A Gel Formulation Containing a New Recombinant Form of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase: A Clinical Experience Based on Compassionate Use-Safety of a Case Report by Lucia Grumetto, Antonio Del Prete, Giovanni Ortosecco, Antonella Borrelli, Salvatore Del Prete, Aldo Mancini

“…This case report shows the protective effects of rMnSOD versus PSC disease, probably due to the capacity of rMnSOD of countering free radical species.…”
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Apolipoprotein C-II Deposition Amyloidosis: A Potential Misdiagnosis as Light Chain Amyloidosis by Sadichhya Lohani, Emily Schuiteman, Lohit Garg, Dhiraj Yadav, Sami Zarouk

“…Apolipoprotein C-II is a component of very low-density lipoprotein and aggregates in lipid-free conditions to form amyloid fibrils. The identification of apolipoprotein C-II as the cause of amyloidosis cannot be solely made with routine microscopy or immunofluorescence. …”
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Dirac equation solution in the light front via linear algebra and its particularities by Jorge Henrique de Oliveira Sales, Gabriel de Oliveira Aragão, Diego Ramos do Nascimento, Ronaldo Thibes

“…Therefore, one obtains the solution of the Dirac equation for the Free Electron and for the positron in the coordinates in the light front with the particularity of the energy associated with the system being given by , and for moments  we have the electron and  we have the positron. …”
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Application of a sourdough type-II fermentation model to gelatinized legume flours: Starter robustness, technological and nutritional implications, potential of the bread and pasta... by Marco Montemurro, Giuseppe Perri, Michela Verni, Erica Pontonio, Carlo Giuseppe Rizzello

“…However, after the fifth propagation cycle, there was a decline in the dominance of starter cultures, which negatively impacted the concentration of free amino acids and protein digestibility in the breads. …”
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Banana Fibers as Sorbent for Removal of Acid Green Dye from Water by Siti Kartina Abdul Karim, Soh Fong Lim, S. N. David Chua, Shanti Faridah Salleh, Puong Ling Law

“…For equilibrium study, the Freundlich isotherm was found to fit well with adsorption of acid green dye on the banana leaves, stem, and stalk sorbents. The calculated mean free energy of 4–11 J/mol indicated that the sorption process was mostly physical in nature. …”
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Experimental Analysis of Neural Approaches for Synthetic Angle-of-Attack Estimation by Angelo Lerro, Piero Gili, Mario Luca Fravolini, Marcello Napolitano

“…., model-based, data-driven, and model-free state observers. In the class of data-driven observers, multilayer perceptron neural networks are widely used to approximate the input-output mapping angle-of-attack function. …”
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An Improved Form of 2D SPH Method for Modeling the Excavation Damage of Tunnels Containing Random Fissures by Xuhua Ren, Shuyang Yu, Jixun Zhang, Haijun Wang, Zhaohua Sun

“…With the increase of fissure numbers and lengths, the tunnel tends to be instable. (4) The IKSPH method gets free from traditional grids in FEM, which can dynamically reflect the fracture processes of tunnel excavation. …”
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Asynchronous Advanced Encryption Standard Hardware with Random Noise Injection for Improved Side-Channel Attack Resistance by Siva Kotipalli, Yong-Bin Kim, Minsu Choi

“…These designs are based on a delay-insensitive (DI) logic paradigm known as null convention logic (NCL), which supports useful properties for resisting SCAs including dual-rail encoding, clock-free operation, and monotonic transitions. Potential benefits include reduced and more uniform switching activities and reduced signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio. …”
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Auch eine Gewerkschaft? Der Deutschnationale Handlungsgehilfenverband und die Angestellten by Martin Otto

“… During the Weimar Republic, German white-collar workers (Angestellte) preferred non-socialist trade unions. Socialist ›free unions‹ (freie Gewerkschaften) only played a minor role among middleclass employees. …”
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Removal of Congo Red by Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) Fish Bone Powder: Kinetics, Equilibrium, and Thermodynamic Study by Shahanaz Parvin, Md. Manjur Hussain, Farhana Akter, Biplob Kumar Biswas

“…The increasing negative value of Gibbs free energy (ΔG) with temperature rise indicated spontaneous nature and feasibility of adsorption. …”
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Surgical Treatment Outcomes of Unresolved Osgood-Schlatter Disease in Adolescent Athletes by Frederick Mun, William L. Hennrikus

“…Radiographic findings included a large bump in 4 cases, an ossicle in 2, and free fragments at the tendon insertion in 3. Sports played included basketball, football, running, and dancing. …”
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Application of Biodegradable Polyhydroxyalkanoates as Surgical Films for Ventral Hernia Repair in Mice by Yun Chen, Ya-Hui Tsai, I-Ning Chou, Sheng-Hong Tseng, Ho-Shing Wu

“…The in vitro test revealed that endotoxin-free P3HB and P3HBV films allowed cell attachment and growth. …”
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Hyperthyroidism with Biventricular Heart Failure and Cirrhotic Transformation of the Liver by Rashmi Dhital, Shivani Vyas, Priyadarshani Sharma, Theresa Lynn, Oreoluwa Oladiran, Sijan Basnet

“…Thyroid work-up revealed suppressed TSH, elevated free T4 and T3 along with elevated anti-thyroglobulin antibodies, thyroid peroxidase antibodies, and thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin, suggesting Graves’ thyrotoxicosis. …”
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Barriers and requirements for adaptation of farmers in mountainous areas to climate change by Hossein jahantigh, Amir Bakhshi, Rezvan Ghorbani salkhord

“…The data collection tool was a questionnaire, free interview and observation of the researcher from the study area. …”
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Calcinosis Universalis of the Elbow: A Rare Case with Classical Presentation by Sebastian Philipp Boelch, Thomas Barthel, Sascha Goebel, Maximilian Rudert, Piet Plumhoff

“…On six-week and 30-month follow-up the patient was free of pain and had very good function. Calcifications on standard radiographs had almost resolved entirely. …”
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Effects of Die-Attach Quality on the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of High-Power Light-Emitting Diodes Packaging by Piaopiao He, Jinlong Zhang, Jianhua Zhang, Luqiao Yin

“…The voids also make an obvious influence on thermal stress and thermal strain of chip; the biggest thermal stress of chip was as high as 847.1 MPa compared to the 565.2 MPa when the void fraction increases from being void-free to 30% in the die-attach layer.…”
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On the Performance of Interference-Based Energy-Harvesting-Enabled Wireless AF Relaying Communication Systems by Yazid M. Khattabi, Yazan H. Al-Badarneh, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

“…This article considers an interference-based radio-frequency energy harvesting (RF-EH)-empowered wireless dual-hop amplify-and-forward relaying system in which an ambient interferer is beneficially utilized as the solely free power source for EH and detrimentally considered as the dominant factor that corrupts its receivers. …”
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Population pharmacokinetics of ramipril in patients with chronic heart failure: A real-world longitudinal study by Trobec Katja Čvan, Grabnar Iztok, Trontelj Jurij, Lainščak Mitja, Kos Mojca Kerec

“…The influence of body size and composition was best described by an allometric relationship with fat-free mass. In addition, ramipril clearance was related to patient age and daily ramipril dose, while clearance of ramiprilat was influenced by glome rular filtration rate and daily ramipril dose. …”
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The association between non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHHR) and sarcopenia: A cross-sectional study by Xiudeng Yang, Zheng Zhong

“…Results: The study cohort comprised 7069 participants, of whom 6497 (91.91 %) were sarcopenia-free, and 572 (8.09 %) exhibited sarcopenia. A significant increase in NHHR was observed in the sarcopenia group compared to the non-sarcopenic group (P < 0.001). …”
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THE CORE MYTH OF PSYCHOANALYSIS: ON THE CENTENARY OF FREUD’S “TOTEM AND TABOO” by R. F. Dodeltsev, V. I. Konnov

“…The authors conclude the article by offering their view of the possible applications of Freud’s concepts in the analysis of social processes, which could be based on combining the scientific approach favored by Freud himself, despite his leanings toward speculative theory, with methods of reflection typical for art, which build upon free associations of events and are directed towards the wide public rather than a narrow group of specialists.…”
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