Multiaxial fatigue strength of titanium alloys by Filippo Berto, Alberto Campagnolo, Torgeir Welo, Sabrina Vantadori, Andrea Carpinteri

“…The effect of the loading mode on the control volume size has been analysed, highlighting a wide difference in the notch sensitivity of the considered material under tension and torsion loadings. …”
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Automated String Art Creation: Integrated Advanced Computational Techniques and Precision Art Designing by Spoorthi Singh, Navya T. Hegde, Mohammad Zuber, Yuvraj Singh Nain, Vishnu G. Nair

“…The machine’ s calibration system, involving LDR sensors and laser alignment, ensures precision in thread placement. …”
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WEIGHTED GENE CO-EXPRESSION NETWORK ANALYSIS IDENTIFIES BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS AND BIOMARKER GENES ASSOCIATED WITH CHICKENS' ADAPTATION TO BOTH LOW AND HIGH ALTITUDES by Pshtiwan S.A. Bebane, Paiman Yousif, Sarbast I. Mustafa, Sami mamand

“… The main aim of the study was to identify modules, hub genes, and possible pathways linked with hypoxia adaptation in six types of tissues and organs (heart, kidney, liver, lung, muscle, and spleen) at altitudes ranging from 2,300 to 3,500 metersOn a transcription dataset from hypoxia-sensitive tissues, we performed weighted gene co-expression network analysis on 13,940 selected genes, and 10 transcriptional modules in total were detected (Turquoise 196 genes, Purple 27 genes, Blue 196, Brown 182, Yellow 108, Green 79 genes, Red 69 genes, Black 50 genes, Pink 44 genes, and Magenta 37 genes). …”
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Tumor-associated macrophages promote bladder cancer metastasis through the CCL20-CCR6 axis by Ryunosuke Nakagawa, Kouji Izumi, Kaoru Hiratsuka, Takahiro Inaba, Yoshiki Koketsu, Ren Toriumi, Shuhei Aoyama, Taiki Kamijima, Hiroshi Kano, Tomoyuki Makino, Renato Naito, Suguru Kadomoto, Hiroaki Iwamoto, Hiroshi Yaegashi, Shohei Kawaguchi, Takahiro Nohara, Kazuyoshi Shigehara, Hiroki Nakata, Wen-Jye Lin, Atsushi Mizokami

“…Coculturing with TAMs also elevated the expression of CC chemokine receptor (CCR) 6 in BC cells, indicating increased sensitivity to CCL20. Immunohistochemistry analysis of human BC tissues showed a significant correlation between CCR6 expression levels and BC prognosis. …”
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Application of Delphi method in site selection of desalination plants by M. Sepehr, S.M.R. Fatemi, A. Danehkar, A. Mashinchian Moradi

“…The maps were then integrated based on the modulation importance coefficient and the identified priorities using a linear Delphi model and the final map was reclassified into five categories. Environmentally sensitive areas and seawater quality were respectively the criterion and sub-criterion that received the highest importance. …”
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Local strain energy density to assess the multiaxial fatigue strength of titanium alloys by Filippo Berto, Alberto Campagnolo, Torgeir Welo

“…The effect of the loading mode on the control volume size has been analysed, highlighting a wide difference in the notch sensitivity of the considered material under tension and torsion loadings. …”
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PPARγ and Its Agonists in Chronic Kidney Disease by Yuhua Ma, Manman Shi, Yuxin Wang, Jian Liu

“…Its agonists such as thiazolidinediones (TZDs) have been applied as effective antidiabetic drugs as they control insulin sensitivity in multiple metabolic tissues. Besides, TZDs exert protective effects in multiple other CKD risk disease contexts. …”
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Physiological and Antagonistic Properties of Pichia kluyveri for Curative and Preventive Treatments Against Post-Harvest Fruit Fungi by Maxwell Mewa Ngongang, Heinrich Wilbur Du Plessis, Chidi Silas Boredi, Ucrecia Faith Hutchinson, Karabo Seteno Obed Ntwampe, Vincent Ifeanyi Okudoh, Neil Paul Jolly

“…Strain-dependent antagonistic responses were observed on agar plates, where M. laxa was the more sensitive fungus to the antagonistic yeast. P. kluyveri demonstrated strong physiological properties under stressful temperature, pH, and salinity conditions. …”
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Investigating the Wind Erosion Affecting the Activation of Dust Genesis over South-Eastern of Iran by Saviz Sehat Kashani, Mehdi Rahnama, Sara Karami, Abbas Ranjbar, Noushin Khoddam

“…In this article, the observed data related to the synoptic stations of Sistan and Baluchestan province, Southeastern Iran in the period 2018-2009 as well as the re-analyzed data of ERA5 have been used. Using MODIS sensor images along with the Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) and also its relationship with the fraction of vegetation cover as well as the amount of vegetation and bare soil, the degree of vegetation was determined. …”
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Causal associations between circulating protein ratios and drug resistance in papillary thyroid cancer: a Mendelian randomization study by Jiaqin Deng, Ming Yu, Yihua Gu, Yeqian Lai, Lihong Qiu

“…Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis, using inverse variance weighting (IVW) as the primary method, was conducted to explore causality. Sensitivity analyses, including heterogeneity and pleiotropy tests, were performed to ensure the robustness of the results. …”
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A Multimethod Approach towards Assessing Urban Flood Patterns and Its Associated Vulnerabilities in Singapore by Winston T. L. Chow, Brendan D. Cheong, Beatrice H. Ho

“…We conclude, however, that future vulnerabilities may increase from stresses arising from physical exposure to climate change and from demographic sensitivity via rapid population growth. Anticipating these changes is potentially useful in maintaining the high resilience of Singapore towards this hydrometeorological hazard.…”
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Extracellular Vesicles and Tunnelling Nanotubes as Mediators of Prostate Cancer Intercellular Communication by Jessica K. Heatlie, Joanna Lazniewska, Courtney R. Moore, Ian R. D. Johnson, Bukuru D. Nturubika, Ruth Williams, Mark P. Ward, John J. O’Leary, Lisa M. Butler, Doug A. Brooks

“…In mechanistic studies, androgen-sensitive PCa cells exhibited changes in cell morphology when stimulated by R1881 treatment. …”
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The enlightenment of fiction: Literature to learn to philosophise by Edwige Chirouter

“…Yet the humanities offer the only way for future citizens to develop their reasoning skills, sensitivity, critical faculties, and empathy. The challenge facing this alliance between philosophy (with children) and literature (for young people) is, therefore, profoundly political: to train enlightened citizens informed by fiction. …”
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Local strain energy density to assess the multiaxial fatigue strength of titanium alloys by Filippo Berto, Alberto Campagnolo, Torgeir Welo

“…The effect of the loading mode on the control volume size has been analysed, highlighting a wide difference in the notch sensitivity of the considered material under tension and torsion loadings. …”
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Comparison of tests for trend in location and scale parameters in hydrological and precipitation time series by Agnieszka Rutkowska, Silvia Kohnová

“…Results and conclusions: Results show an increase of the power of the AB, ST and M tests with sample length and with strength of the step trend in scale, insensitivity to changes in the coefficient of variation, a low sensitivity to changes in type of the distribution, and the highest power of the M test. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Two ANFIS Models for Predicting Water Quality Index of River Satluj (India) by Sharad Tiwari, Richa Babbar, Gagandeep Kaur

“…The tested model, SC-ANFIS model, was further used to identify those sensitive parameters across various monitoring stations that were capable of causing change in the existing water quality index value.…”
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Aerosol Inhalation of Heat-Killed Clostridium butyricum CGMCC0313-1 Alleviates Allergic Airway Inflammation in Mice by Laodong Li, Qixiang Sun, Huan Xiao, Qiannan Zhang, Siyue Xu, Lejin Lai, Zhengning Li, Chaoqian Li

“…Mice received aerosol inhalation of HKCB, oral administration of HKCB, or oral administration of live Clostridium butyricum (CB) during sensitization. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cell number, histology, and levels of the cytokines interferon-gamma and IL-4, the autophagy-related proteins LC3B, Beclin1, and p62, and members of the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB)/NLRP3 inflammasome signaling pathway were examined. …”
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Intelligent Screening of Prostate Cancer Individuals Using an Enzyme‐Assisted Multicolor Visualization Platform by Ruomei Teng, Ming Li, Zikang Chen, Jianli Lin, Yuhan Zhang, Hang Li, Zejun Yan, Dingyuan Zhang, Caiping Ding, Youju Huang

“…With the Fe‐MOFs and peroxidase, the synergetic action of SOX and response gold nanorods (Au NRs) is controlled etched to exhibit a multicolored signal. The sensor exhibits excellent linearity with Sar within 1–60 × 10−6 m, boasting a remarkable detection limit of 0.12 × 10−6 m. …”
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SERS Detection of Hydrophobic Molecules: Thio-β-Cyclodextrin-Driven Rapid Self-Assembly of Uniform Silver Nanoparticle Monolayers and Analyte Trapping by Qi Yuan, Yunqing Wang

“…High-sensitivity and repeatable detection of hydrophobic molecules through the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique is a tough challenge because of their weak adsorption and non-uniform distribution on SERS substrates. …”
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Usefulness of Magnifying Endoscopy with Narrow-Band Imaging for Determining Tumor Invasion Depth in Early Gastric Cancer by Daisuke Kikuchi, Toshiro Iizuka, Shu Hoteya, Akihiro Yamada, Tsukasa Furuhata, Satoshi Yamashita, Kaoru Domon, Masanori Nakamura, Akira Matsui, Toshifumi Mitani, Osamu Ogawa, Sumio Watanabe, Mitsuru Kaise

“…When the presence of D vessels was considered a diagnostic criterion for submucosal cancer, diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity were 81.5, 37.5, and 88.3%, respectively. …”
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