Thyroid Stimulating but Not Blocking Autoantibodies Are Highly Prevalent in Severe and Active Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy: A Prospective Study by E. Kampmann, T. Diana, M. Kanitz, D. Hoppe, G. J. Kahaly

“…Blocking activity is defined as percent inhibition of luciferase expression relative to induction with bovine TSH alone. All 101 consecutively followed-up patients with severe and active TAO were TBAb negative. …”
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The Small-Signal Stability of Offshore Wind Power Transmission Inspired by Particle Swarm Optimization by Jiening Li, Hanqi Huang, Xiaoning Chen, Lingxi Peng, Liang Wang, Ping Luo

“…This paper established a mathematical model of the doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) integrated into the IEEE9 system via VSC-HVDC in detail, and small-signal stability analysis of offshore wind farm (OWF) grid connection is specially studied under different positions and capacities. …”
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Fas/FasL Pathway Participates in Regulation of Antiviral and Inflammatory Response during Mousepox Infection of Lungs by Karolina Bień, Justyna Sokołowska, Piotr Bąska, Zuzanna Nowak, Wanda Stankiewicz, Malgorzata Krzyzowska

“…Fas receptor-Fas ligand (FasL) signalling is involved in apoptosis of immune cells as well as of the virus infected target cells but increasing evidence accumulates on Fas as a mediator of apoptosis-independent processes such as induction of activating and proinflammatory signals. …”
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Design of Efficient Off-Grid Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping System Based on Improved Fractional Open Circuit Voltage MPPT Technique by Ali Hmidet, Umashankar Subramaniam, Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan, Kannadasan Raju, Matias Diaz, Narottam Das, Kashif Mehmood, Alagar Karthick, M. Muhibbullah, Olfa Boubaker

“…The designed system is based on a DC-DC boost converter, a three-phase DC-AC inverter, and a three-phase induction motor (IM) coupled to the centrifugal pump. …”
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Instrument for the evaluation of education at work in the Comprehensive Attention to the Population subject by Ana Gloria Vázquez De León, Alfredo Alberto Espinosa Roca, Lisgrace Llano Arana, Yoel González Beriau, Annia Lourdes González Armenteros, Dailys García Morales

“…Theoretical methods were used: analytical-synthetic and inductive-deductive and empirical: documentary analysis, interviews with teachers of the subject and participatory techniques. …”
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Protective Effect of Amphipterygium adstringens Extract on Dextran Sulphate Sodium-Induced Ulcerative Colitis in Mice by Mario Rodriguez-Canales, Ruben Jimenez-Rivas, Maria Margarita Canales-Martinez, Ana Judith Garcia-Lopez, Nelly Rivera-Yañez, Oscar Nieto-Yañez, Yadira Ledesma-Soto, Luvia Enid Sanchez-Torres, Miriam Rodriguez-Sosa, Luis Ignacio Terrazas, Marco Aurelio Rodriguez-Monroy

“…The results suggested the protective potential of AaEE in DSS-induced colitis and this might be attributed to its phytochemicals compounds that have been found to induce a wide spectrum of activities such as reduction in oxidative stress, suppression of inflammation, modulating numerous signal transduction pathways, and induction of apoptosis. The findings of this study suggest that AaEE has substantial potential for the treatment of inflammatory colitis.…”
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Advising parents when their child has a fever: a phenomenographic analysis of nurses’ perceptions when working at a telephone helpline, at primary care or at a paediatric emergency... by Carina Elmqvist, Anders Svensson, Marta Sund-Levander, Emma Westin, Ingrid L Gustafsson

“…Objectives To describe nurses’ perceptions of advising parents when their child has a fever.Design/method Inductive, descriptive study with a qualitative, phenomenographic approach.Participants and setting A purposive sampling was used. …”
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Elevation of Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Activity Induced by Amplified Insulin Response in Low Glutathione Levels in Rat Liver by Misako Taniguchi, Nobuko Mori, Chizuru Iramina, Akira Yasutake

“…Examination of mRNAs of G6PD and ME suggested that the GSH-suppressing effect on enzyme induction occurred prior to and/or at transcriptional levels. …”
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Marital Resilience factors that enhance Conflict Management in Black African Marriages in South Africa: An Afro-Centric Perspective by Andrew Spaumer, Azwihangwisi Helen Mavhandu-Mudzusi, Segun Emmanuel Adewoye

“…The data was analysed using inductive thematic analysis. The findings of this study demonstrated that, of all the techniques employed to handle marital crises, effective communication was the most widely favoured. …”
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Regulator of Calcineurin 1 in Periodontal Disease by Ulrike Peters, Eleni Solominidou, Yüksel Korkmaz, Stefan Rüttermann, Astrid Klocke, Thomas Frank Flemmig, Thomas Beikler

“…Interestingly, the magnitude of the rcan1 and cox2 induction was strain dependent. The results of this study indicate that RCAN1 is suppressed in endothelial cells of chronically inflamed periodontal tissues. …”
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Different Pathological Roles of Toll-Like Receptor 9 on Mucosal B Cells and Dendritic Cells in Murine IgA Nephropathy by Tadahiro Kajiyama, Yusuke Suzuki, Masao Kihara, Hitoshi Suzuki, Satoshi Horikoshi, Yasuhiko Tomino

“…Present results indicate that mucosal TLR9 on B cells and DC may differently contribute to the progression of this disease via induction of nephritogenic IgA or IgA-IgG IC, respectively. …”
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Characterization of Human Colorectal Cancer MDR1/P-gp Fab Antibody by Xuemei Zhang, Gary Guishan Xiao, Ying Gao

“…Further characterization by recloning number 29 into an expression vector showed significant induction of the Fab antibody in the clone number 29 by Isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG). …”
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Photocatalytic Inactivation Effect of Gold-Doped TiO2 (Au/TiO2) Nanocomposites on Human Colon Carcinoma LoVo Cells by Juan Xu, Yi Sun, Yaomin Zhao, Junjie Huang, Chunmei Chen, Zhiyu Jiang

“…These synthesized Au/TiO2 nanocomposites were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy. …”
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Effects of environmental bisphenol S exposure on male rat reproductive health and gut-blood-testicular axis integrity by Biran Zhu, Zequan Zhang, Ying Xie, Min Huang, Yu Chen, Yong Yang, Xiongjie Shi, Jian Han, Lihua Yang, Min Zhao

“…After 28 days of exposure to BPS (0.05 and 20 mg/kg), the results showed a reduction in weight gain and the induction of reproductive toxicity in male rats, including decreased sperm parameters, lower sperm viability, and increased abnormal sperm density and mortality. …”
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“Culture Is So Interspersed”: Child-Minders’ and Health Workers’ Perceptions of Childhood Obesity in South Africa by Roger Figueroa, Jaclyn Saltzman, Jessica Jarick Metcalfe, Angela Wiley

“…Twenty-one interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed through analytic induction. Results. Participants identified multilevel factors and contexts, as well as potential consequences and priorities of interest in addressing childhood obesity. …”
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Engineered biomimetic cisplatin-polyphenol nanocomplex for chemo-immunotherapy of glioblastoma by inducing pyroptosis by Xinyan Hao, Yucheng Tang, Wenjie Xu, Ming Wang, Jiayi Liu, Yongjiang Li, Jun He, Yanjin Peng, Pengcheng Sun, Dehua Liao, Xiongbin Hu, Tiantian Tang, Min Zhou, Ruyue Han, Jiemin Wang, João Conde, Daxiong Xiang, Junyong Wu

“…In vitro analyses confirmed potent cytotoxicity and characteristic induction of pyroptosis. In vivo assays corroborated the enhancement of tumor targeting, culminating in an obvious suppression of tumor proliferation. …”
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Monocyte Chemotactic Protein 1-Induced Protein 1 Is Highly Expressed in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Negatively Regulates Neutrophil Activities by Jian Lin, Gengfeng Li, Chunjin Xu, Huiying Lu, Cui Zhang, Zhi Pang, Zhanju Liu

“…MG-132 may partially modulate the function of neutrophils via the induction of MCPIP-1. Therefore, targeting MCPIP-1 or exogenous supplementation of MG-132 may provide a therapeutic approach in the treatment of IBD.…”
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CD133 Antigen as a Potential Marker of Melanoma Stem Cells: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies by Tomasz Kloskowski, Joanna Jarząbkowska, Arkadiusz Jundziłł, Daria Balcerczyk, Monika Buhl, Kamil Szeliski, Magdalena Bodnar, Andrzej Marszałek, Gerard Drewa, Tomasz Drewa, Marta Pokrywczyńska

“…The potential of CD133+ and CD133- cells for tumor induction was conducted on C57BL/6J mouse model. Three different cell quantities (100, 1000, 10000) were tested. …”
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Didelphys Uterus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Shadi Rezai, Pameela Bisram, Isamarie Lora Alcantara, Ruchi Upadhyay, Carla Lara, Malvina Elmadjian

“…Patient presented at 38 4/7 wks with Premature Rupture of Membrane and underwent induction of labor with Cytotec. Antibiotics were started for chorioamnionitis. …”
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A Distributed Energy-Throughput Efficient Cross-Layer Framework Using Hybrid Optimization Algorithm by Pratap Singh, Nitin Mittal, Vikas Mittal, Tapankumar Trivedi, Ashish Singh, Szymon Łukasik, Rohit Salgotra

“…Magnetic induction (MI)-operated wireless sensor networks (WSNs), due to their similar performance in air, underwater, and underground mediums, are rapidly emerging networks that offer a wide range of applications, including mine prevention, power grid maintenance, underground pipeline monitoring, and upstream oil monitoring. …”
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