Does difference in monetary policy framework matter for interest rate Pass-through? Evidence from TVP-VAR with stochastic volatility by Usman Adamu Bello, Auwal Isah

“…At the same time, two distinct parallels were unveiled regarding the impulse response function (IRF) result. Although CBN was found to have experienced decelerating inflation uncertainty, the SARB's IT shows no potential benefit. …”
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Development of agricultural pests detection and identification system based on the technology of wireless transmission by Song Gelian, Han Ruizhen, Zhang Yonghua, He Yong

“…In structure, every single platform includes function modules like image acquisition, image processing, feature extraction and classification, GPS and transmission module. …”
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Molecular Pathogenesis of Avian Splenic Injury Under Thermal Challenge: Integrated Mitigation Strategies for Poultry Heat Stress by Qing Liu, Lizhen Ma, Lili Liu, Ding Guan, Zhen Zhu, Xiangjun Hu

“…At the physiological level, the impact of HS is characterized by disrupted metabolic homeostasis through interrupting neuroendocrine function. This, in turn, results in a significant suppression of humoral immune response. …”
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Propofol Suppresses Microglia Inflammation by Targeting TGM2/NF-κB Signaling by Yuanyuan Hou, Xi Xiao, Wei Yu, Sihua Qi

“…BV2 cells and primary microglia were used for functional verification and mechanism studies. Results. …”
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Molecular Factors Mediating Neural Cell Plasticity Changes in Dementia Brain Diseases by Wojciech Kozubski, Kevin Ong, Wioletta Waleszczyk, Matthew Zabel, Jolanta Dorszewska

“…Vascular dementia (VaD), Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) constitute much of the remaining cases. While vascular lesions are the principal cause of VaD, neurodegenerative processes have been established as etiological agents of many dementia diseases. …”
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The cercal organ may provide singing tettigoniids a backup sensory system for the detection of eavesdropping bats. by Manfred Hartbauer, Elisabeth Ofner, Viktoria Grossauer, Björn M Siemers

“…Among them bats that listen to prey-generated sounds constitute a predation pressure for many acoustically communicating insects as well as frogs. …”
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Severe Acute Hepatitis B Treated with Entecavir by Andrea Tosti, Alessio Sgrelli, Giuseppe Vittorio Luigi De Socio, Franco Baldelli

“…<pre style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: " lang="EN-GB">Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection constitutes a serious global health problem. </span></pre><pre style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: " lang="EN-GB">Nowadays there are divergent data regarding the use of antiviral drugs to treat acute hepatitis B. …”
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SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING THE PROBABILITY OF DEVELOPING RESPIRATORY FAILURE IN CHRONIC MECHANIC BRONCHITIS by Николай Иванович Панев, Сергей Николаевич Филимонов, Ольга Юрьевна Коротенко, Роман Николаевич Панев, Наталья Александровна Евсеева, Наталия Яковлевна Панева, Наталья Александровна Ефименко, Фаина Анисимовна Лузина

“…To develop a system for predicting the probability of developing respiratory failure in the patients with chronic mechanic bronchitis based on the clinic-functional and genetic researches. Methods. Clinical studies were carried out, the function of external respiration was studied; the body mass index, constitutional-morphological types (CMT) according to Rhys-Eysenck and Tanner, blood groups of AB0, Rhesus, MN systems, the level of C-reactive protein were determined. …”
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Patient-specific estimation of distal lung morphometry using aerosol deposition data by S. G. Karthiga Devi, S. G. Karthiga Devi, Alladi Mohan, Kalawat T.C, Mahesh V. Panchagnula

“…BackgroundCurrent imaging and diagnostic methods are unable to visualize distal lung beyond the seventh branching generation, despite its critical role in lung function. Inter-individual variability in lung structure influences aerosol deposition within the alveolar region. …”
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Hypoxic Neuroinflammation in the Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis by Bethany Y. A. Hollingworth, Patrick N. Pallier, Stuart I. Jenkins, Ruoli Chen

“…When oxygen levels are reduced in the brain, constitutively expressed hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF) are stabilised, upregulating hundreds of genes, including neuroprotective factors. …”
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Research on Incipient Fault Location of Cable Based on Double-ended Current Measurement by MENG Pengfei, LI Tengfei, WANG Wangang, XIE Shijun, ZHOU Kai, TANG Zhirong

“…ObjectiveThe incipient fault of the cable occurs at the local insulation defect of the cable and constitutes an intermittent grounding arc fault. As the degree of cable insulation deterioration increases, the frequency of incipient faults continuously rises and eventually develops into a permanent fault. …”
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Biochemical and structural characterization of enzymes in the 4-hydroxybenzoate catabolic pathway of lignin-degrading white-rot fungi by Eugene Kuatsjah, Alexa Schwartz, Michael Zahn, Konstantinos Tornesakis, Zoe A. Kellermyer, Morgan A. Ingraham, Sean P. Woodworth, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Paul A. Cox, Andrew R. Pickford, Davinia Salvachúa

“…Previously, the hydroxyquinol pathway was proposed for the bioconversion of these compounds in fungi, but gene- and structure-function relationships of the full enzymatic pathway remain uncharacterized in any single fungal species. …”
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A wheat gene TaSAP17-D encoding an AN1/AN1 zinc finger protein improves salt stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis by Qiao-fang XU, Xin-guo MAO, Yi-xue WANG, Jing-yi WANG, Ya-jun XI, Rui-lian JING

“…The stress-associated protein (SAP) multigene family is conserved in both animals and plants. Its function in some animals and plants are known, but it is yet to be deciphered in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). …”
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Volume electron microscopy reveals unique laminar synaptic characteristics in the human entorhinal cortex by Sergio Plaza-Alonso, Nicolas Cano-Astorga, Javier DeFelipe, Lidia Alonso-Nanclares

“…The entorhinal cortex (EC) plays a pivotal role in memory function and spatial navigation, connecting the hippocampus with the neocortex. …”
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A complete collection of single‐gene deletion mutants of Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 by Véronique de Berardinis, David Vallenet, Vanina Castelli, Marielle Besnard, Agnès Pinet, Corinne Cruaud, Sumitta Samair, Christophe Lechaplais, Gabor Gyapay, Céline Richez, Maxime Durot, Annett Kreimeyer, François Le Fèvre, Vincent Schächter, Valérie Pezo, Volker Döring, Claude Scarpelli, Claudine Médigue, Georges N Cohen, Philippe Marlière, Marcel Salanoubat, Jean Weissenbach

“…This collection provides a new resource for the study of gene function by forward and reverse genetic approaches and constitutes a robust experimental data source for systems biology approaches.…”
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Immunological synapse: structures, molecular mechanisms and therapeutic implications in disease by Zheng Chao, Qi Mei, Chunguang Yang, Jing Luo, Peikun Liu, Hao Peng, Xiangdong Guo, Zhinan Yin, Le Li, Zhihua Wang

“…In this study, we delineated the pre- and postsynaptic structures constituting the IS between T cells, natural killer (NK) cells, dendritic cells (DCs), and macrophages. …”
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Radiotherapy-derived engineered stem cell exosomes improve anti-glioma immunotherapy by promoting the formation of tertiary lymphoid structure and improve the release of type I int... by Man Li, Lisen Lu, Qiuhong Bao, Minghui Zhou, Bin Nie, Yanchao Liu, Kai Shu, Ting Lei, Mingxin Zhu

“…BafA1@Rexo-SC also promoted macrophage phagocytosis of tumor cells and enhanced effector T cell function by blocking CD47, while releasing type I interferon. …”
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Interface dipole evolution from the hybrid coupling between nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots and polyethylenimine featuring the electron transport thin layer at Al/Si interfaces by Sasimontra Timjan, Ta-Cheng Wei, Kuan-Han Lin, Yi-Ting Li, Po-Hsuan Hsiao, Chia-Yun Chen

“…The aspects of microstructures, functional groups, chemical features, interfacial characteristics and band structures of NCQD/PEI are explicated, visualizing that the evolution of interface dipoles mediated by the overall outcome of physisorption and chemisorption effects, modifies the surface potential difference and results in the explicit reduction of the Al work function from 4.3 eV for pristine Al to 3.23 eV based on the optimized constitutional design (0.10 % NCQD in PEI). …”
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Metabolic Reprogramming in Toll-like Receptor-Mediated Platelet Activation by Lih T. Cheah, Jawad S. Khalil, Mary McKay, Mohammad Ali, Cedric Duval, Amanda J. Unsworth, Khalid M. Naseem

“…Targeting platelet metabolism plasticity may offer a novel strategy to inhibit platelet function in TLR-initiated diseases.…”
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A Comprehensive Analysis of Short Specific Tissue (SST) Proteins, a New Group of Proteins from PF10950 That May Give Rise to Cyclopeptide Alkaloids by Lucía Albornos, Paula Iriondo, Silvia Rodríguez-Marcos, Patricia Farelo, Guillermo Sobrino-Mengual, Luz María Muñoz-Centeno, Ignacio Martín, Berta Dopico

“…Proteins of the PF10950 family feature the DUF2775 domain of unknown function. The most studied are specific tissue (ST) proteins with tandem repeats, which are putative precursors of cyclopeptide alkaloids. …”
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