Inflammatory Signalings Involved in Airway and Pulmonary Diseases by I-Ta Lee, Chuen-Mao Yang

“…Injuriously environmental stimuli can access the lung through either the airways or the pulmonary and systemic circulations. The time course and intensity of responses by resident and circulating cells may be regulated by various inflammatory signalings, including Src family kinases (SFKs), protein kinase C (PKC), growth factor tyrosine kinase receptors, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)/reactive oxygen species (ROS), PI3K/Akt, MAPKs, nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB), activator protein-1 (AP-1), and other signaling molecules. …”
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Fuzzy Integral Sliding Mode Control Based on Microbial Fuel Cell by Lei Lian, Peng Ji, Tianyu OuYang, Fengying Ma, Shanwen Xu, Chao Gao, Jing Liu

“…Microorganisms are used as catalysts to convert the chemical energy of organic matter in the sewage into electrical energy to realize sewage treatment and recover energy at the same time. It has good development prospects. However, the output power of MFC is affected by many factors, and it is difficult to achieve a stable voltage output. …”
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Exploring LGBTQ+ youth well-being: Utilizing a mixed-method approach to uncover insights, needs, and strategies of LGBTQ+ youth in Northwest Arkansas. by Cristobal Calvillo, Camille Richoux, S Alexandra Marshall

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>While many of the participating youth felt safe and supported at the time of data collection, enhancing well-being for LGBTQ+ youth beyond the study's context requires strategies such as promoting community acceptance, creating supportive spaces, and enhancing empathetic engagement among adults. …”
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General Data Protection Regulation Compliance and Privacy Protection in Wearable Health Devices: Challenges and Solutions by Mazlum Özçağdavul

“… Introduction: Wearable health devices have transformed personal health management by providing real-time monitoring and personalized care. However, the vast amounts of sensitive data collected by these devices pose significant privacy risks, particularly in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). …”
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Controlling the Boundaries of Morality: The History and Powers of Ayelala Deity by Oluwafunminiyi Raheem, Mike Famiyesin

“…Such is Ayelala’s overwhelming power and potency that the deity seeks to control the boundaries of morality and at the same time forms a major bulwark against societal impropriety. …”
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Design and Realization of Animation Composition and Tone Space Conversion Algorithm by Liang Jing

“…The paper focuses on the hardware implementation and optimization of the algorithm for converting RGB color space into HSI color space to meet the real-time requirements. This article focuses on the mutual conversion between the RGB tone space and the HSI tone space and describes in detail how each color component in the HSI tone space is converted from the three RGB color components from a geometric perspective, and then the conversion is derived, and several general conversion methods of RGB to HSI tone space are introduced; two conversion methods of geometric derivation method and standard modulus algorithm are implemented in the software, and the comparison verification is carried out, and the comparison is made from the perspective of hardware implementation. …”
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Geology and climate drive alpine plant compositional variation among peaks in the Cascade Range of Washington. by Erik W Ertsgaard, Nicholas L Gjording, Jonathan D Bakker, Joseph A Kleinkopf, David E Giblin

“…Our models indicate that the age of each peak's parent material formation, precipitation, latitude, and temperature had the largest role in shaping alpine plant communities relative to the baseline effects of distance between peaks and time of sampling. A unique result was a distinct plant community in peaks with ultramafic geologic parent material formed in the Paleozoic Era, which has an extreme geochemistry that we found to form evolutionarily distinct lineages compared to all other peaks. …”
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Evaluation of Machine Learning and Ensemble Learning Models for Classification Using Delivery Data by İrem Karakaya

“…The proposed framework offers a scalable solution for real-time predictive modeling and logistics optimization.…”
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Variation in Anti-icing Power of Superhydrophobic Electrothermal Film under Different Temperatures and Wind Speeds by Shijie Xue, Yihua Liu, Yu Wang, Bing Xiao, Xiaoxin Shi, Jingchun Yao, Xianglian Lv, Weizheng Yuan, Yang He

“…When the temperature decreased and the wind speed increased, the contact time and contact area between the droplet and the surface affected W and ξw. …”
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Development of a High‐Latitude Convection Model by Application of Machine Learning to SuperDARN Observations by W. A. Bristow, C. A. Topliff, M. B. Cohen

“…The SuperDARN velocities were separated into north‐south, and east‐west components and sorted into a magnetic local time ‐ magnetic latitude grid that ran from 55° to the magnetic pole with a bin size of 2° in latitude, and 1‐hr in MLT. …”
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THE CARPATHIAN RIVER SYSTEM IN ROMANIA – GENESIS AND EVOLUTION by MIHAI IELENICZ, LAURA TÎRLĂ

“…In establishing the formation stages of different generations of Carpathianvalley systems, some general conditions have been taken into consideration (formation of the mountain systemby tectonic movements; the evolution of marginal base levels, significantly influencing the intensity of linearand headward erosion; the orographic structure – a relatively ring-like mountain system built of groups of massifs andtectonic basins; the evolution of morpho-climatic systems). At the same time, some regional conditions (partialor total transversal corridors, erosion levels and terraces along the valleys, piedmont glacis, etc.) have beentaken into account. …”
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Instantaneous deposition-rate modulator for vacuum vapor deposition: fabrication of polarization gradated organic film by Sowon Kim, Masahiro Ohara, Hirohiko Fukagawa, Hisao Ishii

“…However, conventional deposition faces challenges in rapid wide-ranging rate adjustment due to the required stabilization time. We introduce a velocity selector that enables instantaneous deposition rate changes by modulating the molecular transmission through blade rotation. …”
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Massive Hemothorax Caused by a Single Intercostal Artery Bleed Ten Days after Solitary Minimally Displaced Rib Fracture by Karleigh R. Curfman, R. Jonathan Robitsek, Gregory G. Salzler, Katherine D. Gray, Charles S. Lapunzina, Ravi K. Kothuru, Sebastian D. Schubl

“…Delayed hemothorax (DHX) following blunt thoracic trauma is a rare occurrence with an extremely variable incidence and time to diagnosis that is generally associated with clinically insignificant blood loss. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Fe3O4-Bentonite Nanocomposite Adsorbent for Cr(VI) Removal from Water Solution by Ngusey Adisu, Subramanian Balakrishnan, Haimanot Tibebe

“…Experimental design optimization results in 96.5% of Cr(VI) removal from the water solution at optimized adsorption parameters viz., adsorption time of 101 min, pH of 1.95, adsorbent dose of 1.12 g/L, and initial Cr(VI) concentration of 36.2 mg/L. …”
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A Numerical Investigation of the Precipitation over Lake Victoria Basin Using a Coupled Atmosphere-Lake Limited-Area Model by Xia Sun, Lian Xie, Fredrick H. M. Semazzi, Bin Liu

“…Further exploration of vertical velocity, surface divergence pattern, and maximum radar reflectivity confirms such conjecture. The time-longitude analysis of maximum radar reflectivity over the entire lake also shows a noticeable pattern of dominating westward propagation.…”
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Design, Development and Control of a Hopping Machine – an Exercise in Biomechatronics by Kuldip Naik, Mehran Mehrandezh, John Barden

“…This system can be used as an educational tool for teaching real-time control of hybrid and non-linear systems. It can be also used as a biomechatronics test bed to simulate the effect of different timings in firing action potentials in jump-causing leg muscles on achieving a desired jumping height in the animal kingdom.…”
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Determine the psychosocial well-being of elderly residents living in old-age homes by Mangesh Jabade, Sonopant Joshi

“…MATERIAL AND METHODS: Methodologically, a cross-sectional design was employed involving 100 elder populations in Pune City, Maharashtra. The time taken to conduct the study was 1 month. Data was collected using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) tools. …”
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COMPANIES AND UNIVERSITIES: RANKING OF COOPERATION PERFORMANCE by Dmitry A. Endovitsky, Sergey N. Komendenko

“…Originality/value. For the first time, an assessment of the scale of and factual abundance of specified forms of cooperation between the Russian business community and the system of higher education has been performed. …”
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TRANSFORMATION OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN THE CONTEXT OF MEDIATIZATION: CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL ORDER IN UKRAINE by Руслан ВЕЛИЧКОВСЬКИЙ

“…The research results can be used to develop communication strategies for state institutions under mediatization conditions. For the first time, a comprehensive analysis of the impact of political discourse mediatization on social order in the Ukrainian context is conducted, taking into account the specifics of hybrid threats. …”
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The Tuberculous Granuloma: An Unsuccessful Host Defence Mechanism Providing a Safety Shelter for the Bacteria? by Mayra Silva Miranda, Adrien Breiman, Sophie Allain, Florence Deknuydt, Frederic Altare

“…Although in the first instance the granuloma acts to constrain the infection, some bacilli can actually survive inside these structures for a long time in a dormant state. For some reasons, which are still unclear, the bacilli will reactivate in 10% of the latently infected individuals, escape the granuloma and spread throughout the body, thus giving rise to clinical disease, and are finally disseminated throughout the environment. …”
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