Rimonabant: From RIO to Ban by Amir H. Sam, Victoria Salem, Mohammad A. Ghatei

“…Endocannabinoid antagonism as a treatment for obesity and the metabolic syndrome became a hugely anticipated area of pharmacology at the start of the century. …”
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Mathematical model of penetration of cylindrical electromagnetic fields with axial symmetry through the plane screen from permalloy by V. Т. Erofeenko

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A Modified Newmark Methodology for Permanent Deformation Analysis of Rock-Fill Dams by Hongjun Li, Hong Zhong, Zuwen Yan, Jianming Zhao

“…Newmark sliding block approach has been extensively studied by many researchers in the past decades. …”
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Effect of the Initial Support of the Tunnel on the Characteristics of Rockburst: Case Study and Mechanism Analysis by Chunchi Ma, Junqi Fan, Xiang Ji, Xiaoyan Shi, Jun Zeng

“…The main results and conclusions can be drawn: (1) Strong stiffness support makes the surrounding rock accumulates higher energy before rockburst. The evolution of microseismicity and its indexes can be used as precursors of potentially strong rockburst. (2) Strong stiffness support is easy to concentrate high stress under the action of surrounding rock pressure, and it is easy to fail under the disturbance of external load. …”
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Effect of temperature control on tribological and corrosion properties of copper in cathodic cage plasma nitriding by Muhammad Bilal Khalid, Syed Salman Hussain, Ameeq Farooq, Muhammad Shafiq, Yasin Khan, Muhammad Shoaib

“…At high temperatures, a low friction coefficient has been achieved due to smoother surfaces. Nitrided samples have shown an overall increased corrosion resistance with an increase in temperature.…”
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Role of Endoscopy in the Investigation of Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms in HIV-Infected Patients by C Mel Wilcox

“…With progression of immunodeficiency, endoscopy becomes more important because the predisposition to opportunistic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract is greatly increased. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Study on Tensile Strength of Concrete under Different Strain Rates by Fanlu Min, Zhanhu Yao, Teng Jiang

“…The dynamic characterization of concrete is fundamental to understand the material behavior in case of heavy earthquakes and dynamic events. …”
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A New Open Loop Approach for Identifying the Initial Rotor Position of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor by Qixin Zhu, Lei Xiong, Hongli Liu, Yonghong Zhu, Guoping Zhang

“…This work describes a new open loop approach for identifying the initial position of a PMSM with an incremental encoder, even when a constant load torque is being applied. By giving a testing current with high frequency to the stator winding, the initial rotor position of a PMSM can be detected with reasonable accuracy. …”
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Asymptotic analysis of American call options by Ghada Alobaidi, Roland Mallier

“…This leads to a free boundary problem for the optimal exercise boundary, which determines whether or not it is beneficial for the holder to exercise the option prior to expiration. …”
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Life stage hypothesis modeling determines insect vulnerability during developmental life stages to climate extremes by J. Simone Durney, Diane M. Debinski, Stephen F. Matter

“…We speculate that higher temperatures during the spring ephemeral host plant's flowering, and P. clodius' larval stage, may lead to earlier plant senescence and lower P. clodius growth. Because Parnassius butterflies are well studied from a global perspective, results may aid in understanding the potential indicator life stages of other insect species in montane environments to climatic changes. …”
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Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus Treated with High Dose Perampanel: Case Series and Review of the Literature by Christopher R. Newey, Naresh Mullaguri, Stephen Hantus, Vineet Punia, Pravin George

“…The novel anticonvulsant perampanel may be effective in the treatment of status epilepticus considering its mechanism of action of being an AMPA antagonist. We present four cases of super refractory status epilepticus treated with high dose perampanel. …”
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Accuracy and Usability of Smartphone-Based Distance Estimation Approaches for Visual Assistive Technology Development by Giles Hamilton-Fletcher, Mingxin Liu, Diwei Sheng, Chen Feng, Todd E. Hudson, John-Ross Rizzo, Kevin C. Chan

“…However, current techniques have not been evaluated systematically for accuracy and usability. …”
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Projection in Future Drought Hazard of South Korea Based on RCP Climate Change Scenario 8.5 Using SPEI by Byung Sik Kim, In Gi Chang, Jang Hyun Sung, Hae Jin Han

“…Through this, it could be projected that the drought scale and frequency and the drought intensity will become severer over South Korea because of future climate change.…”
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Louis Pasteur, chargé du cours de chimie à l’École supérieure de Pharmacie de Strasbourg (1849–1850) by Dirheimer, Guy

“…These letters had never been published in full. In this article we publish and comment on those of the “Ecole supérieure” and the rectorate of Strasbourg which concern Louis Pasteur who taught chemistry there from June 1, 1849 to the end of 1850.…”
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Mannitol and the blood-labyrinth barrier by Trung N. Le, Brian W. Blakley

“…Thus at the pre-determined post-infusion sampling time, each animal was sampled once for perilymph, CSF, and blood before being euthanized. Each animal contributed to a single time point on the subsequent pharmacokinetic curves with more than one animal per time point. …”
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Equivalent Cauchy Sequences in q1,q2-Quasi Metric-Like Space and Applications to Fixed-Point Theory by Eriola Sila, Sidite Duraj, Elida Hoxha

“…Besides, some instances are inclined to epitomize the examined consequences.…”
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Socialinės rizikos paauglių orumo palaikymas socialinio darbuotojo veiklos praktikoje by Akvilė Virbalienė

“…Šioje veikloje žmogiškasis aspektas tampa pats socialinis darbuotojas, nuo jo įdėtų galių ir asmenybės kilnumo priklauso socialinės rizikos paauglių pastangos ,,grįžti" į visuomenę, taip pajausti savo vertę bei atstatyti žmogiškąjį orumą. Socialinis darbuotojas padeda jiems atstatyti žmogiškąjį orumą, kurdamas pagalbos santykį, kuriame vienas iš svarbiausių dalių yra pats socialinis darbuotojas, jo profesionalus elgesys su paaugliais.…”
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“Be Proud, and Loud”: Linguistic Markers of Pride in Drag Queens’ Spoken Discourse by Natacha Marjanovic

“…Many studies have shown how drag queens blur the boundaries between genders and identities through their performances and their language, thereby disturbing the political status quo on binary gender. …”
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« Penser base-ball » by Peter Marquis

“…Being “baseball-minded” meant much more than focusing on the intricacies of the game. …”
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Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on postoperative sleep disturbance in older patients undergoing lower limb major arthroplasty: a prospective, double-blind, pilot,... by Chunyan Li, Jie Yang, He Liu, Wen Tan, Song Zhang, Hongxing Zhang, Yuan Han, Mingshu Tao, Rongguang Liu, Jiaxing Fang, Dexian Chen, Qi Wei, Xingyu Xiong, Wenxin Zhao, Junli Cao

“…However, this benefit was temporary and was not maintained over time.…”
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