Ticam2 ablation facilitates monocyte exhaustion recovery after sepsis by Blake A. Caldwell, Susanti Ie, Amy Lucas, Liwu Li

“…Bearing human translational relevance, a case study of time course blood samples collected from a sepsis patient presenting with SIRS and a positive qSOFA revealed a similar effect in human monocytes, which steadily transition into an exhausted memory characterized by a CD38high; CX3CR1low; HLA-DRlow state within four days of hospital admittance. …”
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Influence of fused deposition modelling printing parameters on tablet disintegration times: a design of experiments study by Kreft Klemen, Stanić Tijana, Perhavec Petra, Dreu Rok, Lavrič Zoran

“…A statistical model with accurate fit (R2 = 0.928) and predictability (Q2 = 0.847) was created. In addition, only the infill pattern and layer height influenced both the uniformity of mass and uniformity of the disintegration time, which demonstrates the robustness of the printing process.…”
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A Predictive Model of Mining Collapse Extent and Its Application by Jia Nan, Cheng Liu, Yi Liu

“…The slipping line angle increases along with uniform force Q and is inversely proportional to the bending stiffness. …”
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Increased miRNA-375 causes oxidative damage but promotes apoptosis resistance and cell migration in the clam Ruditapes philippinarum by Ming Cong, Zhaoshun Li, Wenwen Tian, Yixian Yu, Yu Che, Jiasen Lv

“…Then, a combined approach of qRT-PCR, enzyme assay, and ultrastructure observation was applied to investigate its regulatory effects on the related genes, cellular parameters, and histological structures, respectively. …”
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Health literacy levels and self-rated health in the state of Delaware: a cross-sectional study by Raymond A. Tutu, Edmund Essah Ameyaw, John Kwagyan, Doris Ottie-Boakye

“…In total, 1095 participants responded to a survey questionnaire which included a validated short version of the European Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q16). The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, reliability techniques, chi-square test of independence, and ordinal logistic regression. …”
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Strong reciprocal dependencies as exceptions when correlations are weak by M. M. Basimov

“…Thomas’s methodology (SV = 0.78 and SV’ = 0.72 at r = 0.15); “16PF-Q3: Low self-control – High self-control” and “16PF-L: Trusting – Suspicious” of R.B. …”
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Oxytocin attenuates demand for cocaine in female rats by Amy S. Kohtz, Hannah Davies, Belle Lin, Gary Aston-Jones

“…Using a within-session threshold behavioral economics (BE) procedure, we quantified demand elasticity (a, inverse motivation) and free consumption (Q0) in male and female rats to investigate the effect of OXT on cocaine demand. …”
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High-Throughput Sequencing Reveals Diverse Sets of Conserved, Nonconserved, and Species-Specific miRNAs in Jute by Md. Tariqul Islam, Ahlan Sabah Ferdous, Rifat Ara Najnin, Suprovath Kumar Sarker, Haseena Khan

“…The presence of microRNAs identified in jute was validated by stem-loop RT-PCR followed by end point PCR and qPCR for randomly selected 20 known and novel microRNAs. …”
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La Norma ISO 14.063 de comunicación ambiental en la gestión de crisis organizacional by María Florencia Moya

“…Para ello se utilizó el método descriptivo, analizando las fuentes primarias (entrevistas) y secundarias (bibliografía) de información, a través del método descriptivo y la “Metodología Q” en la selección e interpretación de datos. Como resultado de la investigación se observó que en la mayoría de los casos la comunicación ambiental es poco utilizada en la planificación como medida proactiva. …”
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The genomic copy number determination of improved Cre in transgenic mice using standards derived from megaprimer PCR constructed tandem repeats by Ge Diao, Min Tian, Runbo Li, Jie Huang, Jian Han, Jianxin Guo

“…We demonstrate a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) based method for genomic copy number determination of improved Cre (iCre), which was tested in a transgenic mouse model of CYP19A1-iCre. …”
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Elevated levels of neutrophils with a pro-inflammatory profile in Turner syndrome across karyotypes by Jesper Just, Lukas Ochsner Reynaud Ridder, Emma Bruun Johannsen, Jens Magnus Bernth Jensen, Mikkel Steen Petersen, Helene Viborg Christensen, Kenneth Kjærgaard, Jacob Redder, Simon Chang, Kirstine Stochholm, Anne Skakkebæk, Claus Højbjerg Gravholt

“…All TS individuals lacked the X chromosome p-arm, and XIST expression from the q-arm did not affect the autosomal transcriptome or methylome, highlighting the critical role of the missing p-arm with its pseudoautosomal region 1. …”
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Finite element-based nonlinear dynamic optimization of nanomechanical resonators by Zichao Li, Farbod Alijani, Ali Sarafraz, Minxing Xu, Richard A. Norte, Alejandro M. Aragón, Peter G. Steeneken

“…The resulting methodology is used to optimize the support design of high-stress nanomechanical Si3N4 string resonators, in the presence of conflicting objectives such as simultaneous enhancement of Q-factor and nonlinear Duffing constant. To that end, we generate Pareto frontiers that highlight the trade-offs between optimization objectives and validate the results both numerically and experimentally. …”
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Photochemical oxidation of short-chain polychlorinated n-alkane mixtures using H2O2/UV and the photo-Fenton reaction by Ken J. Friesen, Taha M. El-Morsi, Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz

“…The photochemical oxidation of a series of short-chain polychlorinated n-alkane (PCA) mixtures was investigated using H2O2/UV and modified photo-Fenton conditions (Fe3+/H2O2/UV) in both Milli-Q and lake water. All PCA mixtures, including chlorinated (Cl5 to Cl8) decanes, undecanes, dodecanes and tridecanes degraded in 0.02 M H2O2/UV at pH 2.8 in pure water, with 80±4% disappearance after 3 h of irradiation using a 300 nm light source. …”
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Syringaldehyde Alleviates Cardiac Hypertrophy Induced by Hyperglycemia in H9c2 Cells Through GLP-1 Receptor Signals by Yingxiao Li, Chao-Tien Hsu, Ting-Ting Yang, Kai-Chun Cheng

“…Cells were treated with varying SA concentrations, and hypertrophic biomarkers were analyzed using ELISA, qPCR, and Western blot. <b>Results:</b> SA reduced cell size and hypertrophic biomarkers in a dose-dependent manner while increasing GLP-1 receptor expression and cAMP levels. …”
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Glycogen Storage Disease Type IX due to a Novel Mutation in PHKA2 Gene by Hamza Hassan Khan, Lauren Parr, Allison Jay, Saleem Raza, Hernando Lyons, Sanjay Kumar

“…The chromosomal microarray revealed the patient to have 1q21 duplication syndrome and 16p11.2 deletion syndrome. …”
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Berberine decorated zinc oxide loaded chitosan nanoparticles a potent anti cancer agent against breast cancer by Fatemeh Esnaashari, Hojjatolah Zamani, Hossein Zahmatkesh, Mojtaba Soleimani, Golnesa Amirian Dashtaki, Behnam Rasti

“…Furthermore, the mRNA levels of Bax and Bcl-2 genes were quantified using qPCR. Additionally, cell migration was evaluated using a scratch assay. …”
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Unveiling the Mechanisms for Decreased Glutathione in Individuals with HIV Infection by Devin Morris, Carlos Guerra, Clare Donohue, Hyoung Oh, Melissa Khurasany, Vishwanath Venketaraman

“…We observed decreased expression of the genes coding for enzymes responsible for de novo synthesis of GSH in macrophages derived from HIV+ subjects using quantitative PCR (qPCR). Our results indicate that overproduction of proinflammatory cytokines in HIV+ individuals lead to increased production of free radicals. …”
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LncRNA FAM225B Regulates PDIA4-Mediated Ovarian Cancer Cell Invasion and Migration via Modulating Transcription Factor DDX17 by Chanjiao Yao, Lingjuan Zeng, Qin Liu, Xiaoxin Qiu, Chunyan Chen

“…This study aimed to explore the roles and mechanisms of lncRNA FAM225B and PDIA4 in ovarian cancer. Methods. RT-qPCR and Western blot assays were performed to detect the expression levels of the lncRNAs FAM225B, DDX17, and PDIA4 in the serum of patients with ovarian cancer and cell lines. …”
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Etoricoxib–NLC Mitigates Radiation-Induced Ovarian Damage in Rats: Insights into Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines, Antioxidant Activity, and Hormonal Responses by Sahar Khateeb

“…Serum levels of estrogen, FSH, and LH were measured, and gene expression analysis for <i>TGF-β</i> and <i>Nrf2</i> was performed using qRT-PCR. The findings indicate that ETO-NLC has the potential to ameliorate the harmful effects of ovarian damage induced by γ-radiation. …”
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End of the world brane dynamics in holographic 4d N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 SU(N) with 3d N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 boundary conditions by Jesús Huertas, Angel M. Uranga

“…The 5-brane configurations turn into non-trivial (p, q) webs and lead to non-trivial brane and gauge theory phenomena, including a 5d Z 2 global gauge anomaly cancelled by a novel 6d global anomaly inflow, and the appearance of localized 3d N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 Chern-Simons couplings and the 3d parity anomaly at the boundary of the 4d theory. …”
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