Seasonal changes in the viability and abundance of bacterial cells in the snowpack ecosystem of a High Arctic ice cap by Archana Dayal, Andrew Hodson, Marie Šabacká, Alan Smalley

“…In this study, we employed the SYBR-PI dual cell stain to epifluorescence microscopy to enumerate proportions of potentially viable and non-viable bacterial cell populations within a melting snowpack on an ice cap, Foxfonna in Svalbard. …”
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El sector servicios y los delitos informáticos by Marlene del Carmen Peñaloza, Milángela del Carmen Morillo Moreno

“…El sector terciario de la economía se ha acrecentado ante el proceso de globalización de los mercados y el avance de la cibernética, siendo reconocida su contribución al Producto interno Br uto (PiB) y a la generación de empleo mundial. También se han incrementado los delitos a través de ser vicios informáticos lo que pone en riesgo a gran parte de la población. …”
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Efectividad del programa Promoción de alimentación saludable en estudiantes de escuelas públicas del estado de Sonora by Trinidad Quizán Plata, Claudia Anaya Barragán, Julián Esparza Romero, María Esther Orozco García, Armida Espinoza López, Adriana Verónica Bolaños Villar

“…El consumo de los macronutrimentos fue menor (p≤0.05) en el grupo de intervención. El PI tuvo efecto positivo en el consumo de alimentos de los escolares.…”
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P2X7 Receptor Function in Bone-Related Cancer by Elena Adinolfi, Francesca Amoroso, Anna Lisa Giuliani

“…Evidence that P2X7 triggers NFATc1, PI3K/Akt, ROCK, and VEGF pathways in osteoblasts promoting either primary tumor development or osteoblastic lesions is also reported. …”
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A Multilayer Feed Forward Small-World Neural Network Controller and Its Application on Electrohydraulic Actuation System by Xiaohu Li, Feng Xu, Jinhua Zhang, Sunan Wang

“…Being difficult to attain the precise mathematical models, traditional control methods such as proportional integral (PI) and proportional integral differentiation (PID) cannot meet the demands for real time and robustness when applied in some nonlinear systems. …”
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Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure: An Adjunct to Scaling and Root Planing in Moderate to Deep Periodontal Pockets Treatment by Arif Siddiqui, Zoya Chowdhary, Anamika, Disha Gupta, Monika Loitongbam, Vikas Singh

“…The clinical parameters, including the clinical attachment level (CAL), periodontal pocket depth (PPD), gingival index (GI), and plaque index (PI) for both groups were noted, and the information gathered was statistically examined. …”
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Prediction of hemolytic peptides and their hemolytic concentration by Anand Singh Rathore, Nishant Kumar, Shubham Choudhury, Naman Kumar Mehta, Gajendra P. S. Raghava

“…These models outperform existing methods and are implemented in HemoPI2, a web-based platform and standalone software for designing peptides with desired HC50 values ( http://webs.iiitd.edu.in/raghava/hemopi2/ ).…”
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Latent Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Adipose Tissue by I. S. Stafeev, A. V. Vorotnikov, E. I. Ratner, M. Y. Menshikov, Ye. V. Parfyonova

“…We further hypothesize that insulin-activated PI3-kinase pathway and inflammatory signaling mediated by several IκB kinases may constitute negative feedback leading to insulin resistance at least in the fat tissue. …”
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Scaling Analysis on Pulsating Flame Spread over Liquids by Kozue Takahashi, Akihiko Ito, Yuji Kudo, Tadashi Konishi, Kozo Saito

“…These three influences form two independent pi-numbers: the Marangoni (Ma) number and Grashof (Gr) number, which include the characteristic length scale ratio (depth of subsurface circulation)/(horizontal length of preheated liquid surface). …”
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Microbially produced imidazole propionate impairs prostate cancer progression through PDZK1 by Shengkai Jin, Yuhua Zhou, Jing Lv, Yichen Lu, Yuwei Zhang, Menglu Li, Ninghan Feng

“…Mechanistic studies indicate that IMP exerts its effects by upregulating PDZK1 expression, which subsequently inhibits the phosphorylation of the PI3K-AKT pathway. Conclusions In conclusion, IMP significantly inhibits the progression of PCa, offering new insights into potential treatments for CRPC.…”
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Construct validity test on the Indonesian version of Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale (CDSES) by P. Tommy Y. S. Suyasa, Jessyca Jessyca, Felita Oktaviani, Amala Fahditia

“…A construct validation analysis was carried out, incorporating the NEO-PI instruments developed by Costa & McCrae in 1992 into CDSES-Indonesia version. …”
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Multivariate Cox regression analysis of prognostic genes and therapeutic mechanisms of gastric cancer by Yangyang Xiao, Zhiru Zhong, Chunli Yang, Zhiying Lin

“…Functional enrichment analysis showed that KG was mainly involved in cell adhesion molecules, adhesion spots and PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. KG may be a potential therapeutic target for gastric cancer.…”
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Multi-Scale Robotics: A Numerical Investigation on Mobile Micro-Tweezers for Micro-Manipulation with Extreme Requirements by Ahmet Fatih Tabak

“…The said magnetic field is articulated by an open-kinematic chain controlled with a simple adaptive PI-control scheme. A vortex is formed as the spherical particle, assumed to be submerged under the surface of fluid, and follows the position and orientation of the external magnetic field. …”
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Trifolirhizin: A Phytochemical with Multiple Pharmacological Properties by Varun Jaiswal, Hae-Jeung Lee

“…Mechanistic studies of trifolirhizin showed that it could act on important target genes and pathways such as the NF-κB-MAPK, EGFR-MAPK, AMPK/mTOR, and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways. These pathways are also implicated in various other diseases, suggesting the potential of trifolirhizin in therapeutic applications. …”
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Advanced Facial Recognition Systems for Real-Time Embedded Applications by Guerbaoui Mohammed, Misbah Nouhaila, Selmani Abdelouahed, El Faiz Samira, Benhala Bachir, Ed-Dahhak Abdelali, Lachhab Abdeslam

“…Leveraging the Intel RealSense 415 camera connected to a Raspberry Pi 3. An introduction to Haar Cascading models is provided, highlighting their advantages, particularly their ability to ensure acceptable levels of accuracy for facial recognition in unseen image collections. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Salivary Ferritin Levels as a Predictor Inflammatory Biomarker Before and After Non Surgical Periodontal Therapy- An Interventional Study by Saurabh Tembhurne, Sachin K. Malagi, Dennis V. Abraham, Kshitibhushan S. Pandaw, Arundhuti Mahato, Priyal Agrawal

“…The experimental group underwent nonsurgical periodontal therapy, with clinical parameters [plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), oral hygiene index-simplified (OHIS), bleeding point index (BPI), probing pocket depth (PPD), and clinical attachment level (CAL)] recorded before and one month after therapy. …”
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Leave or stay? A narrative inquiry of tensions in novice English teachers’ professional identity construction at China’s private universities by Xiangchen Zhang, Xiangchen Zhang

“…Participants reconciled three selves and adopted two approaches (assimilation and dissimilation) to navigate PI tensions. Policy makers are suggested to offer a well-established identity policy and sufficient research funding to facilitate the academic development of both private universities and teachers there. …”
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First-Order and High-Order Repetitive Control for Single-Phase Grid-Connected Inverter by Cheng Guo, Linzhen Zhong, Jun Zhao, Guanbin Gao, Yingbo Huang

“…The main idea of this paper is to develop a composite control including a PI control and repetitive control for a single-phase grid-connected inverter to eliminate the effects of harmonics, which can obtain better steady-state and dynamic responses of the single-phase inverter system and reduce the net current harmonics. …”
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Tissue damage-tracking control system for image-guided photothermal therapy of cancer by Mauricio Céspedes Tenorio, Carlos A. Wattson Sánchez, Diego S. Dumani, Diego S. Dumani

“…Two separate control algorithms (fuzzy logic and PI) were designed and tested in silico using simulations made in MATLAB® and Python. …”
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Cloud microphysical response to entrainment of dry air containing aerosols by Jae Min Yeom, Hamed Fahandezh Sadi, Jesse C. Anderson, Fan Yang, Will Cantrell, Raymond A. Shaw

“…Here we investigate the cloud microphysical responses to the entrainment of aerosol-laden air in the Pi convection-cloud chamber. Results show that cloud droplet number concentration increases and mean radius of droplets decreases, which leads to narrower droplet size distribution and smaller relative dispersion. …”
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