Lithocholic acid controls adaptive immune responses by inhibition of Th1 activation through the Vitamin D receptor. by Thijs W H Pols, Teresa Puchner, H Inci Korkmaz, Mariska Vos, Maarten R Soeters, Carlie J M de Vries

“…These data reveal for the first time that LCA controls adaptive immunity via inhibition of Th1 activation. …”
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Damage Assessment of an SRC Frame-Core Tube Structure under the Action of a Main Aftershock Sequence by Peng Wang, Qingxuan Shi, Feng Wang, Siusiu Guo

“…Historical seismic damage data show that most strong earthquakes are accompanied by multiple intense aftershocks. In general, the time interval between the main shock and the aftershocks is relatively short, and structure repair work is often not completed before the aftershocks occur. …”
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Diagnosis of Exclusion: A Case Report of Probable Glatiramer Acetate-Induced Eosinophilic Myocarditis by Christopher J. Michaud, Heather M. Bockheim, Muhammad Nabeel, Timothy E. Daum

“…Glatiramer acetate was held for the first time on day 6 of the hospital stay with subsequent resolution of leukocytosis, hypereosinophilia, respiratory distress, and shock. …”
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Joint uplink and downlink resource allocation for D2D communication based on weighted bipartite graph matching and interference clustering by SHEN Bin, YUAN Wenjun, LI Xuan

“…A two-stage subchannel and power joint allocation scheme was proposed to address the complex scenario of "many-to-many" communication in cellular networks (one subchannel could be assigned to multiple pairs of D2D user equipment (DUE), and one pair of DUE could also use multiple subchannels at the same time), considering the full frequency domain resource reuse in both uplink and downlink subchannels. …”
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Mortality evolution in Cienfuegos province, 2010-2019 by Yenisvel Yut Vidal, Yadira Sarría Zerquera, Evangelina Dávila Cabo de Villa

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> the mortality study, as well as its change over time, is of vital importance, since it allows us to capture progress and setbacks in health.…”
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MEASUREMENT OF THE AMPLITUDE OF PERIODIC SIGNALS USING THE FIBONACCI METHOD by V. S. Petrushak

“…The application of the Fibonacci register allowed setting the conversion time at the level of N/f (number of register bits / frequency of the incoming signal). …”
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Metasurface-enabled multifunctional single-frequency sensors without external power by Masaya Tashiro, Kosuke Ide, Kosei Asano, Satoshi Ishii, Yuta Sugiura, Akira Uchiyama, Hiroki Wakatsuchi

“…Importantly, unlike existing metasurface-based sensors, our metasurfaces can sense multiple physical parameters even at a fixed frequency by breaking classic harmonic oscillations in the time domain, making the proposed sensors viable for usage with limited frequency resources. …”
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Laser Irradiation Alters the Expression Profile of Genes Involved in the Extracellular Matrix In Vitro by Sandra M. Ayuk, Nicolette N. Houreld, Heidi Abrahamse

“…Nonirradiated (0 J/cm2) normal and diabetic wounded cells served as the control. Real-time reverse transcription (RT) quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was used to determine the expression of 84 genes in a PCR array. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF PRACTICE REGIME ON TACTILE PERCEPTUAL DISCRIMINATIVE ABILITY IN VOLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, AND HANDBALL PLAYERS by Arián Ramón Aladro Gonzalvo, Gerardo Araya Vargas

“…The mean contribution to the explained variance percentage of DT corresponds to frequency (days) of practicing per week (<em>β</em> = -0.42, <em>t</em> = -2.60; <em>p</em> = .016) and the time (hours) of practicing per day (<em>β</em> = -0.59, <em>t</em> = -2.99, <em>p</em> = .006), the only ones significant DT predictors. …”
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Atypical Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Presenting as Stroke by Pradeepthi Badugu, Modupe Idowu

“…Patients can present soon after the onset of symptoms when the typical laboratory abnormalities may not have had ample time to manifest. Although most other similar cases in the literature had a previous typical presentation of the disease before an atypical presentation, our patient’s first presentation was atypical. …”
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Continuous Auditing as a Strategic Tool in Public Sector Internal Audit: The Turkish Case by Rasim Sarıkaya, Sezer Bozkuş Kahyaoğlu, Bahadır Topal

“…After a short transition period, the public administrations have started to establish their internal audit functions with the full support of Internal Audit Coordination Board of Turkey based on IIA standards in such a tiny period of time. The major aim of this paper is to analyze the current state of public sector internal audit in Turkey and provide an example for the best practice. …”
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Pharmacological Inhibition of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases Affects KC/CXCL1-Induced Intraluminal Crawling, Transendothelial Migration, and Chemotaxis of Neutrophils In Viv... by Najia Xu, Mokarram Hossain, Lixin Liu

“…Neutrophil-endothelial interactions in microvasculature of murine cremaster muscle were determined using intravital microscopy and time-lapsed video analysis. SB203580 (100 nM) did not change leukocyte rolling but significantly attenuated neutrophil adhesion, emigration, and transmigration and impaired the initiation of neutrophil crawling and transmigration. …”
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Evaluating the Factors Affecting COVID-19 Patients’ Mortality in Arak in 2020 by Hossein Mazaherpour, Masoumeh Soofian, Elham Farahani, Ahmad Saebbian, Mostafa Etebari, Sakineh Mazaherpour, Fatemeh Ashrafian, Amitis Ramezani

“…There was a significant relationship in terms of blood pressure, age, oxygen saturation, tachycardia, tachypnea, the interval between the onset of symptoms and hospitalization, diabetes mellitus, lung disease, cardiovascular disease, history of opium abuse, C-reactive protein, white blood cell, lymphocytes, hemoglobin, creatinine elevation, elevated liver enzyme, creatine phosphokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, ferritin, D-dimer, troponin, prothrombin time, international normalized ratio, intensive care unit admission days, arrhythmia, sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury (AKI), and the type of antiviral and antibiotic therapy between the two groups of patients. …”
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Method for Determining the Valid Travel Route of Railways Based on Generalised Cost under the Syncretic Railway Network by Zhiqiang Tian, Guofeng Sun, Dingjun Chen, Zhicheng Qiu, Yawen Ma

“…After quantifying the effects of train fare, travel time, transfer, travel convenience, comfort, and other factors on the generalised expenses of passengers, this study presents a generalised cost determination method when individuals select an option from different seats of different trains of specific railway transport products. …”
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RESULTS OF USING SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL IN TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ON DIFFERENT FLIGHT LEVELS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON CARBON-DIOXIDE CO2 EMISSIONS by Dragan LAZIC, Vladimir GRUJIC, Dragan CVETKOVIC

“…All the indicators that have been reached undeniably confirm the fact that a flight at great altitudes enables lower consumption of fuel and less necessary time of the flights. By such analysis and setting sustainable aircraft fuels into equations, numerous improvements in the world of aviation, which directly influence the quality of life on the global level, are achieved. …”
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Nanosecond pulsed current source for light emitting diode (LED) driven photoacoustic signal acquisition systems by Avishek Das, Manojit Pramanik

“…This study develops and demonstrate for the first time the full circuit, performance, optimization and operating procedures of a nanosecond pulsed current source (NSPCS) to drive a high-power, high-speed LED array for PAI. …”
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Writing papers: literary and scientific by Kun Hwang

“…I usually answer, “Writing is a process of healing for me—I cannot bear myself unless I write.” When the time comes to sit down and put pen to paper, I remind myself of the saying, festina lente (in German, Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast, corresponding to the English proverb “more haste, less speed”). …”
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Automated Generation of Custom Processor Core from C Code by Jelena Trajkovic, Samar Abdi, Gabriela Nicolescu, Daniel D. Gajski

“…Each processor core was constructed and refined in under a minute, allowing the designer to explore several different configurations in much less time than needed for manual design. We compared our selection algorithm to the manual selection in terms of cost/performance and showed that our optimization technique achieves better cost/performance trade-off. …”
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Experimental and analytical study of the residual performance of reinforced concrete deep beams with circular web openings by Mohammad Shabanlou, Zeinab Meghdadi, Seyed Hamidreza Ghaffar

“…In addition, for the first time, based on the strut-and-tie approach, a method was developed to estimate the ultimate capacity of deep beams with openings after exposure to fire with acceptable accuracy. …”
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A RESEARCH ON SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION AND DOPAMINE DRIVEN FEEDBACK by Gamze Macit, Hüseyin Bilal Macit, Orhan Güngör

“…Symptoms of mania, depression and bipolar disorder were examined, and similarities between behaviors of individuals using social media for a long time and individuals who are addicted and sick were examined.…”
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