Sweat Cortisol and Cortisone Determination in Healthy Adults: UHPLC-MS/MS Assay Validation and Clinical Application by Syed N. Alvi, Kafa Abuhdeeb, Muhammad M. Hammami

“…In an isocratic condition, the mobile phase was delivered at a flow rate of 0.3 ml/minute. A positive electrospray ionization interface with multiple-reaction monitoring mode was used to provide simultaneous quantification of cortisol, cortisone, and internal standard at transitions of 363.11 to 121.00, 361.18 to 163.11, and 367.19 to 121.24, respectively. …”
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Study on factors influencing sand migration in wellbores by Liu Shanshan

“…Based on the simulation results and dimensional analysis, a prediction model for the volume concentration of sand particles in the wellbore was established, which is convenient for engineering applications to quickly determine the flow state of the wellbore. An engineering method for determining the critical non-deposition velocity of sand particles in wellbore was proposed, and the critical non-deposition velocity of sand particles under three effective particle sizes, three sand production concentrations, and three fluid viscosities was obtained. …”
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Exploring brain perfusion in dogs with meningoencephalitis of unknown origin: A promising role for arterial spin labeling imaging by Léa Arti, Kirsten Gnirs, Stella Papageorgiou, Yannick Ruel, Albert Agoulon, Nathalie Boddaert, Hugues Gaillot

“…Brain perfusion characteristics were assessed visually and by cerebral blood flow (CBF) measurements. Perfusion characteristics were compared pre‐ and post‐treatment. …”
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Approximate CNN Hardware Accelerators for Resource Constrained Devices by P Thejaswini, Gautham Suresh, V. Chiraag, Sukumar Nandi

“…The performance of our proposed architectures demonstrates significant acceleration and reduced power consumption compared to popular edge machine learning framework - TinyML TensorFlow Lite. FHA achieves a significant accuracy improvement of 6.2% along with a speedup of 1.07x and AFHA achieves accuracy enhancement of 4.3% and an impressive speedup of 1.42x.…”
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Application of continuous nursing in the postoperative management of patients following coronary artery stenting (延续性护理在冠状动脉支架植入术后患者康复管理中的应用现状)... by WANG Zhaojia (王兆嘉)

“…Stent implantation is an effective treatment for coronary heart disease, effectively keeps the artery open, improves blood flow to the heart and relieves symptoms like chest pain. …”
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Itraconazole promotes melanoma cells apoptosis via inhibiting hedgehog signaling pathway-mediated autophagy by Shunqiao Jin, Shunqiao Jin, Xiaojiao Liu, Xiaojiao Liu, Lingqin Cai, Lingqin Cai, Jiayu Yan, Ling Li, Hongjun Dong, Yuxue Gao, Xicong Zhu, Cong Zhang, Xuezhu Xu

“…Apoptosis and cell cycle in melanoma cell lines A375 and A2058 were assessed via flow cytometry. Western blot analysis was performed to examine autophagy and associated signaling proteins, while autophagy flux and autophagosome formation were visualized using fluorescence microscopy. …”
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Sustainable lightweight self-compacting concrete with coal bottom ash as aggregate and cement replacement by Ibtissam Boulahya, Abdelkadir Makani, Ahmed Tafraoui

“…To evaluate the workability of the LWSCC mixtures, slump flow, L-box, and sieve segregation tests were performed. …”
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Helmet Ventilation in a Child with COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Ke-Yun Chao, Chao-Yu Chen, Xiao-Ru Ji, Shu-Chi Mu, Yu-Hsuan Chien

“…In pediatric patients with severe COVID-19, if the respiratory support provided using high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) becomes insufficient, no definitive evidence exists to support the escalation to noninvasive ventilation (NIV) or mechanical ventilation (MV). …”
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Optimal OCR coordination in a high penetration distribution power system using a refined immune algorithm with an auto-tuning reproductive mechanism by Tung-Sheng Zhan, Yih-Der Lee, Jheng-Lun Jiang

“…Integrating an increasing number of distributed energy resources into medium-voltage and low-voltage radial distribution networks is causing significant shifts in power flow and fault current distribution. These changes introduce new challenges for power system protection coordination. …”
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Determination of Senegenin and Tenuifolin in Mouse Blood by Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry and Their Pharmacokinetics by Xiuwei Shen, Xiangyi Dai, Yifan He, Congcong Wen, Qingwei Zhang

“…Gradient elution was adopted, using a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min and an elution time of 4 min. …”
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Development of Simultaneous Analysis of Thirteen Bioactive Compounds in So-Cheong-Ryong-Tang Using UPLC-DAD by Ji Hyun Jeong, Seon Yu Lee, Bo Na Kim, Guk Yeo Lee, Seong Ho Ham

“…The chromatographic separation of the analytes was performed by an ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column (1.7 μM, 2.1 × 100 mm, Waters) with a mobile phase of water containing 0.01% (v/v) phosphoric acid and acetonitrile containing 0.01% (v/v) phosphoric acid. The flow rate and detection wavelength were set at 0.4 mL/min and 215, 230, 254, and 280 nm. …”
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Sealless Production Ultracentrifuge and Its Magnetically Self-Bearing Openable Motors for Purification in Viral Nanotechnology by Emanuel J. Hubmann, Daniel Steinert, Thomas Nussbaumer, Johann W. Kolar

“…The openable vertical axis self-bearing motors, the novel sealless flow path design and the needed ultra high-speed potential towards 100 krpm pose new technical problems, for which this article proposes and experimentally validates solutions. …”
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The “Smart Home” Heat Supply System Based on District Heating with the Utilization of Secondary Energy Resources Using a heat Pump by I. L. Iokova, M. B. Perekhval, I. E. Migutskii

“…The analysis of the data revealed that the use of heat pumps in CHP schemes reduces electricity generation by eliminating its production in the steam flow in the condenser. This facilitates the coverage of the electricity consumption schedule during periods of low demand for the integrated energy system. …”
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Thermosetting Coupling Analysis and Parameter Optimization of the Plastic Lining Pump Structure by Lingfeng Tang, Mingwei Liu, Feihong Ma

“…In order to obtain the optimum structure of the lining pump under the condition of fluid thermosetting coupling, according to the given design parameters, the structural parameters of the pump were calculated, the three-dimensional geometric model was established, and the flow field analysis was carried out by CFD; the inlet angle βb1, outlet angle βb2, wrap angle φ, inlet diameter D1, and outlet diameter D2 of the impeller were selected as the five factors to design orthogonal experiment, and the results were analyzed by range analysis; then, the efficiency and cavitation allowance were obtained as combined parameters under the evaluation index. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variation Characteristics of Water Pollution and the Cause of Pollution Formation in a Heavily Polluted River in the Upper Hai River by Chunfang Meng, Xiaoyu Song, Kening Tian, Bingxiao Ye, Tianxiu Si

“…The seasonal Mann–Kendall (SMK) test and the SMK test of flow-adjusted concentrations were effectively used to explore the temporal variation trends of major pollutants and the causes of their formation. …”
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Strategy for Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection of Left Main Coronary Artery with Extensive Intramural Hematoma in the Main Side Branch by Makio Muraishi, Kosuke Maeda, Takuya Okada, Masahiko Noguchi

“…The provisional crush stent technique was performed, and the final angiography revealed satisfactory results with thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow grade 3 in the LAD and LCX. This case report highlighted that stent implantation in the SCAD lesions facilitated the extension of the IMH longitudinally and laterally into the side branch, resulting in stenosis or occlusion. …”
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Increased Expression of TLR10 in B Cell Subsets Correlates with Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Ying Zhang, Rong Cao, Haijian Ying, Juping Du, Shuaishuai Chen, Na Wang, Bo Shen

“…TLR10 levels in B cells and B cell subsets (CD19+CD27+, CD19+CD27−, CD27+IgD−, CD27+IgD+, CD27−IgD+, D27−IgD−, CD19+CD5+, and CD19+CD5−) and inflammatory biomarker concentrations in peripheral blood (PB) obtained from RA subjects and HCs were detected by flow cytometry and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), respectively. …”
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The response of hydraulic conductivity to air-trapped saturation in a dissolution process of trapped-air in quasi-saturated fine sands media by Donghui CHENG, Yingbo LAN, Jing YUAN, Lin XIANG, Xiaoting YANG, Xiaoying QIAO, Lin DENG, Zilin WANG, Qing WANG

“…The proposed model in this study can provide foundation for studying quasi-saturated water flow and solute transport.…”
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A Highly Sensitive and Selective Isobutyraldehyde Sensor Based on Nanosized Sm2O3 Particles by Li Jiang, Yun Wu, Yan Wang, Qin Zhou, Yuguo Zheng, Yafei Chen, Qianchun Zhang

“…The characteristics and optimum conditions for the CTL sensor, including the working temperature, wavelength, and flow rate, were investigated in detail. Under the optimized experimental conditions, the CTL intensity varied linearly with the concentration of IBD, in the two-order-of-magnitude range of 0.015–3.9 μg/mL, with a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.99991 and a limit of detection (LOD), at a signal-to-noise ratio (S/N = 3) of 4.6 ng/mL. …”
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Paste Pipeline Transportation of Pumping Backfill Technology with Long Distance and High Stowing Gradient in Cold and High-Altitude Areas by Wei-jun Liu, Min Chen, Fei-fei Wang, Ren-ze Ou, Qi Liu

“…Furthermore, when backfill proportions and rate of flow are 1 : 4 : 8 and 50 m3/h, the pressure loss of the pipeline is around 0.4 MPa/100 m, and the backfill pump meets the backfill requirements. …”
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