Effects of Quetiapine on Novelty‐Related Object Recognition Memory and Hippocampal BDNF Level in Sleep‐Deprived Rats by Öznur Özge Özcan, Burcu Çevreli, Emel Serdaroğlu Kaşıkçı, Mesut Karahan, Muhsin Konuk

“…ABSTRACT Background The underlying mechanism of quetiapine (QET) in treating cognitive impairment in sleep deprivation is unclear. …”
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Design and Prototyping of a Pineapple Juice Extraction Machine. by Kyazze, Sulaiman

“…It acts as a speed reducer mechanism instead of using gearbox. This was achieved by connecting a pulley of small diameter on the motor shaft and a bigger pulley on the auger. …”
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Design and Prototyping of Solar Operated Fertilizer Sprayer. by Nduhura, Whycliffee

“…A sprayer is a mechanical device used to spray the liquid chemicals like herbicides, pesticides, fungicides and fertilizers to the crops in order to control pests and diseases on crops to maximize production. …”
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Effects of Agro-Based Industries on Economic Development of Kanungu District: A Case Study of Rugyeyo Sub-County. by Tukamushaba, Enos

“…This can be achieved through the establishment of financial support mechanisms, such as low-interest loans, grants, and subsidies, to promote investment in agro-based enterprises. …”
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Assessing the Use of Crushed Rock Aggregate and Carbon Black for Laterite Soil Stabilization in Road Construction. by Turyamureeba, Emmanuel

“…This research and design project aimed to explore the use of carbon black to reduce the volume of crushed rock aggregates required for the mechanical stabilization of lateritic soils for road base construction. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Speech Emotion Recognition Using Multi-Level Fusion of Concurrent Features by Samuel, Kakuba, Alwin, Poulose, Dong, Seog Han, Senior Member, Ieee

“…The proposed CoSTGA model uses a combination of dilated causal convolutions (DCC), bidirectional long short-term memory (BiLSTM), transformer encoders (TE), multi-head and self-attention mechanisms. Acoustic and lexical features were extracted from the interactive emotional dyadic motion capture (IEMOCAP) dataset. …”
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Explanation and validation of the coordination model of the marketing and sales department in the insurance industry in Iran by Alireza Jahed, Ehsan Abedi, Hamidreza Saeednia

“…Nazarpuri et al, (2022) investigate the impact of marketing dashboard on organizational competitiveness, and believe that for more and more accurate marketing dashboards, the use of organizational mechanisms and infrastructures such as marketing memory and competitive intelligence is effective in its design and implementation. …”
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Adulthood trajectories of resilience and vulnerability: exploring gender differences in disadvantage after experience of out-of-home care by Lisa Bornscheuer, Evelina Landstedt, Karl Gauffin, Ylva B. Almquist

“…Future research could examine gender differences in mechanisms translating into resilient or vulnerable trajectories, including the protective potential of education in relation to specific disadvantage patterns.…”
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Potential Interfering Substances and Potentiometric Antioxidant Activity Tests in Food Systems by Aleksey V. Tarasov, Natalia V. Zavorokhina, Olga V. Chugunova

“…Glucose, sucrose, and maltose did not interfere with the analysis, while fructose and lactose showed an insignificant positive interference of unspecified mechanism. Malic (E296), citric (E330), tartaric (E334), and phosphoric (E338) acids increased the potential of the mediator system by lowering the pH. …”
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Investigating the feasibility of developing a collective action for biological control of fall armyworm among smallholder farmers in rural communities of Zambia by Léna Durocher-Granger, Sara Fiorito, Sibajene Kambanja Mudenda, Milimo Mildred Chiboola, Monica K. Kansiime, David Ludwig, Cees Leeuwis

“…Results Our results showed that some conditions are already in place to support a collective action to manage fall armyworm such as matching rules to local conditions, collective-choice arrangement, conflict-resolution mechanism and minimal recognition of rights to organize which are supported by traditional leadership of the communities. …”
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基于脑机接口的脑血管病后肢体运动功能康复研究进展 Research Progress of Limb Motor Function Rehabilitation after Cerebrovascular Diseases Based on Brain-Computer Interface... by 桑振华1，2，薛司洋2，3，魏宸铭3，武剑3，4 (SANG Zhenhua1,2, XUE Siyang2,3, WEI Chenming3, WU Jian3,4 )

“…This paper reviews the mechanisms of BCI technology in treating motor disorders after cerebrovascular diseases and the progress of electroencephalography-based BCI application in the rehabilitation of upper and lower limb motor disorders. …”
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LRP11 promotes stem-like T cells via MAPK13-mediated TCF1 phosphorylation, enhancing anti-PD1 immunotherapy by Zhishui Chen, Gang Chen, Li Chen, Xiangli Zhao, Lingjuan Sun, Zhibo Ma, Xiaosheng Tan, Yuhao Tu, Jingzeng Wang, Peixiang Lan

“…Emerging data show that elevated body mass index is associated with outcomes of immunotherapy. However, the mechanism has not been clarified.Methods We investigated the proliferation of splenic lymphocytes or CD8+ T cells induced by CD3/CD28 stimulation in vitro. …”
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Exploring the risk factors of blood transfusion in patients with isolated traumatic brain injury based on machine learning prediction models by LIU Wei, XIONG Ziqing, WU Chenggao, LE Aiping

“…There were significant differences (P<0.05) in gender, age, HR, clinical diagnosis, skull fracture, treatment methods, hemorrhagic shock, GCS, K, Ca, PT, APTT, INR, RBC, Hct, Hb and Plt between transfusion and non transfusion patients; Moreover, the LOS, incidence of complications, mechanical ventilation rate, ICU admission rate, readmission rate within 90 days and in-hospital mortality rate of transfusion patients were all higher than those of the non transfusion group (P<0.05). …”
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Hypothyroidism impairs the circadian rhythmicity of clock genes and proteins involved in gut nutrient absorption in female mice by Ayla Secio-Silva, Paulo Henrique Evangelista-Silva, Felipe Emrich, Letícia Selvatici-Tolentino, Maíza Ferreira, Ana Bárbara de Paula Silva, Bruno Henrique Gomes, Tatienne Neder Figueira-Costa, André Gustavo Oliveira, Rodrigo Antonio Peliciari-Garcia, Francemilson Goulart-Silva, Paula Bargi-Souza

“…Moreover, our data suggest that the mechanisms triggered by thyroid hormones involve posttranscriptional and/or translational modifications of proteins related to lipid, protein, and carbohydrate absorption. …”
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αAsarone alleviates neuronal injury by facilitating autophagy via miR-499-5p/PDCD4/ATG5 signaling pathway in ischemia stroke by Yonghuan Yan, Linfang Wu, Lu Wang, Dandan Wang, Mengting Huang, Jinyong Peng, Jinyong Peng, Yingying Huang, Yingying Huang, Yingying Huang

“…IntroductionαAsarone, an essential oil derived from Acorus gramineus Aiton, which has been successfully used to treat epilepsy in traditional chinese medicine, and has also been reported to confer neuroprotective effects on stroke. However, its mechanism of action remains poorly understood.MethodsThe effects of αAsarone on autophagy were examined by WB, RT-qPCR, immunofluorescence colocalization, transmission electron microscope, and autophagic flux activity was measured by infecting HT22 cells with mRFP-GFP-LC3 adenovirus. …”
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Clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with liver cirrhosis - a propensity-matched analysis from a multicentric Brazilian cohort by Luanna Silva Monteiro Menezes, Pedro Ferrari Sales da Cunha, Magda Carvalho Pires, Lucas Rocha Valle, Flávia Carvalho Cardoso Costa, Maria Angélica Pires Ferreira, Milton Henriques Guimarães Júnior, Saionara Cristina Francisco, Marcelo Carneiro, Daniel Vitório Silveira, Fernando Graça Aranha, Rafael Lima Rodrigues de Carvalho, Teresa Cristina de Abreu Ferrari, Milena Soriano Marcolino

“…They also had higher frequencies of admission in an intensive care unit (51.3% vs. 38.0%, p = 0.007), invasive mechanical ventilation (43.9% vs. 26.6%, p < 0.001), dialysis (17.9% vs. 11.1%, p = 0.038), septic shock (23.9% vs. 14.9%; p = 0.015) and institution of palliative care (19.7% vs. 7.4%; p < 0.001). …”
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From consumers to pioneers: insights from thermal energy communities in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands by Sara Herreras Martínez, Justus Mesman, Daniel Møller Sneum, Lars Holstenkamp, Robert Harmsen, Marijke Menkveld, Sanne Akerboom, André Faaij

“…Elements that have supported the development of TECs are regulatory frameworks promoting DH growth, heat decarbonisation policies, economic incentives to use waste heat in plants, targeted financing mechanisms, and assistance to enhance the capacity of TECs. …”
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The role of financial technology and entrepreneurial finance practices in funding small and medium-sized enterprises by Piotr Łasak

“…Regarding the other aspects of SME finance, it is essential to implement such ways of financing like microfinance services and crowdfunding. Such funding mechanisms, together with the budget process and the compliance under the conditions of e-tax systems, are important determinants of current entrepreneurial finance. …”
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Isolation and Molecular Identification of Pathogenic Fungi from Cockroaches Caught from Babol Teaching Hospitals during 2021-2022 by Hanie Pooshideh, Jalal Jafarzade, Ali Heidarpour, Mojtaba Taghizade Armaki, saeid Mahdavi Omran, Firoozeh Kermani, Mohsen Karami

“…Conclusion: Considering the isolation of several fungal species from cockroaches and their importance in the possible mechanical transmission of common fungal infections in hospitals, these insects can be a source of continuous transmission of infection, if there is no regular preventive disinfection of the hospital environment.…”
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Kinetic Analysis of the Reduction Processes of a Cisplatin Pt(IV) Prodrug by Mesna, Thioglycolic Acid, and Thiolactic Acid by Yanqing Xia, Hongwu Tian, Yanlei Li, Xinru Yang, Jinming Liu, Chunli Liu, Li Zhou, Lincai Zhang, Tiejian Li, Tiesheng Shi

“…A general reaction stoichiometry of Δ[Pt(IV)] : Δ[Thiol]tot = 1 : 2 was revealed for all the thiols; the thiols were oxidized to their corresponding disulfides which were identified by mass spectrometry. Reaction mechanisms are proposed which involves all the prololytic species of the thiols attacking the Pt(IV) prodrug in parallel, designating as the rate-determining steps. …”
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