MARCHF8-mediated ubiquitination via TGFBI regulates NF-κB dependent inflammatory responses and ECM degradation in intervertebral disc degeneration. by Xingpeng Zhang, Guang Li, Fang Tan, Tao Yu, Chengping Xu, Kai Li, Feng Zhang, Meiyan Zhang, Jian Wang

“…<h4>Aim</h4>To explore the role of the hub gene Transforming Growth Factor Beta Induced (TGFBI) in Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) pathogenesis and its regulatory relationship with Membrane Associated Ring-CH-Type Finger 8 (MARCHF8).…”
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Decolonising global health evaluation: Synthesis from a scoping review. by Ichhya Pant, Sonal Khosla, Jasmine Tenpa Lama, Vidhya Shanker, Mohammed AlKhaldi, Aisha El-Basuoni, Beth Michel, Khalil Bitar, Ifeanyi McWilliams Nsofor

“…In the context of turmoil and transition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our scoping review offers a starting point to embark on a journey first to transform and decolonise global health evaluation and then to achieve the greater goal of equity and justice.…”
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Projects of the Franco-Swedish Alliance against the Russian State in 1572–1575 by S. M. Ryabov

“…The article delves into Charles de Danzay's political project to transform Livonia into a French vassal duchy under François of Alençon, as well as his broader vision for a FrancoDanish-Swedish-Livonian-Polish-Lithuanian alliance. …”
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Texture and Microstructure of Thermally-Treated Acid-Leached Kaolinitic Clays by Mervat Hassan, Hassan El-Shall

“…Natural and modified kaolinitic clays were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM and EDS) and N 2 adsorption techniques. …”
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Machine Learning for Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Ports by Meead Mansoursamaei, Mahmoud Moradi, Rosa G. González-Ramírez, Eduardo Lalla-Ruiz

“…The application of machine learning (ML), as one of the main subdomains of artificial intelligence (AI), can be considered a component within the process of digital transformation to advance green activities in maritime port logistics. …”
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Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles from macroalgae Hormophysa triquetra and investigation of its antibacterial activity and mechanism against pathogenic bacteria by Shazia Bibi, Mohammed H. Abu-Dieyeh, Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti

“…The NPs are characterized using Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Gas chromatography/Mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). …”
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Short-term Optimal Scheduling Model for Hydropower Stations Considering Peak Shaving of Local and HVDC Receiving Power Grids by ZHOU Binbin, ZHANG Congtong, LIU Benxi, CHENG Chuntian, CHEN Kai, WANG Youxiang

“…In the face of the increasingly severe peak shaving pressure on both sending and receiving power grids of the high voltage direct current (HVDC) of large-scale hydropower stations,a short-term optimal scheduling model that takes into account peak shaving of local and HVDC receiving power grids of the cascade hydropower stations has been established.The model aims to minimize the maximum value of residual load in multiple power grids,not only considering the conventional hydraulic and power constraints of the cascade hydropower stations and the complex operation constraints of the HVDC transmission lines but also introducing coupled operation constraints between the HVDC transmission line and the hydropower stations.In the model-solving phase,the original model is transformed into a mixed-integer linear programming model by introducing auxiliary variables to linearize the objective function,hydraulic operation constraints,and HVDC operation constraints and using the big M method to linearize the bi-directional interval coupled constraints between the HVDC transmission line and the hydropower stations.Typical winter and summer days in a large-scale hydropower system in southwestern China are taken as examples,and the results show that the peak-valley difference of the sending power grid has decreased by up to 100%,while the decrease in the peak-valley difference in the receiving end power grid is 28.1% and 31.6%,respectively.It shows that the proposed model can share the flexibility of hydropower through HVDC transmission lines,achieve peak shaving in multiple power grids,and ensure safe operation of the HVDC transmission lines,which can provide a reference for short-term multi-grid peak shaving of large-scale cascade hydropower stations.…”
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Integrating Human-Computer Interactions in Nigerian Energy System: A Skills Requirement Analysis by Omoseni Adepoju, Oluwarotimi Akinyomi, Oluwadamilola Esan

“…The research concludes that the development of HCI skills in the adoption of 4IR presents a great opportunity to transform the energy sector in Nigeria. The research recommends policy formulation, to embrace Industry 4.0 and multifaceted process development of HCI skills for the application of 4IR in the energy sector. …”
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Marked point process variational autoencoder with applications to unsorted spiking activities. by Ryohei Shibue, Tomoharu Iwata

“…Our model defines the joint mark intensity as a latent variable model, where a neural network decoder transforms a shared latent variable into states and marks. …”
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Offshore Wind Farm Layout Optimization Considering the Power Collection System Cost by S. G. Obukhov, D. Y. Davydov

“…Together with the optimization of the layout, the search for the optimal location of the offshore transformer substation and the synthesis of the scheme of cable joints between wind power plants has been carried out. …”
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Modeling, Analysis, and Implementation of Series-Series Compensated Inductive Coupled Power Transfer (ICPT) System for an Electric Vehicle by Moustapha Elwalaty, Mohamed Jemli, Hechmi Ben Azza

“…In addition, this paper gives an equivalent electrical circuit of the DC-DC converter for WPT and comprises some basic components, which include the H-bridge inverter, inductive coupling transformer, filter, and rectifier. The input impedance of ICPT with series-series compensation circuit, their phases, and the power factor are calculated and plotted by using Matlab scripts programming for different air gap values between the transmitter coil and receiver coil. …”
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Reaction of the Liver upon Long-Term Treatment of Fluoxetine and Atorvastatin Compared with Alcohol in a Mouse Model by Zhiliang Chen, Tony C. H. Chow, Shicong Wang, Gigi C. T. Leung, Sharon L. Y. Wu, David T. Yew

“…Comparisons of animals treated with the three drugs were carried out: serum aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), and albumin were measured; liver tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta-1) levels were evaluated; proliferative cells were detected via immunohistochemistry (IHC) targeting on proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and minichromosome maintenance complex component 2 (MCM2); for apoptosis, IHC targeting on activated caspase-3 and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) were employed; and histopathology was also documented in all groups. …”
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Feature optimization-guided high-precision and real-time metal surface defect detection network by Sixian Chan, Suqiang Li, Hongkai Zhang, Xiaolong Zhou, Jiafa Mao, Feng Hong

“…Secondly, the slice features are reorganized using a dual-branch feature recombination module, and the channel-level soft attention is applied to produce the channel-optimized feature map. The dual-branch transformation stage’s output features are adaptively merged, which may effectively lower feature information loss, improve feature expressiveness, and allow the model to collect useful feature information. …”
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Application of educational data mining in subject learning at university by Irina A. Kotiurova

“…The prospects for the use of such big data technologies in the subject teaching are immense, so this area, currently underdeveloped due to various reasons, certainly deserves more attention from all participants of the system - from the ordinary teachers to researchers and managers responsible for the digital transformation of education.…”
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What is successful integration in primary health care: qualitative insights from the Chinese public by Jinnan Zhang, Rebecca Mitchell, Ruixue Zhao, Mengyao Li, Wenhua Wang

“…Background China is transforming its hospital-centric service delivery system into a people-centered integrated care model, with service delivery organized around the health needs and expectations of people. …”
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Les limites de la cartographie des risques littoraux : des perspectives pour la compréhension de tous by Aurélie Arnaud

“…This digital age associated embedded devices (cell) are transforming both "map factory" by / for scientists, but also its access to public and decision makers. …”
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Electrochemically reduced graphene oxide integrated with carboxylated-8-carboxamidoquinoline: A platform for highly sensitive voltammetric detection of Zn(II) ion by screen-printed... by Ling Ling Tan, Nur Syamimi Mohamad, Nurul Izzaty Hassan, Choo Ta Goh

“…The green CACQ/ErGO-modified SPCE was characterized by spectroscopy techniques, such as Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and field-emission scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray (FESEM-EDX). …”
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RESEARCH ON THE FATIGUE LIFE CALCULATION METHOD OF HYDRO-TURBINE HEAD COVER CONNECTING BOLTS BASED ON PD-STFA by LIU Yu, JIN Jian, WANG YongFei, ZHAO JunJie, YU Bo

“…Long-term alternating loads on the connecting bolts of hydro-turbine head cover,which results in fatigue damage causing many serious accidents.Therefore,it is necessary to carry out in-depth study on the calculation method of fatigue life of head cover bolts in order to improve the accuracy of fatigue life calculation.In order to solve the above problems,a method for calculating the fatigue life of Turbine head cover bolts based on combination of power density and short-time Fourier analysis（PD-STFA） is put forward,with emphasis on the influence of coupling action of loading frequency and amplitude load on the fatigue life of head cover bolts.Firstly,the position and stress of dangerous section of connecting bolt are calculated by finite element method;secondly,the average stress of contact surface of bolt head is measured by strain-based hollow pressure sensor,and then the measured average stress of contact surface of bolt head is transformed into the stress of dangerous section according to generalized Hooke’s law;finally,based on linear damage accumulation theory,the fatigue life of the head cover bolts is calculated by PD-STFA method and the traditional rain flow counting method.The calculation results show that the fatigue life of the head cover bolts is 1.966× 10~5 h based on PD-STFA method and 4.113 ×10~5 h based on traditional rain flow counting method.According to the investigation of power plant users,the calculation results based on PD-STFA method are closer to the actual service life of bolts for about 30 years,and can predict the fatigue life of the turbine head cover connecting bolts more accurately,thus providing theoretical guarantee for the safe and stable operation of the hydro-turbine.…”
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Excavating trajectory planning of electric shovel based on dynamic excavating volume prediction by Juan Wu, Rui Liu, Baoguo Lin

“…Abstract Mining electric shovels are one of the core equipments for open-pit mining, and are currently moving towards intelligent and unmanned transformation, with intelligent mining instead of traditional manual operation. …”
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The effect of mechanical milling for enhanced recycling Ti6Al4V powder from machining chips by Seyyed Amir Reza Alavizadeh, Mehrdad Shahbaz, Majid Kavanlouei, Sang Sub Kim

“…Additionally, annealing-induced phase transformations were analyzed, revealing the conversion of TiO into TiO₂ under specific conditions. …”
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