Multilevel Collapsibility of Loess under Irrigation in Jinya Town, Gansu Province, China by Xiaozhou Zhang, Yudong Lu, Xin Li, Yangchun Lu, Jianzhong Sun, Wangsheng Pan

“…In terms of the microstructural deformation types of loess and infiltration process of irrigation water, we found that the collapsibility of loess is a dynamic process apart from being particularly sensitive to water. That is, even after a full collapse of the irrigation process, new pores will eventually form once the water content in the loess begins to decline, thereby providing conditions for another loess collapse. …”
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Relationship between Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Forced Oscillometric Technique in the Assessment of Asthma by Amjed H. Abbas, Ahmed Hussein Jasim, Kareem Nasir Hussien Alesawi, Samir Sawadi Hammoud

“…Background: Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and forced oscillometric technique (FOT) represent noninvasive and sensitive tools for measuring airway inflammation and resistance, respectively, but the studies that use FeNO and FOT to assess patients with asthma until now are few. …”
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On the Silk Production of Amasya (1750-1900) by Hüsnü Yücekaya

“…To the degree that it is reflected in the archival material, it is understood that government officials attended perhaps most sensitively to the Amasya silk- production. When examined under the light of the documents and the information, it is thought that there was an Amasya silk production comparable to that of Bursa. …”
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Predicting Changes of the Cultivation Areas for Astamaran and Berhi Cultivars in Iran in the 21st Century by Maryam Afzali, javad khoshhal dastjerdi, Aziz Torahi

“…Dates are one of the most important agricultural products exported from Iran. This plant is sensitive to environmental conditions and is not able to live and reproduce in all hot and dry areas in terms of quantity and quality. …”
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Multimodal sentiment analysis based on multi-layer feature fusion and multi-task learning by Yujian Cai, Xingguang Li, Yingyu Zhang, Jinsong Li, Fazheng Zhu, Lin Rao

“…Abstract Multimodal sentiment analysis (MSA) aims to use a variety of sensors to obtain and process information to predict the intensity and polarity of human emotions. …”
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Rose cultivars for biomonitoring of air quality by Wanjala Sylvia Nafula, László Orlóci, Szilvia Kisvarga, Gábor Boronkay, Béla Tóthmérész, Stewart Ajele, Vanda Éva Abriha-Molnár, Edina Simon

“…We found that the Air Pollution Tolerance Index values of the selected rose cultivars ranged between 6.8 and 10.5, suggesting that these rose cultivars are sensitive indicators of air pollution. Significant differences were found among the cultivars based on the concentration of ascorbic acid, total chlorophyll, and relative water content. …”
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Pricing Strategies in Dual-Channel Supply Chain with a Fair Caring Retailer by Lufeng Dai, Xifu Wang, Xiaoguang Liu, Lai Wei

“…Furthermore, we study pricing strategies when the retailer has fairness concerns and determine the complete equilibrium solutions for different ranges of the parameters representing cross-price sensitivity and fairness. Finally, through numerical experiments, the pricing strategies, the profit and utility of the manufacturer and retailer, and the channel efficiency of the supply chain are compared and analysed for two scenarios. …”
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ZBP1-mediated PANoptosis is a crucial lethal form in diverse keratinocyte death modalities in UVB-induced skin injury by Xuechan Bi, Min Li, Yiming Guo, Mengyao Hu, Yujie Chen, Ni Lian, Sihan Chen, Min Li, Heng Gu, Xu Chen

“…However, when the PANoptosome sensor ZBP1 was knocked out, keratinocyte death was reduced and epidermal thickening was alleviated in UVB-challenged mice. …”
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Regulation of adult-born and mature neurons in stress response and antidepressant action in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus by Eri Segi-Nishida, Kanzo Suzuki

“…The subsequent differentiation and survival processes are differentially regulated depending on the timing and sensitivity of stress. The activation of young adult-born neurons during stress contributes to stress resilience, while the transient increase in the survival of adult-born neurons after the cessation of stress seems to promote stress susceptibility. …”
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Nondestructive Discrimination of Lead (Pb) in Preserved Eggs (Pidan) by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics by Lu Xu, Si-Min Yan, Chen-Bo Cai, Xiao-Ping Yu

“…With second-order derivative spectra, PLSDA and LS-SVM obtained accurate and reliable classification of leaded and unleaded preserved eggs. The sensitivity and specificity of PLSDA were 0.975 and 1.000, respectively. …”
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Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors Suppress Lactobacillus casei Cell-Wall-Induced NF-κB and MAPK Activations and Cell Proliferation through Protein Kinase A—or Exchange Protein Activated... by Takekatsu Saito, Naotoshi Sugimoto, Kunio Ohta, Tohru Shimizu, Kaori Ohtani, Yuko Nakayama, Taichi Nakamura, Yashiaki Hitomi, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Shoichi Koizumi, Akihiro Yachie

“…The onset and progression of inflammatory responses are sensitive to changes in steady-state cAMP levels. L. casei cell wall extract (LCWE) develops arteritis in mice through Toll-like receptor-2 signaling. …”
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Malathion-Induced Hematoxicity and Its Recovery Pattern in Barbonymus gonionotus by Cynthia E. Mrong, Md. R. Islam, Kamrunnaher Kole, Nusrat N. Neepa, Md. J. Alam, Md. R. Haque, Umme O. Rahman, Golam M. Mostakim

“…The study thus confirms that hematology is a sensitive indicator for fish to detect toxicity caused by different chemicals. …”
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A Retroperitoneal Leiomyosarcoma Presenting as an Adrenal Incidentaloma in a Subject on Warfarin by Ishrat N. Khan, Mohamed A. Adlan, Michael J. Stechman, Lakdasa D. Premawardhana

“…Management algorithms lack sensitivity when assessing malignant potential, although functional status is easier to assess. …”
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A Sustained Reduction in Serum Cholinesterase Enzyme Activity Predicts Patient Outcome following Sepsis by Aleksandar R. Zivkovic, Sebastian O. Decker, Anne C. Zirnstein, Annette Sigl, Karsten Schmidt, Markus A. Weigand, Stefan Hofer, Thorsten Brenner

“…We estimated a critical BChE level of 1.661 kU/L (CI 0.5–0.8, 94% sensitivity, 48% specificity, AUC 0.7) to best predict patient outcome providing a benchmark criterion for early detection of potentially fatal sepsis measured at the admission. …”
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Dietary Habits in Patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: Evaluation of Food as Trigger of Symptoms Exacerbation by Jorge Sánchez, Andres Sánchez, Ricardo Cardona

“…Patients with CSU (n 245) and healthy (n 127) subjects were included. 164 (66%) subjects from CSU group and 31 (24%) from the control group reported at least one adverse reaction with foods. Food IgE sensitization was similar in both groups (17.5% versus 16.5%, respectively). 410 food challenge tests in 164 CSU patients and 38 in 38 control subjects were performed. 1.2% in CSU group and 0.7% in control group had a positive oral challenge test. …”
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Study some two loop contribution to muon anomalous MDM in the N-B-LSSM by Xing-Yu Han, Shu-Min Zhao, Long Ruan, Xi Wang, Xing-Xing Dong

“…$$M^2_e,~\tan {\beta }$$ M e 2 , tan β and $$~T_{e22}$$ T e 22 are sensitive parameters to muon anomalous MDM. From the data obtained in all the figures of the numerical results, most of the values of $$a_{\mu }^{NBL}$$ a μ NBL are in 2 $$\sigma $$ σ interval, which can compensate the departure between the experiment data and the SM prediction.…”
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Metrics and Methods for Evaluation of Over-The-Air Performance of MIMO User Equipment by Yifei Feng, Werner L. Schroeder, Christoph von Gagern, Adam Tankielun, Thomas Kaiser

“…The variety of different MIMO operating modes and the almost unlimited choice of possible multipath channel conditions under which UE performance may be evaluated are not accounted for by established Single Input-Single Output (SISO) Over-The-Air (OTA) performance metrics like Total Isotropic Sensitivity (TIS) and Total Radiated Power (TRP). As pointed out in this contribution, meaningful metrics and cost-effective, low-complexity measurement methods can, nevertheless, be derived by focusing on characterization of the physical attributes of UE and by adopting statistical metrics. …”
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Towards a Smart Encapsulation System for Small-Sized Electronic Devices: A New Approach by Sebastian-Tim Schmitz-Hertzberg, Rick Liese, Carsten Terjung, Frank F. Bier

“…However, upon contact with fluids, the sensor requires a protective shell for its electrical components that simultaneously offers controlled access for the target analytes to the measuring units. …”
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Regional Mapping of Small‐Scale Equatorial Ionospheric Irregularities Using Swarm Echo Satellite Measurements by Ali Mohandesi, David J. Knudsen, Susan Skone, Richard B. Langley, Andrew W. Yau

“…In situ measurements of net current onto the external surface of the Imaging and Rapid‐scanning Ion Mass Spectrometer sensor on board Swarm Echo were utilized to quantify plasma density fluctuations. …”
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Identification of Microbial and Proteomic Biomarkers in Early Childhood Caries by Thomas C. Hart, Patricia M. Corby, Milos Hauskrecht, Ok Hee Ryu, Richard Pelikan, Michal Valko, Maria B. Oliveira, Gerald T. Hoehn, Walter A. Bretz

“…The best predictive model had a 6% test error, >92% sensitivity, and >95% specificity. These findings suggest that further characterization of the oral microflora and the salivary proteome associated with health and caries may provide clinically useful biomarkers to better predict future caries experience.…”
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