An interface-based microscopic model for the failure analysis of masonry structures reinforced with timber retrofit solutions by Fabrizio Greco, Lorenzo Leonetti, Paolo Lonetti, Paolo Nevone Blasi, Arturo Pascuzzo, Giacinto Porco

“…The results indicate that the proposed retrofitting strategy is an effective and eco-friendly retrofit solution to enhance the in-plane bearing capacity of masonry structures subjected to horizontal forces. …”
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Exercise Therapy for Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Superior Efficacy of Activity Monitors over Pedometers by Masaaki Miyauchi, Masao Toyoda, Noriko Kaneyama, Han Miyatake, Eitaro Tanaka, Moritsugu Kimura, Tomoya Umezono, Masafumi Fukagawa

“…We compared the efficacy of activity monitor (which displays exercise intensity and number of steps) versus that of pedometer in exercise therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes. The study subjects were divided into the activity monitor group (n=92) and pedometer group (n=95). …”
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How Color Properties Can Be Used to Elicit Emotions in Video Games by Erik Geslin, Laurent Jégou, Danny Beaudoin

“…We have observed a correlation between the RGB additives color spaces, HSV, HSL, and HSI components of video game images, presented to n=85 participants, and the emotional statements expressed in terms of arousal and valence, recovered in a subjective semantic questionnaire. Our results show a significant correlation between luminance, saturation, lightness, and the emotions of joy, sadness, fear, and serenity experienced by participants viewing 24 video game images. …”
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Undifferentiated Adipose Tissue Stem Cell Transplantation Promotes Hepatic Regeneration, Ameliorates Histopathologic Damage of the Liver, and Upregulates the Expression of Liver Re... by Konstantinos G. Apostolou, Ioannis G. Papanikolaou, Charalampos Katselis, Themistoklis Feretis, Dimitrios Kletsas, Manousos M. Konstadoulakis, Maria Lymperi, Angelica A. Saetta, Spiros Tsikalakis, George Agrogiannis, Efstratios Patsouris, George C. Zografos, Apostolos E. Papalois

“…Sixty female rats were subjected to PHx and were transplanted with 106 or 2 × 106 ADSCs, either into the portal vein (PV) or into the hepatic parenchyma. …”
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The immunity-promoting activity of porcine placenta in mice as an immunomodulator for functional foods by Zhiwei Zhou, Dan Wang, Wei Liu, Lang He, Pengkuan Liang, Junli Hao, Qun Sun

“…Porcine placenta was subjected to the analysis for its bioactive substances, and their immunity-promoting activity was determined in mice supplemented with porcine placenta extract (PPE) and freeze-dried porcine placenta powder at high (PPH) and low (PPL) dosage. …”
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Association of Lumican Gene with Susceptibility to Pathological Myopia in the Northern Han Ethnic Chinese by Fengju Zhang, Tingzhun Zhu, Zhongjun Zhou, Yudong Wu, Yang Li

“…The purpose of the study is to analyze sequences of lumican and decorin genes with pathological myopia(PM) and control subjects to verify the relationship between lumican, decorin genes and PM in Northern Han Chinese. …”
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Congenital Anomalies and Termination of Pregnancy in Iran by Bahram Samadirad, Zhila Khamnian, Mohammad Bager Hosseini, Saeed Dastgiri

“…Of 603 women, 201 terminated the pregnancy giving a prevalence rate of 33.3 percent (CI 95%: 29.6–37.6). The remaining 402 subjects were unable to get the permission for abortion because of untimely diagnosis/application for termination (20th week of pregnancy and/or later). …”
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Outcome and Complications of Frontal Sinus Stenting: A Case Presentation and Literature Review by Mohammed A. Khan, Waleed A. Alshareef, Osama A. Marglani, Islam R. Herzallah

“…The value of frontal sinus stenting is still a subject of debate. Complications of frontal sinus stenting are not uncommon and thus necessitate regular follow-up.…”
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Smart cities, smart systems: A comprehensive review of system dynamics model applications in urban studies in the big data era by Gift Fabolude, Charles Knoble, Anvy Vu, Danlin Yu

“…System dynamics (SD) models that are often utilized to provide holistic, systematic understanding of a research subject, like the urban system, emerge as valuable tools, but data scarcity and theoretical inadequacy pose challenges. …”
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Background Noise Contributes to Organic Solvent Induced Brain Dysfunction by O’neil W. Guthrie, Brian A. Wong, Shawn M. McInturf, James E. Reboulet, Pedro A. Ortiz, David R. Mattie

“…Female Fischer344 rats served as subjects in these experiments. Asynchronous volume conductance between the midbrain and cortex was evaluated with a slow vertex recording technique. …”
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Quantitative evaluation method of stroke association based on multidimensional gait parameters by using machine learning by Cheng Wang, Cheng Wang, Cheng Wang, Zhou Long, Zhou Long, Xiang-Dong Wang, Xiang-Dong Wang, You-Qi Kong, Li-Chun Zhou, Wei-Hua Jia, Pei Li, Jing Wang, Xiao-Juan Wang, Tian Tian

“…ObjectiveNIHSS for stroke is widely used in clinical, but it is complex and subjective. The purpose of the study is to present a quantitative evaluation method of stroke association based on multi-dimensional gait parameters by using machine learning.Methods39 ischemic stroke patients with hemiplegia were selected as the stroke group and 187 healthy adults from the community as the control group. …”
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The Prevalence of Headache in Crohn’s Disease: Single-Center Experience by Ulker Anadol Kelleci, Turan Calhan, Abdurrahman Sahin, Resul Kahraman, Kamil Ozdil, Haci Mehmet Sokmen, Destina Yalcin

“…The control group composed of healthy subjects with similar age and sex to Crohn’s disease group. …”
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Accuracy of Automatically Identifying the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Threshold Limit Values Twelve Lifting Zones over Three Simplified Zones Using Co... by Menekse S. Barim, Ming-Lun Lu, Shuo Feng, Marie A. Hayden, Dwight Werren

“…The models were evaluated using data from 360 lifting trials performed by 10 subjects (5 males and 5 females) with an average age of 51.50 (±9.83) years. …”
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Hippocampal Proliferation Is Increased in Presymptomatic Parkinson’s Disease and due to Microglia by Karlijn J. Doorn, Benjamin Drukarch, Anne-Marie van Dam, Paul J. Lucassen

“…In the present study, we questioned whether microglial cells proliferate in the HC of established PD patients versus control subjects or incidental Lewy body disease (iLBD) cases as a prodromal state of PD. …”
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Effect of UV-degraded microplastics on Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) removal by Pit Sovannary, Sangpreedeekorn Jirawat, Phengsaart Theerayut, Janjaroen Dao

“…In this work, MPs in the size ranges (300-500 μm) were subjected to controlled UVC exposure to simulate environmental weathering. …”
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Barriers and enablers of digital extension services’ adoption among smallholder farmers: the case of Cambodia, the Philippines and Vietnam by Le Thi Hoa Sen, Phanith Chou, Flordeliz B. Dacuyan, Ylva Nyberg, Johanna Wetterlind

“…The findings showed a range of concerns pertaining to farmers' attitudes and actions regarding the use of digital extension services. Subjective norms, perceived behaviour control, and farmers' perceived usefulness had a favourable and significant impact on the uptake of digital extension services. …”
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Exact Analytical Solutions for Modelling the Speed-Time Characteristics of Direct-Start Induction Machines under Various Operational Conditions on Ships: Review and Experimental Va... by Ilija Knezevic, Martin Calasan, Tatijana Dlabac, Filip Filipovic, Nebojsa Mitrovic

“…The observed 1.5 kW IM reached a steady state for 0.1356 seconds when driving the load with a fan characteristic. However, when subjected to linear and gravitational loads, the IM requires longer times to reach a steady state - 0.1400 and 0.1606 seconds, respectively. …”
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Automating the quantification of coastal change using historical aerial photography: A case study along the coastline of county Cork, Ireland by Emma Chalençon, Fiona Cawkwell, Michael O’Shea, Jimmy Murphy

“…This robust and repeatable method provides a valuable alternative to time-consuming and subjective manual digitisation.…”
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Prevalence of Precancerous Conditions and Gastric Cancer Based upon the National Cancer Screening Program in Korea for 7 Years, Single Center Experience by Ji Hyuk Kang, Yun Jeong Lim, Jung Hyun Kang, Jae Nam Yang, Seung Min Shin, Jae Hyeuk Choi, Jin Ho Lee

“…Materials and Methods. Data from 40,821 subjects who received the screening EGD in the single center for 7 years were retrospectively investigated. …”
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Proton Pump Inhibitors and Dementia: Physiopathological Mechanisms and Clinical Consequences by Gloria Ortiz-Guerrero, Diana Amador-Muñoz, Carlos Alberto Calderón-Ospina, Daniel López-Fuentes, Mauricio Orlando Nava Mesa

“…Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia, mainly encompassing cognitive decline in subjects aged ≥65 years. Further, AD is characterized by selective synaptic and neuronal degeneration, vascular dysfunction, and two histopathological features: extracellular amyloid plaques composed of amyloid beta peptide (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles formed by hyperphosphorylated tau protein. …”
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