ADAM19: A Novel Target for Metabolic Syndrome in Humans and Mice by Lakshini Weerasekera, Caroline Rudnicka, Qing-Xiang Sang, Joanne E. Curran, Matthew P. Johnson, Eric K. Moses, Harald H. H. Göring, John Blangero, Jana Hricova, Markus Schlaich, Vance B. Matthews

“…Excitingly, we demonstrate in our diet induced obesity mouse model that neutralising ADAM19 therapy results in weight loss, improves insulin sensitivity, and reduces liver TNF-α levels. Our novel data suggest that ADAM19 is pro-obesogenic and enhances insulin resistance. …”
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High-Level Design and Implementation of a Configurable Cryptosystem With a Novel Chaos-Enhanced Function by Medien Zeghid, Hassan Yousif Ahmed, Akhtar Nawaz Khan

“…Through extensive simulations and evaluations, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach in strengthening the security of the enhanced ciphers against pattern, statistical, differential, key sensitivity, Linear, and Padding Oracle attacks. Additionally, we present a high-level design and implementation of a configurable cryptosystem using SystemC. …”
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Environmental impact assessment of alternative technologies for production of biofuels from spent coffee grounds by Wilberforce Kisiga, Manimagalay Chetty, Sudesh Rathilal

“…AD, with the smallest total weighted score (160), was the most environmentally friendly biomass‐to‐fuel processing route, while HTL, with the biggest total weighted score (893), was the worst. A sensitivity analysis indicated that the environmental performance of biofuel production from SCGs was highly influenced by energy input flows and the source of energy generation.…”
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Сhallenges of the modern model of formation and implementation of the Russian state innovation policy by A. N. Gusarova, D. Yu. Znamenskiy

“…The role of small and medium-sized enterprises of scientific, technical and innovative orientation in the studied processes as the most “sensitive” market needs has been emphasized, the focus has been shifted to increase the responsibility of the first persons of the regions for regional innovative development, as well as to the nominal nature of the state priority of innovative development of Russia. …”
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Photoirradiation Caused Controllable Wettability Switching of Sputtered Highly Aligned c-Axis-Oriented Zinc Oxide Columnar Films by P. W. Chi, C. W. Su, B. H. Jhuo, D. H. Wei

“…As a result, this study could provide important applications for many fields such as ZnO-based hybrid sensors/solar cells functional devices with photoirradiation disinfection surfaces accompanied with reversible wettability switches.…”
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CH4/N2 Adsorptive Separation on Zeolite X/AC Composites by Cai Long Xue, Wen Ping Cheng, Wen Ming Hao, Jing Hong Ma, Rui Feng Li

“…The increase of micropore volume is beneficial to the improvement of CH4 and N2 adsorption capacity, but more sensitive for CH4. In addition, the polar functional groups of zeolite X/AC composites may enhance CH4 adsorption capacity. …”
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Role of Inflammation and Motility Disorders in the Development, Course and Consequences of Functional Gastrointestinal and Biliary Tract Diseases (Literature Review and Expert Pane... by V. T. Ivashkin, D. S. Bordin, T. L. Lapina, M. A. Livzan, A. V. Okhlobystin, E. A. Poluektova, A. S. Trukhmanov, Yu. P. Uspenskiy, Yu. O. Shulpekova

“…The peripheral μ-, κ- and δ-receptor agonist trimebutine (Trimedat®) regulates the production of enterohormones, modulates motility throughout the gastrointestinal tract and normalizes visceral sensitivity. The effectiveness of trimebutine in the treatment of functional disorders has been shown in various studies. …”
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Predictive value of serum procalcitonin level for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections in hematological patients by Qi Sun, Qingsong Lin, Yanxia Lv, Zhiying Tian, Qiushuang Yan, Yaqing Yu, Xue Fu, Hongjing Yao, Fujun Sun, Yonghui Xia, Guoqing Zhu, Sizhou Feng

“…Numerous studies have shown that PCT have high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing bloodstream infection. …”
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LIFEPLAN: A worldwide biodiversity sampling design. by Bess Hardwick, Deirdre Kerdraon, Hanna M K Rogers, Dimby Raharinjanahary, Eric Tsiriniaina Rajoelison, Tommi Mononen, Petteri Lehikoinen, Gaia Banelyte, Arielle Farrell, Brian L Fisher, Tomas Roslin, Otso Ovaskainen

“…As the technology for mass identification of species is advancing rapidly, we developed a field sampling method that takes advantage of the emerging possibilities of combining sensor-based data with automated high-throughput data processing. …”
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Clinical performance of real-time nanopore metagenomic sequencing for rapid identification of bacterial pathogens in cerebrospinal fluid: a pilot study by Yoon Hyun Sung, Yong Kuk Ju, Hak Jun Lee, Seung Min Park, Jin Woong Suh, Jeong Yeon Kim, Jang Wook Sohn, Young Kyung Yoon

“…Nanopore-based sequencing demonstrated a sensitivity of 50.0%, specificity of 55.6%, positive predictive value of 50.0%, negative predictive value of 55.6%, and overall accuracy of 47.1%, compared to the gold standard method for bacterial culture. …”
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Understanding the Spatial Heterogeneity Impact of Determinants on Ridership of Urban Rail Transit Across Different Passenger Groups by Qian Qian, Yang Liu, Min He, Mingwei He, Huimin Qian, Zhuangbin Shi

“…For instance, regular commuters exhibit lower sensitivity to accessibility on workdays, whereas those unfamiliar with the URT network are more concerned about the bus accessibility in pedestrian- or bicycle-unfriendly areas. …”
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OCF Bridging Techniques for UWB/LoRa IoT Ecosystems by Hyun Seob Oh, Wha Sook Jeon, Dong Geun Jeong

“…., indoor localization, sensor-based metering). We also suggest a simple and cost-effective bridging technique between different non-OCF IoT systems, which complies with the OCF standard. …”
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Identification of Repellent and Insecticidal Constituents from Artemisia mongolica Essential Oil against Lasioderma serricorne by Chunxue You, Shanshan Guo, Wenjuan Zhang, Kai Yang, Zhufeng Geng, Shushan Du, Chengfang Wang, Zhiwei Deng

“…In the progress of assay, it showed that L. serricorne adults had different sensitivities to the crude essential oil and isolated constituents. 4-Terpineol exhibited strongest contact activity against L. serricorne, showing the LD50 value of 8.62 μg/adult. …”
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Design and Analysis of a Five-Band Polarization-Insensitive Metamaterial Absorber by Han Wu, Shijun Ji, Ji Zhao, Chengxin Jiang, Handa Dai

“…The five-band absorber has potential application in multiband electromagnetic stealth, bionic sensor, thermal radiation measuring instrument, and so on.…”
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Fatigue crack behaviour: comparing three-point bend test and wedge splitting test data on vibrated concrete using Paris' law by S. Seitl, T. Thienpont, W. De Corte

“…The fatigue behaviour of concrete has become more important for the design of constructions due to the desire to build slimmer structures, which are more sensitive to fatigue loading. This article aims to evaluate and compare the fatigue crack propagation rate in vibrated concrete for four different stress ratios using the Paris-Erdogan law. …”
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Detection and safety assessment of bonding defects in architectural decorative surface layer based on the variation of vibration acceleration amplitude by Zhide Wang, Xiaogen Liu, Dake Cao, Detian Wan, Shaoshan Wei

“…Additionally, variations in vibration acceleration amplitude were highly sensitive to bonding defects. Notably, when the area of the hollowing expanded by 800 %, the rate of increase in vibration acceleration amplitude escalated by 7,553 %. …”
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Thermogenic Effect of Glucose in Hypothyroid Subjects by Agnieszka Kozacz, Paulina Grunt, Marta Steczkowska, Tomasz Mikulski, Jan Dąbrowski, Monika Górecka, Urszula Sanocka, Andrzej Wojciech Ziemba

“…Presumably, these changes are related to decreased insulin sensitivity and responsiveness to catecholamine action.…”
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Label-Free Detection of Human Serum Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Based on Highly Branched Gold Nanoparticle Substrates for Discrimination of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Xiaowei Cao, Zhenyu Wang, Liyan Bi, Jie Zheng

“…Considering its time efficiency, being label-free, and sensitivity, SERS based on HGNP substrates is very promising for mass screening NSCLC and plays an important role in the detection and prevention of other diseases.…”
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Temperature and Humidity Monitoring in Hydroponic Cultivation Based on Internet of Things: Dataset Development for Smart Agriculture by Simon Prananta Barus, Jeriko Ichtus Seo

“…The research method includes literature study, hardware development using NodeMCU ESP8266 microcontroller and DHT11 sensor, web-based software development with JavaScript on the Front-End side, PHP on the Back-End side, Apache as Web Server, and MySQL as database management system (DBMS), as well as the implementation stage, integration, system testing and report writing. …”
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Assessing the Physical Surface Temperature Patterns in Urban Environment (Case Study: Tehran) by Aliakbar Shamsipour, Ghasem Azizi, Mostafa Karimi Ahmadabad, Masoumeh Moghbel

“…To extract different land cover surface temperature patterns such as Asphalt, Soil, Cement and Stone, three OPUS 200/300 Data Loggers with six PT100 sensors were installed in Geophysic Weather Station in University of Tehran and the temperatures of land covers were measured in 10 minute-time intervals during one statistical period (2012-2013). …”
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