Microstructure of Compacted Loess and Its Influence on the Soil-Water Characteristic Curve by Xiao Xie, Ping Li, Xiaokun Hou, Tonglu Li, Guowei Zhang

“…Soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) is a key constitutive relationship for studying unsaturated soil, and as is known, microstructure of the soil has great influence on the mechanical behaviour of the soil. …”
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Identification of Psychological Dysfunctions and Eating Disorders in Obese Women Seeking Weight Loss: Cross-Sectional Study by Maude Panchaud Cornut, Jennifer Szymanski, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Vittorio Giusti

“…The feeling of ineffectiveness constitutes the major predictor of the psychological profile and could open new ways to develop screening tools.…”
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A Comparative Genomic Study in Schizophrenic and in Bipolar Disorder Patients, Based on Microarray Expression Profiling Meta-Analysis by Marianthi Logotheti, Olga Papadodima, Nikolaos Venizelos, Aristotelis Chatziioannou, Fragiskos Kolisis

“…Schizophrenia affecting almost 1% and bipolar disorder affecting almost 3%–5% of the global population constitute two severe mental disorders. The catecholaminergic and the serotonergic pathways have been proved to play an important role in the development of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other related psychiatric disorders. …”
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The Properties of Red Blood Cells from Patients Heterozygous for HbS and HbC (HbSC Genotype) by A. Hannemann, E. Weiss, D. C. Rees, S. Dalibalta, J. C. Ellory, J. S. Gibson

“…Patients heterozygous for HbS and HbC (HbSC) constitute about a third of SCD cases, making this the second most common form of SCD, with approximately 80,000 births per year worldwide. …”
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Analysis of Empirical Models for Predicting the Rupture Force in Four-Pile Caps by Raphael Saverio Spozito, André Luis Christoforo, Fernando Menezes de Almeida Filho, Rodrigo Gustavo Delalibera, Elvys Dias Reis, André Luís Lima Velame Branco

“…This model achieved an average predicted force ratio of 1.00 (COV = 14%) for the database and 1.03 (COV = 16.68%) for extrapolated numeric models in finite elements with the concrete damaged and plasticity (CDP) constitutive model, initially calibrated with experimental tests. …”
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Complexity-Based Discrepancy Measures Applied to Detection of Apnea-Hypopnea Events by R. E. Rolón, I. E. Gareis, L. E. Di Persia, R. D. Spies, H. L. Rufiner

“…This shows that discriminative subdictionary construction methods for sparse representations of pulse oximetry signals constitute a valuable tool for apnea-hypopnea screening.…”
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Study of social network interference of memory processes in adolescence by V. E. Baryshnikova, V. B. Nikishina, E. A. Petrash, V. A. Sotnikov, E. I. Kulikova

“…Conceptual assessment and study of the memory mechanisms, its formation, consolidation and preservation at different levels of the structural and functional organization of the nervous system constitutes the necessary knowledge for solving many problems of practical and fundamental psychology. …”
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An effective stress-based DSC model for predicting hydromechanical shear behavior of unsaturated collapsible soils subjected to initial shear stress by Saman Soleymani Borujerdi, S. Mohsen Haeri, Amir Akbari Garakani, Chandrakant S. Desai

“…In this study, a hydromechanical constitutive model is proposed for unsaturated collapsible soils during shearing, with consideration of the effect of the initial shear stress. …”
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Satellite Observations of the Seasonal Evolution of Total Precipitable Water Vapour over the Mediterranean Sea by J. L. Palau, F. Rovira, M. J. Sales

“…Furthermore, these satellite observations constitute strong empirical evidences that, (a) from late May to early October, contrary to what happens in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin (EMB), there is a net accumulation of TPW on the Western Mediterranean Basin (WMB) that favours the instability of the atmosphere, (b) there is a seasonal anticorrelation between the seasonal variability of the TPW column over the two Mediterranean subbasins, (c) solar radiation can not be the only driver for the annual variability of the TPW column over the Mediterranean Sea, and (d) both previous features are seasonally dependent and, therefore, their effects on the TPW column are attenuated by annual variability.…”
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Impact of Differential Densification on the Pore Structure of Tight Gas Sandstone: Evidence from the Permian Shihezi and Shanxi Formations, Eastern Sulige Gas Field, Ordos Basin, C... by Meng Wang, Hongming Tang, Haoxuan Tang, Shu Liu, Liehui Zhang, Ming Zeng, Yulin Cheng

“…The tight sandstone reservoirs of the Permian Shihezi and Shanxi Formation with strong heterogeneity constitute the main producing zone of the eastern Sulige gas field. …”
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Renewed Avenues through Exercise Muscle Contractility and Inflammatory Status by Nelo Eidy Zanchi, Felipe Natali Almeida, Fábio Santos Lira, José César Rosa Neto, Humberto Nicastro, Claudia Ribeiro da Luz, Mário Alves de Siqueira Filho, Vitor Felitti, Mariz Vainzof, Marilia Seelaender, Jacques R. Poortmans, Antonio Herbert Lancha

“…Answering these questions could present practical applications, especially during inflammatory diseases associated with detrimental muscle effects and could theoretically constitute a “new” therapeutic approach to treat/improve an inflammatory state. …”
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Solar Modulation of Low-energy Cosmic-Ray Nitrogen and Its Comparison with Oxygen by Yun Li, Xiaoping Zhang, Shuai Fu, Zhenning Shen, Yi Xu, Haoyu Lu, Jinbin Cao, Tianle Zhu

“…In this work, we aim to study the prolonged changes in CR nitrogen, a fundamental element that constitutes amino acids, using the measurements from the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft. …”
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Generation Capacity Expansion Considering Hydrogen Power Plants and Energy Storage Systems by Hernan Gomez-Villarreal, Miguel Canas-Carreton, Rafael Zarate-Minano, Miguel Carrion

“…In this sense, the replacement of natural gas turbines by H2-fired gas turbines in future power systems may constitute a solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions maintaining the dispatchability of the system. …”
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Increasing attractiveness and image recognition of Bulgaria as a tourism destination by Preslav Mihaylov Dimitrov, Mariya Zlatkova Stankova, Ivanka Vasenska, Dimitria Uzunova

“…The concept of tourism destination attractiveness does not constitute a new topic in the scientific literature in the field of tourism. …”
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Molecular Identification of Fungal Communities in a Soil Cultivated with Vegetables and Soil Suppressiveness to Rhizoctonia solani by Silvana Pompéia Val-Moraes, Eliamar Aparecida Nascimbem Pedrinho, Eliana Gertrudes Macedo Lemos, Lucia Maria Carareto-Alves

“…Fungi constitute an important part of the soil ecosystem, playing key roles in decomposition, cycling processes, and biotic interactions. …”
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A data-driven latent variable approach to validating the research domain criteria framework by S. K. L. Quah, B. Jo, C. Geniesse, L. Q. Uddin, J. A. Mumford, D. M. Barch, D. A. Fair, I. H. Gotlib, R. A. Poldrack, M. Saggar

“…A curated subset of 37 maps with a balanced representation of RDoC domains constitute the training set, and the remaining held-out maps form the internal validation set. …”
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Future Directions: Analyzing Health Disparities Related to Maternal Hypertensive Disorders by Margaret Harris, Colette Henke, Mary Hearst, Katherine Campbell

“…Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy complicate up to 10% of pregnancies worldwide, constituting one of the most significant causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. …”
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Short Reads Phasing to Construct Haplotypes in Genomic Regions That Are Associated with Body Mass Index in Korean Individuals by Kichan Lee, Seonggyun Han, Yeonjeong Tark, Sangsoo Kim

“…Although the current result constitutes little data, this study provides new insights that may help to identify important haplotypes for traits and low variants nearby significant SNPs. …”
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Engagement of the Mannose Receptor by Tumoral Mucins Activates an Immune Suppressive Phenotype in Human Tumor-Associated Macrophages by P. Allavena, M. Chieppa, G. Bianchi, G. Solinas, M. Fabbri, G. Laskarin, A. Mantovani

“…Myeloid C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) constitute a large family of transmembrane carbohydrate-binding receptors that recognize pathogens as well as endogenous glycoproteins. …”
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Experimental Study on Damage Breakage Properties of Shaft Lining Concrete under Hydromechanical Coupling by Weipei Xue, Zhishu Yao, Wei Jing, Bin Tang, Gan Kong, Dezhu Xie

“…According to variation characteristics of permeability-strain and stress-strain curves of shaft lining concrete during loading, it is divided into three stages: compaction stage, sudden increase of permeability stage, and postpeak permeability change stage. In addition, the constitutive model of the shaft lining concrete with the influence of confining pressure and osmotic pressure was established, and the theoretical curve is in good agreement with the test curve. …”
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