TiO2 nanotubes grown on Ti and Ti6Al4V alloy spheres by bipolar anodization by Marcela Sepúlveda, Hanna Sopha, Veronika Cicmancova, Ludek Hromadko, Jan M. Macak

“…In this work, the anodization of spheres of Ti and Ti6Al4V alloy (TiAlV) in glycerol-based electrolytes using bipolar electrochemistry is shown for the first time. TiO2 nanotube (TNT) layers were found over the entire surface area of the Ti and TiAlV spheres using a square wave potential of ±60 V and ±65 V with 5.56 × 10−4 Hz. …”
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Motor Dysfunction Correlates with Frontal White Matter Ischemic Changes in Patients with Leukoaraiosis by Miguel Viana-Baptista, Paulo Bugalho, Constança Jordão, Olga Ribeiro, José António Esperança-Pina, José Ferro

“…Motor performance was studied using the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), single leg stand time, finger tapping and grooved pegboard tests (GPT). …”
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Calculation of the Effective Delayed Neutron Fraction by Deterministic and Monte Carlo Methods by M. Carta, S. Dulla, V. Peluso, P. Ravetto, G. Bianchini

“…., reactivity, effective delayed neutron fraction βeff, and mean prompt neutron generation time). In particular, some kinetic parameters, as the effective delayed neutron fraction, are evaluated in Monte Carlo codes by formulations which do not require the calculation of the adjoint flux. …”
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Testosterone exacerbates neutrophilia and cardiac injury in myocardial infarction via actions in bone marrow by Elin Svedlund Eriksson, Marta Lantero Rodriguez, Bente Halvorsen, Inger Johansson, Anna K. F. Mårtensson, Anna S. Wilhelmson, Camilla Huse, Thor Ueland, Pål Aukrust, Kaspar Broch, Lars Gullestad, Brage Høyem Amundsen, Geir Øystein Andersen, Mikael C. I. Karlsson, Malin Hagberg Thulin, Alessandro Camponeschi, Dana Trompet, Ola Hammarsten, Björn Redfors, Jan Borén, Elmir Omerovic, Malin C. Levin, Andrei S. Chagin, Tuva B. Dahl, Åsa Tivesten

“…Post-hoc analysis of clinical trial data showed that neutrophilia was greater in men than women after reperfusion of first-time ST-elevation MI, and tocilizumab, an interleukin-6 receptor inhibitor, reduced blood neutrophil counts and infarct size to a greater extent in men than women. …”
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Morphological characterization of biominerals from five multicellular marine algae species by A. M. Zakharenko, M. A. Nawaz, V. V. Chaika, I. V. Zemchenko, T. Yu. Orlova, A. A. Begun, R. V. Romashko, A. N. Galkina, A. A. Karabtsov, G. Chung, K. S. Golokhvast

“…The shape and size of phytoliths are well established and serve as a useful tool in taxonomic analyses. For the first time we extracted and studied silica biominerals of five marine macroalgae, which we observed by light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD). …”
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Nasal Cytology: A Comparative Study of Two Different Techniques of Processing—Smeared versus Cytocentrifuged Slides by Maria Laura Bartoli, Lodovica Cristofani-Mencacci, Mariella Scarano, Andrea Nacci, Manuela Latorre, Elena Bacci, Pierluigi Paggiaro, Veronica Seccia

“…Technically speaking, smeared slides were easier to prepare, with no need of dedicated equipment, but cell distribution was better in cytocentrifuged slides allowing shorter reading time. In conclusion, both techniques can be considered superimposable and worthy to be used.…”
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Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Rock Dynamic Test with Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar by Kang Peng, Ke Gao, Jian Liu, Yujiao Liu, Zhenyu Zhang, Xiang Fan, Xuyan Yin, Yongliang Zhang, Gun Huang

“…Moreover, the degrees of stress uniformity under rectangle and half-sine input wave loadings are compared in SHPB tests, and the time required for stress uniformity is calculated under different above-mentioned loadings. …”
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Molecular Detection of Persistent Francisella tularensis Subspecies holarctica in Natural Waters by T. Broman, J. Thelaus, A.-C. Andersson, S. Bäckman, P. Wikström, E. Larsson, M. Granberg, L. Karlsson, E. Bäck, H. Eliasson, R. Mattsson, A. Sjöstedt, M. Forsman

“…During three years, we collected surface water samples (n=341) and sediment samples (n=245) in two areas in Sweden with endemic tularemia. Real-time PCR screening demonstrated the presence of F. tularenis lpnA sequences in 108 (32%) and 48 (20%) of the samples, respectively. …”
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Effect of Lipoxin A4 on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Endothelial Hyperpermeability by Huayan Pang, Pan Yi, Ping Wu, Zhuoya Liu, Zhongjie Liu, Jianming Gong, Hua Hao, Lei Cai, Duyun Ye, Yinping Huang

“…LXA4 could also obviously inhibit LPS-induced elevation of the cellular calcium level and up-regulation of the transient receptor potential protein family C 1, an important calcium channel in ECs. At the same time, LXA4 strongly blocked LPS-triggered reactive oxidative species production, while it promoted the expression of the NF-E2 related factor 2 (Nrf2) protein. …”
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Ecotype-Level Genetic Biodiversity of Five Italian Traditional Crops by Francesco Guarino, Stefano Castiglione, Giovanni Improta, Maria Triassi, Angela Cicatelli

“…The results reveal, for the first time, the high genetic biodiversity of horticultural ecotypes of the Campania Region. …”
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An Interactive Database of Cocaine-Responsive Gene Expression by Willard M. Freeman, Kathryn E. Dougherty, Sally E. Vacca, Kent E. Vrana

“…The nature of this review allows for timely modifications and rapid inclusion of new publications, and should help researchers build second-generation hypotheses on the role of gene expression changes in the physiology and behavior of cocaine abuse. …”
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Effects of Dissolved Organic Matter on Sorption of Oxytetracycline to Sediments by Zongzhou Wang, Qianli Jiang, Runze Wang, Xiaoyu Yuan, Shengke Yang, Wenke Wang, Yaqian Zhao

“…Results showed that both DOMs can make the adsorption equilibrium time advance about 6 hours. The presence of DOMs changed the sorption kinetics model and the spontaneous degree of the reaction but did not change the sorption isotherm models. …”
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A Modified RBF Neuro-Sliding Mode Control Technique for a Grid Connected PMSG Based Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion System by Rostand Marc Douanla, Godpromesse Kenné, François Béceau Pelap, Armel Simo Fotso

“…Since the neural network is trained online, the time to estimate good weights can affect the dynamic performance of the process during the startup phase. …”
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A Small CO2 Leakage May Induce Seismicity on a Sub‐Seismic Fault in a Good‐Porosity Clastic Saline Aquifer by Stanislav Glubokovskikh, Erdinc Saygin, Serge Shapiro, Boris Gurevich, Roman Isaenkov, David Lumley, Rie Nakata, Julian Drew, Roman Pevzner

“…The locations and dynamic parameters of the triggered events indicate a reactivation of a small fault patch where CO2 flowed through the fault. Time‐lapse seismic images of the plume and reservoir simulations show that the reactivation occurred when the CO2 plume reached this fault. …”
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Tackling local environmental challenges with livelihoods strategies: insights from small-scale farmers in the vulnerable region of Ghana by Bright Osei Boateng, Henry Mensah, Eric Kwame Simpeh, Patrick Opoku, Lilian Amponsaa Boateng

“…The study identified shifting planting dates, altering farm operation timings and mulching as primary adaptation strategies. …”
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A Novel Deep Sparse Filtering Method for Intelligent Fault Diagnosis by Acoustic Signal Processing by Guowei Zhang, Jinrui Wang, Baokun Han, Sixiang Jia, Xiaoyu Wang, Jingtao He

“…The results show that the proposed DSF model can extract more powerful features and less computing time than other traditional methods.…”
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Numerical Investigation of Droplet Properties of a Liquid Jet in Supersonic Crossflow by Yu-Qi Wang, Feng Xiao, Sen Lin, Yao-Zhi Zhou

“…Eventually, abundant numerical cases under different operational conditions were launched to investigate the correlations of SMD (Sauter Mean Diameter) with the nozzle diameter as well as the airflow Mach number, and at the same time, modified multivariate power functions were developed to describe the correlations.…”
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Phenotypic plasticity plays an essential role in the confrontation between plants and herbivorous insects by Xianzhong Wang, Jieyu Kang, Huizhong Wang, Shigui Wang, Bin Tang, Jiangjie Lu

“…Thus, plants have developed diverse defense strategies, constantly balancing the relationship between defense and growth. At the same time, insects have evolved the ability to adapt to and resist plant defenses. …”
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Biodegradation of aflatoxin B1 by a novel mined aldo–keto reductase from Meyerozyma guilliermondii AF01 by Wan Zhang, Xiaojiao Chang, Yangying Han, Tiantian Li, Jianpeng Dou, Wen Du, Wenfu Wu, Wei Wang, Zhongjie Zhang, Changpo Sun

“…The degradation product was identified as aflatoxicol using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry, which is the same as the degradation product of the AF01 strain. …”
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Optimization and Prediction of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Graphene/LLDPE Nanocomposites by Using Artificial Neural Networks by P. Noorunnisa Khanam, MA AlMaadeed, Sumaaya AlMaadeed, Suchithra Kunhoth, M. Ouederni, D. Sun, A. Hamilton, Eileen Harkin Jones, Beatriz Mayoral

“…ANN can be confidently used as a tool to predict the above material properties before investing in development programs and actual manufacturing, thus significantly saving money, time, and effort.…”
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