Enhanced dynorphin expression and secretion in pancreatic beta-cells under hyperglycemic conditions by Miranda Movahed, Ruy A. Louzada, Manuel Blandino-Rosano

“…Methods: We used primary mouse and human islets with unbiased published datasets to examine how glucose and other nutrients regulate dynorphin expression and secretion in islets. …”
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A framework for chronic care quality: results of a scoping review and Delphi survey by Grace Marie V. Ku, Willem Van De Put, Deogratias Katsuva, Mohamad Ali Ag Ahmed, Megumi Rosenberg, Bruno Meessen

“…We produced a zero-version of the quality of chronic care framework, detailing aims, healthcare system determinants, and measurement mechanisms. …”
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Rainfall distribution variability controls surface but not belowground litter decomposition in a semi-arid shrubland by Yulin Li, Li Cheng, Honglin Yang, Rui Zhang, Zhiying Ning

“…We explored the effects of redistributing the frequency and amount of precipitation on surface and belowground decomposition of litter from two separate or mixed predominant shrubs.ResultsDecomposition of belowground litter was consistently higher than that of surface litter over the entire field-incubation process. …”
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Warfarin Use Is Associated with Increased Mortality at One Year in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Syeda Fatima Naqvi, Amir Humza Sohail, Dhairya A. Lakhani, James Maurer, Sarah Sofka, Yousaf B. Hadi

“…In our study of patients with IPF requiring anticoagulants, we noted statistically significant higher mortality with warfarin anticoagulation when compared to DOAC use. …”
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Study on Seismic Coefficient Calculation Method of Slope Seismic Stability Analysis by Pai Lifang, Wu Honggang, Yang Tao, Zhong Feifei

“…With the proposed method, we calculated the period of slope seismic action to be 0.126 s and the average maximum acceleration to be 0.156 g, which was close to the designed ground motion acceleration of 0.15 g. …”
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Life historytraits of Sirex Noctilio F. (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) canexplain outbreaks independently of environmental factors by Juan Pablo Aparicio, Juan Carlos Corley, Jorge Eduardo Rabinovich

“…We show that outbreaks may be the result of theinsect's life history. …”
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SYNTHESIS METHODS OF ALGEBRAIC NORMAL FORM OF MANY-VALUED LOGIC FUNCTIONS by A. V. Sokolov, O. N. Zhdanov, O. A. Ayvazian

“…We developed a fast method of synthesis of algebraic normal form of 3-functions and 5-functions that work similarly to the Reed-Muller transform for Boolean functions: on the basis of recurrently synthesized transform matrices. …”
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Maternal obesity increases hypothalamic miR-505-5p expression in mouse offspring leading to altered fatty acid sensing and increased intake of high-fat food. by Laura Dearden, Isadora C Furigo, Lucas C Pantaleão, L W P Wong, Denise S Fernandez-Twinn, Juliana de Almeida-Faria, Katherine A Kentistou, Maria V Carreira, Guillaume Bidault, Antonio Vidal-Puig, Ken K Ong, John R B Perry, Jose Donato, Susan E Ozanne

“…Using a mouse model of maternal obesity, we observed increased intake of a high-fat diet (HFD) in offspring of obese mothers that precedes the development of obesity. …”
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Gray matter volume and asymmetry in Broca's and Wernicke's area homologs in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) using a probabilistic region of interest approach by William D Hopkins, Muhammad A Spocter, Michele M Mulholland, Chet C Sherwood

“…We then applied the maps to segmented gray matter volume to estimate gray matter within each region and hemisphere. …”
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Melatonin Secretion Pattern in Critically Ill Patients: A Pilot Descriptive Study by Yuliya Boyko, René Holst, Poul Jennum, Helle Oerding, Miki Nikolic, Palle Toft

“…We found that the risk of atypical sleep compared to normal sleep was significantly lower (p<0.001) under remifentanil infusion. …”
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Glycolytic pathways: The hidden regulators in Parkinson's disease by Jing Shen, Ensheng Yao, Weidong Tian, Jia He, Yukai Gu, Dong Zhao

“…Next, we constructed a regulatory network of genes that were differentially expressed with respect to glycolysis. …”
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Comparison of Oral Microbe Quantities from Tongue Samples and Subgingival Pockets by André Göhler, Stefanie Samietz, Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Thomas Kocher, Ivo Steinmetz, Birte Holtfreter

“…To improve understanding of periodontitis pathology, we need more profound knowledge of relative abundances of single prokaryotic species and colonization dynamics between habitats. …”
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A New GLLD Operator for Mass Detection in Digital Mammograms by N. Gargouri, A. Dammak Masmoudi, D. Sellami Masmoudi, R. Abid

“…However, it has been proved that such operators are not able to model at their own texture masses. We propose in this paper a new local pattern model named gray level and local difference (GLLD) where we take into consideration absolute gray level values as well as local difference as local binary features. …”
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A SCOPING REVIEW OF MHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING HAEMODIALYSIS by Sarah Amalia, Erna Rochmawati

“…Aims: To map the development, types, and impact of mHealth technologies on patients undergoing haemodialysis. Methods: We conducted a scoping review following the Arksey and O’Malley methodological framework. …”
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As Time Goes By: Event File Decay Does Not Unleash Inhibition of Return by Lars-Michael Schöpper, Christian Frings

“…We observed overall binding effects that were reduced with increasing RSI; these effects were slightly stronger when presented block-wise. …”
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Efficient Probabilistic and Geometric Anatomical Mapping Using Particle Mesh Approximation on GPUs by Linh Ha, Marcel Prastawa, Guido Gerig, John H. Gilmore, Cláudio T. Silva, Sarang Joshi

“…We show results on the registrations of neonatal to 2-year old infant MRIs. …”
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High-fat diet triggers transcriptomic changes in the olfactory bulb by Young-Kook Kim, Danbi Jo, Seoyoon Choi, Juhyun Song

“…Additionally, we assessed plasma cytokine levels in HFD-fed mice. …”
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Impact of cluster farming on smallholder farmers teff commercialization in Ethiopia by Birara Endalew, Asres Elias, Kumi Yasunobu

“…Then, we analyzed the data using descriptive and inferential statistics, commercialization index, and endogenous switching regression model. …”
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Integrating spatial-temporal risk maps with candidate trajectory trees for explainable autonomous driving planning by Qiyuan Liu, Jiawei Zhang, Jingwei Ge, Cheng Chang, Zhiheng Li, Shen Li, Li Li

“…We then design an explainable trajectory planning framework that integrates risk maps with the candidate trajectory tree generated by trajectory prediction models. …”
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Enhancing global model accuracy in federated learning with deep neuro-fuzzy clustering cyclic algorithm by Chin-Feng Lai, Ying-Hsun Lai, Ming-Chin Kao, Mu-Yen Chen

“…We also introduce deep neural fuzzy methods to handle fuzzy, uncertain, or incomplete data. …”
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