NEW MECHANISMS FOR THE POWER SWITCHER WITH V EXTINGUISHING CHAMBERS by OVIDIU ANTONESCU, NATAȘA NEDELA, PĂUN ANTONESCU

“…In the second section of the paper, an optimum kinematic scheme of the V power switcher with triadic chain type 4R+2T has been presented. …”
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Trends in breast cancer among elderly women: Development in estrogen and HER2 subtypes in the last ten years by Frederik K. Palshof, Lina S. Mørch, Maj-Britt R. Jensen, Hans H. Storm, Niels Kroman, Tove H.F. Tvedskov

“…Incidence of BC among women aged 80+ increased significantly across the Nordic Countries, with 1.24 % per year (95 % CI: 0.07 %: 2.41 %). In Denmark, in the 80+ group, the ER+/HER2- subtype had the highest increase, with 1.98 % per year (95 % CI: 1.10 %: 2.87 %). …”
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Roxadustat improves diabetic myocardial injury by upregulating HIF-1α/UCP2 against oxidative stress by Tingting Fang, Congcong Ma, Bingyun Yang, Meiyu Zhao, Luning Sun, Ningning Zheng

“…The mechanism is linked with the upregulation of HIF-1α and UCP2, which subsequently activate the PI3K/AKT/Nrf2 signaling pathway.…”
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STUDYING HOW DIESEL ENGINE ADDITIVES USING SILVER OXIDE (Ag2O) NANOPARTICLES AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT by CIHAN BAYINDIRLI, MEHMET CELIK

“…Therefore, incomplete combustion products such as hydrocarbon (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxide (NOx), smoke emission and complete combustion products such as CO2 are thrown into the atmosphere. In this study, the changes in exhaust emissions of 50 ppm and 75 ppm Ag2O NPs were experimentally examined to improve the adverse combustion performance and emission characteristics of cottonseed oil methyl ester. …”
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Duckweed: a starch-hyperaccumulating plant under cultivation with a combination of nutrient limitation and elevated CO2 by Ling Guo, Ling Guo, Yang Fang, Songhu Wang, Yao Xiao, Yanqiang Ding, Yanling Jin, Xueping Tian, Anping Du, Zhihua Liao, Kaize He, Shuang Chen, Yonggui Zhao, Li Tan, Zhuolin Yi, Yuqing Che, Lanchai Chen, Jinmeng Li, Leyi Zhao, Peng Zhang, Zhengbiao Gu, Fangyuan Zhang, Yan Hong, Qing Zhang, Hai Zhao

“…However, traditional starch sources, such as crop-based options, experience significant bottlenecks due to limitations in land use, water consumption, and the impacts of climate change. Therefore, there is a pressing need to explore and develop new sources of starch.MethodsWe develop a novel duckweed cultivation technology that combines nutrients limitation and CO2 supplementation to achieve very high starch content. …”
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Two rare cases of primary clear cell adenocarcinoma of the urethra: clinical experience, case report and literature review by Bohao Jiang, Jiyuan Hu, Benqiao Wang, Xujia Liu, Ling Tong, Yitong Xu, Hao Zhang

“…In contrast, the prognosis of case 2 remained uneventful 10 months after surgery without recurrence. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Biomarkers in Type 2 Diabetes Patients With and Without Comorbidities: Insights Into the Role of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease by Symeon Savvopoulos, Haralampos Hatzikirou, Herbert F Jelinek

“…Design: In patients with or without hypertension and cardiovascular disease, as part of progression from no diabetes to T2DM, this research studied the changes in biomarkers between control and prediabetes, prediabetes to T2DM, and control to T2DM, and classified patients based on first-attendance data. …”
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Applying social cognitive theory to predict physical activity and dietary behavior among patients with type-2 diabetes by Ann Tresa Sebastian, Eslavath Rajkumar, P Tejaswini, R Lakshmi, J Romate

“…# Introduction Non-communicable diseases, arising out of changing lifestyle habits of people, are the foremost causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. …”
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Mechanisms of N2O production in salinity-adapted partial nitritation systems for high-ammonia wastewater treatment by Xiang Li, Yingxin Jin, Yanying He, Yufen Wang, Tingting Zhu, Yingxin Zhao, Bing-Jie Ni, Yiwen Liu

“…Additionally, the mechanism investigation examined the combined effects of salinity-induced changes in sludge properties and microbial community on N2O emissions. …”
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Efectos del crecimiento económico en las emisiones de CO2 en América del Norte by David Mendoza Tinoco, Lilian Albornoz Mendoza, Alfonso Mercado García

“…Este artículo examina la heterogeneidad, en el ámbito ambiental, de los 3 países que componen la región de Norteamérica, específicamente en la emisión de CO2, el principal gas efecto invernadero. Por un lado, Estados Unidos es un gran emisor de CO2 (19% de las emisiones globales acumuladas en 1990-2020), solamente superado por China a partir de 2005. …”
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Bidirectional causal associations between frailty measures and sleep disturbances: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Che L, Zang H, Bi Y, Wen B, Xu L

“…Lu Che,* Han Zang,* Yaodan Bi, Bei Wen, Li Xu Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Li Xu, Email pumchxuli@163.comBackground: Observational studies have demonstrated a strong association between sleep disturbances and frailty. …”
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Incidence of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome by Occupation – 10-Year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study by Juliane Bauer, Janice Hegewald, Karin Rossnagel, Sylvia Jankowiak, Michaela Prigge, Julian Chalabi, Matthias Nübling, Alice Freiberg, Merle Riechmann-Wolf, Pavel Dietz, Philipp S. Wild, Thomas Koeck, Manfred E. Beutel, Norbert Pfeiffer, Karl J. Lackner, Thomas Münzel, Konstantin Strauch, Philipp Lurz, Oliver Tüscher, Julia Weinmann-Menke, Stavros Konstantinides, Andreas Seidler

“…Abstract Background In view of demographic change, rising retirement age, and a growing shortage of skilled workers, it is increasingly important to prevent widespread diseases such as type 2 diabetes or its risk factor metabolic syndrome. …”
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Loss of MEF2C function by enhancer mutation leads to neuronal mitochondria dysfunction and motor deficits in mice by Ali Yousefian-Jazi, Suhyun Kim, Jiyeon Chu, Seung-Hye Choi, Phuong Thi Thanh Nguyen, Uiyeol Park, Min-gyeong Kim, Hongik Hwang, Kyungeun Lee, Yeyun Kim, Seung Jae Hyeon, Hyewhon Rhim, Hannah L. Ryu, Grewo Lim, Thor D. Stein, Kayeong Lim, Hoon Ryu, Junghee Lee

“…To verify the role of MEF2C-knockdown (MEF2C-KD) in mice, we developed AAV expressing shRNA for MEF2C based on AAV-U6 promoter vector. …”
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Recovery of the Intestinal Microbiota Metabolic Activity in Patients with Bronchial Asthma by O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. D. Potskhverashvili, N. I. Kokina

“…To investigate the feasibility of correcting the content and profile of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) in feces of patients suffering from allergic bronchial asthma.Materials and methods. …”
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Is a viable hemp industry in Florida’s future? by Trent Blare, Martha Rivera, Fredy H. Ballen, Zachary Brym

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Building digital platform ecosystems: A synthetization of fundamental design topics from a literature review by Thomas Goertler, Marcel Papert, Isabel Fischer, Malou Schmidt

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Proposed guidelines to implement flexible-plastic circular economy business models in Colombia by Nicolás Ramiro Orrego-Bustamante, Amalia Alejandra Báez-Niño, Darling Perea-Cabarcas, Henry Adolfo Lambis-Miranda

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A novel hybrid CLARA and fuzzy time series Markov chain model for predicting air pollution in Jakarta by Nurtiti Sunusi, Ankaz As Sikib, Sumanta Pasari

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Evaluating the Performance of Low-cost PM Sensors over Multiple COALESCE Network Sites by Vishal R. Dharaiya, Vasudev Malyan, Vikas Kumar, Manoranjan Sahu, Chandra Venkatraman, Pratim Biswas, Kajal Yadav, Diksha Haswani, Ramya Sunder Raman, Ruqia Bhat, Tanveer Ahmad Najar, Arshid Jehangir, Rohit P. Patil, G. Pandithurai, Sandeep Singh Duhan, Jitendra Singh Laura

“…The air quality trend was quite similar in both the measurements, however, MERRA-2 reconstructed PM2.5 was significantly lower in the pre-lockdown period compared to the lockdown periods. …”
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Utilization of preventative health checkup services in China among middle-aged and older adult population: evidence from China’s 28 provinces by Jingyu Shen, Jingyu Shen, Weiji Fang, Weiji Fang, Yating Zhu, Yating Zhu, Chunli Ye, Chunli Ye, Yanhua Zhu, Yanhua Zhu, Yanling Tao, Yanling Tao

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