Changes in cortisol secretion and the role of the glucocorticoid receptor in the development of the immune response in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection by Malvina Todorova, Katya Todorova

“…With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the scientific community has directed its attention towards studying the impact of the causative agent, SARS-CoV-2, on the endocrine system. …”
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Power Prediction-Based Model Predictive Control for Energy Management in Land and Air Vehicle with Turboshaft Engine by Zhengchao Wei, Yue Ma, Changle Xiang, Dabo Liu

“…In recent years, the green aviation technology draws more attention, and more hybrid power units have been applied to the aerial vehicles. …”
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Reinforcement learning for deep portfolio optimization by Ruyu Yan, Jiafei Jin, Kun Han

“…Portfolio optimization is an important financial task that has received widespread attention in the field of artificial intelligence. …”
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Damage Evaluation of Bridge Hanger Based on Bayesian Inference: Analytical Model by Yang Ding, Jing-liang Dong, Tong-lin Yang, Zhong-ping Wang, Shuang-xi Zhou, Yong-qi Wei, An-ming She

“…With the increase of the long-span bridge, the damage of the long-span bridge hanger has attracted more and more attention. Nowadays, the probability statistics method based on Bayes’ theorem is widely used for evaluating the damage of bridge, that is, Bayesian inference. …”
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Optimizing Credit Card Fraud Detection: A Genetic Algorithm Approach with Multiple Feature Selection Methods by Sunil Kumar Patel, Devina Panday

“…In today’s cashless society, the increasing threat of credit card fraud demands our attention. To protect our financial security, it is crucial to develop robust and accurate fraud detection systems that stay one step ahead of the fraudsters. …”
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Old History of Culture and New Cultural History by Zenonas Norkus

“… The article compares two epochs in the history of the Western cultural history writing, with main attention paid to their theoretical assumptions: that of the late 19th - early 20th century (called in the article "old history of culture") and that of the late 20th - early 21st century (known as "new cultural history"). …”
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Analysis on the Low Speed Performance of an Inward-Turning Multiduct Inlet for Turbine-Based Combined Cycle Engines by Chengxiang Zhu, Haifeng Zhang, Zhancang Hu, Yancheng You

“…The multiduct inlet for turbine-based combined cycle engines receives a lot of attention on its aerodynamic performance. Aside of the most studied mode of transition processes, another significant severe issue regarding the aerodynamic performance of the turbine duct (T-duct) at ground states has rarely been investigated which indeed directly determines the operability and reality of similar engine systems; this issue will be addressed in the present work. …”
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Bile Acids and Their Value for Central Nervous System by Yu. O. Shulpekova, P. E. Tkachenko, E. N. Shirokova, I. V. Damulin

“…Clinical and experimental works are conclusive about the CNS bile acids influence on mitochondrial membrane, their antioxidative role and, probably, steroid-mediator involvement in indirect regulation of memory, attention, motor functions and appetite.Conclusion. …”
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Trauma-Induced Double-Seronegative Ocular Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report by Mohammad Ali Khalid, Muhammad Jawad Awan, Ambreen Gull, Nida Hafeez, Bushra Ali, Fuad Ahmad Khan Niazi

“…Trauma should also be recognized as a triggering factor for myasthenia gravis and more attention needs to be given to understand the pathophysiology of this interesting association. …”
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Hysteresis Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Column Retrofitted and Repaired with Carbon Fiber Sheet by Moon-Sung Lee, Li-Hyung Lee

“…Therefore, researches on the retrofitting method for existing structures is receiving high attention again. However, there are very few cases where the direct comparison between the repair and retrofitting effects of structures has been experimentally verified. …”
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Analysis and main digital bank development directions in Russia by T. Yu. Mazurina, K. L. Neopulo, E. I. Shamanina

“…During the study, special attention was paid to the factors contributing to the success of the implementation of the bank’s digital business model. …”
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(De)Humanising People in Discussions around Race and Religion by Lea Skewes

“…Suhr’s talk was based on his experiences as a film maker, and he drew attention to how the framing of movies about minorities (like Muslims) shape our understandings of what it means to belong to a particular minority. …”
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Images of War in Late Victorian War and Adventure Novels for Children by Dorothea Flothow

“…Although the most prominent of these strategies, the “war-games metaphor,” which trivialized war by comparing it to a football or a cricket match, has been examined by a number of studies, little attention has so far been paid to other conventions of the genre which also serve to familiarize war and suggest its basically harmless nature: the characterization of the novels’ prototypical English boy-hero; their formulaic plot and conventionalized cast; the way the novels remember Britain’s glorious military past to predict her equally victorious future; or the ways by which military defeats and difficulties are glossed over. …”
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Characterization of PVA Fiber-Reinforced Pervious Concrete with Blended Recycled Ceramic Aggregates and Natural Aggregate by Qidan Xiao, Liuyang Feng, Yapei Xia, Fandong Xu

“…As a low-impact development method, pervious concrete (PC) received more and more attention from researchers in recent years. However, the relatively low strength compared with ordinary concrete restricts the application of pervious concrete. …”
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Simultaneous transcatheter aortic valve implantation and femoral osteosynthesis: a case report by Yuki Mitsuta, Yukiko Okamura, Yosuke Miyamoto, Dai Tanahira

“…Preoperative management was carried out with attention to the risk of myocardial ischemia caused by bleeding or pain from the fracture. …”
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Overview of Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Natural Gas Hydrate at Nanoscale by Rongrong Qi, Xuwen Qin, Hang Bian, Cheng Lu, Lu Yu, Chao Ma

“…The results show that the selection of water molecular force field has a great influence on the simulation results, and the evaluation of water model applicable to the simulation of NGH under different thermodynamic states is still an open research field that needs to be paid attention to. The effect of surface properties of porous media (such as crystallinity and hydrophilicity) on hydrate needs to be further studied. …”
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Exploring HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination at the Workplace in Southwestern Uganda: Challenges and Solutions by Benedict Twinomugisha, Fungisai Gwanzura Ottemöller, Marguerite Daniel

“…Unlike large enterprises, small-scale enterprises have received less attention in the fight against HIV/AIDS. This study’s purpose was to explore how employers and employees can overcome challenges of HIV-related stigma at the workplace. …”
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Recent advances in recombinant production of soluble proteins in E. coli by Ario de Marco

“…This condition is mirrored by the attention that researchers dedicate to understanding the biology behind protein expression, which is then exploited to improve the effectiveness of the technology. …”
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Challenges of logistic processing of the transport package selected by suppliers for international carriage of construction goods by road by Ekaterina Tettsoeva

“…It has been noted noted that in the face of declining of effective demand for commercial and residential real estate one of the most widespread ways to reduce the costs of construction and, as a result, real estate value is cutting procurement expenditures. The author draws attention to the fact that one of the reasons for occurrence of additional expenses at the stage of procurement of the goods for construction needs could be total or partial incompatibility between, on the one hand, packing and wrapping materials and, on the other hand, both the materials carried and vehicles that are planned to transport the cargo. …”
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Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) counseling as non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) intervention for students by Afra Hasna, Nurul Fajri

“…This research aims to provide NSSI behavioral intervention which is carried out using the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as an effort to change positive behavior through a process of acceptance, attention and behavior change. The population in this research is students of SMAN 1 Bogor and the sample was taken using purposive sampling technique with the characteristics of conducting NSSI for 1 year, so three people are selected as samples who have met the criteria. …”
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