Mosaic Structure of GaN Film Grown on Sapphire Substrate by AP-MOCVD: Impact of Thermal Annealing on the Tilt and Twist Angles by J. Laifi, M. F. Hasaneen, H. Bouazizi, Fatimah Hafiz Alsahli, T. A. Lafford, A. Bchetnia

“…Notably, both tilt and twist angles exhibited a minimum at 1050 °C (tilt = 252 arcsecs, and twist = 558 arcsecs), indicating improved crystal quality at this specific temperature. …”
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Assessment of CTF Boiling Transition and Critical Heat Flux Modeling Capabilities Using the OECD/NRC BFBT and PSBT Benchmark Databases by Maria Avramova, Diana Cuervo

“…This paper presents an application of the joint Penn State University/Technical University of Madrid (UPM) version of the well-known sub-channel code COBRA-TF (Coolant Boiling in Rod Array-Two Fluid), namely, CTF, to the steady state critical power and departure from nucleate boiling (DNB) exercises of the OECD/NRC BFBT and PSBT benchmarks. …”
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Validity and reliability of the Manchester Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOXFQ) in one-year postoperative ankle fracture patients—a validation study by Michael Quan Nguyen, Marjolein Memelink Iversen, Knut Harboe, Ingvild Dalen, Aksel Paulsen

Subjects: “…Ankle fractures…”
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A novel minimally invasive neurosurgical cranial fixation device for improved accuracy of intraventricular catheter placement: an experimental animal study by Atai Daniel, Matan Coronel, Segev Peer, Ben Grinshpan, Soner Duru, Jose L. Peiro, James L. Leach, Elena Abellán, Carolyn M. Doerning, David Zarrouk, Francesco T. Mangano

“…Results In the experiments, 7/7 (100%) catheter trajectories successfully reached the ventricle without any apparent complications related to the device or the procedure. …”
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Lower Limb Exercise-Based Injury Prevention Programs Are Effective in Improving Sprint Speed, Jumping, Agility and Balance: an Umbrella Review by Loïc Bel, Nicolas Mathieu, Vincent Ducrest, Mario Bizzini

“… # Study Design Umbrella systematic review # Methods Systematic reviews published in French, German, or English between January 1990 and January 2020 were identified in five databases. Only articles that investigated multicomponent lower limb injury prevention programs and their effects on the performance criteria of strength, balance, agility, jumping or speed by both amateur and professional athletes of all ages and sex were included. …”
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Behavioural Profile Differences Between Cats in Animal-Assisted Services (AAS) and Non-AAS Cats Using the Fe-BARQ in Flanders by Joni Delanoeije, Christel Palmyre Henri Moons, Els Helena Karel Anna Peeters, Patricia Pendry

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Investigation on taste characteristics and sensory perception of soft-boiled chicken during oral processing based on electronic tongue and electronic nose by Na Xu, Xianming Zeng, Peng Wang, Xing Chen, Xinglian Xu, Minyi Han

“…The sensory perception of food is a dynamic process, which is closely related to the release of flavor substances during oral processing. It's not only affected by the food material, but also subjected to the individual oral environment. …”
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New Auxiliary Vector Synthesis for Expanding Linear Modulation Range With the Ability to Eliminate CMV Spikes in the SVM Three-Phase Inverters by Jin Huang, Kaicheng Li

“…In the NAVSSVM, the new auxiliary vectors are a set of vectors with variable angles. Compared to the use of traditional auxiliary vectors, the new auxiliary vector synthesis expands the linear modulation range of the inverter to the maximum when the modulation index <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$M_{a}~\gt 1$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. …”
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THE EFFECT OF USING INQUIRY BASED LEARNING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS SPEAKING ABILITY ( A Case Study at SMAN 7 Bengkulu Selatan) by Yogi Irawan, Syahrial Syahrial, Dedi Sofyan

“…This research is aimed at finding out to what extent IBL strategy can affect students speaking ability and to find out the significant of IBL strategy on students speaking ability. …”
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The investigation of the relationships between retained placenta and animal's age, calving season, and type, number of parturition (or parity), and sex of calving in the cows by Yaşar Akar, Hamit Yıldız, Halis Öcal, Ali M. Apaydın

“…Regular recordings ol these animals was kept and relation between animal's age, number of pariuration. type of parturition, calving season, sex of calves and incidence of retained placenta was investigated. …”
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Crowding distance and IGD-driven grey wolf reinforcement learning approach for multi-objective agile earth observation satellite scheduling by He Wang, Weiquan Huang, Sindri Magnússon, Tony Lindgren, Chen Chen, Junyu Wu, Yanjie Song

“…To this end, we propose a multi-objective agile Earth observation satellite scheduling problem (MOAEOSSP) model and introduce a reinforcement learning-based multi-objective grey wolf optimization (RLMOGWO) algorithm. …”
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Knockdown of Adra2a Increases Secretion of Growth Factors and Wound Healing Ability in Diabetic Adipose-Derived Stem Cells by Xiangyuan Zhao, Yong Zhang, Xinzhen Zuo, Shubai Wang, Xiao Dong

“…The cAMP and PKA activity were also detected. Wound healing abilities of various ASCs were assessed in T2D mouse excisional wound models. …”
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Development of polymerase chain reaction kit for detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in biological samples collected from animals by A. M. Timina, A. S. Yakovleva, M. V. Timanov, M. V. Biryuchenkova, Ye. S. Orlova

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Pestivirus emergentes HoBi: impacto en salud animal y su importancia como contaminante de insumos biotecnológicos by A. PECORA, M.S. PÉREZ AGUIRREBURUALDE, D.A. MALACARI, O. ZÁBAL, F. BAUERMANN, J. RIDPATH, M.J. DUS SANTOS

“…En Argentina, la presencia de los virus HoBi no ha sido estudiada, ni desde el punto de vista epidemiológico ni en cuanto a su potencial como agente adventicio en productos biológicos y líneas celulares. …”
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Applying a 12-Week TRX Suspension and Plyometric Training Program: Effects on Biomotor Abilities and Physiological Adaptations in Volleyball Players by Abhijith Muriyedath, Masilamani Elayaraja, Nirmal Michael Salvi, Farjana Akter Boby, Bekir Erhan Orhan, Yuni Astuti, Karuppasamy Govindasamy

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Optimization of cross-sectional shape and support parameters of headgate in fully mechanized coal seam with large dip angle and close distance by Kun PAN, Wenjun JU, Junchao WANG, Housheng JIA, Biao HOU, Yinwei WANG, Zhiming ZHANG

Subjects: “…large dip angle…”
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Studies on the Pinctada fucata BMP-2 Gene: Structural Similarity and Functional Conservation of Its Osteogenic Potential within the Animal Kingdom by Akiko Takami, Hirotaka Kato, Ryousuke Takagi, Tomoyuki Miyashita

“…These results show that BMP-2 is conserved, not only in terms of its homology at the amino acid sequence, but also in terms of driving the formation of hard tissues in vertebrates and invertebrates.…”
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Symposium 3: What Genetically-Defined Animals can Teach us About What is Being Learned in Common Laboratory Tasks by W. E. Crusio

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Histological and radiographic assessment of the regenerative potential of sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP) as a novel direct pulp capping material in an animal model by Mostafa Kamel Mohamed, Mohamed Abdelfattah Abdelrahman, Abdel-Razik Hashem Abdel-Razik, Ahmad Abdel Hamid Elheeny

“…The specimens were stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and Masson’s trichrome, and histologically examined three months after the animals were sacrificed. To assess root maturity, radiographic changes in root length (RL), root surface area (RSA), and apical foramen width (AFW) were measured at baseline and after 3 months. …”
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Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Differ in Their Ability to Induce Respiratory Burst and Apoptosis in Neutrophils as a Possible Mechanism of Immune Escape by María M. Romero, Luciana Balboa, Juan I. Basile, Beatriz López, Viviana Ritacco, Silvia S. de la Barrera, María C. Sasiain, Lucía Barrera, Mercedes Alemán

“…Interestingly, the highly prosperous multidrug-resistant M strain, belonging to the Haarlem lineage, lacked the ability to activate and to induce PMN apoptosis as a consequence of (1) a weak ROS production and (2) the contribution of antiapoptotic mechanisms mediated at least by ERK. …”
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