieira Porto

“…A current trend in the agricultural area is the development of mobile robots and autonomous vehicles for precision agriculture (PA). One of the major challenges in the design of these robots is the development of the electronic architecture for the control of the devices. …”
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Biological arrow of time: emergence of tangled information hierarchies and self-modelling dynamics by Mikhail Prokopenko, Paul C W Davies, Michael Harré, Marcus G Heisler, Zdenka Kuncic, Geraint F Lewis, Ori Livson, Joseph T Lizier, Fernando E Rosas

“…We study open-ended evolution by focusing on computational and information-processing dynamics underlying major evolutionary transitions. In doing so, we consider biological organisms as hierarchical dynamical systems that generate regularities in their phase-spaces through interactions with their environment. …”
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Sustainable Highway Design: Disentangling the Effects of Geometric-Related and Traffic-Related Factors on Urban Highway Traffic Emissions by Xue Bing, Quanlun Wei, Jian Lu, Chaoyang Li, Yi Zhang

“…Reducing highway traffic emissions, which is a major part of China's total transportation-related emissions, is a key to China's sustainable development. …”
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Biochemical Factors Modulating Cellular Neurotoxicity of Methylmercury by Parvinder Kaur, Michael Aschner, Tore Syversen

“…This paper emphasizes that the protection against oxidative stress offered by these biochemical factors is among one of the major mechanisms responsible for conferring neuroprotection. …”
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Susceptibility Profiles of Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates to Streptomycin and Rifampicin in Two Districts of the Eastern Region of Ghana by Enid Owusu, Mercy Jemima Newman, Nana Konama Kotey, Amos Akumwena, Elizabeth Bannerman

“…Background. Drug resistance is a major challenge in antibiotic chemotherapy. Assessing resistance profiles of pathogens constitutes an essential surveillance tool in the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases, including Buruli ulcer (BU) disease. …”
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Soil Erosion Estimation Using Remote Sensing Techniques in Wadi Yalamlam Basin, Saudi Arabia by Jarbou A. Bahrawi, Mohamed Elhag, Amal Y. Aldhebiani, Hanaa K. Galal, Ahmad K. Hegazy, Ebtisam Alghailani

“…Soil erosion is one of the major environmental problems in terms of soil degradation in Saudi Arabia. …”
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Landslide Susceptibility in Relation to Correlation of Groundwater Development and Ground Condition by S. N. L. Taib, O. S. Selaman, C. L. Chen, R. Lim, D. S. Awang Ismail

“…Through observation, failure was initiated first at the toe of the slope before minor and major slips or total collapse occurs. Dimensions of slip surfaces were measured and included in SLOPE/W for the computation of the safety factor. …”
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Partial Discharge Characteristics of Polymer Nanocomposite Materials in Electrical Insulation: A Review of Sample Preparation Techniques, Analysis Methods, Potential Applications,... by Wan Akmal Izzati, Yanuar Z. Arief, Zuraimy Adzis, Mohd Shafanizam

“…However, partial discharge has always been a predecessor to major faults and problems in this field. In addition, there is a lot more to explore, as neither the partial discharge characteristic in nanocomposites nor their electrical properties are clearly understood. …”
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