Effect of Motor Blockage on Transient Characteristics of Asymmetric Flow in a Double-suction Centrifugal Fan by S. Du, X. Wu, Z. Wang, W. Yang, Z. Yang, Z. Wang, W. Zhang

“…One of the two inlets of the double-suction fan is partially blocked by the motor, and the flow in the fan becomes asymmetric and non-uniform. This work numerically investigated the effect of the motor blockage on the transient characteristics of the asymmetric flow in a centrifugal fan. …”
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Targeting of retrovirus-derived Rtl8a/8b causes late-onset obesity, reduced social response and increased apathy-like behaviour by Yoshifumi Fujioka, Hirosuke Shiura, Masayuki Ishii, Ryuichi Ono, Tsutomu Endo, Hiroshi Kiyonari, Yoshikazu Hirate, Hikaru Ito, Masami Kanai-Azuma, Takashi Kohda, Tomoko Kaneko-Ishino, Fumitoshi Ishino

“…Here, we demonstrate that Rtl8a and Rtl8b play important roles in the brain: their double knockout (DKO) mice not only exhibit reduced social responses and increased apathy-like behaviour, but also become obese from young adulthood, similar to patients with late Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS), a neurodevelopmental genomic imprinting disorder. …”
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Crosstalk between the Ketogenic Diet and Epilepsy: From the Perspective of Gut Microbiota by Yuying Fan, Hua Wang, Xueyan Liu, Junmei Zhang, Gang Liu

“…Due to the near-total elimination of carbohydrates from the individual’s food in this ultra-high-fat diet, ketone bodies become an important source of energy. Although the ketogenic diet has proven successful in the treatment of refractory epilepsy and other illnesses, the underlying mechanisms of its neuroprotective effects have yet to be fully elucidated. …”
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Multiphase superconductivity in PdBi2 by Lewis Powell, Wenjun Kuang, Gabriel Hawkins-Pottier, Rashid Jalil, John Birkbeck, Ziyi Jiang, Minsoo Kim, Yichao Zou, Sofiia Komrakova, Sarah Haigh, Ivan Timokhin, Geetha Balakrishnan, Andre K. Geim, Niels Walet, Alessandro Principi, Irina V. Grigorieva

“…Our theoretical analysis suggests that this phase transition may arise from spin polarisation and spin-momentum locking caused by locally broken inversion symmetry, with p-wave pairing becoming energetically favourable in high fields. Our findings also reconcile earlier predictions of unconventional multigap superconductivity in β-PdBi2 with previous experiments where only a single s-wave gap could be detected.…”
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Development of corrosion-resistant hydrophobic Zn/ZnO composite coatings on steel substrates by Muhammad Sajid Ali Asghar, Umer Hussain, Muhammad Ovais, Shaheer Ahmed Khan, Abdul Aabid, Muneer Baig, Mohammad Abdul Malik

“…Furthermore, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis revealed the formation of a new layer on the substrate’s surface, causing it to become rough and exhibiting growing nanostructure properties. …”
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Sustainable Fertilization of Organic Sweet Cherry to Improve Physiology, Quality, Yield, and Soil Properties by Liliana Gaeta, Luigi Tarricone, Alessandro Persiani, Angelo Fiore, Francesco Montemurro, Daniela De Benedetto, Carolina Vitti, Pasquale Campi, Mariangela Diacono

“…However, further studies are necessary to understand the benefits of other fruit orchards as well as the long-term effects on soils.…”
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Neurons with larval synaptic targets pioneer the later nervous system in the annelid Malacoceros fuliginosus by Anna Seybold, Anna Seybold, Suman Kumar, Suman Kumar, Sharat Chandra Tumu, Harald Hausen, Harald Hausen

“…Nevertheless, an important question is to what degree neuronal structures, which play an important role in early stages, become part of the adult nervous system or are relevant for its formation. …”
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DeepEye: An Automatic Big Data Visualization Framework by Xuedi Qin, Yuyu Luo, Nan Tang, Guoliang Li

“…An evolutionized system in the field faces the following three main challenges: (1) Visualization verification: to determine whether a visualization for a given dataset is interesting, from the viewpoint of human understanding; (2) Visualization search space: a "boring" dataset may become interesting after an arbitrary combination of operations such as selections, joins, and aggregations, among others; (3) On-time responses: do not deplete the user’s patience. …”
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The Implications of Weather and Reflectivity Variations on Automatic Traffic Sign Recognition Performance by Mudasser Seraj, Andres Rosales-Castellanos, Amr Shalkamy, Karim El-Basyouny, Tony Z. Qiu

“…Automatic recognition of traffic signs in complex, real-world environments has become a pressing research concern with rapid improvements of smart technologies. …”
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Maillard reaction products in plant-based dairy alternatives and their release during simulated gastrointestinal digestion by Kira Bieck, Franziska Ebert, Tilman Grune, Jana Raupbach

“…Plant-based food products are becoming increasingly popular among consumers. The chemical composition and the processing of plant-based products presumably fuel the Maillard reaction, but the abundance of Maillard reaction products in plant-based food products is rarely investigated. …”
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Visually-guided compensation of deafening-induced song deterioration by Manon Rolland, Anja T. Zai, Anja T. Zai, Richard H. R. Hahnloser, Richard H. R. Hahnloser, Catherine Del Negro, Nicolas Giret

“…Human language learning and maintenance depend primarily on auditory feedback but are also shaped by other sensory modalities. Individuals who become deaf after learning to speak (post-lingual deafness) experience a gradual decline in their language abilities. …”
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The establishment of blue-sky index: how to quantify the aerosol optical impacts on sky color by Sunan Shen, Jiandong Wang, Chao Liu, Jia Xing, Jiaping Wang, Jing Cai, Zeyuan Tian, Peng Wang, Guangjie Zheng, Yuzhi Jin, Chenggang Wang, Le Cao, Zhouyang Zhang, Bin Wang, Aijun Ding, Shuxiao Wang

“…However, as these measures are further enforced, a discernible bluing effect on the sky will become evident. Based on the quantification of the change of sky color, a blue-sky index (BSI) was established. …”
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15-Deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2 Induces Apoptosis and Upregulates SOCS3 in Human Thyroid Cancer Cells by Carlos Antônio Trindade-da-Silva, Carolina Fernandes Reis, Lara Vecchi, Marcelo Henrique Napimoga, Marcelo Sperandio, Bruna França Matias Colombo, Patrícia Terra Alves, Laura Sterian Ward, Carlos Ueira-Vieira, Luiz Ricardo Goulart

“…In conclusion, 15d-PGJ2 shows the potential to become a new therapeutic approach for thyroid tumors.…”
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Bisphophonates in CKD Patients with Low Bone Mineral Density by Wen-Chih Liu, Jen-Fen Yen, Cheng-Lin Lang, Ming-Tso Yan, Kuo-Cheng Lu

“…Bisphosphonate treatment can improve both bone mineral density and vascular calcification, but the latter becomes more unlikely in patients with stage 3-4 CKD with vascular calcification but no decreased bone mineral density. …”
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The significance of the cestode Joyeuxiella pasqualei (cyclophyllidea: dipylidiidae) for clinical practice and the welfare of cats by Ilić Tamara, Pavlović Jelena, Jovanović Nemanja M., Stepanović Predrag, Nenadović Katarina

“…The adult forms of the parasite are localized in the small intestines of definitive hosts (cats, dogs, foxes, wolves, and other carnivores). Cats become infected by ingesting primary hosts (coprophagic insects) and secondary intermediate hosts (reptiles and small mammals), which harbor the infective larval forms of the parasite (cysticercoids). …”
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Healthcare Worker Attitudes to Living Donation Prior to Planned Withdrawal of Care by Smruti Rath, MD, Claire Luo, MD, Laura Washburn, MD, Matthew Brent Price, MD, Matthew Goss, MD, Priyanka Moolchandani, MD, Sandra Parsons, PhD, Abbas Rana, MD, FACS, John Goss, MD, FACS, Nhu Thao Nguyen Galván, MD, MPH, FACS

“…Also, 65% of participants felt confident in their ability to declare the futility of care and 70% felt that LD-PPW should be added as an option when registering to become an organ donor. Conclusion:. Currently, nearly half of all donation after circulatory determination of death do not proceed to donation. …”
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Quantifying conjugation rates in clinical and environmental matrices: a systematic review to inform risk assessment by Hunter Quon, Hunter Quon, Lucia Ramirez, Blakeley Bagwell, Jennifer Moralez, Richard J. Sheppard, Allison J. Lopatkin, Allison J. Lopatkin, Kerry A. Hamilton, Kerry A. Hamilton

“…IntroductionAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a major public health concern and challenge. …”
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Cobalt‐Based Materials in Supercapacitors and Batteries: A Review by Jyothi A. Goudar, Thrinethra S. N., Sharanappa Chapi, Murugendrappa M. V., Mohammad Reza Saeb, Mehdi Salami‐Kalajahi

“…Energy demand has become a persistent concern and high‐performance energy storage systems have increasingly undergone development. …”
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Arabic Speech Recognition Based on Encoder-Decoder Architecture of Transformer by Mohanad Sameer, Ahmed Talib, Alla Hussein, Husniza Husni

“… Recognizing and transcribing human speech has become an increasingly important task. Recently, researchers have been more interested in automatic speech recognition (ASR) using End to End models. …”
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Dual-channel near-field holographic MIMO communications based on programmable digital coding metasurface and electromagnetic theory by Rui Wen Shao, Jun Wei Wu, Jiachen Li, Shengguo Meng, Yifan Xu, Zheng Xing Wang, Wankai Tang, Qiang Cheng, Shi Jin, Tie Jun Cui

“…The proposed paradigm features low complexity, low cost and low power consumption, and may become a valuable technique in beyond fifth generation and 6G wireless communications.…”
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