Abnormal Baseline Brain Activity in Patients with Pulsatile Tinnitus: A Resting-State fMRI Study by Lv Han, Liu Zhaohui, Yan Fei, Li Ting, Zhao Pengfei, Du Wang, Dong Cheng, Guo Pengde, Han Xiaoyi, Wang Xiao, Li Rui, Wang Zhenchang

“…The abnormalities of spontaneous brain activity reflected by ALFF measurements in the absence of structural changes may provide insights into the neural reorganization in PT patients.…”
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Torque visuomotor feedback training versus standard eccentric exercise for the management of patellar tendinopathy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by David Evans, Francesco Negro, Michail Arvanitidis, Eduardo Martinez-Valdes, Ragul Selvamoorthy, Patricio Pincheira

“…Lastly, we aim to compare these dynamics and structural changes between healthy controls and individuals with PT.Methods Thirty two individuals with PT and twenty six healthy controls will be recruited. …”
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A framework to comprehensively assess lake health from a perspective of ecosystem integrity and services by Zhixuan Zhao, Fangfei Wei, Haotian Wu, Miao Yang, Xin Jin, Pengzhe Wang, Qing Wang

“…The index system consists of five dimensions: organism structural integrity, habitat structural integrity, matter process integrity, hydrological process integrity, and social services function. …”
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A Calorimetric Characterization of Cr(VI)-Reducing Arthrobacter oxydans at Different Phases of the Cell Growth Cycle by Nugzar G. Bakradze, Marina K. Abuladze, Victor M. Sokhadze, Nina V. Asatiani, Nelly A. Sapojnikova, Tamara M. Kartvelishvili, Emma N. Namchevadze, Nelly Y. Tsibakhashvili, Leila V. Tabatadze, Lia V. Lejava, Hoi-Ying Holman

“…This may correspond to the orderly changes in subcellular structural elements: proteins, ribosomes and RNA, membranes, and various structural elements of the cell wall during different points of the growth cycle and growth conditions. …”
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Influence of Second-Trimester Ultrasound Markers for Down Syndrome in Pregnant Women of Advanced Maternal Age by Mariza Rumi Kataguiri, Edward Araujo Júnior, Luiz Claudio Silva Bussamra, Luciano Marcondes Machado Nardozza, Antonio Fernandes Moron

“…Increased nuchal fold (P<0.001) and structural malformation (P<0.001) were the markers most associated with Down syndrome. …”
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Characterization of demethylating DNA glycosylase ROS1 from Nicotiana tabacum L. by D. V. Petrova, N. V. Permyakova, I. R. Grin, D. O. Zharkov

“…Using homologous modeling, we have constructed a structural model of NtROS1, which revealed folding characteristic of DNA glycosylases of the helix– hairpin–helix structural superfamily. …”
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1.4 nm gold nanoparticle-antibody conjugates for in situ gold immunolabelling after transduction into living human cells by Groysbeck, Nadja, Haeberlé, Anne Marie, Ory, Stéphane, Hanss, Victor, Eltsov, Mikhael, Schultz, Patrick, Zuber, Guy

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Evaluating the role of environmental advertising on the use of eye movements towards the brand by Seyed Hamid Mir Motahari, Sina Nematizadeh, Seyed Abbas Heydari

“…The results obtained from the coefficients of structural equations based on the effect of advertising structure on value creation show that the value (t = 2.19) for this parameter is out of range. …”
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Influence of Foundation Pit Excavation and Precipitation on Settlement of Surrounding Buildings by Hongming Wei

“…The deformation law of the retaining structure, the calculation results of precipitation and nonprecipitation, and different excavation methods will be analyzed and compared. …”
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Tracking over 30 years of coral reef infrastructure degradation in Barbados by Aliyah Griffith, Max Buglisi, Sandra Lee, Karl Castillo

“…This study focuses on coral reef structure in Barbados, where a previous study documented reef degradation in the 1990s. …”
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Brain Stroke Detection by Microwaves Using Prior Information from Clinical Databases by Natalia Irishina, Aurora Torrente

“…For breast cancer detection, the iterative algorithm of structural inversion with level sets provides well-defined boundaries and incorporates an intrinsic regularization, which permits to discover small lesions. …”
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Permeability Properties of Crushed Stone Aggregates in Bedding Course of Urban Permeable Roads: An Experimental Study by Rongrong Mao, Haiyan Yang

“…Therefore, ensuring the structural stability of permeable road necessitates careful selection of the gradation and compaction for the crushed stone aggregate. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Analysis of the Shear Behavior of Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete Construction Joints by Hyun-O. Jang, Han-Seung Lee, Keunhee Cho, Jinkyu Kim

“…Test results indicate that the geometry of contact surfaces greatly affects shear performance of the construction joint. With simplifying structural behavior of contact surfaces and UHPC substrate, the finite-element analysis model is developed for every case studied by utilizing the ABAQUS software and validated against the test results. …”
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Mechanisms and Clinical Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias following Blunt Chest Trauma by Daniel H. Wolbrom, Aleef Rahman, Cory M. Tschabrunn

“…Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia can develop in the chronic stage due to underlying structural heart disease long after blunt chest injury. …”
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Design and Optimization of a Triangular Shear Piezoelectric Acceleration Sensor for Microseismic Monitoring by Yannan Shi, Shuaishuai Jiang, Yang Liu, Yiying Wang, Penglei Qi

“…The structural and material parameters related to natural frequency and sensitivity are analyzed. …”
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Effectiveness of Wood Vinegar from Tobacco Stalk on Termite Resistance in Bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper Backer) by Okta Prima Indahsari

“…Bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper Backer) is commonly used as structural material in the tobacco curing barns of PT Perkebunan Nusantara X, where it is installed in the ground as supporting pillars. …”
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Amyloid Imaging in Aging and Dementia: Testing the Amyloid Hypothesis In Vivo by G. D. Rabinovici, W. J. Jagust

“…PIB-PET provides us with a powerful tool to examine in vivo the relationship between amyloid deposition, clinical symptoms, and structural and functional brain changes in the continuum between normal aging and AD. …”
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A Time-Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method for the Solution of Impact Problem of Gas-Saturated Coal by Jingfei Zhang, Deyong Guo, Wenhua Wu, Pan Guo

“…Based on the general Biot theory of saturated porous media, a modified time-discontinuous Galerkin finite element method (MDGFEM) is presented to simulate the structural dynamics and wave propagation problems of gas-saturated coal subjected to impact loading. …”
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Modelling Blast Effects on a Reinforced Concrete Bridge by Markellos Andreou, Anastasios Kotsoglou, Stavroula Pantazopoulou

“…The detailed investigation of blast phenomena and their catastrophic effects on existing structures are the main objectives of the present paper. …”
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A Comparative Study of Pectin Green Extraction Methods from Apple Waste: Characterization and Functional Properties by Marwa Hanafy Mahmoud, Ferial Mohamed Abu-Salem, Dina El-Sayed Helmy Azab

“…Also, it was changed from structural into: compacted, multilaminated, and flaky surface compared to the other samples (more porous and hollow opening structural) as well as increased stability of pectin particles in colloids as a result of increasing the charge on particles to -59.42, beside its higher thermal stability of pectin behaviors, which reflected on improving all functional properties compared to the other methods. …”
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