Effectively alleviate rheumatoid arthritis via maintaining redox balance, inducing macrophage repolarization and restoring homeostasis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes by metformin-... by Rui Zhang, Xingyu Lin, Rongjie Lin, Zhenbin Chen, Chenfang Miao, Yao Wang, Xiaoqin Deng, Jianlong Lin, Shishui Lin, Shaohuang Weng, Min Chen

“…Macrophages and fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) play crucial roles in the progression of RA. …”
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Cochlear implantation outcomes in adults: A scoping review. by Isabelle Boisvert, Mariana Reis, Agnes Au, Robert Cowan, Richard C Dowell

“…At the individual level, 82.0% of adults with postlingual hearing loss and 53.4% of adults with prelingual hearing loss improved their speech perception ability by 15 percentage points or more. …”
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A Decision Model Assessing the Owner and Contractor’s Conflict Behaviors in Construction Projects by Guangdong Wu, Huanming Wang, Ruidong Chang

“…The results showed that the effort levels of the owner and contractor not only relate to benefit-sharing coefficient and effort outcome coefficient but also depend on the contractor’s ability of converting the conflict into benefit and the loss caused by conflict behaviors. A higher ability of converting conflicts into benefits and lower levels of the loss caused by conflict behaviors for the contractor lead to lower levels of the net benefit of the owner, conversely higher levels of the net benefit of the contractor. …”
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Broadband Polarization-Independent Edge Couplers With High Efficiency Based on SiN-Si Dual-Stage Structure by Yang Jiang, Zhewei Zhang, Peng Liu

“…We simulate the minimum TE/TM light coupling loss from a standard SMF-28 fiber to be 0.61 dB/0.95 dB with polarization dependent loss (PDL) less than 0.4 dB in the whole band between 1500 nm and 1600 nm.…”
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Profile of outer membrane proteins of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in Ghana by Francis S. Codjoe, Fleischer C. N. Kotey, Eric S. Donkor

“…For Acinetobacter baumannii, 96.8% (n = 30) expressed loss of OprF. One carbapenemase non-PCR-positive isolate with high-level porin expression was observed. …”
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Study on Optimal Regulation Model of Water Supply and Distribution Quantity in Irrigation Canal System Based on Cuckoo Optimization Algorithm by NONG Xizhi, LI Zhongan, JING Zheng, YE Ye

“…The main influencing factors of low water-use efficiency in irrigation multistage water supply systems are the leakage loss and the hydraulic loss of gate adjustment during water supply and distribution in the irrigation canal system. …”
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Thermal Adsorption and Corrosion Characteristic Study of Copper Hybrid Nanocomposite Synthesized by Powder Metallurgy Route by V. Senthilkumar, A. Nagadeepan, Melvin Victor De Poures, R. Sasikumar, N. Mukilarasan, M. Aruna, C. B. Priya, Gopal Kaliyaperumal, Elangomathavan Ramaraj

“…The potentiodynamic analyzer is used to evaluate the corrosion behaviour of the sample and the weight loss equation adopted for finding the theoretical weight loss of the composite.…”
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Efficacy and Tolerability of the Association of Sibutramine and Orlistat for Six Months in Overweight and Obese Patients by Alfredo Halpern, Renata B. Pepe, Ana Paola Monegaglia, Mônica Beyruti, Maria Edna de Melo, Marcio C. Mancini

“…After 3 months, the mean weight loss was 10.5 kg (−9.8% of the initial weight, 𝑛=263), and after 6 months, the mean weight loss was 13.9 kg (−12.8% of the initial weight, 𝑛=97). …”
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Adaptive Gradient-Based Optimization Method for Parameter Identification in Power Distribution Network by Bin Li, Yehai Jiang, Ke Hu, Xiangyi Zhou, Haoran Chen, Shihe Xu, Hao Jiao, Jinming Chen

“…The analytical expressions of the gradients of the loss function with respect to the parameters are derived, and an adaptive updating scheme is utilized. …”
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Persistently High Hip Circumference after Bariatric Surgery Is a Major Hurdle to Successful Hip Replacement by Menachem M. Meller, Amber B. Courville, Anne E. Sumner

“…As class III obesity leads to hip joint deterioration, black women frequently present for orthopedic care. Weight loss associated with bariatric surgery should lead to enhanced success of hip replacements. …”
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Using Piezosurgery in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion to Treat Complex Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Is Safe and Effective by Yu-Wei Li, Hao-Jie Chen, Shi-Xin Zhao, Xiu-Zhi Li, Hai-Jiao Wang, Peng Zhou, Wei Cui, Wei Xiao, Fan Li, Bingtao Hu

“…Average surgical time and intraoperative blood loss were significantly lower in group A than those in group B (P<0.01). …”
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Electrotechnological Heat Treatment of Milk: Energy and Exergy Efficiency by Andrei A. Bagaev, Sergey O. Bobrovskiy

“…The induction pasteurizer had the least competitive parameters: exergy loss – 10.8 kW, power consumption – 70.43 kW, exergy efficiency – 0.867, energy efficiency – 0.837. …”
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Identification and Prioritization of Solutions for Restoring Investors' Confidence in the Capital Market of the Islamic Republic of Iran by Yaser Sharifi, Mohammad Tohidi, Meisam Hamedi

“…The loss of investor confidence in financial markets can result in liquidity outflows and market collapse. …”
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A Deep Learning-Based Approach to Garbage Detection in urban centers by Slvar Abdulazeez Arif, Abubakar M. Ashir

“…The model achieved a low training loss of 0.0553 and a high training accuracy of 0.9809, indicating that learned well from the training data. …”
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A Possible Relationship between Peri-Implantitis, Titanium Hypersensitivity, and External Tooth Resorption: Metal-Free Alternative to Titanium Implants by Andrea Enrico Borgonovo, Rachele Censi, Virna Vavassori, Mauro Savio, Dino Re

“…Despite nonsurgical therapy, a rapid bone loss associated with pain and swelling occurred, and adjacent teeth presented external resorption. …”
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Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Adrenal Tumors by Sun Chuan-yu, Ho Yat-faat, Ding Wei-hong, Gou Yuan-cheng, Hu Qing-feng, Xu Ke, Gu Bin, Xia Guo-wei

“…The average operating time and intraoperative blood loss of pheochromocytoma were significantly more than the benign tumors (P<0.05). …”
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A Prospective Study of Early Loaded Single Implant-Retained Mandibular Overdentures: Preliminary One-Year Results by Ali M. El-Sheikh, Omar F. Shihabuddin, Sahar M. F. Ghoraba

“…Clinical assessments and marginal bone loss using standardized radiographs were recorded. …”
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Assessment of Parents’ Awareness Towards Space Maintainers: A Cross‑Sectional Study by Esra Ceren Tuğutlu, Neslihan Yılmaz

“… Purpose: Premature primary tooth loss in the primary and mixed dentition can cause malocclusion in the permanent dentition. …”
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Caregrief scale confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of portuguese caregivers by J. Vasconcelos-Raposo, A. Ribeiro, A. Silva, B. Santos, C. M. Teixeira

“…The results did not confirm the proposal of a 4-factor model (emotional pain, relational loss, complete loss, and loss acceptance), as proposed by the German study. …”
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Corrosion Characteristics and Flexural Performance of Carbonated Recycled Aggregate Concrete Beams in Corrosive Environments by Guixiang Yi, Yuanyuan Song, Jian Wang, Bo Chen

“…The average mass loss of the short limbs of the stirrups on the tensile side of the corroded C-RAC beam was lower than that of the corroded NC-RAC beam. …”
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