Hypoxia-induced circPLOD2a/b promotes the aggressiveness of glioblastoma by suppressing XIRP1 through binding to HuR by Aixin Yu, Yiqi Wang, Chao Duan, Jun Qin, Miaomiao Liao, Haiyan Zhu, Junrong Lei, Jun Liu, Zehao Yang, Li Yu, Hui Gui, Jinxin Xin, Weiwei Tao, Wendai Bao, Zhiqiang Dong

“…Mechanistically, HIF1α induces the expression of circPLOD2a and b, which competitively bind to HuR, causing a degradation of XIRP1 in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Medicine Students’ Opinions on the English Discipline. University Polyclinic "Fabio Di Celmo" by Maira Pérez Pérez, Geisi Fernández Gómez, Isabel del Rosario Bagattín Martínez, Ditza Viera Álvarez, Maicel Eugenio Monzón Pérez

“…This statement is supported by the fact that knowledge of this foreign language completes the formation of a well prepared and highly competitive graduate student. <strong>Objective</strong>: To assess the views of medicine students on the study of English as a subject in their course. …”
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Green guardians: The biocontrol potential of Pseudomonas-derived metabolites for sustainable agriculture by Ruihuan Yang, Xiangning Du, Moein Khojasteh, Syed Mashab Ali Shah, Yongzheng Peng, Zhangfei Zhu, Zhengyin Xu, Gongyou Chen

“…These bacteria are notable for producing a wide array of bioactive antimicrobial metabolites (AMs), which give them a competitive advantage by inhibiting rival microorganisms and serve as a primary mechanism for the biocontrol of plant diseases, thus supporting sustainable agriculture. …”
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Optimization of the internal structure of 3D-printed components for architectural restoration by Valentina Tomei, Ernesto Grande, Maura Imbimbo

“…The ability to precisely reproduce the shape and surface details of complex elements, combined with the availability of a wide range of printing materials, makes 3D printing technology competitive compared to traditional techniques. In this context, the internal volume structure of 3D printed elements represents an additional design parameter to consider for enhancing interventions in terms of reducing the required material, and thus, lowering costs and environmental impact. …”
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Transformer-Based Model for Monocular Visual Odometry: A Video Understanding Approach by Andre O. Francani, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo

“…Our approach achieved competitive state-of-the-art performance compared with geometry-based and deep learning-based methods on the KITTI visual odometry dataset, outperforming the DeepVO implementation highly accepted in the visual odometry community. …”
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Literature review of lean, agile, resilient, green (LARG) in automotive manufacturing industry by Purba Humiras Hardi, Aisyah Siti, Hasibuan Sawarni, Jaqin Choesnul

“…Along with the development of the Indonesian national automotive industry which continues to grow after the COVID19 Pandemic, each company needs to increase its competitiveness based on LARG with each of its indicators. …”
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Sustainability reporting and transitory environmental sustainability risks in manufacturing by Daniel Schneider, Alexander Schüler, Markus Woerle, Dominik Schneider, Niklas Eisold, Gunther Reinhart

“…By bridging these reporting gaps, companies could better align with regulatory expectations and stakeholder demands, thus safeguarding their operational viability and competitive edge in an increasingly regulated market. …”
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Towards pen‐holding hand pose recognition: A new benchmark and a coarse‐to‐fine PHHP recognition network by Pingping Wu, Lunke Fei, Shuyi Li, Shuping Zhao, Xiaozhao Fang, Shaohua Teng

“…Experimental results show that the authors’ proposed method can achieve a very competitive PHHP recognition performance when compared with the baseline recognition models.…”
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A Review of Removal of Pollutants from Water/Wastewater Using Different Types of Nanomaterials by M. T. Amin, A. A. Alazba, U. Manzoor

“…The rapidly increasing population, depleting water resources, and climate change resulting in prolonged droughts and floods have rendered drinking water a competitive resource in many parts of the world. The development of cost-effective and stable materials and methods for providing the fresh water in adequate amounts is the need of the water industry. …”
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Effect of Slag Content and Carbonation/Ageing on Freeze-Thaw Resistance of Concrete by Iqbal Ahsan, Ojala Teemu, Al-Neshawy Fahim, Punkki Jouni

“…The use of blast furnace slag was seen as the most competitive way to significantly reduce CO2 emissions of concrete. …”
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Scalable System to Support a Digital Twin of a Stone Factory Production Line by Diogo Francisco, Roberto Ribeiro, Nuno Rodrigues, Alexandrino Goncalves, Anabela Marto, Irene Ferreira

“…Despite developments in this area, some companies are failing to keep up, which makes them less competitive. Thus, the present work proposes a system that can support a Digital Twin of Stone Factory, a sector that has not been evolving technologically so gradually. …”
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A Multilayer Model Predictive Control Methodology Applied to a Biomass Supply Chain Operational Level by Tatiana M. Pinho, João Paulo Coelho, Germano Veiga, A. Paulo Moreira, José Boaventura-Cunha

“…However, due to its characteristics such as seasonality, low density, and high cost, the biomass supply chain needs further optimization to become more competitive in the current energetic market. In this sense and taking into consideration the fact that the transportation is the process that accounts for the higher parcel in the biomass supply chain costs, this work proposes a multilayer model predictive control based strategy to improve the performance of this process at the operational level. …”
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An Accelerated Successive Convex Approximation Scheme With Exact Step Sizes for L1-Regression by Lukas Schynol, Moritz Hemsing, Marius Pesavento

“…A recent optimization approach uses successive convex approximations with an exact line search, which is highly competitive, especially in sparse problem instances. …”
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Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties of Hydrazides of Malonic Acid with Different Substitutes by T.V. Ghochikyan, A.I. Martiryan, G.A. Shahinyan, M.A. Samvelyan, A.S. Galstyan, H․R. Sargsyan, H․H. Ghazoyan

“…The antioxidant activity of malonic acid derivatives is studied using competitive reaction between hydroxyl radicals and free radical target p-nitroso-N,N-dimethylaniline. …”
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Frequency Resource Sharing and Allocation Scheme Based on Coalition Formation Game in Hybrid D2D-Cellular Network by Qing Ou, Rongqing Zhang, Xi Luan, Yuxin Cheng, Jun Wu, Jianjun Wu

“…Specifically, we formulate the resource allocation problem as a coalition formation game with transferable utility, in which all users have the incentive to cooperate with some others and form a competitive group to maximize the probability of obtaining their favorite spectrum resources. …”
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Orthogonal Capsule Network with Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Small Sample Hyperspectral Image Classification by Prince Yaw Owusu Amoako, Guo Cao, Boshan Shi, Di Yang, Benedict Boakye Acka

“…Experimental results on four rich Chinese hyperspectral datasets demonstrate the OCN-MRL model’s competitiveness in both higher classification accuracy and less computational cost compared to existing CapsNet-based methods.…”
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Aggregation control of anionic pentamethine cyanine enabling excitation wavelength selective NIR-II fluorescence imaging-guided photodynamic therapy by Yibin Li, Fei Qu, Fang Wan, Cheng Zhong, Jingyi Rao, Yijing Liu, Zhen Li, Jintao Zhu, Zhong’an Li

“…Abstract Near-infrared (NIR)-II fluorescence imaging-guided photodynamic therapy (PDT) has shown great potential for precise diagnosis and treatment of tumors in deep tissues; however, its performance is severely limited by the undesired aggregation of photosensitizers and the competitive relationship between fluorescence emission and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. …”
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Probing DCV5T-Me for Organic Photovoltaics: A Comprehensive DFT and NEGF Study by Souraya Goumri-Said, Rachida Rahmani, Abdelkader Chouaih, Mohammed Benali Kanoun

“…These results suggest that DCV5T-Me possesses the structural and electronic attributes necessary for high-power conversion efficiency, making it a competitive candidate for next-generation non-fullerene OPV devices.…”
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Spectral-Spatial Hyperspectral Image Semisupervised Classification by Fusing Maximum Noise Fraction and Adaptive Random Multigraphs by Eryang Chen, Ruichun Chang, Kaibo Shi, Ansheng Ye, Fang Miao, Jianghong Yuan, Ke Guo, Youhua Wei, Yiping Li

“…For all three real datasets, our method achieved competitive results with only 10 training samples. More importantly, the classification parameters corresponding to different hyperspectral data can be automatically optimized using our method.…”
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Steaming Maintains Fatty Acids, Antioxidants, and Proximate Content in Snack Bar Products from Cocoa Beans by Kasma Iswari, null Atman, Leni Marlina, null Riska, Sri Satya Antarlina, Ratna Wylis Arief, null Waryat, Rosniyati Suwarda, Noveria Sjafrina, Alvi Yani, null Sunarmani, Gabriel Herald Joseph, Meivie Lintang, Payung Layuk, Abdullah Bin Arif

“…In addition, reducing free fatty acids represents a quality improvement that meets international Codex Alimentarius standards, offering a competitive advantage in the market. The food industry can adopt this steaming technique to develop snack bars and new products that are healthier and more sustainable by using steaming as an effective processing method in maintaining and increasing the nutritional value of products.…”
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