Active Vibration Control of the Sting Used in Wind Tunnel: Comparison of Three Control Algorithms by Xing Shen, Yuke Dai, Mingxuan Chen, Lei Zhang, Li Yu

“…In wind tunnel tests, cantilever stings are often used as model-mount in order to reduce flow interference on experimental data. In this case, however, large-amplitude vibration and low-frequency vibration are easily produced on the system, which indicates the potential hazards of gaining inaccurate data and even damaging the structure. …”
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Evaluation of Compensation System of Production Forest in Communal Land Right of Sougb Tribe, Teluk Bintuni Regency, West Papua Province by Jonni Marwa, Simson Werimon

“…Therefore, the goal of this study was to evaluate the compensation of communal land right of Sougb Tribe in term of benefit flow, WTP, WTA, the mechanism as well as the compensation policy. …”
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Acute stimulation of PBMCs drives switch from dopamine-induced anti- to proinflammatory phenotype of monocytes only in women by Leonie Fleige, Silvia Capellino

“…In this study, we investigated the effects of dopaminergic stimulation on activation and cytokine secretion of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from women and men using flow cytometry, ELISA, and multiplex assays. We found a B cell-driven downregulation in cytokine secretion of monocytes exclusively from women under physiological conditions in vitro. …”
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Updates in Biliary Atresia: Aetiology, Diagnosis and Surgery by Mark Davenport

“…Rapid, efficient, and expeditious diagnosis is essential with the initial treatment being surgical, typically with an attempt to restore the bile flow (Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE)) or primary liver transplantation (<5%) if considered futile. …”
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A simplified computational liver perfusion model, with applications to organ preservation by Daniel Emerson, Yoed Rabin, Levent Burak Kara

“…In each model, we solve for a common lumped resistance value assigned to the super lobules, allowing the overall physiological blood pressure and flow rate through the liver to be preserved. We demonstrate our approach’s ability to maintain consistency between models of varying depth. …”
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The Genetic Structure of Wild Orobanche cumana Wallr. (Orobanchaceae) Populations in Eastern Bulgaria Reflects Introgressions from Weedy Populations by Rocío Pineda-Martos, Antonio J. Pujadas-Salvà, José M. Fernández-Martínez, Kiril Stoyanov, Leonardo Velasco, Begoña Pérez-Vich

“…The occurrence of bidirectional gene flow may have an impact on wild populations, as new physiological races continuously emerge in weedy populations. …”
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PET Quantification of Cerebral Oxygen Metabolism in Small Animals by Takashi Temma, Kazuhiro Koshino, Tetsuaki Moriguchi, Jun-ichiro Enmi, Hidehiro Iida

“…Since small animals such as rats are widely used to study various diseases including cerebral ischemia, cerebrovascular diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases, the development of a noninvasive in vivo measurement method of cerebral oxygen metabolic parameters such as oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) and cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2) as well as cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral blood volume (CBV) has been a priority. …”
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Genes Induced by Panax Notoginseng in a Rodent Model of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Lanqing Meng, Qing Huang, Xuebin Li, Ping Liang, Yueyong Li, Xiaohua Huang, Jingjie Zhao, Qiuping Chen, Rong Qiu, Lan Li, Chongdong Jian, Hongfei Yao, Jianmin Huang, Xionglin Tang, Zechen Wang, Zhongheng Wei, Jun Wu, Liuzhi Wei, Qiuju Wei, Qianli Tang, Lu Huang, Jihua Wei, Dinggui Lu, Qunqiang Luo, Kegong Xie, Yang Ouyang, Jian Chen, Genliang Li, Linxue Luo, Linbo He, Chenyi Zhuo, Anding Xu, Lingzhang Meng

“…Stroke is a cerebrovascular disease that results in decreased blood flow. Although Panax notoginseng (PN), a Chinese herbal medicine, has been proven to promote stroke recovery, its molecular mechanism remains unclear. …”
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Effects of Solder Temperature on Pin Through-Hole during Wave Soldering: Thermal-Fluid Structure Interaction Analysis by M. S. Abdul Aziz, M. Z. Abdullah, C. Y. Khor

“…This study investigated the capillary flow behavior as well as the displacement, temperature distribution, and von Mises stress of a pin passed through a solder material. …”
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Neo-BCV: A Novel Bacterial Liquid Complex Vaccine for Enhancing Dendritic Cell-Mediated Immune Responses Against Lung Cancer by Zilong Zhu, Zhuze Chu, Fei Fei, Chenxi Wu, Zhengyue Fei, Yuxia Sun, Yun Chen, Peihua Lu

“…Methods: We investigated the immune enhancing effect of Neo-BCV through in vivo and in vitro experiments, including flow cytometry, RNA-seq, and Western blot. Results: We have demonstrated that Neo-BCV can promote Dendritic cells (DCs) maturation and induce DCs differentiation into pro-inflammatory subgroups, significantly enhancing cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-mediated anti-tumor responses. …”
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Optimal Bus-Bridging Service under a Metro Station Disruption by Haodong Yin, Jianjun Wu, Huijun Sun, Yunchao Qu, Xin Yang, Bo Wang

“…Two main contributions are made: (1) a three-layer discrete choice behavior model is developed to analyze the dynamic passenger flow demand under station disruption; and (2) an integrated algorithm is designed to manage and control the station disruption crisis by providing additional bus-bridging services with the objective of minimizing the total travel time of affected passengers and the operating cost of bridging-buses. …”
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Global value chains and intra-BRICs trade in value-added by José Firmino de Sousa Filho, Gervásio Ferreira dos Santos, Luiz Carlos de Santana Ribeiro, Rodrigo Barbosa de Cerqueira, Larissa Lopes Lima

“…We analyze the BRICs countries' role in Global Value Chains (GVCs) and their trade patterns in value-added and vertical specialization, using the World Input-Output Database (WIOD) from 2000-2014 with a decomposition model of intermediate goods and trade flows. Our findings reveal increased connectivity within global value chains, particularly for China and India. …”
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Recanalization Therapies in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Pharmacological Agents, Devices, and Combinations by Vijay K. Sharma, Hock Luen Teoh, Lily Y. H. Wong, Jie Su, Benjamin K. C. Ong, Bernard P. L. Chan

“…However, the short therapeutic window, low rates of recanalization, and only modest benefits with IV-TPA have prompted a quest for alternative approaches to restore blood flow in an occluded artery in acute ischemic stroke. …”
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Submerged Groundwater Discharges as Source of Fecal Material in Protected Karstic Coastal Areas by Cristian Kantun Manzano, Flor Arcega-Cabrera, Morgane Derrien, Elsa Noreña-Barroso, Jorge Herrera-Silveira

“…Results demonstrate that (1) submerged groundwater discharge flux velocity and direction vary between hydrological season, exhibiting higher flow rates in Nortes season contrary to dry season and (2) the presence of coprostanol and epicoprostanol (anthropogenic fecal matter markers) in sediments surrounding the submerged groundwater discharges provides proof of allochthonous anthropogenic fecal material in a protected area, probably from remote inland sites. …”
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Synergistic Apoptotic Effect of Crocin and Paclitaxel or Crocin and Radiation on MCF-7 Cells, a Type of Breast Cancer Cell Line by Faeze Vali, Vahid Changizi, Majid Safa

“…To investigate the apoptotic effect of experimental groups PI-flow cytometry was used and expression of apoptotic proteins (caspase-7, caspase-9, PARP, and p53) was studied by western blot. …”
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Method for Determining the Valid Travel Route of Railways Based on Generalised Cost under the Syncretic Railway Network by Zhiqiang Tian, Guofeng Sun, Dingjun Chen, Zhicheng Qiu, Yawen Ma

“…Travel route options for passengers can provide data support for railway line planning, passenger flow organisation, and train operation establishment. …”
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Harpacticoid assemblages (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in the hyporheic zone of four streams in central Slovenia by Nataša Mori, Anton Brancelj

“…The goal of this study was to investigate distribution patterns of interstitial harpacticoid assemblages from four pre-Alpine streams originating in the Dinaric Karst and flowing into the Ljubljanica River. The sampling was conducted in 2002 at 12 locations distributed at a distance of approximately 1 km along each stream including tributaries, at a depth of 30–60 cm in the wetted channel (three sites per location) and depths from 65 to 160 cm on the stream banks (one site per location) using a Bou-Rouch pump. …”
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Porphyromonas gingivalis affects neutrophil pro-inflammatory activities by Agnieszka Zimny, Alicja Płonczyńska, Alicja Płonczyńska, Wiktor Jakubowski, Natalia Zubrzycka, Natalia Zubrzycka, Jan Potempa, Jan Potempa, Maja Sochalska

“…To investigate the impact of gingipains on neutrophil viability and function, we conducted studies using murine HoxB8 neutrophils and primary human neutrophils infected with wild-type strains of Porphyromonas gingivalis (W83 and ATCC 33277), or a gingipains-null mutant with deleted gingipains encoding genes, or wild-type bacteria preincubated with specific gingipain inhibitors. Flow cytometry revealed that wild-type Porphyromonas gingivalis had a marked effect on neutrophil viability regulated by anti-apoptotic proteins belonging to the Bcl-2 family; however, these effects were independent of gingipain expression or activity. …”
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The situation of the Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia in the second half of 20th century by Peter Šturák

“…Let it be passed from generation to generation to make deep Christian recovery flow from it. Let guard the memory of martyrs as the jewel of incredible price for the Christians of the new millennium.” …”
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Hepatitis E rORF2p Stimulated and Unstimulated Peripheral Expression Profiling in Patients with Self-Limiting Hepatitis E Infection by Sanjay B. Rathod, Anuradha S. Tripathy

“…To improve the current knowledge on the involvement of peripheral lymphocytes in hepatitis E virus (HEV) associated pathogenesis, we analyzed alterations in (1) immunophenotypic expressions (by flow cytometry) and (2) gene expression patterns (by TaqMan Low Density Array) of activatory, inhibitory, integrin, homing, ectonucleotidase machinery, costimulatory, inflammatory markers, and T regulatory cells (Treg) associated cytokines on HEV rORF2p stimulated and unstimulated PBMCs of 43 acute HEV patients, 30 recovered individuals, and 43 controls. …”
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