Decomposition Methods for Solving Finite-Horizon Large MDPs by Bouchra el Akraoui, Cherki Daoui, Abdelhadi Larach, khalid Rahhali

“…This paper is one of the first works to deal with non-stationary finite-horizon MDPs by proposing a new decomposition approach, which consists in partitioning the problem into smaller restricted finite-horizon MDPs, each restricted MDP is solved independently, in a specific order, using the proposed hierarchical backward induction (HBI) algorithm based on the backward induction (BI) algorithm. …”
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PRODUCTION OF THE STEEL CAST THERMO-TREATED GRIT IN CONDITIONS OF MINSK AUTOMOBILE PLANT by P. S. Gurchenko, M. I. Demin, D. M. Kukuj, V. L. Rassudov

“…The technical and economic characteristic of the created and developed technological processes of the industrial production of the steel casting grit heat-treatable by induction heat is given.…”
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Study on exhaled volatile organic compounds identifying cognitive fatigue induced by N-back task in healthy young adults by Xiaoyu Zhang, Xiaoyan Dong, Qiang Huang, Zhe Liu, Qin Wang

“…The differences in exhaled VOCs between the pre- and post-induction and film watching was evaluated using either the paired t-test or the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. …”
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Microstructure Characterisation and Modelling of Pre-Forging Solution Treatment of 7075 Aluminium Alloy Using Novel Heating Methods by Hao Wu, Zisong Lu, Steven Hill, Richard Turner

“…In the meantime, the induction coil and infrared furnace demonstrate notable effectiveness, achieving hardness between 126 and 135 HV. …”
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Cysticerci Drive Dendritic Cells to Promote In Vitro and In Vivo Tregs Differentiation by Laura Adalid-Peralta, Asiel Arce-Sillas, Gladis Fragoso, Graciela Cárdenas, Marcos Rosetti, Didier Casanova-Hernández, Claudia Rangel-Escareño, Laura Uribe-Figueroa, Agnes Fleury, Edda Sciutto

“…An increased Treg induction was observed when cysticerci were present. …”
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CYP2E1 Sensitizes the Liver to LPS- and TNF α-Induced Toxicity via Elevated Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress and Activation of ASK-1 and JNK Mitogen-Activated Kinases by Arthur I. Cederbaum, Lili Yang, Xiaodong Wang, Defeng Wu

“…We hypothesize that similar interactions occur as a result of ethanol induction of CYP2E1 and TNFα.…”
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Total Body Irradiation without Chemotherapy as Conditioning for an Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Sultan Altouri, Mitchell Sabloff, David Allan, Harry Atkins, Lothar Huebsch, Dawn Maze, Rajiv Samant, Christopher Bredeson

“…Patients were 20 to 55 years of age, 2 with relapsed disease and 2 with AML failing induction. An HLA-matched graft from related or unrelated donor was infused on day 0. …”
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Oral Midazolam Premedication for Children Undergoing General Anaesthesia for Dental Care by Saad A. Sheta, Maha AlSarheed

“…Twenty five percent of the children in the group that received the 0.5 mg/kg dose did not allow venepuncture before induction of GA, and induction of GA was poor for 20% of the children in this group. …”
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Bortezomib, thalidomide, and dexamethasone versus bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone in transplant-eligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a systemic review and meta-an... by Yin-Che Wang, Cheng-Hsien Lin, Yu-Chen Su, Chieh-Lin Jerry Teng

“…The primary endpoints were response rates after induction therapy and the incidence of a need for autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantion (auto-HSCT) between the groups. …”
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Protective Effects of Intravitreal Injection of the Rho-Kinase Inhibitor Y-27632 in a Rodent Model of Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (rAION) by Zuohuizi Yi, Liao Chen, Xiaoling Wang, Changzheng Chen, Yiqiao Xing

“…The rats received intravitreal injections of Y-27632 or PBS 1, 3, and 6 days after rAION induction. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was performed at 2 days and 4 weeks after induction. …”
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The Impact of Preoperative Fasting Duration on Blood Glucose and Hemodynamics in Children by Pouran Hajian, Minoo Shabani, Elham Khanlarzadeh, Mahshid Nikooseresht

“…No significant correlation was observed between blood glucose level at the induction of anesthesia with weight and age (P>0.05). …”
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Optimizing In Vitro Propagation of <i>Haworthia truncata</i> Schönland Using Leaf, Root, and Inflorescence by Leila Soleimani, Hassan Salehi, Taras Pasternak

“…Inflorescence explants showed the highest callus induction with 1.5 mg/L IBA, while optimal shoot proliferation occurred at 1 mg/L IBA. …”
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First-Time Fathers’ Experience of Support from Midwives in Maternity Clinics: An Interview Study by L. Huusko, S. Sjöberg, A. Ekström, E. Hertfelt Wahn, S. Thorstensson

“…In the inductive part the following open question was asked: “How did you perceive the support from the antenatal midwife/midwives?” …”
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Metabolomics of related C3 and C4 Flaveria species indicate differences in the operation of photorespiration under fluctuating light by Xinyu Fu, Urte Schlüter, Kaila Smith, Andreas P. M. Weber, Berkley J. Walker

“…Additionally, incomplete flux through photorespiration could prove beneficial to C4 assimilation during light induction of the CCM. Here, we compare metabolic profiles in the closely related C3 Flaveria robusta and C4 Flaveria bidentis during a light transient from low to high light to determine if these non‐steady state accumulation patterns provide insight to the induction of the metabolite gradients needed to drive C4 intermediate transport and if there is incomplete cycling of photorespiratory intermediates. …”
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Externally validated nomogram for predicting short-term pregnancy outcome of singleton pregnancies with fetal growth restriction (FGR) by Yang Li, Xiaohong Zhang, Junshu Xie, Fufen Yin, Mingrui Jin, Yujing Li, Xiuju Yin

“…Encouragingly, consistent results were observed in the external validation set, with a C-index of 0.776 (95% CI: 0.71 to 0.84) for predicting TOP, which included intrauterine fetal death and therapeutic lethal induction, with a C-index of 0.773 (95% CI: 0.70 to 0.84) for predicting stillbirth, and a C-index of 0.776 (95% CI: 0.70 to 0.85) for predicting therapeutic lethal induction with indications. …”
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Congenital Ventricular Diverticulum or Aneurysm: A Difficult Diagnosis to Make by Lloyd Halpern, Carl Garabedian, Neil K. Worrall

“…If this anomaly is encountered after the induction of anesthesia or during intraoperative echocardiography, the cardiothoracic anesthesiologist should make the surgical team aware so it can be further characterized and a treatment plan made prior to incision.…”
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Uneven air gap optimization of synchronous machine with permanent rotor magnets by V. V. Kharlamov, Yu. V. Moskalev, A. Yu. Milutin, A. P. Popov

“…The article proposes an approach to determining the uneven air gap of a synchronous machine with prismatic magnets on the rotor, in which the distribution of the normal component of magnetic induction along the inner circumference of the stator core has a shape close to sinusoidal. …”
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Effects of the Bacterial Extract OM-85 on Phagocyte Functions and the Stress Response by S. Baladi, S. Kantengwa, Y. R. A. Donati, B. S. Polla

“…The lack of stress protein induction was observed even in the presence of iron which potentiates both oxidative injury and stress protein induction during bacterial phagocytosis. …”
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Influence of Maternal Immunization with Allergens on the Thymic Maturation of Lymphocytes with Regulatory Potential in Children: A Broad Field for Further Exploration by Jefferson Russo Victor

“…The passive transfer of antigens, antibodies, and cytokines, the induction of phenotypic alterations in offspring lymphocytes, and the induction of regulatory populations in offspring have been proposed, but these mechanisms remain incompletely understood. …”
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Three-Dimensional Memristive Hindmarsh–Rose Neuron Model with Hidden Coexisting Asymmetric Behaviors by Bocheng Bao, Aihuang Hu, Han Bao, Quan Xu, Mo Chen, Huagan Wu

“…Since the electrical activities of neurons are closely related to complex electrophysiological environment in neuronal system, a novel three-dimensional memristive Hindmarsh–Rose (HR) neuron model is presented in this paper to describe complex dynamics of neuronal activities with electromagnetic induction. The proposed memristive HR neuron model has no equilibrium point but can show hidden dynamical behaviors of coexisting asymmetric attractors, which has not been reported in the previous references for the HR neuron model. …”
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