An Indole Alkaloid Extracted from Evodia rutaecarpa Inhibits Colonic Motility of Rats In Vitro by Guo-xiang Wang, Yan-li Xiang, Hong-gang Wang, Yang-de Miu, Guang Yu

“…Evo could inhibit spontaneous muscle contractions; NO synthase, inhibitor L-NAME CCK1R antagonist, could partly block this effect, while the enteric neurons may not play a major role. …”
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A Constitutive Model for Saturated Gravelly Sand Based on Higher-Order Dilatancy Equation by Dongjie Zhang, Fei Luo, Zhanyuan Zhu, Bin Luo, Jing Li, Zihan Xu, Jiaming Liu

“…The test results show that all the samples of gravelly sand present strain hardening and shear contraction during the process of shearing test. Additionally, gravelly sands are significantly affected by the initial relative density. …”
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Revealing the differences in bicycle theft and motorcycle theft: spatial patterns and contributing factors by Lin Liu, Heng Liu, Dongping Long, Xinhua Huang

“…The main theoretical contribution of this study is that it provided a comprehensive assessment on the contrasting spatial distributions between bicycle thefts and motorcycle thefts and on the contrasting contributing factors for the two thefts. …”
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The suffix -ee: history, productivity, frequency and violation of stress rules by Ives Trevian

“…According to Bauer (1983), Barker (1998), Plag (2003) and Mühleisen (2010), -ee has become a very productive suffix, not confined any more to its original role in legal language as a patient suffix contrasted with the agent suffix -or (e.g. bailor / bailee). …”
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Lower urinary dysfunction as a long-term effect of childhood vincristine treatment, with potential influences by sex and dose by Nao Iguchi, Ali Teimouri, Duncan T. Wilcox, Anna P. Malykhina, Nicholas G. Cost

“…Male mice subjected to VCR exhibited augmented functional bladder capacity accompanied by frequent non-void contractions during awake cystometry, alongside mast cell accumulation within the bladder, compared to the saline-treated control group. …”
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How does playfulness (re)frame the world? Evidence for selective cognitive and behavioral redirecting in times of adversity by Xiangyou Shen, Zoe Crawley

“…This study examined playfulness as a perceptual lens and its potential broader (re)framing effects spanning cognition, emotion, and behavior in the disruptive pandemic context.MethodsTwo groups with contrasting levels of playfulness (high vs. low as measured by the Adult Playfulness Trait Scale) were derived from a nationwide US adult sample (n = 503) and compared across 19 criterion variables representing diverse perceptual, emotional, and behavioral responses during COVID-19. …”
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An Assessment of Wound Healing Potential of Argyreia speciosa Leaves by Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Narayan Prasad Yadav, Bindu Rawat, Vineet Kumar Rai, Karuna Shanker, Chandana Venkateswara Rao

“…To evaluate the effect of each extract, wound contraction, epithelization period, wound breaking strength, and hydroxyproline content were determined. …”
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SensorDBSCAN: Semi-Supervised Active Learning Powered Method for Anomaly Detection and Diagnosis by Petr Ivanov, Maria Shtark, Alexander Kozhevnikov, Maksim Golyadkin, Dmitry Botov, Ilya Makarov

“…The key innovation lies in achieving good performance with minimal labeled data - less than 1% of the dataset - by leveraging active and contrastive learning techniques. The proposed approach combines a transformer-based encoder trained with a triplet-based contrastive learning objective and the classical density-based clustering algorithm DBSCAN, enabling strong feature extraction, efficient and interpretable feature space organization and simple clustering algorithm. …”
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Effects of Trigger Point Dry Needling on Strength Measurements and Activation Levels of the Gluteus Medius: A Quasi-Experimental Randomized Control Study by Eric Schneider, Elizabeth S. Moore, Rob Stanborough, Emily Slaven

“…Hand held dynamometer (HHD) force measurements and raw surface electromyography (sEMG) amplitude readings were recorded during maximal volitional isometric contractions of the gluteus medius in two separate positions before and after application of TDN. …”
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Correlations between Left Ventricular and Left Atrial Function Assessed by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Patients with Treated Well-Controlled Arterial Hypertension by Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska, Paweł Krzesiński

“…A relevant percentage of study participants presented lower than reference LV (−18.7% for LV GLS) and LA strain (32.9% for LAS during reservoir phase, LASr; −15.9% for LAS during contraction phase, LASct; and −13.9% for LAS during conduit phase, LAScd) values. …”
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Main Rotor Wake Interference Effects on Tail Rotor Thrust in Crosswind by Chang Wang, Min Qi Huang, Shuai Ma, Hao Wen Wang, Min Tang

“…The influence of MR disc loading was also contrasted. CFD analysis was used to gain insight into the flow physics responsible for the interference effect. …”
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GENETICS OF THE TRAITS DEFINING THE QUALITY OF RUSSIAN RICE VARIETIES by J. K. Goncharova, E. M. Haritonov, E. A. Maljuchenko, N. J. Bushman

“…Polymorphism of the allocated groups of varieties with the contrasting quality trait was studied using 57 markers. …”
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Examining the Challenges of HIV Positive People With Disabilities in Accessing Medical Services in Rukungiri District: A Case Study of Nyakishenyi Sub-County by Atuheire, Fortunate

“…The study findings on factors that hinder people with disabilities in accessing medical services were; discrimination due to their disabilities, poor assumptions that persons with disabilities are not at risk of contracting HIV and therefore do not require access to HIV prevention, poverty among the people with disabilities, inaccessibility of health services and exclusion of people with disabilities from sexuality education. …”
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Carbon and nitrogen stocks and distributions associated with different vegetation covers and soil profiles in Abisko, northern Sweden by Hugo M.G. Potier, Xavier Raynaud, Yannick Agnan, Alienor Allain, Maryse Castrec-Rouelle, Veronique Vaury, Luc Abbadie, Marie A. Alexis

“…., sub-ecosystem environments) with contrasted plant communities and soil profiles, to better understand the spatial variation of these stocks and the relationships between aboveground vegetation and soil characteristics in these environments. …”
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Methodology for assessing the agroecological adaptability of genotypes under global climate warming by A. I. Kincharov, E. A. Demina, M. N. Kincharova, T. Yu. Taranova, O. S. Mullayanova, K. Yu. Chekmasova

“…The results of a competitive test of 5 cultivars and 9 promising lines of spring wheat for their yield across six years contrasting in moisture availability by calculating the indicators of responsiveness to favorable conditions, grain yield depression under unfavorable conditions and the relative yield index were used to develop a complex indicator proposed to assess the agroecological adaptability of a genotype to contrasting environmental conditions.Results. …”
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Volar Dislocation of the Fourth and Fifth Carpometacarpal Joint Associated with Hamate Hook Fracture: A Case Report and Literature Review by Natsumi Saka, Hirotada Matsui, Hideki Tsuji

“…We suggest that this rare injury was caused by the over contraction of the flexor carpi ulnaris and avulsion force from the ligamentous structure around the pisiform, hamate, and metacarpal bones.…”
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Some Qualitative Analyses of Neutral Functional Delay Differential Equation with Generalized Caputo Operator by Abdellatif Boutiara, Mohammed M. Matar, Mohammed K. A. Kaabar, Francisco Martínez, Sina Etemad, Shahram Rezapour

“…The existence and uniqueness results to the given boundary value problem are established with the help of the Dhage’s technique and Banach contraction principle. Also, we prove other existence criteria by means of the topological degree method. …”
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An Illusion: “A Suzuki Type Coupled Fixed Point Theorem” by Hamed H. Alsulami, Erdal Karapınar, Marwan A. Kutbi, Antonio-Francisco Roldán-López-de-Hierro

“…Finally, we present a fixed point theorem for Suzuki type (α, r)-admissible contractions.…”
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Almost Automorphic Solutions to Nonautonomous Stochastic Functional Integrodifferential Equations by Li Xi-liang, Han Yu-liang

“…Using the so-called “Acquistapace-Terreni” conditions and Banach contraction principle, the existence, uniqueness, and asymptotical stability results of square-mean almost automorphic mild solutions to such stochastic equations are established. …”
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Advances in neuromodulation for treatment of dystonia by LIANG Nan, MA Ling⁃yan, MENG Fan⁃gang, ZHANG Jian⁃guo

“…Dystonia is a group of movement disorders characterized by continuous or intermittent muscle contraction, causing abnormal movements and/or repetitive postures. …”
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