Sequences of acetyl CoA carboxylase promoter for tumour necrosis factor action by Keerang Park, Michael E. Pape, Ki-Han Kim

“…TNF treatment causes a decrease in the binding activity of nuclear protein(s) specific to the TNF responsive element. When the fragment containing the TNF responsive element was incorporated into the thymidine kinase promoter, the chimeric gene exhibited TNF induced inhibition of expression.…”
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Mesoscopic Numerical Computation of Compressive Strength and Damage Mechanism of Rubber Concrete by Z. H. Xie, Y. C. Guo, Q. Z. Yuan, P. Y. Huang

“…This paper presents the results of a study, based on the Walraven equation of the production of a mesoscopic random aggregate structure containing various rubber contents and aggregate sizes. …”
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Social Support Network among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Iran by Ameneh Setareh Forouzan, Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari, Homeira Sajjadi, Yahya Salimi, Masoumeh Dejman

“…Totally, in this study, many of participants had the static social support network that contained large proportions of family and relatives. …”
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Evaluation of the Diversities in the Inflammatory Responses in Cats With Bacterial and Viral Infections by Songul Erhan, Bengu Bilgic, Ezgi Ergen, Mert Erek, Elif Ergul Ekiz, Mukaddes Ozcan, Mehmet Erman Or, Banu Dokuzeylul, Erdal Matur

“…The evaluations were performed based on three groups: healthy control, bacterial infection group (those with bronchopneumonia and gastrointestinal tract and urinary tract infections) and viral infection group (21 with feline coronavirus [FCoV], 3 with feline leukaemia virus [FeLV] and 1 with feline calicivirus), each containing 25 individuals. Total and differential leukocyte counts, C‐reactive protein (CRP), transforming growth factor beta (TGF‐β), interleukin‐6 (IL‐6), tumour necrosis factor‐alpha (TNF‐α), interleukin‐1 beta (IL‐1β) and interleukin‐10 (IL‐10) concentrations were assessed in the blood samples collected from sick and healthy animals. …”
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The Importance of Physiochemical Processes in Decarbonisation Technology Applications Utilizing the Subsurface: A Review by Ieva Kaminskaite, Sandra Piazolo, Andy R. Emery, Nicholas Shaw, Quentin J. Fisher

“…The Earth’s subsurface not only provides a wide range of natural resources but also contains large pore volume that can be used for storing both anthropogenic waste and energy. …”
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Birdfeeders: What to Consider When Selecting by Mark E. Hostetler, Martin B. Main, Maena Voigt

“…Before placing a feeder in your backyard, you should think about a few key points. This document contains suggestions that are useful guidelines. The BEST way to determine how to attract birds to your feeders is to experiment. …”
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Effect of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) Concentration on Cryopreservation of Booroolong Frog Sperm with Evaluation of Post-Thaw Motility in Caffeine by Zara M. Anastas, Aimee J. Silla, Phillip G. Byrne, Rebecca J. Hobbs, Michael S. McFadden, Jonathan Daly, Justine K. O’Brien

“…Spermic urine samples were collected from 14 male frogs following hormonal induction of spermiation, and each sample was split among three cryopreservation treatments, where the cryopreservation medium contained either 0 (control), 0.5, or 1% BSA (<i>w</i>/<i>v</i>). …”
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DICER1: The Argonaute Endonuclease Family Member and Its Role in Pediatric and Youth Pathology by Consolato M. Sergi, Fabrizio Minervini

“…It is a gene, which has been positioned on chromosome 14q32.13. It contains 27 exons, which are linking the two enzyme domains. …”
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The situation in Afghanistan and its possible evolution in the context of the "factor 2014" by A. A. Orlov

“…In the article provides an analysis of the situation in Afghanistan in advance of the withdrawal of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from the country and contains a forecast of possible developments in the next period. …”
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Impact of Thin-Walled Projectiles with Concrete Targets by Rayment E. Moxley, Mark D. Adley, Bob Rohani

“…The projectiles were fired against 41-MPa concrete targets at an impact velocity of 290 m/s. This article contains an outline of the experimental program, an examination of the results of a typical test, and predictions of projectile deformation by classical shell theory and computational simulation. …”
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Investigation of wear resistance of polymer-coated radial bearing running on micropolar lubricant by V. I. Kirishchieva, M. A. Mukutadze

“…The article is devoted to one of the important problems of increasing the wear resistance of tribosystems by applying an antifriction polymer composite coating containing a groove that operates in a hydrodynamic mode to the tribocontact surface. …”
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Normothermic Ex Vivo Heart Perfusion with Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Conditioned Medium Improves Myocardial Tissue Protection in Rat Donation after Circulatory Death Hearts by Zifeng Zeng, Liwei Xu, Yu Xu, Yongsheng Ruan, Deshen Liu, Jiale Li, Chuanjie Niu, Shaoyi Zheng, Pengyu Zhou, Zezhou Xiao

“…The antibody array demonstrated that the CM contained 14 bioactive factors involved in apoptosis, inflammation, and oxidative stress. …”
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Multimessenger Probes of Supermassive Black Hole Spin Evolution by Angelo Ricarte, Priyamvada Natarajan, Ramesh Narayan, Daniel C. M. Palumbo

“…In addition, we show that the spin distribution sampled by LISA events may contain a signature of the natal spin distribution of heavy seeds, but not of light seeds, offering additional discrimination between these seeding pathways. …”
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Effect of Oil Content and Emulsifier Type on the Properties and Antioxidant Activity of Sea Buckthorn Oil-in-Water Emulsions by Hongxia Zheng, Like Mao, Jingyi Yang, Chenyu Zhang, Song Miao, Yanxiang Gao

“…The knowledge obtained in this study would be useful in developing healthy food containing sea buckthorn oil.…”
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A New Nonlinear Chaotic Complex Model and Its Complex Antilag Synchronization by Emad E. Mahmoud, Fatimah S. Abood

“…There are irregular properties for CALS and they do not exist in the literature; for example, (i) the CALS contains or fused two sorts of synchronizations (antilag synchronization ALS and lag synchronization LS); (ii) in CALS the attractors of the main and slave systems are moving opposite or similar to each other with time lag; (iii) the state variable of the main system synchronizes with a different state variable of the slave system. …”
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Symmetric Dopant‐Free Si Solar Cells Enabled by TiOx Nanolayers: An In‐Depth Study on Bipolar Carrier Selectivity by Takuya Matsui, Shohei Fukaya, Shona McNab, James McQueen, Kazuhiro Gotoh, Hitoshi Sai, Noritaka Usami, Ruy Sebastian Bonilla

“…In addition, the growth of a hydrogen‐containing SiOy nanolayer (≈1‐1.5 nm) at the Si/TiOx interface during postdeposition oxidation is crucial for providing chemical passivation in both types of TiOx. …”
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Experimental Operation of a Prototype 750C Advanced Chloride Molten Salt Bellows Valve by Kenneth Armijo, Aaron Overacker, Ansel Blumenthal, Jeffrey Parish, Michael Nelson, Ivica Radman, Javier Martell

“…This design includes an integrated closed-loop thermal control system to ensure robust design for freeze-thaw cycles. The self-contained thermal management STM system, is unique in the salt valve industry since it is an integrated solution to provide a consistent, repeatable alternative to typical heat tracing. …”
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From Science to Utopia: Marcuse and Critical Utopianism by L. A. Agamalova

“…When Marcuse writes that a utopia in the strict sense can now be called a project that violates the laws of nature, he means the “impossible” into which utopia turns after the catastrophes of the 20th century, betraying the truth of its concept contained in the simple possibility of another world. …”
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Effects of scrap rubber waste on the mechanical performance of mortar made of crushed sand and sediment by Adda Hadj Mostefa, Benamar Balegh, Hamid Sellaf, Mohamed Elamine Dahamni

“…Results: The results indicated that replacing sediment with crushed sand improved the strength properties of mortar, particularly due to better particle packing. The mortar containing 65 wt% sediments and 35 wt% crushed sand showed properties similar to the reference mortar. …”
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CHEMICAL FEATURES OF DARK MIСAS FROM CALCITE-NEPHELINE-FELDSPAR PEGMATITES OF THE ILMENOGORSKY ALKALINE BLOCK (SOUTH URALS) by S. V. Cherednichenko

“…A pegmatite with late calcite (mine no. 16) contains less ferruginous annite (Ftot 0.52–0.63) and phlogopite (Ftot 0.32–0.50). …”
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