Femtosecond laser subtractive/additive-integrated biomimetic manufacturing for visible/infrared encryption and stimuli-responsive infrared decryption by Ruijie Liu, Dongshi Zhang, Zhuguo Li

“…The blackening efficiency of this technique can reach ∼11.25 cm ^2 ·min ^−1 , opening opportunities for high-throughput optical/thermal applications. Selectively patterned Chinese characters, Arabic numbers, and English letters are easily fabricable, which are intrinsically invisible-infrared dual-band encrypted but decryptable via static/dynamic environment stimuli (e.g., sample heating/cooling, introducing external hot/cold sources including human hands). …”
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Need to clamp indwelling urinary catheters before removal after different durations: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaoyan Fan, Sumin Ma, Jiayi Gu

“…Objective This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effect of bladder training by clamping on bladder urethral function in patients with indwelling urinary catheters used for different durations.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources The UpToDate, Cochrane Library, OVID, PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, CINAHL and Embase were screened from 1 January 2000 to 28 February 2022.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or quasi-experimental designs comparing the efficacy of bladder training in patients with an indwelling urinary catheter by clamping or free drainage before urinary catheter removal were published in English or Chinese.Data extraction and synthesis Two reviewers independently extracted the data and assessed the quality of studies. …”
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Berberine in cardiovascular therapy: bridging modern pharmacology with the traditional Chinese botanicals Huanglian (黄连), Huangbai (黄柏), Amur Cork Tree (黄檗), and Gong Lao Mu (亮叶十大功... by Seema Sharma, Sampat Singh Tanwar

“…These include lipid-lowering effects by upregulating LDL receptors and inhibiting PCSK9, antihypertensive effects via vasodilation and modulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, antiarrhythmic properties by affecting ion channels, and improvement in cardiac function in heart failure models. Traditionally, Huanglian, Huangbai, Amur Cork Tree, and Gong Lao Mu, all rich sources of berberine, have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to treat symptoms aligning with cardiovascular disorders, such as palpitations, chest distress, and edema. …”
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Effectiveness and tolerance of exercise interventions for long COVID: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials by Michelle O’Neill, Mairin Ryan, Patricia Harrington, Cillian P McDowell, Kieran A Walsh, Barrie Tyner, Shibu Shrestha, Leah McManus, Fearghal Comaskey

“…Objectives To examine the effectiveness of exercise interventions to improve long COVID symptoms and the tolerance of exercise interventions among people with long COVID.Design Systematic review.Data sources Medline via EBSCOhost, Embase via OVID and CENTRAL via the Cochrane Library up to 28 February 2023.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Inclusion criteria were: (1) participants with long COVID, as defined by study authors; (2) random assignment to either an exercise intervention or a comparison group and (3) a quantitative measure of at least 1 of the 12 core long COVID outcomes. …”
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Risk Factors, Etiology, Pathology, and Diagnostic Methods for Acute Kidney Injury: A Review Study by Tamer A. Addissouky, Majeed M. A. Ali, Ibrahim El Tantawy El Sayed, Yuliang Wang, Ayman El Baz, Naglaa Elarabany, Ahmed A. Khalil

“…Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is characterized by a rapid decline in kidney function, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. …”
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Multi-Link Fragmentation-Aware Deep Reinforcement Learning RSA Algorithm in Elastic Optical Network by Jing Jiang, Yushu Su, Jingchi Cheng, Tao Shang

“…Based on the numbering results, high-frequency links are selected to construct the network state matrix that reflects the resource distribution. …”
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A Bio-Inspired QoS-Oriented Handover Model in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks by Daxin Tian, Jianshan Zhou, Honggang Qi, Yingrong Lu, Yunpeng Wang, Jian Wang, Anping He

“…Furthermore, the comparative analysis also shows that the bio-inspired model outperforms the utility function based handover decision scheme in terms of ensuring a better QoS satisfaction and a better fairness of network resources allocation in dynamic heterogeneous wireless networks.…”
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Complexity of immunobiology of tumor necrosis factor and novel anti-TNF therapy by S. А. Nedospasov

“…Systemic anti-cytokine therapy is known to be accompanied by undesirable side effects, which can hypothetically be explained by the neutralization of these protective functions. Thus, we developed prototypes of TNF blockers which limit the bioavailability of this cytokine only from its main “pathogenic” source – myeloid cells. …”
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Research and application of image recognition-based identification for flesh browning of loquat fruits by CHEN Yujia, DENG Chaojun, ZHANG Tingting, WANG Xiuping, CHEN Xiuping, ZHAO Jianing, MA Cuilan, JIANG Jimou

“…Additionally, the MATLAB ROI function was used to select the irregular representative loquat flesh browning areas, extract the color feature value, and complete the browning area segmentation of the original image by using the Euclidean distance. …”
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Scots Pine Bark Extracts as Co-Hardeners of Epoxy Resins by Tomasz Szmechtyk

“…Extracts from natural waste like bark or leaves are great sources of phytochemicals, which contain functional groups (hydroxyl, carboxylic, vinyl, allyl) attractive in terms of polymer synthesis. …”
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High-Voltage CVT Fault Diagnosis Based on Effective Data Recognition and Multi-dimensional Information Fusion by Huishan ZHANG

“…In view of the poor identification of the effective data in online monitoring of high-voltage capacitor voltage transformer (CVT), this paper proposes a method for effective data identification based on the analysis of data correlation coefficients, with utilization of the data characteristics that multiple online monitoring data sources exhibit linear correlation. To address the prevalent problem in current high-voltage CVT fault diagnosis, such as limited information sources, poor accuracy, and significant interference in partial discharge devices leading to compromised fault signal detection and accuracy, a fault diagnosis method based on multi-dimensional information fusion is proposed. …”
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The Assembly of Supermassive Black Holes at z < 1 in Early-type Galaxies from Scaling Relations by D. Farrah, A. Engholm, E. Hatziminaoglou, S. Petty, F. Shankar, A. Efstathiou, K. Ejercito, K. Jones, M. Lacy, C. Lonsdale, C. Pearson, G. Tarlé, R. A. Windhorst, J. Afonso, D. L. Clements, K. S. Croker, L. K. Pitchford

“…We show, however, that this relation depends on the stellar and SMBH mass functions used to compute the selection bias, the virial relation, the virial factor, and the active fraction, which together introduce uncertainty of up to ​​​​​​∼0.6 dex in the z ∼ 0.8 relation. …”
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Biological impact of mutually exclusive exon switching. by Su Datt Lam, M Madan Babu, Jonathan Lees, Christine A Orengo

“…MXE-specific residues tend to map to single domains, are highly enriched in surface exposed residues and cluster at or near protein functional sites. Thus, MXE events are likely to maintain the protein fold, but alter specificity and selectivity of protein function. …”
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Data forwarding incentive mechanism based on auction model in mobile social network by Hao LIU, Zhi-gang CHEN, Lian-ming ZHANG

“…Abstract:A data forwarding incentive mechanism based on auction model in mobile social network was proposed.In this incentive mechanism,the first-price sealed auction mode was extended,the transaction mode of virtual currency payment was adopted,and the procedure of data forwarding between nodes was abstracted into the auction transaction model.Based on the node's resource state,the virtual currency and the data property,the evaluation function of data forwarding transaction was given,and then the node gives the corresponding price according to the evaluation function and game strategy.Through the game analysis,the Nash equilibrium solution of AMIM was found,and the lowest bidder,of which the bid price was lower than the evaluation of data forwarding request node would been selected as the service provider for this data forwarding.In this incentive mechanism,the rational mobile nodes were enforced to voluntarily participate in data forwarding cooperation to maximize their own interests.The simulation experiment shows that AMIM mechanism can effectively reduce the energy consumption and improve the success rate and efficiency of data forwarding in the whole network system.…”
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Theoretical and technical concept of cemented backfill material for flexible enhanced thermal energy storage in coal underground space by Chao LYU, Wenyu LYU, Qiang SUN, Panshi XIE, Ding LANG, Songtao JI, Jianjun HU

“…In general, CBM–FETES realizes the full integration of mines and variable energy sources and enriches the connotation of filling mining. …”
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SIMPLE: Simple Intensity Map Producer for Line Emission by Maja Lujan Niemeyer, José Luis Bernal, Eiichiro Komatsu

“…After applying a selection function to distinguish between detected and undetected galaxies, the code generates an intensity map, which can be modified with anisotropic smoothing, noise, a mask, and sky subtraction, and it calculates the power spectrum multipoles. …”
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Evaluating ESG Software Solutions for Sustainability Reporting in the Manufacturing Sector by Hąbek Patrycja

“…Thirteen assessment criteria were applied, covering functionality, regulatory compliance, integration capabilities, cost transparency, and scalability. …”
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Grown up in the face of values. The subjective dimension of shaping values in human life. by Rafał Bodarski

“…This enormous impact of our activity is analyzed in the article from the point of view of selected theories functioning both in psychology and in pedagogy.…”
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Specific performance of IDT edge fingers by E. DANICKI, T, GAFKA

“…The theory shows that the edge strips of the system works differently as compared with these positioned inside the system. The familiar δ-function model however, can still be applied provided that the δ-sources of SAW are properly scaled and shifted from their position at the centres of the strips. …”
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Identifying potential nutrient acquisition mechanisms for long-term survival: adaptive evolution of Halomonas isolated from subseafloor crustal fluids by Hans Sebastian, Alberto Robador, Dawson Ray, Angus Angermeyer, Steven D’Hondt, Julie A. Huber, Steven E. Finkel

“…The application of an adaptive evolution platform selecting for survival and growth under one environmental condition that simultaneously selects against survival in different environments may prove to be a very useful tool for identifying genes and metabolic pathways in a wide variety of complex environments.…”
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