Stimulators and Activators of Soluble Guanylate Cyclase: Review and Potential Therapeutic Indications by Bobby Nossaman, Edward Pankey, Philip Kadowitz

“…The heme-protein soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) is the intracellular receptor for nitric oxide (NO). sGC is a heterodimeric enzyme with α and β subunits and contains a heme moiety essential for binding of NO and activation of the enzyme. …”
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Effect of chiral imbalance on the electrical conductivity of hot and dense quark matter using Green–Kubo method within the 2-flavour gauged NJL model by Snigdha Ghosh, Nilanjan Chaudhuri, Sourav Sarkar, Pradip Roy

“…The scattering amplitudes containing the polarization functions of the mesonic modes in the scalar and pseudoscalar channels are also evaluated by considering finite value of CCP. …”
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Ultrabroadband near-infrared emission profiling in multicore optical fibers doped with Er3+ and Yb3+/Tm3+/Ho3+ ions by Jakub Markiewicz, Marcin Kochanowicz, Tomasz Ragiń, Piotr Miluski, Wojciech A. Pisarski, Joanna Pisarska, Marta Kuwik, Dominik Dorosz, Martin Leich, Matthias Jäger

“…Based on our previous work with barium gallo-germanate glasses and fibers, the 4 and 11-core fiber structures, each containing core glasses doped with Er3+ and Yb3+/Tm3+/Ho3+, were developed. …”
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Rendition of Planting and Payoff in Localized Films: A Case Study by Elahe Ebtehaji, Mahboubeh Moghadas, Milad Mehdizadkhani

“…Multimodal transcription and Chaume’s signifying codes were used to describe scenes containing plantings and their corresponding payoffs. …”
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Ameloblastic Fibroodontoma of the Mandible with Normal Karyotype in a Pediatric Patient by Esther Manor, Elena Kan, Lipa Bodner

“…Radiographs show a well-defined radiolucent area containing various amounts of radiopaque material of irregular size and form. …”
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Immunopathology of Postprimary Tuberculosis: Increased T-Regulatory Cells and DEC-205-Positive Foamy Macrophages in Cavitary Lesions by Kerry J. Welsh, Semyon A. Risin, Jeffrey K. Actor, Robert L. Hunter

“…A higher percentage of cells in lipid pneumonia (36.1%) and cavitary lesions (27.8%) were positive for the dendritic cell marker DEC-205, compared to granulomas (9.0%, P<.05). Cavities contained significantly more T-regulatory cells (14.8%) than found in lipid pneumonia (5.2%) or granulomas (4.8%). …”
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Vibroacoustic Optimization of Stiffening Ribs and Damping Material Distribution on Sheet Metal Parts by M. Carfagni, P. Citti, L. Governi, M. Pierini

“…However, these are not efficient design solutions, especially with regard to the effectiveness of vibration reduction and to weight containment. In this paper a novel approach to achieve an optimal distribution of stiffening ribs and damping material will be presented. …”
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Practical Tips for Construction of Custom Peptide Libraries and Affinity Selection by Using Commercially Available Phage Display Cloning Systems by Keisuke Fukunaga, Masumi Taki

“…In both systems, peptides containing odd number(s) of Cys should be designed with caution. …”
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An Efficient and Self-Adapted Approach to the Sharpening of Color Images by Lih-Jen Kau, Tien-Lin Lee

“…With the proposed approach, the discontinuities can be highlighted while most of the original information contained in the image can be retained. Finally, the adjusted channel of Value and that of Hue and Saturation will be integrated to get the sharpened color image. …”
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An analysis of household waste generation in the Fomento 2 Public Housing Complex, Comoro Village, Dili, Timor Leste by Silva Augusto Almeida da, Maryono Maryono, Hermawan Ferry

“…The lack of access to waste sorting containers and the lack of community skills in processing waste properly and correctly. …”
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Luminescence properties of ZnSe single crystals co-doped with Fe and Cr by K. Lamonova, A. Prokhorov, M. Schmidbauer, A. Kwasniewski, Yu Kazarinov, M. Konuhova, A. Platonenko, Z. Remeš, K. Ridzoňová, M. Buryi

“…These represent clusters of three Cr-containing octahedral complexes accompanied by Zn vacancies, anticipating the formation of spinel ZnCr2Se4 inclusions in the host chalcogenide ZnSe matrix.…”
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Exploring homotopy with hyperspherical tracking to find complex roots with application to electrical circuits by Sandoval-Hernandez Mario A., Jimenez-Islas Hugo, Vazquez-Leal Hector, Quemada-Villagómez Miriam L., Lopez-Gonzalez María de la Luz

“…Furthermore, this article details five case studies on electrical networks where this method is applied to solve systems of equations containing imaginary coefficients to find mesh currents. …”
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Multiple Myeloma with Foamy Mott Cells by Karen Nalbandyan, Daniel Benharroch, Benzion Samueli, Michael Kafka, Anna Gourevitch

“…Intracytoplasmic assorted vacuoles containing immunoglobulin collections are occasionally seen in multiple myeloma. …”
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UV-Activated Luminescence/Colourimetric O2 Indicator by Andrew Mills, Cheryl Tommons, Raymond T. Bailey, M. Catriona Tedford, Peter J. Crilly

“…An oxygen indicator is described, comprising nanoparticles of titania dispersed in hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) polymer film containing a sacrificial electron donor, glycerol, and the redox indicator, indigo-tetrasulfonate (ITS). …”
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The Optimal First-Line Therapy of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Year 2012 by Chao-Hung Kuo, Fu-Chen Kuo, Huang-Ming Hu, Chung-Jung Liu, Sophie S. W. Wang, Yen-Hsu Chen, Ming-Chia Hsieh, Ming-Feng Hou, Deng-Chyang Wu

“…Alternative first-line therapies include bismuth-containing quadruple therapy, sequential therapy, concomitant therapy, and hybrid therapy. …”
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Different Types of Resistant Starch Elicit Different Glucose Reponses in Humans by Mark D. Haub, Kelcie L. Hubach, Enas K. Al-tamimi, Sammy Ornelas, Paul A. Seib

“…Eleven healthy subjects consumed solutions containing 30 g of either dextrose (DEX), resistant starch type 2 (RS2), or cross-linked resistant wheat starch type 4 (RS4XL) on three separate occasions, which were assigned randomly. …”
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Geotechnical Properties of Wood Ash-Based Composite Fine-Grained Soil by Bayshakhi Deb Nath, Grytan Sarkar, Sumi Siddiqua, Md. Rokunuzzaman, Md. Rafiqul Islam

“…Chemical investigation of wood ash depicts that it contains approximately 30% CaO, which directs it to behave like a pozzolanic material. …”
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Preparation and in vitro characterization of non-effervescent floating drug delivery system of poorly soluble drug, carvedilol phosphate by Srikanth Meka Venkata, Wee Liang Vanitha A/P Hong, Dharmalingham Senthil Rajan, Sheshala Ravi, Gorajana Adinarayana

“…SD prepared with the drug to poloxamer ratio of 1:4 by melt granulation showed a higher dissolution rate than all other dispersions. Formulations containing 40 mg of polyethylene oxide (C-P40) and 50 mg xanthan gum (C-X50) were found to be best, with the drug retardation up to 12 hours. …”
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ZSM-5 Filled Polyether Block Amide Membranes for Separating EA from Aqueous Solution by Pervaporation by Jin Gu, Xinran Zhang, Yunxiang Bai, Le Yang, Chunfang Zhang, Yuping Sun

“…On the other hand, the separation factor, and total flux of the PEBA/ZSM-5 membrane containing 10 wt% ZSM-5, PEBA/ZSM-5-10, increased with the increase of feed concentration and temperature. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Effects of Bacterial Concentration, Crack Inclination Angle, Crack Roughness, and Crack Opening on the Fracture Permeability Using Microbially Induced... by Yulin Zou, Hao Bai, Fan Shen, Hong Xu, Yundong Shou

“…In this study, four sets of seepage experiments are conducted on transparent rock-like specimens containing MICP filled single cracks to investigate the effects of bacterial concentration, crack inclination angle, crack roughness, and crack opening on fracture permeability. …”
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