Herpes Simplex Virus-2 Glycoprotein Interaction with HVEM Influences Virus-Specific Recall Cellular Responses at the Mucosa by Sarah J. Kopp, Christopher S. Storti, William J. Muller

“…CXCR3 surface expression was not significantly different among different lymphocyte subsets. We conclude that engagement of HVEM during the acute phase of HSV infection influences the antiviral CD8+ recall response by an unexplained mechanism.…”
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Multitask Convolutional Neural Network for Rolling Element Bearing Fault Identification by Mingxing Jia, Yuemei Xu, Maoyi Hong, Xiyu Hu

“…It has good performance under different speeds, different types of motors, and different sampling frequencies, and so it has good generalization ability.…”
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Radionuclide Transport in Fractured Rock: Numerical Assessment for High Level Waste Repository by Claudia Siqueira da Silveira, Antonio Carlos Marques Alvim, Jose de Jesus Rivero Oliva

“…The convective term was discretized by the following numerical schemes: backward differences, centered differences, and forward differences. The model was validated using an analytical solution found in the literature. …”
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PlantLayout pipeline to model tissue patterning by M. S. Savina, V. V. Mironova

“…The gene networks could be different for different cell types. One of the obstacles that PlantLayout removes semi-automatically is the determination of the cell wall orientation which is relevant when cells in the tissue have a polarity. …”
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Measurement and spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of dietary diversity among Chinese residents by Guangyuan Qin, Miaomiao Li, Shiwen Quan

“…In terms of the trend of regional differences, whether overall differences, interregional differences, or intraregional differences, they all showed a shrinking trend. …”
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The Impact of Ride-Hailing Services on Private Car Use in Urban Areas: An Examination in Chinese Cities by Jun Zhong, Yan Lin, Siqi Yang

“…Given this setting, our study applied a difference-in-differences method to analyze the impact of ride-hailing services on the use of private cars with balanced panel data from 109 prefecture-level cities in China from 2010 to 2016. …”
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Walking and Hippocampal Formation Volume Changes: A Systematic Review by Mohamed Hesham Khalil

“…Future research is encouraged to explore the hippocampal subregional changes instead of focusing on total hippocampal volume, since the hippocampal formation is multicompartmental and subfields respond differently to different walking-related variables.…”
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A CADAVERIC STUDY OF THE BRANCHING PATTERN OF RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY IN PAKISTANI POPULATION by Qazi Waheedullah, Farah Deeba, Sadia Shaukat, Samina Zahir, Shazia Iftikhar, Zainab Rehman

“…Conclusions:   RCA manifest anatomical variations in branching pattern as reported in international literature and this variation is different in different populations of the world which indicates that postnatal development, along with differences based on geography and ethnicities might contribute to the modification of anatomical pattern of coronary arteries in humans.   …”
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Diverse Dynamic Behaviors and Firing Activities of the Modified Fractional-Order Hindmarsh–Rose Neuronal Model Induced by Fractional-Order by Xin Yang, GuangJun Zhang, XueRen Li, Dong Wang

“…In other words, the transition mode of periodic firing and chaotic firing induced by fractional-order is different under different external current stimulus. The two-dimensional colored diagram of firing patterns is also investigated. …”
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Experimental Investigation of the Anchoring Effect of Two Different Types of Rock Bolts on Fractured Rock by Rongchao Xu, Hui Zhou

“…Besides, the reinforcement effect of the two types of rock bolts was different for different mechanical parameters. The bolted specimens displayed different failure characteristics compared to the unbolted specimens. …”
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How do national university science parks influence corporate green innovation? Evidence from Chinese listed companies by Yue Zhang, Shijie Ding

“…This study utilized panel data from Chinese listed firms from 2000 to 2020 and employed a difference-in-differences approach to evaluate the impact of NUSPs, initiated by the Chinese government in 2002, on corporate green innovation. …”
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Association of Hospital Consolidation with Cancer Outcomes by Justin Graff MD, Mahnoor Ayub BS, MS, Prashanth Prabakaran MD, Brendan Keelan BS, John D. Cramer MD

“…We conducted a difference-in-differences analysis to assess the impact of hospital consolidation on cancer outcomes. …”
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Gender-Based Choice of Politeness Strategies in Interviews by Desi Anwar with Queen of Denmark Margrethe II and President Erdogan by Theresia Arianti, Fenny Yutika Seli

“…Preferred politeness strategies are different among different racial groups and also genders. In the case of an interview, the interviewer needs to suit his/her choice of politeness strategies to the interviewee’s preference so that the interviewee would feel comfortable in answering the interview questions. …”
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Inelastic Parametric Analysis of Seismic Responses of Multistorey Bidirectional Eccentric Structure by Yu-ping Kuang, Xin-liang Jiang, Nan Jiang

“…Based on a simplified multistorey bidirectional eccentric model composed of bidirectional lateral load-resisting members, a general law is proposed for three-stage natural frequency variation behaviour from elastic stage to inelastic stage of eccentric frame structures with different layers. Different simplification treatments are conducted on each stage and the three stable parameter analysis stages are defined. …”
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Does administrative divisions adjustment affect polluting industries dependence? Evidence from township-town merge in China by Xiaodan Zheng, Shangpu Li, Junwen Li, Yihong Sun

“…This study evaluates the effect of TTM on local governments’ dependence on polluting industries from a fiscal decentralization angle, using the differences-in-differences model with transaction data from China’s land market. …”
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The impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance: evidence from enterprise production and household consumption in China by Yang Zhongxin, Yang Zhongxin, Huang Shanshan, Ma Jing, Song Ceyuan, Xu Shujing

“…This study employs a Difference-in-Differences (DID) approach to investigate the impact of digital infrastructure on urban total factor carbon emission performance, and extend the research perspective to a micro level, focusing on mechanisms involving household consumption and enterprise production. …”
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Experimental Study on Formation Slip under Injection-Production Interregional Pressure Difference Based on the Abnormal Similarity Theory by Chaoyang Hu, Fengjiao Wang, Tingting Wang, Chi Ai, Chenyu Wu

“…Through the experiments, we obtained slip conditions under different pressure differences between adjacent areas and different oil layers and fault surface depths. …”
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The impact of environmental fees to taxes on total factor productivity of manufacturing enterprises: empirical evidence from China by Jing Huang, Zhaoyang Zhao, Xinjing Yang, Yuhang Tian

“…Employing both difference-in-differences (DID) and triple-difference models, the study empirically analyzes the impact of the environmental protection fee tax change on the total factor productivity (TFP) of manufacturing firms. …”
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Exploring gender differences in knowledge and practices related to antibiotic use in Southeast Asia: A scoping review. by Phuc Pham-Duc, Kavitha Sriparamananthan

“…Studies that discuss gender within the context of antibiotic use often mention differences between males and females in knowledge, attitudes and/or behaviour, however, do not explore reasons for these differences. Gender differences in antibiotic use were generally examined in terms of: (i) knowledge of antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance and (ii) practices related to antibiotic use. …”
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A Balanced Strategy for the FFBS Operator Integrating Dispatch Area, Route, and Depot Based on Multimodel Technologies by Qingfeng Zhou, Jun Zhou, Chun Janice Wong

“…The main evidence for this article is (1) although the cycling networks of bicycles are different at different times of the day, the results of community division are relatively stable and have great similarities. (2) The plan of the dispatch area has impacted on the operation efficiency of the PBS. …”
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