Elevated aminopeptidase N affects sperm motility and early embryo development. by Amena Khatun, Md Saidur Rahman, Do-Yeal Ryu, Woo-Sung Kwon, Myung-Geol Pang

“…Our results demonstrated that the supplementation of recombinant APN in sperm culture medium significantly increased APN activity, and subsequently altered motility, hyperactivated motility, rapid and medium swimming speeds, viability, and the acrosome reaction of mouse spermatozoa. …”
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Material point method investigation of thermal effects on combustion evolution in composition B explosive by Weidong CHEN, Peiwen WU, Shengzhuo LU, Shibo WU, Mingwu SUN, Bo SUN

“…Secondly, the mechanism of self-sustaining detonation can be evaluated based on variations in pressure and macroscopic reaction progress. Additionally, higher initial temperatures increase the likelihood of ignition at lower pressures and produce slower reaction waves, which under reduced confinement may inhibit detonation. …”
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Laser ablation behavior subjected to subsonic airflow at different spatial positions by Xiaoying LIU, Chenghua WEI, Shuyu HUANG, Fenggui LU

“…In order to study the interactions between laser energy, surface airflow, spatial position and metal materials in the process of laser ablation, a fluid-structure-coupled laser ablation model considering the combined action of subsonic tangential flow and spatial position of workpiece to induce melt removal is proposed, and by comparison with high-speed images, the rationality of the model is verified. …”
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Transient Protection of UHV Busbars Based on Standardized VMD-Shannon Entropy by Zhenwei Guo, Yongyan Jiang, Zebo Huang, Yangsheng Liu

“…Transient bus protection exhibits ultra-high-speed action, yet displays low reliability under weak fault conditions. …”
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The influence of the end shape of the liquid jet on its impact onto a dry wall by A.A. Aganin, T.S. Guseva

“…It has been found that for б > 0.38 the jet action on the wall before the shock wave detachment is similar to that of a hemispherically-ended jet with a radius of R/б. …”
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More direct attacks increase likelihood of goals in 2018- and 2022-Men's World Cup Soccer Finals. by Tim Taha, Ilya Orlov

“…Using 128 matches from the 2018- and 2022-Men's World Cup, we analyzed the influence of directness (DIR), speed of the ball traveling towards the goal (SPG) and the starting position of the possession (XPOS) on the likelihoods of shots and goals. …”
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CORN SILK TEA EXTRACT AS ANTIDIABETIC : A REVIEW by Ila Maratush Shalihah, Vega Yoesepa Pamela, Septariawulan Kusumasari

“…Patients with diabetes mellitus are characterized by high blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia) due to a lack of insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Decreasing blood sugar levels can be done in several ways, namely by diet and consumption of drugs. …”
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Measuring. Monitoring. Management. Control by F.A. Bobylev, D.A. Tashlintsev, V.M. Chaykovskiy

“…The construction of a meter based on MK makes it possible to implement a fairly universal meter of the recharge time of the TIR structure, the reaction voltage of which to an external impulse action will have an exponential component in its composition, not of a decreasing type, but of an established one. …”

A Trajectory Data-Driven Study on the Evolution Mechanism and Control Strategies of Lane-Changing Behavior in Intersection Areas of Expressways by Jiayou Wu, Yongwei Lei, Shaoliu Liu, Qiang Luo

“…After analyzing the sample data using traffic flow theory and statistical theory, the following results were obtained: the speeds increase upon entering and decrease upon exiting weaving zones, while headway distances consistently grow. …”
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The Chemiluminescence and Structure Properties of Normal/Inverse Diffusion Flames by Ting Zhang, Qinghua Guo, Xudong Song, Zhijie Zhou, Guangsuo Yu

“…More OH* and CH* are generated in IDFs, due to the inner high-speed O2 flow promoting the mixing of fuel and oxygen to a certain extent.…”
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Study on Tensile Creep Behavior of 12Cr1MoV Alloy Steel under High-Temperature Alkali Metal Salt Environment for Solar Thermal Power Generation by Jianjun He, Kaijun Yang, Gang Wang, Wei Li, Jiangyong Bao, Jian Chen

“…The creep fracture mechanism of 12Cr1MoV alloy in 600°C, NaCl-35%KCl mixed salt environment is intergranular ductile fracture; the increase of temperature will enhance the activation and oxidation of the chlorine atoms, thereby accelerating the corrosion of the base metal and increasing the spheroidization speed of the pearlite matrix, and the creep deformation rate of the alloy increases with increasing temperature.…”
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Effect of proppant impingement on flow-induced corrosion of tubular steel super 13Cr via CFD and experiment by J.R. Cheng, N.S. Zhang, Y.P. Cao, Z. Li, Y.H. Dou

“…Meanwhile, the high speed particle impingement causes some platelets and extruding lips and thus weakens the surface corrosion resistance of stainless steel. …”
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A tutorial on solid-phase analytical derivatization in sample preparation applications by Azamat Temerdashev, Sanka N. Atapattu, Yu-Qi Feng

“…Furthermore, solid-phase analytical derivatization increases the reaction rate of carbonyl compounds, making it easier to extract aldehydes and ketones rapidly. …”
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Comparison of Empirical and Reinforcement Learning (RL)-Based Control Based on Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) for Walking Assistance: Does AI Always Win? by Nadine Drewing, Arjang Ahmadi, Xiaofeng Xiong, Maziar Ahmad Sharbafi

“…Results showed that both controllers reduced hamstring muscle activation and improved the preferred walking speed, with the empirical controller also decreasing gastrocnemius muscle activity. …”
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Analysis of the Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Gas Explosion in Heading Face by Xue-bo Zhang, Jian-liang Gao, Jing-zhang Ren, Chun-xia Wang

“…The larger the ignition energy is, the faster the explosion reaction speed is, and the maximum overpressure increases slightly. …”
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The study of antiparkinsonian activity of the combination of ladasten with fabomotizole in paraquat-induced model of parkinsoian syndrome by V. E. Marievskii, İ. A. Lyubanskii, S. V. Shangin, L. F. Zainullina, V. L. Dorofeev

“…Thus, the combination increased latency to fall in the «rotarod test» by 2,38 (p < 0.0001) and 1.5 times (p < 0.01) at fixed and accelerating speed, decreased the turning and descent time in the «pole test» by 1.4 (p < 0.05) and 1.53 times (p < 0.001).Conclusion. …”
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Microclimatic Variability and Thermal Comfort of Spectators in an Outdoor Stadium Venue by Andrew Collins, Michael Brown, Barrett Gutter, Christopher Fuhrmann

“…Reductions in modeled wind speed resulted in significant decreases in thermal comfort and greater physical stress among spectators, particularly when the wind was calm. …”
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Phenotypic Detection of Carbapenemase Production Among Enterobacteriaceae Using a Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method by Asiye Karakullukçu, Gökhan Aygün

“…While the original CIM provides a cost-effective approach for phenotypic detection, its modifications could potentially increase diagnostic accuracy and speed. METHODS: We analyzed 122 rectal swab samples from hospitalized patients using both the original and modified CIM (mCIM). …”
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Lubrication Effect of Polyvinyl Alcohol/Polyethylene Glycol Gel for Artificial Joints by Shoujing Zhang, Feng Hu, Jianhui Li, Leifeng Lv, Hailin Lu

“…An average COF of 0.05 was obtained under a load of 10 N and at a speed of 1.0 cm/s. In addition, the wear rate was reduced in comparison to distilled water. …”
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The role of doxorubicin in the formation of cardiotoxicity is a consensus statement. Part II. Cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin unrelated to myocytes and cardioprotection strategy (rev... by D. A. Andreev, E. I. Balakin, A. S. Samoilov, V. I. Pustovoit

“…A dangerous adverse reaction of doxorubicin is cardiomyopathy, leading to congestive heart failure. …”
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