Muscle Architecture of Leg Muscles: Functional and Clinical Significance by Gurpreet Kaur, Rekha Lalwani, Manal M. Khan, Sunita A Athavale

“…This study contributes baseline normative data for musculoskeletal modelling platforms and simulation tools – an emerging area in biomechanics and tendon transfers. …”
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Mechanisms of (Fisch.) Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao (huang qi) and (Oliv.) Diels (dang gui) in Ameliorating Hypoxia and Angiogenesis to Delay Pulmonary Nodule Malignant Tra... by Ying Guo PhD, Peng Yang MS, Zihong Wu PhD, Sanyin Zhang PhD, Fengming You PhD

“…These include ameliorating hypoxia by restoring blood composition, enhancing vascular structure, accelerating circulation, promoting vascular normalization, and blocking or inhibiting various pro-angiogenic expressions and receptor interactions. …”
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Monetary and credit policy of Ukraine: Current trends and challenges by Natalia Chyzh, Оksana Urban

“…The systematization of literary sources and approaches to solving the problem of the formation of an effective monetary policy of the state in crisis conditions indicates that this issue requires in-depth research, since scientific and practical developments related to ensuring the normalization of the monetary and credit system in conditions of military aggression are currently is not enough for a full understanding of the methods of regulating the money market. …”
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Dynamic Stress of Subgrade Bed Layers Subjected to Train Vehicles with Large Axle Loads by Fang Xu, Qi Yang, Wenjie Liu, Wuming Leng, Rusong Nie, Huihao Mei

“…The results showed the following: (1) the transverse distribution of the dynamic stress transformed from a bimodal pattern to a unimodal pattern with increasing depth; (2) the pass of adjacent bogies of adjacent carriages can be simplified once loaded on the subgrade since the dynamic stresses are maintained around the peak value during the pass of the adjacent bogies; (3) the dynamic stress at the bottom of the subgrade bed surface layer was more sensitive to the train axle load compared with that at the subgrade surface because the dynamic stresses induced by the two rails were gradually overlaid with increasing depth; (4) the maximum dynamic stress at the subgrade bed bottom was reduced by approximately 70% compared with that at the subgrade surface; (5) the vertical track irregularities intensified the vertical excitation between the train vehicle wheels and rails, and the maximum dynamic stress at the subgrade surface under the action of the irregular heavy-haul track spectrum increased by 23% compared with the smooth rail condition; and (6) the possible maximum dynamic stress (σdm) at the subgrade surface under the action of irregular track spectra can be predicted using the triple standard deviation principle of a normally distributed random variable, i.e., σdm = μ + 3σ (where μ and σ are the expectation and standard deviation of σdm, respectively).…”
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Hybrid dung beetle optimization based dimensionality reduction with deep learning based cybersecurity solution on IoT environment by Amal K. Alkhalifa, Nuha Alruwais, Wahida Mansouri, Munya A. Arasi, Mohammed Alliheedi, Fouad Shoie Alallah, Alaa O. Khadidos, Abdulrhman Alshareef

“…In the primary stage, the HDBODR-DLCS technique involves Z-score normalization to measure the input dataset. The HDBO model is used for dimensionality reduction, which mainly selects the relevant features and discards the irrelevant features. …”
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A deep learning based model for diabetic retinopathy grading by Samia Akhtar, Shabib Aftab, Oualid Ali, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Adnan Khan, Sagheer Abbas, Taher M. Ghazal

“…The proposed RSG-Net model contains convolutional layers to perform automatic feature extraction from the input images and batch normalization layers to improve training speed and performance. …”
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Why are there discrepancies between depressed patients’ Global Rating of Change and scores on the Patient Health Questionnaire depression module? A qualitative study of primary car... by Alice Malpass, Glyn Lewis, Jude Robinson, Christopher Dowrick, Naila Khan, Louise Fusco

“…Interviews were transcribed and subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis.Results We identified four themes as explanations for mismatch between GRC and PHQ-9: perceptions that GRC provided a more accurate assessment of current mental state than PHQ-9; impact of recent negative or positive life events on either measure; personal understanding of depression as normally fluctuating, and tendency to underscore on PHQ-9 as a means of self-motivation; and lack of recall.Conclusions The combined used of the PHQ-9 and a more open question better captures the patient’s unique experiences of mental health. …”
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A High-Throughput Method as a Diagnostic Tool for HIV Detection in Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Generated by Different Reprogramming Methods by Daniela Hübscher, Sabine Rebs, Luis Haupt, Thomas Borchert, Celina Isabell Guessoum, Franziska Treu, Steffen Köhne, Andreas Maus, Mario Hambrecht, Samuel Sossalla, Ralf Dressel, Angela Uy, Mark Jakob, Gerd Hasenfuss, Katrin Streckfuss-Bömeke

“…We used the high-throughput cobas® 6800/8800 system, which is normally used for detection of HIV-1 in plasma of patients, and found that footprint-free reprogramming methods as episomal plasmids and Sendai virus are useful for the described virus detection method. …”
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NT-proBNP, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, and Nutritional Status in Hemodialysis Patients by Jacques Ducros, Laurent Larifla, Henri Merault, Lydia Foucan

“…One component in each of the 4 categories for the wasting syndrome was retained: serum albumin ≤ 38 g/L, BMI ≤ 23 Kg/m2, serum creatinine ≤ 818 µmol/L, and normalized protein catabolic rate (nPCR) ≤ 0.8 g/kg/day. …”
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Environmental quality and macroeconomic phenomenon by S. Amar, A. Satrianto, A. Ariusni, A. Ikhsan, E.S. Siregar

“…This condition is important to maintain environmentally friendly economic development to achieve sustainable development.METHODS: The study was conducted using simultaneous equation model analysis considering classical assumption tests such as normality tests, granger causality and heteroscedasticity. …”
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Non3 is an essential Drosophila gene required for proper nucleolus assembly by E. N. Andreyeva, A. A. Ogienko, A. A. Yushkova, J. V. Popova, G. A. Pavlova, E. N. Kozhevnikova, A. V. Ivankin, M. Gatti, A. V. Pindyurin

“…Flies heterozygous for Non3∆600 occasionally exhibit a mild reduction in the bristle size, but develop normally and are fertile. However, heteroallelic combinations of viable Non3 mutations (Non3197, Non3310 and Non3259) display a Minute-like phenotype, consisting in delayed development and short and thin bristles, suggesting that they are defective in ribosome biogenesis. …”
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The virome composition of respiratory tract changes in school-aged children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection by Dianqi Zhang, Yang Cao, Biao Dai, Teng Zhang, Xing Jin, Qingyue Lan, Chaoying Qian, Yumin He, Yi Jiang

“…Virus reads were calculated and normalized using MEGAN.6, followed by statistical analysis. …”
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Work-related grief and bereavement experiences of social and community service workers working with people experiencing social disadvantage: a rapid scoping review by Kara Whitlock, Zahra Premji, Ashley Mollison, Carolina Posada, Mauricio Arias-Rojas, Charlotte Futcher, Kelli I. Stajduhar

“…Abstract Background While an extensive body of research in palliative care exists on the experiences of grief and bereavement among family caregivers, much of this research is based on normative assumptions of who family caregivers are – housed, financially stable, and with extended family and/or friends to draw on for support. …”
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Boosting Cyberattack Detection Using Binary Metaheuristics With Deep Learning on Cyber-Physical System Environment by Alanoud Al Mazroa, Fahad R. Albogamy, Mohamad Khairi Ishak, Samih M. Mostafa

“…The ACAD-BMDL method uses Z-score normalization to scale the input dataset. In addition, the binary grey wolf optimizer (BGWO) model is utilized to choose an optimal feature subset. …”
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Heat stress on the feed consumption, biochemical indicators, production and milk quality of holstein and jersey cows by Adriana Hauser, Marciél França, Rainer Hauser, Laiz Perazzoli, Bruna Paula Bergamaschi Mendes, Izabelly Perdoncini Telles, Tatiane Camacho Mendes, Luiz Cláudio Miletti, André Thaler Neto

“…The data were subjected to ANOVA and tested for normality of the residuals. For dry matter intake, there was a treatment*day interaction, and the milk yield and composition of the treatments were similar. …”
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Dose-Dependent Hemodynamic, Biochemical, and Tissue Oxygen Effects of OC99 following Severe Oxygen Debt Produced by Hemorrhagic Shock in Dogs by William W. Muir, Carlos L. del Rio, Yukie Ueyama, Bradley L. Youngblood, Robert S. George, Carl W. Rausch, Billy S. H. Lau, Robert L. Hamlin

“…Plasma hemoglobin concentrations of OC99 ranging from 0.3 to 1.1 g/dL, in conjunction with colloid based fluid resuscitation, normalized clinical surrogates of tissue oxygen debt, improved tPO2, and avoided clinically relevant increases in pulmonary artery pressure.…”
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Research on Feature Extracted Method for Flutter Test Based on EMD and CNN by Hua Zheng, Zhenglong Wu, Shiqiang Duan, Jiangtao Zhou

“…The measured signals from a wind tunnel test were manually labeled “flutter” and “no-flutter” as the foundational dataset for the deep learning algorithm. After the normalized preprocessing, the intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) of the flutter test signals are obtained by the EMD method. …”
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DEVELOPMENT AND ADAPTATION OF VORTEX REALIZABLE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR BENCHMARK TEST WITH LARGE SCALE MODEL OF NUCLEAR REACTOR by S. M. Dmitriev, A. E. Khrobostov, A. A. Barinov, V. G. Glavny

“…Methods of calibration and normalization of measurement results are developed. Averaged concentration fields, nonstationary realizations of the measured local conductivity were obtained during the first experimental series, spectral and statistical analysis of the realizations were carried out.The acquired data are compared with pretest CFD-calculations performed in the ANSYS CFX program. …”
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Role of Renal Nerves in the Treatment of Renovascular Hypertensive Rats with L-Arginine by Sonia Alves Gouvea, Renata V. Tiradentes, Cintia H. Santuzzi, Vinícius Mengal, Henrique de A. Futuro Neto, Nyam F. Silva, Gláucia R. Abreu

“…Our results suggest that renal sympathetic activity participates in the genesis and the maintenance of the hypertension and also demonstrate that treatment with L-arg alone is incapable of normalizing the MAP and that the effect of such treatment is not additive with the effect of kidney denervation.…”
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Comparison of Analytic Hierarchy Process and Frequency Ratio Methods in Landslide Susceptibility Analysis: Example of Akçaabat and Düzköy districts of Trabzon province by Melek Dalkes, Mehmet Seren Korkmaz

“…A total of 13 criteria which are respectively; slope, curvature, lithology, precipitation, aspect, topographic wetness index (TWI), distance to rivers, distance to highways, distance to fault lines, land use, soil type, elevation and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for landslide susceptibility are evaluated as effective to cause landslides as a result of the literature review. …”
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