Consequences of water and land scarcity and unhealthy diets on the productive capacity of the middle East and North Africa by Alireza Hadipour, Seyed Hamid Ahmadi, Ali Reza Sepaskhah

“…Therefore, we aim to investigate the effects of water and land scarcity, and unhealthy diets on the productive capacity index of MENA countries over a 20-year period (2001–2020) using time series trend, panel data econometric modeling and the fixed effects method. …”
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Biology and Biotechnology of Follicle Development by Gustavo Adolfo Palma, Martin Eduardo Argañaraz, Antonio Daniel Barrera, Daniela Rodler, Adrian Ángel Mutto, Fred Sinowatz

“…Several autocrine and paracrine factors are involved in follicular growth and differentiation; their activity is present even at the time of ovulation, decreasing the gap junction communication, and stimulating the theca cell proliferation. …”
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Study on the Fracture Behavior of Cracks Emanating from Tunnel Spandrel under Blasting Loads by Using TMCSC Specimens by Bang Liu, Zheming Zhu, Ruifeng Liu, Lei Zhou, Duanying Wan

“…Crack propagation gauges (CPGs) and strain gauges were used in the experiments to measure crack initiation moment and propagation time. Finite difference models were established by using AUTODYN code to simulate crack propagation behavior and propagation path. …”
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Modeling barriers of solid waste to energy practices: An Indian perspective by S. Bag, N. Mondal, R. Dubey

“…The entire process has to be managed by technologies that prevent pollution and protect the environment and at the same time minimize the cost through recovery of energy. …”
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Accelerating biopharmaceutical cell line selection with label-free multimodal nonlinear optical microscopy and machine learning by Jindou Shi, Alexander Ho, Corey E. Snyder, Eric J. Chaney, Janet E. Sorrells, Aneesh Alex, Remben Talaban, Darold R. Spillman, Marina Marjanovic, Minh Doan, Gary Finka, Steve R. Hood, Stephen A. Boppart

“…Abstract The selection of high-performing cell lines is crucial for biopharmaceutical production but is often time-consuming and labor-intensive. We investigated label-free multimodal nonlinear optical microscopy for non-perturbative profiling of biopharmaceutical cell lines based on their intrinsic molecular contrast. …”
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Clinical Manifestation, Histopathology, and Imaging of Traumatic Injuries Caused by Brazilian Porcupine (Sphiggurus villosus) Quills by Lívia M. Araújo Jorge, Fred Bernardes Filho, Fabrício Lamy, Laila Klotz A. Balassiano, Loan Towersey, Roderick Hay, Marco Andrey C. Frade

“…Local haemorrhage and an inflammatory response to the contaminated foreign body occur. Depending on the time lapse in removing the spines either septic or sterile foreign body reactions may occur. …”
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Cyanidin-Based Novel Organic Sensitizer for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: DFT/TDDFT Study by Kalpana Galappaththi, Andery Lim, Piyasiri Ekanayake, Mohammad Iskandar Petra

“…The molecular geometries, electronic structures, absorption spectra, and electron injections of the newly designed organic sensitizer were investigated in this work through density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) calculations using the Gaussian’09W software package. …”
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Live imaging of excitable axonal microdomains in ankyrin-G-GFP mice by Christian Thome, Jan Maximilian Janssen, Seda Karabulut, Claudio Acuna, Elisa D'Este, Stella J Soyka, Konrad Baum, Michael Bock, Nadja Lehmann, Johannes Roos, Nikolas A Stevens, Masashi Hasegawa, Dan A Ganea, Chloé M Benoit, Jan Gründemann, Lia Y Min, Kalynn M Bird, Christian Schultz, Vann Bennett, Paul M Jenkins, Maren Engelhardt

“…This novel reporter line allows longitudinal studies of AIS modulation and plasticity in vivo in real-time and thus provides a unique approach to study subcellular plasticity in a broad range of applications.…”
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Nutrition in patients with traumatic brain injury: Nutrition in patients with TBI by Stojanović Milena, Janković Radmilo, Ranđelović Milica, Vasilijić Milena, Nikolić Aleksandar, Radeka Jovan

“…Administration of medical nutrition adjusted to the phase of trauma in the right time of medical treatment, as well as choosing the most adequate method of nutrition with appropriate formulas, can decrease neuro inflammation, immunodeficiency and metabolic crisis. …”
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HLA DR Genome Editing with TALENs in Human iPSCs Produced Immune-Tolerant Dendritic Cells by Yoo-Wook Kwon, Hyo-Suk Ahn, Jin-Woo Lee, Han-Mo Yang, Hyun-Jai Cho, Seok Joong Kim, Shin-Hyae Lee, Heung-Mo Yang, Hyun-Duk Jang, Sung Joo Kim, Hyo-Soo Kim

“…Although human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can serve as a universal cell source for regenerative medicine, the use of iPSCs in clinical applications is limited by prohibitive costs and prolonged generation time. Moreover, allogeneic iPSC transplantation requires preclusion of mismatches between the donor and recipient human leukocyte antigen (HLA). …”
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Non-unit protection scheme for flexible DC transmission lines based on fitting the rate of change of line-mode voltage reverse traveling waves by Qixuan Zhang, Haifeng Li, Hainan Liu, Zhijie Wang

“…The existing non-unit traveling wave (TW) protection schemes of flexible direct current (DC) transmission lines based on time domain analysis cannot withstand high transition resistance. …”
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Development and some applications of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay system for murine macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2) by H. Ochiai, S. Sakai, T. Kogure, T. Hirabaytashi, K. Nakajima, K. Terasawa

“…In some applications of this ELISA system, time-related production of MIP-2 and inhibitory effect of dexamethasone on its production have been demonstrated in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cells. …”
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Estimating Kidney Function in the Critically Ill Patients by Gemma Seller-Pérez, Manuel E. Herrera-Gutiérrez, Javier Maynar-Moliner, José A. Sánchez-Izquierdo-Riera, Anibal Marinho, José Luis do Pico

“…Another significant drawback is the unavoidable period of time needed before a patient is classified, and this is perhaps the problem to be overcome in the near future.…”
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Ultrasonic welding of lap joints of PEI plates with PEI/CF-fabric prepregs by Vladislav Alexenko, Defang Tian, Sergey Panin, Svetlana Bochkareva, Iliya Panov

“…In this case, rising the USW time from 400 up to 800 ms radically changed the macrostructure of the fusion zone, while the strength properties did not vary significantly (shear stresses were 42–48 MPa). …”
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Experimental Study on Deformation Monitoring of Large Landslide in Reservoir Area of Hydropower Station Based on GB-InSAR by Yanhui Guo, Zhiquan Yang, Yi Yang, Zhijun Kong, Caikun Gao, Weiming Tian

“…The results show that, during the monitoring period, Lagu landslide of Dahuaqiao hydropower station and No. 1 landslide on the left bank of Xiaowan hydropower station are basically stable, and the deformation trend of Xiaozhaju landslide is obvious so it should undergo continuous monitoring. At the same time, the field monitoring test also shows that the new ground-based interferometric synthetic aperture radar system LKR-05-KU-S100 has the advantages of high precision and long-distance, all-day, all-weather, and large-scale monitoring and has unique advantages and broad application prospects for the overall deformation monitoring of large landslides in the reservoir area.…”
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A human-on-the-loop approach for labelling seismic recordings from landslide site via a multi-class deep-learning based classification model by Jiaxin Jiang, David Murray, Vladimir Stankovic, Lina Stankovic, Clement Hibert, Stella Pytharouli, Jean-Philippe Malet

“…With the increased frequency and intensity of landslides in recent years, there is growing research on timely detection of the underlying subsurface processes that contribute to these hazards. …”
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A novel CFD-MILP-ANN approach for optimizing sensor placement, number, and source localization in large-scale gas dispersion from unknown locations by Yiming Lang, Michelle Xin Yi Ng, Kai Xiang Yu, Binghui Chen, Peng Chee Tan, Khang Wei Tan, Weng Hoong Lam, Parthiban Siwayanan, Kek Seong Kim, Thomas Shean Yaw Choong, Joon Yoon Ten, Zhen Hong Ban

“…The Internet of Things (IoT) enables online real-time gas concentrations, but its capability to predict leak sources accurately remains a challenge. …”
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Mechanism of podophyllotoxin-induced ovarian toxicity via the AMPK/TSC1/mTOR/ULK1 axis in rats on the basis of toxicological evidence chain (TEC) concept by Jingjing Li, Yanzhao Zhang, Mingyue Wei, Junjie He, Huifeng Ma, Zilong Chen, Jiajia Duan, Chuanxin Liu

“…Methods: Using the toxicological evidence chain (TEC) as a research method, our team constructed, for the first time, a rat model in which podophyllotoxin caused ovarian damage and investigated the mechanism of the toxic effects of podophyllotoxin on the ovaries. …”
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Improved plant biomass production under low nitrogen conditions through conditional accumulation of the second messenger, guanosine tetraphosphate, in chloroplasts and mitochondria by Mina Goto, Takanari Nemoto, Kazuma Sakoda, Atsushi Sakurai, Sousuke Imamura, Shinji Masuda

“…When the recombinant plants were grown in the soil with estrogen and low nitrogen-containing water at specific time intervals, they exhibited greater fresh weight than WT plants. …”
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Polycystic ovary syndrome in a patient with type B insulin resistance syndrome can improve with glucocorticoid treatment: a case report and literature review by Tetsuhiro Watanabe, Saori Okabe, Shohei Sakamoto

“…She also had amenorrhea during the previous 3 months, high blood testosterone levels, and enlarged polycystic ovaries, leading to a diagnosis of PCOS at the same time. The patient was treated with glucocorticoid for TBIRS. …”
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