Hydrological and hydrodynamic coupling simulation under composite underlying surfaces in urban polder areas by Cheng Chen, Binquan Li, Yang Xiao, Huihui Li, Taotao Zhang, Dong Xu, Huanghao Yu

“…The diverse land surface types and complex runoff generation and confluence mechanisms pose challenges to flood forecasting in these areas, particularly in the absence of high-resolution topographic data. …”
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Electric field-assisted embedding of fiber optic sensors in structural materials for structural health monitoring by Xinchang Zhang, Joshua Daw, Charles Payne, Bibo Zhong, Austin Fleming, Zilong Hua, Jorgen Rufner

“…Successful integration of these sensors necessitates effective interfacial bonding between the fiber and matrix, good integrity and functionality of the embedded sensors, robust mechanical strength of the matrix materials, and the ability to retain these properties during transient thermal and stress events. …”
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Can Rural Industrial Convergence Alleviate Urban–Rural Income Inequality?: Empirical Evidence from China by Zhenyu Qi, Zixing Wu, Yuezhou You, Xiaoying Zhan

“…This study, drawing on provincial panel data from China spanning 2010 to 2022, used the entropy method and Theil index to measure the rural industrial convergence and the urban–rural income inequality, respectively, and empirically tested the effect and mechanism of rural industrial convergence on the urban–rural income inequality. …”
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Cold-induced metabolic adaptations in the large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea by Yang Gao, Huirong Lv, Chengzhang Huang, Xiaoyu Qu, Zhangjie Chu, Weiye Li, Xiaolong Yin, Jungyeol Park, Dejun Feng, Junwook Hur

“…Omics data revealed that the ABC transporter, glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation pathways were downregulated, whereas the citrate cycle pathway was upregulated, suggesting a metabolic adjustment to optimize ATP production and cellular transport mechanisms for efficient energy utilization and metabolic homeostasis. …”
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(-)-Epigallocatechin Gallate Reduces Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-BB-Stimulated Interleukin-6 Synthesis in Osteoblasts: Suppression of SAPK/JNK by Shinji Takai, Rie Matsushima-Nishiwaki, Seiji Adachi, Hideo Natsume, Chiho Minamitani, Jun Mizutani, Takanobu Otsuka, Haruhiko Tokuda, Osamu Kozawa

“…In the present study, we investigated whether (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), one of the major green tea flavonoids, affects the synthesis of IL-6 in these cells and the mechanism. EGCG significantly reduced the IL-6 synthesis and IL-6 mRNA expression stimulated by PDGF-BB, EGCG reduced the PDGF-BB-stimulated IL-6 synthesis also in primary-cultured osteoblasts. …”
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State legal doctrines of the 19th century in theses of Kazan University by E.A. Apolski

“…The most notable of them are as follows: firstly, research carried out in the theses was not due to the accumulated source base, but because of the lack of reliable sources; secondly, scientists studying state mechanisms tend to be consistent when choosing the subject of their research, and most doctoral theses were a continuation of master's theses. …”
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Efficient Removal of Basic Fuchsin from Synthetic Medical Wastewater and Competitive Adsorption in the Mixture by Harez Ahmed, Kareem Salihi, Stephan Kaufhold, Bakhtyar Aziz, Musa Hama Radha, Lava Karim, Hevi Nooralddin

“…Both kinetics and isotherm studies point to a chemical adsorption mechanism for the process. For adsorption in the mixture, phenol molecules were found to compete with BF molecules for the active adsorption sites, while a synergetic effect of BF exists on phenol adsorption. …”
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Hidden Markov Model-Based Video Recognition for Sports by Zhiyuan Wang, Chongyuan Bi, Songhui You, Junjie Yao

“…A multistream residual neural network is used to extract features from video data of three modalities, and the extracted feature vectors are fed into the attention mechanism network, then, the more critical information for video recognition is selected from a large amount of spatiotemporal information, further learning the temporal dependencies existing between consecutive video frames, and finally fusing the multistream network outputs to obtain the final prediction category. …”
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Estimating Weak Pulse Signal in Chaotic Background with Jordan Neural Network by Liyun Su, Xiu Ling

“…In target estimating sea clutter or actual mechanical fault diagnosis, useful signal is often submerged in strong chaotic noise, and the targeted signal data are difficult to recover. …”
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Whole of Government: An Effective Strategy for Ensuring Child Support Post-Religious Court Rulings by Istiqomah Sinaga, Asmuni Asmuni, Dhiauddin Tanjung

“…But the fact that one can bear to pay child support after a court decision should not be neglected and effective mechanisms must help each kid, especially those divorced. …”
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Effects of Potassium Alginate and Whey Protein on Quality Characteristics of Alum-free Sweet Potato Wet Vermicelli Prepared by Traditional Dropping Method by Hao GUO, Hongnan SUN, Mengmei MA, Taihua MU, Yang LI

“…The effects of different addition amounts of potassium alginate and whey protein on the textural properties and cooking characteristics of alum-free sweet potato wet vermicelli prepared by dropping method were investigated in order to solve the problem that sweet potato wet vermicelli was not resistant to cooking and easy to be broken without adding higher amount of alum, and the possible mechanism of potassium alginate and whey protein in improving the quality of wet vermicelli was also examined. …”
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Kinetic, Isotherm and Thermodynamic Studies on the Removal of Zn (II) From Aqueous Solution using Silica Adsorbent by Vivekanand Choudhary, Twinkle Keshari, Himanshu Shekhar

“…The adsorption kinetics followed a first-order rate mechanism with a rate constant of 3.91 × 10⁻² 1/min at 30 °C. …”
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Nitrous oxide exerts rewarding effect via regulating D1 receptor and BDNF pathway in ventral tegmental area-nucleus accumbens dopamine circuit by Wen-Qi Li, Sheng-Nan Liu, Si-Chang Yang, Xiang Lin, Zhang-Jin Zhang

“…This study aimed to examine its rewarding effect and the underlying mechanisms. The exposure of mice to a subanesthetic concentration (20%) of N2O for 30 min for 4 consecutive days paired with N2O in the morning and paired with the air in the afternoon produced apparent rewarding behavior in the conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigm. …”
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Metformin Facilitates Osteoblastic Differentiation and M2 Macrophage Polarization by PI3K/AKT/mTOR Pathway in Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Min Shen, Huihui Yu, Yunfeng Jin, Jiahang Mo, Jingni Sui, Xiaohan Qian, Tong Chen

“…Our research demonstrated that metformin not only stimulated osteogenesis of UC-MSCs but also influenced the immune system via promoting M2 but reducing M1 macrophages. Mechanically, we found that metformin-treated M2 macrophages possessed more potent osteoinductive capacity in our coculture system. …”
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Mixed-methods process evaluation of a proactive approach to healthcare in Parkinson’s disease—ParkProReakt: a protocol of a hybrid efficacy-implementation study by Xinyu Huang, Max Geraedts, Elke Kalbe, Carsten Eggers, David José Pedrosa, Ann-Kristin Folkerts, Marcin Grzegorzek, Marlena van Munster, Johanne Stümpel, Natalie Altschuck, Ingmar Wellach, Hannes Boebinger, Anna Pedrosa, Kati Niemand, Dirk Becker, Nicole Pohlschmidt, Isabel Doblinger, Kristina Schmidt, Daniel Wolferts, Marius Nisslmueller, Gennet Beer, Mohammad Osman Ashraf, Florian Eberhardt, Rebecca Wichartz, Birgit Samans, Volker Gross, Keywan Sohrabi, Linda Kerkemeyer, Uemran Seven, Paulina Olgemoeller, Artur Piet, Mona Irsfeld, Marlena van Munster

“…In addition to process evaluation, potential indirect mechanisms of impact will be measured.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the responsible state medical ethics committees in Hesse and Hamburg, Germany. …”
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Computational Analysis of nsSNPs of ADA Gene in Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Using Molecular Modeling and Dynamics Simulation by Soukaina Essadssi, Al Mehdi Krami, Lamiae Elkhattabi, Zouhair Elkarhat, Ghita Amalou, Houria Abdelghaffar, Hassan Rouba, Abdelhamid Barakat

“…However, functional analyses are needed to elucidate the biological mechanisms of these polymorphisms in severe combined immunodeficiency.…”
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Simulation of Load–Sinkage Relationship and Parameter Inversion of Snow Based on Coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian Method by Ming Zhu, Pengyu Li, Dongqing Li, Wei Wei, Jianfeng Liu, Xixing Long, Qingkai Meng, Yongjie Shu, Qingdong Yan

“…In this paper, an innovative parameter inversion method based on in situ test results is proposed to calibrate the snow parameters, which avoids the damage to the mechanical properties of snow when making test samples using traditional test methods. …”
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Experimental Behavior of the Curved Continuous Twin I-Girder Composite Bridge with a Precast Concrete Slab Subjected to Bending, Shear, and Torsion by Chuandong Shen, Yifan Song, Lei Yan, Yuan Li, Xueli Wang, Shuanhai He

“…In order to investigate the mechanical behavior, ultimate load carrying capacity, and failure mode of the intact curved continuous twin I-girder composite bridge (TGCB) with a precast concrete slab, one curved continuous composite bridge model with a scale ratio of 1 : 5 of a prototype bridge was designed and manufactured considering the influence of the construction sequence. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Different Decontamination Methods on Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilm by Ece Açıkgöz Alparslan, Ufuk Bağcı, Ayşegül Kurt

“… Purpose: The current in-vitro study aims to compare the effectiveness of various mechanical decontamination modalities in the elimination of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm from titanium surfaces using qualitative and quantitative techniques.Materials and methods: A total of 48 titanium discs were inoculated with Staphylococcus aureus and randomly allocated into four experimental groups consisting of control, plastic curettes (PC), ultrasonic-driven plastic tips (UPT), and ultrasonic-driven stainless-steel tips (UST). …”
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Gut–brain axis and neuropsychiatric health: recent advances by Ceymi Doenyas, Gerard Clarke, Renáta Cserjési

“…Current research highlights the importance of the gut microbiota in stress-related disorders and the need for further research into the mechanisms of gut–brain communication, with potential therapeutic implications for a wide range of health conditions. …”
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