The metamorphosis of semi-classical mechanisms of confinement: from monopoles on ℝ 3 × S 1 to center-vortices on ℝ 2 × T 2 by Canberk Güvendik, Thomas Schaefer, Mithat Ünsal

“…This construction is based on a two-stage Higgs mechanism, reducing SU(N) to U(1) N−1 in 3d first, followed by reduction to a ℤ N EFT in 2d in the second step. …”
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Ammonia Diffusion through Nalophan Double Bags: Effect of Concentration Gradient Reduction by Selena Sironi, Lidia Eusebio, Laura Capelli, Emanuela Boiardi, Renato Del Rosso

“…Comparing the inner bag losses with those of the single bag stored in the same conditions (T, P, u) and with equal geometrical characteristics (S/V, z), it was observed that the inner bag of the double bag displays a 16% loss while the single bag displays a 37% loss. …”
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Effect of marination with broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) juice and soy sauce on physicochemical, structural and oxidative properties of beef steak by Ashkan Jebelli Javan, Fatemeh Mirhaj, Nasim Khorshidian, Mehrdad Mohammadi

“…Samples were marinated with broccoli crude juice (15 mL v/w, 16.9 U/g) and soy sauce (25 mL v/w) individually and in combination and refrigerated at two different ageing times (1 and 48 h). …”
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Retroperitoneal Extraovarian Fibrothecoma Mimicking a Malignant Epithelial Ovarian Carcinoma by Patrick Roberts, Sharon Nofech-Mozes, Natalie Coburn, Paul Hamilton, Lilian T. Gien

“…CA-125 was elevated at 1291 U/mL. Paracenteses were negative for malignant cells and core biopsy showed spindle cell proliferation. …”
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NHERI education and community outreach: longitudinal, educational outcomes of a coordinated, distributed network by Robin Nelson, Karina I. Vielma, Karina I. Vielma, JoAnn Browning

“…The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Network Coordination Office (NCO) Education and Community Outreach (ECO) led coordinated efforts to promote educational activities along various pathways for students and educators targeted at broadening participation in and awareness of natural hazards engineering research through the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program, the Graduate Student Council (GSC), and the Summer Institute for Early Career Researchers and K-12 Educators. …”
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重复暂时性去肝动脉化治疗不可切除的原发性肝癌

“…提要报道该院肝胆外科与瑞典L u n d 大学合作的一项临床前瞻性研究。作者将1 9 9 4 年2 月 至1 9 9 5 年4 月期间入院的40 例经手术及病理证实为不可切除的肝细胞型肝癌( H C C ) 患者随机分成 二组, 重复暂时性去肝动脉化( R T D 组) 及肝动脉结扎( H A L 组) 各20 例; 对二组病人的术后过程、 肝功能变化、影象学检查 、 生存期、存活率等进行比较。…”
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Intrinsic judgment error in men’s championship world surf league: WSL 2021 by Tony Meireles Santos, Lucas Eduardo Rodrigues Santos, Ítalo Vinicius, Cayque Brietzke, Lucas Camilo Pereira, Paulo Henrique Melo, Thaiene Camila Beltrão Moura, Taddeo De Negri, Hassan Mohamed Elsangedy, Flávio Oliveira Pires

“…Results: We found an inverted ‘U’-shaped pattern for the judgment error score vs. control score, explained by a quadratic regression model (R = 0.52; SEE = 0.10). …”
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Promotion of beta cell proliferation through DYRK kinase inhibition using the marine natural product breitfussin C by Sara Ullsten, Kine Østnes Hansen, Guillaume Axel Petit, Espen Holst Hansen, Jeanette Hammer Andersen

“…Using the beta cell line RIN-M5F, we assessed the protective effects of BfC through a MTS assay for cell viability, caspase 3/7 activity for apoptosis, and EdU incorporation and cell cycle distribution for proliferation. …”
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Qualidade percebida por alunos de instituições de ensino superior: efeitos do tamanho da turma, gênero e tempo de experiência do aluno by Marcus Rodrigues Peixoto, Jorge Brantes Ferreira

“…Resultados do teste Mann-Whitney U indicaram relações negativas significativas entre qualidade percebida e tamanho da turma. …”
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Extreme‐Event Magnetic Storm Probabilities Derived From Rank Statistics of Historical Dst Intensities for Solar Cycles 14–24 by Jeffrey J. Love

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Elevated GGT to HDL ratio as a marker for the risk of NAFLD and liver fibrosis by Yanyan Xuan, Fangfang He, Qing Liu, Dandan Dai, Dingting Wu, Yanmei Shi, Qi Yao

“…The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) study showed that GGT/HDL-C was a more accurate predictor of NAFLD than GGT or HDL-C alone. In the U.S. population, an increased risk of NAFLD, the severity of hepatic steatosis, and the risk of liver fibrosis are independently correlated with an elevated GGT/HDL-C ratio.…”
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National‐Scale Flood Hazard Data Unfit for Urban Risk Management by Jochen E. Schubert, Katharine J. Mach, Brett F. Sanders

“…Here we assess the uncertainties of First Street Foundation (FSF) flood hazard data, available across the U.S., using a new model (PRIMo‐Drain) that resolves drainage infrastructure and fine resolution drainage dynamics. …”
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Estrategias de inserción internacional de la miel de abeja en el mercado de Estados Unidos by Evangelina Gabriela Dulce

“…Se estudiaron indicadores cuantitativos: precio unitario de exportación (U$S/Ton); la participación en el mercado de destino (TMS); el índice de calidad competitiva (QCI), el índice de Ventajas Comparativas Reveladas (IVCR), así como las tasas de crecimiento promedio en valor y volumen. …”
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A Sustained Reduction in Serum Cholinesterase Enzyme Activity Predicts Patient Outcome following Sepsis by Aleksandar R. Zivkovic, Sebastian O. Decker, Anne C. Zirnstein, Annette Sigl, Karsten Schmidt, Markus A. Weigand, Stefan Hofer, Thorsten Brenner

“…We estimated a critical BChE level of 1.661 kU/L (CI 0.5–0.8, 94% sensitivity, 48% specificity, AUC 0.7) to best predict patient outcome providing a benchmark criterion for early detection of potentially fatal sepsis measured at the admission. …”
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A MACHINE LEARNING DISTRACTED DRIVING PREDICTION MODEL by Samira AHANGARI, Mansoureh JEIHANI, Abdollah DEHZANGI

“… Distracted driving is known to be one of the core contributors to crashes in the U.S., accounting for about 40% of all crashes. …”
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Low-Intensity Wildfire Alters Selected Soil Properties in the Tropical Shorea robusta Forest by Badri Prasad Dhungana, Vivek Thapa Chhetri, Chitra Bahadur Baniya, Sundar Prasad Sharma

“…Using the Mann–Whitney U test and the Pearson correlation coefficient, we analyzed the data. …”
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A Novel Nitrite Reductase from <i>Acinetobacter haemolyticus</i> for Efficient Degradation of Nitrite by Xiao-Yan Yin, Emmanuel Mintah Bonku, Jian-Feng Yuan, Zhong-Hua Yang

“…We constructed a heterologous expression system using <i>E. coli</i> BL21/pET28a-<i>Ah</i>Nir, which exhibited remarkable nitrite reductase enzyme activity of 29 U/mL in the culture broth, substantially higher than that reported for other strains. …”
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YOLOv7-CWFD for real time detection of bolt defects on transmission lines by Lincong Peng, Kerui Wang, Hao Zhou, Yi Ma, Pengfei Yu

“…Additionally, weighted Efficient Intersection over Union (EIoU) and Normalized Wasserstein Distance (NWD) loss functions are designed to reduce the network’s sensitivity to object size variations and enhance model convergence in regression tasks. …”
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Uwagi na temat starożytnych źródeł i przesłanek teorii Mikołaja Kopernika by Konrad Dydak Rycyk, OFM

“…Następnie wskazane i przeanalizowane zostaną te filozoficzne i kosmologiczne stanowiska i poglądy, które – chociaż może Kopernikowi nieznane – w greckim myśleniu, i to już u jego początków, mogą stanowić loci philosophici, przesłanki i źródła kosmologii niegeocentrycznej. …”
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Aerobik Cimnastik 13. Avrupa Şampiyonası’nda yarışan sporcuların artistik, uygulama ve zorluk puanları ile sonuç puanları arasındaki ilişki by Özlem Keskin

“…Bu nedenle, tek erkekler ve tek bayanlar kategorilerindeki puan farklılıklarının belirlenmesi için Mann Whitney-U testi, çiftler, trio ve grup kategorilerindeki puan farklılıklarının belirlenmesi için ise Kruskal Wallis H testi kullanılmıştır. …”
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