Birthing experience and quality of life after vacuum delivery and second-stage caesarean section: a prospective cohort study in Uganda by Barbara, Nolens, Thomas, van den Akker, John, Lule, Sulphine, Twinomuhangi, Roosmalen, Jos van, Josaphat, Byamugisha

“…Outcome measures were birthing experience satisfaction, physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) of the SF-12 quality-of-life questionnaire, pain scores and dyspareunia. …”
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A Novel Modulation Classification Approach Using Gabor Filter Network by Sajjad Ahmed Ghauri, Ijaz Mansoor Qureshi, Tanveer Ahmed Cheema, Aqdas Naveed Malik

“…The modulations considered for the classification purpose are PSK 2 to 64, FSK 2 to 64, and QAM 4 to 64. The Gabor filter network uses the network structure of two layers; the first layer which is input layer constitutes the adaptive feature extraction part and the second layer constitutes the signal classification part. …”
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SER Performance of Enhanced Spatial Multiplexing Codes with ZF/MRC Receiver in Time-Varying Rayleigh Fading Channels by In-Ho Lee

“…With the spatial correlation between transmit antennas, SER equations for M-ary QAM and PSK constellations are derived by using a moment generating function (MGF) approximation of a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), based on the assumption of independent zero-forced SNRs. …”
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Acquisition of innate B cell properties and generation of autoreactive IgA antibodies by follicular B cells during homeostatic proliferation by Laura Kampe, Laura Kampe, Christian Melcher, Christian Melcher, Katrin Westphal, Katrin Westphal, Korbinian Brand, Niko Föger, Niko Föger, Kyeong-Hee Lee, Kyeong-Hee Lee

“…During homeostatic proliferation, B cells undergo antigen-independent clonal expansion and differentiation into antibody-producing plasma cells (PCs). However, it is still largely unknown which B cell lineages are involved in the formation of antibodies in response to lymphopenia and what functional properties these antibodies have. …”
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Lyophilized human platelet lysate: manufacturing, quality control, and application by Kerstin Wendland, Kerstin Wendland, Lea Koblin, Lea Koblin, Dirk Stobbe, Anna Dahms, Anna Dahms, Debora Singer, Debora Singer, Sander Bekeschus, Sander Bekeschus, Jan Wesche, Janosch Schoon, Konstanze Aurich

“…BackgroundA significant number of platelet concentrates (PCs) is discarded daily in blood banks due to limited shelf life. …”
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Soluble CD14 Enhances the Response of Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells to Toll-Like Receptor 2 Agonists by Christian Behm, Alice Blufstein, Johannes Gahn, Nazanin Noroozkhan, Andreas Moritz, Xiaohui Rausch-Fan, Oleh Andrukhov

“…Primary hPDLSCs were stimulated with synthetic lipopeptide Pam3CSK4 or lipoteichoic acid (LTA) in concentrations 1-1000 ng/ml in the presence/absence of sCD14 (250 ng/ml). …”
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Proinflammatory Stimuli Enhance Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Cells by Neutrophil Granulocytes by Lars Hellberg, Sabrina Fuchs, Christoph Gericke, Arup Sarkar, Martina Behnen, Werner Solbach, Tamás Laskay

“…We observed that exposure to ligands of TLR2 (Malp2, Pam3CSK4), TLR4 (LPS), TLR7/TLR8 (R848), and TLR9 (ODN 2006) led to increased phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by neutrophils. …”
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Genetic diversity and character association studies for agro-morphological and quality traits of advanced breeding lines in field pea (Pisum sativum L.) by Kommineni Jagadeesh1*, C.S. Mahto1, Niraj Kumar1 and H. C. Lal2

“…The principal component analysis indicated that the fiseven PCs together accounted for 86.56% of the total diversity. …”
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hERG activators exhibit antitumor effects in breast cancer through calcineurin and β-catenin-mediated signaling pathways by Yan Yu, Chengchun Zhu, Xiao Wang, Ying Shi, Yiping Gao, Zhiyi Yu

“…The observed reduction in phospho-AKT-Ser473 (pAKTS473) expression resulted in the decreased levels of phospho-GSK3β-Ser9 (pGSK3βS9), thereby limiting the nuclear localization of β-catenin, which led to the inhibition of cell migration and invasion. …”
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Inflammatory Role of Toll-Like Receptors in Human and Murine Adipose Tissue by Odile Poulain-Godefroy, Olivier Le Bacquer, Pauline Plancq, Cécile Lecœur, François Pattou, Gema Frühbeck, Philippe Froguel

“…Murine 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cells stimulated with Pam3CSK4 induced the expression of some proinflammatory markers. …”
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Health Status and Patient Satisfaction after Corneal Graft: Results from the Corneal Transplant Epidemiological Study by Adriano Fasolo, Cristina Capuzzo, Michela Fornea, Anna Chiara Frigo, Cristina Monterosso, Alfonso Zampini, Antonio Avarello, Alessandro Galan, Sandro Sbordone, Adele Elisabetta Ragucci, Claudio Gorla, Francesco Grigoletto, Diego Ponzin

“…Transplantation did not influence the PCS-12 in males (ES=−0.01) and had a negative effect in females (ES=−0.18). …”
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Is the Real Estate Market of New Housing Stock Influenced by Urban Vibrancy? by Alice Barreca, Rocco Curto, Diana Rolando

“…Spatial analyses are performed to study the influence of the Neighbourhood Services Index (NeSI) and its Principal Components (PCs) on listing prices and the construction activity. …”
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Energy-Model-Based Optimal Communication Systems Design for Wireless Sensor Networks by Ye Li, Dengyu Qiao, Zhao Xu, Da Xu, Fen Miao, Yuwei Zhang

“…According to the applications, we analyze four types of RF architectures: on-off keying (OOK) transceiver, phase-shift keying (PSK) transceiver, quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) transceiver, and frequency-shift keying (FSK) transceiver which are widely used in WSN and establish the related energy models for each kind of architecture, respectively. …”
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Detection of chimeric alpha-defensin transcripts and peptides in mouse Paneth cells by Steven Timmermans, Steven Timmermans, Charlotte Wallaeys, Charlotte Wallaeys, Somara De Beul, Somara De Beul, Natalia Garcia-Gonzales, Natalia Garcia-Gonzales, Claude Libert, Claude Libert

“…IntroductionIn mammals, Paneth cells, located in the crypts of the small intestine, produceantimicrobial peptides that serve to keep the intestinal microbiome under control. a-Defensins are the primary antimicrobial peptides produced by these cells.MethodsWe used 148 publicly available bulk RNA-seq samples on purified PCs, proteomics on enriched purified PC proteins and Defa peptide activity assays to detect all Defa transcrips, including potential chimeric transcrips.ResultsWe identified 28 expressed Defa genes in mice, with up to 85% of Paneth cell RNA reads mapping to these genes. …”
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Expression of Semaphorin 3F and Its Receptors in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, Fallopian Tubes, and Secondary Müllerian Tissues by Christina D. Drenberg, Sandra Livingston, Ren Chen, Patricia A. Kruk, Santo V. Nicosia

“…Interestingly, we also found elevated expression of S3F, NP-2, and NP-1 in epithelia of ICs, PCs, and FT. Our findings indicate that loss or deregulation of semaphorin signaling may play an important role in EOC development.…”
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Distinct plasmablast developmental intermediates produce graded expression of IgM secretory transcripts by Evelyn P. Sievert, Marissa C. Franke, Kayla B. Thomas, Yoseop Yoon, Yongsheng Shi, Roger Sciammas

“…Summary: Differentiation into plasma cells (PCs) enables secretion of ∼10,000 immunoglobulin molecules per second. …”
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Influence of sulfur and selenium application on wheat growth in arsenic-contaminated soil by Huan Luo, Chipeng Zhang, Shunyuan Zhang, Wansheng Song, Han Chen

“…Cell wall and vacuole sequestered majority of elevated As. Phytochelatins (PCs) content increased significantly in the roots, particularly when Se was applied alone. …”
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INTERRELATION BETWEEN STRUCTURAL YIELD ELEMENTS AND TECHNOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF WHOLEGRAIN AND MILLED RICE IN NEW RICE CULTIVARS by R. R. Dzhamirze, N. V. Ostapenko

“…Significantly high yields of these cultivars are due to the optimal number of fertile spikelets (150–160 pcs), panicle density (9.8–12.6 pcs/cm), and significant weight of grain from the main panicle (3.7–4.4 g), with an average sterility of 14.2–20.3%. …”
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A Multiband Monopole Antenna with the Inverted-Trapezoidal CPW Feeding by Quanqi Zhang, Yuanxin Li, Zhixi Liang, Hong-Zhou Tan, Yunliang Long

“…The antenna generates two wide bands centered at about 900 and 2200 MHz to cover the GSM850/GSM900/DCS/PCS/UMTS/LTE2300/2500 bands and the 2.4 GHz WLAN operation. …”
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Predictors for Return to Work in Subjects with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury by Eirik Vikane, Torgeir Hellstrøm, Cecilie Røe, Erik Bautz-Holter, Jörg Aßmus, Jan Sture Skouen

“…To predict return to work (RTW) at 12 months for patients who either were sick-listed or were at risk to be sick-listed with persistent postconcussion symptoms (PCS) at six to eight weeks after injury. Method. …”
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