Effects of Quorum Sensing Systems on Regulatory T Cells in Catheter-Related Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Infection Rat Models by Lei Feng, Qingqing Xiang, Qing Ai, Zhengli Wang, Yunhui Zhang, Qi Lu

“…Catheter-related Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm infection rat models were established; the bacterial clearance rates, total cell counts in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, pathological changes of lungs, and the levels of Foxp3, TGF-β1, and IL-10 in PAO1 strain group were examined and compared with the QS-mutant ΔlasRΔrhlR and ΔlasIΔrhlI groups. …”
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Analysis and Application of the Mechanical Properties of the Karst Collapse Column Fillings by Zhibin Lin, Boyang Zhang, Xiaofei Gong, Limin Sun, Wenzhen Wang, Dafang Yang, Yanlin Yang, Ming Guo, Xia-Hui Pan

“…The larger the consolidation pressure or the smaller the moisture content, the larger the ratio. (2) With the increase of consolidation pressure or the decrease of moisture content, the uniaxial compressive strength, elastic modulus, splitting tensile strength, cohesive stress, and internal friction angle of the filling material of the KCC increase linearly, while its permeability increases exponentially. (3) When the crack field of the surrounding rocks of the stope is connected with the KCC, its filling material will continue to yield, activate, and migrate under the fluid-solid coupling effect and finally result in the lagging water inrush from the KCC.…”
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Influence of Deformation and Instability of Borehole on Gas Extraction in Deep Mining Soft Coal Seam by Xue-Bo Zhang, Shuai-Shuai Shen, Xiao-Jun Feng, Yang Ming, Jia-jia Liu

“…To study the effects of the three deformation instability modes of gas drainage borehole on gas drainage, the deformation instability mechanism of soft coal seams is analyzed, three deformation instability modes are proposed for soft coal seams, namely, complete holes, collapse holes, and plug holes, and a solid-fluid coupling model incorporating dynamic change of borehole suction pressure is established. …”
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Experimental and numerical studies on thermal behavior and performance assessment of Al2O3/H2O nanofluids in microchannels for cooling solutions by An-Shik Yang, Yen-Ren Liao, Zhengtong Li, Chih-Yung Wen, Yee-Ting Lee

“…Theoretically, the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are performed using the three-dimensional (3D) single-phase and mixture models to determine the velocity, temperature and nanoparticle concentration distributions. …”
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Human Papilloma Virus Infection in Patients with Male Accessory Gland Infection: Usefulness of the Ultrasound Evaluation by Rosita A. Condorelli, Enzo Vicari, Laura M. Mongioi, Giorgio I. Russo, Giuseppe Morgia, Sandro La Vignera, Aldo E. Calogero

“…In particular, the patients showed a higher ratio between periurethral and lobar US criteria distribution (5.0 versus 0.5). Finally, the seminal fluid concentration of CD45pos leukocytes (2.0 ± 0.2 versus 1.3 ± 0.3 versus 1.0 ± 0.3 mil/mL) was significantly higher and sperm progressive motility was significantly lower in these patients compared to other groups.…”
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A Novel Method (CiMON) for Continuous Intra-Abdominal Pressure Monitoring: Pilot Test in a Pig Model by Joost Wauters, Liesbeth Spincemaille, Anne-Sophie Dieudonne, Kenny Van Zwam, Alexander Wilmer, Manu L. N. G. Malbrain

“…The CiMON catheter (IAPCiM) and another balloon-tipped catheter (IAPspie) were positioned into the stomach. Fluid-filled catheters were used for direct intraperitoneal (IAPdir) and IAPivp measurement. …”
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Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Model for Bridge Appearance Defect Detection by Rong Pang, Yan Yang, Aiguo Huang, Yan Liu, Peng Zhang, Guangwu Tang

“…Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is evaluated on the bridge disease dataset and public computational fluid dynamic dataset.…”
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Dynamic response of aerodynamic flutter of blooie line during gas drilling in mountain areas by Dianchen Liu, Peng Yang, Ke Deng, Shijie Tian, Hai Yan, Hongtao Li

“…In this study, a series of comprehensive two-way fluid–structure interaction numerical simulations are conducted on the blooie line with multiple bends to determine its structural responses of the aerodynamic flutter induced by a sudden high-speed gas flow during gas drilling. …”
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The nonlinear viscoelasticity and its asymmetry of UV-cured resin under large amplitude oscillatory axial (LAOA) loading by Qiang Zhang, Yangguang Xu, Rui Xiao, Xiangyu Li

“…The methods used to analyze the nonlinear viscoelasticity of non-Newtonian fluid under large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) cannot be directly applied to the corresponding situation of solid viscoelastic materials due to strict symmetry of LAOS. …”
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A Pressure-Bearing Microwave Transmission Line for Rapid Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Systems of High-End Composite Parts by Jing Zhou, Yingguang Li, Zexin Zhu, Xunyi Qi, Xiaozhong Hao

“…Moreover, the effectiveness of the transmission line in releasing high-pressure gas (0.6 MPa) was validated by a series of fluid-structure interaction simulations. This research proposes a new transmission structure for transmitting microwave into a pressurized environment safely and efficiently, which can be promoted to a series of applications including vacuum electron devices, microwave ovens, and so on.…”
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Neurofilament light chain levels in neuronal surface antibody-associated autoimmune encephalitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Qi-Lun Lai, Meng-Ting Cai, Er-Chuang Li, Gao-Li Fang, Chun-Hong Shen, Yong-Feng Xu, Song Qiao, Jia-Jia Wang, Qin-Jie Weng, Yin-Xi Zhang

“…We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the NfL levels in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with NSAE. Methods The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI, PubMed), Web of Knowledge, and the Cochrane Library databases were searched for studies reporting NfL levels in patients with NSAE. …”
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Local factors determining the response to antiangiogenic therapy with first-line drugs in macular neovascularization by V.G. Likhvantseva, S.G. Kapkova, E.B. Tretyak, S.I. Rychkova, A.S. Gevorkyan, T.E. Borisenko

“…</p> <p> <b>Results</b>: improvement of MNV activity markers in the setting of treatment manifested as reduction in area and height of subretinal fluid (k=0.9432, p&lt;0.01, and k=0.58959, p&lt;0.001), reduction in height and area of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) detachment (k=0.82808, p&lt;0.05; k=0.50221, p&lt;0.05) and reduction in sub-RPE fluid (k=0.84515, p&lt;0.05) were strongly directly correlated with baseline IOP. …”
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Developing an activated biochar-mineral supplement for reducing methane formation in anaerobic fermentation by Sara Tahery, Mariano C. Parra, Paul Munroe, David R. G. Mitchell, Sarah J. Meale, Stephen Joseph

“…To assess the potential of the supplement to reduce methane produced form livestock, an in vitro batch culture incubation was conducted (n = 3) with rumen fluid sourced from Holstein–Friesian steers. The supplement was incubated at inclusion rates of 0% (control), 1.5%, 4.0% and 6.0% of dry matter (DM), with a Rhodes grass hay substrate. …”
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Enhancement of Aeroengine Combustion Chamber Air Cooling Holes Design for Emission Reduction and Pattern Factor Control by Masoud Hajivand

“…A total of five geometric configurations were studied using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations in ANSYS CFX. The adopted combustion model was sort of a combination of the finite-rate (i.e., chemistry, chemical processes) and eddy dissipation model (FRC/EDM). …”

Dynamic Reliability Design of Multicomponent Structure with Improved Weighted Regression Distributed Collaborative Surrogate Model Method by Xiao-Wei Dong, Wei-Kai Li, Chun-Yan Zhu, Chang-Hai Chen, Cheng Lu, Shu-Juan Yi

“…Finally, the radial deformation dynamic probabilistic analysis of an aeroengine turbine blisk assembled by blade and disk is accomplished, in respect of the IWRDCSMM, fluid-thermal-structure interaction, and the randomness of input parameters within the time domain [0, T]. …”
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A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Inverted Wings Modifications on the Stability and Aerodynamic Performance of a Sedan Car at Cornering by Mustafa Sabeeh Abood, IhsanYahya Hussain, Anmar Hamid Ali

“…Once validated, the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was employed to analyze the vehicle's aerodynamic performance relative to the straight‐line condition under cornering conditions. …”
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Study on scour simulation and boundary condition conversion technology for a shallow foundation bridge by Gangping Fan, Huanzhe Li, Tianzhuo Wang, Jian Che, Xing Li, Chunyang Dou, Tong Wu

“…Hydraulic effects are calculated using a CFD model and transferred to the structural domain through fluid-structure interaction technology, achieving multi-physical field coupling among water flow, soil, and structure. …”
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ANTITUMOR EFFECT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND THEIR EFFECT ON PAIN IN EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ONCOLOGY by E. M. Frantsiyants, E. A. Sheiko

“…The therapeutic anti-pain effect is associated with the stimulation of the antinociceptive system, an increase in the synthesis of natural analgesics — endorphins with their subsequent release into the cerebrospinal fluid and blood. As it has already been shown, with the increase in the intensity of pain and its duration, all indicators of the quality of life and the results of treatment of the patient deteriorate, so the search for ways to improve the antitumor effectiveness of specialized treatment and eliminate the causes that prevent their im­plementation continue to be relevant and in demand.…”
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The Effects of Hemodialysis on Tear Osmolarity by Muhittin Taskapili, Kubra Serefoglu Cabuk, Rukiye Aydin, Kursat Atalay, Ahmet Kirgiz, Dede Sit, Hasan Kayabasi

“…HD effectively decreases tear osmolarity to normal values and corrects the volume and composition of the ocular fluid transiently. Tear osmolarity alteration induced by HD is correlated with body weight changes, creatinine alterations, and ultrafiltration.…”
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Using ground granulated blast-furnace slag to improve the self-degradation issue of liquid calcium aluminate cement mortar by Chia-Jung Tsai, Chung-Lin Lin, Chih-Wei Lu, Wen-Shinn Shyu, Leila Fazeldehkordi

“…Abstract This study investigated the potential of liquid calcium aluminate cement (LCAC) as a sustainable substitute in the cement industry. The fluid form of LCAC effectively mitigates the rapid setting issues associated with traditional powdered calcium aluminate cement (CAC) and addresses logistical challenges related to transportation. …”
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