Lamb Waves in a Functionally Graded Composite Plate with Nonintegral Power Function Volume Fractions by Xiaoshan Cao, Zhen Qu, Junping Shi, Yan Ru

“…The numerical results reveal that the dispersion properties in some regions are changed by the graded property, the phase velocity varies in a nonlinear manner with the gradient coefficient, nondispersion frequency exists in the first mode, and the set of cutoff frequencies is a union of two series of approximate arithmetic progressions. …”
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Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1 Is Required for Human Umbilical Cord–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell–Mediated Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy by Guangyang Liu, Herui Wang, Chenliang Zhang, Xin Li, Yi Mi, Yaoyao Chen, Liqiang Xu, Li Miao, Haomiao Long, Yongjun Liu

“…Previous in vitro studies indicate that TNF-α secreted by T cells can activate NF-κB in human MSCs, thereby triggering the immunoregulatory capacity of MSCs in a manner dependent on tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNFR1). …”
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Etoposide targets 2A protease to inhibit enterovirus 71 replication by Qinqin Liang, Sai Shi, Qingjie Zhang, Yaxin Wang, Sheng Ye, Binghong Xu

“…Etoposide inhibited replication of EV71 A, B, C, and CVA16 viruses in a concentration-dependent manner in a variety of cell lines with minimal cytotoxicity. …”
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IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Protects the Osteogenesis Capability of Gingival-Derived Stem/Progenitor Cells under Inflammatory Microenvironment Induced by Porphyromonas gingivalis Lipo... by Yuxin Zhao, Bobo Cai, Weijun Zhu, Jue Shi, Yu Wang, Misi Si

“…In response to P. gingivalis-LPS treatment, cell numbers, cloning formation rate, cell migration rate, proinflammatory cytokine production, and osteogenic differentiation-associated protein/mRNA expressions as well as mineralized nodules were suppressed in a time-dependent manner. These negative effects were effectively attenuated by IL-1ra administration in a time- and dose-dependent manner. …”
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‘Queer Reverence’: Aubrey Beardsley’s Venus and Tannhäuser by Nicole Fluhr

“…During his short career, the writer and artist Aubrey Beardsley, who rose to prominence in the 1890s, cultivated a reputation for mannered excess that helped establish him as one of the aesthetes and decadents whose company he kept and whose works he illustrated. …”
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Situating complexity: information behaviour in the contact zone by Hye Lim Joy Nam

“…However, framing studies in a contextualised, complex manner has remained an enduring challenge, particularly regarding where information experiences occur. …”
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Shikonin Inhibits Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer H1299 Cell Growth through Survivin Signaling Pathway by Haini Wang, Junli Zuo

“…Results showed that shikonin inhibited the NSCLC H1299 cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, shikonin fits well with survivin by molecular docking. …”
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New “clinical pearls” on medical practice by Alfredo Espinosa Brito

“…New “clinical pearls” about medical practice are presented (phrases that, in relatively few words, in a brief, concise and coherent manner, include knowledge or useful advice about the profession), transmitted from “experts” to students and young colleagues “in a “master-apprentice”. …”
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Visual Explainable Convolutional Neural Network for Aerodynamic Coefficient Prediction by Yanxuan Zhao, Chengwen Zhong, Fang Wang, Yueqing Wang

“…Moreover, the saliency map of the predicted aerodynamic force on the input airfoil is shown in a more intuitive way. In this manner, the influence of different parts of airfoil on the final aerodynamic force can be easily analyzed. …”
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Recursive Quantum Relaxation for Combinatorial Optimization Problems by Ruho Kondo, Yuki Sato, Rudy Raymond, Naoki Yamamoto

“…Experiments on standard benchmark graphs with several hundred nodes in the MAX-CUT problem, conducted in a fully classical manner using a tensor network technique, show that RQRAO not only outperforms the Goemans-Williamson and recursive QAOA methods, but also is comparable to state-of-the-art classical solvers. …”
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Abuse of Procedural Right in the Review of Judicial Acts in the Civil Process by A. N. Melnikova

“…The author was able to identify four blocks of procedural abuse at the appeal stage: attempts to review judicial acts not in the manner prescribed by applicable law; circumvention of the prohibition to submit new evidence; inconsistent procedural conduct, as well as unreasonably prolonging the process of review. …”
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On Analytical Solution of a Plasma Flow over a Moving Plate under the Effect of an Applied Magnetic Field by Taha Zakaraia Abdel Wahid, Adel M. Morad

“…An analytical solution of the model equations for the unsteady flow was given using the moment and the traveling wave methods. The manner of the mean velocity of plasmas is illustrated, which is compatible with the variation of the shear stress, viscosity coefficient, and the initial and boundary conditions. …”
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Performative Translation: Latvia’s Orbita Group as a Post-Monolingual Heterotopia by Kevin M. F. Platt

“…In traditional cultural configurations, translation is thought to transfer the essential features or the spirit of a text from one literary language to another in a manner that makes possible the translation’s readers’ sense of unmediated contact with the original. …”
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Assessment of a Planned Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Sri Lanka by Disna Eheliyagoda, Nimal Prematilake

“…Most of these local administrations are directly dumping Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to an open dumping site, this manner of inappropriate disposal of MSW is become a major threat to the environment and public health in developing countries like Sri Lanka. …”
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The role of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in diagnosing and managing post-kidney transplantation infections by Hao Wu, Hongliang Cao, Xin Gao, Chengdong Shi, Lei Wang, Baoshan Gao

“…Traditional diagnostic methods often fail to identify the causative organisms in a timely manner, leading to delays in treatment and poorer patient outcomes. …”
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Feminism and the Cold War in the U.S. Occupation of Japan, 1945 – 1952 by Mire Koikari

“…General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP), flew from the Philippines to Japan with a mission to occupy and demilitarize the defeated nation. The place and manner of MacArthur’s arrival seemed to signal the victor’s absolute confidence and unquestioned authority over its vanquished enemy. …”
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The roles of universities in virtual intellectual migration via evolving technologies and STEM by Beverly Lindsay

“…(4) How are domestic and international universities preparing graduate students and professionals in novel technological manners that develop and engage virtual intellectual migration? …”
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Thematic Preoccupations of D. A. Ọbasá and Ṣóbọ̀ Aróbíodù on Religion and Colonialism by Ìyábọ̀dé Baliquis Alága, Luqman Abísọ́lá Kíaríbẹ̀ẹ́

“…Our findings reveal that Ṣóbọ̀ Aróbíodù usually comments on issues in a direct manner while Ọbasá comments both directly and indirectly on religious and colonial issues. …”
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Les charpentes à entrait retroussé moisé : exemples orléanais des XVe et XVIe siècles by Clément Alix, Julien Noblet

“…The widespread use of the brace in Orleans, and in a more limited manner in the Val de Loire and in certain regions of France, leads us to question the origins of this process, which is known in other forms of roof structures in the 12th-13th centuries.Carpentry, building archaeology, urban residence, Middle Ages, Renaissance…”
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