Active Suspension of Truck Seat by Masaaki Kawana, Taro Shimogo

“…Results were obtained for both a dummy and a real human body. The vibration test produced rms accelerations of the seat and the hip point of about 1.0 m/s2 without the actuator, while the rms accelerations were suppressed to about 0.5 m/s2 at a rms input voltage to the servo-motor of 1.0 V.…”
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Testicular Cancer Presenting as Gastric Variceal Hemorrhage by Carlos Eduardo Salazar-Mejía, David Hernández-Barajas, Edio Llerena-Hernández, José Luis González-Vela, María Inés Contreras-Salcido, Adriana González-Gutiérrez, Omar David Borjas-Almaguer, Luis Alberto Pérez-Arredondo, Blanca Otilia Wimer-Castillo

“…The serum alpha-fetoprotein level was 17,090 ng/mL, lactate dehydrogenase was 1480 U/L, and human chorionic gonadotropin was 287.4 IU/mL. Upper endoscopy revealed a type 1 isolated gastric varix, treated with cyanoacrylate. …”
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Agent-Based Modeling of Harvest Decisions by Small Scale Forest Landowners in Maine, USA by Jessica E. Leahy, Erika Gorczyca Reeves, Kathleen P. Bell, Crista L. Straub, Jeremy S. Wilson

“…Small-scale forests are an excellent example of coupled social-ecological systems, which involve human and biophysical subsystems with complex two-way feedback interactions. …”
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THE AMBIVALENCE OF NOSTALGIA AS AN ETERNAL RETURN TO THE CITY OF CHILDHOOD: F.I. CHALIAPIN AND KAZAN by Elena L. Iakovleva

“…In the life and work of the singer, restoring nostalgia associated with creativity and reflective nostalgia intersected, in the context of which the irrevocability of the past and the finiteness of human existence were realized. At the same time, in the last years of the artist's life (due to the spatial and temporal gap with Russia and the lack of energy supply), reflective nostalgia with its pessimistic moods took dominant positions. …”
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Graines d'histoire by Claire Newton, Jean-Frédéric Terral, Sarah Ivorra, Muriel Gros-Balthazard, Claire Tito de Morais, Sandrine Picq, Margareta Tengberg, Jean-Christophe Pintaud

“…Within Phoenix dactylifera, the agrobiodiversity appears complex in terms of geographical structure; the distribution pattern of seed shapes points to human dispersal routes that spread cultivation from one or more initial ‘domestication centres’.In addition, this work provides a powerful tool to identify ancient forms as demonstrated by the analysis of well-preserved desiccated seeds from Egyptian archaeological sites (14th c. …”
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The bronchoalveolar lavage fluid CD44 as a marker for pulmonary fibrosis in diffuse parenchymal lung diseases by Magda Suchankova, Magda Suchankova, Eszter Zsemlye, Eszter Zsemlye, Jan Urban, Peter Baráth, Lenka Kohútová, Barbara Siváková, Barbara Siváková, Martina Ganovska, Elena Tibenska, Kinga Szaboova, Eva Tedlova, Dominik Juskanic, Dominik Juskanic, Kristina Kluckova, Kristina Kluckova, Michaela Kardohelyova, Tetiana Moskalets, Anna Ohradanova-Repic, Patrik Babulic, Maria Bucova, Vladimir Leksa

“…The major hallmark of lung fibrosis is uncontrolled activation of lung fibroblasts to myofibroblasts associated with extracellular matrix deposition and the loss of both lung structure and function.MethodsHere, we used this peculiar feature in order to identify specific biomarkers of pulmonary fibrosis in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALF). The primary MRC-5 human fibroblasts were activated with BALF collected from patients with clinically diagnosed lung fibrosis; the activated fibroblasts were then washed rigorously, and further incubated to allow secretion. …”
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Detection and Analysis of Autoantigens Targeted by Autoantibodies in Immunorelated Pancytopenia by Hui Liu, Rong Fu, Yihao Wang, Hong Liu, Lijuan Li, Honglei Wang, Jin Chen, Hong Yu, Zonghong Shao

“…This study identified that a G-protein-coupled receptor 156 variant and chain P, a crystal structure of the cytoplasmic domain of human erythrocyte band-3 protein, were autoantigens in IRP. …”
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From sick old man to mythical hero by Sandra Pitcher, Tammy Frankland, Nicola Jones

“…In an examination of the Independent Online news repository in 2010 and 2013, this research highlights how ‘Madiba’s Magic’ was a carefully constructed media image and one that, during his long illness, forced South Africans, and the world, to recognise his ‘humanness’. The paper concludes, however, by documenting the immense power of Mandela’s legacy as played out in the press, and how, after death, his carefully constructed legacy rose above the damage of his prolonged illness, elevating him from a sick old man and reinforcing him as a mythical revolutionary. …”
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Temporal-spatial evolution and formation mechanism of energy consumption carbon footprint at county scale in the Yellow River Basin by Liyan Zhang, Mei Song, Yan Gao

“…Government intervention, urbanization, human capital, and agricultural energy inputs increase the carbon footprint.…”
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Heuristic analysis of structure, activity and selectivity relationships of isocoumarin derivatives as potential antifungal agents by Simić Milena, Erić Slavica

“…Rationalization of activity and selectivity was performed using the results of testing against C. albicans (CA) and testing on a normal human lung fibroblast cell line (MRC5). Structures were created and optimized using the ChemDraw Ultra 8.0 and MOPAC software. …”
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Deep Learning for Predicting Spheroid Viability: Novel Convolutional Neural Network Model for Automating Quality Control for Three-Dimensional Bioprinting by Zyva A. Sheikh, Oliver Clarke, Amatullah Mir, Narutoshi Hibino

“…However, current viability assays are time-consuming, labor-intensive, require specialized training, or are subject to human bias. In this study, we build a convolutional neural network (CNN) model to efficiently and accurately predict spheroid viability, using a phase-contrast image of a spheroid as its input. …”
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A telehealth-delivered intervention to extend the veteran HIV treatment cascade for cardiovascular disease prevention: V-EXTRA-CVD study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Lewis Musoke, Hayden B. Bosworth, Christina Dickson, Pamela Gentry, Elizabeth Strawbridge, Soumya Subramaniam, Jennifer Gierisch, Valerie Smith, Sandra Woolson, John Pura, Willington Amutuhaire, Susanna Naggie, Julie Schexnayder, Karen Hall, Chris T. Longenecker, Nadine M. Harris, Chantrice Rogers, Puja Van Epps, for V-EXTRA-CVD Group

“…We aim to conduct a randomized control trial among PWH (n = 300) with a diagnosis of hypertension (HTN) who are enrolled in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) clinics, on suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART), randomized 1:1 to intervention vs. education control for a 12-month duration. Methods: Using human centered design approach, we have adapted a previous 5-component telehealth focused, non-physician led intervention to a Veteran population. …”
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Identification of Sources of Resistance for Peanut Aspergillus flavus Colonization and Aflatoxin Contamination by Richard Moise Alansou Dieme, Issa Faye, Yedomon Ange Bovys Zoclanclounon, Daniel Fonceka, Ousmane Ndoye, Papa Madiallacke Diedhiou

“…Peanut aflatoxin contamination caused by Aspergillus flavus is a serious constraint for food safety and human health in Senegal. The present study aimed to identify sources of resistance for A. flavus colonization and aflatoxin contamination. …”
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High-Fiber Crackers Supplemented with Asparagus Hard-Stem: Impacts of Supplementation Ratios and Water Amounts in Cracker Recipe on the Product Quality by Thi Thu Tra Tran, Le Hong Ngoc Ngo, Nu Minh Nguyet Ton, Thi Hong Nhung Le, Thi Thuy Le, Van Viet Man Le

“…Spears or cladophylls are edible parts of asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis L.) implemented in a human diet while its hard-stem by-products have been used for animal feeding. …”
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Identification of Iron Homeostasis Genes Dysregulation Potentially Involved in Retinopathy of Prematurity Pathogenicity by Microarray Analysis by Xian-qiong Luo, Chun-yi Zhang, Jia-wen Zhang, Jing-bo Jiang, Ai-hua Yin, Li Guo, Chuan Nie, Xu-zai Lu, Hua Deng, Liang Zhang

“…Therefore, here we performed global gene expression profiling in human fetal retinal microvascular endothelial cells (RMECs) under hypoxic conditions in vitro. …”
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Assessment of maternal health and behavior during pregnancy in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Rationale and approach by Kelly K. Gurka, Heather H. Burris, Lucia Ciciolla, Claire D. Coles, Suena H. Massey, Sharlene Newman, Vidya Rajagopalan, Lynne M. Smith, Anna Zilverstand, Gretchen Bandoli

“…The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study, a multi-site, prospective, longitudinal cohort study, will examine human brain, cognitive, behavioral, social, and emotional development beginning prenatally and planned through early childhood. …”
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Redesigning error control in cross-linking mass spectrometry enables more robust and sensitive protein-protein interaction studies by Boris Bogdanow, Max Ruwolt, Julia Ruta, Lars Mühlberg, Cong Wang, Wen-feng Zeng, Arne Elofsson, Fan Liu

“…Combining both approaches maintains low error rates and minimizes false negatives, as we show by mathematical simulations, analysis of experimental ground-truth data, and application to various biological datasets. In human cells, inter-link identifications increase by 75% and we confirm their structural accuracy through proteome-wide comparisons to AlphaFold2-derived models. …”
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Influence of Exposure to Benzo[a]pyrene on Mice Testicular Germ Cells during Spermatogenesis by Hueiwang Anna Jeng, Silvina M. Bocca

“…However, the mice dose concentrations were not relevant for comparison to human exposure.…”
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Characterization of Women with Endocrine Infertility by Annia Quintana Marrero, Elodia María Rivas Alpízar, Jan Oneil González Ramos

“…<strong><br />Objective:</strong> to describe the behavior of endocrine female infertility in patients studied at the Territorial Center for Human Reproduction of Cienfuegos. <strong><br />Method:</strong> a descriptive series of case studies was conducted in which all women treated for endocrine infertility from January 2012 to January 2013 were included. …”
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Tryptophan as a biomarker of pregnancy-related immune expression and modulation: an integrative review by Stephanie Prescott, Stephanie Prescott, Natasa Billeci, Melissa Gotcher, Sapna Patel, Addison Almon, Hailey Morgan, Danielle Abukhalaf, Maureen Groer

“…The immunomodulatory role of TRP and its metabolites through the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) pathway is particularly relevant to pregnancy due to its potential influence on maternal and fetal immune tolerance and the mother's health.MethodsA targeted literature search was conducted via PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase, focusing on maternal serum TRP levels in pregnancy. We included original human subject research on maternal serum TRP, published in English within the last five years. …”
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