Endocrine and metabolic alterations in response to systemic inflammation and sepsis: a review article by Syed Faizan Mehdi, Muhammad Hamza Qureshi, Salman Pervaiz, Karishma Kumari, Edwin Saji, Mahnoor Shah, Ahmad Abdullah, Kamran Zahoor, Hafiza Amna Qadeer, Disha Kumari Katari, Christine Metz, Lopa Mishra, Derek LeRoith, Kevin Tracey, Michael J. Brownstein, Jesse Roth

“…It has frequently been linked with dysfunction in the hypothalamic pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA). Increased cortisol or cortisolemia is evident throughout the acute phase, along with changes in the hypothalamic pituitary thyroid (HPT) axis, growth hormone-IGF-1 axis, insulin-glucose axis, leptin, catecholamines, renin angiotensin aldosterone axis, ghrelin, glucagon, hypothalamic pituitary gonadal (HGA) axis, and fibroblast growth factor-21. …”
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Surgical management of a strangulated inguinal hernia in a Cynomolgus Monkey (Macaca fascicularis): a case report with discussion of diagnosis, and review of literature by Baptiste Sadoughi, Manon Dirheimer, Pierrick Regnard, Fanélie Wanert

“…The animal recovered well from the surgery and follow-up necropsy revealed perfect closure of the hernia without formation of adhesions at the surgical site. Strangulation and necrosis of intestinal loops in strangulated hernia are life-threatening conditions with a negative impact on both per-operative management and post-operative recovery. …”
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AG-Based Thick-Film Front Metallization of Silicon Solar Cells by M. Prudenziati, L. Moro, B. Morten, F. Sirotti, L. Sardi

“…In particular, the sintering of silver grains, silver diffusion into the glass, and the flow of glass at the metal/silicon interface strongly affect important characteristics of the cells such as sheet and contact resistivities and the adhesion of fingers and bus bars. The existance of an optimum value of the peak firing temperature is observed and explained in terms of competitive phenomena occurring at the metal/silicon interface. …”
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Improvement of Mechanical Properties of Noil Hemp Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Composites by Resin Modification and Fiber Treatment by Zili Yan, Jianchun Zhang, Hua Zhang, Hao Wang

“…The improvement in interfacial bonding is quantitatively evaluated with adhesion factor.…”
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Roles of core fucosylation modification in immune system and diseases by Qiu Pan, Xiao-Lian Zhang

“…Research over the past three decades has revealed the critical role of FUT8-mediated core fucosylation modification in various physiological and pathological processes, including cell growth, adhesion, receptor activation, antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), tumor metastasis and infections. …”
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Hybrid Modification of Wheat Bran Using Microbial Processing and Ultrasound: Enhancements in Bran Composition and Bread Quality by Esra Sik, Hatice Bekiroglu, Necattin Cihat Icyer, Gorkem Ozulku

“…The HM-treated WB yielded bread with the highest SV, approximately 10% greater than the control, while MB29 produced significantly harder bread than other samples (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Shock wave attenuation in a high-entropy alloy with pre-existing dislocation network by Hongcai Xie, Guoxiang Shen, Zhichao Ma, Wei Zhang, Hongwei Zhao, Luquan Ren

“…Especially, considerable immobile dislocations, Stair-rod and Hirth dislocations, occurred through dislocation reactions, contributing to the strain hardening level. Subsequent dynamic compression experiments demonstrated the dislocation multiplication mechanism in HEA, i.e., a high value of initial dislocation density led to a more efficient dislocation multiplication behavior, which further increased the contribution of dislocation strengthening. …”
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Hot deformation physical mechanisms and a unified constitutive model of a solid solution Ti55511 alloy deformed in the two-phase region by Huijie Zhang, Y.C. Lin, Gang Su, Yongfu Xie, Wei Qiu, Ningfu Zeng, Song Zhang, Guicheng Wu

“…The alloy exhibits obvious work hardening (WH) and flow softening characteristics. …”
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Dynamic Response of Graphitic Targets with Tantalum Cores Impacted by Pulsed 440-GeV Proton Beams by Pascal Simon, Philipp Drechsel, Peter Katrik, Kay-Obbe Voss, Philipp Bolz, Fiona J. Harden, Michael Guinchard, Yacine Kadi, Christina Trautmann, Marilena Tomut

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The refugees and health crisis: migration policy management and government response to Afghan migrants by Kalsoom B. Sumra, Muhammad Mumtaz, Naqib Ullah Khan, Helen Huifen Cai, Qiong Yuan

“…The lack of government facilities is due to the harder closed-door policy of the Pakistani government which has worsened the vulnerability of Afghan refugees after the sudden victory of the Taliban in Afghanistan. …”
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Development of Sr modified Al–Si–Mg–Fe based alloys for automotive components by H.R. Ammar, E. Samuel, A.M. Samuel, E. Elsharkawi, H.W. Doty, F.H. Samuel

“…The process of fragmentation/dissolution of the β-Al5FeSi phase during solution treatment at 540 °C is associated with the ductile Al matrix characterized by the formation of dimple structure. The lack of an age hardening response of the ternary Al–12%Si-0.045%Sr alloy results in low alloy strength, making this alloy unsuitable for automotive components that may be exposed to high temperatures. …”
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Improved π 0 , η, η′ transition form factors in resonance chiral theory and their a μ HLbL $$ {a}_{\mu}^{\textrm{HLbL}} $$ contribution by Emilio J. Estrada, Sergi Gonzàlez-Solís, Adolfo Guevara, Pablo Roig

“…Our evaluation of the corresponding pole contributions to the hadronic light-by-light piece of the muon g − 2 read: a μ π 0 − pole = 61.9 ± 0.6 − 1.5 + 2.4 × 10 − 11 $$ {a}_{\mu}^{\pi^0-\textrm{pole}}=\left(61.9\pm {0.6}_{-1.5}^{+2.4}\right)\times {10}^{-11} $$ , a μ η − pole = 15.2 ± 0.5 − 0.8 + 1.1 × 10 − 11 $$ {a}_{\mu}^{\eta -\textrm{pole}}=\left(15.2\pm {0.5}_{-0.8}^{+1.1}\right)\times {10}^{-11} $$ and a μ η ′ − pole = 14.2 ± 0.7 − 0.9 + 1.4 × 10 − 11 $$ {a}_{\mu}^{\eta^{\prime }-\textrm{pole}}=\left(14.2\pm {0.7}_{-0.9}^{+1.4}\right)\times {10}^{-11} $$ , for a total of a μ π 0 + η + η ′ − pole = 91.3 ± 1.0 − 1.9 + 3.0 × 10 − 11 $$ {a}_{\mu}^{\pi^0+\eta +{\eta}^{\prime }-\textrm{pole}}=\left(91.3\pm {1.0}_{-1.9}^{+3.0}\right)\times {10}^{-11} $$ , where the first and second errors are the statistical and systematic uncertainties, respectively.…”
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The role of Si at a lower level on the mechanical properties of Al-based automotive alloys by Khan A.A., Hossain Al-K., Kaiser M.S.

“…The joint efficiency, measured as hardening ratio was highest in TRIP690 at 2.22 and for higher strength grade it was between 1.37 and 1.51. …”
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Research on Soft Rocks for the Construction of Roadbeds for High-Speed Railroad: Effect of Water Soaking Environment by Xiangdong Zhang, Jie Geng, Yuebo Xu, Zhongchao Zhou, Shuai Pang

“…The curve change from strain-hardening to strain-softening type and the deformation modulus and extent of cohesion realized increased exponentially with an increase in the cement slurry filling rate. …”
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SymbolNet: neural symbolic regression with adaptive dynamic pruning for compression by Ho Fung Tsoi, Vladimir Loncar, Sridhara Dasu, Philip Harris

“…These capabilities are highly valuable in environments with stringent computational resource constraints, such as high-energy physics experiments at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. However, finding compact expressions for high-dimensional datasets remains challenging due to the inherent limitations of genetic programming (GP), the search algorithm of most symbolic regression (SR) methods. …”
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Dynamic Parameters and Hysteresis Loop Characteristics of Frozen Silt Clay under Different Cyclic Stress Paths by Furong Liu, Zhiwei Zhou, Wei Ma, Shujuan Zhang, Zhizhong Sun

“…With the continuous increase in the number of loading cycles, the samples of frozen soil show compacting and hardening characteristics. With an increase in the number of load cycles, the shape of hysteresis loop becoming narrows, the resilient modulus decreases at the initial stage and then gradually increases, and the damping ratio stably decreases. …”
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Study on the Effect of Rock Strength on the Macro-Meso Shear Behaviors of Artificial Rock Joints by Yujing Jiang, Sunhao Zhang, Hengjie Luan, Qinglin Shan, Baocheng Li, Dong Wang, Chuanyang Jia

“…The results show that (i) the shear stress curve of low-strength rock joints is strain-softening type, while high-strength rock joints are strain-hardening type, and high-strength rock joints are more sensitive to the change of roughness. …”
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Guiding chili variety selection for Zao chili in Guizhou: Based on a systematic study of sensory, physicochemical, and volatile characteristics by Xueya Wang, Kuan Lu, Wenxin Li, Ju Chen, Yong Yin, Xiaojing Sun, Min Lu, Jianwen He

“…Chaotian chilies are harder and spicier, have a higher seed/skin ratio and crude fibre content, and lower fruit weight, water content, and reducing sugar content than Erjingtiao chilies. …”
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The Effects of Different Phase on Independent Visual Fields SSVEP Responses by Dalu Zheng, Songyun Xie, Xinzhou Xie, Michael Scholz, Hao Tang

“…Binocular disparate stimulation based on steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEP) generates more recognizable features but also introduces complexity hardening the interpretability of SSVEP responses. …”
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Producing 100+ MPa Field Concrete in Developing Countries: Requirements and Challenges by Youssef ElHawary, Mohamed Hamdy, John Haroun, Omar Youssef, Tamer Breakah, Mohamed Nagib

“…Tests included fresh concrete, self-consolidation as well as hardened concrete properties in order to determine the properties of the concrete produced. …”
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