Autologous precision-cut lung slice co-culture models for studying macrophage-driven fibrosis by So-Yi Chang, So-Yi Chang, Wen-Hsin Chang, Wen-Hsin Chang, David C. Yang, Qi-Sheng Hong, Qi-Sheng Hong, Ssu-Wei Hsu, Ssu-Wei Hsu, Reen Wu, Ching-Hsien Chen, Ching-Hsien Chen

“…Fibrotic responses to nicotine, cigarette smoke extract (CSE), and a fibrosis-inducing cocktail (FC) were first evaluated in PCLS containing only tissue-resident macrophages, with upregulation of α-SMA-expressing fibroblasts confirmed by immunofluorescence and Western blotting, and collagen deposition quantified using Sirius Red staining. …”
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Effects of dietary dihydroartemisinin on growth performance, meat quality, and antioxidant capacity in broiler chickens by Xiaoxiao Pu, Yuxuan Liang, Jiafang Lian, Miaoxuan Xu, Yalan Yong, Hao Zhang, Lili Zhang, Jingfei Zhang

“…All broilers were fed a basal diet containing 0, 5, 10, 20 or 40 mg/kg dihydroartemisinin. …”
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Potency of agricultural wastes in mushroom (Pleurotus sajor-caju) biotechnology for feeding broiler chicks (Arbor acre) by Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, Isaac Oluseun Adejumo

“…The chicks were grouped into 4, each containing 36 1-day-old chicks. The animals were provided with fresh feed and water ad libitum. …”
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A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey of UK Breast Surgeons’ Views on the Management of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ by Gurdeep S. Mannu, Joao H. Bettencourt-Silva, Farid Ahmed, Giles Cunnick

“…The anonymous survey contained questions regarding demographics of respondents and specific questions regarding DCIS management that were identified as areas of uncertainty during a systematic search of the literature. …”
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Forest planning, rural practices, and woodland cover in an 18th-century Alpine Valley (Val di Fiemme, Italy): A geohistorical and GIS-based approach to the history of environmental... by Nicola Gabellieri, Ettore Sarzotti

“…The case study of Val di Fiemme (Italy) has been chosen for two reasons: it is an area that has high forest presence and peculiar vegetation cover and the local archive contains a great deal of documentation. Specifically, the documents drafted by an Austrian Commission for forest management in the 18th century have been interpreted as an attempt by the Habsburg Crown to restructure the valley towards a timber economy. …”
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Industrial Sludge Valorization in Soil Application by Jarmila Trpčevská, Gréta Maruškinová, Martina Laubertová, Klaudia Kundráková, Dušan Oráč

“…The listed sludges are defined as non-hazardous waste and contain elements such as iron, phosphorus, zinc, and others in minor quantities. …”
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Experimental study on the simultaneous effect of smart water and clay particles on the stability of asphaltene molecule and emulsion phase by Mina Sadat Mahdavi, Amir Hossein Saeedi Dehaghani

“…We observed significant decreases in viscosity and AOP when crude oil was exposed to the aqueous phases containing brine and clay, which was also reflected in the IP-143 results. …”
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Yaupon, Ilex vomitoria by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, Ashlynn Smith

“…The leaves and small twigs of yaupon contain caffeine, and yaupon teas have been consumed by humans for centuries. …”
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Study on the mechanical properties and microstructure of PVA fiber-reinforced waste glass powder concrete by Yi Zhao, Siwen Chen, Shuisheng Yu, Shuai Wu, Yijie Bao

“…The research assesses the compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of concrete samples containing waste glass powder and PVA fibers that were cured for 7 and 28 days, respectively. …”
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Graph Convolutional Network for Word Sense Disambiguation by Chun-Xiang Zhang, Rui Liu, Xue-Yao Gao, Bo Yu

“…Discriminative features and sentence containing the ambiguous word are used as nodes to construct the WSD graph. …”
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Tumor-specific cytosol-penetrating antibodies for antigen- and TME-dependent intracellular cargo delivery by Carolin Sophie Dombrowsky, Felix Klaus Geyer, Diana Zakharchuk, Harald Kolmar

“…In this context, we have developed a modular approach for cytosolic penetration of tumor cells based on bispecific antibodies containing a masked cytosol-penetrating Fab on one arm and a tumor-targeting scFv linked via an endosomal cleavable linker on the other arm. …”
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Metal Flux from Dissolution of Iron Oxide Grain Coatings in Sandstones by J. Parnell, X. Wang, A. Raab, J. Feldmann, C. Brolly, R. Michie, J. Armstrong

“…Iron oxide grain coatings in red sandstones contain trace metals that are released upon dissolution of the coatings. …”
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Three-Axis Model for Atg Recruitment in Autophagy against Salmonella by Takeshi Noda, Shun Kageyama, Naonobu Fujita, Tamotsu Yoshimori

“…Within epithelial cells, a portion of the bacteria are surrounded by an autophagosome-like double-membrane structure, and they are still residing within the Salmonella-containing vacuole (SCV). In this paper, we will discuss how the autophagy machinery is recruited in proximity to Salmonella. …”
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Contribution of individual phospholipase A2 enzymes to the cleavage of oxidized phospholipids in human blood plasma by Philipp Jokesch, Olga Oskolkova, Maria Fedorova, Bernd Gesslbauer, Valery Bochkov

“…The rate of degradation of full-length OxPLs depended on the degree of oxygenation. Species containing 1 to 3 oxygen atoms were relatively stable to degradation in plasma, while OxPLs containing > 3 extra oxygens were degraded but at significantly slower rate than truncated species. …”
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La gestion de l’eau à Bibracte (Saône-et-Loire), avant et après la Conquête romaine by Laetitia Borau

“…It is still preserved over an area of 16 m2 but it was probably even bigger, maybe as big as 35 m2, thus containing a volume of 35 m3. This basin is the most ancient one built of the site. …”
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To Solution of Ecological Problems in Power Systems / by A. M. Gashimov, G. J. Guseinov, K. B. Gurbanov

“…Technological schemes of purification processes ensuring efficient  solution of  the ecological problem, particularly, in the case of power station operating on natural gas and fuel oil  are proposed in the paper. The paper contains an analysis of the mechanism in respect of processes occurring in the proposed methods for gas and liquid purification against detrimental impurities.…”
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A Chinese Knowledge Graph Dataset in the Field of Scientific Fitness by Shutong Du, Zhitong Liu, Bingyu Pan

“…This knowledge graph contains over 10,000 fitness-related terms, categorized into eight main groups: body parts, items of exercise, fitness movement, equipment and tools, exercise goals, anatomical structures, nutrients, and technical terms. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Shear Strength of Directly and Indirectly Loaded Flanged Recycled Self-Compacted Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams by Thamer Hussein Amer Alhussein, Jamal Abdul Samad Khudhair

“…Experimental and numerical investigations of the behavior of directly and indirectly loaded flanged reinforced concrete (RC) deep beams cast with self-compacted concrete (SCC) containing recycled concrete as coarse aggregate (RCA) were conducted in this research. …”
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Analysis on Flavor Quality of Brassica rapa L. from Different Varieties by MAERHABA·Paerhati, Zhanteng SONG, Ruina YANG, Jing LI, Jing AN, Min LIU, Zhenzhen XU, Jingrong ZHU

“…Results showed that the amino acids in 4 different varieties of Brassica rapa L. were all of various kinds, all containing 17 amino acids measured, including 7 essential amino acids for human body. …”
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DNA Methylation May be Involved in the Analgesic Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen via Regulating FUNDC1 by Kun Liu, Hao Wu, Rui Gao, Guang Han

“…We investigated the role of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) in expression of FUN14 domain-containing 1 (FUNDC1), which is associated with DNA methylation. …”
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