The Low Temperature Induced Physiological Responses of Avena nuda L., a Cold-Tolerant Plant Species by Wenying Liu, Kenming Yu, Tengfei He, Feifei Li, Dongxu Zhang, Jianxia Liu

“…Cold stress leads to many changes of physiological indices, such as membrane permeability, free proline content, malondialdehyde (MDA) content, and chlorophyll content. …”
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The functions of еру modal verb «should» in the corpus ice-gb by R. Y. Abbasov

“…Bringing the speaker's age into play seems to suggest that a higher ratio of oblique moods in the speech signifies a free use of language. Some of the notional lexical verbs forming regular collocations with should have been singled out and grouped.…”
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Combination Use of Tegafur and Apatinib as First-Line Therapy in Treatment of Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Single-Blinded Randomized Study by Chaofeng Li, Tao Tang, Wenyue Wang

“…Treatment efficacy, KPS score, nutrition condition, and progression-free survival time (PFS) were recorded. Results. …”
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Machine learning empowered coherent Raman imaging and analysis for biomedical applications by Yihui Zhou, Xiaobin Tang, Delong Zhang, Hyeon Jeong Lee

“…An increasingly adopted approach involves the utilization of molecular vibrational spectroscopy, which delivers notable advantages such as label-free imaging, high spectral density, high sensitivity, and molecule specificity. …”
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Focusing Modeling of OPFC Linear Array Transducer by Using Distributed Point Source Method by Ziping Wang, Ying Luo

“…DPSM is a newly developed mesh-free numerical technique that has been developed for solving a variety of engineering problems. …”
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Modeling and analysis of the San Francisco City Clinic Cohort (SFCCC) HIV-epidemic including treatment by Brandy Rapatski, Juan Tolosa

“…We investigate two HIV/AIDS epidemic models.The first model represents the early San Franciscomen having sex with men (MSM) epidemic.We use data from the San Francisco City Clinic Cohort Study (SFCCC), documentingthe onset of HIV in San Francisco (1978-1984).The second model is a ``what-if'' scenario model includingtesting and treatment in the SFCCC epidemic.We use compartmental, population-level models,described by systems ofordinary differential equations.We find the basic reproductive number $R_0$ for each system,and we prove that if $R_0<1 the="" system="" has="" only="" the="" disease-free="" equilibrium="" dfe="" which="" is="" locally="" and="" globally="" stable="" whereas="" if="" r_0="">1$, the DFE is unstable.In addition, when $R_0>1$, both systems have a unique endemic equilibrium (EE).We show that treatment alone would not have stopped the San Francisco MSM epidemic,but would have significantly reduced its impact.…”
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Facial Recognition Databases: Recent Developments and Review of Methods by Waleed Ayad, Siraj Qays, Asanka G. Perera, Ali Al-Naji

“…This paper aims to present a review of the most popular 2D unmasked and masked face datasets available in the current century that are accessible for free download or can be certified with an acceptable effort, where these databases are suitable for training and testing 2D face recognition approaches. …”
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Promoting speaking in the young learner classroom through task-based digital storytelling via online technology: a case study by Lustenberger Andrea

“…In the young learner (YL) foreign language (FL) classroom, oracy is more important than literacy, but teaching speaking is still primarily repetitive in many contexts. Free speaking activities are difficult to create for teachers and accomplish for learners. …”
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Analytic Approximate Solutions for MHD Boundary-Layer Viscoelastic Fluid Flow over Continuously Moving Stretching Surface by Homotopy Analysis Method with Two Auxiliary Parameters by M. M. Rashidi, E. Momoniat, B. Rostami

“…In this study, a steady, incompressible, and laminar-free convective flow of a two-dimensional electrically conducting viscoelastic fluid over a moving stretching surface through a porous medium is considered. …”
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An experimental analysis of fuzzy logic-sliding mode based IFOC controlled induction motor drive by Rekha Tidke, Anandita Chowdhury

“…The impact of FL-SMC in speed tracking with fast speed convergence was validated with experimental results. Moreover, ripple-free voltage and the current of the induction motor were observed with the proposed control scheme.…”
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Analysis of Deep Foundation Pit Pile-Anchor Supporting System Based on FLAC3D by Yongshuai Sun, Zhiming Li

“…The axial force of the anchor rod is unevenly distributed along the length direction, the axial force of the free section is equal, the axial force of the anchoring section decreases in turn, and the prestress of the anchor rod spreads to the anchoring section after tensioning and locking. …”
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Realization of Wireless-Controlled Gear Shifter for Shaft-Driven Bicycle Gearbox by Hsiung-Cheng Lin, Elangovan Chelliah

“…To achieve the idea of maintenance-free, self-calibrating, and efficient mechanism operation, a wireless-controlled gear shifter for shaft driven bicycles is proposed, not only to overcome the limitations of the traditional chain driving mechanism, but also to make riding control more convenient. …”
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Compaction versus Surface Parameters of Certain Solid Catalysts by Anwar Amin, Laila I. Ali, Anwar M. Ibrahim

“…This could be ascribed to the presence of free water between the structural layers in the material which normally prevents their contact and a consequent destruction of the pore structure. …”
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Delayed Diagnosis of Congenital Hypothyroidism in a Child with Trisomy 21 and Biotinidase Deficiency and Successful Use of Levothyroxine Sodium Oral Solution by Matthew M. Feldt

“…However, biotin can interfere with endocrine laboratory assays and cause falsely low thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and elevated free thyroxine (FT4) levels. This can interfere with the timely diagnosis and subsequent treatment of congenital hypothyroidism (CH). …”
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Constraints on Gravitation from Causality and Quantum Consistency by Mark P. Hertzberg

“…Then, as a causal modification of general relativity, we add light scalar particles and recap the generic violation of universal free-fall they introduce and its quantum resolution. …”
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Global Dynamics and Applications of an Epidemiological Model for Hepatitis C Virus Transmission in China by Mingwang Shen, Yanni Xiao, Weike Zhou, Zhen Li

“…Two Lyapunov functions are constructed to prove the global asymptotic stability of the disease-free and the endemic equilibria, respectively. Based on data reported by the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, the basic reproduction number is estimated as approximately R0=1.9897, which is much less than that for the model when a treatment strategy is not considered. …”
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Bromide-Assisted Anisotropic Growth of Gold Nanoparticles as Substrates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Melissa A. Kerr, Fei Yan

“…Numerous synthetic methods involving either top-down or bottom-up approaches have been developed to synthesize Au NPs with deliberately varied shapes, sizes, and configurations; however, the production of templateless, seedless, and surfactant-free singular-shaped anisotropic Au NPs remains a significant challenge. …”
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“This Land Is Your Land”: A Note on America as a Nation of “Varied Carols” by Heinrich Detering

“…Whitman’s poetry lays out the foundation for a specifically American tradition of song poetry that focuses on political equality and social justice as collective human rights and the free development of every person’s individuality at the same time. …”
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Convection initiation by Zahra Ghassabi, Hoshang Ghaemi, Ebrahim Mirzaei

“…If an air parcel rises above the lower stable layer with low relative convective inhibition energy and high relative free convective potential energy, it supports the development of deep moist convection. …”
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Beyond buttons: repurposing of casein-based materials in education and industry—a review by Carlo Santulli

“…In the past two decades, extensive research has been carried out, in a more industrial sense, on the revival of casein-based materials, mostly, but not exclusively, for the production of formaldehyde-free products. In these studies, research focused particularly on the creation of packaging films, in some cases edible ones, and experiments were conducted on the effect of blending starch or pectins with different plasticizers, such as polyols (e.g., glycerol and sorbitol). …”
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