Microbiota analysis of perimenopausal women experiencing recurrent vaginitis in conjunction with urinary tract infection by Yingying Bi, Yuezhu Wang, Wu Li, Yuhang Chen, Jinlong Qin, Huajun Zheng

“…A random forest model composed of 16 genera in the lower vaginal end had the highest discriminatory power (AUC 81.48%) to predict RV/UTI. …”
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Application of the hypoplastic model for validating direct shear tests to investigate the impact of fines on the behavior of chlef sand by Benali Nougar, Abdelkader Brahimi, Djamel Edddine Bouri, Abdallah Krim, Omar Safer, Kamel Menad, Ahmed Arab

“…The soils used for the preparation of the samples were the Chlef sand, Chlef silt and M’zilla clay and a mixture composed of 50% of silt and 50% of clay. The soils were prepared by mixing Chlef sand with fines content of silt, clay or clay silt ranging from 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40%. …”
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A Case of Tumour Twins: A Rare Presentation of Simultaneous Breast and Endometrial Malignancies by Sreenidhi Sreeram, Barathi Gunabooshanam, Vasugi Gramani Arumugam, Gouthaman

“…Microscopy showed a neoplastic tissue composed of nests of tumour cells floating in lakes of abundant extracellular mucin. …”
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Variation in human gut microbiota impacts tamoxifen pharmacokinetics by Yasmine Alam, Sheron Hakopian, Lizett Ortiz de Ora, Ian Tamburini, Julio Avelar-Barragan, Sunhee Jung, Zane Long, Alina Chao, Katrine Whiteson, Cholsoon Jang, Elizabeth Bess

“…Given that tamoxifen is orally administered and, thus, reaches the intestine, this variable patient response to the drug is likely related to the gut microbiota composed of trillions of bacteria, which are remarkably different among individuals. …”
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Increasing Safety of Vulnerable Road Users in Scenarios With Occlusion: A Collaborative Approach for Smart Infrastructures and Automated Vehicles by Thiago de Borba, Ondrej Vaculin, Hormoz Marzbani, Reza Nakhaie Jazar

“…The occlusion, caused by obstructing the sensors’ detection field, limits the vehicle’s perception ability and inhibits the detection of other road users in the surroundings, especially Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs). Infrastructure composed of Roadside Units (RSUs) equipped with infrastructure-based sensors can overcome the perception limitations of a system based solely on onboard sensors by monitoring the road environment with a larger field of view and reduced sensitivity to occlusion. …”
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Multi-mode Motion Analysis of Sideward Opening Aircraft Doors Based on Position and Orientation Characteristic Theory by Wu Borui, Hang Lubin, Peng Jiyou, Huang Xiaobo, Wu Yang, Qiu Xudong

“…From the viewpoint of topological synthesis of robot mechanism, it is proposed for the first time to abstract the opening motion mechanism of a certain type of the sideward opening aircraft door into a parallel mechanism composed of two SS branches and one <inline-formula><alternatives><math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M2"><mi mathvariant="normal">◇</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>/</mo><mo>/</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>/</mo><mo>/</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>/</mo><mo>/</mo><mi>R</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>⊥</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>/</mo><mo>/</mo><mi>R</mi></math><graphic specific-use="big" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="alternativeImage/9079DA20-C1AE-48da-AAA0-894F1588485C-M002.jpg"><?…”
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The book graphics of Vilnius printing houses in XVI-XVII centuries by Jolita Liškevičienė

“…Later, the arms became part of a complex illustration: they were freely composed with other emblems, allegorical images, or a portrait into a unified composition. …”
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Study on Fracture and Stress Evolution Characteristics of Ultra-Thick Hard Sandstone Roof in the Fully Mechanized Mining Face with Large Mining Height: A Case Study of Xiaojihan Co... by Feng Ju, Meng Xiao, Zequan He, Pai Ning, Peng Huang

“…The findings demonstrated that (1) the ultra-thick hard sandstone roof was composed of inlaid coarse minerals, which had compact structure, while the Protodyakonov hardness reached up to 3.07; (2) under the high-strength mining condition of fully mechanized mining face with large mining height, the ultra-thick hard sandstone roof had the characteristics of brittle fracture, with a caving span of 12 m; (3) under the high-strength mining condition of fully mechanized mining face with large mining height, the ultra-thick hard sandstone roof followed the stress evolution laws that were more sensitive to the neighboring goaf. …”
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Surface and Catalytic Properties of NiO and CoO Solids Doped with Cobalt and Nickel Ions by G.A. El-Shobaky, A.M. Turky, A.M. Ghozza

“…Pure and variously doped Co 3 O 4 specimens preheated at 500°C and 700°C were composed of a Co 3 O 4 phase with a much bigger particle size (230 Å and 350 Å, respectively, for the solids precalcined at 500°C and 700°C). …”
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Detailed Fluid Inclusion and Stable Isotope Analysis on Deep Carbonates from the North Alpine Foreland Basin to Constrain Paleofluid Evolution by Elena Mraz, Markus Wolfgramm, Inga Moeck, Kurosch Thuro

“…Salinity and formation temperature of paleofluids in fluid inclusions and isotope data are consistent with previous studies and reveal a 5-stage evolution: the main cementation phases are composed of (I) the early diagenesis in limestones (200-400 m, 40-50°C), (II) early diagenetic dolomitization, and (III) burial dolomitization (1-2 km, II: 40-90°C; III: 70-100°C; 40 g/L NaCl equiv.), and (IV) late burial calcification (IIIa: 110-140°C, IIIb: 140-200°C) linked to tectonic features in the Molasse Basin. …”
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Study on City-Level Optimization of Tourism Industry Spatial Organization Nodes and Organization Mode for Tourist Destinations by Jinlian Hao, Haolong Liu, Jie Chen, Fankai Sun

“…The second-level tourism channels are mainly distributed in the central and northern areas of Dalian. (4) This study aims to analyze the evolution process of the spatial organization mode of Dalian’s tourism industry and construct a hub-spoke network tourism industry spatial organization mode composed of 17 hubs, 22 spokes, and 22 tourism domains. …”
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Evidence of Major Structural Features over the Pan-African Domain in the Bertoua-Mbangue Area (East Cameroon) from a Multiscale Approach of Modeling and Interpretation of Aeromagne... by Owono Amougou Olivier Ulrich Igor, Ndougsa Mbarga Theophile, Meying Arsène, Assembe Stephane Patrick, Ngoh Jean Daniel, Ngoumou Paul Claude, Yandjimain Justine

“…It shows intrusive bodies composed of gneiss and porphyroid granite and some domes with their roof situated at various depths not exceeding 1800 m from the surface. …”
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Enhancing photovoltaic efficiency in Half-Tandem MAPbI3/ MASnI3 Perovskite solar cells with triple core-shell plasmonic nanoparticles by Saeed Baghaee Ivriq, Mohammad Hossein Mohammadi, Rasmus Schmidt Davidsen

“…According to optical-electrical simulation results, the short-circuit current density (Jsc) of the proposed parallel PSC, featuring triple core-shell nanoparticles composed of TiO2@Ag@TiO2 and SiO2@Ag@SiO2, has been improved by approximately 40% and 41.5%, respectively, compared to a PSC lacking nanoparticles. …”
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Intravitreal dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex®) findings over time: ultrasound and ultra-widefield fundus photography by Gabriela Assumpção Brito Pereira Pellegrini, Arnaldo Furman Bordon, Norma Allemann

“…Abstract Background Ozurdex® (Allergan®, AbbVie Company, North Chicago, Illinois, EUA), is composed of 0.7 mg of dexamethasone, fused in a solid biodegradable PLGA polymer, whose degradation occurs naturally in the vitreous cavity, usually in six months after its application. …”
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Unveiling the signal valve specifically tuning the TGF-β1 suppression of osteogenesis: mediation through a SMAD1-SMAD2 complex by Ying-Wen Wang, Ching-Wei Luo

“…Results Distinct from the TGF-β1 inhibition on adipogenesis through canonical SMAD2/3 signaling, we clarified that TGF-β1 suppresses osteogenesis by inducing the formation of previously unidentified mixed SMADs mainly composed of SMAD1 and SMAD2, in which SMAD2 recruits more TGF-β1-induced co-repressors including HDAC1, TGIF1 and ATF3, whereas SMAD1 allows directing the whole transcriptional suppression complex to the cis-elements of osteogenic genes. …”
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An engineering model for creeping flame spread over idealized electrical wires in microgravity by Coimbra, Alain, Li, Yutao, Guibaud, Augustin, Citerne, Jean-Marie, Legros, Guillaume, Consalvi, Jean-Louis

“…The model is applied to interpret experimental data obtained in parabolic flights for wires composed by a 0.25 mm radius nickel-chromium (NiCr) metallic core coated by low-density polyethylene (LDPE) of different thicknesses ranging from 0.15 mm to 0.4 mm. …”
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Decentralized Management of Home Care Services for Seniors: Protocol for a Participatory Action Research by Virginie Savaria, Johanne Queenton, Annie Carrier

“…Before initiating the cycles, a preliminary stage consists of forming a steering committee composed of managers (n=3), professionals (n=3), seniors (n=3), informal caregivers (n=3), and the research team (n=3). …”
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Al-5Er-Ti Master Alloy with Both Grain Refinement and Microalloying Effects by Jingrui Ma, Zhiguo Lei, Shengping Wen, Guang Yang, Wu Wei, Hui Huang, Zuoren Nie

“…When the Er/Ti atomic ratio is reduced to below 1.3, the Ti-containing phase of the Al-5Er-Ti master alloy is composed of Ti₂Al₂₀Er and Al₃Ti. …”
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Compressibility characteristics and modification effect of coal reservoirs in Longtan Formation, Nanchuan area, southeast Chongqing by Jinxian LIU, Tao GUO, Yatong ZHOU, Dongyang LI, Xiaobo JIN

“…The coal seams are stably distributed, with the floor plate consisting of aluminous mudstone and the roof plate composed of mudstone, which locally transitions to argillaceous limestone and limestone. …”
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The role of the microbiota and metabolites in the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis with UC-MSCs: Integrating fecal metabolomics and 16S rDNA analysis. by Yukai Luo, Shuang Zhou, Xiaojing Zhang, Yijian Lin, Jun Liu, Wenzhao Cheng, Yiming Zeng

“…The findings from the metabolomics analysis revealed that the metabolites exhibiting notable variances were primarily composed of Lipids and lipid-like molecules, Organoheterocyclic compounds, Organic acids and derivatives, and Benzenoids, indicating the potential of UC-MSCs to exert antifibrotic effects via these metabolic pathways.…”
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