Blockchain-Assisted Generation Rescheduling in Imperfect Market Environments by Salman Tariq, Mohamed Shaaban, Hazlie Mokhlis, Nurulafiqah N. Mansor, Hasmaini Mohamad

“…The proposed BC-based structure allows generators to participate in the short-term scheduling mechanism (such as day-ahead) in a trust-free environment without sharing their vital data yet achieving efficient, market-grade solutions. …”
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Naringin prevents heart mitochondria dysfunction during diabetic cardiomyopathy in rats by Ilya Zavodnik, Tatsiana A. Kavalenia, Siarhei N. Kirko, Elena B. Belonovskaya, Irina A. Kuzmitskaya, Yulia V. Eroshenko, Elena A. Lapshina, Vyacheslav U. Buko

“…The naringin treatment (40 mg/kg of the body weight, 4 weeks) partially recovered impaired cardiac mitochondria respiration, decreased spontaneous and increased Ca2+-induced MPT pore opening, improved pancreatic islets morphology and dystrophic changes, lowered glycated hemoglobin and blood plasma urea, and decreased the oxidative stress level with glucose or insulin concentrations remaining unchanged in diabetic animals. …”
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Theoretical and legal features of key institutions in Municipal Law by O. O. Kolobylina

“…The following are proposed to be classified as the institutions of Municipal Law: general principles of local self-government (constitutional and legal norms); guarantee of local self-government; exercise of power by the people through local self-government bodies; principles of organisation and operation of local self-government entities; local elections and referendums; various forms of direct participation of citizens in resolving local issues; territorial communities; executive bodies of village, town, city, district and city councils; village, town and city heads; institution of representative bodies of local self-government; communal property; local budget and local finance; responsibility of local self-government bodies and officials. …”
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Conflicting stakes and governance relating to the co-management of salmon in the Columbia river basin (U.S.A.) by Nicolas Barbier 

“…If some local salmon populations have been partially restored, major problems remain unresolved: large dams keep hindering the overall recovery, just like continuing pollution and environmental degradation in parts of watersheds. …”
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Special Problems Associated with Surgical Trials in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Robin S McLeod

“…Finally, unlike medical therapies which are controlled by regulating agencies, surgical procedures can simply be performed and there may be little incentive, and even some disincentives, for the surgeon to participate in a trial. Despite these difficulties, better evaluation of surgical therapies is required. …”
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Oscillometry reference values for children and adolescents by Christoph Valach, Emiel F. M. Wouters, Alina Ofenheimer, Pasquale Pio Pompilio, Alessandro Gobbi, Marie-Kathrin Breyer, Sylvia Hartl, Chiara Veneroni, Tobias Mraz, Caspar Schiffers, Otto Chris Burghuber, Ahmad Karimi, Christoph Gross, Charles Irvin, Robab Breyer-Kohansal

“…Background Oscillometry devices allow quantification of respiratory function at tidal breathing but device-specific reference equations are scarce: the present study aims to create sex-specific oscillometric reference values for children and adolescents using the Resmon PRO FULL device. Methods Healthy participants (n=981) aged 6 to 17 years of the Austrian LEAD general population cohort were included. …”
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Managing cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Saudi Arabia: what are the current practices? by Rayan A. Siraj, Ahmed M. Alrajeh, Mushabbab A. Alahmari, Fahad H. Alahmadi, Abdulelah M. Aldhahir, Abdullah A. Alqarni, Jaber S. Alqahtani, Saeed M. Alghamdi, Turki M. Alanazi, Abdullah Alruwaili, Saleh S. Algarni, Abdulrhman S. Alghamdi, Tawah H. Alsindi, Mohammed M. Alyami, Faisal A. Alshehri, Talal Alshammari, Rehab Alhasani, Khalid Alrashed, Nawaf E. Sabir, Ataa F. Mesbah

“…In addition, only half of the study participants aimed to identify possible cognitive impairment, with only 4% screening for cognitive impairment during patients’ assessment. …”
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Evaluation of adipocytokines and oxidative stress biomarkers in sera of hemodialysis patients by Shahad F. Obeid, Israa Abass Rashed, Mohammed S. Al-Hindawi

“…Additionally, 40 healthy control volunteers participated in the study. Adipocytokines and oxidative stress markers were measured using the ELISA technique, whereas the spectrophotometric method measured lipid profile and renal function. …”
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The Fungi-specific histone Acetyltransferase Rtt109 mediates morphogenesis, Aflatoxin synthesis and pathogenicity in Aspergillus flavus by acetylating H3K9 by Ruilin Sun, Meifang Wen, Lianghuan Wu, Huahui Lan, Jun Yuan, Shihua Wang

“…In conclusion, Rtt109 participated in the growth, conidium formation, sclerotia generation, aflatoxin synthesis, environmental stress response, regulation of infection of A. flavus. …”
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Huntington’s disease modeling on HEK293 cell line by D. V. Sharipova, T. B. Malankhanova, A. A. Malakhova

“…We showed that mutant cells partially reproduce the pathological phenotype, that is, they have reduced proliferation activity, an increased level of apoptosis and high sensitivity to treatment with 5μM MG132 proteasome inhibitor compared to the original HEK293 Phoenix cell line. …”
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Differences in Limb Muscle Strength Affecting Vertical Jump Heights in Soccer Players after Chronic Ankle Injury by Anggara Dwi Samudra, Bambang Purwanto, Dwikora Novembri Utomo

“…They were divided into injury and noninjury groups, according to the questionnaire. The participants were determined based on their normal body mass index (BMI), age (17-40 years), male gender, and PERSEBAYA players. …”
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A Batalha de Atoleiros (6 de Abril de 1384): ensaio geral para Aljubarrota? by João Gouveia Monteiro

“…Por um lado, consolidou o partido do Mestre de Avis mostrando a todos que ele tinha força suficiente para se impor e provando que os Castelhanos, afinal, não eram invencíveis. …”
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PUPIL DIAMETER AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR DEPRESSION DETECTION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH DEEP LEARNING MODELS by Islam MOHAMED, Mohamed EL-WAKAD, Khaled ABBAS, Mohamed ABOAMER, Nader A. Rahman MOHAMED

“…The study involved 58 participants, with 29 classified as depressed and 29 as healthy. …”
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Context modulates evidence accumulation in split-second handball penalty decisions by Henrietta Weinberg, Florian Müller, Rouwen Cañal-Bruland

“…Following validation, Exp. 2 directly addressed the main aim, namely, to examine how contextual information affects the HDDM parameters drift rate, as the rate of evidence accumulation, and non-decision time, which encompasses perceptual and motor processes. Participants predicted shot direction in temporally occluded videos of handball penalties, with probability (i.e., contextual) information regarding the shot direction being manipulated in half of the trials. …”
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Microscopic Effect of Mixed Wetting Capillary Characteristics on Spontaneous Imbibition Oil Recovery in Tight Reservoirs by Yu Pu, Erlong Yang, Di Wang

“…For the mixed wetting capillary with strong oil wetting, when <i>f</i>_w is low, spontaneous imbibition can only partially detach the oil. Low <i>f</i>_w slows down the fluid flow velocity and leads to the small imbibition oil recovery rate. …”
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Social media use is associated with body image concern in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic by Marina de Sá Azevedo, Brenda Esper-Pereira, Larissa Vaz-Gonçalves, Raquel Machado Schincaglia, Marília Mendonça Guimarães, Karine Anusca Martins, Luciana Bronzi de Souza

“…Results: 37.0% of participants showed body image concern and 85.9% body dissatisfaction. …”
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K-Means Clustering with Local Distance Privacy by Mengmeng Yang, Longxia Huang, Chenghua Tang

“…To solve this problem, we propose a novel method that provides local distance privacy for users who participate in the clustering analysis. Instead of making the users’ records in-distinguish from each other in high-dimensional space, we map the user’s record into a one-dimensional distance space and make the records in such a distance space not be distinguished from each other. …”
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Alterations of Retinal Pigment Epithelium–Photoreceptor Complex in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus without Diabetic Retinopathy: A Cross-Sectional Study by Zheren Xia, Hao Chen, Suilian Zheng

“…Patients with type 2 DM without DR and healthy controls without DM were recruited. All participants underwent examinations including SD-OCT. …”
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Perinatal Factors Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Preschool-Age Children in the United States: An Analysis of 1999–2008 NHANES Data by Sarah E. Messiah, Kristopher L. Arheart, Steven E. Lipshultz, Emmalee S. Bandstra, Tracie L. Miller

“…The population-based sample included 3,644 3-to-6-year-old Non-Hispanic White (NHW), Hispanic, and Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) children who participated in the 1999–2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. …”
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Hypomagnesemia, insulin secretion and action in patients without diabetes, 1 year after kidney transplantation by Rasmus K. Carlsen, Anders Åsberg, Anders Åsberg, My Svensson, My Svensson, Kåre I. Birkeland, Kåre I. Birkeland, Hanne S. Jørgensen, Hanne S. Jørgensen, Iain Bressendorff, Hanne L. Gulseth, Hanne L. Gulseth, Karsten Midtvedt, Espen Nordheim, Espen Nordheim, Trond G. Jenssen

“…First and second phase insulin secretion was assessed using the Stumvoll equation. Participants were categorized into tertiles by plasma magnesium levels, (&lt;0.7, 07–0.78,&gt;0.78 mmol/L).ResultsWe included 208 patients (62% men, median age 51 years). …”
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