Association of Acinetobacter baumannii EF-Tu with Cell Surface, Outer Membrane Vesicles, and Fibronectin by Shatha F. Dallo, Bailin Zhang, James Denno, Soonbae Hong, Anyu Tsai, Williams Haskins, Jing Yong Ye, Tao Weitao

“…EF-Tu in the OM and the OMV subproteomes bound to fibronectin as detected by Western blot and confirmed by a label-free real-time optical sensor. The sensor that originates from photonic crystal structure in a total-Internal-reflection (PC-TIR) configuration was functionalized with fibronectin for characterizing EF-Tu binding. …”
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An Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search for a Green Vehicle Routing Problem with Depot Sharing by Zixuan Wu, Ping Lou, Jianmin Hu, Yuhang Zeng, Chuannian Fan

“…Furthermore, the experimental results demonstrate that depot sharing significantly reduces carbon emissions, achieving an average optimization rate of 10.1% across all instances compared to returning to the original depot.…”
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Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) seedlings survival in progeny test “Drinić” by Branislav Cvjetković, Milan Mataruga, Mirjana Šijačić-Nikolić, Vladan Ivetić, Vanja Daničić, Srđan Stojnić, Marko Stojanović

“…They also indicate a higher adaptability of population originating from geographically more distant provenances from progeny test, in comparison with closer populations. …”
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SiO2/TiO2 Composite Coating on Light Substrates for Photocatalytic Decontamination of Water by Hana Bíbová, Lenka Hykrdová, Hiep Hoang, Milan Eliáš, Jaromír Jirkovský

“…Three supports of natural origin were used: natural cork, expanded clay (Liapor), and volcanic porous glass (Sorbix). …”
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Roles of the Oxidative Stress and ADMA in the Development of Deep Venous Thrombosis by Meral Ekim, M. Ramazan Sekeroglu, Ragıp Balahoroglu, Halil Ozkol, Hasan Ekim

“…Venous thromboembolism has multifactorial origin and occurs in the context of complex interactions between environmental and genetic predisposing factors. …”
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Evolution of SILS Cholecystectomy in the Caribbean: The Direct Transfascial Puncture Technique Using Conventional Instruments without Working Ports by Shamir O. Cawich, Dexter Thomas, Dale Hassranah, Vijay Naraynsingh

“…In order to contain cost, we used conventional instruments and three transfascial ports placed in an umbilical incision, but we noted significant instrument clashes that originated at the port platforms. Therefore, we modified our technique by omitting ports for the working instruments. …”
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The application of methodological approach to strategic choice and robustness analysis (Case study: Deciding on product sales promotion and advancement) by Mohammadreza Mehregan, Sahar Jafari, Amir Azara, Shirin Zahedi

“…The proposed model was implemented in a case study on decision-making regarding a company's sales promotion strategies.Originality/Value: The current research helps structure and quantify decisions while using research techniques in soft operations, such as the strategic choice approach and robustness analysis.…”
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The Expression Regulation and Cancer-Promoting Roles of RACGAP1 by Jiacheng Lin, Yuhao Zhu, Zhaoping Lin, Jindong Yu, Xiaobing Lin, Weiyuan Lai, Beibei Tong, Liyan Xu, Enmin Li, Lin Long

“…RACGAP1 is a Rho-GTPase-activating protein originally discovered in male germ cells to inactivate Rac, RhoA and Cdc42 from the GTP-bound form to the GDP-bound form. …”
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Painless esophageal rupture in the second stage of labor presenting as surgical emphysema of the neck: a case report by Thomas Hussey, Serena Banh, Stavroula L. Kastora, Hemant Vakharia

“…The majority of reported obstetric cases originate from vomiting in early pregnancy with patients clinically unwell, presenting with acute severe chest pain and shortness of breath. …”
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Prevalence of infection <i>H. pylori</i> in Moscow population by S. V. German, I. Ye. Zykova, A. V. Modestova, N. V. Yermakov

“…Interview of 634 persons have been taken using original questionnaire by random sample.Results. Extremely high prevalence of infection – 88% was found. …”
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Towards Exploring the Influence of Community Structures on Information Dissemination in Sina Weibo Networks by Zhiwei Zhang, Aidong Fang, Lin Cui, Zhenggao Pan, Wanli Zhang, Chengfang Tan, Chao Wang

“…We first generated randomized copies of the IPTs and then mined community structures from the originals and copies for comparison. An in-depth examination of the results in terms of improved significant profile, the length of information propagation path, and the relevance of the nodes in the propagation path indirectly reveals the inhibitory effect of community structures on information propagation.…”
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Research on the Power Recovery of Diesel Engines with Regulated Two-Stage Turbocharging System at Different Altitudes by Hualei Li, Lei Shi, Kangyao Deng

“…In the present study, the change of boost pressure and engine power at different altitudes was investigated, and a regulated two-stage turbocharging system was constructed with an original turbocharger and a matched low pressure turbocharger. …”
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The Stability Analysis of Roadway near Faults under Complex High Stress by Biao Zhang, Huaqiang Zhou, Qingliang Chang, Xu Zhao, Yuantian Sun

“…Based on geological conditions of 3318 working face haulage roadway in Xuchang Coal Mine, as well as the space-time relationship with surrounding gob, theoretical analysis and numerical simulation were used to study the influence of fault structure on the original rock stress of 3318 working face transport roadway. …”
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Does Melanoma Begin in a Melanocyte Stem Cell? by James D. Hoerter, Patrick Bradley, Alexandria Casillas, Danielle Chambers, Brandon Weiswasser, Lauren Clements, Sarah Gilbert, Albert Jiao

“…What is the cellular origin of melanoma? What role do melanocyte stem cells (MSC) and other melanocyte precursors play in the development of melanoma? …”
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Data Inspecting and Denoising Method for Data-Driven Stochastic Subspace Identification by Xiaohang Zhou, Lu Cao, Inamullah Khan, Qiao Li

“…The comparison of the identification results of the original data and improved data was made. The results show that the identification results obtained with the improved data are more accurate, stable, and reliable.…”
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Chaotic Motions in the Real Fuzzy Electronic Circuits by Shih-Yu Li, Cheng-Hsiung Yang, Chin-Teng Lin, Li-Wei Ko, Tien-Ting Chiu

“…In the research field of secure communications, the original source should be blended with other complex signals. …”
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Petrogenesis and geodynamic implication of the newly recorded Cryogenian Suwaj adakitic magmatism at the eastern Arabian-Shield by Mahmoud M. Hassan, Osama K. Dessouky, Abdullah M. Al Shammari, Adeeb N. Al Barakati, Saad M. Al Garni, Mubark M. Al Nahdi, Ashraf N. Al Qubsani, Wadee A. AlKashghari, Sobhi Nasir, Kamal A. Ali, Mahrous Abu El-Enen

“…Tectonically, the Suwaj suite’s origin is attributed to the subduction of the Paleo-Ad-Dawadmi oceanic slab during microplate amalgamation, reflecting an integral part of the Arabian-Nubian Shield’s evolution, underscoring crustal thickening after arc collision.…”
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Constraining Binary Mergers in Active Galactic Nuclei Disks Using the Nonobservation of Lensed Gravitational Waves by Samson H. W. Leong, Justin Janquart, Aditya Kumar Sharma, Paul Martens, Parameswaran Ajith, Otto A. Hannuksela

“…The dense and dynamic environments within active galactic nuclei (AGN) accretion disks may serve as prolific birthplaces for binary black holes (BBHs) and one possible origin for some of the BBHs detected by gravitational-wave (GW) observatories. …”
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Vulvar Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report Highlighting the Aggressive Nature of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Andreea Boiangiu, Ana-Maria Cioca, Gabriel-Petre Gorecki, Romina-Marina Sima, Liana Pleș, Marius-Bogdan Novac, Ionut-Simion Coman, Valentin-Titus Grigorean, Vasile Lungu, Mihai-Teodor Georgescu, George-Alexandru Filipescu

“…In this article, we present the case of a 56-year-old patient diagnosed with clear cell renal carcinoma, who came to our clinic with a lesion on the right labia, which was identified as a metastasis originating from the kidney. Given the rarity of genital metastases in renal cancer, such cases should be examined and discussed to encourage further research and studies.…”
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A Semantic Segmentation Method for Remote Sensing Images Based on an Improved TransDeepLab Model by Jinxin Wang, Manman Wang, Kaiwei Cong, Zilong Qin

“…Using the open-source LoveDA large remote sensing image datasets for the validation experiment, the results show that compared to the original model, the improved model’s MIOU increased by 2.68%, aACC by 3.41%, and mACC by 4.65%. …”
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