Mechanical response characteristics and damage mechanism of water-containing mudstone under low strain rate dynamic loading by Guichen LI, Sen YANG, Yuantian SUN, Jinghua LI, Haoran HAO, Zeyu SHAO

“…The behavioral characteristics of elastic-plastic deformation during the dynamic load disturbance stage were also elucidated. …”
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A two-step geospace storm as a new tool of opportunity for experimentally estimating the threshold condition for the formation of a substorm current wedge by L. F. Chernogor

“…The data available via the INTERMAGNET magnetometer network (<span class="uri">https://imag-data.bgs.ac.uk/GIN_V1/GINForms2</span>, last access: 19 December 2024) were chosen for two near-meridional chains of stations, one in the Western (eight stations) and the other in the Eastern (10 stations) Hemisphere, which were situated, for the first time, in such a way that one of them was in the night hemisphere during both of the two steps of the geomagnetic storm. …”
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Optimization of Key Parameters for Coal Seam L-CO₂ Phase Transition Blasting Based on Response Surface Methodology by Xuanping Gong, Xiaoyu Cheng, Cheng Cheng, Quangui Li, Jizhao Xu, Yu Wang

“…L-CO₂ blasting creates a plastic deformation zone and a pulverized zone around the borehole within 500 μs to 800 μs after detonation, with a tensile fracture zone appearing at 2000 μs. …”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture Preconditioning on Inflammatory Factors of Rabbits after Spinal Cord Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Mengli YAO, Xianghua CHEN, Zhaohui CHEN, Hai WANG

“…Objective:To observe the effects of electroacupuncture preconditioning on the pathological changes of spinal cord tissue and the expression of inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1β(IL-1β), interleukin-6(IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α), interleukin-1 receptor antagonist(IL-1Rα)after spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury, and to explore the protective mechanism of electroacupuncture on spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury in rabbits.Methods:A total of twenty-four New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into the sham operation group, the model group and the electroacupuncture group according to the random number table method, with eight cases in each group.The model was made by Zivin method in the model group and the electroacupuncture group, the abdominal cavity was opened after intravenous anesthesia at ear margin, the abdominal aorta was exposed and temporarily clamped, and the rabbit model of spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury was established after ischemia for thirty minutes.The model preparation and experimental animal treatment of the sham operation group were the same as those of the model group, however, the dissection was fully exposed without clamping the abdominal aorta.At thirty minutes before the induction of rabbit spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion model, SDZ-II electroacupuncture instrument was used to acupuncture bilateral"Xuanzhong"and"Yanglingquan"acupoints in the electroacupuncture group, intervention for thirty minutes.All rabbits were killed after intervention for twelve hours, and the L2-5 segments of spinal cord tissue were captured.HE staining method was used to observe the pathological changes of spinal cord tissues in the three groups; Immunohistochemical method was used to observe the localization and content changes of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)was used to detect the contents of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α and IL-1Rα in serum before modeling and 4, 8, 12 hours after ischemia-reperfusion.Results:①HE staining results: compared with the sham operation group, the number of neurons in spinal cord tissue in the model group decreased, the color of nucleus and cytoplasm of cells became lighter, and the boundary of nuclear membrane was not clear.In severe cases, the nucleus dissolved or even nucleolus disappeared, there were transparent areas around cells, and axons showed different degrees of degeneration such as enlargement, swelling and disappearance; compared with the model group, the number of neurons in the electroacupuncture group increased, the structure of most neurons was clear, the atrophy degree of nucleolus and nucleus was light, only a small amount of cells became deformed and necrosis, the damage degree of cells were lighter, and the density of surviving neurons increased.②Immunohistochemistry results: compared with the sham operation group, the expressions of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α of spinal cord tissue in the model group were significantly increased(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05);compared with the model group, the contents of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in the spinal cord of rabbits in the electroacupuncture group were significantly decreased(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).③ELISA results: Before modeling, there was no significant difference in the three groups(<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05);compared with before modeling, the expressions of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1Rα in serum of the three groups increased in different degrees at 4, 8 and 12 h after ischemia-reperfusion, with significantly significance(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05);compared with the sham operation group at the same time, the expressions of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α and IL-1Rα in the model group increased significantly at 4, 8 and 12 h after reperfusion(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05);compared with the model group at the same time, the expression of IL-1β and TNF-α in the electroacupuncture group decreased significantly at 4, 8, 12 h after reperfusion(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Electroacupuncture pretreatment can effectively alleviate the pathological injury of spinal cord and has a good protective effect on spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury, which may be related to inhibit the expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α and promote the expression of IL-1Rα.…”
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Soil smoldering in temperate forests: a neglected contributor to fire carbon emissions revealed by atmospheric mixing ratios by L. Vallet, L. Vallet, C. Abdallah, T. Lauvaux, L. Joly, M. Ramonet, P. Ciais, M. Lopez, I. Xueref-Remy, F. Mouillot

“…Recent increases in resolution have improved previous estimates of burned areas and aboveground biomass while increasing the information content used to derive emission factors, complemented by airborne sensors deployed in the tropics. …”
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Factors influencing trust in algorithmic decision-making: an indirect scenario-based experiment by Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos, Rebecca Marrone, Malgorzata Korolkiewicz, Florence Gabriel, George Siemens, Srecko Joksimovic, Yuki Yamada, Yuki Mori, Talal Rahwan, Maria Sahakyan, Belona Sonna, Assylbek Meirmanov, Aidos Bolatov, Bidisha Som, Izuchukwu Ndukaihe, Nwadiogo C. Arinze, Josef Kundrát, Lenka Skanderová, Van-Giang Ngo, Giang Nguyen, Michelle Lacia, Chun-Chia Kung, Meiselina Irmayanti, Meiselina Irmayanti, Abdul Muktadir, Fransiska Timoria Samosir, Marco Tullio Liuzza, Roberto Giorgini, Omid Khatin-Zadeh, Hassan Banaruee, Asil Ali Özdoğru, Kris Ariyabuddhiphongs, Wachirawit Rakchai, Natalia Trujillo, Stella Maris Valencia, Armina Janyan, Armina Janyan, Kiril Kostov, Pedro R. Montoro, Jose Hinojosa, Jose Hinojosa, Kelsey Medeiros, Thomas E. Hunt, Julian Posada, Raquel Meister Ko Freitag, Julian Tejada

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Comparative analysis of C-Reactive protein levels among Non-comorbid, Comorbid, and Multimorbid Hospitalized COVID-19 patients by Maria Shoukat, Haseeb Khan, Moona Nazish, Abdur Rehman, Sheharyar Raashid, Saad Ahmed, Wajid Munir, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, Massab Umair, Muhammad Osama Bin Abid, Nasim Akhtar, Wajid Zaman, Malik Badshah

“…Methods This study involves a retrospective observational framework to monitor CRP levels among hospitalized COVID-19 patients after getting ethical approval and patient consent. The information on underlying health conditions or comorbidities and age was collected from the patient data files. …”
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Meta-analysis of nursing effect of enhanced recovery after surgery in patients after laparoscopic hepatectomy (加速康复外科护理对腹腔镜肝切除术后患者护理效果的Meta分析)... by LI Mimi (李咪咪), ZHOU Hui (周慧), CHEN Yanyan (陈艳艳), SONG Rui (宋睿), HAO Yuying (浩育盈)

“…Two trained researchers extracted relevant information according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and conducted the Meta-analysis using Revman5. 2 software. …”
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Key Drivers Affecting the Future of Power Relations in Tehran Metropolis with a Scenario-Writing Approach by Afshin Mottaghi, Arash Ghorbani Sepehr, Joseph Saloukadz

“…The findings underscored the need for the key stakeholders, including the government, private sector, and civil society, to collaborate in crafting and executing well-informed strategies that harnessed Tehran's inherent strengths and position to catalyze its transformation into a globally influential metropolis. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of home delivery among pregnant women in Somaliland: Insights from SLDHS 2020 data by Hodo Abdikarim, Abdisalam Hassan Muse, Mukhtar Abdi Hassan, Yahye Hassan Muse

“…Objective: This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the determinants of home deliveries among women in Somaliland, with the objective of informing targeted interventions to improve maternal and child health outcomes. …”
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Convergent construct validity and test-retest reliability of both German versions of the original and the revised Niigata PPPD Questionnaire: NPQ and NPQ-R by Sarah Chételat, Sarah Chételat, Eve-Yaël Gerber, Eve-Yaël Gerber, Sarah El Khadlaoui, Frank Behrendt, Frank Behrendt, Michaela Stark, Michaela Stark, Stefan Schädler, Stefan Schädler, Maximilian Maywald, Lena Fabritius, Johannes Gerb, Johannes Gerb, Denis Grabova, Wiebke Trost, Andreas Zwergal, Andreas Zwergal, Ralf Strobl, Ralf Strobl, Katrin Parmar, Katrin Parmar, Hans Ulrich Gerth, Hans Ulrich Gerth, Leo H. Bonati, Leo H. Bonati, Leo H. Bonati, Sandra Becker-Bense, Corina Schuster-Amft, Corina Schuster-Amft, Corina Schuster-Amft

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Characteristics of cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in adults with different degrees of obesity by Shukun Deng, Shengrui Mei, Qunyan Zhou, Wenjun Zhi, Wenjun Wu, Junyan Cai, Peng Yuan

“…They were categorized into five groups based on their body mass index (BMI): the control group (18.5 ≤ BMI &lt; 24 kg/m2, n = 28), the overweight group (24.0 ≤ BMI &lt; 28 kg/m2, n = 48), the mild obesity group (28 ≤ BMI &lt; 35 kg/m2, n = 75), the moderate obesity group (35.0 ≤ BMI &lt; 40 kg/m2, n = 47), and the severe obesity group (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2, n = 33). Collected informations on the age, gender, height, and weight of five groups of participants. …”
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Les caves de Reims/Durocortorum à travers les exemples de la fouille du tramway by Magalie Cavé

“…The second example, which also includes evidence of fire, demonstrates that even a shallow cellar, that has been particularly impacted by modern construction, can yield a large quantity of material culture, including objects that are original and rich in information.…”
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بررسی اثر پوشش گلس بید و صدف بر روی ویژگی های فیزیکی و مکانیکی نانوکامپوزیت های زمینه پلیمری تقویت شده با الیاف شیشه و آرد چوب راش... by سپیده ساسانیان, آرش فرج پور رودسری, اصغر تابعی

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La ferme à enclos quadrangulaire du Bois des Olivettes à Roncourt (Moselle) : une catégorie d’établissement romain largement diffusée dans la vallée mosellane by Gaël Brkojewitsch, Brice Chevaux

“…Within these farmsteads, several forms co-exist, from simple constructions composed of perishable earthen and wooden materials, built within plots of land encircled by ditches, to much more structured ensembles, forming genuine small-scale agropastoral operations. …”
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Benchmarking data-driven inversion methods for the estimation of local CO₂ emissions from synthetic satellite images of XCO₂ and NO₂ by D. Santaren, J. Hakkarainen, G. Kuhlmann, E. Koene, F. Chevallier, I. Ialongo, H. Lindqvist, J. Nurmela, J. Tamminen, L. Amorós, D. Brunner, G. Broquet

“…., computationally light inversion methods that directly process information from satellite images, local winds, and meteorological data, without resorting to computationally expensive dynamical atmospheric transport models. …”
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Assessment of the Impact of Community-Based Tourism on the Economic, Social, and Cultural Empowerment of Women (Case Study: Coastal Villages of Bushehr Province) by Ali Shamsoddini, Fatemeh Dehghani

“…Ethical Considerations:All study participants provided informed consent and the researchers assured them of complete confidentiality and anonymity in relation to the study results. …”
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La mort de l’auteur selon Friedrich Kittler by Emmanuel Guez, Frédérique Vargoz

“…Le tournant du xixe siècle est aussi l’époque en Europe d’une réforme pédagogique qui encourage les libres essais des élèves et non plus la lecture des auteurs classiques. …”
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Palette-based image recoloring based on moving least squares(基于移动最小二乘的图像重着色) by 周家伟(ZHOU Jiawei), 黄子康(HUANG Zikang), 彭俊豪(PENG Junhao), 李盛善(LI Shengshan), 刘晓静(LIU Xiaojing), 杜正君(DU Zhengjun)

“…Finally, we transform the palette based image recoloring task into a problem of classic point cloud deformation. The proposed approach enables users to precisely control color variations in the image by editing the palette colors, leveraging the excellent locality of the moving least squares algorithm to achieve effective local color editing. …”
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Une norme pour la langue d’oc ? Les débuts d’une histoire sans fin by Philippe Martel

“…Enfin, aux débuts du xixe siècle, une nouvelle tendance, l'occitanisme, joint à son choix dialectal un choix graphique, en entreprenant de réformer la graphie de la langue telle que les félibres l'ont proposée. …”
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