Analysis of Joint Angular Distribution for Nonreciprocal Beams via the Mixture of Gaussian Distribution Based on Ray-Tracing by Jiachi Zhang, Liu Liu, Zhenhui Tan, Kai Wang, Tao Zhou

“…Then, we conduct an omnidirectional antenna-based channel simulation in an urban macro-cell scenario via the ray-tracing platform. On this basis, we focus on the distribution of the quasiangles, i.e., angles between departure/arrival reflected rays and the line-of-sight (LoS) path. …”
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Sex ratio at birth in Kogi state, North-Central Nigeria by Adekunle Bakare, Deborah Peter, Motunrayo Mojoyin Coker, Silas Fagbenro, Okunola A. Alabi

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Study on Pressure Relief Zone Formed Inside Roadway Rib by Rotary Cutting with Pressurized Water Jet for Preventing Rock Burst by Zeng-Qiang Yang, Chang Liu, Hui-Wu Jin

“…By means of theoretical analysis, the coal-rock mass system has three strain-stress states under the influence of static load, and it has another strain-stress state under the influence of static and dynamic combined load; meanwhile, the greater the horizontal tectonic stress caused by fold structure is, the more prone to instability and failure and induce rock burst coal mass composed of countless cell cubes is; when a pressure relief zone is formed inside the roadway rib by using pressurized water jet technology, the initial single peak stress curve will change to a final bimodal stress curve inside the roadway rib. …”
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Elegant and Innovative Recoding Strategies for Advancing Vaccine Development by François Meurens, Fanny Renois, Uladzimir Karniychuk

“…One challenge is balancing attenuation with yield; however, innovations like Zinc-finger antiviral protein (ZAP) knockout cell lines can enhance vaccine production. Beyond viral vaccines, recoding can apply to bacterial vaccines, as exemplified by modified <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> strains, which show reduced virulence. …”
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Micromechanical behavior of the apple fruit cuticle investigated by Brillouin light scattering microscopy by Timm Landes, Bishnu P. Khanal, Hans Lukas Bethge, Tina Lehrich, Maximilian Seydi Kilic, Franz Renz, Miroslav Zabic, Moritz Knoche, Dag Heinemann

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Management of asynchronous multifocal adult glioblastoma with loss of BRAFV600E -mutant clonality: a case report by Hannah Haile, Pavan S. Upadhyayula, Esma Karlovich, Michael B. Sisti, Brian J. A. Gill, Laura E. Donovan

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Protective Effect of the Ethanol Extract from Hericium erinaceus Against Ethanol-Induced Gastric Ulcers by Guoying Lv, Xiaoya Song, Zuofang Zhang

“…The RNA-seq results suggest that EEH indirectly protects the gastric tissue from injury by regulating the cell cycle and biological functions, up-regulating several signal molecules, or activating several proteasome functions. …”
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Parasitological, Hematological, and Immunological Response of Experimentally Infected Sheep with Venezuelan Isolates of Trypanosoma evansi, Trypanosoma equiperdum, and Trypanosoma... by Nereida Parra-Gimenez, Armando Reyna-Bello

“…Parasitemia and clinical parameters such as hematocrit, red blood cell count, hemoglobin, and body temperature were measured. …”
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Evaluation of CD4+ T Lymphocyte Counts to Predict Survival of ICU Patients with Sepsis Using Sepsis-3 Criteria: A Prospective Cohort Study by Guoge Huang, Xusheng Li, Chunmei Zhang, Haizhong Li, Mengling Jian, Chunyang Huang, Yingqin Zhang, Luhua Xian, Hongke Zeng, Yuanyuan Xia, Wenqiang Jiang

“…Peripheral blood samples were collected within 24 hours of enrollment or measurement of blood cell analysis and biomarkers of CD4+ T lymphocytes and CD8+ T lymphocytes. …”
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Structural Modifications Reveal Dual Functions of the C-4 Carbonyl Group in the Fatty Acid Chain of Ipomoeassin F by Arman Khosravi, Precious Nnamdi, Alexa May, Kelsey Slattery, Robert E. Sammelson, Wei Q. Shi

“…Ipomoeassin F (Ipom-F) is a plant-derived macrocyclic resin glycoside that potently inhibits cancer cell growth through blockage of Sec61-mediated protein translocation at the endoplasmic reticulum. …”
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Modified Technique for Scleral-Sutured Fixation with the Double Knots Technique for Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens: Short-Term Observation by Zhizhong Wu, Caijuan Liu, Yanhui Xu, Wei Dong, Zhimin Chen

“…There were no statistical differences between the preoperative and postoperative corneal endothelial cell density (p=0.71). The postoperative complications included transient increased intraocular pressure in 5 eyes (24%). …”
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FastContext: A tool for identification of adapters and other sequence patterns in next generation sequencing (NGS) data by E. Viesná, V. Fishman

“…NGS library preparation protocols may include steps with incorporation of various service sequences, such as sequencing adapters, primers, sample-, cell-, and molecule-specific barcodes. Despite a fairly high level of current knowledge, during the protocol development process researches often have to deal with various kinds of unexpected experiment outcomes, which result either from lack of information, lack of knowledge, or defects in reagent manufacturing. …”
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Unannounced phone-based pill counts for monitoring antiretroviral medication adherence in South Africa by Seth Kalichman, Ellen Banas, Bruno Shkembi, Moira Kalichman, Catherine Mathews

“…Results showed that lower UPC adherence was significantly associated with male gender, alcohol use, higher HIV viral loads, lower CD4 cell counts, running out of ART, and intentionally not taking ART. …”
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An autopsy case with tubular obstruction by impacted swollen blebs due to ischemic acute kidney injury by Yukako Akiyama, Mitsuhiro Sato, Yoshio Taguma

“…Because of the existence of hematuria with red blood cell casts and rapid deterioration of renal function and severe systemic symptoms such as loss of appetite and general fatigue, we started immunosuppressive therapy with steroids, considering a vasculitis-like condition with NS, and hemodialysis was also started for oliguria. …”
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Luteolin ameliorates rat model of metabolic syndrome-induced cardiac injury by apoptosis suppression and autophagy promotion via NR4A2/p53 regulation by Xiyan Dai, Bo Liang, Yaolin Sun

“…Cardiac NR4A2 and p53, as well as apoptotic (B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 [BCL-2], Caspase [CASP]-3, and CASP-9) and autophagic mediators (Sequestosome-1/p62, Microtubule-associated protein 1 A/1B-light chain 3 [LC3], and Beclin-1) were measured by RT-qPCR and ELISA. …”
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Common variable immunodeficiency: An uncommon cause of bronchiectasis, granulomatous disease, chronic liver disease, and enteropathy – Case report and review of literature by Veena Shamsudeen, Arun Hegde, Uday Bhanu Kovilapu, Nisha Verma, Anurag Jain

“…Common variable immune deficiency (CVID) is a primary immunodeficiency syndrome, characterized by a defective B cell function. Although there is no age or gender predilection, it is usually diagnosed between the second and fourth decades of life. …”
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Acute Liver Failure among Patients on Efavirenz-Based Antiretroviral Therapy by Innocent Lule Segamwenge, Miriam Kaunanele Bernard

“…Liver biopsies were done for all the four cases and the results showed a heavy mixed inflammatory cell infiltrate with eosinophils. For three patients withdrawal of Efavirenz from their antiretroviral regimen was sufficient to restore transaminase levels to normal and led to improvement of clinical symptoms. …”
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Analysis of the Cytokine Expression in the Aqueous Humor of Individuals with BRVO-Associated Macular Edema by Chengyi Zhu, Lanlan Pan, Qiong Yi, Qiping Wei

“…This study aimed to determine the expression levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), interleukin-6 (IL-6), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) in the aqueous humor of patients with macular edema (ME) caused by branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO), as well as to investigate the relationship between the cytokines as mentioned earlier and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), ME, and the degree of ME from the molecular level. …”
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Dioscin pretreatment ameliorates ferroptosis in cardiomyocytes after myocardial infarction via inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress by Chang Wu, Xueping Shen, Pan Lou, Dongyan Song

“…Ferroptosis, a recently identified form of regulated cell death driven by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation, has emerged as a significant contributor to post-MI cardiac injury. …”
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Evaluation of Early Prognostic Factors of Mortality in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Study by Wenzheng Zhang, Jiang Hu, Bihui Yao, Xvsheng Yang, Lei Song, Ting Yin, Lu Liang

“…Multivariate logistic regression showed that red cell distribution (RDW) (OR = 2.965, P=0.001) and creatinine (OR = 1.025, P=0.005) were early independent risk factors of AP mortality while albumin (OR = 0.920, P=0.032) levels reduced AP mortality. …”
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