Sealing Effects on Organic Pore Development in Marine Shale Gas: New Insights from Macro- to Micro-Scale Analyses by Qiumei Zhou, Hao Xu, Wen Zhou, Xin Zhao, Ruiyin Liu, Ke Jiang

“…The macropores and mesopores are easily affected by the sealing conditions, but the micropores are not. Finally, the pyrolysis simulation results were validated with the Longmaxi shale and Qiongzhusi shale properties. …”
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Integrated bioinformatics analysis and experimental validation of exosome-related gene signature in steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head by Renqun Mao, Wen Bi, Mengyue Yang, Lei Qin, Wenqing Li

“…LCP1, PNP, UBE2V1, and ZFP36 expressions were validated in the GSE123568 and GSE74089 datasets and finally detected in peripheral serum samples with accordant expression by RT-qPCR. …”
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EyeLiner by Yoga Advaith Veturi, MSc, Steve McNamara, OD, Scott Kinder, MS, Christopher William Clark, MS, Upasana Thakuria, MS, Benjamin Bearce, MS, Niranjan Manoharan, MD, Naresh Mandava, MD, Malik Y. Kahook, MD, Praveer Singh, PhD, Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer, PhD

“…Methods: Anatomical keypoints along the retinal blood vessels were detected from the moving and fixed images using a convolutional neural network and subsequently matched using a transformer-based algorithm. Finally, transformation parameters were learned using the corresponding keypoints. …”
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Identificación y análisis de patologías en puentes de carreteras urbanas y rurales Identification and analysis of pathologies in bridges of urban and rural roads by Nilson Tadeu Mascia, Artur Lenz Sartorti

“…This article also focuses on the design of bridges and its relationship with the pathological condition establishing concepts that could be applied to the corrective method and the pathology identification in concrete, steel and wood bridges. Finally, it aims to conclude that the most appropriate way to avoid a pathological state is preventive maintenance.…”
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Efficacy and Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Treatment for Chronic Pain in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yuzhao Huang, Qiufang Deng, Liuqing Yang, Jiahui Ma, Ziyang Wang, Dong Huang, Ling Luo, Haocheng Zhou

“…In addition, the outcomes were blindly assessed in the meta-analysis from all studies according to evaluation of bias, which could affect the reality of the data. Finally, most of the studies only provided short follow-up times, so we could not analyze the long-term effectiveness of ultrasound-guided RF in the treatment of patients with KOA. …”
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The role of the behavioral immune system in the expression of short and long-term orientation in young Chilean men during the COVID-19 pandemic by Oriana Figueroa, Pablo Polo, Daniel Torrico-Bazoberry, Gabriela Fajardo, Carlos Rodríguez-Sickert, Nohelia Valenzuela, Abigail Arenas, Paula Pavez, Montserrat Belinchon, Gabriela Valdebenito, José Antonio Muñoz-Reyes

“…., sexual fantasies), we found a reduction in single pre-pandemic individuals to be compared with the sample of pandemic online study. Finally, we found a decrease in sociosexual behavior (i.e., number of partners in the last year) between pre-pandemic samples and the pandemic itself, regardless of their relationship status and samples inside of each period. …”
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Integrated Analysis and Validation of Ferroptosis-Related Genes Associated with Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Lung Transplantation by Li Q, Yin J, Lin Q, He J, Shi X, Nie H

“…Qingqing Li,* Jing Yin,* Qibin Lin, Jilong He, Xiu Shi, Hanxiang Nie Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430060, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hanxiang Nie, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuchang District, Wuhan, 430060, People’s Republic of China, Email nhxiang@whu.edu.cnBackground: Lung transplantation is the only effective therapeutic option for patients with end-stage lung disease. …”
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Correlation between social support, self-efficacy and quality of life in primary trigeminal neuralgia patients (原发性三叉神经痛患者社会支持、自我效能感与生活质量的相关性研究)... by SUN Xiuxiu (孙秀秀), JIA Jianhua (贾建华), LI Yeyuan (李业园)

“…Methods Totally 220 primary trigeminal neuralgia patients who were 18 years old or older were conveniently selected from a tertiary hospital in Jinan City, and were surveyed with self-designed general information questionnaires, social support scales, chronic pain self-efficacy scales, and trigeminal neuralgia patients' quality of life questionnaires. …”
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Effectiveness of potent topical corticosteroids versus mild ones in primary care for children with moderate flare-ups of atopic dermatitis; results of a randomised controlled trial by Patrick J E Bindels, Arthur M Bohnen, Gijs Elshout, Suzanne G M A Pasmans, Karlijn F van Halewijn

“…Objective To assess the effectiveness of a potent topical corticosteroid (TCS) as an initial treatment in primary care for children with moderate flare-ups of atopic dermatitis (AD), compared to starting on a mild TCS.Design An observational prospective cohort study with an embedded pragmatic multicentre open-label randomised controlled trial.Setting A total of 53 general practices in the southwest of the Netherlands took part in the study.Participants 209 children aged 3 months to 17 years diagnosed with AD (International Classification of Primary Care codes S87 or S88) who visited their general practitioner (GP) for AD or received repeat prescriptions for AD in the previous 12 months were included in the cohort study through the general practices. Finally, 32 patients (15%) were randomised and assigned to the trial (13 girls; 19 boys; median age 4.0 years).Interventions If cohort participants experienced a moderate flare-up (ie, need to intensify topical treatment from the child’s and/or parents’ point of view of AD and a three-item severity score from three to<6 scored by their GP) during cohort follow-up, they were randomised to either the intervention group, a strong TCS (class III, fluticasone propionate 0.05%), or the control group, a mild TCS (class I, hydrocortisone acetate 1%).Primary and secondary outcome measures We measured outcomes at baseline and at 1, 4 and 24 weeks. …”
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Characterization of RAP Signal Patterns, Temporal Relationships, and Artifact Profiles Derived from Intracranial Pressure Sensors in Acute Traumatic Neural Injury by Abrar Islam, Amanjyot Singh Sainbhi, Kevin Y. Stein, Nuray Vakitbilir, Alwyn Gomez, Noah Silvaggio, Tobias Bergmann, Mansoor Hayat, Logan Froese, Frederick A. Zeiler

“…After leveraging the time-series structure of RAP, similar methods were applied to ICP and AMP for comparison with RAP. Finally, key features were identified to distinguish artifacts in RAP. …”
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The Role of School Management Committee and Pupils' Performance in Government Primary Schools in RuhiJa Town Council Rubanda District. by Niwagaba, Alex

“…The objectives included; establishing the impact of advisory role towards pupils' performance; examining the effect of supervisory role on pupils' performance and finally, ascertaining the contribution of empowerment role on pupils' performance in primary schools. …”
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The Role of School Management Committee and Pupils' Performance in Government Primary Schools in RuhiJa Town Council Rubanda District.

“…The objectives included; establishing the impact of advisory role towards pupils' performance; examining the effect of supervisory role on pupils' performance and finally, ascertaining the contribution of empowerment role on pupils' performance in primary schools. …”
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Records Keeping and Financial Performance in Local Government: A Case Study of Rubanda District Local Government. by Birungi, Edinah

“…More then half suggested procedures and guidelines did not exist concurred that the guidelines and procedures were in place. Finally the study recommends that Urgent step should be taken by the authorities concerned to conduct a records survey in order to carry out records appraisal, develop retention and disposal schedules, create records management procedures, prepare a disaster recovery and vital records plan. …”
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Records Keeping and Financial Performance in Local Government: A Case Study of Rubanda District Local Government. by Birungi, Edinah

“…More than half suggested procedures and guidelines did not exist concurred that the guidelines and procedures were in place. Finally, the study recommends that Urgent steps should be taken by the authorities concerned to conduct a records survey to carry out records appraisal, develop retention and disposal schedules, create records management procedures, and prepare a disaster recovery and vital records plan. …”
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Presenting the indigenous model of organizational self-leadership with an emphasis on training in non-governmental organizations by Sajad Ghoreishi, abbas abbaspour, Mostafa Niknami, Morteza Taheri

“…Also, causal conditions with 7 categories, intervening conditions with 9 categories, background conditions with 7 categories, strategies with 9 categories and finally consequences with 5 categories were counted. …”
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Angiogenesis Regulated by Electroacupuncture Combined with Rehabilitation Training in Cerebral Ischemia Involved in PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway by Wenchao YAO, Mengxing LI, Qing LIU, Mingyue TONG, Peng HE, Wei TANG

“…Objective:Based on the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) /protein kinase B(Akt) signal pathway, to explore the regulatory mechanism of electroacupuncture combined with rehabilitation training on angiogenesis after cerebral ischemia.Methods:A total of 81 SPF male SD rats were randomly divided into three groups: sham operation group, model group and electroacupuncture combined with rehabilitation training group (combined acupuncture group). …”
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The Investigation of Grammatical Category and Syntactic Position of “t͡ʃəmɑn”, a Modality Marker in Kalhori Kurdish by Tahereh Jafari, Shoja Tafakkori Rezayi

“…The analysis then investigated the placement of “t͡ʃəmɑn” concerning this hierarchical order and, finally, examined its position as a modal epistemic adverb in relation to other words that function as the heads of root projections. …”
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Feasibility Study of Five Solar Thermal Power Plants in Arequipa, Peru, and Their Comparison with Seto Targets by Harry Aarón Yapu Maldonado

“…The projected LCOEs of the CSP plants are compared with SETO’s target (5 ¢/kWh) and SEAL’s tariff (20 ¢/kWh). Finally, the LCOE is broken down into its main components to identify the most significant costs. …”
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The clinical utility of tissue polymerase chain reaction, tissue culture and tissue histology in blood culture-negative infective endocarditis in South Africa – insights from the G... by W Endres, P Mkoko, M Ntsekhe

“…Tissue culture and histopathology had a poor yield and added little value in identifying the microbiological cause of BCNIE. Finally, the most common BCNIE causative organism identified by additional non-culture testing in our setting is Bartonella spp. …”
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Protective Effects of NaHS/miR-133a-3p on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Cardiomyocytes Injury by Yi-Mei Jin, Ai-Rong Huang, Mei-qian Yu, Wan-Ding Ye, Xiao-guang Hu, Hua-min Wang, Zhi-wei Xu, Dong-shi Liang

“…The adenosine triphosphate (ATP) kit was used to detect ATP content; real-time quantitative polynucleotide chain reaction (qPCR) was used to measure the levels of mammalian targets of rapamycin (mTOR), AMP-dependent protein kinase (AMPK), and miR-133a-3p, and Western blot (WB) was used to detect protein levels of mTOR, AMPK, myosin-like Bcl2 interacting protein (Beclin-1), microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3I/II), and P62 (sequestosome-1, sqstm-1/P62). …”
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