Assessment of the Myocardial Stress Biomarker NT-proBNP in Real Clinical Practice by I. A. Kozlov, D. A. Sokolov

“…Subjects and Methods. The study involved 35 vascular surgery patients of varying degrees of cardiological risk. …”
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Macrophage Infiltration Correlated with IFI16, EGR1 and MX1 Expression in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells Within Lupus Nephritis-Associated Tubulointerstitial Injury via Bioinformat... by Tian M, Tang M, Chen C, Lin Y, Chen H, Xu Y

“…Ming Tian,1,2,* Min Tang,1,2,* Caiming Chen,1– 3,* Yufang Lin,1,2 Hong Chen,4 Yanfang Xu1– 3 1Department of Nephrology, Blood Purification Research Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Fujian Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Chronic Kidney Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Nephrology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350212, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hong Chen; Yanfang Xu, Email fychenhong@126.com; xuyanfang99@hotmail.comObjective: A comprehensive bioinformatics analysis was conducted to investigate potential new diagnostic biomarkers and immune infiltration characteristics associated with tubulointerstitial injury in lupus nephritis (LN), and to examine possible correlations between key genes and infiltrating immune cells.Methods: The GSE32591, GSE113342, and GSE200306 datasets were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in the pooled dataset. …”
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Identification of Potential Drug Targets for the Treatment of Severe Burn Wounds from a Multi-Omics Perspective by Zhu G, Li J, Xu J, Guo G, Zhu F

“…Despite improvements in the treatment of burn patients due to advancements in materials and techniques, there remains a need for novel therapeutic approaches to enhance burn prognosis further.Patients and Methods: Several types of genomic methods are used in this study, such as differential gene expression analysis, weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), machine learning, and Mendelian randomization (MR), to find genes that are linked to severe burns and create a diagnostic nomogram to see how well these genes can predict severe burns. …”
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Enhancing user experience in online learning environments: Design, evaluation, and usability techniques by Yaw Ofosu-Asare

“…Various evaluation methods, including heuristic evaluation, guideline reviews, and cognitive walkthroughs, were employed. …”
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The perception of code-switched vs. monolingual sentences in TTS voices by Tyler Méndez Kline, Georgia Zellou

“…This study examines the intelligibility of English and Spanish lexical items in code-switched utterances across different text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis methods. Using stimuli generated with neural and concatenative TTS, 49 Spanish-English bilingual participants listened to 96 sentences, mixed with noise, and typed the phrase-final keyword. …”
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PDMS microspheres as rheological additives for PDMS-based DIW inks by Utkarsh Ramesh, Jonathan Miller, Bryce Stottelmire, James Beach, Steven Patterson, Laura Cumming, Sabrina Wells Torres, Dakota Even, Petar Dvornic, Cory Berkland

“…We utilize a facile oil-in-water emulsion method to reproducibly obtain small (∼5 μm) PDMS microspheres, which are then incorporated into PDMS-based inks. …”
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Rethinking the studies of diagnostic biomarkers for mental disorders by Jin Liu, Haoting Wang, Lingjiang Li

“…Innovative data acquisition technologies and analytical methods, alongside ​ novel approaches such as leveraging treatment response to validate biomarkers, are equally pivotal ​for advancing the field. …”
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CALCULATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF OUT-PIPE REAGENT CIRCULAR IRRIGATION OF GRAVEL-PACKED FILTERS OF WATER SUPPLY WELLS by V. V. Ivashechkin, V. V. Veremenyuk, P. A. Avtushko

“…This article deals with radical movement of chemical solutions by injection of it outside of gravel pack of filter when the flow directs to borehole axis under conditions of quasi-steady-state mode of filtration for equal yield of input and output reagent from borehole.Colmataged layer of gravel pack is schematized in the form of porous ring cylinder with outside radius which is equal to radius of line of gravel pack and the height which is equal to the length of filter made in formation drilling and inside radius which is equal to radius of filter. …”
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Providing a Robust Dynamic Pricing Model and Comparing It with Static Pricing in Multi-level Supply Chains Using a Game Theory Approach by Sara Mehrjoo, Hanan Amoozad Mahdirji, Jalil Heidary Dahoei, Seyyed Hossein Razavi Haji Agha, Mahnaz Hosseinzadeh

“…In addition, many sources, including Chen et al, 2018, have indicated that dynamic pricing is being used in many innovative businesses, that 60% of market development managers around the world are familiar with dynamic pricing methods, and that 35% of CEOs and business managers plan to base all their pricing models on dynamic pricing methods in the next three years. …”
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Determination of Thermal Conductivity of Nano-ceramic Thermal Insulation Coating on the Surface of a Heat Pipe by Vafaeva Khristina Maksudovna, Pavlov Mikhail Vasilyevich, Karpov Denis Fedorovich, Mittal Sachin, Kalpana Kilaru, Kataria Ansh, Joshi Ankita, Visweswari Tamminana, Islam Raisul

“…The research aim is to determine the thermal conductivity coefficient of liquid nano-ceramic thermal insulation coating on the surface of the pipeline. The research method involves the laws of steady-state heat conduction and heat transfer for a two-layer cylindrical wall. …”
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Detection of Four Intermediate-mass Stars with Cool Companions in Low Mass Ratio Eclipsing Binaries by Linfeng Chang, Shengbang Qian, Lei Zang, Fuxing Li

“…Based on TESS data, we present the first study on four intermediate-mass eclipsing binaries with the Wilson–Devinney method, which are: TIC 283881816, TIC 343757299, TIC 72444347, and TIC 353077789. …”
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Research on applicability of containment test data for HPR1000 based on phenomena scaling by Liu Yusheng, Qiao Xuedong, Tan Sichao, Jing Jianping, Wang Ting, Zhu Yuanbing

“…The volume of the nuclear power plant containment is huge, making it difficult to conduct equal-scale or large-scale thermal-hydraulic tests. …”
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The cervicovaginal microbiota patterns in Moroccan women infected with Human Papillomavirus and/or Chlamydia trachomatis by Leila Ferrera, Hanane Rogua, Nezha El Mansouri, Farid Kassidi, Corinna Bang, Ahmed Belmouden, Said Chouham, Mohamed Nejmeddine

“…Differentially abundant taxa were identified in each group using ANCOM-BC method. Results showed a higher alpha diversity in healthy controls compared to infection groups. …”
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Investigation of the Effect of Risk Perception, Socio-demographic and Obstetric Factors on the Level of Decision-making of Pregnant Women via the Internet: Multiple Linear Regressi... by Songül Aktaş, Tuğba Yazıcı Topçu, Özge Palancı Ay, Ruveyde Aydın

“…Objective: This study examines the effect of risk perception and socio-demographic and obstetric factors on the level of decision-making of pregnant women via the internet. Method: This study employed a cross-sectional and analytical design and was conducted online with 384 pregnant women living in Turkey. …”
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Profiled Sheet Metal Blank for Flanging Flanges with Constant Wall Thickness by Oleksandr Kaliuzhnyi, Volodymyr Kaliuzhnyi, Oleh Chuchin, Andrii Titarenko, Vitaliy Lipodat

“…This article applies the finite element method and the DEFORM software to study the influence of the die rounding radius on the axisymmetric flanging of a profiled sheet blank made of aluminum AL-1100 COLD. …”
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METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE ESTIMATING RADIO TERMINAL-RETRANSMITTERS CONNECTIVITY OF MOBILE RADIO SYSTEM by Anatolii I. Sbitniev, Dmytro A. Bukhal

“…In these systems radio terminals have equal status and interact with each other directly or via relaying messages thought other ones. …”
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Quality of life after liver transplantation with old donor graft by Maria José Nascimento Flor, José Huygens Parente Garcia, Maria Isis Freire de Aguiar, João Marcos de Meneses e Silva, Paulo César de Almeida, Francisca Diana da Silva Negreiros

“…Objective: to compare the quality of life of liver transplant patients who received liver from donor aged ≤60 or >60 years old. Methods: a prospective study with a sample of 141 recipients from liver donors aged equal to or less than 60 years and recipients of elderly donor liver, in a reference center. …”
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Antimicrobial efficacy of clindamycin, linezolid, and calcium hydroxide as root canal medicaments on tubular infection against Enterococcus faecalis biofilm: An in vitro study by Manisha Rani Bharathi, Mahima Tilakchand, Priya Horatti, Rideep Chaliha

“…Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the antimicrobial efficacy of linezolid, clindamycin, and calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) as an intracanal medicament on Enterococcus faecalis biofilm. Methods: Fifty-six root blocks obtained from extracted single-rooted human teeth were decoronated, and the apical part of the root was removed to obtain a 6 mm cylinder of radicular dentin. …”
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Managing the digital transformation of education as part of the Chinese national project of a “Great Unity” society by M. Yu. Zakharov, A. V. Shishkova

“…Using the comparative, hermeneutic, historical and philosophical methods, the authors analyse three problem areas – social ideal, forecasting, and national education in China. …”
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The problem of social inequality in the USA by N. E. Petrovskaya

“…In the USA the social in-equality level is one of the highest in the world. …”
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