A Study on the Status and Influencing Factors of Pre-service Teachers' Professional Development at Comprehensive Universities in China by PING Cui, LI Guang

“…To improve the professional development of pre-service teachers from comprehensive universities, it is necessary to integrate discipline courses to deepen their subject understanding, create teacher education culture to enhance teacher professional identity, and highlight regional characteristic of teacher education courses to promote the construction of a high-quality and balanced teaching force.…”
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Alterations of the Murine Gut Microbiome with Age and Allergic Airway Disease by Marius Vital, Jack R. Harkema, Mike Rizzo, James Tiedje, Christina Brandenberger

“…Fecal pellets were excised from the colon and subjected to 16S rRNA analysis. The microbial community structure changed with age and allergy development, where alterations in fecal communities from young to old mice resembled those after HDM challenge. …”
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The effect of active exoskeleton support with different lumbar-to-hip support ratios on spinal musculoskeletal loading and lumbar kinematics during lifting by Niels P. Brouwer, Ali Tabasi, Feng Hu, Idsart Kingma, Wietse van Dijk, Mohamed Irfan Mohamed Refai, Herman van der Kooij, Jaap H. van Dieën

“…This study presents a novel active exoskeleton including actuated lumbar and hip joints as well as subject-specific exoskeleton control based on a real-time active low-back moment estimation. …”
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A Modified Nonlinear Damage Accumulation Model for Fatigue Life Prediction Considering Load Interaction Effects by Huiying Gao, Hong-Zhong Huang, Shun-Peng Zhu, Yan-Feng Li, Rong Yuan

“…Many structures are subjected to variable amplitude loading in engineering practice. …”
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Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index Is Higher in Hypertensive Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease by Ronaldo Altenburg Gismondi, Mario Fritsch Neves, Wille Oigman, Rachel Bregman

“…The aim of this study was to compare AASI in nondiabetic hypertensive patients with and without chronic kidney disease (CKD). Subjects with systemic arterial hypertension (SAH, n=30) with normal renal function, aged 40 to 75 years, were compared to hypertensive patients with CKD (n=30) presenting estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 mL/min by MDRD formula. …”
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Herbal Mouthwash Containing Extracts of Baccharis dracunculifolia as Agent for the Control of Biofilm: Clinical Evaluation in Humans by Vinícius Pedrazzi, Mateus Freire Leite, Reisla Cristina Tavares, Sandra Sato, Glauce Crivelaro do Nascimento, João Paulo Mardegan Issa

“…In measuring the time after use of mouthwash (t=1), there was no difference between products (P=0.602); that is, subjects in the study had a similar PI after the first use. …”
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Prediction model for economy-driven provincial natural gas load in China by Xueping DU, Zhikai LANG, Menglin LIU, Jiangtao WU

“…Ten southern provinces (municipalities directly under the Central Government) were selected as the research subjects to quantitatively analyze the natural gas consumption demand in 2030. …”
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Subsistence hunting impacts wildlife assemblages and functional ecology in tropical forests by Bradley Cain, Julia E. Fa, Rajan Amin, Jacqueline Morrison, Eva Avila Martin, Stephan M. Funk, Martin Jones, David P. Mallon, Robert Okale, Guillermo Ros Brull, Selvino R. de Kort

“…We conducted an extensive camera trap study in hunting areas subject to source-sink dynamics used by 10 sedentarised Baka communities. …”
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Progenitor Cell Therapy to Treat Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Promise of High-Dose Autologous CD34+ Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells by Joseph C. Poole, Arshed A. Quyyumi

“…While a variety of cell types and delivery techniques have been utilized, directed therapy to the infarct-related artery has been the most widely used approach. From over 1300 subjects randomized in these studies, there is sufficient evidence to conclude that cell therapy after STEMI is uniformly safe, while the efficacy of this intervention for improving outcomes is less clear. …”
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Optimization of VEDs for Vibration Control of Transmission Line Tower by Guoping Huang, Jianhua Hu, Yuzhu He, Haibo Liu, Xiugui Sun

“…In addition, the control performance of VEDs on the transmission line tower subjected to wind excitations was emphatically illustrated. …”
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Characteristics of Hydrogels as a Coating for Microneedle Transdermal Delivery Systems with Agomelatine by Monika Wojtyłko, Ariadna B. Nowicka, Anna Froelich, Mirosław Szybowicz, Tobiasz Banaszek, Dorota Tomczak, Wiesław Kuczko, Radosław Wichniarek, Irena Budnik, Barbara Jadach, Oliwia Kordyl, Antoni Białek, Julia Krysztofiak, Tomasz Osmałek, Dimitrios A. Lamprou

“…The optimized formulations were subjected to spectroscopic and rheological characterization and mechanical tests, as well as tested for release through an artificial membrane and permeation through human skin ex vivo. …”
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Physicochemical Characterization and Thermodynamic Studies of Nanoemulsion-Based Transdermal Delivery System for Fullerene by Cheng Loong Ngan, Mahiran Basri, Minaketan Tripathy, Roghayeh Abedi Karjiban, Emilia Abdul-Malek

“…Pseudoternary phase diagrams were established in the colloidal system of PKOEs/Tween 80 : Span 80/water incorporated with fullerene as antioxidant. Preformulation was subjected to combination of high and low energy emulsification methods and the physicochemical characteristics of fullerene nanoemulsions were analyzed using electroacoustic spectrometer. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN A CLOSED INDUSTRIAL LANDFILL by SENOU ISSAKA, NARCIS BÂRSAN, VALENTIN NEDEFF, SOME N. ANTOINE, NACRO H. BISMARCK

“… The study parameters: pH, conductivity, salinity, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Turbidity, Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) of groundwater in a closed industrial landfill, subject to the waste discharges of city of Bacau (East Romania), shows that the water quality of the different sampling points is variable. …”
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Effects of Multicomponent Exercise on Functional and Cognitive Parameters of Hypertensive Patients: A Quasi-Experimental Study by Hélio José Coelho Junior, Bruno Rodrigues, Daniele Jardim Feriani, Ivan de Oliveira Gonçalves, Ricardo Yukio Asano, Samuel da Silva Aguiar, Marco Carlos Uchida

“…Methods. A total of 218 subjects, 101 NTS and 117 HTS, were recruited and underwent functional and cognitive evaluations before and after six months of a MCEP. …”
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Fracture analysis of defect Chlorinated Poly Vinyl Chloride pipes based on burst pressure and prediction their fraction of life by Fatima Gugouch, Achraf Wahid, Youssef Bassir, Mohamed Elghorba

“…In this article, we have been interested in fracture analysis and damage modeling of CPVC tubes by subject CPVC samples to burst pressure tests. We performed a set of burst tests on virgin and artificially damaged CPVC pipe at different notch lengths, then submitted the specimens to burst pressure tests, in addition to recording the pressure and time during these tests for use in conducting the study. …”
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Effects of Weather Conditions on Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Capacity in Juice of Chokeberries (Aronia melanocarpa L.) by Tolić Mandica-Tamara, Krbavčić Ines Panjkota, Vujević Predrag, Milinović Bernardica, Jurčević Irena Landeka, Vahčić Nada

“…Chokeberries are a subject of numerous studies due to a high phenolic compound content, antioxidant properties and potential positive influence on the health. …”
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Pre-failure indicators detected by Acoustic Emission: Alfas stone, cement-mortar and cement-paste specimens under 3-point bending by Stavros K. Kourkoulis, Ioanna Dakanali

“…In this direction, an attempt is here described to enlighten the signals recorded, in case a series of structural materials (natural and artificial), ex-tensively used for restoration projects of classic monuments in Greece, are subjected to 3-point bending. It is hoped that obtaining a clear understanding of the nature of AE signals re¬corded during these element¬ary tests will provide a valuable tool permitting “identification” and “classification” of signals emitted in case of structural tests. …”
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EDA, PPG and Skin Temperature as Predictive Signals for Mental Failure by a Statistical Analysis on Stress and Mental Workload by G. Luzzani, I. Buraioli, G. Guglieri, D. Demarchi

“…This paper aims to study the statistical relationship between the variation of Photoplethysmogram signal (PPG), Electrodermal Activity (EDA), and skin temperature with respect to stress and MWL levels, assessed through an ad-hoc developed subjective questionnaire. <italic>Results:</italic> 43 features were calculated from these signals during the execution of two cognitive tests and processed through a statistical analysis based on Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests. …”
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Wnt signaling inhibits casein kinase 1α activity by modulating its interaction with protein phosphatase 2A by Chen Shen, Wenhui Lu, Siva B. Merugu, Aradhana Bharti, Said M. Afify, Lauren Schnitkey, Daniel T. Wynn, Fan Yang, Thomas M. Rohwetter, Anmada Nayak, Nawat Bunnag, Carolina Cywiak, Hsin-Yao Tang, Brent T. Harris, Christopher Albanese, Chukwuemeka Ihemelandu, Melanie H. Cobb, Arminja Kettenbach, Ethan Lee, Yashi Ahmed, David J. Robbins

“…Summary: The mechanism by which Wnt signaling, an essential pathway controlling development and disease, stabilizes β-catenin has been a subject of debate over the last four decades. Casein kinase 1α (CK1α) functions as a pivotal negative regulator of this signaling pathway, initiating the events that destabilize β-catenin. …”
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The Oslo Health Study: A Dietary Index Estimating Frequent Intake of Soft Drinks and Rare Intake of Fruit and Vegetables Is Negatively Associated with Bone Mineral Density by Arne Torbjørn Høstmark, Anne Johanne Søgaard, Kari Alvær, Haakon E. Meyer

“…BMD was measured in distal forearm in a subsample of the population-based Oslo Health Study. 2126 subjects had both valid BMD measurements and answered all the questions required for calculating a Dietary Index = the sum of intake estimates of colas and non-cola beverages divided by the sum of intake estimates of fruits and vegetables. …”
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