Electroencephalogram-Based Brain Connectivity Analysis in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness by Yuzhang Wu, Zhitao Li, Ruowei Qu, Yangang Wang, Zhongzhen Li, Le Wang, Guangrui Zhao, Keke Feng, Yifeng Cheng, Shaoya Yin

“…The Pearson r of the delta band (Z=−6.71, P<0.01), theta band (Z=−15.06, P<0.01), and alpha band (Z=−28.45, P<0.01) were statistically significant. …”
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Safety and efficacy of telaprevir in treatment of a chronic hepatitis C in patients of the Russian population included in early access program study by D. T. Abrurakhmanov, V. G. Morozov, I. G. Nikitin, P. O. Bogomolov, N. I. Geyvandova, Ye. N. Bessonova, I. G. Bakulin, V. A. Isakov, K. V. Zhdanov, M. V. Mayevskaya, Ye. A. Nurmukhametova, E. Z. Burnevich, Ye. V. Chesnokov, V. D. Pasechnikov, A. Hill, I. Lonjon-Domanec, S. N. Kizhlo

“…HEP3002 is the international early access program of efficacy and safety estimation of telaprevir in combination to peginterferon alpha and ribavirin for patients with severe fibrosis or liver cirrhosis caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1. …”
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Genetic Analysis of Cytokine Promoters in Nonhuman Primates: Implications for Th1/Th2 Profile Characteristics and SIV Disease Pathogenesis by Pavel Bostik, Melanie Watkins, Francois Villinger, Aftab A. Ansari

“…Sequence analysis of promoter fragments of IL-4, IL-10, IL-12 p40, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha from the two monkey species showed varying degree of homology ranging from high degree of homology detected for IFN-gamma promoter (>99%) to relatively high degree of polymorphism detected for TNF-alpha promoter (94% homology). …”
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Microglia-secreted TNF-α affects differentiation efficiency and viability of pluripotent stem cell-derived human dopaminergic precursors. by Shirley D Wenker, María Isabel Farias, Victoria Gradaschi, Corina Garcia, Juan Beauquis, María Celeste Leal, Carina Ferrari, Xianmin Zeng, Fernando J Pitossi

“…Those effects were ameliorated by inhibition of Tumour necrosis factor alpha, a cytokine which was previously detected in vivo and in conditioned media from activated BV-2 cells. …”
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FORECASTING METHODS DETERMINATION OF RAW MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHEEP CABRETTA AND BATTING LEATHER AT PT ADI SATRIA ABADI by Khairun Nadiyah, Grita Supriyanto Dewi

“…From the results of the calculation of forecasting accuracy, it was found that the smallest MSE value lies in the results of forecasting with the Single Exponential Smoothing method with an alpha value of 0.7 of 44560919259, while in sheep Batting Leather, it also lies in the Single Exponential Smoothing forecasting with an alpha of 0.7 with an MSE value amounting to 31462955201. …”
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Comparison of Rapidly Proliferating, Multipotent Aortic Valve-Derived Stromal Cells and Valve Interstitial Cells in the Human Aortic Valve by Yuming Huang, Kang Xu, Tingwen Zhou, Peng Zhu, Nianguo Dong, Jiawei Shi

“…In addition, runt-related transcription factor 2 and Ki-67 proteins were also markedly upregulated in VDSCs, whereas there was less expression of the focal adhesion genes integrin alpha and laminin alpha in VDSCs compared to VICs. …”
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Clinical manifestations in Egyptian Pompe disease patients: Molecular variability and enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) outcomes by Mohamed Abdelghafar Hussein, Heba ElTaher, Ranim Mahmoud, Donia Sobh, Mohammad Al-Haggar

“…Abstract Background Pompe disease is a rare genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme acid alpha-glucosidase. This condition leads to muscle weakness, respiratory problems, and heart abnormalities in affected individuals. …”
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The Construction of Heterothallic Strains of <i>Komagataella kurtzmanii</i> Using the I-SceI Meganuclease by Daria D. Sokolova, Philipp I. Akentyev, Kristina O. Petrova, Lyudmila V. Lyutova, Aleksei A. Korzhenkov, Irek I. Gubaidullin, Stepan V. Toshchakov, Dmitry G. Kozlov

“…As a result, heterothallic strains designated ‘Y-727-2(alpha)’ and ‘Y-727-9(a)’, which correspond to the α and <b>a</b> mating type, respectively, were obtained. …”
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Human Platelets Take up Anti-VEGF Agents by B. Sobolewska, B. Fehrenbacher, P. Münzer, H. Kalbacher, S. Geue, Konstantinos Stellos, M. Schaller, F. Ziemssen

“…Ranibizumab and aflibercept were mainly detected in alpha-granules; however, bevacizumab was equally localized in alpha-granules and in platelet vesicles. …”
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Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 lineages in children and adults in 2021 and 2022. by Hiie Soeorg, Aare Abroi, Taavi Päll, Liidia Dotsenko, Erik Jaaniso, Katrin Kaarna, Andrio Lahesaare, Paul Naaber, Heiki Niglas, Ott Eric Oopkaup, Hedi Peterson, Tuuli Reisberg, Olga Sadikova, Steven Smit, Ulvi Gerst Talas, Radko Avi, Irja Lutsar, Kristi Huik

“…The increase in the proportion of Alpha/Delta/Omicron BA.1/BA.2 lineages was delayed in smaller regions (by 3.5-27.5 days). …”
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Lipschitz Analysis of g-Phase Retrievable Frames by Mohammad Ali Hasankhani Fard

“…In this paper we study the Lipschitz analysis of the nonlinear map $\alpha_{\lambda,{\mathcal{F}}}:\widehat{\mathcal{H}_n}\longrightarrow\mathbb{F}^m, \ \ \ \alpha_{\lambda,{\mathcal{F}}}(\hat{x}):=\begin{bmatrix}\lambda\left( \left\langle {x,f_k}\right\rangle\right)\end{bmatrix}_{1\leq k\leq m}$, where $\widehat{\mathcal{H}_n}$ is the quotient space corresponding to a special equivalence relation on $\mathcal{H}_n$ with respect to phase coefficient function $\lambda$,  $\mathcal{F}=\{f_k\}_{k=1}^m$ is a $\lambda$-phase retrievable frame for $\mathcal{H}_n$, $\mathbb{F}=\mathbb{R}$ for real Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}_n$ and $\mathbb{F}=\mathbb{C}$ for complex Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}_n$.…”
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Validation of an Italian questionnaire to assess sleep disorders: The Sleep Disorders Score Questionnaire (SDS-Q) by Sergio GARBARINO, Ottavia GUGLIELMI, Giovanni RALLO, Nicola MAGNAVITA

“…Validity was analysed by exploratory factor analyses, and reliability by Cronbach’s alpha. Results: The study was conducted with 240 male police officers. …”
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Non-canonical hepatic androgen receptor mediates glucagon sensitivity in female mice through the PGC1α/ERRα/mitochondria axis by Jie Chen, Yuanyuan Wu, Wanyu Hao, Jia You, Lianfeng Wu

“…Mechanistically, hepatic AR promotes energy metabolism and enhances lipid breakdown for liver glucose production in response to glucagon treatment through the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC1α)/estrogen-related receptor alpha (ERRα)-mitochondria axis. …”
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Comparative analysis of TNF-α (-308) gene polymorphism in Turkish patients with type 2 diabetes developing nephropathy and/or neuropathy by Venhar Gurbuz Can, Ozlem Cesur Gunay, Sinem Cesur

“…In this study, our aim was to investigate the association between TNF-alpha (-308) gene polymorphism and the risk of developing NP and NR in patients with T2DM We also aimed to determine the association between TNF-alpha (-308) gene polymorphism and several demographic characteristics and biochemical parameters of patients with T2DM developed NP and/or NR. …”
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Fibrin and Collagen Differentially but Synergistically Regulate Sprout Angiogenesis of Human Dermal Microvascular Endothelial Cells in 3-Dimensional Matrix by Xiaodong Feng, Marcia G. Tonnesen, Shaker A. Mousa, Richard A. F. Clark

“…Thus blocking both integrin alpha v beta 3 and integrin alpha 2 beta 1 might be a novel strategy to synergistically block sprout angiogenesis in solid tumors.…”
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Genetic variability and association studies for yield and pre-harvest sprouting traits in greengram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] by P. J. S. Pramod1*, N. Hari Satyanarayana2, J. Sateesh Babu2, K. Jaya Lalitha3 and V. Roja4

“…Key findings indicate that hard seed percentage and alpha-amylase activity at different germination intervals are having high heritability, demonstrating genetic heritability essential for breeding strategies.​ …”
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Characteristics of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in HIV-Infected People by Curtis L Cooper, Andrew D Badley, Jonathan B Angel

“…Co-infected individuals appear to respond to interferon-alpha therapy equally as well as HIV-seronegative HCV-infected adults, but minimal information exists regarding the efficacy and toxicity of combination HCV therapy (interferon-alpha plus ribavirin) in this population. …”
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Kolmogorov-type inequalities for functions with asymmetric restrictions on the highest derivative by V.A. Kofanov

“…For $k, r\in {\rm \bf N}$, $k<r$; $q\ge 1$, $p>0$; $\alpha, \beta>0$ and for functions $x\in L_{\infty}^r({\rm\bf R})$ inequalities that estimate the norm $\|x_{\pm }^{(k)}\|_{L_q[a,b]}$ on an arbitrary segment $[a,b] \subset {\rm\bf R}$ such that $\;x^{(k)}(a)=x^{(k)}(b)=0$ via a local norm of the function $|||x^{\uparrow \downarrow}|||_p :=\sup \left\{ E_0(x)_{L_p[a,b]}: \; \pm x'(t) > 0 \; \forall t\in (a,b), \;\; a,b\in \rm \bf R \right\},$ and the asymmetric norm $\|\alpha^{-1}x_+^{(r)}+\beta ^{-1}x_-^{(r)}\| _{\infty}$ of its highest derivative are proved, where $E_0(x)_{L_p([a,b])}:= \inf \{\|x - c\|_{L_p([a,b])}: c \in {\rm \bf R }\}$. …”
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Pengaruh Dukungan Sosial Teman Sebaya terhadap Motivasi Berprestasi Siswa Tunarungu di Sekolah Inklusi by Eza Wahyuni Suraida, Tino Leonardi

“…Alat ukur dukungan sosial yang digunakan peneliti memiliki koefisien reliabilitas cronbach alpha sebesar 0,929. Alat ukur motivasi berprestasi memiliki koefisien reliabilitas cronbach alpha sebesar 0,910. …”
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Measuring Cardiovascular Disease Risk Perception: Translation and Validation of the Indonesian ABCD Risk Questionnaire by Septa Meriana Lumbantoruan, Deby Kristiani Uligraff, Eva Berthy Tallutondok

“…The internal consistency was acceptable based on Cronbach alpha and ordinal alpha. The Indonesian version of ABCD questionnaire was statistically valid and reliable to be used. …”
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