Reassessment of disease severity routine laboratory tests in the COVID-19 infection by A. A. Simushev, E. Yu. Medvedeva, Yu. O. Shulpekova, V. M. Nechaev, M. R. Skhirtladze, I. R. Popova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Seven interrelated parameters (age, body temperature, blood oxygen saturation, the neutrophils count, creatinine, CRP, fibrinogen), for which a reliable relation with other tests has been shown, were assigned with its special index according to their contribution to the assessment of the overall condition severity. …”
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Kommerell’s Diverticulum: An Unusual Cause of Chronic Cough by Rahul Magazine, Charudutt Sambhaji, Ranjan Shetty, Umesh Goneppanavar

“…The enlarged thyroid was not compressing the trachea, and its occurrence in this case could be incidental. …”
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Uncovering the whole genome silencers of human cells via Ss-STARR-seq by Xiusheng Zhu, Lei Huang, Chao Wang, Guoli Li, Biao Deng, Dashuai Kong, Xiaoxiao Wang, Rongrong Chang, Yi Gu, Qiuhan Wen, Siyuan Kong, Yuwen Liu, Yubo Zhang

“…However, despite their recognized importance, comprehensive identification of these regulatory elements in the genome is still in its early stages. We developed a method called Ss-STARR-seq to directly determine the activity of silencers in the whole genome. …”
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The Secondary Component of the Extremely Low Mass Ratio Massive Binary HD 165246 Revealed by GHOST by C. N. Rodriguez, T. Ansin, G. A. Ferrero, O. G. Benvenuto, R. Gamen, N. I. Morrell, J. I. Arias, R. E. Higa, C. Putkuri, C. Johnston, K. Chiboucas, E. Deibert, C. R. Hayes, J.-E. Heo, M. Jeong, V. Kalari, E. Martioli, V. M. Placco, K. A. Venn, S. Xu, R. Diaz, M. Gomez-Jimenez, R. Ruiz-Carmona, C. Simpson, A. W. McConnachie, J. Pazder, G. Burley, T. A. M. Berg, J. G. Robertson, K. Labrie, J. Thomas-Osip

“…Stellar evolution models indicate that the system has undergone approximately two million years of evolution since its formation. Moreover, the secondary star is identified as a pre-main-sequence object, progressing toward the zero-age main sequence. …”
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A Particle Filter Localization Method Using 2D Laser Sensor Measurements and Road Features for Autonomous Vehicle by KyungJae Ahn, Yeonsik Kang

“…To navigate an urban environment, an autonomous vehicle should be able to estimate its location with a reasonable accuracy. By detecting road features such as curbs and road markings, a grid-based feature map is constructed using 2D laser range finder measurements. …”
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The Role of Neurokinin-1 Receptor in the Microenvironment of Inflammation and Cancer by Marisa Rosso, Miguel Muñoz, Michael Berger

“…In this paper, we evaluate the recent scientific developments regarding this receptor system, its role in the microenvironment of inflammation and cancer, and its potentials and pitfalls for the usage as part of modern anticancer strategies.…”
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A Randomized Non‐overlapping Encryption Scheme for Enhanced Image Security in Internet of Things (IoT) Applications by Muhammad Aqeel, Arfan Jaffar, Muhammad Faheem, Muhammad Waqar Ashraf, Nadeem Iqbal, Shahid Yousaf, Hossam Diab

“…Leveraging the randomness of a 5D multi‐wing hyperchaotic map, the proposed method employs pairs of non‐overlapping rectangles to induce confusion by swapping the pixels they encompass. Repeated iterations of this operation achieve significant confusion effects, enhancing encryption strength. …”
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The Reciprocal Influence Criterion: An Upgrade of the Information Quality Ratio by Riccardo Rossi, Michela Gelfusa, Filippo De Masi, Matteo Ossidi, Andrea Murari

“…A series of systematic tests with numerical examples is reported, to compare the properties of the new indicator with the more traditional ones, proving its clear superiority in practically all respects.…”
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Coordination Dynamics and Coordination Mechanism of a New Type of Anticoagulant Diethyl Citrate with Ca2+ Ions by Jin Han, Jun-Fa Xue, Meng Xu, Bao-Song Gui, Li Kuang, Jian-Ming Ouyang

“…Increased pH accelerated the dissociation rate of the complex and improved its anticoagulant effect. The Et2Cit complex with calcium was synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, XRD, FT-IR, 1H NMR, and ICP. …”
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The Composition of Emissions from Sanding Corian® with Different Sandpapers by Seungkoo Kang, Huayan Liang, Yong Qian, Chaolong Qi

“…Three sandpaper materials (ceramic, silicon carbide, and aluminum oxide) were tested to distinguish the contribution of aluminum-containing dust in the emission from Corian® and sandpaper itself. The result can help identify the main cause of the pulmonary fibrosis from exposure to aluminum-containing dust while sanding Corian®. …”
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Experimental Study on Thermal Damage and Energy Evolution of Sandstone after High Temperature Treatment by Rong-rong Zhang, Lai-wang Jing, Qin-yong Ma

“…The thresholds of damage strain energy release rate are 200°C and 800°C in this research. Its total input strain energy decreases with the increase of processing temperature and decreases sharply when the temperature is over 600°C. …”
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Marchiafava-Bignami Disease: a Reality. A Case Report by Masleidy Valladares Valle, Juan Ibrahim García Leonard, Ada Sánchez Lozano

“…Knowledge of this disease is necessary, because despite the poor prognosis of its acute form, cases of good evolution with timely diagnosis and treatment are reported. …”
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Contributors to this edition by Ronit Frenkel

“…Ronit Frenkel, as the incoming editor, plans on maintaining the pan-African scope of the journal while increasing its coverage into fields such as books, art, literature and popular cultures. …”
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A Reproducible Method for Donor Site Computed Tomography Measurements in Abdominally Based Autologous Breast Reconstruction by Damini Tandon, MD, Arthur Sletten, MD, PhD, Austin Ha, MD, Gary B. Skolnick, BA, MBA, Paul Commean, BEE, Terence Myckatyn, MD

“…Bland–Altman plots confirmed intra/interrater agreement. Our study meets its objective of establishing a protocol for obtaining abdominal CT measurements with high reproducibility and intrarater and interrater reliability. …”
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Clinical-grade extracellular vesicles derived from umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells: preclinical development and first-in-human intra-articular validation as therapeutics f... by Aliosha I. Figueroa-Valdés, Patricia Luz-Crawford, Yeimi Herrera-Luna, Nicolás Georges-Calderón, Cynthia García, Hugo E. Tobar, María Jesús Araya, José Matas, Darío Donoso-Meneses, Catalina de la Fuente, Jimena Cuenca, Eliseo Parra, Fernando Lillo, Cristóbal Varela, María Ignacia Cádiz, Rolando Vernal, Alexander Ortloff, Gino Nardocci, Verónica Castañeda, Catalina Adasme-Vidal, Maximiliano Kunze-Küllmer, Yessia Hidalgo, Francisco Espinoza, Maroun Khoury, Francisca Alcayaga-Miranda

“…The unique detection of sEV signals within the knee joint over time highlights its safety profile by confirming the retention of sEV in the joint. …”
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Pri-DDQN: learning adaptive traffic signal control strategy through a hybrid agent by Yanliu Zheng, Juan Luo, Han Gao, Yi Zhou, Keqin Li

“…Abstract Adaptive traffic signal control is the core of the intelligent transportation system (ITS), which can effectively reduce the pressure on traffic congestion and improve travel efficiency. …”
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Dexmedetomidine to Help Nerve Regeneration in a Rat Sciatic Nerve Injury Model by Wook Jeong, Hsichiang Kung, Chia Chi Cheng, Changwoo Lim, Min Jung Jung, Jaeho Lee, Doo Sik Kim, Yusom Shin

“…Several studies have shown that dexmedetomidine (DXM), a selective α2-adrenoceptor agonist, also has neuroprotective effects. However, its effect on impaired peripheral nerve regeneration has not been studied. …”
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Local relief approximation with deterministic methods for optimizing production facilities layout on rough terrain by V. G. Khomchenko, I. M. Zuga, A. N. Kuzhel, A. O. Stroyev

“…Relief approximation is proposed in the vicinity of the facility location at the current computational iteration using the Lagrange’s interpolating polynomial. …”
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University Network Capital as an Element of the City’s Social Capital by R. A. Zayakina

“…The formation and development of network capital in the university brings up the issue of its influence on characteristics of the city’s social capital. …”
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Detection of selective forwarding attacks based on adaptive learning automata and communication quality in wireless sensor networks by Hongliang Zhu, Zhihua Zhang, Juan Du, Shoushan Luo, Yang Xin

“…The adaptive reward and penalty parameters of a detection learning automata are determined by the comprehensive communication quality of the node and the voting of its neighbors to reward normal nodes or punish malicious ones. …”
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