Lutein Leads to a Decrease of Factor D Secretion by Cultured Mature Human Adipocytes by Yuan Tian, Aize Kijlstra, Johan Renes, Martin Wabitsch, Carroll A. B. Webers, Tos T. J. M. Berendschot

“…Our earlier observations showing that a daily lutein supplement in individuals with early signs of AMD lowered the level of circulating FD might be caused by blocking adipocyte FD production.…”
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Influence of winter Saharan dust on equatorial Atlantic variability by Ignasi Vallès-Casanova, Ori Adam, Marta Martín Rey

“…Specifically, in contrast to the expected cooling due to shortwave blocking by Saharan dust, lower tropospheric warming, and stabilization lead to a strong sea surface warming off the coast of northwestern Africa and to the development of an off-equatorial warm front. …”
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Physiological and sanitary quality of soybean seeds in response to harvest delay by Carlos Henrique Conceição Sousa, Alan Mario Zuffo, Ricardo Mezzomo, Leandra Matos Barrozo, Fábio Steiner, Mohamed A. El-Tayeb, Hamada AbdElgawad, Charline Zaratin Alves

“…The experimental design used was completely randomized blocks, arranged in a split-plot scheme, with three replicates. …”
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TRAIL-Dependent Resolution of Pulmonary Fibrosis by David M. Habiel, Ana Paula Moreira, Ugur B. Ismailoglu, Michael P. Dunleavy, Karen A. Cavassani, Nico van Rooijen, Ana Lucia Coelho, Cory M. Hogaboam

“…Both in vivo and in vitro studies demonstrated that Gr-1+TRAIL+ bone marrow-derived myeloid cells blocked the activation of lung myofibroblasts. Although soluble TRAIL was increased in plasma from IPF patients, the presence of TRAIL+ myeloid cells was markedly reduced in IPF lung biopsies, and primary lung fibroblasts from this patient group expressed little of the TRAIL receptor-2 (DR5) when compared with appropriate normal samples. …”
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Metode Pengering Gabah Aliran Massa Kontinu Sebagai Pengering Alternatif Pada Musim Penghujan Dengan Sumber Energi Dari Cahaya Lampu Mono Kromatis by Nusyirwan Nusyirwan

“…This condition is due to sunlight being blocked up by the cloud therefore the sunlight intensity on the earth surface is small. …”
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Obliteration of Intercondylar Notch Mimicking Flexion-Extension Gap Imbalance in a Cruciate Retaining Total Knee Arthroplasty by Harun Resit Gungor, Esat Kiter, Semih Akkaya, Nusret Ok, Cagdas Yorukoglu

“…However, during the revision procedure, extruded cement to the intercondylar notch was found to be both mechanically blocking terminal extension and limiting flexion by possible mechanism of irritation of the synovial nerve endings around the stretched anterior fibers of PCL during flexion. …”
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Role of Dielectric Constant on Ion Transport: Reformulated Arrhenius Equation by Shujahadeen B. Aziz

“…The TEM images were used to explain the phenomena of space charge and blocking effects. The reformulated Arrhenius equation (σ(ε′,T)=σoexp(-Ea/KBε′T)) was proposed from the smooth exponential behavior of DC conductivity versus dielectric constant at different temperatures. …”
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Neurocirculatory asthenia and mitral valve prolapse syndrome from a psychopathological perspective by Łukasz Grabowski

“…Finally, the effects of β-adrenoceptor blocking drugs (beta-blockers) and psychotherapy on the course of psychopathological symptoms in NA and MVPS were briefly discussed. …”
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A Water Management Model for Toshka Depression by K. M. Fassieh, M. A. Zaki

“…Furthermore, the developed model compares between three TD configurations to help the decision maker and recommends (i) building a dam—height 10 m—at the end of the fourth subdepression near Kharga Oasis and/or (ii) incorporating the third subdepression into TD by digging a canal through the hill that blocks it from the first subdepression.…”
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RhoA Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Differentiation by Mari Kaarbø, Denis I. Crane, Wayne G. Murrell

“…Overexpression of a dominant negative mutant of mouse RhoA (mRhoAN19) blocked this cardiomyocyte differentiation of P19CL6 cells and led to the accumulation of the cardiac transcription factors SRF and GATA4 and the early cardiac marker cardiac α-actin. …”
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Information and communication technologies' knowledge and use by Health Technology teachers by Rafaela Nayibe Curi Mendoza

“…Its use in educational processes is blocked by various reasons, but training in this field is of great importance.…”
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Measuring Information Systems Project Complexity: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach by Nazeer Joseph, Carl Marnewick

“…The findings would serve as additional building blocks to further elucidate IS project complexity understanding and assist with improving the value of these projects. …”
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High In Situ Stress Anisotropy Lead to Formation of Complex Fracture Patterns by Xinjiang Yan, Zehao Zhang, Jifei Yu, Yanfeng Cao, Yanguang Yuan

“…During the process of water injection, due to solid particle deposition and foreign liquid intrusion, the formation near the wellbore was contaminated and blocked. As a result, water injection rate reduced and failed to meet the injection requirements. …”
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Memoryless Systems Generate the Class of all Discrete Systems by Erwan Beurier, Dominique Pastor, David I. Spivak

“…Automata are machines, which receive inputs, accordingly update their internal state, and produce output, and are a common abstraction for the basic building blocks used in engineering and science to describe and design complex systems. …”
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Canon y Premio Nobel: un estado de la cuestión by M. Àngels Francés Díez, Gemma Lluch

“…After reading the articles which are relevant for the research objective, the centres of interest of this critical literature can be grouped into three large blocks: the concept of World Literature and its relationship with the Nobel Prize; the canonical characteristics of the works by Nobel Prize winners, and the influence of Nobel Prize in the process of creating the world canon. …”
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Compaction versus Surface Parameters of Certain Solid Catalysts by Anwar Amin, Laila I. Ali, Anwar M. Ibrahim

“…With Mg(OH) 2 , compaction at low pressures decreased S BET and increased the pore dimensions as a result of adhesion between neighbouring particles, leading to a blocking of that fraction of the micropore structure originally accessible to nitrogen molecules. …”
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Study on factors influencing sand migration in wellbores by Liu Shanshan

“…Accurate sand control design requires that the sand particles that break through the sand control facilities and enter the wellbore can be completely transported to the wellhead to prevent wellbore sand settling and blocking. At present, there are few studies on the migration and deposition of formation sand with a certain particle size distribution (PSD) after entering the wellbore with formation fluid. …”
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Summer Drought Patterns in the Middle-Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River Basin and Their Connections with Atmospheric Circulation before and after 1980 by Shuping Li, Guolin Feng, Wei Hou

“…For the whole-basin wide drought pattern during 1961–1979, the anomalous high ridge over Japan blocked the northerly flow from Siberia to southern China. …”
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A Mac Protocol Implementation for Wireless Sensor Network by Jamila Bhar

“…Implementation details for several blocks of communication system are carefully modeled. …”
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Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia: Epidemiology, Risk factors, Pathophysiology, Differential diagnosis, and Treatment Options by Andrew Han, Carver Montgomery, Alexandra Zamora, Emilie Winder, Adam D. Kaye, Caroline Carroll, Alfonso Aquino, Juyeon Kakazu, Alan D. Kaye

“…In terms of current minimally invasive pain management techniques, pulsed radiofrequency ablation, nerve blocks, or percutaneous radiofrequency thermocoagulation are effective. …”
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