The role of order and disorder in thermal and material sciences part 1: Heat and society by Šesták J.

“…Exploitation of fire and its conscious use as a manufacturing power are analyzed in terms of generalized engines to act in the sense of the information transducers.…”
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Ground Shock Attenuation on a Buried Cylindrical Structure by a Barrier by Sylwester Kobielak, Theodor Krauthammer, Adam Walczak

“…Soil stress gages and pressure transducers were used to measure these data in the soil and on the structure, respectively. …”
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Cortical AAV-CNTF Gene Therapy Combined with Intraspinal Mesenchymal Precursor Cell Transplantation Promotes Functional and Morphological Outcomes after Spinal Cord Injury in Adult... by Stuart I. Hodgetts, Jun Han Yoon, Alysia Fogliani, Emmanuel A. Akinpelu, Danii Baron-Heeris, Imke G. J. Houwers, Lachlan P. G. Wheeler, Bernadette T. Majda, Sreya Santhakumar, Sarah J. Lovett, Emma Duce, Margaret A. Pollett, Tylie M. Wiseman, Brooke Fehily, Alan R. Harvey

“…These data suggest that CNTF has the potential to enhance corticospinal repair by transducing parent CNS populations.…”
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TRPM7 and TRPM8 Ion Channels in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Potential Roles as Cancer Biomarkers and Targets by Nelson S. Yee, Ada S. Chan, Julian D. Yee, Rosemary K. Yee

“…Transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels are essential for normal functions and health by acting as molecular sensors and transducing various stimuli into cellular and physiological responses. …”
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Device and Methods for Measuring of Acoustic Anisotropy and the Residual Stress in the Main Gas Pipelines’ Metal by L. V. Volkova, O. V. Murav’eva, V. V. Murav’ev, I. V. Buldakova

“…The aim of the work is to develop methods for acoustic assessment of the stress-strain state, the elastic moduli and the properties anisotropy of pipeline material and to study these characteristics in different sections of main pipelines using a device based on contactless EMA transducers.Methods are implemented using specialized equipment (the structurescope SEMA) and non-contact electromagnetic acoustic transducers. …”
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Compressed Sensing Photoacoustic Imaging Based on Fast Alternating Direction Algorithm by Xueyan Liu, Dong Peng, Wei Guo, Xibo Ma, Xin Yang, Jie Tian

“…PAI with ADM can improve convergence speed with fewer ultrasonic transducers, enabling a high-performance and cost-effective PAI system for biomedical applications.…”
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Ex Vivo Expansion of Murine MSC Impairs Transcription Factor-Induced Differentiation into Pancreatic β-Cells by Dario Gerace, Rosetta Martiniello-Wilks, Rosaline Habib, Binhai Ren, Najah Therese Nassif, Bronwyn Anne O’Brien, Ann Margaret Simpson

“…Ex vivo expanded MSCs were transduced with the HMD lentiviral vector (MOI = 10) to express furin-cleavable human insulin (INS-FUR) and murine NeuroD1 and Pdx1. …”
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Clostridium difficile suppresses colonic vasoactive intestinal peptide associated with altered motility by A. Nassif, W. E. Longo, R. Sexe, M. Stratton, J. Standeven, A. M. Vernava, D. L. Kaminski

“…Colonic inflammation was induced by the intracolonic administration of 10−8 M C. difflcile toxin. Strain gauge transducers were sewn onto the serosal surface of the colon to evaluate colonic motility. …”
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Time-Frequency Characterization of Rotating Instabilities in a Centrifugal Pump with a Vaned Diffuser by G. Pavesi, G. Cavazzini, G. Ardizzon

“…Pressure fluctuations were measured with transducers placed flush at the inlet duct, at the impeller discharge, and in the vane diffuser walls. …”
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Cracks Detection Using Active Modal Damping and Piezoelectric Components by B. Chomette, A. Fernandes, J.-J. Sinou

“…The efficiency of the proposed method is demonstrated through numerical simulations corresponding to different crack depth and locations in the case of a finite element model of a clamped-clamped beam including four piezoelectric transducers.…”
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Utilizing Language Technology in the Documentation of Endangered Uralic Languages by Ciprian Gerstenberger, Niko Partanen, Michael Rießler, Joshua Wilbur

“…Specifically, we describe a script providing interactivity between different morphosyntactic analysis modules implemented as Finite State Transducers and ELAN, a Graphical User Interface tool for annotating and presenting multimodal corpora. …”
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Glucocorticoid-Induced TNFR-Related (GITR) Protein and Its Ligand in Antitumor Immunity: Functional Role and Therapeutic Modulation by Theresa Placke, Hans-Georg Kopp, Helmut Rainer Salih

“…Not only GITR, but also GITRL is capable of transducing signals, and the consequences of GITR-GITRL interaction may vary among different effector cell types, differ upon signal transduction via the receptor, the ligand, or both, depend on the level of an ongoing immune response, and even differ among mice and men. …”
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Devices for express diagnostics of power semiconductor devices and semiconductor converters by E. B. Koroleva, S. M. Kurmashev, K. K. Kim, A. A. Tkachuk, A. A. Kuznetsov

“…The methodological error of measurements made using the developed express diagnostics devices of the transducers do not exceed the standard value equal to 10 %.…”
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Rapid Heterotrophic Ossification with Cryopreserved Poly(ethylene glycol-) Microencapsulated BMP2-Expressing MSCs by Jennifer Mumaw, Erin T. Jordan, Corinne Sonnet, Ronke M. Olabisi, Elizabeth A. Olmsted-Davis, Alan R. Davis, John F. Peroni, Jennifer L. West, Franklin West, Yangqing Lu, Steven L. Stice

“…These results validate the use of cryopreservation in preserving the viability and functionality of PEG-encapsulated BMP2-transduced MSCs.…”
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Genetic Associations in Acquired Immune-Mediated Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes: Insights in Aplastic Anemia and Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia by Irene Mavroudi, Helen A. Papadaki

“…Various alleles and haplotypes of human leucocyte antigen (HLA) molecules have been implicated in the predisposition of developing the above diseases, as well as polymorphisms of inhibitory cytokines such as interferon-γ, tumor necrosis factor-α, and transforming growth factor-β1 along with polymorphisms on molecules of the immune system including the T-bet transcription factor and signal transducers and activators of transcription. In some cases, specific polymorphisms have been implicated in the outcome of treatment on those patients.…”
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VIRTUAL MODELS OF LIGHT BACKSCATTERING IN RING LASERS by A. S. Bessonov, E. A. Petrukhin

“…The backscattering simulation results during the laser tuning to the generation of various modes, under the influence of temperature and in the antiphase motion of piezoelectric transducers are described. The created virtual models are intended for developers of measuring systems used in the production of ring lasers and laser gyros. …”
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Improving TCR Gene Therapy for Treatment of Haematological Malignancies by Emma Nicholson, Sara Ghorashian, Hans Stauss

“…Following adoptive transfer, TCR transduced T cells must be able to survive and persist in vivo to give most effective antitumour responses. …”
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Mechanism of Ultrasonic Guided Wave Excitation and Sensing in Pressure Vessel Structures Under Boundary Condition Effects by Napoleon Kuebutornye, Zipping Wang, Jiazhen Zhang, Dongwei Shang, Qingwei Xia

“…The simulation is carried out using COMSOL Multiphysics, where the solid mechanics module models the boundary loads and pressure effects, while electrostatics simulates the behavior of piezoelectric transducers as both wave excitation and receiving elements as the boundary conditions. …”
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Cell-Specific Dual Role of Caveolin-1 in Pulmonary Hypertension by Rajamma Mathew

“…Caveolin-1, also known as a tumor-suppressor factor, interacts with a number of transducing molecules that reside in or are recruited to caveolae, and it inhibits cell proliferative pathways. …”
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Novel banana lectin CAR-T cells to target pancreatic tumors and tumor-associated stroma by Malcolm K Brenner, Challice Bonifant, Norihiro Watanabe, Mary K McKenna, Daniel Brenner, Ada Ozcan, Maureen Legendre, Dafydd G Thomas, Christopher Ashwood, Richard D Cummings, David M Markovitz

“…Antitumor activity was quantified by caliper measurement and bioluminescence signal and used anti-human vimentin to measure residual PSCs.Results H84T BanLec CAR was successfully transduced and expressed by T cells which had robust expansion and retained central memory phenotype in both CD4 and CD8 compartments. …”
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