Cholesterol Induces Uneven Curvature of Asymmetric Lipid Bilayers by S. O. Yesylevskyy, A. P. Demchenko, S. Kraszewski, C. Ramseyer

“…The cholesterol prefers DOPS to DOPC in either planar or highly curved parts of the membrane. In contrast, in the narrow interval of moderate membrane curvatures this preference is inverted. …”
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The Immunogenicity of HLA Class II Mismatches: The Predicted Presentation of Nonself Allo-HLA-Derived Peptide by the HLA-DR Phenotype of the Recipient Is Associated with the Format... by Vadim Jucaud

“…A significant association occurred between DSA formation and the predicted HLA-DR presentation of nonself peptides (P=0.0169; accuracy = 80%; sensitivity = 88%; specificity = 63%). In contrast, mismatch characteristics did not differ significantly between mismatches that induced DSA and the ones that did not, except for PIRCHE-II (P=0.0094). …”
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Filters in 2D and 3D Cardiac SPECT Image Processing by Maria Lyra, Agapi Ploussi, Maritina Rouchota, Stella Synefia

“…Between the two reconstruction methods, the iterative one might be more appropriate for cardiac SPECT, since it improves lesion detectability due to the significant improvement of image contrast.…”
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Continuous Thoracic Sympathetic Ganglion Block in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Patients with Spinal Cord Stimulation Implantation by EungDon Kim, MiSun Roh, SooHyang Kim, DaeHyun Jo

“…The use of epidural route may be limited by concern of infection in case of previous implantation of the spinal cord stimulation (SCS). In contrast, a continuous sympathetic block can be administered without such concerns. …”
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Unicentric Castleman's Disease Arising from an Intrapulmonary Lymph Node by Hideki Ota, Hideki Kawai, Tsubasa Matsuo

“…This case shows that the imaging characteristics of these rare tumors on contrast-enhanced CT combined with 3D-CT angiography can be helpful in reliably establishing a correct preoperative diagnosis.…”
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Child Nutritional Status: A Representative Survey in a Metropolitan School by Paolo Rosati, Stefania Triunfo, Giovanni Scambia

“…The study reports the low prevalence of overweight and obesity, in contrast to the unexpected thinness prevalence. The identification of specific age groups with abnormal nutritional status could be the first step to address future epidemiological investigations in order to plan strategic approach in selected age periods.…”
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Precisiones anestésicas preoperatorias: lo que debe saber el médico de familia by Evangelina Dávila Cabo de Villa, Carlos Manuel Hernández Dávila

“…La realización de toda intervención quirúrgica lleva implícito un trabajo colectivo que comienza desde que el enfermo acude al médico de familia, quien se caracteriza por ser “guardián de la salud” y estar en estrecho contacto con las familias que atiende, visitar sus hogares y familiarizarse con sus hábitos de vida, higiene, cultura y todos los aspectos que directa o indirectamente influyan en la salud. …”
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A rare case report of primary ovarian carcinoid presenting with constipation by Xiaofeng Deng, Qian Huang, Bangfang Xie, Hailong Huang, Jianguo Chen

“…A comprehensive abdominal CT with contrast revealed a large mass in the pelvic region, measuring 8.6×9.7×9.3cm. …”
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Remanufacturing Mode Selection regarding Technology Development by Yaping Li, Zongxian Wang, Junhai Ma

“…When the IR chooses the technology licensing mechanism, it will be in a rather disadvantaged position in the competition. In contrast, joint R&D can avoid this dilemma. The two mechanisms are comparatively analyzed under static equilibrium and complex dynamics from three aspects: (1) the output of new and remanufactured products, (2) the profits of the OEM and the IR, and (3) TEI (total environmental impact) under technology licensing mechanism and joint R&D mechanism, respectively. …”
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A Simple Numerical Model to Estimate the Temperature Distributions Over Photodetectors in Steady-State by Ergun Simsek, Alexander S. Hastings, David A. Tulchinsky, Keith J. Williams, Curtis R. Menyuk

“…Our findings reveal that assuming constant room temperature operation leads to an overestimate of the output current and quantum efficiency and an underestimate of bandwidth, by contrast, a model in which the temperature varies produces estimates that closely align with experimentally-measured values for quantum efficiency and bandwidth. …”
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Localization of Presynaptic Plasticity Mechanisms Enables Functional Independence of Synaptic and Ectopic Transmission in the Cerebellum by Katharine L. Dobson, Tomas C. Bellamy

“…Activation of mGluR1 caused depression of synaptic transmission via retrograde endocannabinoid signalling but had no significant effect at ectopic sites. In contrast, activation of NMDA receptors suppressed both synaptic and ectopic transmission. …”
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Pre-Service Physical Education Teachers’ Acceptance of Mobile Learning Tools and Attitude Levels for Mobile Learning by Kıvanç Semiz, Ferhat Buyukkalkan

“…With the opportunities provided by technology, students can offer differentiated learning activities according to their learning needs, preferences, and styles. In contrast, students can personalize their technological tools with the application and content they want and participate in this process in line with their learning preferences. …”
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Evidence of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus in Esophageal Cancer in East Azerbaijan Province, Northwest of Iran by Zahra Sadeghian, Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi, Vahdat Poortahmasebi, Javid Sadeghi, Alka Hasani, Arezoo Azadi, Mahin Ahangar Oskouee

“…Of these, 6 cases (17.14%) of EADC and 14 cases (40%) of ESCC were positive. In contrast, all cases of the control group were negative for the HPV genome. …”
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Amniotic-Fluid Stem Cells: Growth Dynamics and Differentiation Potential after a CD-117-Based Selection Procedure by S. Arnhold, S. Glüer, K. Hartmann, O. Raabe, K. Addicks, S. Wenisch, M. Hoopmann

“…There was, however, an effect regarding an altered adipogenic, osteogenic, and chondrogenic differentiation capacity in the selected cell fraction. In contrast, in the unselected cell population neuronal differentiation is enhanced.…”
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Etude de cas : la bipédie des chimpanzés de la communauté de Sebitoli, Ouganda by Lise Pernel, Brigitte Senut, Dominique Gommery, John Paul Okimat, Edward Asalu, Sabrina Krief

“…This method detected few records of charging (3) or carrying food (2). In contrast, most (11) of the orphan chimpanzee's bipedal behaviours involved carrying or handling objects. …”
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Procurement at Local Government Level – Issues and Controversies by Marija Kaštelan Mrak, Nenad Vretenar, Jelena Jardas Antonić

“…Picking up on questionnaire responses from 200 LGUs that reported having held over 350 cases of providing services through contract agreements with ‘independent’ service providers, we formed an opinion of what could be the consequences of developing more structured public procurement procedures.…”
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Evaluating Proton Intensities for the SMILE Mission by Simon Mischel, Elena A. Kronberg, C. P. Escoubet

“…In the outer regions (|YGSE|≥6RE) there is a pronounced dependence on radial distance and solar wind speed. In contrast, the inner regions (|YGSE|≤6RE) demonstrate a significant dependence of proton intensities on the absolute value of the z‐coordinate and the magnetic field line topology. …”
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Personality and cognition: shoal size discrimination performance is related to boldness and sociability among ten freshwater fish species by Shi-Jian Fu, Na Zhang, Jie Fan

“…Notably, the numerical discrimination was sensitive to the numerical contrast ratio in LP species but not in HP species, suggesting that the numerical system used for size discrimination also varied between species. …”
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Comparing the Trends of Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs) before and after the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Spatial Distribution in Southern Iran by Zahra Gheibi, Mitra Boroomand, Aboozar Soltani

“…Pediculosis incidence trend was rising with a peak of 1,146 per 100,000 in 2018, followed by a dramatic decrease reached to the minimum amount of 157.8 per 100,000 in 2021. In contrast, malaria and scabies had a smooth decreasing trend ranging from 2.2 per 100,000 and 7.3 per 100,000 in 2016 to a minimum of 0.2 per 100,000 in 2021, respectively. …”
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Molecular dynamics simulation of film water thickness and properties at different interfaces in partially saturated frozen soil systems by Shuting Ji, Sergio Andres Galindo Torres, Jinfeng Chen, Liang Lei, Ling Li

“…The simulations revealed that as the temperature approaches the melting point, the air-water interface tends to possess a thicker layer of unfrozen water, characterized by a higher diffusion coefficient and lower viscosity. In contrast, the film water near the silica-water interface tends to be thinner and remains relatively unaffected by temperature, with only one twentieth of the diffusion coefficient and nearly 20 times the viscosity observed at the air-water interface. …”
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