Bond Strength between Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Lightweight Aggregate Concrete Substrate and Self-Compacting Concrete as Topping Layer by Slamet Widodo

“…Test results indicate that tensile strength, cohesion, and shear strength of the concrete interface are affected by surface condition of the substrate, compressive strength of the topping layer, and the normal force acting perpendicularly on the concrete interface area. …”
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Qualitative focus group discussions exploring PrEP method and service delivery preferences among female sex workers and their managers in four Zambian provinces by Holly M Burke, Emily Evens, Tendai Munthali, Featherstone Mangunje, Mercy L Kotaka, Bupe Musonda, Musonda Musonda, Catherine S Todd

“…Among potential future HIV prevention options, most FSWs preferred longer acting PrEP methods, mainly CAB PrEP over the PrEP ring. …”
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Inhibition and evasion of neutrophil microbicidal responses by Legionella longbeachae by Hannah E. Hanford, Christopher T. D. Price, Silvia Uriarte, Yousef Abu Kwaik

“…In addition to alveolar macrophages, neutrophils are abundant immune cells acting as the first line of defense against invading pathogens. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Impact Response of RC Slabs with a Sandy Soil Cushion Layer by Jianli Wu, Guotao Ma, Zhenhua Zhou, Xuefeng Mei, Xiewen Hu

“…The test results showed an exponential relationship between the impact force acting on the cushion layer surface and cushion layer thickness. …”
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MPTP Neurotoxicity and Testosterone Induce Dendritic Remodeling of Striatal Medium Spiny Neurons in the C57Bl/6 Mouse by Eleni Antzoulatos, Michael W. Jakowec, Giselle M. Petzinger, Ruth I. Wood

“…Thus, castration and MPTP exert nonoverlapping effects on MSN morphology with castration acting on distal dendrites and MPTP acting proximally.…”
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From economics to health outcomes: Delving into the significance of reduced insulin prices by M Leuschner, M Strydom, V Steenkamp

“…With a high prevalence of diabetes, especially pre-diabetes, in the country, the EML’s neglect of newer long-acting insulin treatments hampers effective disease management. …”
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“Hi! My name is Pauline, but most of my friends just call me Paul”: Divine on stage by Jean DU VERGER

“…His outrageous camp attire and acting skills contributed to the blurring of identity stability in a world where the sexual revolution of the late Sixties had already opened up a new frontier in terms of sexual practices and contributed to the gay and lesbian liberation. …”
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Adaptability Analysis of Four-Leg Hydraulic Support with Large Mining Height under Impact Dynamic Load by Dalong Wang, Xiaoteng Zeng, Guofa Wang, Ran Li

“…Building on analysis of the specific parameters of the support, this paper attempts to study the adaptability of the hydraulic support with impact dynamic load acting on the top beam. Additionally, the impact coefficient I and the excitation coefficient E have been introduced to transform the analysis results and optimize the evaluation method of the response degree of the top beam under impact load. …”
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A Class of Schur Multipliers on Some Quasi-Banach Spaces of Infinite Matrices by Nicolae Popa

“…We characterize the Schur multipliers of scalar type acting on scattered classes of infinite matrices.…”
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Editorial by Holger Pötzsch, Kristine Jørgensen

“… The editorial argues for the necessity of thinking and acting critically in times of multiple crises. Then it introduces the contributions brought together in the present issue and, finally, takes up some internal issues as Eludamos. …”
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Trends in research on novel antidepressant treatments by Agnieszka Zelek-Molik, Ewa Litwa

“…The development of rapid-acting drugs is increasingly focused on achieving high efficacy, particularly for treatment-resistant depression. …”
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On the nature of intermediary relations in insurance by P.Z. Ivanishin

“…The insurance broker acting for the benefit of the insurer acquires intermediary functions on the basis of mandate or commission agreements, agency agreements, or paid services agreements. …”
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Semaglutide Protects against 6-OHDA Toxicity by Enhancing Autophagy and Inhibiting Oxidative Stress by Dong-xing Liu, Chen-sheng Zhao, Xiao-na Wei, Yi-peng Ma, Jian-kun Wu

“…Semaglutide is a long-acting, once-a-week injection treatment and the only available oral form of GLP-1 analog. …”
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Deciphering the Role of Adrenergic Receptors in Alzheimer’s Disease: Paving the Way for Innovative Therapies by Androulla N. Miliotou, Andria Kotsoni, Lefteris C. Zacharia

“…Recently, some studies indicated a potential benefit of drugs acting on the adrenergic receptors for AD and dementias, although due to the heterogeneity of the drug classes used, the results on the whole remain inconclusive. …”
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Ecological drift during colonization drives within-host and between-host heterogeneity in an animal-associated symbiont. by Jason Z Chen, Zeeyong Kwong, Nicole M Gerardo, Nic M Vega

“…Our results demonstrate that symbiont population structure across scales does not necessarily require host-mediated selection, as it can emerge as a result of ecological drift acting on both isogenic and unrelated competitors. …”
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New proof of Nagnibida's theorem by Mubariz T. Karaev

“…Using the Duhamel product for holomorphic functions we give a new proof of Nagnibida’s theorem on unicellularity of integration operator Jα,(Jαf)(z)=∫αzf(t)dt, acting in the space Hoℓ(Ω).…”
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau and his ideas in the spectrum of the pressing challenges of our time: to the postulates of modern psychological and pedagogical interaction by Irina Manokha

“…If we consider that the idea of naturalness facilitates the educational process as a way of bringing it closer to some “maieutic” ideal – it is also one of the centrifugal issues of modern pedagogy and educational affairs in general, the question – how to make the process – non-violent, opening prospects, and not prevent them from forming the ability to independently explore the world and find ways of acting effectively in it. If we treat the idea of the “nature-loving” educator as subtly and carefully acting in relation to any of the manifestations of the pupil, thereby unleashing the potential of the tutor, is not this the way to pre-empt all types of “burn up” (both professional, and emotional) for the modern educator in the broad sense of the word – “sculptor of human souls”? …”
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Identification and Analysis of Melon (<i>Cucumis melo</i> L.) SHMT Gene Family Members and Their Functional Studies on Tolerance to Low-Temperature Stress by Yanmin Liu, Dandan He, Yizhou Wu, Kangqi Zhao, Changyi Yang, Yulu Zhong, Liuyang Yang, Haiyue Niu, Sushuang Liu

“…Notably, the promoter region of <i>CmSHMT3</i> contains cis-acting elements associated with low-temperature response (LTR) and abscisic acid response (ABRE). …”
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Relationship between emotional labor strategies and the quality of work life of operating room nurses by Li Li, Yingjuan Cao, Yingjuan Cao, Yingjuan Cao, Yinuo Sun, Yue Li, Yonghua Zhai, Yonghua Zhai, Yonghua Zhai, Yan Yan, Yan Yan, Yan Yan

“…Among emotional labor strategies, expressing naturally felt emotions was the most frequently used. Surface acting showed a significant negative correlation with WRQoL (r = −0.437, p &lt; 0.05), while deep acting and expressing naturally felt emotions were positively correlated with WRQoL (r = 0.291 and r = 0.457, respectively, p &lt; 0.05). …”
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An application of the Sakai's theorem to the characterization of H*-algebras by Borut Zalar

“…The well-known Sakai's theorem, which states that every derivation acting on a von Neumann algebra is inner, is ,used to obtain a new elegant proof of the Saworotnow's characterization theorem for associative H*-algebras via two-sided H*-algebras. …”
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