Study on Factors Influencing the Viscosity of Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose Used in Capsule-Mucous Sealers by Fakai Wang, Zhongguang Sun, Xuelong Li, Kequan Wang, Deyou Chen, Zhen Li

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Waggle Dances and Azimuthal Windows by O. Duangphakdee, S. E. Radloff, C. W. W. Pirk, H. R. Hepburn

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HMBG1 as a Driver of Inflammatory and Immune Processes in the Pathogenesis of Ocular Diseases by Yi Liu, Guo-Bin Zhuang, Xue-Zhi Zhou

“…It induces signaling pathways by binding to the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 2, 4, and 9. This proinflammatory activity is considered to be important in the pathogenesis of a wide range of ocular diseases resulting from hemodynamic changes, presence of neovascular endothelial cells, secretion of intraocular immune factors or inflammation, and apoptosis of retinal cell layers. …”
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Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by Michael Laffin, Johnny Chau, Richdeep S. Gill, Daniel W. Birch, Shahzeer Karmali

“…The anatomic and physiologic changes caused by laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy are discussed in the context of these inconsistent results.…”
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Bounding elastic photon-photon scattering at s≈1 MeV using a laser-plasma platform by R. Watt, B. Kettle, E. Gerstmayr, B. King, A. Alejo, S. Astbury, C. Baird, S. Bohlen, M. Campbell, C. Colgan, D. Dannheim, C. Gregory, H. Harsh, P. Hatfield, J. Hinojosa, D. Hollatz, Y. Katzir, J. Morton, C.D. Murphy, A. Nurnberg, J. Osterhoff, G. Pérez-Callejo, K. Põder, P.P. Rajeev, C. Roedel, F. Roeder, F.C. Salgado, G.M. Samarin, G. Sarri, A. Seidel, C. Spindloe, S. Steinke, M.J.V. Streeter, A.G.R. Thomas, C. Underwood, W. Wu, M. Zepf, S.J. Rose, S.P.D. Mangles

“…In these asymmetric collisions elastic scattering removes one x-ray and one high-energy γ photon and outputs two lower energy γ photons. No changes in the γ photon spectrum were observed as a result of the collisions allowing us to place a 95% upper bound on the cross section of Image 4. …”
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An Electronic Frailty Index Based on Deficit Accumulation May Predict Glaucomatous Visual Field Progression by Duy W, Pajewski N, Williamson JD, Thompson AC

“…Moreover, being frail was significantly associated with a more significant decline in MD in both eyes (Right eye: Beta − 0.89, 95% CI (− 1.71, − 0.063), p=0.035; Left eye: Beta − 1.25, 95% CI (− 2.17, − 0.34), p=0.007). Notably, baseline IOP was not associated with MD at baseline or the change in MD in the multivariable models.Conclusion: Glaucoma patients who are frail may be at higher risk of experiencing visual field decline, independent of baseline IOP. …”
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Fabrication of Nano-Silver Composite Using Amomum longiligulare Fruit Polysaccharides and Their Biological Activities by Lian Y, Ma N, Cheng Q, Luo M, Xu Z, He F, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Jin D, Kong Y, Wang Y, Wei N

“…Yong Lian,1,* Ning Ma,2,* Qianying Cheng,1,* Mingquan Luo,1 Zhen Xu,1 Fei He,1 Xiaomei Zhou,1 Ying Zhang,1 Dejun Jin,1 Yidan Kong,1 Yong Wang,1 Na Wei1 1Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R&D on Tropical Herbs, Engineering Research Center of Tropical Medicine Innovation and Transformation of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center of Human-Machine Intelligent Collaborative for Tumor Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Hainan Province, School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, People’s Republic of China; 2Reproductive Medical Center, Hainan Women and Children’s Medical Center, Haikou, Hainan Province, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Na Wei; Yong Wang, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R&D on Tropical Herbs, School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, People’s Republic of China, Email weina-0613@163.com; wangyong1982_2004@163.comPurpose: Study aims to optimize the synthesis conditions for silver nanoparticle composites [ALP(D)-AgNPs] using a rapid and environmentally friendly method and investigate the antioxidant, antibacterial, and anticancer activities of the fabricated composite.Methods: The polysaccharide component ALP-D was extracted and purified from the fruits of Amomum longiligulare and subsequently used for further experiments. …”
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Exploring the Impact of Differentiated Per-Lane Speed Limits on Traffic Safety of Freeways with Considering the Compliance Rate by Meiyu Liu, Jing Shi

“…The results indicate that freeway sections with DPLSL, especially the ones with complex DPLSL, have potentials to reduce the speed variation, lane changing frequencies, and chances of dangerous situations, resulting in higher traffic safety levels. …”
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Understanding the Effect of an E-Hailing App Subsidy War on Taxicab Operation Zones by Zhixiang Fang, Rongxiang Su, Lian Huang

“…This paper investigates the change of taxicab operation zones in context of an e-hailing app subsidy war in China, which is an important perspective that reflects changes in taxicab behavior, such as how the operation zones of taxicabs under the e-hailing app subsidy war change and how this change affects their trip distance and cruising time. …”
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Influence of Structural Shape on Earth Pressure for High-Filled Cut-and-Cover Tunnel with and without Load Reduction Based on Discrete Element Method by Sheng Li, Liangliang Zhao, I-Hsuan Ho, Guixia Ning, Bentian Yu, Changdan Wang

“…Therefore, via a discrete element software, we investigated the changes of vertical earth pressure (VEP), vertical displacement, lateral earth pressure (LEP), and load transfer mechanisms around a HFCCT with consideration to two cases: (1) different shape of CCT structure; (2) the coupling of load reduction using expanded polystyrene (EPS) and the modified shape of the CCT lining structure. …”
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Biomechanics of Gait during Pregnancy by Marco Branco, Rita Santos-Rocha, Filomena Vieira

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Stayed-Cable Bridge Damage Detection and Localization Based on Accelerometer Health Monitoring Measurements by Mosbeh R. Kaloop, Jong Wan Hu

“…The assessment of the structural health monitoring and damage analysis concluded that (1) the kurtosis statistical moment can be used as an indicator for damage especially with increasing its percentage of change as the damage should occur; (2) the percentage of change of the Kernel density probability for the model identification error estimation can detect and localize the damage; (3) the simplified spectrum of the acceleration-displacement responses and frequencies probability changes are good tools for detection and localization of the one-line bridge damage.…”
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Glycan degradation in Polygonati Rhizoma: Effects of traditional ‘nine steaming and nine basking’ on low molecular weight Fructans and polysaccharides by Xingyu Mei, Jiabei Xia, Wenqing Li, Yufen Wu, Huan Cheng, Shiguo Chen, Xingqian Ye, Jianle Chen

“…Therefore, dynamic changes in glycans were analyzed based on the two common species, Polygonatum filipes and Polygonatum cyrtonema. …”
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Computation of Ice Shedding Trajectories Using Cartesian Grids, Penalization, and Level Sets by Héloïse Beaugendre, François Morency, Federico Gallizio, Sophie Laurens

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SSR marker-based genetic diversity and structure analyses of Camellia nitidissima var. phaeopubisperma from different populations by Yang-Jiao Xie, Meng-Xue Su, Hui Gao, Guo-Yue Yan, Shuang-Shuang Li, Jin-Mei Chen, Yan-Yuan Bai, Jia-Gang Deng

“…Methods In the present study, eight simple sequence repeat (SSR) molecular markers previously screened were used to analyze the genetic diversity and structure of C. nitidissima var. phaeopubisperma natural populations from 14 growing areas in China, so as to determine the influence of environmental changes on genetic variations and provide the basis for introduction and selection of suitable growing sites of that variety. …”
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Improved Method for the Quantification of Motility in Glia and Other Morphologically Complex Cells by Mari Sild, Robert P. Chatelain, Edward S. Ruthazer

“…An image preprocessing step involving 2D projection, edge detection, and dilation of the raw images is first applied in order to binarize the images. …”
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Some anatomical, morphological and physiological features of the flag leaf in introgressive bread wheat lines with <i>Aegilops columnaris</i> Zhuk. genetic material by Iu. V. Dashtoian, A. V. Kalinina

“…Increased content of all groups of pigments was observed in the lines containing substitutions 6A(6G), 6B(6X) and 5B(5X)6A(6X). Substitution 2A(2U) led to a decrease in the level of chlorophyll, the ratio of chlorophyll a to b, and the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoids.…”
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Successful Treatment with Clonazepam and Pramipexole of a Patient with Sleep-Related Eating Disorder Associated with Restless Legs Syndrome: A Case Report by Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Ryohei Yoshimura, Masahiro Takano

“…Reduction in the doses of triazolam decreased her nighttime eating frequency, and her complete amnesia changed to vague recall of eating during night. Clonazepam 1.0 mg at bedtime decreased nocturnal eating frequency from 1 to 2 times per month, though sleepwalking remained. …”
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Use of an Endobronchial Blocker and Selective Lung Ventilation to Aid Surgical Removal of a Lung Lobe Abscess in a Dog by Carl Bradbrook, Louise Clark, Martina Mosing

“…A reduction in the arterial partial pressure of oxygen to fractional inspired oxygen ratio (PaO2 : FiO2) of 444 to 306 occurred after placement of the EBB, with no change in monitored cardiopulmonary variables. …”
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Effect of Partial Span Aspiration on the Performance of a Transonic Axial Compressor Rotor: A Numerical Study by Vijaykumar Jain, Quamber H. Nagpurwala, Abdul Nassar

“…Aspiration in an axial compressor is normally regarded as sucking out the low momentum boundary layer from blade suction surface, thus lowering the chances of flow separation and consequently that of stall under off-design operation. …”
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