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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The Impact of Air–Sea Flux Parameterization Methods on Simulating Storm Surges and Ocean Surface Currents by Li Cai, Bin Wang, Wenqian Wang, Xingru Feng

“…Our results quantify how the wind stress drag coefficient’s formulation alters atmosphere–ocean feedback, with wave-state aware schemes exhibiting superior surge prediction accuracy compared to wind-speed-dependent approaches. Specifically, a larger wind stress drag coefficient leads to increased atmospheric bottom stress and sea surface stress, resulting in weaker winds and larger sea surface currents and storm surges. …”
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Investigations of Dynamic Mechanical Performance of Rubber Concrete under Freeze-Thaw Cycle Damage by Jingli Zhang

“…The results show that with the increase of freeze-thaw cycles, the wave speed decreases, and the freeze-thaw action will damage the rubber concrete and reduce the longitudinal wave velocity. …”
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A Swing-Assist Controller for Enhancing Knee Flexion in a Semi-Powered Transfemoral Prosthesis by David M. Marsh, Marco Puliti, Michael Goldfarb

“…The experiments demonstrate that the proposed controller increases peak knee angle and minimum toe clearance during swing phase without increasing hip compensatory actions, relative to the users’ daily-use devices.…”
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A Novel Variable-Order Threshold Serial Belief Propagation-Based Decoding Algorithm for LT Codes by Weibai Sun, Shuyan Ni, Tuofeng Lei, Rui Yang

“…In addition, by introducing an adaptive threshold for correcting check node information, the algorithm effectively eliminates redundant update actions throughout the decoding process. Simulation results demonstrate a 63.6% reduction in iteration count compared to BP for long-length codes at medium to high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a 17.4% decrease in computational overhead. …”
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A Study of Dynamic Loading and Unloading Damage of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete under Confining Pressure by Chao Lin, Li Rao, Cheng-Lin Zhang, Zhi-Wen Yang, Fang Chen, Qing You, Xian-Jun Tan

“…Finally, a triaxial cyclic dynamic load test with a confining pressure value of 1 MPa and an axial loading speed of 1.5 MPa/s was carried out, revealing that the damage characteristics of the test blocks changed from elastic deformation to obvious plastic deformation damage as the number of loading times increased.…”
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Study of clay soil properties when using the method of concentrated lime exposure by E. N. Alkaev, A. A. Lunev, V. V. Golubenko

“…On the basis of the results obtained and the analysis of literature sources rational distances between slots (wells) are justified when using concentrated lime action technology to drain soils with increased humidity in quarries.Negotiations and conclusions. …”
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The study of the isolated power supply system operation with controlled distributed generation plants, energy storage units and drive load by Yu. N. Bulatov, A. V. Kryukov, K. V. Suslov

“…It is advisable to conduct further studies to coordinate the actions of the control system of the electric energy storage unit and the auto-prognostic speed controller of the distributed generation plant.…”
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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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Analysing the Transformation of Space Design through Globalization and Its Effects on the User: A Case Study of 'Yer Ev' in Aydın by Zeynep Acırlı, Gül Ağaoğlu Çobanlar

“… With globalization, the speed at which people can access information has increased, the boundaries in the world have blurred, and societies, cultures, and economies have moved away from each other to the extent that they have come closer. …”
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An optimization method of multiscale storage tank target detection introducing an attention mechanism by Wenjia Sun, Chunchun Hu, Nianxue Luo, Qiansheng Zhao

“…Under the combined action of the expansion of the chemical industry zone and urban boundaries, urban areas exposed to danger are also increasing. …”
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КАРДИОНЕФРОПРОТЕКТИВНОЕ ДЕЙСТВИЕ СТАТИНОВ У БОЛЬНЫХ САХАРНЫМ ДИАБЕТОМ 2 ТИПА В СОЧЕТАНИИ С АРТЕРИАЛЬНОЙ ГИПЕРТОНИЕЙ... by О. В. Боева, Р. И. Сайфутдинов, А. А. Спасский

“…Cardioprotective action of statins expressed in lack of increase of myocardium mass is noted. …”
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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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The Need for Change: A Roadmap for the Sustainable Transformation of the Chemical Industry by Klaus Günter Steinhäuser, Markus Große Ophoff

“…Achieving greenhouse gas neutrality in Europe by 2050 demands swift and decisive action from industry, governments, and society. The speed of transformation is currently too slow to reach this goal. …”
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The response characteristics and stability evaluation of vegetated slope under strong wind by Yanlin Liu, Fei Wang, Feng Ji, Lianhua Zhang, Jianjun Zhao, Chen Zheng, Jibin Chen

“…At wind forces ≥ 13 (typhoon: 37.0–41.4 m/s), vegetation exerts a negative influence under the combined action of strong wind loads. (2) Based on the experimentally determined evolution of soil strength parameters, a formula c (v, w) was fitted to express the variation of cohesion with wind speed (v) and moisture content (w). (3) The optimized evaluation model demonstrates increased sensitivity compared to the traditional model, resulting in a 17.88% increase in sliding force and a 10.62–11.64% increase in anti-sliding force. …”
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Multi-Hazard Vibration Control of Transmission Infrastructure: A Pounding Tuned Mass Damper Approach with Lifelong Reliability Analysis by Zhuoqun Zhang, Lizhong Qi, Jingguo Rong, Yaping Zhang, Peijie Li, Ziguang Jia

“…Specifically, the PTMD reduced the vibration reduction ratio by 10% to 30% under wind loads and by 20% to 80% under seismic actions, with more pronounced effects at higher wind speeds and peak ground accelerations (PGAs). …”
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Characterizing the state of heart rate autonomic regulation and EEG in elderly women with falls syndrome by Taisiya P. Shiryaeva, Denis M. Fedotov, Anatoly V. Gribanov, Irina N. Deryabina, Irina N. Krainova, Sergey F. Bagretsov

“…Conclusion ― A deterioration in the quality of performing complex motor actions and a decrease in postural control in elderly women with falls syndrome were which may have caused their postural instability. …”
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Optimization method of task uninstallation in mobile edge computing environment combining improved deep Q-learning and transmission learning by Lihong Zhao, Shuqin Wang, Xiaomei Ding

“…Experiments have shown that TL-DQN performs better in convergence speed compared to other algorithms. For delay sensitive users, the delay growth of TL-DQN algorithm is relatively slow. …”
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Hemodynamic evaluation of pulsatile-flow generating device in left ventricular assist devices by A. S. Buchnev, A. P. Kuleshov, O. Yu. Esipova, A. A. Drobyshev, N. V. Grudinin

“…Objective: to investigate the efficiency of a device that generates pulsatile flow during constant-speed axial-flow pump operation for use in left ventricular assist devices.Materials and methods. …”
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Experimental Investigation of the Dynamic Deformation of Wind Turbine Blades Based on 3D-Digital Image Correlation by Liru Zhang, Jing Jia, Shibing Shao, Wei Gao, Dachuan Niu

“…The experimental results show that the dynamic waving deformation of the blade shows the trend of increasing and then decreasing with the increase in wind turbine rotational speed and incoming wind speed, and when the rotational speed reaches 500 r/min and the incoming wind speed reaches 9 m/s, the blade deformation reaches the maximum value; the dynamic waving deformation of wind turbine blade decreases with the increase in the elastic modulus of the blade and the degree of the decrease decreases gradually; the dynamic deformation of is predicted by the multiple displacement distribution of different blades under different operating conditions, and is obtained by the fitting of the experimental data. …”
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