Role of Sex Hormones in the Development and Progression of Hepatitis B Virus-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Maurizio Montella, Giovanni D’Arena, Anna Crispo, Mario Capunzo, Flavia Nocerino, Maria Grimaldi, Antonio Barbieri, Anna Maria D’Ursi, Mario Felice Tecce, Alfonso Amore, Massimiliano Galdiero, Gennaro Ciliberto, Aldo Giudice

“…While androgen is supposed to stimulate the androgen signaling pathway and cooperate to the increased transcription and replication of HBV genes, estrogen may play a protecting role against the progression of HBV infections and in the development of HBV-related HCC through decreasing HBV RNA transcription and inflammatory cytokines levels. …”
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Transcriptome-based insights into the calcium transport mechanism of chick chorioallantoic membrane by Qun Huang, Ran Yang, Qia Wang, Hui Teng, Hongbo Song, Fang Geng, Peng Luo

“…Therefore, it is preliminarily inferred that CAM calcium transport starts at E13, and genes such as TRPV6, S100A10, and RANKL cooperate to regulate calcium release and transport.…”
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The Controversies over the Term “Empowerment” in the Implementation of Sustainable Development and the Case of Turkey by Eylem Özkaya Lassalle, Selcan Serdaroğlu Polatay

“…The research sample consists of ten documents on international cooperation initiatives and three Turkish documents on implementing these initiatives. …”
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Assessment on factors affecting human wild animal coexistence and associated mitigation measures in the buffer zone community of Shivapuri Nagarjun national park, Nepal by Dipesh Raj Pant, Kuaanan Techato, Siriporn Pradit, Saroj Gyawali, Binod Baniya

“…Solid success in conserving the protected areas would obviously require the participation and cooperation from local people particularly in developing countries where the locals bear most of the expense of Human wildlife co-existence. …”
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A deep learning approach for early prediction of breast cancer neoadjuvant chemotherapy response on multistage bimodal ultrasound images by Jiang Xie, Jinzhu Wei, Huachan Shi, Zhe Lin, Jinsong Lu, Xueqing Zhang, Caifeng Wan

“…The GUS and CDFI videos of 101 patients collected from cooperative medical institutions were preprocessed to obtain 3000 sets of multistage bimodal ultrasound image combinations for experiments. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells as New Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Primary Biliary Cholangitis by Aleksandar Arsenijevic, C. Randall Harrell, Crissy Fellabaum, Vladislav Volarevic

“…Efficient and safe MSC-based therapy for PBC remains a challenging issue that requires continuous cooperation between clinicians, researchers, and patients.…”
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CRMP4 and CRMP2 Interact to Coordinate Cytoskeleton Dynamics, Regulating Growth Cone Development and Axon Elongation by Minghui Tan, Caihui Cha, Yongheng Ye, Jifeng Zhang, Sumei Li, Fengming Wu, Sitang Gong, Guoqing Guo

“…These data suggest a model in which CRMP2 and CRMP4 form complexes to bridge microtubules and actin and thus work cooperatively to regulate growth cone development and axonal elongation.…”
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Predicting Disease Onset from Mutation Status Using Proband and Relative Data with Applications to Huntington's Disease by Tianle Chen, Yuanjia Wang, Yanyuan Ma, Karen Marder, Douglas R. Langbehn

“…Accurate estimation of the AAO distribution based on CAG repeat length is important for genetic counseling and the design of clinical trials. In the Cooperative Huntington's Observational Research Trial (COHORT) study, the CAG repeat length is known for the proband participants. …”
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Comparison of differences in transcriptional and genetic profiles between intra-central nervous system and extra-central nervous system large B-cell lymphoma by Shu Wang, Hong Chen, Bo Dai, Kang Zheng, Jiajun Zheng, Yuqi Zhu, Yan Yuan, Tianling Ding, Qian Wang, Liqian Xie, Rui Feng, Fengping Zhu, Jianbin Xiang, Weiqun Ding, Hong Ding, Yuan Li, Xiaodong Gu, Kunpeng Wu, Yifan Yuan, Jianping Song, Dongxiao Zhuang, Haoshu Zhong, Hanfeng Wu, Ying Mao, Tong Chen

“…By performing whole-exome sequencing in 93 patients, mutations enriched in BCR-NFkB and TLR pathways and the cooperation of these two pathways were found to be predominant in PCNS-DLBCL comparing to nonGCB-ecDLBCL. …”
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Assessment of LiDAR-Based Sensing Technologies in Bird–Drone Collision Scenarios by Paula Seoane, Enrique Aldao, Fernando Veiga-López, Higinio González-Jorge

“…Bird detection is a relatively underexplored area, but due to the large number of birds, their shared airspace with drones, and the fact that they are non-cooperative elements within an air traffic management system, it is of interest to study how their detection can be improved and how collisions with them can be avoided. …”
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Intervention Protocol to Address the Difficult Airway. An Alternative for the Anesthesiologist’s Performance by Fernando Márquez Ercia, José Julio Ojeda González, Bárbara Lucia Cabezas Poblet, Magda Robaina Pérez

“…It is an everyday activity for the anesthesiologist, who is considered to be the "expert" in this area. Therefore, their cooperation is often required in Emergency Services, in Intensive Care Unities and in other areas of the hospital where medical staffs present difficulties in ventilating and / or intubating the airway of patients. …”
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Analysis of regional differences, spatial-temporal characteristics, and influencing factors of the coupling and coordination development of science and technology innovation betwee... by Xiao Liu, Qingjin Wang, Hao Gao, Qian Cui, Qian Cui

“…Various research methods were employed to quantify the spatiotemporal characteristics and elucidate the patterns of evolution, with the grey relational analysis model being utilized to examine the mutual influence at the micro-index level.Results and discussionThe study found a significant transformation in the collaboration between universities and enterprises in China, shifting from extreme incoherence to highly coordinated cooperation. Secondly, the reason for the differences is the uneven development in the four regions. …”
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Cultivars and lines from ICARDA in spring durum wheat (<i>Triticum durum</i> Desf.) breeding in the Lower Volga region by S. N. Gaponov, G. I. Shutareva, N. M. Tsetva, I. S. Tsetva, I. V. Milovanov

“…In 1991, under the cooperation agreement, the Federal Center of Agriculture Research (FCAR) of the South-East Region received the first improved accessions from the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). …”
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Overview and Discussion of the OECD/NRC Benchmark Based on NUPEC PWR Subchannel and Bundle Tests by M. Avramova, A. Rubin, H. Utsuno

“…The international benchmark activities have been conducted in cooperation with the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of OECD and the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization (JNES), Japan. …”
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Vehicle positioning systems in tunnel environments: a review by Suying Jiang, Qiufeng Xu, Wei Wang, Peng Peng, Jiachun Li

“…Thereafter, we discuss some widely used positioning methods in terms of range-based localization method, range-free localization method, multi-sensor fusion localization method, and cooperative positioning (CP) method. Finally, we discuss some challenges faced in vehicle positioning for tunnel environments, and propose some potential research topics for future research work.…”
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Natural Killer T (NKT) Cells and Periodontitis: Potential Regulatory Role of NKT10 Cells by Samanta Melgar-Rodríguez, Emilio A. Cafferata, Nicolás I. Díaz, Miguel A. Peña, Luis González-Osuna, Carolina Rojas, Alfredo Sierra-Cristancho, Angélica M. Cárdenas, Jaime Díaz-Zúñiga, Rolando Vernal

“…Recently, a new subgroup of NKT cells termed NKT10 has been described, which cooperates and interacts with other immune cells to promote immunoregulatory responses. …”
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Malnutrition in Surgical Wards: A Plea for Concern by Offir Ben-Ishay, Haya Gertsenzon, Tanya Mashiach, Yoram Kluger, Irit Chermesh

“…Best results are achieved when cooperation of all staff members is enlisted, because malnutrition has severe consequences and can be treated easily.…”
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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES AND SELECTED OECD COUNTRIES (2010 - 2019) OF THE EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON NON-PERFORMING LOAN by Ercan Özen, Ajshe Komoni, Fisnik Morina, Simon Grıma, İbish Mazreku

“…To carry out this study, panel data and quantitative econometric models have been applied, specifically Linear Regression, Random Effect, Fixed Effect, Huasman - Taylor Regression and Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE Model) on secondary data from official reports of the World Bank, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, during the period from 2010 to 2019. …”
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Det er tid til handling: Graveskader truer forsyningssikkerheden og samfundets digitale nerve by Tue Hansen, Torbjørn Mandahl Pedersen, Peter Hjortdal

“…I 2016 fastslog Klima- Energi- og Forsyningsministeriet, at graveskader på underjordisk infrastruktur koster samfundet cirka 280 millioner kroner om året. Siden er der ikke sket de store forbedringer. …”
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Game-based resource allocation in heterogeneous downlink CR-NOMA network without subchannel sharing by Deepa Das, Rajendra Kumar Khadanga, Deepak Kumar Rout, Md. Minarul Islam, Taha Selim Ustun

“…We frame this joint optimization of SU cluster formation and power allocation as a cooperative multi-armed bandit game. Through extensive simulations, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed methods. …”
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