β-Cell Specific Overexpression of GPR39 Protects against Streptozotocin-Induced Hyperglycemia by Kristoffer L. Egerod, Chunyu Jin, Pia Steen Petersen, Nils Wierup, Frank Sundler, Birgitte Holst, Thue W. Schwartz

“…Although the overexpression of the constitutively active GPR39 receptor in animals not treated with streptozotocin appeared by itself to impair the glucose tolerance slightly and to decrease the β-cell mass, it nevertheless totally protected against the gradual hyperglycemia in the steptozotocin-treated animals. …”
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Sustainable application of waste gangue mortar in coal mine tunnel support by Yang Liu, Luming Zhu, Xijun Liang, Jintao He, Guiwen Suo, Haoran Wu, Bin Li, Zimu Wang

“…The results show that compared with ordinary mortar, the apparent density and compressive strength of coal gangue-basalt fiber cementitious mortar are reduced, but its flexural strength is improved. Furthermore, a constitutive model for coal gangue-basalt fiber cement-based mortar under compression was formulated. …”
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Development of a Model to Predict Vibrations Induced by Blasting Excavation of Deep Rock Masses under High In Situ Stress by Yong Fan, Xianze Cui, Zhendong Leng, Yurong Zhou, Junwei Zheng, Feng Wang

“…During the process of blasting excavation of deep rock masses under high in situ stress, energy produced by the explosive and the strain energy released by rock mass excavation constitute the energy source of vibration. However, in traditional Sadov’s empirical formula, the energy produced by explosive explosion is only considered which makes the error higher when it is used to predict the blasting-induced vibration peak under the condition of high in situ stress. …”
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A single-nucleus RNA sequencing atlas of the postnatal retina of the shark Scyliorhinus canicula by Nicolás Vidal-Vázquez, Ismael Hernández-Núñez, Pablo Carballo-Pacoret, Sarah Salisbury, Paula R. Villamayor, Francisca Hervas-Sotomayor, Xuefei Yuan, Francesco Lamanna, Céline Schneider, Julia Schmidt, Sylvie Mazan, Henrik Kaessmann, Fátima Adrio, Diego Robledo, Antón Barreiro-Iglesias, Eva Candal

“…Abstract The retina, whose basic cellular structure is highly conserved across vertebrates, constitutes an accessible system for studying the central nervous system. …”
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Dynamic Behavior of Coal Pillar under Different Load Percentage by Numerical Simulation by Guo-Wei Dong, Hai-Yang Liu, Guang-an Zhu

“…Subsequently, a statistical constitutive damage model for coal was proposed and applied to the numerical simulation. …”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of Fistularia commersonii (Syngnathiformes, Fistulariidae) by Zufa Ding, Cheng Wang, Yuting Qian, Wenjun Chen, Dan Yu, Yang Liu, Liandong Yang, Ying Wang

“…Repetitive elements constitute approximately 29.61% of the genome’s size. …”
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Principal Parametric Resonance of Axially Accelerating Viscoelastic Beams: Multi-Scale Analysis and Differential Quadrature Verification by Li-Qun Chen, Hu Ding, C.W. Lim

“…The material time derivative is used in the viscoelastic constitutive relation. The transverse motion can be governed by a non-linear partial-differential equation or a non-linear integro-partial-differential equation. …”
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Locality preserving binary face representations using auto‐encoders by Mohamed Amine Hmani, Dijana Petrovska‐Delacrétaz, Bernadette Dorizzi

“…Furthermore, the proposed approach is data‐driven and constitutes a locality preserving hashing that can be leveraged for data clustering and similarity searches. …”
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Design of an alumina forming coating for Nb-base refractory alloys by Collin S. Holgate, Carolina Frey, Melina A. Endsley, Akane Suzuki, Carlos G. Levi, Tresa M. Pollock

“…We employed a design methodology that screens for alumina-formation capability using Al activity and phase constitution predictions from CalPhaD (Thermo-Calc). …”
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Stromal-Cell-Derived Factor-1 (SDF-1)/CXCL12 as Potential Target of Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Critical Leg Ischaemia by Teik K. Ho, X. Shiwen, D. Abraham, J. Tsui, D. Baker

“…The chemokine stromal-cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1 aka CXCL12) is a constitutively expressed and inducible chemokine that regulates multiple physiological processes, including embryonic development and organ homeostasis. …”
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A Rare Anomaly of Biliary System: MRCP Evidence of a Cystic Duct Cyst by Cemil Goya, Mehmet Serif Arslan, Alpaslan Yavuz, Cihad Hamidi, Suzan Kuday, Mehmet Hanifi Okur, Bahattin Aydogdu

“…While the other bile duct cysts (choledochus and the intrahepatic bile ducts) are classified according to the classification described by Tadoni, there is no classification method described by the cystic duct cysts, although it is claimed that the cystic duct cysts may constitute a new “Type 6” category. Only a limited number of patients with cystic duct cysts have been reported in the literature. …”
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Live imaging of excitable axonal microdomains in ankyrin-G-GFP mice by Christian Thome, Jan Maximilian Janssen, Seda Karabulut, Claudio Acuna, Elisa D'Este, Stella J Soyka, Konrad Baum, Michael Bock, Nadja Lehmann, Johannes Roos, Nikolas A Stevens, Masashi Hasegawa, Dan A Ganea, Chloé M Benoit, Jan Gründemann, Lia Y Min, Kalynn M Bird, Christian Schultz, Vann Bennett, Paul M Jenkins, Maren Engelhardt

“…The axon initial segment (AIS) constitutes not only the site of action potential initiation, but also a hub for activity-dependent modulation of output generation. …”
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Dislocation density-based simulation of pre-mixed jet effects on residual stress and cell size in 18CrNiMo7-6 alloy steel by MingHao Zhao, HaiYang Hou, FeiHu Ren, Chunsheng Lu, JianWei Zhang, BingBing Wang

“…The model employs a dislocation density-based constitutive relationship, with parameters optimized via a genetic algorithm. …”
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Rhabdomyolysis Induced by Coadministration of Fusidic Acid and Atorvastatin: A Case Report and Comprehensive Review of the Literature by Dimitrios Patoulias, Theodoros Michailidis, Thomas Papatolios, Rafael Papadopoulos, Petros Keryttopoulos

“…Acute rhabdomyolysis constitutes a potentially life-threatening side effect regardless of whether statins are administered alone or in combination. …”
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Model Studies of Metallurgical Processes Based on the Example of Blowing Steel with Argon by T. Merder, J. Pieprzyca, R. Wende, J. Witek, M. Saternus

“…The article presents an overview of achievements in the field of physical modelling of steelmaking processes (including blowing liquid steel with inert gases), mathematical principles constituting the basis for the construction of steelmaking reactor models and the latest trends in their application. …”
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Eksperyment medyczny przeprowadzany na organizmie ludzkim – aspekty prawa międzynarodowego, europejskiego i krajowego by Leszek Karski

“…At the national level, the Polish Constitution provides for a medical research principle. …”
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A Rollercoaster to Model Touch Interactions during Turbulence by Alexandre Alapetite, Emilie Møllenbach, Anders Stockmarr, Katsumi Minakata

“…The completion times of the different tasks as well as the number of unnecessary interactions with the screen constitute the collected user data. We also propose a data analysis and statistical method to combine user performance with observed turbulence, including acceleration and jerk along the different axes. …”
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Flexible Temporary Shield in Soft and Sensitive Clay: 3D FE Modelling of Experimental Field Test by Miah Alam, Omar Chaallal, Bertrand Galy

“…Both Mohr-Coulomb (MC) and hardening soil (HS) constitutive soil models were considered for FE analysis. …”
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The Influence of Input Frequency and L2 Proficiency on the Representation of Collocations for Chinese EFL Learners by Mengchu Yu, Saisai Xu, Lianrui Yang, Shifa Chen

“…Collocations typically refer to habitual word combinations, which not only occur in texts but also constitute an essential component of the mental lexicon. …”
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O Impacto dos Subsídios Tributários Federais na Desigualdade de Renda no Brasil by Charles Mathusalem Soares Evangelista, Carlos Enrique Carrasco-Gutierrez

“…To achieve this, we analyzed the annual Gini index in various regions of the country, considering variables such as per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the average years of schooling for the population over 25 years old, regional population density, legal and constitutional transfers from the Union to the States per capita, and federal per capita tax subsidies granted in various economic and social sectors. …”
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