Healthy enough to work up to age 67 and beyond? A longitudinal population-based study on time trends in working life expectancy free of cardiovascular diseases based on German heal... by Fabian Tetzlaff, Jelena Epping, Juliane Tetzlaff, Lieselotte Mond

“…Given the increase in total WLE of the study population, the proportion of CVD-free WLE in total WLE remained stable over time.Conclusions The results show that working life years free of CVD increased strongly over the last 13 years and can keep pace with the increase in the length of working lives. …”
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IBIEM Analysis of Dynamic Response of a Shallowly Buried Lined Tunnel Based on Viscous-Slip Interface Model by Xiaojie Zhou, Qinghua Liang, Zhongxian Liu, Ying He

“…The effective dynamic analysis of the underground structure under an actual strong dynamic load should consider the slip effect at the lining-surrounding rock interface.…”
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Biophysical and biochemical evidence for the role of acetate kinases (AckAs) in an acetogenic pathway in pathogenic spirochetes. by Ranjit K Deka, Shih-Chia Tso, Wei Z Liu, Chad A Brautigam

“…On balance, this evidence strongly supported the roles of TP0476 and TV0924 as acetate kinases, reinforcing the hypothesis of an acetogenic pathway in pathogenic treponemes.…”
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Molecular Subtypes of Breast Carcinoma and Their Association with Clinicopathological Features by Ambreen Bari, Sumayyah Shawana

“…These tumors were commonly found in women aged 41-50. Furthermore, a strong association of molecular subtypes was observed with histological grading and staging. …”
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University Technological Entrepreneurship Projects: Factors of Success by P. S. Sorokin, P. I. Egorov

“…First, there is no positive correlation between the project’s strong embeddedness in the university environment (e.g., a team assembled within the university or a project initially started as an academic exercise) and the project’s success. …”
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Mature tertiary lymphoid structure associated CD103+ CD8+ Trm cells determined improved anti-tumor immune in breast cancer by Qin Fang, Shuru Chen, Xiaoyue Chen, Wei Zou, Di Chen, Yukang Huang, Chucheng Wu

“…Furthermore, the secretion function of effector molecules by CD8+ CD103+ Trm cells and NK cells within TLSs was significantly enhanced, indicating a strong correlation between the effector function of CD103+ CD8+ Trm and NK cells and the maturity of TLSs.ConclusionOur study identifies potential additional prognostic information for the clinical prognosis of breast cancer patients, underscoring the prognostic significance of immune cells within TLS, with a particular focus on CD103+ CD8+ Trm cells and NK cells.…”
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Convergence Speed of Bermudan, Randomized Bermudan, and Canadian Options by Guillaume Leduc

“…Our framework is quite general, encompassing Lévy models, stochastic volatility models, and nearly any risk-neutral model that can be incorporated within a strong Markov framework. We extend our analysis to Canadian options, showing under mild conditions a convergence rate of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><msqrt><mi>n</mi></msqrt></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> to their American limits. …”
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Floods after drought: storytelling with agro-pastoralists in a Kenyan dryland by Ruben V. Weesie, Melanie Rohse, Anne F. Van Loon, Johanna Koehler, Marlies H. Barendrecht, Moses Mwangi

“…By reconstructing a history of droughts and floods experiences from the 1940s to the early 2020s, we found that droughts and floods are strongly interrelated and ambivalent phenomena. During the latter half of the 20th century, agro-pastoralists narrated droughts as severely disruptive, distinct periods that frequently concluded with flooding, which both alleviated and intensified drought impacts. …”
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Chasing the Beginning of Reionization in the JWST Era by Christopher Cain, Garett Lopez, Anson D’Aloisio, Julian B. Muñoz, Rolf A. Jansen, Rogier A. Windhorst, Nakul Gangolli

“…We find that neither of the late-ending scenarios is strongly disfavored by any single data set. However, a majority of observables, spanning several distinct types of observations, prefer a late start. …”
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L’Observatoire photographique national du paysage : transformations d’un modèle et hypothèses renouvelées de paysage by Frédérique Mocquet

“…The article also takes a critical look at the founding theoretical and conceptual principles (even those not formulated) which inspired a programme with such a strong rhetorical dimension and compares these principles with the systems implemented. …”
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Social factors influencing behavioral intentions to vaccinate: personality traits and cues to action by Zeming Li, Xinying Sun

“…Furthermore, agreeableness most significantly affects family suggestions, while neuroticism strongly influences recommendations from authority figures and healthcare providers, with extraversion notably impacting suggestions from peers.ConclusionsThe study highlights the influence of personality traits on cues to action, with neuroticism linked to authority influence, extraversion to peer influence, and agreeableness to familial influence. …”
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ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY OF TURKEY IN THE CONTEXT OF POLITICS OF PRESTIGE IN FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS by Uğur Ünal

“…States are obliged toadjust their foreign policy according to circumstances like relaxation in the conflicts between the in-block orinter-blocks caused by the socio-political, socio-economic and socio-psychological developments; change ofpower balance; and emergence of new strong states as these circumstances can present new possibilities or, onthe contrary, hazards before the world states.States living between two double-poled blocks from the World War I to the late 1950s witnessed China pullingitself out of the Soviet Socialist system in the early 1960s and beginning to increase its effectiveness as a thirdmajor in its region. …”
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Computational design, expression, and characterization of a Plasmodium falciparum multi-epitope, multi-stage vaccine candidate (PfCTMAG) by Joan A. Chick, Nadege N. Abongdia, Robert A. Shey, Tobias O. Apinjoh

“…In-silico analysis revealed that the designed antigen, PfCTMAG (Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite, Thrombospondin-related adhesion protein, Merozoite surface protein 2, Apical asparagine (Asn)-rich protein and Glutamate-Rich Protein), effectively bound to Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4) and triggered a strong immune response. In sero-reactivity studies, malaria-positives (cases) had higher anti-PfCTMAG IgG (p = 0.024) and IgM (p < 0.001) levels compared to malaria negatives (controls). …”
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Dynamic compressive characteristics of a green sandstone under coupled hydraulic-mechanical loading: Experiments and theoretical modeling by Bangbiao Wu, Geli Zhao, Ying Xu, Kaiwen Xia

“…Deep rock is under a complex geological environment with high geo-stress, high pore pressure, and strong dynamic disturbance. Understanding the dynamic response of rocks under coupled hydraulic-mechanical loading is thus essential in evaluating the stability and safety of subterranean engineering structures. …”
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Quantitative profiling of the vaginal microbiota improves resolution of the microbiota-immune axis by Eric Armstrong, Rachel Liu, James Pollock, Sanja Huibner, Suji Udayakumar, Erastus Irungu, Pauline Ngurukiri, Peter Muthoga, Wendy Adhiambo, Sergey Yegorov, Joshua Kimani, Tara Beattie, Bryan Coburn, Rupert Kaul

“…Conclusions Our results suggest that total vaginal bacterial load is at least as strong a predictor of the genital immune milieu as current BV clinical diagnostic tools, supporting exploration of the vaginal bacterial load as a predictor of adverse reproductive and sexual health outcomes. …”
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Estimating Satellite Orbital Drag During Historical Magnetic Superstorms by Denny M. Oliveira, Eftyhia Zesta, Hisashi Hayakawa, Ankush Bhaskar

“…Additionally, results clearly point out that the time duration of the storm is strongly associated with storm time orbital drag effects, being as important as or even more important than storm intensity itself. …”
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Survey on Complex Optimization and Simulation for the New Power Systems Paradigm by João Soares, Tiago Pinto, Fernando Lezama, Hugo Morais

“…The survey also provides a discussion on the application of computational intelligence, with a strong emphasis on evolutionary computation techniques, to solve complex problems where traditional approaches usually fail. …”
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Soil Restoration Practices on Priming Effect Intensity and Carbon Fluxes by Abdourhimou Amadou Issoufou, Bachirou Hamadou Younoussa, Idrissa Soumana, Ali Mahamane

“…In addition, restoration influences the abundance and diversity of decomposers, as well as the soil microbial community, by inducing up to more CO2 emission with fresh millet straw addition in fresh state than the predecomposed one. Restoration had strongly increased the impact by up to 22.7%, while the priming effect (PE) mineralization did not increase. …”
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Determinants of Deescalation Failure in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis: A Prospective Cohort Study by Nawal Salahuddin, Lama Amer, Mini Joseph, Alya El Hazmi, Hassan Hawa, Khalid Maghrabi

“…Deescalation refers to either discontinuation or a step-down of antimicrobials. Despite strong recommendations in the Surviving Sepsis Guidelines (2012) to deescalate, actual practices can vary. …”
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Medicinal plants with neuroprotective potential in East African countries: A systematic review by Ibe Michael Usman, Ekom Monday Etukudo, Elna Owembabazi, Wusa Makena, Augustine Oviosun, Makeri Danladi, Vivian Ojiakor, Patrick Maduabuchi Aja, Emeka Anyanwu, Yanurkis Duranones Rosales, Mario Edgar Fernandez Diaz, Josiah Ifie, Ismahil Adekunle Adeniyi, Ilemobayo Victor Fasogbon, Victor Bassey Archibong

“…Conclusion: The included studies collectively suggest a strong neuroprotective activity, with the biochemical enhancements contributing to better neurological health and functional recovery. …”
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