GENDER EQUALITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY by KAZEEM ADEREMI ASIYANBI, AHMED YUSUF BABATUNDE, ADENIYI MICHAEL ADEWUSI

“…It examines the techniques used by CSOs, assesses their impact on policy reforms and public attitudes, and analyzes the hurdles to accomplishing their goals. …”
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Tensile and fatigue behaviour of as-forged AZ31B extrusion by A. Gryguc, S.K. Shaha, H. Jahed, M. Wells, B. Williams, J. McKinley

“…However, more dimples and plastic deformation were identified in the fracture surfaces of the forged specimens. …”
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Investigation of Double-Layer Corrugated Steel Plate Shear Walls in Multi-Story Frames by Mahdi Kiani, Ali Mohammad Rousta, Hamed Enatyati

“…Furthermore, the frames with DCPSWs experienced the highest inelastic deformations, which can be considered an advantage over CPSWs.…”
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RESEARCH ON THE ANTI-IMPACT CHARACTERISTIC AT DIFFERENT LOCATION BETWEEN THE MOVING SHIP AND MONOPILE OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES by ZHOU HongJie, LI Chun, HAO WenXing, YU Wan

“…The lower the collision location of the support structure deformation energy and impact depth is greater than the collision location of the higher position. …”
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Modulatory Effects of Eschscholzia californica Alkaloids on Recombinant GABAA Receptors by Milan Fedurco, Jana Gregorová, Kristýna Šebrlová, Jana Kantorová, Ondřej Peš, Roland Baur, Erwin Sigel, Eva Táborská

“…However, (S)-reticuline behaved as positive allosteric modulator at the α3, α5, and α6 isoforms of GABAA receptors. The depressant properties of aerial parts of E. californica are assigned to chloride-current modulation by (S)-reticuline at the α3β2γ2 and α5β2γ2 GABAA receptors. …”
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Design and Experiment of End-effectors for Picking Navel Oranges Based on the Underactuated Principle by Jiang Yanhong, Liu Jing, Hu Zhikui, Zhang Wan

“…The finite element analysis on the key force parts is carried out, and the motion error caused by the deformation of the key force points is analyzed within the safety error range. …”
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Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Oxidases and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease by Vittoria Cammisotto, Emanuele Valeriani, Pasquale Pignatelli, Francesco Violi

“…This review aims to summarize the current knowledge on the involvement of oxidative stress in the MASLD–MASH transition, focusing on the role of NOX isoforms, and to suggest targeting NOX as a therapeutic approach in MASLD.…”
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Study of Damage Constitutive Model of Brittle Rocks considering Stress Dropping Characteristics by Fei Li, Shuang You, Hongguang Ji, Hao Wang

“…To simulate the whole process of deformation and failure of the deep brittle rock under load, the Lemaitre strain equivalent theory is modified to make the damaged part of the rock has residual stress. …”
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Reconstruction of 3D Micro Pore Structure of Coal and Simulation of Its Mechanical Properties by Guang-zhe Deng, Rui Zheng

“…The micro mechanism of the deformation and failure of coal and the interaction of multiphase flow with porosity are revealed, which provides a theoretical reference for the clean development of the low permeability coal seam.…”
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Targeted In Situ Gene Correction of Dysfunctional APOE Alleles to Produce Atheroprotective Plasma ApoE3 Protein by Ioannis Papaioannou, J. Paul Simons, James S. Owen

“…Here, we describe atheroprotective properties of ApoE, though also potential proatherogenic actions, and the prevalence of dysfunctional isoforms, outline conventional gene transfer strategies, and then focus on gene correction therapeutics that can repair defective APOE alleles. …”
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A Non-Pyrotechnic Heavy-Load Hold Down Release Mechanism for Space Gimbals by Jun Jiang, Chaoran Wei, Yuanzi Zhou, Qiang Zhang, Jiyang Zhang, Guoyong Zhao, Qiuxia Zhang

“…Existing technologies either lack the function of gap avoidance after separation or rely more or less on the elastic deformation of the structure or limited spring forces for unlocking, which are either unreliable or complicated. …”
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Multi-objective optimization of the heating oil circuit inside the calendering roller for the lithium battery pole piece by Shuangqiu Sun, Junqiang Wang, Rongying Zhang, Zhenchao Si, Zhijie Yang

“…After redesigning the heating oil circuit inside a calendering roller, both the maximum surface temperature non-uniformity and the maximum surface radial thermal deformation of the roller are reduced remarkably by 29.8% and 13.2%, respectively. …”
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Effect of Strong Mining on the Fracture Evolution Law of Trick Rise in the Mining Field and Its Control Technology by Zhaolin Li, Lianguo Wang, Ke Ding

“…Through the analysis of the field monitoring of the roadway surface displacement, the deformation of the roadway surrounding rock showed a change trend of increasing first and then stabilizing with time, which indicates that the support effect was good and greatly improved the stability and safety of the roadway.…”
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Analyses on Prestress Loss and Flexural Performance of the Laminated Bamboo Beam Applied with Prestressed BFRP Sheet by Qingfang Lv, Ye Liu, Yi Ding

“…Test results showed that the no significant variation of the ultimate load and a reduction of the ultimate deformation capacity were caused by the application of the prestressed BFRP sheet.…”
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Molecular Insights in the Anticancer Activity of Natural Tocotrienols: Targeting Mitochondrial Metabolism and Cellular Redox Homeostasis by Raffaella Chiaramonte, Giulia Sauro, Domenica Giannandrea, Patrizia Limonta, Lavinia Casati

“…Tocotrienols (TTs), specifically the δ- and γ-TT isoforms, are vitamin E-derived biomolecules widely shown to possess striking anticancer properties since they regulate several intracellular molecular pathways. …”
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Microstructures and mechanical properties of a 30CrNi2MoV steel/GH4098 joint produced by hot-compression bonding by Shengqing Wu, Sheng Liu, Hexin Wang, Shaofei Ren, Bin Xu, Xiaopeng Zhang, Mingyue Sun

“…The highest interfacial bonding strength is obtained under conditions associated with high temperatures and large deformation.…”
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Using the Rheological Index to Quantitatively Evaluate the Mechanical Performance of High-Elasticity Modified Asphalt by Jiani Wang, Zhongjun Xue, Meng Guo, Shuaixiang Zhang

“…It can improve the high-temperature deformation resistance and elastic recovery ability of the pavement. …”
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A Cellular Potts model simulating cell migration on and in matrix environments by Marco Scianna, Luigi Preziosi, Katarina Wolf

“…Migration isregulated by a number of extracellular matrix- or cell-derivedbiophysical parameters, such as matrix fiber orientation, pore size,and elasticity, or cell deformation, proteolysis, and adhesion. Wehere present an extended Cellular Potts Model (CPM) able toqualitatively and quantitatively describe cell migrationefficiencies and phenotypes both on two-dimensional substrates andwithin three-dimensional matrices, close to experimental evidence.As distinct features of our approach, cells are modeled ascompartmentalized discrete objects, differentiated into nucleusand cytosolic region, while the extracellular matrix iscomposed of a fibrous mesh and a homogeneous fluid. …”
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Effects of leading-edge defects of the NACA 0015 airfoil on aerodynamic performance with various Reynolds number by Ulfa Hanifah Nurhaliza, James Julian, Fitri Wahyuni, Waridho Iskandar

“…The defect used in this research is of the surface concaved defect (SDD) type, with a deep defect characterized by a smooth sunken deformation. The opening size used is t*=12%, and the equivalent depth of the defect is h*=3%. …”
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Profiling of the Major Phenolic Compounds and Their Biosynthesis Genes in Sophora flavescens Aiton by Jeongyeo Lee, Jaeeun Jung, Seung-Hyun Son, Hyun-Bi Kim, Young-Hee Noh, Sung Ran Min, Kun-Hyang Park, Dae-Soo Kim, Sang Un Park, Haeng-Soon Lee, Cha Young Kim, Hyun-Soon Kim, Hyeong-Kyu Lee, HyeRan Kim

“…Expression patterns of these selected genes, as well as the multiple isoforms for the genes, varied by organ and developmental stage, implying that they are involved in the biosynthesis of various phenolic compounds both spatially and temporally.…”
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