Endothelial cell Piezo1 promotes vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation on large arteries by Javier Abello, Ying Yin, Yonghui Zhao, Josh Maurer, Jihui Lee, Cherokee Bodell, Jahmiera Richee, Abigail J. Clevenger, Zarek Burton, Megan E. Goeckel, Michelle Lin, Stephanie Grainger, Carmen M. Halabi, Shreya A. Raghavan, Rajan Sah, Amber N. Stratman

“…Using a series of small molecule antagonists or agonists to temporally regulate Piezo1 activity, we identified a role for the Piezo1 channel in regulating klf2a, a blood flow responsive transcription factor, expression levels and altered targeting of vSMCs between arteries and veins. …”
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From the history of Lithuanian picture books (1900-1930) by Ingrida Korsakaitė

“…The domestically illustrated Lithuanian picture books were increasingly published only in the thirties. The analysis of Lithuanian picture books shows that their development was not isolated from the books of the same genre published in other countries (especially in Germany) but involved many possible contacts with foreign publishing houses that had greater experience. …”
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Bienestar psicológico y satisfacción vital en adolescentes mexicanos tempranos y medios / Psychological well-being and life satisfaction in Mexicans at early and mid-adolescence by Blanca Barcelata-Eguiarte, Diego Rivas-Miranda

“…Participaron de manera voluntaria 572 estudiantes de 13 a 18 años de edad (Medad=15.24; DE=1.90) de escuelas secundarias y bachilleratos públicos de la Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México. …”
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Performance Study of Multilayered Multistage Interconnection Networks under Hotspot Traffic Conditions by Dimitris Vasiliadis, George Rizos, Costas Vassilakis

“…In this paper the performance evaluation of dual-priority, double-buffered, multilayer MINs under single hotspot setups is presented and analyzed using simulation experiments. The findings of this paper can be used by MIN designers to optimally configure their networks.…”
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Penser les rapports entre sciences et politique : enjeux historiographiques récents  by Jérôme Lamy

“…En effet, l’analyse sociale de sciences apparaît aujourd’hui comme une des voies efficaces des lectures globales des développements sociaux. …”
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New linearization and reweighting for simulations of string sigma-model on the lattice by L. Bianchi, V. Forini, B. Leder, P. Töpfer, E. Vescovi

“…In this setup we study bosonic and fermionic correlators and observe a divergence in the latter, which we argue — also via a one-loop analysis in lattice perturbation theory — to originate from the U(1)-breaking of our Wilson-like discretization for the fermionic sector.…”
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Pressure Drop Distribution in Smooth and Rib Roughened Square Channel with Sharp 180° Bend in the Presence of Guide Vanes by Venkata Ratna Rao.D, S. V. Prabhu

“…In rib roughened channels, ribs are configured on the top and bottom surfaces in a symmetric arrangement with an angle of 90° to the mainstream flow. Rib height-to-hydraulic diameter ratio (e/D) is maintained constant at 0.14 with a constant pitch-to-rib height ratio (P/e) of 10. …”
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Heavy Metal Ions Adsorption from Wastewater Using Activated Carbon from Orange Peel by Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraján, Liliana Giraldo

“…Two different adsorption models were used for analyzing data. Adsorption capacities were determined: copper ions exhibit the greatest adsorption on activated carbon orange peel because of its size and pH conditions. …”
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The Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Magnetorheological Silly Putty by Fei Guo, Cheng-bin Du, Guo-jun Yu, Run-pu Li

“…Moreover, the storage modulus of MRSPs increases sharply in response to the external stimuli of increasing angular frequency automatically and can be enhanced by external magnetic field. …”
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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i>) from the USDA-GRIN Germplasm Collection by Ibtisam Alatawi, Haizheng Xiong, Hanan Alkabkabi, Kenani Chiwina, Qun Luo, Kai-Shu Ling, Yuejun Qu, Renjie Du, Ainong Shi

“…After stringent filtering, 5162 high-quality polymorphic SNPs were retained for analysis. Population structure analysis revealed three distinct genetic groups (Q1, Q2, and Q3) among the accessions. …”
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Reducing Your Risk for Diabetes: A Resource Guide by Linda B. Bobroff

“…FCS-8840, a 2-page annotated bibliography by Linda B. Bobroff, lists some of the many resources that are available to help people of all backgrounds lead healthier lives and reduce their risk for diabetes. …”
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Household level fuelwood use and carbon dioxide emissions in Delanta district, Northeastern Ethiopia by Abebaw Sintayehu Eshetu

“…Using simple random sampling for household selection, data were analyzed with Excel and Stata.ResultsThe results reveal that fuelwood dependency is a major driver of deforestation and CO2 emissions, with households consuming approximately 2,725 kg of firewood and 26 kg of charcoal annually. …”
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Experimental Evaluation of the Seismic Response of Skewed Bridges with Emphasis on Poundings between Girder and Abutments by Ziqi Yang, Chern Kun, Nawawi Chouw

“…With pounding, the bridges with a large skew angle could suffer more opening girder displacements than straight bridges.…”
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A Survey on Machine Learning Techniques for Head-Related Transfer Function Individualization by Davide Fantini, Michele Geronazzo, Federico Avanzini, Stavros Ntalampiras

“…This survey systematically examines the HRTF individualization works based on ML proposed in the literature. The analyzed works are organized according to the processing steps involved in the ML workflow, including the employed dataset, input and output types, data preprocessing operations, ML models, and model evaluation. …”
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Zmienność światowych cen żywności w latach 2000-2018 by Krystyna Świetlik

“…Głównym źródłem danych były średnie roczne indeksy cen żywności FAO. Przeprowadzone analizy pokazały, że w 2011 r. światowe ceny żywności osiągnęły poziom ponad dwuipółkrotnie wyższy niż w 2000 r., a w całym badanym okresie zwiększyły się o 85%. …”
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The Effect of Using Peer on Self-Care, Quality of Life, and Adherence in Elderly People with Coronary Artery Disease by Mojtaba Roshandel, Mahnaz Rakhshan, Majid Najafi Kalyani

“…The levels of self-care, adherence, and quality of life were assessed in the intervention and control groups before and one month after the intervention. Data analysis was performed by SPSS 20 software using an independent t-test, paired sample t-test, and chi-square test. …”
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Pyoderma Gangrenosum Mimicking an Infected Wound following Dynamic Hip Screw Fixation by Metin Nizamoglu

“…Biopsy of the lesion does not offer a definitive diagnosis; therefore suspicion must be maintained as the diagnosis is ultimately a clinical one. Any postoperative pustular ulcerative lesion not improving despite antibiotic therapy that also yields negative bacteriological and fungal studies should lead to consideration of this diagnosis. …”
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Assessment of hand hygiene practices among nurses at a regional hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional study based on the World Health Organization (WHO) ‘Your 5 Mome... by Abdul Qadeer Baseer, Asmatullah Usmani, Shafiqullah Mushfiq, Mohammad Hassan Hassand, Bilal Ahmad Rahimi, Abdul Wahid Monib, Mohammad Salim Daqiq, Parwiz Niazi

“…Descriptive statistics and logistic regressions were applied to analyze the data using SPSS version 26.0. Results: The study found that 73.1% of nurses demonstrated good hand hygiene practices, while 26.9% had non-good compliance. …”
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Characteristics of Chemical Composition and Particle Size Distribution from Real Coal-fired Circulating Fluidised Bed (CFB) Boiler by Xin Du, Jianhui Wu, Yingze Tian, Yufen Zhang, Baoshuang Liu, Yinchang Feng

“…Ion concentrations (SO42–, Cl–, NO3–, Na+, NH4+, Mg2+, K+ and Ca2+) were determined by ion chromatography (IC), elements (Al, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Na, Ni, Pb, S, Si, Ti and Zn) were determined by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-AES), and the carbonaceous content (OC1, OC2, OC3, OC4, EC1, EC2 and EC3) was measured by thermal optical analysis. Significant differences were observed in the four boilers for PSD. …”
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Efficacy of chlorine dioxide as a disinfectant by Shermaine Yee, Ya Chee Lim, Choon Fu Goh, Vikay Kotra, Long Chiau Ming

“… Chlorine dioxide plays a significant role in the industrial settings as disinfectants due to its broad antimicrobial property. Despite commonly use as germicide, chlorine dioxide demonstrates a good safety profile, rendering its suitability for use at water treatment and food preparation zones. …”
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