Natural repeated backcrosses lead to triploidy and tetraploidy in parthenogenetic butterfly lizards (Leiolepis: Agamidae) by Eduard Galoyan, Roman Nazarov, Marie Altmanová, Sergey Matveevsky, Ivan Kropachev, Dmitrij Dedukh, Eugene Iryshkov, Mark Pankin, Natalia Sopilko, Oleg Nikolaev, Nikolai Orlov, Marine Arakelyan, Jiří Klíma, Evgeniya Solovyeva, Tao Nguyen, Lukáš Kratochvíl

“…As increased ploidy level above triploidy or tetraploidy appears to be harmful for amniotes, all-female asexual lineages should evolve a strategy to prevent incorporation of other haploid genomes from a sexual species by avoiding fertilisation by sexual males.…”
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A New Metric for Modeling the Uneven Sleeping Problem in Coordinated Sensor Node Scheduling by Gaojuan Fan, Chongsheng Zhang

“…In this work, we propose the uneven sleeping problem (USP) happening in the coordinated node scheduling in wireless sensor networks. …”
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Nitric Oxide Concentration and Other Salivary Changes after Insertion of New Complete Dentures in Edentulous Subjects by Maria de Lourdes Breseghelo, Lídia Andreu Guillo, Túlio Eduardo Nogueira, Cláudio Rodrigues Leles

“…NO concentration reduced after denture insertion and returned to baseline levels in the long-term follow-up. This appears to be an autonomic response of the body and provides valuable complementary information for the management of the edentulous patient.…”
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A Single Lung Transplant in a Patient with Fabry Disease: Causality or Far-Fetched? A Case Report by Martina Gaggl, Renate Kain, Peter Jaksch, Dominik Haider, Gerald Mundigler, Till Voigtländer, Raute Sunder-Plassmann, Paulus Rommer, Walter Klepetko, Gere Sunder-Plassmann

“…Although the association of a lung transplant and Fabry disease appears far-fetched on first sight, respiratory impairment cannot be denied in Fabry disease. …”
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A new negative air ion smoke suppression purifier for purifying fire smoke in road tunnel based on corona discharge by Shouzhong Feng, Deyuan Kan, Zhiguo Yan, Weixing Mao, Long Zhou

“…The enclosed environment of a road tunnel restricts the dispersion of fire smoke, leading to its rapid accumulation, which significantly hampers firefighting efforts and personnel evacuation. …”
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Impact of using podcasts on students learning motivation by Irmadel Aurelliana, Syifa Syahfiana Nugraha

“…During the pandemic state that is happening right now, the education process is required to continue, so a Distance Learning policy is issued, which requires all people, including students, to stay at home as a way to prevent transmission of the virus through a circular by the Minister of Education and Culture that stated in law number 3 of 2020 regarding the prevention of Covid-19. …”
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Effects of Microstructured and Anti-Inflammatory-Coated Cochlear Implant Electrodes on Fibrous Tissue Growth and Neuronal Survival by Lennart Fibranz, Wiebke Behrends, Katharina Wulf, Stefan Raggl, Lisa Kötter, Thomas Eickner, Soeren Schilp, Thomas Lenarz, Gerrit Paasche

“…The treatment groups showed increased damage in the cochlea, which appeared to be caused by the elevated parts of the microstructures. …”
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Aortoenteric Fistula as a Complication of Open Reconstruction and Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aorta by Marek Tagowski, Hendryk Vieweg, Christian Wissgott, Reimer Andresen

“…The paper intends to present a review of imaging characteristics of secondary aortoenteric fistula (AEF). …”
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Exploring the recombinant evolution and hosts of crucivirus based on novel oyster-associated viruses by Hong-Sai Zhang, Hong-Sai Zhang, Chang Liu, Guang-Feng Liu, Yu-Yu Chen, Peng Zhu, Peng Zhu, Xin Xu, Bing-Xin Yin, Jing-Zhe Jiang, Jing-Zhe Jiang

“…The results indicate that the crucivirus genomes and replicase-associated proteins (Rep) from oysters conform to the typical characteristics of crucivirus; Crucivirus Rep appears to have a direct parallel origin from multiple clades of CRESS DNA viruses, while only the S-domain of their capsid proteins shows some evolutionary relationship with tombusvirus. …”
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Cell Therapy for Refractory Angina: A Reappraisal by Beatrice Bassetti, Patrizia Nigro, Valentina Catto, Laura Cavallotti, Stefano Righetti, Felice Achilli, Paolo Scacciatella, Corrado Carbucicchio, Giulio Pompilio

“…As an example, the large variability in efficacy endpoint selection appears to be a limiting factor for the advancement of cardiac cell-based therapy in the field. …”
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Are the Mesothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition, Sclerotic Peritonitis Syndromes, and Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis Part of the Same Process? by Jesús Loureiro, Guadalupe Gónzalez-Mateo, José Jimenez-Heffernan, Rafael Selgas, Manuel López-Cabrera, Abelardo Aguilera Peralta

“…The SPS includes a wide range of peritoneal fibrosis that appears progressively and is considered as a reversible process, while EPS does not. …”
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Damping Effects Induced by a Mass Moving along a Pendulum by E. Gandino, S. Marchesiello, A. Bellino, A. Fasana, L. Garibaldi

“…Time-varying inertia due to the relative motion of the mass is associated with the Coriolis-type effects appearing in the system, which can reduce and also amplify the oscillations. …”
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Telefacturing Based Distributed Manufacturing Environment for Optimal Manufacturing Service by Enhancing the Interoperability in the Hubs by V. K. Manupati, M. Gokula Krishnan, M. L. R. Varela, José Machado

“…Recent happenings are surrounding the manufacturing sector leading to intense progress towards the development of effective distributed collaborative manufacturing environments. …”
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Evaluation of terminal blend rubberized asphalt incorporating high crumb rubber content by Yangquan Huang, Kun Long, Chi Qu, Chuanqi Yan, Changfa Ai, Shengxiong Zhou

“…Terminal Blend Rubberized Asphalt (TBRA) appears to be a feasible approach to safely increase the waste rubber content within the asphalt binder. …”
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Leaf and Root Functional Traits of Woody and Herbaceous Halophytes and Their Adaptations in the Yellow River Delta by Yan Wang, Hao Wu, Jian Wang, Liqiang Mu, Zhongyue Li

“…However, fewer correlations were found between paired leaf and root traits in either herbaceous or woody species, indicating that the variations in leaves and roots appeared relatively independent, which might be related to the different abiotic environmental conditions experienced by above- and belowground organs. …”
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Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death in Beta-Thalassemia Major Patients: Noninvasive Diagnostic Tools and Early Markers by Vincenzo Russo, Enrico Melillo, Andrea A. Papa, Anna Rago, Celeste Chamberland, Gerardo Nigro

“…Iron overload is the primary factor of cardiac damage resulting in thalassemic cardiomyopathy, in which diastolic dysfunction usually happens before systolic impairment and overt heart failure (HF). …”
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Effect of Colonoscopy Volume on Quality Indicators by David Pace, Mark Borgaonkar, Muna Lougheed, Curtis Marcoux, Brad Evans, Nikita Hickey, Meghan O’Leary, Darrell Boone, Jerry McGrath

“…However, gastroenterology specialty appears to be a better predictor of ADR than annual case volume.…”
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An Analysis of Behaviour Change Techniques Used in a Sample of Gestational Weight Management Trials by H. Soltani, M. A. Arden, A. M. S. Duxbury, F. J. Fair

“…For diet and mixed interventions “feedback and monitoring,” “shaping knowledge,” and “goals and planning” appeared the most successful BCT categories. Conclusions. …”
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Game, set and message by Charl Durand Charl Durand

“…Seems like just yesterday the only way we Johannesburg folk could follow a nail-biting international rugby test happening at Newlands in Cape Town was by listening to Gerhard Viviers' commentary on Afrikaans radio. …”
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Modeling and Analysis on Minimum Safe Distance for Platooning Vehicles Based on Field Test of Communication Delay by Mengyan Hu, Xiangmo Zhao, Fei Hui, Bin Tian, Zhigang Xu, Xinrui Zhang

“…The simulation results verify that the proposed model can effectively maintain the platooning vehicles’ safety even if emergency braking happens with certain communication delays.…”
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