Seasonal Variations of the Urban Thermal Environment Effect in a Tropical Coastal City by Yao Yuan, Chen Xi, Qian Jing, Ndayisaba Felix

“…Five profiles were drawn to analyze the distribution of UHII in different seasons, and it was found that the No. 1 path profiles, corresponding to the western urban development axis, had higher UHII than other path profiles. …”
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Influences of the Kuroshio on the salinity budget of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan by Matsuda Kazuki, Uchiyama Yusuke

“…The total salinity in the western sub-basins increased with the eastward clockwise transport and decreased with the westward counterclockwise transport, whereas the eastern sub-basins showed less correlations, resulting in a zonal difference of salinity response to the open ocean.…”
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Tribbles 3 Regulates the Fibrosis Cytokine TGF-β1 through ERK1/2-MAPK Signaling Pathway in Diabetic Nephropathy by Luwei Zhang, Jinhang Zhang, Xinnong Liu, Shengli Liu, Jun Tian

“…To reveal the expression and possible role of tribbles homolog 3 (TRB3) in the incidence of type 2 diabetic nephropathy, we used immunohistochemistry, real-time quantitative PCR, western blot analysis, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to study the expression of TRB3, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 mitogen-activated protein kinase (ERK1/2 MAPK), transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1), and collagen type IV in kidneys of db/db diabetic mice and in murine renal mesangial cells stimulated with high glucose. …”
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Information and Communication Technologies of households and individuals, geographical proximity and regional competitiveness: distribution, clusters and spatial patterns of techno... by Reyes González-Relaño, Ángel Luis Lucendo-Monedero, Francisca Ruiz-Rodríguez

“…The results at regional level in Europe demonstrate that: i) the greatest inequalities occur in the ICT usage variables and not in those of access; ii) the indicators of TR create a spatial pattern with a gradient from the regions of the extreme north-west to south-western and eastern Europe; and iii) there is evidently an opportunity to incorporate other regional variables of ICT usage for future editions of the RCI. …”
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A Rare Cause of the Cough: Primary Small Cell Carcinoma of Esophagus—Case Report by Erdal Yekeler, Timur Koca, Semra Vural

“…It is highly progressive and poorly prognostic in untreated conditions. In the western populations, the rate of primary small cell carcinoma in all esophageal cancer types is between 0.05% and 2.4%, while it is endemically increasing up to 7.6% in the eastern populations. …”
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Arabidopsis conditional photosynthesis mutants abc1k1 and var2 accumulate partially processed thylakoid preproteins and are defective in chloroplast biogenesis by Joy Collombat, Manfredo Quadroni, Véronique Douet, Rosa Pipitone, Fiamma Longoni, Felix Kessler

“…We employ a combination of Western blotting and mass spectrometry to analyze proteins in var2 and abc1k1. …”
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Chemical evolution characteristics and influencing factors of groundwater in the saline and fresh water funnel area in Hengshui City, North China by Yanbo Yu, Baizhong Yan, Yapeng Tuo, Xinkai Zhan, Xiandong Xie

“…The results showed that: With the exception of the deep freshwater funnel area in the western region, which exhibits a trend of water quality deterioration (Cl− accounted for more than 25%), groundwater quality in the other funnel areas demonstrates an improving trend (HCO $$_{3}^{-}$$ accounted for more than 25%). …”
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Comparison of carvedilol vs. bisoprolol for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF): A systematic review and meta-analysis from the Asian population by Yedy Purwandi Sukmawan, Tita Nofianti, Anisa Pebiansyah

“…While numerous systematic reviews and meta-analyses have compared bisoprolol and carvedilol in HFrEF, most have focused on Western populations. To address this gap, we conducted a meta-analysis of RCTs and cohort studies involving Asian patients with HFrEF from PubMed and Cochrane databases that reported all-cause mortality, hospital admission, and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) increase. …”
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Research on the Influence of Emission Trading System on Enterprises' Green Technology Innovation by Si Luo, Guohua He

“…It has the greatest incentive effect in eastern region, followed by western region and then central region.…”
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Paeoniflorin inhibits the growth of bladder carcinoma via deactivation of STAT3 by Yang Jianhui, Ren Yu, Lou Zhong-Guan, Wan Xue, Weng Guo-Bin, Cen Dong

“…Moreover, Pae induced apoptosis in RT4 cells and increased the activities of caspase3, caspase8 and caspase9. Western blotting and immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (p-STAT3) level were decreased in Pae-treated RT4 cells and Pae-treated tumour-bearing mice. …”
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Assessment of the Geomorphological Diversity of Komati Gorge, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa by Mukhodeni Mudau, Edmore Kori

“…The final geomorphodiversity map reveals that the south-western parts of Komati Gorge have medium to very high geomorphological diversity. …”
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Living with Uncertainty: Older Persons’ Lived Experience of Making Independent Decisions over Time by Agneta Breitholtz, Ingrid Snellman, Ingegerd Fagerberg

“…Autonomy when in care is highly valued in the western world. However, research shows that autonomy can give rise to problematic issues. …”
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Failure Characteristics and Stability Control of Bolt Support in Thick-Coal-Seam Roadway of Three Typical Coal Mines in China by Zhe Xiang, Nong Zhang, Deyu Qian, Zhengzheng Xie, Chenghao Zhang, Feng Guo, Sujian Wang

“…Based on field observations, the failure mechanism of selected roadway failures under distinct conditions at three representative coal mines in eastern and western China was analyzed. Recommendations are provided for roadway safety control. …”
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Fault Diagnosis of Axle Box Bearing with Acoustic Signal Based on Chirplet Transform and Support Vector Machine by Jimin Zhang, Xianting Hu, Xujie Zhong, Hechao Zhou

“…The availability of the model is verified by comparing with the vibration acceleration signal bearing fault diagnosis results, and the correctness of the model is verified by utilizing the open database of Western Reserve University. The acoustic-vibration comprehensive bearing fault diagnosis experiment platform (AVEP) is established to investigate the acoustic signal and acceleration signal diagnosis accuracy. …”
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Dementia in Parkinson's Disease Correlates with α-Synuclein Pathology but Not with Cortical Astrogliosis by Simone A. van den Berge, Josta T. Kevenaar, Jacqueline A. Sluijs, Elly M. Hol

“…We have examined these proteins by immunohistochemistry in the frontal cortex and by Western blot in CSF of cases with PD, PD with dementia (PDD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and nondemented controls. …”
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Evolutionary Game Analysis of the Stress Effect of Cross-Regional Transfer of Resource-Exhausted Enterprises by Hui Yu, Wei Wang, Baohua Yang, Cunfang Li

“…This paper analyses the stress effect of cross-regional transfer of resource-exhausted enterprises from eastern China to central and Western China. A tripartite evolutionary game model including the central government, the local government of the operation recipient region, and the resource-exhausted transfer enterprises is established under the assumption of limited rationality. …”
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Native Subterranean Termites: Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar), Reticulitermes virginicus (Banks), Reticulitermes hageni Banks (Insecta: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) by Nan-Yao Su, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Brian Cabrera

“…Its counterpart, the western subterranean termite, R. hesperus Banks, is found along the entire Pacific Coast ranging from southern California to British Columbia. …”
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Improved Chicken Reproduction and Yield of Improved Poultry from Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) Nanoparticles Coated in Jimma Horro Area of Kellem Wollega Zone, Ethiopia by Soressa Shuma Abdisa, Jule Leta Tesfaye, Abel Saka, Abdisa Abraham, N. Nagaprasad, Lamessa Gudata, Krishnaraj Ramaswamy

“…Current work was accompanied in Kellem Wollega Zones Jima Horro District, Western Ethiopia, to evaluate the reproduction and productive performances of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles’ coated poultry. …”
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Erat simplicis ingenii: A deposição de Garcia da Galiza vista pelos cronistas dos séculos XII e XIII by Maria Joana Gomes

“…This paper analyses the arguments brought up by the works of several 12th and 13th century historiographers of western Iberia - conceeding special attention to Lucas de Tuy’s Chronicon Mundi and Rodrigo de Rada’s De rebus Hispaniae - to justify the fall of Garcia of Galicia. …”
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Saturation Height Modelling for Tight Sandstone Reservoirs with Gas Diffusion Dynamics Taken into Account by Zhou Lyu, Zhilun Yang, Yuhong Hao, Shunzhi Yang, Liqiong Wang, Sen Chang, Xiaomin Xue, Jing Li

“…The different saturation characteristics in the central, western, and eastern parts of the Sulige gas field are precisely caused by the different configurations of source rock quality and reservoir quality. …”
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