Influence of the Three Gorges Reservoir Impoundment on Xiannvshan Fault Activity by Zhang Jiayu, Zhang Lili, Zhang Yaowen, Yao Yunsheng, Li Haoran, Dai Yiming, Wang Renlong, Hu Caixiong

“…Additionally, the ArcGIS software is employed to evaluate the spatial pattern of earthquake epicenters during the filling of the Three Gorges Reservoir, with the goal of elucidating the impact of water impoundment at the Three Gorges on the activity along the Xiannvshan fault. …”
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Multifunctional Proteins Bridge Mitosis with Motility and Cancer with Inflammation and Arthritis by Jihong Jiang, Rosaely Casalegno-Garduno, Helen Chen, Anita Schmitt, Michael Schmitt, Christopher A. Maxwell

“…In addition to directed nonclassical secretion, a number of leaderless secreted proteins have been classified as damage-associated molecular-pattern (DAMP) molecules, which are nuclear or cytoplasmic proteins that, under necrotic or apoptotic conditions, are released outside the cell and function as proinflammatory signals. …”
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Investigation of Vorticity during Prevalent Winter Precipitation in Iran by Iman Rousta, Farshad Javadizadeh, Fatemeh Dargahian, Haraldur Ólafsson, Amin Shiri-Karimvandi, Sayed Hossein Vahedinejad, Mehdi Doostkamian, Edgar Ricardo Monroy Vargas, Anayat Asadolahi

“…At the same time, the most intense vorticity occurred when the climate of Iran was influenced by a massive belt pattern of Siberian high pressure-low pressure of central Iran. …”
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Robust survival model for the prediction of Li-ion battery lifetime reliability and risk functions by Rasheed Ibraheem, Timothy I. Cannings, Torben Sell, Gonçalo dos Reis

“…Information from such prediction is limited when the entire degradation pattern is needed for practical applications such as dynamic adjustment of battery warranty, improved maintenance scheduling, and battery stock management. …”
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Severe immunodeficiency spectrum associated with NHEJ1 gene mutation: Cernunnos/XLF deficiency by Ana María Navarro, Gabriela Mantilla, Jorge Andrés Fernández, Mario Fernando Unigarro, Alfonso Suárez, María Claudia Ortega

“…Cernunnos/XLF deficiency is a rare, severe combined immunodeficiency, inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern (OMIM number: 611290), related to the NHEJ1 gene. …”
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Metabolic and motor activity effects of microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) in laboratory mice by E. L. Zavjalov, D. V. Petrovskii, G. V. Kontsevaya, V. V. Mak, I. P. Uvarov, Y. L. Zav’yalova, O. A.  Rozhkov

“…The body weight of males in the control and the experimental group with Chlorella did not change, while females in the experimental group showed an increase of body weight in a week. A similar pattern was obtained for estimation of animal body weight changes relative to food consumption. …”
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Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Enterococci with Special Reference to Glycopeptide Susceptibility at a Tertiary Care Center of Eastern Nepal by Aasish Karna, Ratna Baral, Basudha Khanal

“…Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion technique was used to study antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, whereas minimum inhibitory concentration of vancomycin was determined by the agar dilution method, with reference to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. …”
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Overall quit in triple users of conventional cigarette, e-cigarette and heated tobacco product among healthy adults: a Korea Medical Institute health check-up study by Sun Ha Jee, Heejin Kimm, Keum Ji Jung, Hye Won Yun

“…Objective While multiuse patterns of e-cigarettes (EC) or heated tobacco products (HTP) with conventional cigarettes (CC) have been reported, smoking cessation of multiusers is not well known. …”
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Understanding repeated non-attendance in health services: a pilot analysis of administrative data and full study protocol for a national retrospective cohort by Alex McConnachie, Philip Wilson, Ross McQueenie, David A Ellis, Andrea E Williamson

“…Regression models will help understand how missed appointment patterns are associated with patient and practice characteristics. …”
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ЖОРСТКІСТЬ ПАРЕНХІМИ ПЕЧІНКИ ЩУРІВ ПРИ МОДЕЛЮВАННІ СТЕАТОЗУ АЛІМЕНТАРНОГО ГЕНЕЗУ ТА ЙОГО КОРЕКЦІЇ... by В.І. Діденко, Ю.А. Гайдар, І.А. Кленіна, О.О. Галінський, І.С. Коненко, А.І. Руденко, О.І. Грабовська

“…The aim of the work was to investigate the degree of parenchyma stiffness and the morphological pattern of the liver of rats in the conditions of the modeling of alimentary steatosis and after its correction with medications - coenzyme Q10 and methadoxine. …”
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Descriptive study of the role of ultrasound in the evaluation of patients with interstitial lung disease associated with autoimmune connective tissue disorders by Varghese Koshy, Kiran Patel, Deep Yadav, Puneet Saxena, R A George, Vandana Gangadharan, George Koshy

“…In 91.6% (11/12) patients with nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis pattern on HRCT, B-lines were found to be numerous and compact (<3 mm distance between B lines). …”
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Relationship Between Weight Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in School-age Children in China by Mandana Zanganeh, Peymané Adab, Bai Li, Miranda Pallan, Wei J. Liu, Lin Rong, Wei Liu, James Martin, Kar K. Cheng, Emma Frew

“…However, the relationship between weight status and HRQOL is not well established in China, where obesity trends follow a different pattern compared with high-income countries. The risk of obesity is greater in children from higher socioeconomic backgrounds and higher in boys compared with girls. …”
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Discrimination of superficial lymph nodes using ultrasonography and tissue metabolomics coupled with machine learning by Lu Li, Xinyue Wang, Hongyan Deng, Wenjuan Lu, Yasu Zhou, Xinhua Ye, Yong Li, Jie Wang

“…IntroductionDiagnosing the types of malignant lymphoma could help determine the most suitable treatment, anticipate the probability of recurrence and guide long-term monitoring and follow-up care.MethodsWe evaluated the differences in benign, lymphoma and metastasis superficial lymph nodes using ultrasonography and tissue metabolomics.ResultsOur findings indicated that three ultrasonographic features, blood supply pattern, cortical echo, and cortex elasticity, hold potential in differentiating malignant lymph nodes from benign ones, and the shape and corticomedullary boundary emerged as significant indicators for distinguishing between metastatic and lymphoma groups. …”
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Morphological Characteristics of Normal Foveal Avascular Zone by Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography by Zeiad Eldaly, Wael Soliman, Mohamed Sharaf, Ali Natag Reyad

“…Superficial and deep capillary plexus were identified, and different quantitative measurements were conducted along with categorization of the FAZ pattern. Results. Eighty-two eyes (41 volunteers) were evaluated. …”
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Quantum-mechanical model of ion thruster for small spacecraft by V. V. Fedyanin, V. V. Shalay, V. K. Fedorov

“…Detector plates demonstrating the interference pattern in thin films are presented. A mathematical description of the relief of thin films is given using the resulting wave function. …”
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Determining Planetary Boundary Layer Height by Micro-pulse Lidar with Validation by UAV Measurements by Yueh-Chen Wang, Sheng-Hsiang Wang, Jasper R. Lewis, Shuenn-Chin Chang, Stephen M. Griffith

“…Our results indicate that a combination of the gradient method and δ-threshold method can provide better results, in terms of diurnal pattern, than using either method individually. Furthermore, the Haar wavelet and the Hybrid image processing can detect the PBL development comparably well, but both methods are dependent on their initial conditions and optimized algorithm settings. …”
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Remodeling the light-adapted electroretinogram using a bayesian statistical approach by Marek Brabec, Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos, Lynne Loh, Irene O. Lee, Mikhail Kulyabin, Aleksei Zhdanov, Hugo Posada-Quintero, Dorothy A. Thompson, Paul A. Constable

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Association of LPCAT1-rs8352 genetic variant with susceptibility and severity of pediatric bronchial asthma: a case-control study by Khalid M. Mohany, Yasser Gamal, Yaser F. Abdel Raheem

“…Those with the GC genotype demonstrated a similar, though less severe, pattern, followed by individuals with the GG genotype. …”
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Simulation of Contrast Agent Transport in Arteries with Multilayer Arterial Wall: Impact of Arterial Transmural Transport on the Bolus Delay and Dispersion by Min Xu, Xiao Liu, Ang Li, Yubo Fan, Anqiang Sun, Xiaoyan Deng, Deyu Li

“…In conclusion, arterial transmural transport may have a small effect on the bolus delay and dispersion when compared to the flow pattern in the artery.…”
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A rapid method for the preparation of an in vitro osteoporosis model of calf vertebrae: histological and biomechanical study by Anli Shi, Anli Shi, Yijie Liu, Qiang Ma, Jiaxin Li, Jiawang Fan, Zhaohui Ge, Zhaohui Ge

“…Additionally, the trabecular bone pattern factor (TBPf) and Structure Model Index (SMI) increased. …”
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