Procurement at Local Government Level – Issues and Controversies by Marija Kaštelan Mrak, Nenad Vretenar, Jelena Jardas Antonić

“…Public procurement, due to the size of the involved financial flows, is government activity especially exposed to inefficiencies, corruption and dishonesty. …”
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Data Fusion Based Hybrid Approach for the Estimation of Urban Arterial Travel Time by S. P. Anusha, R. A. Anand, L. Vanajakshi

“…An attempt has been made in this direction to estimate total travel time in an urban road stretch using the location based flow data and sparse travel time data obtained using GPS equipped probe vehicles. …”
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Form Pressure in Composite Columns of 3DPC and SCC by Silfwerbrand Johan

“…This paper is focusing on the form pressure that has been an issue ever since SCC was developed in Japan in the early 1990s because of the flowing nature of this concrete type. Two tests series have been performed. …”
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Fine‐Scale Genetic Structure of Small Fish Populations in Islands: The Case of Brook Charr Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814) in Saint‐Pierre and Miquelon (France) by Julie Viana, Guillaume Evanno, Céline Audet, Fabrice Teletchea

“…The presence of predominant interisland gene flow combined with complete genetic isolation from certain hydrosystems suggests that this contemporary genetic structure is the result of both natural demographic processes during the species postglacial colonization and recent restocking actions. …”
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Vesicles Generated during Storage of Red Blood Cells Enhance the Generation of Radical Oxygen Speciesin Activated Neutrophils by Herbert Jank, Ulrich Salzer

“…Fluorescentlylabeled Vsto and calcium-induced vesicles were preparedin order to study the uptake of labeled vesicular components by neutrophils as compared to the process of phagocytosis of zymosan using flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. The activating effect of Vsto vesicles on neutrophils was addressed by a luminometric assay for stimulated radical oxygen species (ROS) generation. …”
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Satellite-Driven Hydrological Modelling in Ungauged Moroccan bassins: Case study Ouzoud river by Zilali Abdessamad, Larabi Abdelkader, Ajdor Youssef

“…Various statistical metrics assess ERA5's performance in representing daily precipitation and its integration into the GR4J-CemaNeige model for flow simulation. Results highlight the potential of ERA5 in improving rainfall representation and hydrological modelling in ungauged basins, verifying its effectiveness in simulating rainfall events compared to ground-based observations. …”
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Low Ethanol Concentrations Promote Endothelial Progenitor Cell Capacity and Reparative Function by Lars Brodowski, Bianca Schröder-Heurich, Berina Kipke, Cara Schmidt, Constantin S. von Kaisenberg, Frauke von Versen-Höynck

“…., migration, tube formation, and proliferation) using in vitro assays, the intercommunication of ECFC by exploring cell surface molecules by flow cytometry, and the expression of (anti-)angiogenic molecules by ELISA. …”
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Diagenetic Heterogeneity of Deep Sandstones and Its Relationship to Oil Emplacement: A Case Study from the Middle Jurassic Toutunhe Formation in the Fukang Sag, Central Junggar Bas... by Binfeng Cao, Xiaorong Luo, Likuan Zhang, Fenggui Sui, Huixi Lin, Yuhong Lei

“…Ductile lithic-rich, highly compacted sandstones and tightly calcite-cemented sandstones can create permeability barriers embedded in permeable reservoir sandstones, probably resulting in heterogeneous flow.…”
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Deep immunophenotypic dissection and clinical impact of T cells in the follicular lymphoma microenvironment by Sary El Daker, David Qualls, Andriy Derkach, Samida Beqaj, Leonardo Boiocchi, Venkatraman Seshan, Jeeyeon Baik, Menglei Zhu, Gilles Salles, Ahmet Dogan, Mikhail Roshal, Pallavi Galera

“…We analyzed the T-cell composition of a large, well-annotated follicular hyperplasia (FH; n=43) cohort utilizing standardized high dimensionality flow cytometry (>150,000 cells analyzed/sample) and a novel reproducible analytical pipeline leading to identification of even minor T-cell subsets. …”
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Revealing the decision-making practices in automated external defibrillator deployment: insights from Shanghai, China by Chaowei Wu, Yeling Wu, Lu Qiao

“…It was also found that decision-makers in Shanghai mainly deployed more devices in areas with a high density of the elderly population, dense transportation networks, cultural and educational places, and transportation hubs with large population flows. However, it was observed that the city center might lack sufficient preparation for the elderly group. …”
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VALUE RELEVANCE OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL DISCLOSURE OF CONSUMER GOODS FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Tajudeen Lawal, Lukman Ojedele Lawal, Daniya Adeiza Abdulazeez

“…This study therefore concludes that intellectual capital disclosure is value relevant for the firms and recommends that firms in consumers goods sector should provide more information on intellectual capital voluntarily since it is value relevant for decision making, which will ultimately lead to competitive advantage and future cash flows. …”
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Research of problems and prospects of development of public control in the information and communication space by D. A. Okolyshev

“…It is substantiated that in the long term, intelligent systems will become a fundamental part of the communication flows analysis system. Based on the research conducted, a model of public control has been developed and tested in relation to the results of monitoring the provision of quality education. …”
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Inequality degree within the country in the context of realising the Sustainable Development Goals by L. A. Davletshina, M. S. Telyuk, N. A. Sadovnikova

“…The authors believe that there remains relevant to study the transformations that the two divergent flows will take place in the coming years: 1) existing national projects and state programmes to solve the tasks and achieve the planned values formulated in the National Set of Sustainable Development Goals Indicators in the part of Goal 3; 2) the current epidemiological situation, which in the period 2020–2021 has already made tangible changes in the size and composition of the population.…”
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FHL1 as a prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target in acute promyelocytic leukaemia by Bo Luo, Wei Li, Jingyuan Zeng, Yingyu Mao, Shuang He, Nan Hu, Qulian Guo, Xiaoli Zheng

“…Cell Counting Kit-8 and flow cytometry were used to detect the effect of high or low expression of FHL1 on cell viability and apoptosis under the influence of cytarabine and daunorubicin. …”
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The effect of surface texturing in the sliding surface on tribological characteristics of alloy steel under wet condition by H. S. Patil, D. C. Patel

“…Surface texturing may act as wear debris trapper, lubricant reservoirs, hydrodynamic lift, and retarding the lubricant molecules flow in a particular path where potential exists. …”
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Improving of the Generation Accuracy Forecasting of Photovoltaic Plants Based on <i>k</i>-Means and <i>k</i>-Nearest Neighbors Algorithms by P. V. Matrenin, A. I. Khalyasmaa, V. V. Gamaley, S. A. Eroshenko, N. A. Papkova, D. A. Sekatski, Y. V. Potachits

“…Therefore, it is necessary to develop and improve methods for forecasting of the power plants generation using the energy of the sun, wind and water flows. One of the ways to improve the accuracy of forecast models is a deep analysis of meteorological conditions as the main factor affecting the power generation. …”
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Traffic-Responsive Signal Control at Intersections Using Real-Time Data of Vehicles Connected via V2X Communication by Hyung Geun Park, Sunghoon Kim, Taehyung Kim

“…Based on the results of the experiment, the proposed strategy shows positive effects in both decreasing travel delay and increasing traffic flow even at the low levels of MPR of CVs. The results of the proposed strategy can be used as the base data for the development of smart intersection operations.…”
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Hepatitis B Vaccination Induced TNF-α- and IL-2-Producing T Cell Responses in HIV− Healthy Individuals Higher than in HIV+ Individuals Who Received the Same Vaccination Regimen by Kriangkrai Chawansuntati, Kanokporn Chaiklang, Romanee Chaiwarith, Jutarat Praparattanapan, Khuanchai Supparatpinyo, Jiraprapa Wipasa

“…PBMCs collected at different time points were stimulated in vitro with recombinant hepatitis B surface antigen and analyzed by flow cytometry. There was an increase in TNF-α production of total and memory CD4+ T cells at 7 months after vaccination in healthy controls compared to the HIV+ group, which received the same standard vaccination regimen. …”
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Comparison of sustainable life cycle assessment on building construction methods: IBS versus conventional by Nik Mazlan Nik Muhammad Akif, Ismail Sushilawati, Saryanto Hendi, Wan Nasaruddin Wan Anwar Faiz, Tukiat Ikhwan Shah Tisadi

“…In the end, LCA will consider every single flow and relate the activity when analyzing the sustainability issues of the building. …”
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High-Density Lipoprotein Reduction Differentially Modulates to Classical and Nonclassical Monocyte Subpopulations in Metabolic Syndrome Patients and in LPS-Stimulated Primary Human... by Johanna L. Grün, Aaron N. Manjarrez-Reyna, Angélica Y. Gómez-Arauz, Sonia Leon-Cabrera, Felix Rückert, José M. Fragoso, Nallely Bueno-Hernández, Sergio Islas-Andrade, Guillermo Meléndez-Mier, Galileo Escobedo

“…Monocyte subpopulations were quantified by flow cytometry, and interleukin- (IL-) 1β secretion levels were measured by ELISA. …”
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