Insights into the Roles of B Cells in Patients with Sepsis by Xijie Dong, Hao Tu, Shuang Qin, Xiangjun Bai, Fan Yang, Zhanfei Li

“…Sepsis-related deaths primarily occur during immunosuppression; the disease can hamper the numbers and function of B cells, which mediate innate and adaptive immune responses to maintain immune homeostasis. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Failure Mode and Energy Evolution under Uniaxial Recompression of Granite Predamaged by Yabin Wu, Xiaosheng Liu

“…The macrocracks of predamage rock appear initially when the uniaxial compressive stress reaches 0.8 σmax. …”
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Vibration Attenuation by a Combination of a Piezoelectric Stack and a Permanent Magnet by A. Nandi, S. Neogy, S. Bhaduri, H. Irretier

“…It is shown that the actuator works as an active damper when the extension and contraction of the actuators are made proportional to the velocity of the beam. …”
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Accommodation in learner corpora: A case study in phonetic convergence by Léa Burin, Nicolas Ballier

“…Conclusions drawn from this preliminary research study suggest that previous findings on intralanguage processes of accommodation appear to be validated in the case of native/non-native interactions.…”
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A Comparison between Enriched and Nonenriched Enrollment Randomized Withdrawal Trials of Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain by Andrea D Furlan, Luis E Chaparro, Emma Irvin, Angela Mailis-Gagnon

“…Some investigators defend the use of enrichment designs for opioids in chronic noncancer pain (CNCP), reasoning that opioids may appear to underperform in clinically heterogeneous contexts, ie, that substantial efficacy in a particular patient subgroup may be diluted or masked by poor efficacy in another subgroup. …”
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Le bilan sociétal : un outil de management pour renforcer l’ancrage territorial et la responsabilité sociale des coopératives agricoles by Yves Cariou, Sandrine Fournie, Fredéric Wallet

“…In a context of deep changes in rural areas, and increasing questioning on the social responsibility of companies, agricultural co-operatives – because of their legal statute – can appear as major actors for territories sustainable development. …”
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Heteronormativity, Masculinity and Prejudice in Mobile Apps: The Case of Grindr in a Brazilian City by Luiz Alex Silva Saraiva, Leonardo Tadeu dos Santos, Jefferson Rodrigues Pereira

“…At the same time, it allows discretion in sexual encounters, which only happen between “equals”: white, young, athletic, handsome, and not effeminate men, and all those who differ from this profile are repelled. …”
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A Note on Parabolic Homogenization with a Mismatch between the Spatial Scales by Liselott Flodén, Anders Holmbom, Marianne Olsson Lindberg, Jens Persson

“…Hence, the problem is not of a reiterated type even though two rapid scales of spatial oscillation appear.…”
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Multiple Signals of Coherence Relations by Debopam Das, Maite Taboada

“…In this paper, we investigate the signalling of coherence relations when they are simultaneously indicated by more than one signal. …”
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Annoying Hiccups following Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injection of Betamethasone Acetate/Betamethasone Sodium Phosphate at the Knee Joint by George Habib, Suheil Artul, Geries Hakim

“…Hiccups is a type of reflex that could happen secondary to different causes including drugs, especially systemic corticosteroids. …”
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PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF E-LEARNING SYSTEM by T. Yu. Krotenko

“…In this сonnection, ambiguous understanding of the goals of digitalization, the mismatch of the electronic and traditional approaches to learning, incompleteness of a single terminology platform, a significant difference of the main theories used in developing practical tools of e-learning, the lack of leading psycho-pedagogical concept of online learning, which could be used by both developers of training programs and users-teachers, insufficient base of empirical research, - they lead to confusion of all subjects of the educational process, to the lack of a clear understanding of what and how to teach and what might happen as a result. The “pain points” of e-learning have been considered in the article, the problem of the lack of research on online education strategies, social context, pedagogical technologies and design, and giving full right to speak about the opportunities, advantages and prospects of e-education, has been raised.…”
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The Comprehensive Study of Electrical Faults in PV Arrays by M. Sabbaghpur Arani, M. A. Hejazi

“…Due to the current-limiting nature and nonlinear output characteristics of PV arrays, faults in PV arrays may not be detected. In this paper, all possible faults that happen in the PV system have been classified and six common faults (shading condition, open-circuit fault, degradation fault, line-to-line fault, bypass diode fault, and bridging fault) have been implemented in 7.5 KW PV farm. …”
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Le bilan sociétal : un outil de management pour renforcer l’ancrage territorial et la responsabilité sociale des coopératives agricoles by Yves Cariou, Sandrine Fournie, Fredéric Wallet

“…In a context of deep changes in rural areas, and increasing questioning on the social responsibility of companies, agricultural co-operatives – because of their legal statute – can appear as major actors for territories sustainable development. …”
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Parallax Barrier for Weakening Vernier Fringe in Naked-Eye LED 3D Display by Hong-Ran Zeng, Wu-Xiang Zhao

“…In naked-eye LED 3D display, vernier fringe is apparent for a conventional parallax barrier. This paper presents an intended misplaced parallax barrier with discrepant width of Light Translucent Slits (LTSs) to weaken vernier fringe. …”
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AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR TRANSLATION IN THE SUBTITLE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES 2: A GAME OF SHADOWS (2011) MOVIE by Siegfrieda Alberti Shinta Mursita Putri, Martha Sie

“…The results indicate that analogy, personification, and image metaphors appear in the movie. The translator applies five of nine proposed strategies in this study. …”
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Co-convexial reflector curves with applications by Abdallah M. Al-Rashed, Neyamat Zaheer

“…The concept of reflector curves for convex compact sets of reflecting type in the complex plane was introduced by the authors in a recent paper (to appear in J. Math. Anal. and Appln.) in their attempt to solve a problem related to Stieltjes and Van Vleck polynomials. …”
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Chronic Iliac Vein Occlusion and Painful Nonhealing Ulcer Induced by High Venous Pressures from an Arteriovenous Malformation by Daniel P. Link, Phillip J. Granchi

“…We report a case in which elevated venous pressures resulting from such compression appear to have resulted in the development of a pelvic arteriovenous malformation, which was further complicated by chronic, nonhealing painful lower extremity ulcers, and the development of extensive subcutaneous venous collaterals. …”
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Tibetan Microblog Emotional Analysis Based on Sequential Model in Online Social Platforms by Lirong Qiu, Huili Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Qiumei Pu

“…With the development of microblogs, selling and buying appear in online social platforms such as Sina Weibo and Wechat. …”
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Cull Cow Beef Quality Issues: Horns, Ocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma, and Lumpy Jaw by Amie Imler, Matt Hersom, Todd Thrift, Joel Yelich, Max Irsik

“…It also discusses some quality defects identified in the non-fed beef market, how to prevent them, and how to address them when they appear in cattle. Written by Amie Imler, Matt Hersom, Todd Thrift, Joel Yelich, and Max Irsik, and published by the UF Department of Animal Sciences, December 2014. …”
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Is Shame Morally Relevant to Ecological Ethics? by Andrea Klimková

“… In recent years, we have seen a resurgence of the topic of shame in philosophy and moral philosophy. The paper analyses shame as a moral emotion in contemporary moral-philosophical and environmental discourse. …”
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