Sulodexide Protects Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells from Oxidative Stress-Induced Injury via Upregulating Klotho Expression at an Early Stage of Diabetic Kidney Disease by Yu Ning Liu, Jingwei Zhou, Tingting Li, Jing Wu, Shu Hua Xie, Hua-feng Liu, Zhangsuo Liu, Tae Sun Park, Yaoxian Wang, Wei Jing Liu

“…Also, H2O2 could downregulate the expression of klotho in a dose-dependent manner. However, overexpression of klotho reduced the HAVCR1 production and the cellular apoptosis level induced by AGEs or H2O2. …”
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Structure simulation-based comparison of active site variations in fungal ornithine decarboxylases by Min Jeong Kim, Jeong Ho Chang

“…Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) initiates polyamine biosynthesis by catalyzing the conversion of ornithine to putrescine in a pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent manner. While the structures of mammalian and protozoan ODCs have been elucidated, fungal ODCs remain uncharacterized. …”
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Transfer Across Episodes of Analogical Reasoning: The Role of Visuo-Spatial Schemas by Jairo A. Navarrete-Ulloa, Maximo Trench

“…The fact that these animations biased participants’ ratings in the same manner as in the previous experiments provides further evidence that dynamic visuo-spatial schemas can play a role in meta-analogical transfer.…”
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Divergent roles of m6A in orchestrating brown and white adipocyte transcriptomes and systemic metabolism by Ling Xiao, Dario F. De Jesus, Cheng-Wei Ju, Jiang-Bo Wei, Jiang Hu, Ava DiStefano-Forti, Valeria Salerno Gonzales, Tadataka Tsuji, Siying Wei, Matthias Blüher, Yu-Hua Tseng, Chuan He, Rohit N. Kulkarni

“…These data shed light on the ability of m6A to impact metabolism in a cell-type-specific manner with implications for influencing the pathophysiology of metabolic diseases.…”
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Data-driven analysis of climate impact on tomato and apple prices using machine learning by Sunghyun Yoon, Tae-Hwa Kim, Dong Sub Kim

“…The relationship between the environmental factors and fruit price with varying time lags in data-driven manner using long short-term memory (LSTM) was modeled in this study. …”
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A lightweight prosthetic hand with 19-DOF dexterity and human-level functions by Hao Yang, Zhe Tao, Jian Yang, Wenpeng Ma, Haoyu Zhang, Min Xu, Ming Wu, Shuaishuai Sun, Hu Jin, Weihua Li, Liu Wang, Shiwu Zhang

“…The prosthetic hand features real-time sensing of joint angles in each finger, feeding data into a control module for selectively heating or cooling SMA actuators in a closed-loop manner, mimicking the functioning of human muscles. …”
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Comparison of Oral Microbe Quantities from Tongue Samples and Subgingival Pockets by André Göhler, Stefanie Samietz, Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Thomas Kocher, Ivo Steinmetz, Birte Holtfreter

“…Single species, total bacteria, and Archaea were linked to clinically assessed severity of periodontitis in a habitat-dependent manner.…”
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Evaluating Middle School Students’ Spatial-Scientific Performance within Earth/Space Astronomy in Terms of Gender and Race/Ethnicity by Jennifer Wilhelm, Michael Toland, Merryn Cole

“…A multi-level modeling approach was used in a hierarchical manner to evaluate student performance on the Purdue Spatial Visualization: Rotation test (PSVT-Rot) and on the Lunar Phases Concept Inventory (which included four spatial domains), while controlling for two variables (gender and race/ethnicity) at the student level and one variable (teaching experience) at the teacher level. …”
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Les marqueurs de changement de topique du discours en roumain : évolution sémantique et rôle pragmatique by Alice Ionescu, Cecilia-Mihaela Popescu

“…This paper attempts to describe how adverbs and adverbial expressions of manner and space came to function as discourse markers of topic shifting in contemporary Romanian and to sketch a possible typology of these markers. …”
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PGE2 Desensitizes β-Agonist Effect on Human Lung Fibroblast-Mediated Collagen Gel Contraction through Upregulating PDE4 by Qiuhong Fang, Yingmin Ma, Jing Wang, Joel Michalski, Stephen I. Rennard, Xiangde Liu

“…In the presence of 10−8 M salmeterol, however, cilomilast could significantly inhibit fibroblast-mediated collagen gel contraction in a concentration-dependent manner (10−7~10−5 M). Blockade of endogenous PGE2 by indomethacin further potentiated the inhibitory effect of salmeterol on fibroblast-mediated collagen gel contraction, but it did not affect cilomilast's effect. …”
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Understanding and Perception of Women Career Towards The Principles of Ubudiyyah, Mas'uliyyah and Itqan by Noor Fatimah Mujahid, Nur Aina Mardhiah Che Rahim, Amrina Rasyada Kamaruzaman

“…The value of Rabbani manners in work and the code of ethics used by public nurses in Kelantan is based on the principles of Ubudiyyah, Mas’uliyyah, and Itqan. …”
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Development and Validation of a Bedside Scale for Assessing Upper Limb Function Following Stroke: A Methodological Study. [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Sampath Kumar Amaravadi, Vijayakumar Palaniswamy, Akshatha Nayak, Dhaval Pawani, Prasanna Mithra, Ashish John Prabhakar, Abraham M. Joshua

“…Conclusions Newly developed BUFET was found to be a valid and reliable bedside tool in the evaluation of upper limb functions and can be administered in a resource and time-efficient manner.…”
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SIKAP RAMAH LINGKUNGAN SISWA SMP NEGERI 8 SEMARANG MELALUI PELATIHAN HIDROPONIK by Intan Rizky Amalia, Fajrina Asabela Putri, Siti Musapana, Dika Wahyuningrum, Cucianingsih Cucianingsih

“…Planting in a hydroponic manner in addition to helping preserve the environment, can also be useful to meet food consumption, health, and improve student concentration when the environment is beautiful. …”
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Degradation of Toxic Dye Using Phytomediated Copper Nanoparticles and Its Free-Radical Scavenging Potential and Antimicrobial Activity against Environmental Pathogens by S. Rajeshkumar, M. Vanaja, Arunachalam Kalirajan

“…The present investigation deals with the green synthesis of copper nanoparticles in an ecofriendly manner using leaf extract of Andrographis paniculata. …”
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DER BEITRAG VON VERNETZTEN STUDIENINHALTEN ZU EINER GANZHEITLICHEN THEOLOGISCHEN AUSBILDUNG by B. Stengel

“…With their role model and an adequate understanding of mentorship, they have an important influence on the way that students can network course content in a meaningful and purposeful manner. …”
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High-Temperature Rutting Resistance of Inverted Asphalt Pavement Structure by Yingjun Jiang, Yu Zhang, Changqing Deng, Yong Yi, Tian Tian, Kejia Yuan

“…Wheel-load increase affects the rutting resistance of both structures in a similar manner: when the wheel load increases from 0.7 MPa to 1.2 MPa, the rut depths of both pavement structures increase by at least 63%. …”
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Exploring CycleGAN Technique for Improved Plant Disease Detection and Analysis by Ouyang Luyi

“…Diagnosis of these diseases in an un-delayed manner is very important, however, methods described in current use that only involve the use of sight are inefficient and are also subject to errors. …”
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Exploring Transformation Through Travel by Means of the Movie The Way by Burhan Çınar, Umut Morkoç, Tuğba Pala Morkoç

“…To do this, the movie The Way (Emilio Estevez, 2010), which depicts the relationship between touristic experience and the transformation of the individual in an artistically powerful manner, was utilized. To analyze the document that constitutes the data source of the research study, a narrative analysis, and a qualitative research design, was followed. …”
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Households willingness to pay for improved solid waste management by S. Akhtar, A.S. Ahmad, M.I. Qureshi, S. Shahraz

“…Waste storage and collection sites of the area should be monitored periodically and waste should be disposed of in a scientific manner in sanitary landfills.…”
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Lightweight Word Spacing Model Based on Short Text Messages for Social Networking in Smart Homes by Yeongkil Song, Harksoo Kim

“…When a sentence is entered, the pattern-matching module inserts spaces by simply looking up the word spacing dictionary in a back-off manner. In comparative experiments with previous models, the proposed method showed low memory usage (0.79 MB) and high character-unit accuracy (0.9460) without requiring complex arithmetical computations. …”
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