Comparative genomic analysis revealed that dietary habits affected the adaptation of Bifidobacterium bifidum to the intestinal tract in different geographic populations by Min Li, Jie Yu, Weicheng Li, Qiong Wu, Jiaqi Sun, Zhihong Sun

“…Dietary habits were one of the main reasons for the differences of B. bifidum across different geographical populations. …”
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HIV RNA Suppression and Immune Restoration: Can We Do Better? by Marilia Rita Pinzone, Michelino Di Rosa, Bruno Cacopardo, Giuseppe Nunnari

“…HAART has significantly changed the natural history of HIV infection: patients receiving antiretrovirals are usually able to control viremia, even though not all virological responders adequately recover their CD4+ count. The reasons for poor immune restoration are only partially known and they include genetic, demographic and immunologic factors. …”
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Recognition mechanism and sequence optimization of organophosphorus pesticides aptamers for better monitoring contaminations in food by Pengfei Chen, Chaoqiong Hu, Xuan Tao, Zheng Zhou, Lijun Wang, Xiao Yang, Zhenming Che, Xianggui Chen, Yukun Huang

“…Based on the docking results, a new aptamer for detection 4 representative OPPs with only 29 bases was designed by reasonable truncation and mutation of the reported aptamer (named S4-29). …”
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Superior strength-ductility synergy in ultrafine-grained Al–5Mg alloy by Aydar M. Mavlyutov, Demid A. Kirilenko, Aleksandr A. Levin, Maxim Yu. Murashkin, Dinislam I. Sadykov, Tatiana S. Orlova

“…Based on the microstructural changes during the DHT process, the physical reasons for the outstanding combination of strength and ductility are analyzed.…”
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Faculty Salary Structure for Publicly Funded Higher Education Institutions of the Russian Federation by Y. V. Dolzhenkova, A. L. Safonov, A. A. Chub

“…They are a significant reduction in the number of teaching staff, a substantial part of the old-age staff, an increase in the total workload and extracurricular work. The most important reason of the described problems is the issue of remuneration. …”
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Detecting Community Structures in Networks by Label Propagation with Prediction of Percolation Transition by Aiping Zhang, Guang Ren, Yejin Lin, Baozhu Jia, Hui Cao, Jundong Zhang, Shubin Zhang

“…We propose a label propagation algorithm with prediction of percolation transition (LPAp). After analyzing the reason for multiple solutions of LPA, by transforming the process of community detection into network construction process, a trivial solution in label propagation is considered as a giant component in the percolation transition. …”
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Phytochemical and Antibacterial Investigations of the Extracts and Fractions from the Stem Bark of Hymenaea stigonocarpa Mart. ex Hayne and Effect on Ultrastructure of Staphylococc... by Gustavo Santiago Dimech, Luiz Alberto Lira Soares, Magda Assunção Ferreira, Anne Gabrielle Vasconcelos de Oliveira, Maria da Conceição Carvalho, Eulália Azevedo Ximenes

“…The presence of phenolic compounds like flavonoids and tannins is possibly the reason for the antimicrobial activity.…”
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Association between Dental Caries and Obesity in Children and Young People: A Narrative Review by Abdulmonem A. Alshihri, Helen J. Rogers, Mohammed A. Alqahtani, Mohammed S. Aldossary

“…Furthermore, to consider the possible reasons behind this relationship. Methods. A database search for papers published between January 2015 and May 2018, inclusive, addressing the association between obesity and dental caries was conducted. …”
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Research on the Indoor Thermal Environment of Industrial Architectural Heritage Based on Human Thermal Comfort—A Case Study in Hefei (China) During Winter by Qiguo Li, Yao Zhang, Chao Wen

“…This paper compares the neutral temperature, comfortable temperature range, and duration of thermal comfort at different times for the research objects; analyzes the reasons for the differences in the results; and draws conclusions from the comparative analysis, providing a theoretical basis for the practice of comfortable environment transformation of industrial architectural heritage.…”
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A Review on Pineapple Leaves Fibre and Its Composites by M. Asim, Khalina Abdan, M. Jawaid, M. Nasir, Zahra Dashtizadeh, M. R. Ishak, M. Enamul Hoque

“…A detailed study of chemical, physical, and mechanical properties will bring out logical and reasonable utilization of PALF for various applications. …”
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Evaluation of the PANS method for the prediction of the fluid flow in a cyclone separator by Bitar, Zaher, Uystepruyst, David, Beaubert, François, Méresse, Damien, Morin, Céline

“…Compared to experimental and numerical results of a literature review, this model predicts reasonably the time-averaged tangential and axial velocity fields, and more accurately the pressure drop across the cyclone in shorter CPU times. …”
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The Impact of the Adjustment Concept on the Benchmarks' Height Accuracy by Blaženka Bukač, Ivan Razumović, Nevio Rožić

“…Any kind of correlation between the observations as well as the correlation of fixed heights is often neglected for pragmatical reasons. Also, given heights are usually assumed error-free when in reality they possess a certain level of accuracy. …”
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Renal Angiomyolipoma Mimicking a Well-Differentiated Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma by Honoka Fuse, Masaya Ito, Kosuke Takemura, Shuzo Ikuta, Toru Motoi, Tomotake Okuma, Madoka Kataoka, Fumitaka Koga

“…However, she declined to undergo biopsy for financial reasons. She underwent kidney-sparing retroperitoneal tumor resection. …”
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On the Prediction of the Sideslip Angle Using Dynamic Neural Networks by Raffaele Marotta, Salvatore Strano, Mario Terzo, Ciro Tordela

“…In particular, a large sideslip angle can cause the vehicle to experience oversteer or understeer, which can lead to loss of control and potentially result in an accident. For this reason, it is necessary to constantly monitor this quantity while driving in order to implement appropriate action if necessary. …”
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Failure Mode of Deep-Buried Rectangular Chamber and Upper Bound Solution of Surrounding Rock Pressure by Daobing Zhang, Linhai Zeng, Zhilin Lv, Xiaochuan Yu, Chang Liu, Anming Jiang, Xianyong Jiang, Qi Li, Yongxiang Yang

“…In order to obtain more reasonable failure modes and more precise surrounding rock pressures of deep-buried underground rectangular chambers, the failure mode of a “wedge-shaped collapse body + arc rotator + logarithmic spiral rotator” deep-buried chamber is constructed based on the analysis of existing failure mode. …”
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A Coupled Calculation Suite for Atucha II Operational Transients Analysis by Oscar Mazzantini, Miguel Schivo, Julián Di Césare, Ricardo Garbero, Matías Rivero, Germán Theler

“…While more than a decade ago reactor and thermal hydraulic calculations were tedious and often needed a lot of approximations and simplifications that forced the designers to take a very conservative approach, computational resources available nowadays allow engineers to cope with increasingly complex problems in a reasonable time. The use of best-estimate calculations provides tools to justify convenient engineering margins, reduces costs, and maximises economic benefits. …”
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Evaluation of Tumor Viability for Primary and Bone Metastases in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Using Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Hiromichi Iwamura, Yasuhiro Kaiho, Jun Ito, Go Anan, Nozomi Satani, Tomonori Matsuura, Ryo Tamura, Kazuhiro Murakami, Kaneki Koyama, Makoto Sato

“…Based on these findings, we reasoned that viable tumor cells inducing disease progression may primarily exist in the primary lesions and not in the metastatic lesions, and combined prostate radiotherapy and systemic hormonal therapy resulted in successful clinical response and disease control. …”
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Northern Hemisphere Climatology and Interannual Variability of Storm Tracks in NCEP’s CFS Model by Timothy Paul Eichler, Francisco Alvarez, Jon Gottschalck

“…The CFS storm tracks exhibit a reasonable response to El Niño and the NAO. However, it did not capture interannual variability for the IOD. …”
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A Displacement-Based Theory for Predicting the Support Force on the Shield Tunneling Surface in Sandy Soil Layers by Guang Sun, Han Liu, Zhiyuan Guo, Ranjie Li, Tao Li

“…The comparison and analysis between the numerical simulation calculation and the theoretical analysis indicate that the deduced calculation equation for the excavation surface support force based on the displacement earth pressure is reasonable.…”
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Unearthing the burden of melioidosis in North India – an emerging threat in a non-endemic region by Shweta Raina, Disha Gautam, Rohit Kumar, Kavita Sisodia, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Harpreet Kaur, Mohammed Ashiq, Rushika Saksena

“…The present article describes various aspects of melioidosis in North India including diverse clinical manifestations, risk factors, and possible reasons for misdiagnosis and underreporting.…”
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