Effects of Sodium Sulfate Attack on Concrete Incorporated with Drying-Wetting Cycles by Fang Liu, Zhanping You, Rui Xiong, Xu Yang

“…This research investigated the mass loss and damage degree of concrete under sodium sulfate attack incorporated with drying-wetting cycles. …”
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Major Achievements and Prospect of the ATLAS Integral Effect Tests by Ki-Yong Choi, Yeon-Sik Kim, Chul-Hwa Song, Won-Pil Baek

“…Since 2007, an extensive series of experimental works were successfully carried out, including large break loss of coolant accident tests, small break loss of coolant accident tests at various break locations, steam generator tube rupture tests, feed line break tests, and steam line break tests. …”
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Steppe Eagle Population Structure Genetic Study: is There Hope for the Endangered Species? by Ludmila S. Zinevich, Dmitry M. Schepetov, Valentina G. Tambovceva, Rinur H. Bekmansurov, Genriyetta I. Pulikova, Elvira G. Nikolenko, Igor V. Karyakin

“…The decrease is evidently related to Steppe Eagles’ electrocution at nesting areas and during migration, poisoning by veterinarian drugs feeding on agricultural animal carcasses at wintering grounds, steppe fires and total habitat loss combined with loss of prey like susliks. To the contrary, the sister Aquila species, the Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) which exhibits similar biological traits and lives simpatrically to the Steppe Eagle at some parts of areas, shows local increase in numbers and even substitutes the decreasing Steppe Eagle in steppe biomes. …”
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Chitosan-Bidens pilosa Extract-Based Coating with Enhanced Free Radical Scavenging, Antifungal, and Water Barrier Properties: Metabolite Profiling, Film Characterization, and Raspb... by Kwanele A. Nxumalo, Olaniyi A. Fawole

“…Chitosan-based composite coating (Ch-1% BP) exhibited the lowest weight loss percentage (16.74%) and decay incidence (17.3%), while the untreated fruit showed higher weight loss and decay incidence (48.33% and 83.2%, respectively). …”
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The role of lipids in promoting hair growth through HIF-1 signaling pathway by Jieun Seo, Kotone Matsumoto, Ayaka Nanmo, Shan Tu, Do-Won Jeong, Yang-Sook Chun, Lei Yan, Tatsuto Kageyama, Junji Fukuda

“…Our results highlight the importance of lipids in promoting hair growth through HIF-1 signaling, suggesting that this may be a promising target for the treatment of hair loss.…”
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How Functional Reviews in the Health Sector Exacerbated Occupational Stress and Burnout Among Clinical Officers at Public Hospitals in Malawi by Paliani Chinguwo

“…The paper, therefore, argues that interprofessional conflicts, occupational violence, loss of power and identity crisis were ultimately drivers of occupational stress and burnout among clinical officers. …”
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Potential of peptides and phytochemicals in attenuating different phases of islet amyloid polypeptide fibrillation for type 2 diabetes management by Raliat O. Abioye, Chibuike C. Udenigwe

“…IAPP aggregates, which form amyloid fibrils, contribute to cytotoxicity of the pancreatic β-cells, resulting in loss of function and subsequent reduction in insulin production. …”
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Deciphering the Role of Adrenergic Receptors in Alzheimer’s Disease: Paving the Way for Innovative Therapies by Androulla N. Miliotou, Andria Kotsoni, Lefteris C. Zacharia

“…AD is a complex multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive and severe cognitive impairment and memory loss. It is the most common cause of progressive memory loss (dementia) in the elderly, and to date, there is no effective treatment to cure or slow disease progression substantially. …”
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Compact <italic>Ku</italic>-Band Orthomode Transducer Using Plus-Shaped Waveguide by Jongmin Lee, Sungmin Noh, Sangpil Lee, Jinho Jeong

“…Measurements of the fabricated OMT demonstrate notable characteristics: return loss exceeding 10 dB for vertical polarization from 13.5 to 17.5 GHz and for horizontal polarization from 13.6 to 16.7 GHz, insertion loss below 0.8 dB, isolation over 46 dB, and cross-polarization levels above 41 dB, confirming its suitability for Ku-band applications.…”
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Evolutionary Game Analysis of Firms’ Technological Strategic Choices: A Perspective of the Behavioral Biases by Yingqing Zhang, Ruguo Fan, Ming Luo, Mingman Chen, Jiaqin Sun

“…First, behavioral biases such as reference point dependence, loss aversion, and probability weighting can be defined and modeled based on the prospect theory. …”
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Corrosion Behaviors’ Investigation of Carbide Coatings Developed for Sulphuric Acid Recovery Systems by Erhan Özkan

“…In this study, corrosion resistance of cobalt and nickel, which are known to have high corrosion resistance, reinforced tungsten carbide coatings applied to low carbon stainless steel material surfaces to reduce corrosion-induced losses in sulphuric acid recovery systems were investigated. …”
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Biomarkers of Joint Damage in Osteoarthritis: Current Status and Future Directions by Rajkamal Kumavat, Vijay Kumar, Rajesh Malhotra, Hemant Pandit, Elena Jones, Frederique Ponchel, Sagarika Biswas

“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disease of the whole joint organ, characterized by the loss of cartilage, and structural changes in bone including the formation of osteophytes, causing disability and loss of function. …”
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Salicylic Acid Treatment Reduces Lipid Peroxidation and Chlorophyll Degradation and Preserves Quality Attributes of Pointed Gourd Fruit by Nitin Yadav, Anil K. Singh, Talha Bin Emran, Ratiram G. Chaudhary, Rohit Sharma, Swati Sharma, Kalyan Barman

“…The marketability of pointed gourd fruit is drastically reduced after harvest due to moisture loss, chlorophyll degradation, yellowing of the skin, and shriveling. …”
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Blade Tip Leakage Flow and Heat Transfer with Pressure-Side Winglet by A. K. Saha, Sumanta Acharya, Ron Bunker, Chander Prakash

“…On the other hand, the suction-side squealer with constant width winglet shows lower heat transfer (reduction of 5.5%) and pressure loss coefficient (reduction of 26%) than its baseline counterpart.…”
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Stress-Strength Reliability of Two-Parameter Exponential Distribution Based on Progres- sively Type-II Censored Data by Sajad Rostamian

“…Also, in almost all cases the Bayes estimator under the linear-exponential loss function has smaller estimated risk than the other estimators. …”
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CORRUPTION'S EFFECT ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT – THE CASE OF MONTENEGRO by Elvira Pupović

“…For example, low risk investments such as cash generally provide a lower return than high risk investments over the long term, but are unlikely to lead to a capital loss. High risk investments generally offer the potential of a higher return over the long term, but there is a higher probability that high risk investments will be more volatile in the short term (leading to capital loss if funds are withdrawn in the short term). …”
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Intraocular Silicone Oil Masquerading as Terson Syndrome by Navid Elmi Sadr, Bijan Samavat, Payam Mehrian, Alireza Hedayatfar

“…Terson syndrome is described as intraocular hemorrhage in association with any type of intracranial hemorrhage and is associated with higher mortality rate and vision loss. Intraocular hemorrhage in Terson syndrome may be diagnosed using computed tomography but there are false positive results. …”
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Integrated energy trading algorithm for source-grid-load-storage energy system based on distributed machine learning by Zhiwei Cui, Changming Mo, Qideng Luo, Chunli Zhou

“…To better solve the energy loss problem caused by energy trading in the power system, prevent the clean energy loss, and ensure the stable operation of the power system, a distributed dynamic network heterogeneous algorithm is designed on the basis of distributed machine learning. …”
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Voltage Stability Assessments and Their Improvement Using Optimal Placed Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) by Tebeje Tesfaw Wondie, Teshome Goa Tella

“…It is also indicated that, with the introduction of STATCOM to the optimal selected bus, the network power loss is reduced from 46.65 MW to 33.32 MW and its voltage magnitude in all buses is also improved. …”
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Analysis of the Chemical Modification of Dental Enamel Submitted to 35% Hydrogen Peroxide “In-Office” Whitening, with or without Calcium by Rudá França Moreira, Fábio Pinheiro Santos, Estevão Antero Santos, Ramon Silva dos Santos, Marcelino José dos Anjos, Mauro Sayão de Miranda

“…Excessive use of hydrogen peroxide, with or without calcium, causes no loss of calcium and phosphorus.…”
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