Intersexual relationships in mandrills: dominance, sexual conflict and the influence of social integration by Nikolaos Smit

“…However, female social bonds and social integration permit females to occasionally outrank certain males. Finally, and surprisingly, higher-ranking and more socially integrated females receive higher rates of male sexual coercion, highlighting the need for future research to shed light on the trade-offs between costs and benefits of mandrill sociality.…”
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Pratiques funéraires dans l’Arabie antique : la nécropole de Thaj by Marie Laguardia, Olivia Munoz, Jérôme Rohmer, Patrice Courtaud

“…The excavations have also revealed the diversity of the graves, which differ in their architecture and the funerary treatments applied to the dead. Finally, a series of radiocarbon dates obtained for the excavated graves shows that some of the funerary monuments were used and maintained for several centuries, while the associated material provides evidence for funerary rituals carried out either at the time of the funeral or during later commemorative ceremonies.…”
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Digital Media Design for Dynamic Gesture Interaction with Image Processing by Xiaoli Xiong, Yongguang Hou

“…And the system’s recognition accuracy rate is always maintained above 98%, confirming that the system has the performance requirements of high recognition accuracy, fast response speed, and stable work. Finally, the system was tested for performance and function, which verified that the system meets the real-time requirements. …”
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Designing a behaviour change intervention to address the behavioural risk factors for stillbirth: A study protocol [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations... by Richard A. Greene, Keelin O'Donoghue, Tamara Escañuela Sánchez, Molly Byrne, Karen Matvienko-Sikar

“…The second stage involves identifying intervention options, including intervention functions and policy categories. Finally, the third stage involves identifying content and implementation options, including behaviour change techniques (BCTs) and the mode of delivery. …”
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Radical Scavenging Activity-Based and AP-1-Targeted Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Lutein in Macrophage-Like and Skin Keratinocytic Cells by Jueun Oh, Ji Hye Kim, Jae Gwang Park, Young-Su Yi, Kye Won Park, Ho Sik Rho, Min-Seuk Lee, Jae Won Yoo, Seung-Hyun Kang, Yong Deog Hong, Song Seok Shin, Jae Youl Cho

“…By evaluating the intracellular signaling pathway and the nuclear transcription factor levels, we determined that lutein inhibited the activation of redox-sensitive AP-1 pathway by suppressing the activation of p38 and c-Jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK). Evaluation of the radical and ROS scavenging activities further revealed that lutein was able to act as a strong anti-oxidant. …”
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Applying System Dynamics of Discrete Supported Track to Analyze the Rail Corrugation Causation on Curved Urban Railway Tracks by Xianxian Yin, Xiukun Wei, Haichao Zheng

“…Secondly, the impact of the key causes on the initiation and development of the rail corrugation is investigated based on the cosimulation. Finally, case studies validate the proposed theory model and method. …”
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Determining Parameters of Metal-Halide Perovskites Using Photoluminescence with Bayesian Inference by Manuel Kober-Czerny, Akash Dasgupta, Seongrok Seo, Florine M. Rombach, David P. McMeekin, Heon Jin, Henry J. Snaith

“…From the probability distributions of all inferred parameters, we can simulate intensity-dependent photoluminescence quantum efficiency and compare it to experimental data. Finally, we estimate mobility values for vertical charge-carrier transport, which is perpendicular to the plane of the substrate, for all samples using our approach. …”
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Predictive value of preoperative pan-immune-inflammation value index in the prognosis of oral cancer patients undergoing radical resection by Weihai Huang, Yulan Lin, Enling Xu, Yanmei Ji, Jing Wang, Fengqiong Liu, Fa Chen, Yu Qiu, Bin Shi, Lisong Lin, Baochang He

“…Randomized survival forest (RSF) was used to assess the relative importance of preoperative PIV in prognostic prediction. Finally, a Nomogram model was plotted to predict the prognosis of oral cancer patients. …”
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The Human IL-22 Receptor Is Regulated through the Action of the Novel E3 Ligase Subunit FBXW12, Which Functions as an Epithelial Growth Suppressor by Joseph Franz, Jacob Jerome, Travis Lear, Qiaoke Gong, Nathaniel M. Weathington

“…FBXW12 shRNA increases human epithelial cell growth and cell cycle progression with enhanced constitutive activity of map kinases JNK and ERK. These findings indicate that the heretofore-undescribed protein FBXW12 functions as an E3 ligase constituent to ubiquitinate and degrade IL-22R and that therapeutic FBXW12 inhibition may enhance IL-22 signaling and bolster mucosal host defense and infection containment.…”
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Establishment of a Nomogram for Predicting Early Death in Viral Myocarditis by Xuejun Sun, Naxin Xie, Mengling Guo, Xuelian Qiu, Hongwei Chen, Haibo Liu, Hongmu Li

“…Combined with the actual clinical situation, the heart failure (HF) (OR: 2.13, 95% CI: 2.76–5.95), electrocardiogram (ECG) (OR: 6.11, 95% CI: 1.05–8.66), pneumonia (OR: 3.62, 95% CI: 1.43–9.85), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) (OR: 4.66, 95% CI: 3.07–24.06), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) (OR: 1.90, 95% CI: 0.19–9.39) were finally used to construct the nomogram. The nomogram’s C-index was 0.908 in the training cohort and 0.924 in the validation cohort. …”
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Freezing Temperature Field of FSPR under Different Pipe Configurations: A Case Study in Gongbei Tunnel, China by Yin Duan, Chuanxin Rong, Hua Cheng, Haibing Cai, Wei Long

“…The research results show that the improved design with double circular freezing tubes exhibited a lower temperature and a higher cooling rate during the test, and the time required to meet the freezing design requirements was significantly shortened. Finally, a composite structure of “pipe roof and frozen soil curtain” with a better carrying capacity and water sealing performance was formed. …”
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Diverse Dynamic Behaviors and Firing Activities of the Modified Fractional-Order Hindmarsh–Rose Neuronal Model Induced by Fractional-Order by Xin Yang, GuangJun Zhang, XueRen Li, Dong Wang

“…The two-dimensional colored diagram of firing patterns is also investigated. Finally, when injecting periodic current stimulus, regular/irregular bursting, multiple spiking, regular\irregular square wave bursting, and mixed firing mods are found by setting the appropriate fractional-order, amplitude, and frequency of the external current stimulus. …”
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Wnt5a Increases Properties of Lung Cancer Stem Cells and Resistance to Cisplatin through Activation of Wnt5a/PKC Signaling Pathway by Jiali Yang, Kangjian Zhang, Jing Wu, Juan Shi, Jing Xue, Jing Li, Juan Chen, Yongzhao Zhu, Jun Wei, Jinxi He, Xiaoming Liu

“…The role of noncanonical Wnt signaling in the regulation of properties of lung cancer stem cells and chemoresistance was interrogated, by accessing capacities of cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and clonogenicity as well as the apoptosis in A549 cell lines and cisplatin-resistant A549 cells treated with Wnt5a conditional medium or protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor GF109203X. Results showed that the noncanonical Wnt signaling ligand, Wnt5a, could promote the proliferation, migration, invasion, and colony formation in A549 lung adenocarcinoma cells and cisplatin-resistant A549/DDP cells and increase the fraction of ALDH-positive cell in A549/DDP cells. …”
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An effective framework for strange metallic transport by Benoît Douçot, Ayan Mukhopadhyay, Giuseppe Policastro, Sutapa Samanta, Hareram Swain

“…Combining with the results for optical conductivity, we construct a generalized version of Drude phenomenology for strange-metallic behavior, which satisfies non-trivial consistency tests. Finally, we discuss a possible dynamical mechanism for the fine-tuning of the ratio of the two couplings necessary to realize the strange metallic behavior in a typical state.…”
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Facilitating or Hindering? The Impact of Low-Carbon Pilot Policies on Socio-Ecological Resilience in Resource-Based Cities by Yanran Peng, Zhong Wang, Yunhui Zhang, Wei Wang

“…However, the long-term effects of the policies on economic resilience were not significant, and the policies did not have a direct impact on the social resilience of the pilot cities; however, they did promote social resilience in neighboring regions. Finally, the effectiveness of low-carbon pilots varies, with more pronounced benefits in declining and mature resource cities, particularly in those with medium ecological and economic resilience, and low social resilience. …”
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Industry Development of Derivative Functionalized Gold Nanomaterials and Their Application in Chemiluminescence Bioanalysis: Based on the Industrial Practice of China's Central Yun... by Tengfei Ma, Hao Wu

“…Based on luminescent functionalized gold nanoparticles, immunoassay and DNA bioanalysis probes were constructed, and their applications in chemiluminescence and electrochemiluminescence bioanalysis were discussed. Finally, the simulation results show that the relative deviation between the experimental results and the existing clinical methods is less than 17%. …”
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RGB-T Object Detection With Failure Scenarios by Qingwang Wang, Yuxuan Sun, Yongke Chi, Tao Shen

“…To further address the issue of redundant information in existing RGB-T object detection models, a redundant information suppression module is introduced, minimizing cross-modal redundant information based on mutual information and contrastive loss. Finally, a kernel similarity-aware illumination module (KSIM) is introduced to dynamically adjust the weighting of RGB and thermal features by incorporating both illumination intensity and the similarity between modalities. …”
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Identification of Viral Taxon-Specific Genes (VTSG): Application to by Shinduck Kang, Young-Chang Kim

“…Secondly, the CDS protein sequences of each genus were annotated by the conserved domain database (CDD) search. Finally, the conserved domains of each genus in Caliciviridae are classified by RPS-BLAST with CDD. …”
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Can “energy-saving and emission reduction” demonstration city pilot alleviate carbon inequality in Chinese cities? by Yong Fang, Minghao Li, Xueyan Chen, Chuyuan Wang

“…Furthermore, the ameliorative implications of the ESER policy on carbon inequality were conspicuous in the upper quantiles. Finally, the urban magnitude, geographical location, resource endowment, and innovation foundation of a demonstration city exert diverse influences on policy implementation. …”
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A Hybrid Machine Learning Model for Efficient XML Parsing by Muhammad Ali, Minhaj Ahmad Khan, Raihan Ur Rasool

“…The newly developed framework performs analysis and prediction of different XML parsers using profiling, classification, performance evaluation, and finally generates code for efficient parsing. The XML profiling phase of the XPOHML framework generates a dataset by evaluating the performance of PXTG, SAX, StAX, DOM, and JDOM parsing models on separate cores by applying numerous file sizes. …”
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