Bacterial cytolysin during meningitis disrupts the regulation of glutamate in the brain, leading to synaptic damage. by Carolin Wippel, Jana Maurer, Christina Förtsch, Sabrina Hupp, Alexandra Bohl, Jiangtao Ma, Timothy J Mitchell, Stephanie Bunkowski, Wolfgang Brück, Roland Nau, Asparouh I Iliev

“…Here, we demonstrate selective synaptic loss within the superficial layers of the frontal neocortex of post-mortem brain samples from individuals with pneumococcal meningitis. …”
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Botulinum Neurotoxin Application to the Severed Femoral Nerve Modulates Spinal Synaptic Responses to Axotomy and Enhances Motor Recovery in Rats by Marcel Irintchev, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius, Andrey Irintchev

“…Although BDNF also reduced cholinergic terminal loss at 1 week, it had no effect on this parameter at two months and no effect on functional recovery. …”
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Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy in the Morbidly Obese Patient by Jennifer Yates, Ravi Munver, Ihor Sawczuk

“…Parameters including operative time, estimated blood loss, hospital stay, pathology, and complication rate were examined. …”
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Beamforming of Joint Polarization-Space Matched Filtering for Conformal Array by Lutao Liu, Yilin Jiang, Liangtian Wan, Zuoxi Tian

“…Due to the polarization mismatch of the antenna, the received signal suffers from energy loss. The conventional beamforming algorithms could not be applied to the conformal array because of the varying curvature. …”
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Long-Run Savings and Investment Strategy Optimization by Russell Gerrard, Montserrat Guillén, Jens Perch Nielsen, Ana M. Pérez-Marín

“…When risk aversion and maximum possible loss are considered jointly, an optimal savings strategy is obtained, which follows from constant rather than relative absolute risk aversion. …”
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Effect of Main Bearing Surface Profile on Crankshaft Lubrication and Vibration Characteristic by Guixiang Zhu, Junsheng Zhao, Chunjian Li, Jialin Wang, Min Liu, Zhihao Yang

“…With the increase of the main bearing surface profile height，the minimum oil film thickness of the main bearing increases，the maximum oil film pressure decreases，the average friction loss decreases，and both the maximum roughness contact force amplitude and the number of occurrences are reduced; the amplitudes of flexural vibration，axial vibration and torsional vibration of the main journal are all reduced.…”
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Coordinating a Three-Level Fresh Agricultural Product Supply Chain considering Option Contract under Spot Price Uncertainty by Changhua Liao, Qihui Lu

“…When the expected value of reduction from the retailer’s spot market in unit shortage loss cost is greater, the total profit of supply chain will increase. …”
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High transmission in 120-degree sharp bends of inversion-symmetric and inversion-asymmetric photonic crystal waveguides by Wei Dai, Taiki Yoda, Yuto Moritake, Masaaki Ono, Eiichi Kuramochi, Masaya Notomi

“…Abstract Bending loss is one of the serious problems for constructing nanophotonic integrated circuits. …”
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Retinal Artery Occlusion: A Review of Current Management Practices by Hannah Yu, Sophia Choi, Rodney Guiseppi, Touka Banaee

“…Given this variable causes of RAO, the clinical presentation and extent of vision loss may also differ from case to case, necessitating a prompt and thorough evaluation, including a full stroke work up. …”
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Dysregulation of REST and its target genes impacts the fate of neural progenitor cells in down syndrome by Tan Huang, Sharida Fakurazi, Pike-See Cheah, King-Hwa Ling

“…Our findings indicate that the loss of REST is critical in the neurogenic-to-gliogenic shift observed in DS-derived NPCs. …”
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An Energy-Saving Output Feedback Control of Single-Rod Electrohydraulic Servo System with Disturbance Observer by Yunfei Wang, Jiyun Zhao, Haigang Ding, Jiaxiang Man

“…The variable supply pressure reduces the energy of throttling loss and overflow loss, which achieves energy saving of about 54% according to the simulation results. …”
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Postpartum diseases and their effects on reproduction in dairy cows by J.F. Rocha, S.R.B. Couto, N.M.P.M. Caparelli, J.P.N. Andrade, C.G. Jayme, M.R.B. Mello

“…Diseased cows showed greater gestational loss and the percentage of pregnant cows at 150d postpartum was higher among healthy cows. …”
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Vehicle Target Detection of Autonomous Driving Vehicles in Foggy Environments Based on an Improved YOLOX Network by Zhaohui Liu, Huiru Zhang, Lifei Lin

“…Firstly, to address the issue of vehicle target feature loss in foggy traffic scene images, specific characteristics of fog-affected imagery are integrated into the network training process. …”
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Classification of short-term flood events using stochastic variable selection and Gaussian Naïve Bayes classifier: A case study of Sirajganj district, Bangladesh by Chandan Mondal, Md Jahir Uddin

“…Around the world, catastrophes caused by flooding are occurring naturally that cause a great deal of fatalities and financial loss. The loss of life and property can be considerably reduced with precise flood forecasts. …”
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The role of information in a lifetime process - a model of weight maintenance by women over long time periods by Judit Bar-Ilan, Nira Shalom, Snunith Shoham, Shifra Baruchson-Arbib, Irith Getz

“…<br><b>Results.</b> Weight loss and/or maintenance behaviour is a lifetime process in which distinctive stages were identified. …”
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Intravitreal Devices for the Treatment of Vitreous Inflammation by John B. Christoforidis, Susie Chang, Angela Jiang, Jillian Wang, Colleen M. Cebulla

“…The eye is a well-suited organ for local delivery of therapeutics to treat vitreous inflammation as well as other pathologic conditions that induce visual loss. Several conditions are particularly challenging to treat and often require chronic courses of therapy. …”
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Inhibitive Action of Ferrous Gluconate on Aluminum Alloy in Saline Environment by Patricia Abimbola Idowu Popoola, Sanni Omotayo, Cleophas A. Loto, Olawale Muhammed Popoola

“…The data obtained from weight loss and potentiodynamic polarization methods were in good agreement.…”
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Antepartum Risk Factors for Peripartum Hysterectomy in Women with Placenta Previa by Sündüz Özlem Altınkaya, Sümeyra Nergiz, Metin Güldaş, Selda Demircan Sezer, Hasan Yüksel

“…An increasing number that of previous cesareans, placental adhesive disorders and blood loss ≥2000 ml were found to be associated with the risk. …”
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Metamaterial CRLH Antennas on Silicon Substrate for Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits by Gheorghe Ioan Sajin, Iulia Andreea Mocanu

“…The CRLH antenna on f=38.5 GHz has a return loss of RL<−38.5 dB at f=38.82 GHz and the −3 dB radiation characteristic beamwidth of approximately 17°. …”
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Influence of Light Intensity on Tobacco Responses to Drought Stress by Brwa Rasool

“…These findings identify light-dependent changes in the cell redox state that limit water loss and enhance plant responses to drought stress. …”
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