Towards using virtual acoustics for evaluating spatial ecoacoustic monitoring technologies by Neel P. Le Penru, Becky E. Heath, Jamie Dunning, Lorenzo Picinali, Robert M. Ewers, Sarab S. Sethi

“…To pilot the VSE as an environment for testing PAM hardware, we assessed how orientation impacts the six‐microphone array's performance by using the same suite of metrics to compare VSE recordings made with the array at various pitch angles. Finally, we piloted the VSE as a test platform for PAM software by investigating how BirdNET and HARKBird perform on bird calls added to the VSE‐replicated soundscapes. …”
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A Network Meta-Analysis to Compare Effectiveness of Baricitinib and Other Treatments in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Inadequate Response to Methotrexate by Walid Fakhouri, Xiaofei Wang, Inmaculada de La Torre, Claudia Nicolay

“…**Background/Objectives:** This article compares the effectiveness of baricitinib (BARI) 4 mg (oral, Janus kinase [JAK] 1/2 inhibitor) versus other targeted synthetic/biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, in combination with methotrexate (MTX), in moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis patients with inadequate response (IR) to MTX. …”
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Can Primary Cardiac Myxofibrosarcoma Grow Quickly from Zero to a Size Leading to Left-Sided Heart Failure within 9 Months? by Levan Karazanishvili, Eduard Limonjiani

“…The following pathologic diagnosis was finally made: myxofibrosarcoma, FNCLCC (National Federation of Cancer Centres) Grade 2. …”
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Guanxinning Tablet Attenuates Coronary Atherosclerosis via Regulating the Gut Microbiota and Their Metabolites in Tibetan Minipigs Induced by a High-Fat Diet by Qinqin Yang, Yanyun Xu, Liye Shen, Yongming Pan, Junjie Huang, Quanxin Ma, Chen Yu, Jiaojiao Chen, Yu Chen, Minli Chen

“…Histopathological changes of coronary artery tissue were subsequently evaluated using Sudan IV staining, HE staining, Oil red “O” staining, and immunohistochemistry assays. Finally, alterations of the gut microbiota and microbial metabolites were detected using metagenomic sequencing and targeted metabolomics, respectively. …”
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اعتماد برنامج المکتبات والمعلومات بجامعة المنوفية : المشکلات والصعوبات by فاطمة خمیس

“…The study aimed to identify the problems and difficulties that the Librariesand Information Department faced when applying the standards, indicators,elements and characteristics of the evaluation and accreditation guide for theeducational program in higher education institutions and Al-Azhar through theexperience of accrediting the Library and Information Program at the University ofMenoufia.The study identified problems at the level of five main axes focused Thefirst axis focused on problems from a formal point of view, while the second axisdealt with coding at the level of standards, while the third axis represented theabsence of forms for questionnaires required for accreditation, while the fourthaxis devoted to problems at the level of procedures, and finally the fifth axisaddressed problems at the level of relationships between standards, Theresearcher used the Descriptive Analytical Methodology, as the researcheranalyzed the actual content of the actual application of the evaluation andaccreditation guide for the educational program in higher education institutionsand Al-Azhar through the experience of accrediting the library and informationprogram at the University of Menoufia , The study reached to identify thoseproblems in the above five axes, the most important of which are the presence ofindicators, elements and characteristics in other than their correct locations, therecurrence of coding at the level of the first three criteria under each of theprogram management axis and the axis of educational effectiveness, theabsence of models of questionnaires required to meet the criteria , The guidedoes not include flowcharts in which the starting point and the end point arespecified to meet the standard, the absence of a model procedural guide thatclarifies the steps of work within the standard and one of the most importantrecommendations of the study is the preparation of a model procedural guide bythe National Authority to ensure the quality of education and accreditationclarifies the method of work within Evaluation and accreditation guide for the  educational program in higher education institutions and Al-Azhar, preparing anew edition of the "evaluation and accreditation guide for the educationalprogram in higher education and Al-Azhar institutions taking into account thefollowing: Non-repetition of coding at the level of the first three criteria under boththe program management axis and the educational effectiveness axis and toinclude The new version of the guide provides flow charts that define a point Thestart and the end point to meet the standard…”
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Evaluation of Network Security Service Provider Using 2-Tuple Linguistic Complex q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy COPRAS Method by Sumera Naz, Muhammad Akram, Mohammed M. Ali Al-Shamiri, Muhammad Ramzan Saeed

“…To tackle the problems of the 2TLCq-ROF multiattribute group decision-making (MAGDM) environment, we develop a novel approach according to the COPRAS (complex proportional assessment) model. Finally, to validate the feasibility of the given strategy, we employ a quantitative example related to select the best network security service provider. …”
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Predictive factors of thrombosis during autologous stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma: Experience from EHU Oran (Algeria) by Mohammed Amine BEKADJA, Brahim BENZINEB, Mansour BELKACEM, Hafida OUDJERIOUAT, Badra ENTASOLTAN, Soufi OSMANI, Kamila AMANI, Samira BOUCHAMA, Leila CHAREF, Mohamed BRAHIMI, Abdessamad ARABI, Rachir Amar BOUHASS, Nabil YAFOUR

“…Thepredictive factors studied are: age, co-morbidities, use of IMiDs, use of Granocyte colony stimualing factor in mobilization, the central venous catheter insertion site, cytapheresis count, CD34+ perfused, and finally deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis by a low molecular weight heparin .The statistical analysis focused on a univariate study, followed by a multivariate analysis using binary logistic regression. …”
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Brood thermoregulation effectiveness is positively linked to the amount of brood but not to the number of bees in honeybee colonies by Godeau, Ugoline, Pioz, Maryline, Martin, Olivier, Rüger, Charlotte, Crauser, Didier, Le Conte, Yves, Henry, Mickael, Alaux, Cédric

“…Therefore, we determined whether colony size (number of adult bees and amount of brood) positively influenced the effectiveness of brood thermoregulation that we measured via two criteria: (i) the brood temperature accuracy, via mean brood temperature, supposedly close to the optimum value for brood rearing, and (ii) the stability of the temperature around the mean value. Finally, within the applied perspective of honeybee colony monitoring, we assessed whether the effectiveness of thermoregulation could be used as a proxy of colony size. …”
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Changing role of security alliances in the post-Cold War era by I. A. Istomin, A. V. Levchenko

“…Secondly, the authors conclude that the key feature of the post-Cold War coalition-building is the so-called ritual alliance, when military and political commitments are included in the agenda of regional integration groupings as an addition to substantive issues of cooperation rather than the reverse. Finally, in the 1990s and 2010s, the range of formats of an alliance expanded: from the traditional priorities of territorial defense, the focus has shifted towards expeditionary operations as a part of coalitions, the latter including not only sovereign states but also non-state patronage networks. …”
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Comparative Study on the Reservoir Characteristics and Development Technologies of Two Typical Karst Weathering-Crust Carbonate Gas Reservoirs in China by Haijun Yan, Ailin Jia, Fankun Meng, Qinyu Xia, Wei Xu, Qingfu Feng, Wenjun Luo, Xinyu Li, Xun Zhu, Yicheng Liu

“…Thirdly, the distribution of fracture system in the reservoir should be depicted finely. Finally, dynamic monitoring on the production performance should be strengthened, and the management for this gas field should be improved further. …”
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Identification of cuproptosis and ferroptosis-related subtypes and development of a prognostic signature in colon cancer. by Yinghao He, Fuqiang Liu, Qingshu Li, Zheng Jiang

“…AZD8055_1059, Bortezomib_1191, Dihydrorotenone_1827, and MG-132_1862 were more sensitive in the high-risk group. Finally, we analyzed differential expression of model-related genes between tumor tissues and normal tissues, validated through real-time quantitative PCR and immunohistochemistry. …”
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Phenotypic Trajectories From Acute to Stable Phase in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Insights From the PURSUIT‐HFpEF Study by Yuki Matsuoka, Yohei Sotomi, Daisaku Nakatani, Katsuki Okada, Akihiro Sunaga, Hirota Kida, Taiki Sato, Daisuke Sakamoto, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Sho Komukai, Masahiro Seo, Masamichi Yano, Takaharu Hayashi, Akito Nakagawa, Yusuke Nakagawa, Shunsuke Tamaki, Yoshio Yasumura, Takahisa Yamada, Shungo Hikoso, Yasushi Sakata

“…We applied the latent class analysis to the discharge data of patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure. Results We finally included patient data of 1100 cases and 63 features in the latent class analysis. …”
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Baseline [18F]FDG PET/CT radiomics for predicting interim efficacy in follicular lymphoma treated with first-line R-CHOP by Zeying Wen, Xiaohe Gao, Qingxia Wu, Jianwei Yang, Jian Sun, Keliu Wu, Hongfei Zhao, Ruihua Wang, Yanmei Li

“…Univariate analysis was employed to identify clinical risk factors, and correlation coefficients, MRMR, and LASSO algorithms were used for dimensionality reduction and selection of radiomics features. Finally, a logistic regression machine learning model was developed to predict the interim efficacy of FL using a five-fold cross-validation strategy. …”
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In-vitro simulation methods for mechanical plaque removal: a systematic scoping review of current techniques and future directions by Johannes Herzog, Jelena Karacic, Leonardo Svellenti, Philipp Sahrmann

“…Retrieved study titles and abstracts were screened for possible inclusion. Finally, data from included fulltexts was extracted by two independent reviewers. …”
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Cumbre de Sistemas Alimentarios de la ONU 2021: Desmantelando la democracia y restableciendo el control corporativo de los sistemas alimentarios by Matthew Canfield, Molly D Anderson, Philip McMichael

“… Este artículo analiza el desarrollo y la organización de la Cumbre de Sistemas Alimentarios de las Naciones Unidas (UNFSS), que está siendo convocada por el Secretario General de la ONU, António Guterres, a finales de 2021. Aunque pocas personas discutirán que los sistemas alimentarios globales necesitan transformación, ha quedado claro que la Cumbre es, en cambio, un esfuerzo de una poderosa alianza de corporaciones multinacionales, organizaciones filantrópicas y países orientados a la exportación para subvertir las instituciones multilaterales de gobernanza alimentaria y capturar la narrativa global de la “transformación de los sistemas alimentarios”. …”
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Cx43 Inhibition Attenuates Sepsis-Induced Intestinal Injury via Downregulating ROS Transfer and the Activation of the JNK1/Sirt1/FoxO3a Signaling Pathway by Zhaowei Zou, Bin Liu, Lisi Zeng, Xianzi Yang, Renli Huang, Cheng Wu, Huijuan Zhu, Yi Gao, Dongdong Yuan, Jinlong Yu

“…Secondly, the influence of ROS content on the activity of the JNK1/Sirt1/FoxO3a signaling pathway was explored through the application of NAC, sp600125 (a JNK1 inhibitor), and nicotinamide (a Sirt1 inhibitor). Finally, luciferase assays and ChIP were used to determine the direct regulation of FoxO3a on proapoptotic proteins, Bim and Puma. …”
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High-resolution Cryo-EM Structure Determination of a-Synuclein—A Prototypical Amyloid Fibril by Juan Sanchez, Joshua Pierson, Collin Borcik, Chad Rienstra, Elizabeth Wright

“…We provide a detailed step-by-step protocol for high-resolution cryo-EM structure determination of a-syn fibrils using RELION and a series of specialized helical reconstruction tools that can be run within RELION. Finally, we detail how ChimeraX, Coot, and Phenix are used to build and refine a molecular model into the high-resolution cryo-EM map. …”
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Clinical Profile and Risk Factors of Group B Streptococcal Colonization in Mothers from the Eastern District of China by Jin Jiao, Weiwei Wu, Feng Shen, Zhongyuan Liu, Huiru Zhou, Gang Fan, Yuxia Zhou

“…The main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, capsular genotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility, and associated factors of colonizing Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in pregnant women admitted to a hospital in Jinan, East China. Methods. Demographic data, clinical characteristics, and vaginal and rectal swabs were obtained from a group of expecting mothers subjected to GBS screening at the late stage of pregnancy who went into labor over the period from November 2019 to October 2020. …”
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Highly proliferating cancer cells function as novel prognostic biomarkers for lung adenocarcinoma with particular usefulness for stage IA risk stratification by Yanlu Xiong, Yongfu Ma, Jie Lei, Jianfei Zhu, Nianlin Xie, Feng Tian, Qiang Lu, Miaomiao Wen, Qian Zheng, Yong Han, Tao Jiang, Yang Liu

“…The above findings were validated in another five LUAD datasets. Finally, we explored the relationship between HPCs and the progressive pathological evolution of early-stage LUAD and the driving mutations by scRNA-seq, bulk RNA-seq and IHC staining. …”
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La poética del cuerpo en los relatos de Franz Kafka ‘En la colonia penitenciaria’ (1919) y ‘La metamorfosis’ (1915) by Lucía I. Camarena Gil

“… La crisis de la modernidad hacia finales del siglo XIX en Centroeuropa da lugar a una literatura en los países de habla alemana que tematiza la asincronía entre la realidad socio-política y el proceso de modernización económica. …”
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