The Sarcoplasmic/Endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) is present in pig sperm and modulates their physiology over liquid preservation by Ferran Garriga, Jesús Martínez-Hernández, Ainhoa Parra-Balaguer, Marc Llavanera, Marc Yeste

“…On days 0, 4, and 10, sperm motility was assessed using a computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) system, and sperm viability, membrane lipid disorder, acrosome integrity, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and intracellular levels of Ca2+, superoxides and total reactive oxygen species (ROS) were evaluated by flow cytometry. …”
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Effect of pulsed and continuous arcs on copper powders prepared by arc micro explosion machining by Bo Yin, Zhenyu Zhao, Wen Hu, Hui Xu

“…The properties and microstructure of the two types of copper powders were analyzed using high-resolution synchrotron X-ray computed tomography (CT), scanning electron microscopy(SEM), and Transmission electron microscope(TEM). …”
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Identification of Diagnostic Genes and Effective Drugs Associated with Osteoporosis Treatment by Single-Cell RNA-Seq Analysis and Network Pharmacology by Zhanyue Zhang, Tingbao Zhang, Liangshuang Zhou, Jianzhong Guan

“…Cell subpopulations were identified and characterized by scRNA-seq, t-SNE, clusterProfiler, and other computational methods. “limma” R packages were used to identify all differentially expressed genes. …”
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The sequential approach to the product of distribution by C. K. Li

“…Li (1999) also provided a modified δ-sequence and defined a new distribution (dk/drk)δ(x), which is used to compute the more general product of r−k and Δlδ, where l≥1, by applying the normalization procedure due to Gel'fand and Shilov (1964). …”
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Toward a Classification of Mixed-State Topological Orders in Two Dimensions by Tyler D. Ellison, Meng Cheng

“…We study the resulting space of locally indistinguishable states and compute the modular transformations within a particular coherent space. …”
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Difficult case of endoscopic ultrasonography-guided choledochogastrostomy salvaged using a stiff guidewire by Takio Narikawa, Ken Kamata, Takamitsu Komaki, Mamoru Takenaka, Masatoshi Kudo

“…An 89-year-old woman presented to the hospital with a chief complaint of fever and hematuria. Computed tomography revealed left hydronephrosis due to bladder cancer, along with common bile duct stones and marked dilation of the bile duct. …”
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Comparison of the Ability of Two Brands of CBCT with That of SEM to Detect the Marginal Leakage of Class V Composite Resin Restorations by Mitra Karbasi Kheir, Leili Khayam

“…This study was carried out to compare the ability of two common brands of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), including New Tom and Planmeca, to detect the marginal leakage of class V composite resins. …”
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Tracheal perforation and subcutaneous emphysema secondary to pseudomembranous invasive Aspergillus tracheobronchitis successfully managed with endotracheal tube manipulation by Kazushige Shiraishi, Takkin Lo

“…Seven days after the failed extubation, he developed subcutaneous emphysema in the neck. Chest computed tomography scan showed neck, left chest wall, and mediastinal emphysema. …”
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Surgical Strategy in Patients with Complete Transposition of Internal Organs in Cancer of the Biliopancreatoduodenal Zone by R. V. Ischenko, Yu. V. Ivanov, A. V. Smirnov, V. N. Antipov

“…In all patients with tumors of the biliopancreatoduodenal zone, a detailed assessment of the vascular anatomy of this area is required before surgery, with the study of the course of the main visceral vessels and their large branches using multispiral computed tomography in vascular mode. If heterotaxy syndrome is suspected, additional examination is necessary to identify hidden developmental anomalies, which allows surgeons to be prepared for an unusual situation. …”
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Application and Evaluation of [Tc]-Labeled Peptide Nucleic Acid Targeting in Breast Cancer Imaging by Yaqun Jiang MD, Yongkang Gai PhD, Yu Long MD, Qingyao Liu PhD, Chunbao Liu MD, PhD, Yongxue Zhang MD, Xiaoli Lan MD, PhD

“…Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan showed that radioactivity mainly accumulated in kidney. …”
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Assessing the quantities of legume-based products: A dataset of conversion coefficients into a comparable dry-legume equivalent unitRecherche Data Gouv by Marine Spiteri, Lola Pedrini, Agathe Thierry, Valérie Orozco, Olivier de Mouzon, Zohra Bouamra-Mechemache

“…This conversion also allows to compute total quantities. In the case of legumes, the challenge is to take into account a wide diversity of final products including packaged dry legumes, processed legumes and products cooked from legumes and other ingredients. …”
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Sporadic Burkitt Lymphoma First Presenting as Painful Gingival Swellings and Tooth Hypermobility: A Life-Saving Referral by Erofili Papadopoulou, Maria Kouri, Dimitrios Velonis, Anastasia Andreou, Maria Georgaki, Spyridon Damaskos, Evangelia Piperi, Konstantina Delli, Ioannis K. Karoussis, Antonia Vlachou, Georgia Avgerinou, Antonis Kattamis, Nikolaos G. Nikitakis

“…A panoramic radiograph revealed ill-defined radiolucent lesions in the posterior mandible bilaterally. On computed tomography, soft-tissue masses were identified along the mandibular ramus extending into the maxillary sinus bilaterally. …”
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Impact of Corona Virus on The Life Status of Kurdish People Living in Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Pary M. Azize, Chia H. Sadiq, Lavin Luqman Othman

“…An online form (questionnaire) was used to collect the data among the researchers’ social media users, especially Facebook as the main platform. 643 participated in the study and filled out the form; however, 510 forms were accepted in terms of a statistical point of view. All statistical computations are enhanced using statistical method (SPSS 21). …”
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ENHANCING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE DIALOGUE: A STUDY OF MALAYSIAN AND AUSTRALIAN PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS by Vegneskumar Maniam, Tay Gerard, Ingrid Harrington, Hayley Trenchard, Susan Bennett

“…Findings - Analysis of the interview data revealed six key themes: (1) Games in the Classroom, (2) Inclusive Mindsets, (3) Planning in Teaching and Learning, (4) Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC), (5) International and Comparative Education, and (6) Workshop Sustainability. …”
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Adjacent Segment Infection after Lumbar Fusion: A Case Report and the Literature Review by Wenlong Wang, Zheng Liu, Sijun Wu

“…However, the patient complained of severe back pain again after long-term oral antibiotic treatment and was rehospitalized 6 months after surgery. The computed tomography (CT) scan showed obvious bony endplate destruction at the adjacent segment space. …”
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Inflammation mediates the adverse effects of urinary phthalate exposure on metabolic disease risk: Results from NHANES 2005–2016 by Chenyang Gu, Teng Yao, Chenxian Dong, Zuhai Chen, Wanting Wei, Xiaoju Li, Qiang Niu, Yizhong Yan, Yunhua Hu

“…Weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression and Quantile G-Computation (Qgcomp) models were used to further analyze the associations between mixed phthalate exposure and obesity and its complications. …”
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Global stellarator coil optimization with quadratic constraints and objectives by Lanke Fu, Elizabeth J. Paul, Alan A. Kaptanoglu, Amitava Bhattacharjee

“…Integrating it in the equilibrium optimization stage can potentially exclude equilibria with difficult-to-design coils, without significantly increasing the computation time per iteration. QUADCOIL finds the exact, global minimum in a large parameter space when possible, and otherwise finds a well-performing approximate global minimum. …”
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A Framework of Recommendation System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Autonomous Maneuver Decision by Qinzhi Hao, Tengyu Jing, Yao Sun, Zhuolin Yang, Jiali Zhang, Jiapeng Wang, Wei Wang

“…The system supports extensive simulation capabilities, including various control modes (manual, autonomous, and hybrid) and both continuous and discrete maneuver actions. Through rigorous computer-based testing, we validated the effectiveness of established recommendation algorithms within our framework. …”
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A performance-based generative design framework based on a design grammar for high-rise office towers during early design stage by Liwei Chen, Ye Zhang, Yue Zheng

“…Designed from the perspective of architects, the framework achieves logical, refined, and visual real-time interaction between computers and human minds during the early stages of tower design. …”
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ADA-NAF: Semi-Supervised Anomaly Detection Based on the Neural Attention Forest by Andrey Ageev, Andrei Konstantinov, Lev Utkin

“…In this study, we present a novel model called ADA-NAF (Anomaly Detection Autoencoder with the Neural Attention Forest) for semi-supervised anomaly detection that uniquely integrates the Neural Attention Forest (NAF) architecture which has been developed to combine a random forest classifier with a neural network computing attention weights to aggregate decision tree predictions. …”
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