Evaluating the Sustainable Growth of Small- and Medium-Sized Construction Enterprises Using the Multicriteria Decision-Making Method by Wenbao Wang, Wenhe Lin, Xinyi Dai, Yingzheng Yan, Aiping Xuan

“…Sustainable growth plays an important role in the development of small- and medium-sized construction enterprises and has increasingly become a hot topic in the political and academic arenas. …”
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Achieving simultaneous improvement of bendability and deep drawability of Al–Mg–Si alloy via intermediate annealing by Xin Zhan, Jianguo Tang, Xiaofen Tan, Mingan Chen, Wenhui Liu, Lingyong Cao, Lingying Ye, Xini Yuan, Gaohui Cao, Yong Zhang, Xiyan Hu, Xiaoguang Zhao

“…It is found that that IA induces particle precipitation and static softening, leading to increases of the average size, number density, and volume fraction of both coarse and fine particles, along with a weakening of rolling texture. These effects become more pronounced with rising IA temperature. …”
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Pattern of Blood Pressure Indices among the Residents of a Rural Community in South East Nigeria by B. J. C. Onwubere, E. C. Ejim, C. I. Okafor, A. Emehel, A. U. Mbah, U. Onyia, S. Mendis

“…The prevalence of hypertension is becoming alarmingly high in the rural communities of sub-Saharan Africa.…”
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A thermodynamic bottleneck in the TCA cycle contributes to acetate overflow in Staphylococcus aureus by Nabia Shahreen, Jongsam Ahn, Adil Alsiyabi, Niaz Bahar Chowdhury, Dhananjay Shinde, Sujata S. Chaudhari, Kenneth W. Bayles, Vinai C. Thomas, Rajib Saha

“…Finally, we show that the TCA cycle bottleneck provides S. aureus the flexibility to redirect carbon toward maintaining redox balance through lactate overflow when oxygen becomes limiting, albeit at the expense of ATP production through acetate overflow. …”
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Anticancer effects of PEP06 (TB01) in combination with Trifluridine/Tipiracil (TAS-102) in a xenograft model of human colorectal cancer by Ruohong Lin, Jiaxing Cheng, Jinlong Zhao, Liang Zhou, Jian Li, Xinchun Yang

“…Recently years, drug combination therapy has become a promising strategy for cancer treatment. …”
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Predicting the tumor microenvironment composition and immunotherapy response in non-small cell lung cancer from digital histopathology images by Sushant Patkar, Alex Chen, Alina Basnet, Amber Bixby, Rahul Rajendran, Rachel Chernet, Susan Faso, Prashanth Ashok Kumar, Devashish Desai, Ola El-Zammar, Christopher Curtiss, Saverio J. Carello, Michel R. Nasr, Peter Choyke, Stephanie Harmon, Baris Turkbey, Tamara Jamaspishvili

“…Abstract Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have become integral to treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). …”
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A review of bismuth‐based nanoparticles and their applications in radiosensitising and dose enhancement for cancer radiation therapy by Daryoush Shahbazi‐Gahrouei, Yazdan Choghazardi, Arezoo Kazemzadeh, Paria Naseri, Saghar Shahbazi‐Gahrouei

“…Recently, bismuth‐based nanoparticles (BiNPs) have become particularly popular in radiation therapy due to their high atomic numbers (Z), high X‐ray attenuation coefficient, low toxicity, and low cost. …”
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ANFIS method to enhance FMEA water operation model of Indonesia drinking water distribution system by Diah Septiyana, Mohamed Abd. Rahman, Tasnim Firdaus Mohamed Ariff, Desy Rosarina, Erry Yulian T. Adesta, Galang Persada Nurani Hakim, Nor Aiman Sukindar

“…However, in FMEA-ANFIS, the RPN value becomes L2 2.05, R5 1.52, S8 1.32, and U3 2.52. Furthermore, with these results, it can be concluded that the ANFIS method can enhance the FMEA model in water operations.…”
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Corrosion Sensor Development for Condition-Based Maintenance of Aircraft by Gino Rinaldi, Trisha Huber, Heather McIntosh, Les Lebrun, Heping Ding, John Weber

“…For aircraft operators, this becomes an important safety matter as corrosion found in a given aircraft must be assumed to be present in all of that type of aircraft. …”
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Comparison on the Horizontal Behaviors of Lattice-Shaped Diaphragm Wall and Pile Group under Static and Seismic Loads by Jiu-jiang Wu, Qian-gong Cheng, Hua Wen, Yan Li, Jian-lei Zhang, Ling-juan Wang

“…The horizontal displacement response of pile group is close to that of LSDW at first and becomes stronger than that of LSDW due to the generation of plastic soil deformation near the pile-soil interface at last. …”
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The Influence of Usage and Spatial Experiences on Personal Desirability of a Park Plan: Using Structural Equation Modeling—A Case Study of a Park near a Station in a Suburban City... by Qin Huang, Ryosuke Shimoda, Yingnan Jiao, Jingyi Yin, Junhua Zhang, Shiro Takeda

“…Owing to lifestyle changes since COVID-19, new needs for various usages and spatial experiences of open spaces have become apparent. Suburban parks and green spaces are thought to be suitable uses. …”
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Mode-Voltage Constrained Control for Adaptive Optics System by Ruitao Wang, Youming Guo, Nanfei Yan, Ying Yang, Lanqiang Zhang, Qiong Tu, Lingxiao Li, Changhui Rao

“…However, due to the limited sensitivity of the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor in detecting piston aberration, it becomes necessary to constrain piston aberration caused by the deformable mirror. …”
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Upper Oligocene to Pleistocene planktonic foraminifera stratigraphy at North Atlantic DSDP Site 407, Reykjanes Ridge: diversity trends and biozonation using modern Neogene taxonomi... by T. M. Weitkamp, T. M. Weitkamp, M. J. Razmjooei, M. J. Razmjooei, P. N. Pearson, H. K. Coxall, H. K. Coxall

“…Systematic species counts enable quantitative diversity analysis, with a particular focus on the genus <i>Neogloboquadrina</i>, which becomes increasingly prevalent at Site 407 from the late Neogene to Quaternary. …”
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Survey on first-line therapeutic management of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis in clinical practice in Spain by M. Llaneza, G. Fontes, L. Benedito-Palos, E. Moral

“…According to over 87% of the specialists, the latter drug was considered the most appropriate treatment for patients with liver disorders, who intended to become pregnant, and who presented low disease activity. …”
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Investigating novel Streptomyces bacteriophage endolysins as potential antimicrobial agents by Jindanuch Maneekul, Amanda Chiaha, Rachel Hughes, Faith Labry, Joshua Saito, Matthew Almendares, Brenda N. Banda, Leslie Lopez, Nyeomi McGaskey, Melizza Miranda, Jenil Rana, Brandon R. Zadeh, Lee E. Hughes

“…ABSTRACT As antibiotic resistance has become a major global threat, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urgently called for alternative strategies for control of bacterial infections. …”
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Associations between milk infrared-predicted plasma biomarkers of stress resilience and fertility in dairy cattle: Insights for enhancing breeding programs and herd management by Alessio Cecchinato, Hugo Toledo-Alvarado, Lucio Flavio Macedo Mota, Vittoria Bisutti, Erminio Trevisi, Riccardo Negrini, Sara Pegolo, Stefano Schiavon, Luigi Gallo, Giovanni Bittante, Diana Giannuzzi

“…The interval fertility traits were fitted as the hazard of either receiving the first service after calving at time t for iCF or becoming pregnant after calving at time t for DO in a Cox proportional-hazards model. …”
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Identify the causal pattern of sustainability principles Environment Based on Leed Regulations with Emphasis on Traditional Iranian Architecture (Case Study: Qom City) by Hassan Haji Amiri, Arash Seghfi Asl, Mehdi Ashjaie

“…Therefore, saving on fossil energy consumption and sustainable development have become very important and common issues internationally. …”
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Horsing Around: Carnivalesque Humor and the Aesthetics of Dehierarchization in Mister Ed by Stefan L. Brandt

“…Conceived in this manner, Mister Ed challenges what Jacques Derrida has termed “the possibility of the impossible,” namely the notion that animals can never be endowed with a sense of subjectivity. …”
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Research progress of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and zinc in the mechanism of diabetic kidney disease by Wei Qin, Ping Nie, Xuejun Hui, Fei Chen, Xingbao Hu, Wenjiao Shi, Manyu Luo, Bing Li

“…Diabetic kidney disease is one of the common complications in diabetic patients and has gradually become an important pathogenic factor in chronic kidney disease. …”
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Hemochromatosis Patients as Voluntary Blood Donors by Tara E Power, Paul C Adams

“…Despite the fact that in May 2001 the Canadian Blood Services, in collaboration with the Canadian Hemochromatosis Society, began a promotion campaign to encourage hemochromatosis patients to become voluntary blood donors, the present study found that 15% of the respondents reported having been refused from the voluntary blood donation service due to the diagnosis of hemochromatosis. …”
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