Second-Hand Smoke Increases Bronchial Hyperreactivity and Eosinophilia in a Murine Model of Allergic Aspergillosis by Brian W. P. Seymour, Edward S. Schelegle, Kent E. Pinkerton, Kathleen E. Friebertshauser, Janice L. Peake, Viswanath P. Kurup, Robert L. Coffman, Laurel J. Gershwin

“…This study was carried out to determine the effect of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) on a murine model of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). …”
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Acute Renal Replacement Therapy in Children with Diarrhea-Associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Single Center 16 Years of Experience by Silviu Grisaru, Melissa A. Morgunov, Susan M. Samuel, Julian P. Midgley, Andrew W. Wade, James B. Tee, Lorraine A. Hamiwka

“…We describe our single center's experience managing 134 pediatric patients with D+HUS out of whom 58 (43%) required ARRT over the past 16 years. …”
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Digital Image Correlation and Reliability-Based Methods for the Design of Structural Beams Made from Recycled Concrete Using Aggregates from Precast Rejects by Jorge López-Rebollo, Evelio Teijón-López-Zuazo, Roberto García-Martin, Luis Javier Sánchez-Aparicio, Diego González-Aguilera

“…From these data, a predictive analysis of the maximum strength and deflection of flexural beams is carried out based on robust design techniques. This approach uses analytical theoretical models and a Monte Carlo-based simulation strategy that allows the prediction of the behaviour of the beams. …”
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Review—Recent Progress in Materials Development for Electrochemical Gas Sensors by Kening Lang, Tianyi Liu, Rishi J. Patel, Mark L. Ballentine, Alan J. Kennedy, Wu-Sheng Shih, Adam Scotch, Jiadeng Zhu

“…Among them, electrochemical gas sensors stand out due to their high sensitivity, selectivity, and portability. …”
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A next-generation Fab library platform directly yielding drug-like antibodies with high affinity, diversity, and developability by Fortunato Ferrara, Adeline Fanni, Andre A. R. Teixeira, Esteban Molina, Camila Leal-Lopes, Ashley DeAguero, Sara D’Angelo, M. Frank Erasmus, Laura Spector, Luis Antonio Rodriguez Carnero, Jianquan Li, Thomas J. Pohl, Nikolai Suslov, Klervi Desrumeaux, Conor McMahon, Sagar Kathuria, Andrew R. M. Bradbury

“…The platform design was based on the use of clinical antibodies as scaffolds into which replicated natural complementarity-determining regions purged of sequence liabilities were inserted, and the use of phage and yeast display to carry out antibody selection. In addition to being developable, antibodies generated using our platform were extremely diverse, with most campaigns yielding sub-nanomolar binders. …”
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γδ T Cells’ Role in Donor-Specific Antibody Generation: Insights From Transplant Recipients and Experimental Models by Xavier Charmetant, Xavier Charmetant, Xavier Charmetant, Guillaume Rigault, Chien-Chia Chen, Hannah Kaminski, Hannah Kaminski, Jonathan Visentin, Jonathan Visentin, Benjamin Taton, Gabriel Marseres, Virginie Mathias, Alice Koenig, Alice Koenig, Alice Koenig, Thomas Barba, Thomas Barba, Thomas Barba, Pierre Merville, Pierre Merville, Stéphanie Graff-Dubois, Emmanuel Morelon, Emmanuel Morelon, Emmanuel Morelon, Julie Déchanet-Merville, Valérie Dubois, Jean-Paul Duong van Huyen, Lionel Couzi, Lionel Couzi, Olivier Thaunat, Olivier Thaunat, Olivier Thaunat

“…Coculture models demonstrated that activated γδ T cells were unable to promote the differentiation of B cells into plasma cells, ruling out that they can be “surrogate” TFH. In line with this, γδ T cells preferentially localized outside the B cell follicles, in the T cell area of lymph nodes, suggesting that they could instead act as “antigen-presenting cell” (APC) to prime αβ TFH. …”
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Stretchable Full‐Color Phosphorescent PVA‐Based Ionogels for Multimodal Sensing‐Visual Integration Applications by Xuefeng Wei, Zexi Gou, Jianting Ye, L. H. Shi, Jianwei Zhao, Lei Yang, Linbo Zhang, Kun Zhang, Ruonan Jia

“…Here, a facile strategy is reported to enhance the toughness and extend the RTP of ionogels by salting‐out‐induced microphase separation, which results in the formation of an IL‐rich phase (soft) for stretching and ionic conduction and a polymer‐rich phase (stiff) for energy dissipation and clustering‐triggered phosphorescence. …”
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A Low-Power DNN Accelerator With Mean-Error-Minimized Approximate Signed Multiplier by Laimin Du, Leibin Ni, Xiong Liu, Guanqi Peng, Kai Li, Wei Mao, Hao Yu

“…At the same time, we explored the PPM truncation method, found out the impact of different partial product (PP) truncation numbers on circuit benefit and error, and achieved a more ideal performance-error tradeoff through a reasonable error compensation method. …”
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Influence of Duodenal–Jejunal Implantation on Glucose Dynamics: A Pilot Study Using Different Nonlinear Methods by David Cuesta-Frau, Daniel Novák, Vacláv Burda, Daniel Abasolo, Tricia Adjei, Manuel Varela, Borja Vargas, Milos Mraz, Petra Kavalkova, Marek Benes, Martin Haluzik

“…Other metrics also yielded significant classification accuracy results, all above 70%, provided a suitable parameter configuration was chosen. With the Leave–One–Out method, the results were very similar, between 72% and 82% classification accuracy. …”
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Investigation of Chemokine Receptor CCR2V64Il Gene Polymorphism and Migraine without Aura in the Iranian Population by Alireza Zandifar, Maryam Taheriun, Samira Soleimani, Faraidoon Haghdoost, Mohamadhasan Tajaddini, Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard

“…For measuring the severity of headache, every patient filled out the MIGSEV questionnaire. Results. There were no significant differences in the distribution of both 64Il allele and heterozygote (GA) genotype of CCR2 gene polymorphism (P=0.396; OR=0.92, 95% CI = 0.50–1.67 and P=0.388; OR=0.91, 95% CI = 0.47–1.73, resp.) between case and control groups. …”
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Oil-Based Drilling Fluid Plugging Method for Strengthening Wellbore Stability of Shale Gas by Pengcheng Wu, Chengxu Zhong, Zhengtao Li, Zhen Zhang, Zhiyuan Wang, Weian Huang

“…Finding out the reasons for wellbore instability in the Longmaxi Formation and Wufeng Formation and putting forward drilling fluid technical countermeasures to strengthen and stabilize the wellbore are very crucial to horizontal drilling. …”
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Impact of Alternative Diets on Athletes: Analyzing Influence on Athletic Performance by Jolanta Mędyk, Michał Rogulski, Yauheniya Patarocha, Aleksandra Ślusarska, Paulina Błasiak, Małgorzata Wirkijowska, Patryk Mikołajec, Ruslan Huk, Barbara Bilecka, Jakub Wirkijowski

“…Overall, plant-based diets stand out as offering the most favorable combination of health advantages and performance support. …”
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Effects of various manufacturing parameters and test temperature and crosshead displacement rate on the peel resistance of UHMWPE composites by Omar Banabila, Noora Alahmed, Rubayea Alameri, Rafael Santiago, Kamran A. Khan, Wesley J. Cantwell

“…Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis revealed the primary failure mechanisms, including fiber pull-out, localized matrix ductility, and fiber fracture across all tested samples. …”
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The system dynamic model of the labor migrant policy in economic growth affected by COVID-19 by S. Kozlovskyi, D. Bilenko, M. Kuzheliev, R. Lavrov, V. Kozlovskyi, H. Mazur, A. Taranych

“…The analysis was carried out in four European countries. The results of the study enabled to state that without migrant workers the gross domestic product may fall to 43% in Italy, 45% in Netherlands, 37% in Spain and 200% in Switzerland in 2020.…”
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A Comprehensive Review of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications in Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) by Sogol Attaripour Esfahani, Nima Baba Ali, Juan M. Farina, Isabel G. Scalia, Milagros Pereyra, Mohammed Tiseer Abbas, Niloofar Javadi, Nadera N. Bismee, Fatmaelzahraa E. Abdelfattah, Kamal Awad, Omar H. Ibrahim, Hesham Sheashaa, Timothy Barry, Robert L. Scott, Chadi Ayoub, Reza Arsanjani

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> We systematically searched PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science for original studies on AI applications in PH, using predefined keywords. Out of more than 500 initial articles, 45 relevant studies were selected. …”
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Antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of 2-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidines by Sarosh Iqbal, Shahida Perveen, M. Iqbal Choudhary, Musarrat Jabeen, Shumaila Kiran, Faiza Qayyum, Khalid Mohammed Khan

“…Cytotoxicity was also performed to evaluate the cytotoxicity on PC3 cells. Out of twenty-five, twenty-two compounds exhibited IC50 values in the range of 3.32 ± 0.08 – 167 ± 0.7 µM in superoxide anion assay. …”
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Antifungal and Antibacterial Activities of Apple Vinegar of Different Cultivars by Driss Ousaaid, Hassan Laaroussi, Meryem Bakour, Hayat Ennaji, Badiaa Lyoussi, Ilham El Arabi

“…The acidity and total phenolic content were carried out by titration with NaOH 0.1 N and the Folin–Ciocalteu method, respectively, while the spread plate method, agar well diffusion, and MIC assays were used to determine the antimicrobial activities of different vinegar samples. …”
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Brucella abortus Strain RB51 Vaccine: Immune Response after Calfhood Vaccination and Field Investigation in Italian Cattle Population by Manuela Tittarelli, Barbara Bonfini, Fabrizio De Massis, Armando Giovannini, Mauro Di Ventura, Donatella Nannini, Vincenzo Caporale

“…A field investigation was carried out on 26,975 sera collected on regional basis from the Italian cattle population. …”
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Level of Pest Infestation on Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) Variety BL-50 in Tanah Datar Regency, West Sumatera Province, Indonesia by Zahlul Ikhsan, Muhammad Al-Ikhlas, Yaherwandi, Hasmiandy Hamid, Aulia Oktavia, Dandy Ahamefula Osibe

“…This research is in the form of a survey with a purposive sampling method. Sampling is carried out systematically diagonally in the field. The highest attack rate of Cocoa Fruit Borer in Tanah Datar Regency is in Rambatan District, with the percentage of affected plants, the percentage of infested fruits, and the highest attack intensity, respectively 51,.25%; 31.58% and 21.10%, the lowest were in Lintau Buo Utara District with 30.93%; 20.70% and 13.96%. …”
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Syndemic, mental health and living with dependent persons in Latin America and Spain: a study with a gender perspective by Natalia López-Contreras, Tomás López-Jiménez, Laura Medina-Perucha, Brenda Biaani León-Gómez, Alessandra Queiroga Gonçalves, Olivia Janett Horna-Campos, Maria Sol Anigstein, Jakeline Ribeiro Barbosa, Mariana Pastorello Verotti, Olga Bardales-Mendoza, Karen M. Arteaga-Contreras, Anna Berenguera, Andrés Peralta, Constanza Jacques-Aviñó

“…The analyses were stratified by sex and country. Results Out of a total of 39,006 people, 18,040 reported living with minors and/or dependents (73% women). …”
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