Donkey milk supplementation alleviates renal fibrosis of chronic kidney disease by enhancing anti-inflammatory ability by Cui Huimin, Wang Peng, Chen Man, Lin Hong, Zhao Yuxin, Pu Zhiyu, Yang Jianjun

“…Inflammation is the main driving force of renal fibrosis, which directly determines renal function in CKD. …”
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Analisis Rencana Strategi Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Arosuka, Kabupaten Solok by Efio Lasyera, Yulia Hendri Yeni, Hadril Busuddin

“…Analisis deskriptif menggunakan alat formulasi Matriks EFE, Matriks IFE, Matriks IE dan Matriks QSPM. …”
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Analysis of the spiking dynamics of a diode laser with dual optical feedback by John P. Bannon, Eli Main, Thomas Hill, Andrés Aragoneses

“…Abstract In a complex dynamical system, noise, feedback, and external forces shape behavior that can range from regularity to high-dimensional chaos. …”
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Study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of comparing enhanced acceptance and commitment therapy plus (+) added to usual aftercare versus usual aftercare only, in... by Imran Khan, Stephanie J. C. Taylor, Clare Robinson, Elisavet Moschopoulou, Paul McCrone, Liam Bourke, Mohamed Thaha, Kamaldeep Bhui, Derek Rosario, Damien Ridge, Sheila Donovan, Ania Korszun, Paul Little, Adrienne Morgan, Olivier Quentin, Rebecca Roylance, Peter White, Trudie Chalder

“…The intervention consists of up to eight sessions at weekly or fortnightly intervals using different modalities of delivery to suit individual needs, i.e. face-to-face sessions, over the phone or skype. …”
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Drought and Wetness Variability and the Respective Contribution of Temperature and Precipitation in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Lele Zhang, Liming Gao

“…In this paper, the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) was calculated based on the observed data and China Meteorological Forcing Dataset (CMFD) in the QTP for the period of 1979–2015, and the drought and wetness evolution based on the SPEI series and respective contribution of temperature and precipitation were also analyzed. …”
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Exchange Rate Risk Analysis Based on Firm Data: A Global Value Chain Perspective by Mimi Ning, Jianhong Qi

“…The results show that participation in the GVC reduces firms’ exchange rate risk through a “comovement effect” for forward linkages and a “hedging effect” for backward linkages; differences in a firm’s position in the GVC affect the extent of reduction in the exchange rate risk. …”
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Type Selection and Fatigue Analysis of the Lifting Mechanism used in the Embedded Type Stereo Carport by Wang Chunhua, Wang Tangmin

“…By comparing the two kinds of force distribution regularity of the chain plate,the optimal chain mode is selected. …”
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Creative Cuisine in The Mountains: Yörük Food Culture by Akdag Gürkan, Soylu Aykut Göktuğ

“…According to the results, it can be said that the food practices of the Yörük people are formed around livestock, especially goats and sheep, from which they obtain basic ingredients such as milk, butter, yogurt, and cheese. …”
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A Late Presentation of a Fatal Disease: Juvenile Hemochromatosis by Cynthia Cherfane, Pauline Lee, Leana Guerin, Kyle Brown

“…Juvenile hemochromatosis is a rare and severe form of hereditary hemochromatosis. We report the case of a 39-year-old female who presented with heart failure and cirrhosis from previously unrecognized juvenile hemochromatosis. …”
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Fostering toleration in secondary school students through Enlightenment philosophical tales by Matt Sharpe

“…In particular, Enlightenment philosophical literature served to advocate to the reading public the value of religious toleration, and its epistemic preconditions, in forms of intellectual humility. These texts, we argue, are thereby perfect for classroom use in philosophy in schools. …”
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A contribuição da gestão de projetos para a elaboração do Plano de Desenvolvimento Institucional (PDI) em instituições de ensino superior by Odair Schmidt, Silvana Veroneze, Cleunice Zanella

“…A coleta dos dados deu-se por meio de entrevista semiestruturada, as quais foram aplicadas a três gestores que possuem expertise sobre o PDI. …”
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Pengembangan instrumen pengukuran kesehatan mental (mental health inventory) setelah pandemi Covid-19 pada siswa SMP by Elmispa Rabuni Br Sembiring, Nyoman Dantes, Kadek Suranata

“…In testing the validity of the researcher used the Lawshe Formula with 3 Counseling Guidance lecturers and 2 experts in the field of mental health to test the appropriateness of the developed instrument containing 50 questions. …”
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Factors Affecting Online Communication Due to Social Networks on Loyalty of Tourism Services Customers (Case Study: District 22 of Tehran) by Rasha Makoundi, Hossein Safarzadeh, Hassan Esmailpour, Mansoureh Aligholi

“…The sample size was estimated 384 people using Cochran's formula. In this study, SPSS and Amos software were used to analyze the data. …”
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FLT3 is associated with dendritic cell infiltration, tertiary lymphoid structure construction, and predict response to checkpoint inhibitors immunotherapy in solid cancers by Yongchang Tang, Hong Wang, Jiankun Zhang, Chunhui Yang, Fei Xu, Yan Song, Tianen Li, Qiangbo Zhang

“…FLT3 was positively correlated with the formation of TLSs in only solid cancers, which was especially relevant to central memory T cells. …”
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Fretting behavior of piston ring-cylinder liner components of a diesel engine running on TiO2 nanolubricant by Ali Can Yılmaz

“…Scanning electron microscopy analysis was conducted to observe morphology of the nanoparticle and to analyze the surface structure of the samples before and after the abrasion tests. Atomic force microscopy analysis was done to obtain the 3D images of the worn surfaces and to make a comprehensive comparison of tribological performance between engine lubricant and nanolubricant. …”
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A New Weak Chelator in Endodontics: Effects of Different Irrigation Regimens with Etidronate on Root Dentin Microhardness by Talita Tartari, Patrícia de Almeida Rodrigues Silva e Souza, Bruno Vila Nova de Almeida, José Otávio Carrera Silva Júnior, Oscar Facíola Pessoa, Mario Honorato Silva e Souza Junior

“…This study investigated the effect of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), ethylenediaminetetraacetic (EDTA), etidronic (HEBP), and citric acid (CA) associated in different irrigation regimens on root dentin microhardness. Forty-five root halves of single-rooted teeth were sectioned into thirds that were embedded in acrylic resin, polished, randomly assigned into 3 groups, and treated as follows: G1: saline solution; G2: 5% NaOCl + 18% HEBP, mixed in equal parts; and G3: 2.5% NaOCl. …”
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Law of conservation-guided neural network with gradient aggregation for improved energy efficiency optimization in industrial processes by Santi Bardeeniz, Chanin Panjapornpon, Moonyong Lee

“…The framework integrates physical principles directly into floating nodes constructed using a long short-term memory architecture to help the model formulate the relationship between process variables, while gradient aggregation increases liquidity and interpretability. …”
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A Protein Sequence Analysis Hardware Accelerator Based on Divergences by Juan Fernando Eusse, Nahri Moreano, Alba Cristina Magalhaes Alves de Melo, Ricardo Pezzuol Jacobi

“…This stage discards poorly aligned sequences with a low similarity score and forwards sequences with good similarity scores to software, where they are reprocessed to generate the sequence alignment. …”
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Photophysical properties of two novel tetraphenylporphyrins substituted by guanidiniocarbonyl and monocyclic guanidine groups by Pavel Kubát, Kamil Lang, Vladimír Král, Franz P. Schmidtchen

“…II extensively forms Hand J-aggregates,which do not produce singlet oxygen (ΦΔ<0.01). …”
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L’industrie des services sida : la construction des « victimes », des « volontaires » et des « experts » [1990] by Cindy Patton

“…She also analyses how AIDS prevention and the provision of service to people living with AIDS have taken different paths and forms depending on the communities at stake. Gay communities have developed forms of service organization and responses to the epidemic based on expertise, thus receiving recognition and support from the general public as well as government agencies, while Haitian populations developed a more multi-service integrated approach, less recognized and therefore less funded. …”
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