The Target Recovery Strategy for Preventing Avalanche Breakdown on Interdependent Community Networks by Kai Gong, Yu Huang, Xiao-long Chen, Qing Li, Ming Tang

“…We find that the RCS outperforms the other three strategies on the size of giant component, the existence probability of giant component, the number of iterative cascade steps, and the average degree of the remaining network. …”
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Semantic segmentation of substation tools using an improved ICNet network by Guozhong Liu, Qiongping Tang, Changnian Lin, An Xu, Chonglong Lin, Hao Meng, Mengyu Ruan, Wei Jin

“…To improve the accuracy and real-time performance of semantic segmentation of substation operation and maintenance tools, we have proposed an improved, light-weight, real-time, semantic segmentation network based on an efficient image cascade network architecture (ICNet). The network uses multiscale branches and cascaded feature fusion units to extract rich multilevel features. …”
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Local Mass and Heat Transfer on a Turbine Blade Tip by P. Jin, R. J. Goldstein

“…Local mass and heat transfer measurements on a simulated high-pressure turbine blade-tip surface are conducted in a linear cascade with a nonmoving tip endwall, using a naphthalene sublimation technique. …”
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SOCIAL NETWORKS AS A TOOL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE by V. Voronin, M. Iontseva

“…In the work, much attention is paid to socio-psychological mechanisms - scoring, patricipation, the technology of the expanding core and cascade technology, as well as the organizational conditions for employee motivation.…”
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In-vitro activation of complement system by lactic acidosis in newborn and adults by Friederike Hecke, Thomas Hoehn, Evelyn Strauss, Michael Obladen, Josef Sonntag

“…Furthermore we aimed to determine if the entire complement cascade could be activated by lactic acidosis.…”
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Optimisation of Water-Use in Pulp and Paper Mills: A Streamlined Review of Scientific Journal Publications by Felicia Ocklind, Kristin Liback, Lova Lundqvist, Wilma Harge, G Venkatesh

“…Availing of water-pinch analysis as a tool to uncover possibilities of water use in a cascade (depending upon the requirements imposed on the water, by processes downstream in the cascade), has been shown to aid in the optimisation of both water use and energy demand within the plant. …”
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Cerebral Arterial Stenosis Detection Based on a Retained Two-Stage Detection Algorithm by Hanqing Liu, Xiaojun Li, Jin Wei, Xiaodong Kang

“…Nonlocal neural networks fused global information and extracted global features from location information of feature maps. A cascade detector refined object classification and bounding box regression before prediction. …”
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Quaternion-Based Fast SMC–PD Cross-Domain Tracking Control for Coaxial Hybrid Aerial–Underwater Vehicle Under Oceanic Disturbances by Mingqing Lu, Wei Yang, Fei Liao, Shichong Wu, Yumin Su, Wenhua Wu

“…A variable parameter adaptive algorithm based on the learning rate is introduced in the cascaded SMC-PD controller. The error convergence speed of the system is further improved by adaptively changing the controller parameters. …”
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Flow Cytometric Detection of p38 MAPK Phosphorylation and Intracellular Cytokine Expression in Peripheral Blood Subpopulations from Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases by Athanasios Mavropoulos, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos, Christos Liaskos, Timoklia Orfanidou, Theodora Simopoulou, Efterpi Zafiriou, Lazaros I. Sakkas, Eirini I. Rigopoulou

“…Flow cytometric analysis of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) signaling cascade is optimally achieved by methanol permeabilization protocols. …”
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Urban Rail Transit System Network Reliability Analysis Based on a Coupled Map Lattice Model by Shaojie Wu, Yan Zhu, Ning Li, Yizeng Wang, Xingju Wang, Daniel Jian Sun

“…Consequently, taking countermeasures during the initial stage of network cascading may effectively prevent the disturbances from spreading in the network. …”
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Cerium-based nanoplatform for severe acute pancreatitis: Achieving enhanced anti-inflammatory effects through calcium homeostasis restoration and oxidative stress mitigation by Tingyi Luo, Yujing Tang, Wangcheng Xie, Zhilong Ma, Jian Gong, Yonggui Zhang, Tingsong Yang, Xuyang Jia, Jia Zhou, Zhengyu Hu, Lin Han, Qigang Wang, Zhenshun Song

“…A single low dose of the nanoplatform (1.5 mg kg−1) significantly reduced pancreatic necrosis in SAP rats, effectively ameliorated oxidative stress in the pancreas, improved mitochondrial dysfunction, reduced the proportion of apoptotic cells, and blocked the systemic inflammatory amplification cascade, resulting in the alleviation of systemic inflammation. …”
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7,8-Dihydroxyflavone Protects Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic Neurons from Rotenone-Induced Neurotoxicity in Rodents by Shuke Nie, Kai Ma, Mingkuan Sun, Matthew Lee, Yang Tan, Guiqin Chen, Zhentao Zhang, Zhaohui Zhang, Xuebing Cao

“…Western blot analyses were used to examine the expressions of TH, BDNF/TrkB signaling cascades, phospho-α-synuclein (Ser129), α-synuclein, and phospho-tau (Ser396) in SN. …”
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Genetic Variations Affect Chemotherapy Outcomes: A Role of the Spindle-assembly Checkpoint by Sinjini Sarkar, Ranita Pal, Trisha Choudhury, Manisha Vernekar, Partha Nath, Vilas D. Nasare

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Hacia una fundamentación ontológica de los derechos humanos a través del iusnaturalismo by Rush González Hinojosa

“…Se pretende mostrar que bajo la lógica del análisis de las tres categorías fundamentales de los derechos humanos (igualdad, libertad y dignidad) se puede establecer un hilo conductor e integrador entre el iusnaturalismo, el iuspositivismo y el iushistoricismo; y por otro lado, marcar una dirección hacia el fundamento ontológico de los derechos humanos.…”
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Modulation of Host Cell Signal Transduction Pathways by Helicobacter Pylori Infection by Peter JM Ceponis, Nicola L Jones

“…The purpose of the present summary, first presented at the Canadian Helicobacter Study Group meeting, is to discuss current knowledge of specific Helicobacter pylori factors, including the vacuolating cytotoxin, cytotoxin-associated gene A and the type four secretion system encoded by the cytotoxin-associated gene pathogenicity island and review the host cell signal transduction cascades that they modulate.…”
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Performance Analysis of SNR-Based HDAF M2M Cooperative Networks by Lingwei Xu, Hao Zhang, T. Aaron Gulliver

“…These results show that the fading coefficient, number of cascaded components, relative geometric gain, and power-allocation are important parameters that influence this performance.…”
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Geogenic perspectives on potassium dynamics and plant uptake: insights from natural and submerged conditions across different soil types with machine learning predictions by Saibal Ghosh, Gourav Mondal, Shreya Chakraborty, Sonali Banerjee, Sumit Kumar, Riddhi Basu, Pradip Bhattacharyya

“…Four different soil types including red, alluvial, calcareous, and black soils along with rice cultivated on them were collected from various parts of India and analyzed for potassium dynamics in the soil plant continuum. …”
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Development and implementation of a digiphysical screening model with nationwide reach to diagnose familial hypercholesterolemia by Karin Littmann, Gustav Kindborg, Matthias Lidin, Linda Mellbin, Daniel Eriksson Hogling, Jonas Brinck

“…The screening model includes, (i) cascade screening of relatives to patients with a confirmed FH diagnosis and (ii) systematic selective screening of patients with established atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. …”
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Efficacy and safety of ashwagandha root extract on sexual health in healthy women: findings of a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study by Amit Shrenikraj Mutha, Sonali Amit Mutha, Anupama Hem Tejuja, Deepak K. Langade

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Detailed Film Cooling Measurements over a Gas Turbine Blade Using a Transient Liquid Crystal Image Technique by Hui Du, Srinath V. Ekkad, Je-Chin Han, C. Pang Lee

“…Tests were performed on a five-blade linear cascade in a low-speed wind tunnel. The mainstream Reynolds number based on cascade exit velocity is 5.3×105. …”
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