Important Things to Know about Medicare Chapter Two: Medicare Part A--Hospital Insurance by Amanda Terminello, Martie Gillen

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Comparison of Epirubicin-Iodized Oil Suspension and Emulsion for Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization in VX2 Tumor by Tatsuo Ueda, Satoru Murata, Takahiko Mine, Shiro Onozawa, Munehiko Onda, Zenya Naito, Yasuo Amano, Shinichiro Kumita

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Kinetics and mechanisms of EDTA photocatalytic degradation with TiO2 under different experimental conditions by Paola A. Babay, Carina A. Emilio, Rosana E. Ferreyra, Eduardo A. Gautier, Raquel T. Gettar, Marta I. Litter

“…Addition of Fe(III) caused a remarkable increase on the initial rate of EDTA consumption and also on TOC decrease. Changes in both parameters clearly increased under the simultaneous addition of Fe(III) and H2O2, until limiting values.…”
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Counter Current Flow Limitation of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in Nearly Horizontal Pipe by Sigit Prayitno, R. A. Santoso, Deendarlianto, Thomas Höhne, Dirk Lucas

“…As for results. (1) CCFL causes a drastic change in the delivered liquid to the lower plenum. (2) The effect of inclination angle is significantly observed. …”
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The Dominant Role of the Water Column in Nitrogen Removal and N2O Emissions in Large Rivers by Junfeng Wang, Xinghui Xia, Shaoda Liu, Sibo Zhang, Ling Zhang, Chenrun Jiang, Zhenrui Zhang, Yuan Xin, Xin Chen, Jing Huang, Jiaao Bao, William H. McDowell, Greg Michalski, Zhifeng Yang, Jun Xia

“…Here, we find that the water‐air and sediment‐water fluxes of N2 and N2O decreased, while the water column production increased with stream order through 4‐year observations across six river networks in China. …”
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Quality of Service Comparison of DSDV and DSR Routing Protocols for V2V Communication in VANET by ketut bayu yogha bintoro, Muhammad Wildan Mukholladun

“… The study evaluates the Quality of Service (QoS) performance of the Destination-Sequenced Distance Vector (DSDV) and Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) protocols in vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication within a Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network (VANET) environment. …”
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Study of the Hydration Mechanism of Portland Cement with Raman Spectroscopy Applying CO2 Laser Radiation by D. Quiroz-Portillo, I. Rosales-Candelas, J. J. Soto-Bernal, R. González-Mota, G. V. Vázquez

“…This work presents the results by irradiating fresh Portland cement pastes with CO2 laser, at powers of 1.6, 2.0, and 2.4 W, at different water-to-cement (w/c) ratios 0.4, 0.45, and 0.5. …”
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The Impact of Peer Feedback on L2 Literature Review Writing: A Mixed Methods Study by Jing Yan, Yu Zhu, Xinrong Ye

“…This study examines the impact of peer feedback on revision and literature review writing in learners of Chinese as an L2 at a university in mainland China. The study analyzed feedback, revisions, and writing performance of 30 students. …”
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Mono-allelic epigenetic regulation of polycistronic transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II in Trypanosoma brucei by Rudo Kieft, Laura Cliffe, Haidong Yan, Robert J. Schmitz, Stephen L. Hajduk, Robert Sabatini

“…This genome arrangement has led to a model where Pol II transcription of PTUs is unregulated and changes in gene expression are entirely post-transcriptional. …”
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Study on the Mechanism of Black Phosphorus Nanosheets Loading Sr2+ Used in Photothermal Antibacterial Treatment by Ma G, Li B, Diao J, Zhang Y, Zhang B, Wu D, Gui H, Zhong J, Zhu H, Zhang D

“…Gaoqiang Ma,1,* Binyang Li,1,* Jiayong Diao,1 Yongzhi Zhang,1 Bing Zhang,1 Dongni Wu,1 Houda Gui,1 Junhao Zhong,1 Hongguang Zhu,2 Dongjiao Zhang1 1Department of Implantology, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University & Shandong Key Laboratory of Oral Tissue Regeneration & Shandong Engineering Research Center of Dental Materials and Oral Tissue Regeneration & Shandong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Jinan, 250012, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Stomatology, Weifang People’s Hospital, Weifang, 261000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Dongjiao Zhang; Hongguang Zhu, Email djzhang1109@sdu.edu.cn; zhuhongguang9025@126.comPurpose: Bacterial infections seriously affect the health of patients and their incidence is very high. …”
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First‐Principles Study of Twin Boundaries and Stacking Faults in β‐Ga2O3 by Mengen Wang, Sai Mu, James S. Speck, Chris G. Van de Walle

“…Abstract This study uses density functional theory calculations to explore the energetics and electronic structures of planar defects in monoclinic β‐Ga2O3, including twin boundaries (TBs) and stacking faults (SFs). …”
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Targeting Nrf2/KEAP1 signaling pathway using bioactive compounds to combat mastitis by Muhammad Zahoor Khan, Liangliang Li, Yandong Zhan, Huang Binjiang, Xiaotong Liu, Xiyan Kou, Adnan Khan, Abdul Qadeer, Qudrat Ullah, Khalid J. Alzahrani, Tongtong Wang, Changfa Wang, Muhammad Zahoor

“…The Nrf2/KEAP1 signaling pathway plays a critical role in regulating antioxidant responses and cellular defense mechanisms. …”
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Titanium Dioxide-Mediated Photcatalysed Degradation of Two Herbicide Derivatives Chloridazon and Metribuzin in Aqueous Suspensions by A. Khan, N. A. Mir, M. Faisal, M. Muneer

“…The aim of this paper is to find out the optimal degradation condition for two potential environmental pollutants, chloridazon and metribuzin (herbicide derivatives), employing advanced oxidation process using TiO2 photocatalyst in aqueous suspensions. …”
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Modification of the Intrastromal Ring Position according to Postimplant Visual and Refractive Failure: Report of Two Cases by Luis Izquierdo, Josefina A. Mejías Smith, Jose R. Lievano, Ramón Sarquis, Maria A. Henriquez

“…The following report presents the adaptation of an existing technique of intrastromal corneal ring (ICRS) implantation enabling repositioning of the ring position postoperatively to manage a refractive failure in two patients with keratoconus. Methods. In two cases, KeraRing and Ferrara nomograms had suggested different ring positions. …”
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A Robust Two-Machine Flow-Shop Scheduling Model with Scenario-Dependent Processing Times by Chia-Lun Hsu, Win-Chin Lin, Lini Duan, Jan-Ray Liao, Chin-Chia Wu, Juin-Han Chen

“…This assumption sometimes is at odds with practical manufacturing process due to several sources of uncertainties arising from real-life situations. Examples are the changing working environments, machine breakdowns, tool quality variations and unavailability, and so on. …”
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Effect of Cement Asphalt Mortar Debonding on Dynamic Properties of CRTS II Slab Ballastless Track by Ping Wang, Hao Xu, Rong Chen

“…The debonding of cement emulsified asphalt mortar (CA mortar) is one of the main damage types in China railway track system II slab ballastless track. …”
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Seismic Response Mitigation of a Long-Span Tower Bridge with Two Types of Constraint System by Li Xu, Qingfei Gao, Junhao Zheng, Chuanhui Ding, Kang Liu

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A Novel Insight into the Role of PLA2R and THSD7A in Membranous Nephropathy by Pingna Zhang, Weijun Huang, Qiyan Zheng, Jingyi Tang, Zhaocheng Dong, Yuhua Jiang, Yuning Liu, Weijing Liu

“…Furthermore, we demonstrated the possibility that PM2.5, malignancy, and gene expression specifically induce exposure of these antigens through conformational changes, molecular mimicry, or increased expression eliciting autoimmune responses. …”
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Modelling of Transient CO2/Water Flow in Wellbore considering Multiple Mass and Heat Transfer by Xinxin Zhao, Xiangzhen Yan, Xiaohui Sun, Qing Zhao, Hongwei Jiang, Yonghai Gao, Guang Yang

“…The results indicate that the CO2 solubility increases gradually with the increment of depth, the trend of which shows an abrupt change in 500-1000 m due to the phase transition of CO2. …”
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Spin transport properties in a topological insulator sandwiched between two-dimensional magnetic layers by Nezhat Pournaghavi, Banasree Sadhukhan, Anna Delin

“…We have considered a heterostructure consisting of a TI, namely Bi $$_2$$ Se $$_3$$ , sandwiched between two two-dimensional ferromagnetic monolayers of CrI $$_3$$ , to study how its topological and transport properties change due to the proximity effect. …”
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