Nanostructured, Self-Assembling Peptide K5 Blocks TNF-α and PGE2 Production by Suppression of the AP-1/p38 Pathway by Woo Seok Yang, Yung Chul Park, Ji Hye Kim, Hye Ri Kim, Tao Yu, Se Eun Byeon, Larry D. Unsworth, Jaehwi Lee, Jae Youl Cho

“…We found that peptide K5 significantly suppressed the release of tumor-necrosis-factor- (TNF-) α and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) from RAW264.7 cells and peritoneal macrophages stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). …”
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Blue photoluminescence from active carboxyl adatoms on nanoporous anodic alumina films by Sam Yeon Cho, Kangmo Yeo, Jin Woo Kim, Jin Ho Kwak, Deok-Yong Cho, Jae Hyuck Jang, Sukmin Jeong, Yong Chan Choi, Sang Don Bu

“…Therefore, it is suggested that controlling the adsorption of the carboxylate on the alumina membrane having large surface-to-volume ratio can be an efficient way to generate the blue light for the optoelectronic applications.…”
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Successful management of catheter injury or refractory infection by partial replantation of peritoneal dialysis catheters: a retrospective observational study by Seyoung Ryou, Eun Jeong Ko, Hoon Suk Park, Byung Ha Chung, Cheol Whee Park, Chul Woo Yang, Yong-Soo Kim, Hyung Duk Kim, Yaeni Kim

“…We investigated the effectiveness of the partial replantation technique. …”
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Anti-inflammatory Effects of Empagliflozin and Gemigliptin on LPS-Stimulated Macrophage via the IKK/NF-κB, MKK7/JNK, and JAK2/STAT1 Signalling Pathways by Nami Lee, Yu Jung Heo, Sung-E Choi, Ja Young Jeon, Seung Jin Han, Dae Jung Kim, Yup Kang, Kwan Woo Lee, Hae Jin Kim

“…All of them blocked NF-κB, JNK, and STAT1/3 phosphorylation through IKKα/β, MKK4/7, and JAK2 signalling. …”
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Oxygen‐Doped 2D In2Se3 Nanosheets with Extended In‐Plane Lattice Strain for Highly Efficient Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting by Ji Yeon Kim, Woohyun Hwang, Seo Yeon Han, Ye Seul Jung, Fengyi Pang, Wenhu Shen, Cheolmin Park, Sang‐Woo Kim, Aloysius Soon, Yong Soo Cho

“…Herein, an anion‐doping approach is proposed as an effective way to enhance the piezoelectricity of α‐In2Se3 nanosheets, which has a rare asymmetric structure in both the in‐plane and out‐of‐plane directions. …”
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Integration of ordered porous materials for targeted three-component gas separation by Xue Jiang, Yu Wang, Hui Wang, Lu Cheng, Jian-Wei Cao, Jin-Bo Wang, Rong Yang, Dong-Hui Zhang, Run-Ye Zhang, Xiu-Bo Yang, Su-Hang Wang, Qiu-Yu Zhang, Kai-Jie Chen

“…As a proof of concept, two ultramicroporous nanocrystals (one for C2H2-selective and the other for CO2-selective) as the shell pores were respectively grown on a C2H6-selective ordered porous material as the core pore. …”
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Validity and Reliability of the Spiritual Counselling Intervention Module (MIKS) by Nor Asliza Mohd Zin, Ku Suhaila Ku Johari, Abu Yazid Abu Bakar, Mohd Izwan Mahmud

“…This study can help develop a counselling module related to religion and spirituality to help counsellors in dealing with psychosocial issues and mental well-being, especially in dealing with the problem of depression among secondary school students, correct the spiritual element that is the cause of problems in everyday life.  …”
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Functional and aesthetic outcomes of alar base reduction by Abd ELAziz Ali Fahem Ali, Emad Mohammed Shehata, Hassan Mustafa Hegazy, Kamal Abd Elmonem Ebeid

“…This work was designed to assess the functional as well as aesthetic results among cases who undergo ABR which is so important to find out a better way to increase the functional, aesthetic consequences of patients. …”
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Postural Stability Characteristics of Transtibial Amputees Wearing Different Prosthetic Foot Types When Standing on Various Support Surfaces by Nooranida Arifin, Noor Azuan Abu Osman, Sadeeq Ali, Hossein Gholizadeh, Wan Abu Bakar Wan Abas

“…Differences between prosthetic foot types and groups (amputees versus able-bodied) can only be distinguished when individuals were standing on a compliant surface. …”
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Evaluation of three-dose fosfomycin tromethamine in the treatment of patients with urinary tract infections: an uncontrolled, open-label, multicentre study by Shan Chen, Yong Yang, Bo Yang, Ming Chen, Kai Zhang, Yi Wang, Lu-Dong Qiao, Bo Zheng, Hong-Feng Guo, Yuan-Jie Niu, Ben-Kang Shi, Wei-Min Yang, Xiao-Kun Zhao, Xiao-Feng Gao

“…The overall efficacy rates (day 15) were 95.29% (81/85), 77.78% (28/36) and 64.52% (20/31), respectively. 20/356 (5.6%) patients reported drug-related AEs, the most common being diarrhoea. No serious drug-related AEs were reported.Conclusions This fosfomycin tromethamine dosing regimen showed clinical and microbiological efficacy with some AEs and good tolerability in patients with acute uncomplicated cystitis, recurrent lower urinary tract infection and complicated lower urinary tract infection.…”
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Machine Learning ECG Classification Using Wavelet Scattering of Feature Extraction by Heyam A. Marzog, Haider. J. Abd

“…The suggested method is able to conduct high accuracy arrhythmia classification, with a 99.7% and 99.92% accuracy rate of the neural network (NN) and support vector machine (SVM), respectively, and will aid physicians in ECG explanation.…”
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From Bench to Bedside to Bug: An Update of Clinically Relevant Advances in the Care of Persons with Helicobacter pylori Associated Diseases by N Chiba, ABR Thomson, P Sinclair

“…The mode of transmission of H pylori remains unclear, and it remains unknown why only a small proportion of infected individuals develop duodenal or gastric ulcer disease and even fewer develop gastric cancer. …”
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Temporal Change in Atmospheric Radiocesium during the First Seven Years after the Fukushima Dai-ich Nuclear Power Plant Accident by Tomohisa Abe, Kazuya Yoshimura, Yukihisa Sanada

“…The concentration ranged from 10−1 to 100 Bq m−3 during the first two years but from 10−5 to 10−1 Bq m−3 approximately seven years following the accident. …”
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Distributed Control for Time-Fractional Differential System Involving Schrödinger Operator by Abd-Allah Hyder, M. EL-Badawy

“…In this paper, we investigate the distributed optimal control problem for time-fractional differential system involving Schrödinger operator defined on Rn. …”
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Calculation of Effective Earth Radius and Point Refractivity Gradient in UAE by Abdulhadi Abu-Almal, Kifah Al-Ansari

“…The cumulative distribution of the refractivity gradient in the first 65 meters above the ground surface, the monthly distribution for the median value of the k-factor, as well as their comparison with the ITU-maps are provided. …”
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Biharmonic Maps and Laguerre Minimal Surfaces by Yusuf Abu Muhanna, Rosihan M. Ali

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Total Quality Management at the Walter C Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre: Positive Experience of the Division of Gastroenterology by ABR Thomson, L Walz, K Sutherland

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Experimental Study of Awash Soil under Static and Cyclic Shear Loading by Tigistu Abu Arficho, Argaw Asha Ashango

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A combination of low-temperature radiofrequency thermocoagulation and pulsed radiofrequency of the bilateral Gasserian ganglion for bilateral trigeminal neuralgia due to multiple s... by Mihoko Tamura, Masayuki Nakagawa, Yoichiro Abe

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Amplify-and-Forward Cooperative Diversity for Green UWB-Based WBSNs by Heba Shaban, Mohamad Abou El-Nasr

“…Results show that one relay node provides ~23 dB performance enhancement at BER, which mitigates the effect of the nondesirable non-line-of-sight (NLOS) links in WBSNs.…”
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