Follicular Helper CD4+ T Cells, Follicular Regulatory CD4+ T Cells, and Inducible Costimulator and Their Roles in Multiple Sclerosis and Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Xue Zhang, Ruli Ge, Hongliang Chen, Maxwell Ahiafor, Bin Liu, Jinbo Chen, Xueli Fan

“…TFH cells mainly promote germinal center (GC) formation, provide help to B cells for immunoglobulin affinity maturation and class-switch recombination of B cells, and facilitate production of long-lived plasma cells and memory B cells. …”
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Two-Dimensional Direction-of-Arrivals Estimation Based on One-Dimensional Search Using Rank Deficiency Principle by Feng-Gang Yan, Zhi-Kun Chen, Ming-Jian Sun, Yi Shen, Ming Jin

“…By introducing two electrical DOAs, the formula of 2D-MUSIC is transformed into a new one-dimensional (1D) quadratic optimal problem. …”
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Document-level relation extraction via dual attention fusion and dynamic asymmetric loss by Xiaoyao Ding, Dongyan Ding, Gang Zhou, Jicang Lu, Taojie Zhu

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Predictors of 7-day symptomatic hemorrhagic transformation in patients with acute ischemic stroke and proposal of a novel screening tool: A retrospective cohort study by Mehmet Muzaffer Islam, Cemrenur Uygun, Melike Delipoyraz, Merve Osoydan Satici, Servan Kurt, Enis Ademoglu, Serkan Emre Eroglu

“…For the model, binary logistics with the forced-entry method was used and the model was validated with 3-fold cross-validation. …”
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Gene-editing in patient and humanized-mice primary muscle stem cells rescues dysferlin expression in dysferlin-deficient muscular dystrophy by Helena Escobar, Silvia Di Francescantonio, Julia Smirnova, Robin Graf, Stefanie Müthel, Andreas Marg, Alexej Zhogov, Supriya Krishna, Eric Metzler, Mina Petkova, Oliver Daumke, Ralf Kühn, Simone Spuler

“…We suggest that gene-edited primary muscle stem cells could exhibit utility, not only in treating dysferlin deficiency syndromes, but also perhaps other forms of muscular dystrophy.…”
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Neurological syndromes associated with COVID-19: a multicenter study in Brazil by Aline de Moura Brasil Matos, Andre Borges Ferreira Gomes, Fernanda Martins Maia Carvalho, Francisco Tomaz Meneses de Oliveira, Lohana Santana Almeida da Silva, Flavia Esper Dahy, Joao Victor Luisi de Moura, Marcela Vieira Freire, Jose Ernesto Vidal, Rosa Maria Nascimento Marcusso, Jerusa Smid, Victor Rebelo Procaci, Rodrigo Meireles Massaud, Felipe Von Glehn, Jorge Casseb, Camila Malta Romano, Augusto Cesar Penalva de Oliveira, on behalf of NeurocovBR study group

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2018–2019 Florida Citrus Production Guide: Citrus Black Spot by Megan M. Dewdney, Timothy S. Schubert, Mark R. Estes, Pamela D. Roberts, Natalia A. Peres

“… Citrus black spot is caused by the fungus Phyllosticta citricarpa (formerly Guignardia citricarpa). The disease causes fruit blemishes and significant yield losses, especially on sweet oranges. …”
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Distributions of Wide Binary Stars in Theory and in Gaia Data. I. Generalized Ambartsumian (1937) Approach and the Family of Power-law Distributions of Eccentricity by Valeri V. Makarov

“…The orbital parameter space of wide, weakly bound binary stars has been shaped by the still poorly known circumstances of their formation, as well as by subsequent dynamical evolution in parent clusters and in the field. …”
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Mechanic and Acoustic Properties of the Sound-Absorbing Material Made from Natural Fiber and Polyester by Limin Peng, Boqi Song, Junfeng Wang, Dong Wang

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Accurate identification of oxygen desaturation status in COPD by using classifier ensemble. by Yue-Fang Wu, Xin Shu, Shiqi Wang, Xiaojun Xu, Pei-Li Sun

“…In the proposed method, five different features of each data point from the time series of SpO2 and pulse are extracted and then combined to form the discriminative feature of the corresponding data point; then, multiple base classifiers with different balanced training subsets are trained and then integrated by using AdaBoost Algorithm. …”
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Bidimensional Increment Entropy for Texture Analysis: Theoretical Validation and Application to Colon Cancer Images by Muqaddas Abid, Muhammad Suzuri Hitam, Rozniza Ali, Hamed Azami, Anne Humeau-Heurtier

“…In the realm of two-dimensional data, their two-dimensional forms play a crucial role in analyzing images. Previous works have demonstrated the effectiveness of one-dimensional increment entropy in detecting abrupt changes in signals. …”
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Dissolution of Different Reservoir Rocks by Organic Acids in Laboratory Simulations: Implications for the Effect of Alteration on Deep Reservoirs by Jian Chen, Jie Xu, Susu Wang, Zhenyu Sun, Zhong Li, Wanglu Jia, Ping’an Peng

“…The results provide a basis for recognizing the typical patterns of organic acid dissolution on different reservoir rocks and further suggest the potential role of organic acids in the formation and preservation of secondary porosity in deeply buried reservoirs.…”
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Joint Task Offloading and Resource Allocation in Mobile Edge Computing-Enabled Medical Vehicular Networks by Chuangchuang Zhang, Siquan Liu, Hongyong Yang, Guanghai Cui, Fuliang Li, Xingwei Wang

“…Considering the resource requirements and QoS constraint, we formulate a multi-objective optimization model, with the target of average task completion time and average energy consumption minimization. …”
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Extraocular Muscles Tension, Tonus, and Proprioception in Infantile Strabismus: Role of the Oculomotor System in the Pathogenesis of Infantile Strabismus—Review of the Literature by Costantino Schiavi

“…A possible role in the onset, maintenance, or worsening of the deviation of abnormalities of muscle force which have their clinical equivalent in eye muscle overaction and underaction has been investigated under either isometric or isotonic conditions, and in essence no significant anomalies of muscle force have been found in concomitant strabismus.…”
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THE RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ADRENAL TUMORS by A. A. Kostin, N. V. Vorobyev, A. O. Tolkachev, A. G. Muradyan, S. V. Popov

“…In our opinion, it is appropriate extension of the indications for volumes of surgical treatment for primary generalized forms identified with the presence of solitary metastases, and active surgical tactics in the progression of neoplastic process.…”
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Ocupación y uso campesino de la tierra en el municipio de Pradera (1900-2010): Un siglo de tensiones socio-territoriales by Harold Ordoñez-Botero

“…Para tal fin, se hace un acercamiento a la dinámica histórica del poblamiento y apropiación de la tierra por parte del campesinado y se geoespacializan dentro del polígono de la ZRC los predios por rango de tamaño, las coberturas y fertilidad del suelo y la zonificación de la Reserva Forestal, con los cuales se evidencia la existencia de una territorialidad campesina, la necesidad de redistribuir la tierra, de sustraer áreas de la reserva forestal y de acelerar la constitución de la Zona de Reserva Campesina (ZRC).…”
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Adquisición del rasgo [± PERFECTIVO] en español. by Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes

“…Según los resultados, ningún participante confunde las formas verbales; aunque sí muestran ciertas dificultades a la hora de identificar las propiedades semánticas de ambos tiempos, las diferencias son entre los tres grupos significativas. …”
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Identity in contemporary international conflict: typology of the history of conflicts through the prism of an Other by D. V. Chernobrov

“…From the spread of social application of self-other categories to conflict, to the technological and informational transition from traditional to ‘new’ and asymmetrical wars and counter-insurgency warfare, the Other changed form, function, and role in conflict. Supporting the argument with historical evidence, this article reconstructs the evolution of the Other and situates it in the context of social, political, and conflict-evolving realities.…”
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Hyperpersonal Communication in Sexual Fantasies: A Study on Users of Paid Video Call Sex Services in Indonesia by Muhammad Alzaki Tristi, Dian Arymami

“…Paid VCS services, as a form of cybersex, represent a convergence of economic motives and the pursuit of intimate satisfaction. …”
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Observed Baseline and Future Projection of Royal Belum State Park by Zin Zafirah Husna Mohd, Ju Neng Liew, Kumaran Jayaraj Vijaya, Leong Marieanne Christie

“…RBSP was gazette under the Enactment of National Forestry Act 1984. RBSP is notably rich in biodiversity and is home to endemic species for various flora and fauna that are susceptible to climate change. …”
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