Multifractal-Multiscale Analysis of Cardiovascular Signals: A DFA-Based Characterization of Blood Pressure and Heart-Rate Complexity by Gender by Paolo Castiglioni, Davide Lazzeroni, Paolo Coruzzi, Andrea Faini

“…The method optimizes data splitting in blocks to reduce the DFA estimation variance and to evaluate scale coefficients with Taylor’s expansion formulas and maps the scales from beat domains to temporal domains. …”
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Impact of Chlorella vulgaris and probiotic supplementation on performance, immunity and intestinal microbiota of broiler chickens. by Verena Pereira Dinalli, Marcio Carvalho Costa, Emerson José Venâncio, João Antônio Barbosa Filho, José Antônio Bessegatto, Augusto Tasch Holkem, Amauri Alcindo Alfieri, Caio Abercio da Silva, Alexandre Oba

“…The experimental design was in randomized blocks in a 4x2 factorial scheme, with four levels of inclusion of C. vulgaris (0; 0.25; 0.50 and 1%) associated or not with a commercial probiotic with five replications of 26 chickens per experimental unit. …”
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GGE biplot for stability and adaptability in cashew tree clones by Gilberto Ken Iti Yokomizo, Francisco das Chagas Vidal Neto, Kuang Hongyu, Levi de Moura Barros

“…The experimental design was based on randomized blocks with four replications and 15 treatments (different clones). …”
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Reliable SRAM using NAND‐NOR Gate in beyond‐CMOS QCA technology by Marshal Raj, Lakshminarayanan Gopalakrishnan, Seok‐Bum Ko

“…In order to demonstrate the ability to implement larger circuits using NAND‐NOR logic and the proposed blocks, a 16*16 SRAM is implemented. QCADesigner is used for the simulation and validation of the proposed designs.…”
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Influence of secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS) on the fatigue properties of different conventional automotive aluminum cast alloys by Sascha Gerbe, Ulrich Krupp, Wilhelm Michels

“…KI using two conventional automotive cast aluminum alloys AlSi8Cu3 (engine blocks) and AlSi7Cu0.5Mg (cylinder heads). Furthermore, the role of a variation in porosity on the crack initiation process is discussed. …”
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Module Anchored Network Inference: A Sequential Module-Based Approach to Novel Gene Network Construction from Genomic Expression Data on Human Disease Mechanism by Annamalai Muthiah, Susanna R. Keller, Jae K. Lee

“…To overcome this limitation, we introduce a novel approach, Module Anchored Network Inference (MANI), that constructs networks by analyzing sequentially small adjacent building blocks (modules). Using MANI, we inferred a 7-gene adipogenesis network based on time-series gene expression data during adipocyte differentiation. …”
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Modulating the Interactions of Peptide‐Polyphenol for Supramolecular Assembly Coatings with Controllable Kinetics and Multifunctionalities by Kaiyuan Huo, Wenjie Liu, Zeyu Shou, Hongxiang Wang, Hao Liu, Yang Chen, Xingjie Zan, Qing Wang, Na Li

“…Abstract Polyphenols and peptides represent two fundamental building blocks in the kingdom of supramolecular assembly (SA) coatings, which have recently attracted considerable interest. …”
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Current Status of Gout Arthritis: Current Approaches to Gout Arthritis Treatment: Nanoparticles Delivery Systems Approach by Yedi Herdiana, Yoga Windhu Wardhana, Insan Sunan Kurniawansyah, Dolih Gozali, Nasrul Wathoni, Ferry Ferdiansyah Sofian

“…A new development in the approach to gout is that of NLRP3-targeted biologic agents, such as monoclonal therapies, to provide more accurate treatment by blocking specific pro-inflammatory cytokines. Nanoparticle drug delivery enhances biological availability and delivery to targets, which may increase therapeutic efficacy and decrease general toxicity. …”
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Blinding HT: Hiding Hardware Trojan signals traced across multiple sequential levels by Ying Zhang, Minghui Ge, Xin Chen, Jiaqi Yao, Zhiming Mao

“…Abstract Modern electronic systems usually use third‐party IP cores to build basic blocks. However, there may be Hardware Trojans (HTs) in IP cores, which will cause critical security problem. …”
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Differential Modulation of Annexin I Binding Sites on Monocytes and Neutrophils by H. S. Euzger, R. J. Flower, N. J. Goulding, M. Perretti

“…PMN incubation with sodium azide, but not protease inhibitors, partially blocked this process. A similar increase in annexin I binding capacity was also detected in PMN following adhesion to endothelial monolayers. …”
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Effect of Cortical Bone Thickness on Detection of Intraosseous Lesions by Ultrasonography by Sadaf Adibi, Alireza Shakibafard, Zohreh Karimi Sarvestani, Najmeh Saadat, Leila Khojastepour

“…Materials and Methods. 20 bovine scapula blocks were obtained. Samples were numbered from 1 to 20. …”
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A Hybrid Neural Network BERT-Cap Based on Pre-Trained Language Model and Capsule Network for User Intent Classification by Hai Liu, Yuanxia Liu, Leung-Pun Wong, Lap-Kei Lee, Tianyong Hao

“…The model uses multiple transformer encoder blocks to encode user utterances and initializes encoder parameters with a pre-trained BERT. …”
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A 0.002‐mm2 8‐bit 1‐MS/s low‐power time‐based DAC (T‐DAC) by Ali H. Hassan, Hassan Mostafa, Mohamed Refky, Khaled N. Salama, Ahmed M. Soliman

“…Abstract Digital‐to‐analogue converters (DACs) are essential blocks for interfacing the digital environment with the real world. …”
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Pressure‐Enhanced Superconductivity and Structural Phase Transition in Layered Sn4P3 by Hao Ding, Jingyu Hou, Kun Zhai, Xin Gao, Junquan Huang, Feng Ke, Bingchao Yang, Congpu Mu, Fusheng Wen, Jianyong Xiang, Bochong Wang, Tianyu Xue, Anmin Nie, Xiaobing Liu, Lin Wang, Xiang‐Feng Zhou, Zhongyuan Liu

“…Comprehensive measurements using in situ synchrotron X‐Ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy reveal a structural phase transition with mild distortion of SnP3 building blocks and interlayer shrinkage under high pressure. …”
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Ezetimibe Anticancer Activity via the p53/Mdm2 Pathway by Charmy Twala, Sibusiso Malindisa, Chamone Munnik, Selisha Sooklal, Monde Ntwasa

“…Background: Ezetimibe is used to treat cardiovascular disease as it blocks the sterol transporter Niemann-Pick C1-Like 1 (NPC1CL1) protein. …”
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Efficacy of 1.5% Dish Washing Solution and 95% Lemon Water in Substituting Perilous Xylene as a Deparaffinizing Agent for Routine H and E Staining Procedure: A Short Study by Anuradha Ananthaneni, Srilekha Namala, Vijay Srinivas Guduru, V. V. S. Ramprasad, Sabitha Devi Ramisetty, Urmila Udayashankar, Kiran Kumar Naik

“…Using twenty paraffin embedded tissue blocks, three sections each were prepared. One section was stained with conventional H and E method (Group A) and the other two sections with xylene-free (XF) H and E (Groups B and C). …”
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Swede Midge (Contarinia nasturtii Keiffer) Phenology and Management in Minnesota Community Gardens by Cindy Tong, Eric Burkness, Jonathan Dregni, Mary Rogers, Angie Ambourn, Jonathan Osthus

“…A simple mitigation system using bamboo poles, polypropylene fabric, and weed barrier was tested for its ability to reduce infestations by blocking access to plants by adults and to soil by larvae and prevent emergence by previously pupating generations. …”
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IGF-1 Restores Visual Cortex Plasticity in Adult Life by Reducing Local GABA Levels by José Fernando Maya-Vetencourt, Laura Baroncelli, Alessandro Viegi, Ettore Tiraboschi, Eero Castren, Antonino Cattaneo, Lamberto Maffei

“…Moreover, we show that a transitory increase of IGF-1 expression is associated to the plasticity reinstatement induced by environmental enrichment (EE) and that blocking IGF-1 action by means of the IGF-1 receptor antagonist JB1 prevents EE effects on plasticity processes.…”
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Giese-type alkylation of dehydroalanine derivatives via silane-mediated alkyl bromide activation by Perry van der Heide, Michele Retini, Fabiola Fanini, Giovanni Piersanti, Francesco Secci, Daniele Mazzarella, Timothy Noël, Alberto Luridiana

“…Cheap and widely available building blocks like organohalides can be converted into alkyl radicals by means of photoinduced silane-mediated halogen-atom transfer (XAT) to offer a mild and straightforward methodology of alkylation. …”
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Phenazine biosynthesis-like domain-containing protein (PBLD) and Cedrelone promote antiviral immune response by activating NF-ĸB by Peili Hou, Hongchao Zhu, Fengyun Chu, Yan Gao, Xiaonan Sun, Fuzhen Zhang, Xiaomeng Wang, Yueyue Feng, Xingyu Li, Yu Liu, Jun Wang, Xiaoyun Wang, Daniel Chang He, Hongmei Wang, Hongbin He

“…Mechanistically, PBLD activates NF-κB signaling pathway during viral infection via blocking tripartite motif containing 21 (TRIM21)-mediated phosphorylated inhibitory kappa B kinase beta (IKKβ) degradation. …”
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