Lipid nephrotoxicity mediated by HIF-1α activation accelerates tubular injury in diabetic nephropathy by Zebo Hu, Qianwen Zhu, Ying Wang, Xue Deng, Hui Yang, Mingjun Zhou, Jiyuan Zhang, Hao Wang, Haosen Wang, Lin Wang, Cui Zhang, Shu Li

“…Our findings demonstrate that the activation of HIF-1α contributed to interstitial injury in a rat model of diabetic nephropathy and that the underlying mechanism involved the induction of lipid accumulation.…”
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Characteristics of compression wave propagation and energy absorption effects in dry sandy soil by Peng Cui, Tian Su, Le Liu, Teng Wang, Bangxiang Li, Xuetao Guan, Xuefeng Mei

“…Abstract The mechanical responses of sandy soil under dynamic loading is closely related to protective engineering and geotechnical engineering, is still not fully understood. …”
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DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS SIMULATION ANALYSIS AND MICROSCOPIC MODEL OF RUBBER CONVEYOR BELT OF STEEL CORE by CHEN HongYue, ZHANG Kun, LI EnDong, LI YongHong, MAO Jun

“…The average axial deformation of rubber is larger than the deformation amount of wire rope. which reveal mechanism of energy consumption about rubber conveyor belt of steel core, then that provide theoretical basis for research and development of green energy-saving belt conveyor.…”
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EMERGING GAMBLING MARKET OF GEORGIA (ECONOMIC DIMENSION) by Besik Bolkvadze

“…In any country, the gambling business is associated with the ugly and difficult-to-control practice of money laun­dering, which states are struggling with through various monitoring levers and mechanisms. The work deals with analysis and discussion of the role of gambling business and its importance in economy, objective and subjective factors of increase and development of the gambling segment, effects of its positive and negative influence on stakeholders, fiscal determinants, financial-eco­nomic and social-economic problems of the sector, proper recommendations have been developed on the basis of the theoretical and empirical analysis and conclusions.…”
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The Vanishing Volcanic Geoheritage of a Key Scoria Cone and its Significance in Volcanic Hazard Resilience of the Active Monogenetic Volcanic Field near Al Madinah, Kingdom of Saud... by Karoly Nemeth, Mohammed Moufti, Mahmoud Ashor, Abdulrahman Sowaigh, Turki Hablil, Khalid Abdulhafez, Turki Sehli

“…These volcanoes, despite their very small size, provide one of the most fundamental sources of information about the early eruption mechanism of rising mafic magma in the context of an active volcanic field located next to a city with over one million people. …”
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Antitumor effects of natural killer cells derived from gene-engineered human-induced pluripotent stem cells on hepatocellular carcinoma by Mayuna Nakamura, Yuka Tanaka, Keishi Hakoda, Masahiro Ohira, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Kenji Kurachi, Kouichi Tamura, Hideki Ohdan

“…The TRAIL and perforin/granzyme B pathways are largely involved in this cytotoxic mechanism, as indicated by the reduction in cytotoxicity induced by TRAIL inhibitory antibodies and concanamycin A, which inhibits perforin/granzyme B-mediated cytotoxicity. …”
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Transformation of NO in Combustion Gases by DC Corona by Oleksandr Molchanov, Kamil Krpec, Jiří Horák, Lenka Kuboňová, František Hopan, Jiří Ryšavý, Marcelina Bury

“…A detailed analysis of reaction pathways revealed distinct conversion mechanisms between the two modes. In positive corona, dispersed active species distribution led to more uniform NO conversion, while negative corona exhibited concentrated reaction zones with about 20% higher ozone production. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single-Centre Study of 20 Cases from India by Ravi Raju Tatapudi, Venkateswara Rao Kopparti, Anusha Poosapati, Srinivas Metta, Atchyutha Rao Gongada, Balakrishna Vedulla

“…Complete recovery was seen in 8 (40%) patients monitored at home. 12 (60%) patients with HRCT scores more than 8/25 were hospitalized. 11 (55%) had hypoxia, of these 8 (40%) had mild hypoxia, 1 (5%) required NIV, and 2 (10%) needed mechanical ventilation. Immunosuppression was modified in all the patients. …”
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Association of altered cortical gyrification and working memory in male early abstinent alcohol-dependent individuals by Hai-ling Cao, Wei Wei, Ya-jing Meng, Yu-jie Tao, Xia Yang, Tao Li, Wan-jun Guo

“…Recent research on the pathophysiological mechanisms of AD has emphasized the important role of dysconnectivity. …”
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Spectroscopic Study on the Species and Color Differences of Gem-Quality Red Garnets from Malawi by Ming Li

“…To reveal the species of gem-grade red garnets with similar colors, especially the mechanisms underlying their subtle color differences, a series of tests, including conventional gemological tests, X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, were performed on gem-grade red garnets mined from Malawi. …”
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A stomatal optimization model integrating leaf stomata-photosynthetic capacity regulation in response to soil water stress by Yong Liu, Tiesong Hu, Rui Zhu, Qiuwen Chen, Xiang Zeng, Peiran Jing, Yifan Huang

“…Uncovering the response mechanism of leaf gas exchange to soil water stress is challenging due to the complex effects of both the stomatal regulation (i.e., stomatal conductance, gs) and non-stomatal regulation (i.e., photosynthetic carboxylation capacity, Vcmax25). …”
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Optimizing corrosion resistance of the Mg–4Zn-0.5Y-0.5Nd alloy by regulation of secondary phase and grain structure by C.C. Zhao, W.T. Ouyang, M. Wen, C. Yang, D.K. Xu, Y.F. Zheng, T.F. Xi, L.Y. Sheng

“…The effects of secondary phase morphology and grain structure on the in vitro corrosion behavior of the alloy were systematically investigated to elucidate the corresponding mechanisms. The results show that the T4 treatment coarsens the equiaxed grains and transforms the secondary phase into thin cell skeleton structure with a slight decrease in area fraction. …”
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Effects of Floral Characters on the Pollination Biology and Breeding System of <i>Iris setosa</i> (Iridaceae): A Cold-Tolerant Ornamental Species from Jilin Province by Xiyue Zhang, Ruoqi Liu, Lifei Chen, Tianhao Pei, Yu Gao, Xi Lu, Yunwei Zhou

“…In herkogamy, the relative locations of the anthers and stigma remained unchanged during flower opening. The stamens matured first. …”
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Shenfu Injection Protects Brain Injury in Rats with Cardiac Arrest through Nogo/NgR Pathway by Haixia Deng, Zhanhong Tang, Peng Tuo, Ruihua Wu, Si Jia, Xuan Zhao, Deqing Huang, Yuguang Gao, Zhou Lan

“…The effect of Shenfu injection on brain injury after cardiac arrest (CA) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) along with the underlying mechanism of axonal regeneration was explored. CA/CPR model in rats was established for subsequent experiments. …”
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The Sub 2-h Official Marathon is Possible: Developing a Drafting Strategy for a Historic Breakthrough in Sports by G. D. Fernandes, Nazir Laureano Gandur, Dioser Santos, Victor Maldonado

“…The formations employed in the past by Kipchoge, as well as alternative formations, are analyzed and systematically compared with respect to mechanical power. In a quest to show that running an official marathon in under 2 h is possible, the power analysis is extended to the pacers. …”
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Investigation of the association between circulating inflammatory proteins and encephalitis risk in Europeans by two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis by Yanwei Liu, Xilong Wang, Qiang Zhao, Jun Wei, Shiqiang Yang

“…Although the exact mechanisms by which inflammatory proteins contribute to the pathogenesis of different encephalitis subtypes remain unclear, our findings provide new perspectives on these potential causal relationships.…”
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FANT: Flexible Attention-Shifting Network Telemetry by Mingwei Cui, Yufan Peng, Fan Yang

“…Based on the analysis of the previous cycle’s measurements, FANT identifies which links are suspicious and then activates certain probe traces through an attention-shifting mechanism to collect detailed measurements of these links in the current cycle. …”
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DC-NNMN: Across Components Fault Diagnosis Based on Deep Few-Shot Learning by Juan Xu, Pengfei Xu, Zhenchun Wei, Xu Ding, Lei Shi

“…In practical working conditions, how to realize intelligent fault diagnosis in the case of the different mechanical components with a tiny labeled sample is a challenging problem. …”
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Systemic Inflammatory Cytokines Predict the Infectious Complications but Not Prolonged Postoperative Ileus after Colorectal Surgery by G. S. A. Boersema, Z. Wu, A. G. Menon, G. J. Kleinrensink, J. Jeekel, J. F. Lange

“…Animal studies indicate that the POI mechanism involves an inflammatory response, which is also activated during postoperative complications. …”
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T-bet+ILC3 in peripheral blood is increased in the ankylosing spondylitis with high disease activity by Yang Liu, Yi Shen, Hongbai Ding, Dongyi He, Peng Cheng, Xinyao Wu, Zheng Xiang, Lei Shen, Yanqin Bian, Qi Zhu

“…The levels of different ILC subsets and the expression of T-box transcription factor 21 (T-bet) and retinoic-acid-receptor-related orphan receptor gamma (RORγt) in peripheral blood were analyzed via flow cytometry. …”
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