MicroRNAs in the Neural Retina by Kalina Andreeva, Nigel G. F. Cooper

“…This class consists of a large number of small noncoding endogenous RNAs, namely, miRNAs. The miRNAs compose an essential component of posttranscriptional gene regulation, since they ultimately control the fate of gene transcripts. …”
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Adaptive control of single-input single-output hybrid systems possessing interacting discrete- and continuous-time dynamics by M. de la Sen

“…The hybrid plant dealt with is composed of two coupled subsystems, one of them being of continuous-time type while the other is digital. …”
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IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING PICTURE SERIES FOR THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL by Tuti Andayani, Arono -

“…In this collaborative Classroom Action Research (CAR), the researcher tried to overcome the problem of writing narrative text facing by the eighth-grade students in Junior High School, especially in getting and composing the ideas. The question of this research was ‘Can Picture Series improve the students’ ability in writing the narrative text?’ …”
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Massive Pleural Effusion in an 18-Year-Old Girl with Ewing Sarcoma by Cengiz Özge, Mukadder Çalikoglu, Leyla Cinel, F Demir Apaydin, Eylem S Özgür

“…Thoracic computed tomography revealed a diffuse pleural effusion and a 6.99 cmx4.45 cm solid mass composed of lobulated, small cystic lesions and calcifications in the right hemithorax. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF SAMPLE SIZE AND SELECTION OF FINANCIAL RATIOS IN BANKRUPTCY MODEL ACCURACY by Yusuf Ali Al-Hroot

“…The study sample is divided into three sub-samples counting 6, 10 and 14 companies respectively; each sample is composed of bankrupt companies and the solvent ones during the period from 2000 to 2013. …”
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A Novel Nonlinear LPDA Design for HF Direction Finding by Xiaofei Ren, Hu Li, Shuxi Gong

“…So the effective radius of the circularly disposed antenna array (CDAA) composed of LPDA is extended, which is important for improving the accuracy of the DF system. …”
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Stackelberg Game for Product Renewal in Supply Chain by Yong Luo, Yamin Lou, Shizhao Wang

“…The paper studied the process of product renewal in a supply chain, which is composed of one manufacturer and one retailer. There are original product and renewal product in the supply chain. …”
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Personal Professional Development Efforts of Science and Technology Teachers in their Fields by Aysegul Bilgin, Mustafa Zafer Balbag

“…Research population was composed of science and technology teachers working in the central district of Eskişehir, a province in Turkey. …”
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Evaluation of SAR Distribution in Six-Layer Human Head Model by Asma Lak, Homayoon Oraizi

“…The head models are composed of one and six layers. The six layers are skin, fat, bone, dura (the outer membrane of brain and spinal cord), CSF (colony stimulating factor), and brain. …”
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Temperature Variability over the Po Valley, Italy, according to Radiosounding Data by Boyan Hristozov Petkov

“…It was found that intra-annual oscillations composed of periods between 30 and 120 days, together with interannual variations of 1- to 7-year period contribute to the highest extent (about 70%) of the temperature oscillations up to 20 km, changing in both cases the phase in the tropopause region. …”
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Features of water crystallization by V. Yu. Stetsenko

“…Water is mainly composed of ice nanocrystals. The peculiarities of water crystallization can be explained on the basis of its nanostructural structure and nanostructural crystallization. …”
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The morphology of complex numerals: A cross-linguistic study by Lukáš Žoha, Marcin Wągiel, Pavel Caha

“… Complex numerals are numerals composed of two or more numeral roots, e.g., three hundred five. …”
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2 + 1 Highways: Overview and Future Directions by Manuel Romana, Marilo Martin-Gasulla, Ana T. Moreno

“…Most of the rural transportation system is composed of two-lane highways, and many of them serve as the primary means for rural access to urban areas and freeways. …”
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Philip Massinger et le théâtre historique : trouver la bonne distance by Gilles Bertheau

“…As soon as the death of Jan van Olden Barnevelt was known, the playwright collaborated with John Fletcher to compose a topical tragedy the subject and dramatis personae of which tested the limits of what could be condoned by the censor. …”
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Thermal Modeling of Oxia Planum: Thermophysical Characterization of the Dark Resistant Unit (DRU) in the Germania Lacus by M. Formisano, F. Altieri, A. Frigeri, M. C. De Sanctis, C. Federico, G. Magni, E. Ammannito, S. De Angelis, M. Ferrari

“…The aim of this work is to characterize, from a thermophysical perspective, the dark resistant unit (DRU) characterizing Germania Lacus in the Oxia Planum Region, providing new insights to constrain the nature of the materials which compose this unit. We investigated the temperature distribution of the DRU by adopting common values of the thermophysical parameters of the basalt and by exploring several values of porosity. …”
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Ekphrastic Moral Mirrors in New Spain: Sor Juana’s Neptuno Alegórico and Sigüenza’s Theatro de Virtudes Políticas by Sergio Armando Gallegos-Ordorica

“…The goal of this paper is to argue that the Neptuno Alegórico and the Theatro de Virtudes Políticas, which were composed in 1680 by the Novohispanic philosophers Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora to accompany respectively two arches erected to celebrate the entry of the Spanish viceroy to Mexico City, are notable not only as examples of panegyrical Baroque literature but also as philosophical texts aimed at moral instruction. …”
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«Li sens conmence contreval a filer…». Imaginaire du sang et hétérodoxies épiques dans La Bataille Loquifer by Carlos F. Clamote Carreto

“…Hence the fact that in Old French, blood becomes an hypostasis of sens (meaning) by means of a marvelous homophony which seals as one the common fortune of both the substances and determines the particularly striking and unique poetics of blood which we can detect in the study and analysis of an atypical epic poem composed somewhere between the end of the 12th century and the beginnings of the 13th century, La Bataille Loquifer.…”
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Dr Punctal Polyp, First Case Presentation by Nazia Qidwai

“…The stroma was fibrous and showed mild chronic non-specific inflammation composed of lymphocytes and few plasma cells. Few blood vessels were seen. …”
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Knowledge Discovery from Vibration Measurements by Jun Deng, Jian Li, Daoyao Wang

“…To demonstrate the proposed SHM framework, a specific SHM method which is composed by the second order structural parameter identification, statistical control chart analysis, and system reliability analysis is then presented. …”
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Hierarchical Node Replication Attacks Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks by Wassim Znaidi, Marine Minier, Stéphane Ubéda

“…Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are composed of numerous low-cost, low-power sensor nodes communicating at short distance through wireless links. …”
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