Incidence and Clinical Significance of De Novo Donor Specific Antibodies after Kidney Transplantation by Sophia Lionaki, Konstantinos Panagiotellis, Aliki Iniotaki, John N. Boletis

“…Despite these advances, chronic allograft dysfunction remains a major problem. Among other reasons, de novo formation of antibodies against donor human leukocyte antigens has been recognized as one of the major risk factors for reduced allograft survival. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Mining-Induced Damage in Adjacent Tunnels Based on FLAC3D by Guorui Wang, Peixian Li, Qiang Wu, Ximin Cui, Zhixiang Tan

“…The tunnels have been damaged three times between 2014 and 2016. To evaluate the reasons for the damage, fast Lagrangian analysis of continua in three dimensions (FLAC3D) was used to simulate the underground coal-mine excavation yearly from 2012 to 2015. …”
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Energy Management Strategy for Direct Current Microgrids with Consideration of Photovoltaic Power Tracking Optimization by Fudong Li, Zonghao Shi, Zhihao Zhu, Yongjun Gan

“…The results indicate that the proposed energy management strategy can maintain the SOC of the hybrid energy storage system at a reasonable level and effectively smooth DC bus voltage fluctuations.…”
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Carbon nanodots from used green tea biochar: antibacterial applications and antibiofilm carbon coatings by E. Elsa Sharon, Jae-Wook Oh, Judy Gopal

“…Green tea has been famous and well-known for various reasons, its value has been recognized from time immemorial for its bioactivity. …”
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Chefs Evaluate Syrup from the Wild Bigleaf Maple (<i>Acer macrophyllum</i>): A New Artisanal Food from Pacific Northwest Forests by Lisa M. L. Price, Ann Colonna, Eric T. Jones

“…We discuss in detail (1) the complexity of flavor; (2) the most likely use of bigleaf maple syrup in various foods or as a sweetener; (3) and the four most important reasons for purchasing bigleaf maple syrup consisting of both environmental and taste attributes.…”
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Simulating the Formation of Blasting-Excavation-Induced Zonal Integration in Deep Tunnels with an Elastoplastic Damage Model by Qiang Gao, Chuanxiao Liu, Jian Zhang, Guangtan Cheng

“…The coupling effect of the blasting load and the initial geostress transient unloading leads to the variation of alternation oscillation in the surrounding rock stress field, which is an important reason for the zonal disintegration of the surrounding rock. …”
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Research on Risk Prediction of Condiments Based on Gray Correlation Analysis – Deep Neural Networks by Miao Zhang, Yiran Wan, Haiyang He, Yuanjia Hu, Changhong Zhang, Jingyuan Nie, Yanlei Wu, Kaiying Deng, Xun Lei, Xianliang Huang

“…This method can provide a more reasonable basis for relevant departments to formulate risk control strategies.…”
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Synthetic Vesicle-Based Drug Delivery Systems for Oral Disease Therapy: Current Applications and Future Directions by Pengjie Huang, Weichang Li, Jiezhong Guan, Yibing Jia, Dan Wang, Yurun Chen, Niu Xiao, Songyue Ou, Yan Wang, Bo Yang

“…It further explores the reasons for their advantages and limitations and discusses the specific applications, development prospects, and strategies for optimizing these vesicle-based systems for improved clinical outcomes.…”
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Numerical Simulation of Water-Based Alumina Nanofluid in Subchannel Geometry by Mohammad Nazififard, Mohammadreza Nematollahi, Khosrow Jafarpur, Kune Y. Suh

“…The friction factor shows a reasonable agreement with the classical correlation used for such normal fluid as the Blasius formula. …”
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The Effect of CuO on the Thermal Behavior of the High-Energy Combustion Agent of the Al/MnO2 System by Hao Wang, Tao Guo, Wen Ding, Miao Yao, Xiang Fang, Jia-xing Song

“…Then, in order to find out the underlying reasons, CuO effects on the thermal behavior of Al/MnO2 system were analyzed via theoretical calculations of Gibbs free energy and enthalpy changes. …”
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Coil optimization methods for a planar coil stellarator by T.G. Kruger, M.F. Martin, D.A. Gates, the Thea Energy Team

“…As a proof-of-concept, it is shown that by optimizing both types of coils, subject to realistic engineering constraints, reasonable magnetic field errors of ∼1% have been achieved. …”
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Assessment of Future Possible Meteorological Drought for Isparta Province by Tahsin Baykal, Dilek Taylan, Özlem Terzi

“…Drought is a disaster that occurs over long periods of time for large areas compared to other natural disasters. For this reason, it is important to forecast the drought and take precautions. …”
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Reliability assessment of electrical equipment of metallurgical plant for separate sections in relation to types of technological production by Yu. N. Kondrashova, A. V. Shalimov, A. M. Markina, A. M. Tretiakov

“…The analysis of the static data of outages showed that the main reasons of power supply failure are short circuits, imposing of several factors and unexplained circumstances, and 70 % of all failures are in cable lines, 25 % — overhead lines and 5 % — failures of power transformers. …”
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THE EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC VARIABLES ON HEALTH EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA AND LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH: PANEL DATA ANALYSIS FOR MIDDLE TOP INCOME COUNTRIES by Ümit Çıraklı, Osman Şenol, Durmuş Gökkaya

“…With the increase in globalization, the interdependence of countries, income inequalities and their reasons and their reflections on different areas, especially health services, have been the subject of many studies. …”
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Examining the Impact of Nitrous Acid Chemistry on Ozone and PM over the Pearl River Delta Region by Rui Zhang, Golam Sarwar, Jimmy C. H. Fung, Alexis K. H. Lau, Yuanhang Zhang

“…Compared with available observed data, the model performance for NOx, SO2, PM10, and sulfate is reasonably good; however, predictions of HONO are an order of magnitude lower than observed data. …”
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Site Assessment for Astroparticle Detector Location in Evaporites of the Polkowice-Sieroszowice Copper Ore Mine, Poland by Jaroslaw Slizowski, Zenon Pilecki, Kazimierz Urbanczyk, Elzbieta Pilecka, Leszek Lankof, Rafal Czarny

“…The displacements indicated at the chamber contour are the reason that the alternative location in the anhydrite layer was more advantageous.…”
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Stability and Control of Retracement Channels in Thin Seam Working Faces with Soft Roof by Binbin Qin, Fulian He, Xiaobing Zhang, Xuhui Xu, Wei Wang, Liang Li, Chen Dou

“…The relationship between the working resistance of the hydraulic support and the sinking rotation angle of the immediate roof was analyzed, and a reasonable time for the arrangement of the retracement channel was determined. …”
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Unemployment During the Recent COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring the Perspective of Fresh Graduates from a Developing Nation by Momen Md. Abdul, Shahriar Shamsul Huq Bin, Naher Nazmun, Nowrin Nafisa

“…It is hard for recent graduates to get jobs because of economic and personal reasons during this pandemic. On the other hand, the study does not think that social issues play a significant role. …”
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Loading-Rate Dependency of Young’s Modulus for Class I and Class II Rocks by Hailong Zhang, Seisuke Okubo, Cancan Chen, Yang Tang, Jiang Xu

“…The increase in the irrecoverable strain was delayed at high loading rates, which was concluded to be the main reason for the increase in Young’s modulus with an increasing loading rate.…”
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Platelet Rich Plasma in the Treatment of Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: Personal Experience and Review of the Literature by F. Longo, A. Guida, C. Aversa, E. Pavone, G. Di Costanzo, L. Ramaglia, F. Ionna

“…Recently, osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) caused by chemotherapeutic not belonging to BPs drug class has been reported. For this reason, it has been proposed recently to rename BRONJ in antiresorptive agents related osteonecrosis of the jaw (ARONJ), to include a wider spectrum of drugs that may cause osteonecrosis of the jaw. …”
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