Abrogation of mercuric chloride-induced nephritis in the Brown Norway rat by treatment with antibodies against TNFα by A. Molina, F. Sánchez-Madrid, T. Bricio, A. Martín, E. Escudero, V. Alvarez, F. Mampaso

“…Also, HgCl2- injected rats develop glomerular cell infiltrates consisting of ED1+ cells (monocyte/macrophage), starting on day 4 and reaching a maximum on day 8. …”
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Antibacterial Activity of Eight Medicinal Plants from the Traditional Pharmacopoeia of Niger by Mahamane Idi Issa Abdoulahi, Melogmo Dongmo Yanick Kevin, Tchokouaha Yamthe Lauve Rachel, Hama Hamadou Habibou, Bakasso Sahabi, Alio Sanda Abdelkader, Fabrice Fekam Boyom, Ilagouma Amadou Tidjani

“…Out of the eight plants obtained, five named Cassia italica, Limeum pterocarpum, Phyllanthus pentandrus, Strychnos innocua, and Ximenia americanum exhibited antibacterial activity with MICs ranging from 500 μg/mL to 2000 μg/mL. …”
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Energy-Optimized Monitoring System for Underground Cave Environments Based on Long Preamble LoRa by Mattia Ragnoli, Gianluca Barile, Alfiero Leoni, Stefano Ricci, Vincenzo Stornelli

“…This paper reports the implementation of the whole system, starting from the architectural details to the experimental results obtained in the field.…”
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Epidemiological study on Buccal Health in the 12 years old population of Health Care Area VIII in Cienfuegos. by Yumaidi Colina Sánchez, Beatriz García Alpízar, Esther María Castillo Betancourt, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Raúl López Fernández, Manuel Rodríguez Rodríguez

“…Pearson’s chi-square and Mantel-Haenszel lineal tendency tests were used with the determination of the relative risk and reliance intervals of 95%. …”
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Stability Analysis of Slopes Under Seismic Action with Asynchronous Discounting of Strength Parameters by Ruipeng Wang, Hongye Yan, Junkai Yao, Zhuqing Li

“…In order to consider the relationship between tensile strength, cohesion, and the internal friction angle reduction coefficient, starting with the linear softening attenuation law of soil material strength parameters, a functional relationship between cohesion and internal friction angle is obtained. …”
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Pre- and post-pandemic comparisons in cardiovascular markers: a population-based study by Mayssam Nehme, Maria Eugenia Zaballa, Serguei Rouzinov, Julien Lamour, Silvia Stringhini, Silvia Stringhini, Silvia Stringhini, Idris Guessous, Idris Guessous

“…IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic, starting in 2020, raised concerns about potential long-term health impacts, including its effects on cardiovascular health and related biomarkers. …”
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Relationship between reaction time and performance in the 60 m hurdles at the 2022 World Indoor Championships by Milan Matić, Vladimir Mrdaković

“…Previous studies indicate that there is a large influence of the starting reaction time (RT) on sprint performance, but also that some recent changes in athletic rules may affect this correlation. …”
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Relationship between Sustained Reductions in Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrations with Apheresis and Plasma Levels and mRNA Expression of PTX3 and Plasma Levels of hsCRP in... by Claudia Stefanutti, Fabio Mazza, Michael Steiner, Gerald F. Watts, Joel De Nève, Daniela Pasqualetti, Juergen Paal

“…A progressive reduction in plasma levels of C-reactive protein was also seen from the first session of LA, with a statistically significant linear correlation for treatment-effect in the change in plasma levels of this established inflammatory marker (R2=0.99; p<0.001). …”
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Thermal Convective Instabilities and Chaos in a Rotating Hybrid Nanofluid Layer with Cattaneo–Christov Heat Flux Model by Sèmako Justin Dèdèwanou, Adjimon Vincent Monwanou, Aimé Audran Koukpémèdji, Amoussou Laurent Hinvi, Clément Hodévèwan Miwadinou, Jean Bio Chabi Orou

“…The linear and nonlinear dynamics of thermal convection of a rotating hybrid nanofluid layer heated from below with the Cattaneo–Christov heat flux model are studied in this paper. …”
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Dynamic recrystallization and mechanical behavior of Mg alloy AZ31: Constraints from tensile tests with in-situ EBSD analysis by Boissonneau, Gaëtan, Tommasi, Andréa, Barou, Fabrice, Lopez-Sanchez, Marco Antonio, Montagnat, Maurine

“…The microstructural evolution contrasts with the bulk mechanical behavior, which displays a linear decrease in the hardening rate between 15 and 60% strain. …”
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Le tourisme sexuel vu du Sahara marocain : une économie de razzia ? by Corinne Cauvin Verner

“…With no price tag, or even payment requested, these interactions seem to be the starting point of more or less perennial liaisons. …”
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A Novel Design of a Neural Network-Based Fractional PID Controller for Mobile Robots Using Hybridized Fruit Fly and Particle Swarm Optimization by Ghusn Abdul Redha Ibraheem, Ahmad Taher Azar, Ibraheem Kasim Ibraheem, Amjad J. Humaidi

“…With suitable arrangements of the hidden layer neurons using nonlinear and linear activation functions in the hidden and output layers, respectively, and with appropriate connection weights between different hidden layer neurons, a new class of nonlinear neural fractional-order proportional integral derivative (NNFOPID) controller is proposed and designed. …”
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Influence of type traits on stayability in the Ital- ian Mediterranean buffalo by Damiano Altieri, Stefano Biffani, Mayra Gómez, Yuri Gombia, Dario Rossi, Luca Gubitosi, Nadia Piscopo, Francesca Carnovale, Rossella Di Palo

“…This study aimed to correlate stayability with the linear type traits measured by the ANASB for IMB and with the merit score values for body conformation, limbs, feet, and udder. …”
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Validating the reproductive tract score (RTS) technique in pre-service buffalo heifers by Freddys Escalona-Ramírez, Jessenia Mercado-Carrillo, Balbino A. Jaimes-Vazques, Antonio Landaeta-Hernández

“…Data was analyzed by Logistic Regression. A linear and positive increase association (p<0.02) was observed between RTS and pregnancy rate (RTS=5:85%, RTS=4:80%, RTS=3:74%, RTS=2:62%, and RTS=1:50%) indicating a beneficial effect of reproductive tract maturity on pregnancy rate. …”
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Enzymic Activity, Metabolites, and Hematological Responses Changes of Clinical Healthy High-Risk Beef Calves During Their First 56-Days from Arrival by Octavio Carrillo-Muro, Pedro Hernández-Briano, Paola Isaira Correa-Aguado, Alejandro Rivera-Villegas, Oliver Yaotzin Sánchez-Barbosa, Rosalba Lazalde-Cruz, Alberto Barreras, Alejandro Plascencia, Daniel Rodríguez-Cordero

“…It was observed that ALP, ALT, TP, ALB, GLO, ALB/GLO ratio, TCHO, TG, Ca, and GLU increased as days from reception increased (linear effect, <i>p</i> ≤ 0.04), whereas CRE and TBIL were reduced (linear effect, <i>p</i> ≤ 0.02). …”
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Optimal Inflow Performance Relationship Equation for Horizontal and Deviated Wells in Low-Permeability Reservoirs by Liqiang Wang, Zhengke Li, Mingji Shao, Yinghuai Cui, Wenbo Jing, Wei Zhang, Maoxian Wang

“…In this study, exploratory work was conducted in two areas. First, the linear flow function relationship used in previous studies was improved. …”
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Sacubitril/valsartan is associated with improvements in quality of life in adult congenital heart disease patients with systemic right ventricular failure by Philippine Kiès, Marieke Nederend, Ralph M.L. Neijenhuis, Anna E. van Groningen, Monique R.M. Jongbloed, Hubert W. Vliegen, J. Wouter Jukema, Anastasia D. Egorova

“…Linear mixed effects models were used to evaluate the medium-term changes in 12 QOL domains.Results Of 40 sRV failure patients initiated on sacubitril/valsartan, 35 completed the titration phase, and 31 filled in a total of 98 TAAQOL questionnaires (response rate 77.5%). …”
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Public space project, between complexity and ecological crisis – From challenge to opportunity for urban regeneration by Tommaso Berretta, Federico Desideri, Matteo Staltari

“…The field of investigation for this response is public space, a strategic area for experimenting with and challenging paradigms that cannot interpret current conditions of uncertainty and non-linearity. Starting from the current ecological crisis, the proposed approach abandons rigid formal structures, embracing scenarios with mutable and flexible outcomes. …”
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Parallel RFSAI-BFGS Preconditioners for Large Symmetric Eigenproblems by L. Bergamaschi, A. Martínez

“…A sequence of preconditioners starting from an enhanced approximate inverse RFSAI (Bergamaschi and Martínez, 2012) and enriched by a BFGS-like update formula is proposed to accelerate the preconditioned conjugate gradient solution of the linearized Newton system to solve Au=q(u)u, q(u) being the Rayleigh quotient. …”
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Numerical Simulations of Single-Step Holographic Interferometry for Split-Ring Metamaterial Fabrication by Zhiming Qi, Wenyao Liang

“…In particular, a split-ring metamaterial template is achieved with two adjacent circularly and four linearly polarized beams with such single-step holographic interferometry. …”
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