Ocular Findings in COVID-19 Patients: A Review of Direct Manifestations and Indirect Effects on the Eye by Federica Bertoli, Daniele Veritti, Carla Danese, Francesco Samassa, Valentina Sarao, Nicolò Rassu, Tommaso Gambato, Paolo Lanzetta

“…Intensive care unit patients, due to risk factors like invasive mechanical ventilation, prone position, and multiresistant bacterial exposure, may develop ocular complications like ocular surface disorders, secondary infections, and less frequently acute ischemic optic neuropathy and intraocular pressure elevation. …”
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Ensayos a compresión y tensión diagonal sobre muretes hechos a base de papel periódico reciclado y engrudo de almidón de yuca Compression and diagonal tension test on walls made us... by José C Chanchí Golondrino, Diego F Bonilla Campos, John A Gaviria Rojas, John J Giraldo López

“…This methodology was used to build 6 walls for characterization of the mechanical behaviour at two levels: axial compression and diagonal tension (shear). …”
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Targeting Ferroptosis Attenuates Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Mast Cell Activation in Chronic Prostatitis by Dongxu Lin, Mengyang Zhang, Changcheng Luo, Pengyu Wei, Kai Cui, Zhong Chen

“…Therefore, we sought to explore the role and mechanism of ferroptosis in the prostatitis development. …”
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Morphological properties of two-dimensional and three-dimensional bedforms in open channel flow: A flume experiments study by Wenhong Cao, Xu Geng, Chunjing Liu, Lingfeng Zhang

“…However, the fundamental mechanisms behind the formation and development of bedforms under varying flow conditions, the interconnection between sediment particle movement and bed morphology development, as well as the influence of bedforms on flow and sediment transport, are still not well understood. …”
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Unveiling the Phytochemical Diversity and Bioactivity of <i>Astragalus melanophrurius</i>: A First Report Integrating Experimental and In Silico Approaches by Gulcan Gencer, Cengiz Sarikurkcu, Bektas Tepe

“…Future research should focus on isolating active compounds and conducting in vivo studies to confirm efficacy and elucidate mechanisms of action.…”
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Research and Design of High Altitude Wind Power Station Operation and Maintenance Auxiliary System by Hang HE, Shaoyong WANG, Jiakang ZHOU, Yuan YANG, Wenjun ZHANG, Kan LIN

“…[Objective] At present, domestic and international research on high-altitude wind power generation technology has been carried out, mainly in the fields of operation control, mechanism analysis and system design, but no research results have been found in the field of high-altitude wind power station operation and maintenance. …”
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Drop-size-dependent effects in leading-edge rain erosion and their impact on erosion-safe mode operation by N. Barfknecht, D. von Terzi

“…This study proposes an enhanced damage model based on the impingement metric as used in the state of the art but improved by including important and thus far neglected physical mechanisms such as the recently described droplet slowdown and deformation effect. …”
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Maternal exposure to deltamethrin during pregnancy and lactation impairs hippocampal learning and memory function of male offspring by ferroptosis by Shasha Huang, Wanqi Li, Dengke Wang, Huiwen Feng, Bo Wang, Xinyu Dong, Wei Zhao, Dan Liu, Yuan Wang

“…In order to further confirm the regulation mechanisms of DM, we detected ferrous ion, oxidative stress, ferroptosis related proteins, phospholipase C (PL-C)/inositol triphosphate 3 receptor (IP3R) signaling pathway, intracellular Ca2+ and calcineurin (CaN) content in vivo. …”
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Influence of the Recyclate Content on the Process Stability and Part Quality of Injection Moulded Post-Consumer Polyolefins by Pia Wagner, Jan Kleinsorge, Christian Hopmann

“…The process data are analysed, and the produced parts are mechanically and geometrically evaluated. The findings show that for PP, an increasing recyclate content results in a nearly linear improvement in tensile strength and modulus of elasticity without significantly affecting material viscosity, ensuring stable processing conditions. …”
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Influence of Carbon Nanotubes on Enhancement of Sliding Wear Resistance of Plasma-Sprayed Yttria-Stabilised Zirconia Coatings by Chaithanya Kalangi, Venkateshwarlu Bolleddu

“…Therefore, addition of CNTs in YSZ coatings has a significant impact over the wear resistance and mechanical properties improvement of the coatings.…”
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Enhanced Activity by NKCC1 and Slc26a6 Mediates Acidic pH and Cl− Movement after Cardioplegia-Induced Arrest of db/db Diabetic Heart by Minjeong Ji, Seok In Lee, Sang Ah Lee, Kuk Hui Son, Jeong Hee Hong

“…Diabetic heart dysfunctions during cardiac surgeries have revealed several clinical problems associated with ion imbalance. However, the mechanism of ion imbalance mediated by cardioplegia and a diabetic heart is largely unclear. …”
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Hemoglobin-Derived Antioxidant Peptides from Beef Cattle in Ningxia: Identification Based on Computerized Screening and Molecular Docking by XU Feiran, WANG Yu, WANG Xiaojing, CUI Wei, WANG Yongkun, ZHOU Hui, WANG Zhaoming, CAI Kezhou, ZHANG Bao, XU Baocai

“…The potential antioxidant peptides were selected by computerized analysis and their activities were verified. Their action mechanism was studied by molecular simulation. The results showed that E3 exhibited the highest hydrolysis efficiency, and the < 3 kDa fraction obtained from the ultrafiltration of the resulting hydrolysate showed better antioxidant activity with half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of (18.382 ± 0.023) mg/mL and (0.246 ± 0.012) mg/mL against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical and 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) cationic radical, respectively. …”
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Modelling the Transmission Dynamics of Meningitis among High and Low-Risk People in Ghana with Cost-Effectiveness Analysis by Nicholas Kwasi-Do Ohene Opoku, Reindorf Nartey Borkor, Andrews Frimpong Adu, Hannah Nyarkoah Nyarko, Albert Doughan, Edwin Moses Appiah, Biigba Yakubu, Isabel Mensah, Samson Pandam Salifu

“…The goal of this study is to exploit robust mechanisms to manage and prevent the disease at a minimal cost due to its public health implications. …”
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Influence of climate and external plaster on the humidity conditions of masonry walls by R. A. Gorshkov, S. V. Kornienko

“…Petersburg before 1917, as a result of their humidification and subsequent frost destruction.Materials and methods. The mechanism of humidification of a homogeneous wall structure plastered on both sides due to the moisture transfer from the room to the environment through the wall thickness due to the difference in partial pressures of water vapour from inside and outside the room during the cold season is studied. …”
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Ketamine effects on resting state functional brain connectivity in major depressive disorder patients: a hypothesis-driven analysis based on a network model of depression by Kasper Recourt, Joop Van Gerven, Joop Van Gerven, Nadieh Drenth, Jeroen van der Grond, Kantaro Nishigori, Nic J. Van Der Wee, Gabriël E. Jacobs, Gabriël E. Jacobs

“…Ketamine’s antidepressant effects and its impact on functional networks in non-resistant forms of major depressive disorder are expected to provide valuable insight into ketamine’s mechanism of action related to depression.MethodsThis study employs an existing network model of major depressive disorder to investigate the effects of ketamine on resting state connectivity in a therapy-non-resistant major depressive disorder population. …”
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Creation of body color mutants by CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides by Lina Sun, Tian Gao, Zhiqiang Li, Xiaolong Yang, Zuliang Qin, Mingxiao Ye, Ying Li, Feilong Wang, Deshou Wang

“…It is the first successful application of gene-editing technology in LMB, which has taken a key step in studying the gene function and molecular mechanism and provided a novel method for improving the economic traits of LMB aquaculture.…”
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Comparison of pediatric injury patterns before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea: a retrospective study by Geom Pil Nam, Woo Sung Choi, Jin-Seong Cho, Yong Su Lim, Jae-Hyug Woo, Jae Ho Jang, Jea Yeon Choi

“…The surveillance data was categorized by injury mechanism, location, activity, and severity. We analyzed the injury patterns of pediatric patients aged 0 to 15 years. …”
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Understanding the implementation strategy of a secondary care tobacco addiction treatment pathway (the CURE project) in England: a strategic behavioural analysis by Matthew Evison, Anna Haste, Catherine Haighton, Freya Howle, Angela M Rodrigues, Angela Wearn, Verity Mallion

“…A logic model was developed to specify CURE’s implementation strategy and its mechanisms of impact. We explored the extent to which BCTs and intervention functions addressed the key theoretical domains influencing implementation using prespecified matrices. …”
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Cecal Patches Generate Abundant IgG2b-Bearing B Cells That Are Reactive to Commensal Microbiota by Masato Tsuda, Hiraku Okada, Natsuki Kojima, Fumiya Ishihama, Yuhei Muraki, Toshiki Oguma, Nanako Hattori, Takumi Mizoguchi, Kiyoaki Mori, Satoshi Hachimura, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Kyoko Takahashi, Shuichi Kaminogawa, Akira Hosono

“…However, the function of GALT in the large intestine, such as cecal patches (CePs) and colonic patches (CoPs), and their regulatory mechanisms remain largely unknown. In this study, we demonstrate that the CePs possess more IgG2b+ B cells and have fewer IgA+ B cells than those in PPs from BALB/c mice with normal gut microbiota. …”
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Reduced irradiation exposure areas enhanced anti-tumor effect by inducing DNA damage and preserving lymphocytes by Huiqin Chen, Yuan Li, Qiaofeng Shen, Guanqun Guo, Zhigang Wang, Hanyu Pan, Min Wu, Xueqing Yan, Gen Yang

“…In this study, we evaluated the antitumor efficacy of reduced-tumour-area radiotherapy (RTRT) , and explored the relationship between tumor control and immune preservation and the molecular mechanisms underlying of them. Methods In mouse breast cancer models, we compared the anti-tumor effects of RTRT and conventional radiotherapy (CNRT) by assessing tumor growth, metastasis, and survival rates. …”
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