Nonlinear Analysis of Corrugated Core Sandwich Plates Using the Element-Free Galerkin Method by Linxin Peng, Zhaoyang Zhang, Dongyan Wei, Peng Tang, Guikai Mo

“…The formulation is based on the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT), where the shape functions are constructed using the moving least-square (MLS) approximation. …”
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A Deployable Conical Log Spiral Antenna for Small Spacecraft: Mechanical Design and Test by Lewis R. Williams, Natanael Hjermann, Bendik Sagsveen, Arthur Romeijer, Karina Vieira Hoel, Lars Erling Bråten

“…We conducted vibration tests representative for a typical launch vehicle, and all natural frequencies remained stable above 250 Hz, while the antenna was stowed, satisfying launch vehicle requirements. Post-test functional checks confirmed that there was no change in antenna functionality. …”
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Translation, Evaluation and Validation of the Adult Strabismus −20 (AS-20) Questionnaire in Swedish by Havstam Johansson L, Levinsson A, Flodin SM

“…Cronbach´s alpha was 0.95 for the psychosocial subscale and 0.92 for the functional subscale. However, the Rasch analysis indicated that both items and responses should be condensed to achieve content and construct validity.Conclusion: The thorough translation and evaluation process resulted in a validated AS-20 questionnaire for use in the Swedish language, and shows reliability as an instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults with strabismus in a clinical setting.Keywords: health related quality of life, patient reported outcome measures, AS-20, strabismus…”
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Fabrication of Hybrid Materials Based on Waste Polyethylene/Porous Activated Metakaolinite Nanocomposite as an Efficient Membrane for Heavy Metal Desalination Processes by Mahmoud F. Mubarak, Mohamed A. Zayed, Ayman Nafady, Abeer E. L. Shahawy

“…Hybrid nanostructure materials derived from activated metakaolinite are of growing importance due to their intriguing structural/functional properties and promising biomedical/environmental applications, especially designing desalination membranes. …”
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Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes and Long Noncoding RNAs Associated with Parkinson’s Disease by Lu-Mei Chi, Li-Ping Wang, Dan Jiao

“…Later, we used Limma to screen DEGs and differentially expressed lncRNAs (DElncRNAs) and estimated their functions by the Gene Ontology (GO). Besides, the competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network, including microRNAs, lncRNAs, and mRNAs, was constructed to elucidate the regulatory mechanism. …”
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Weighted Gene Correlation Network Analysis (WGCNA) of Arabidopsis Somatic Embryogenesis (SE) and Identification of Key Gene Modules to Uncover SE-Associated Hub Genes by Kithmee K. de Silva, Jim M. Dunwell, Anushka M. Wickramasuriya

“…The present study successfully applied WGCNA to construct a GCN for SE in Arabidopsis and identified hub genes involved in the development of somatic embryos. …”
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An exploration of the research framework for the coupling of farmland and rural residential land use transition under the perspective of spatial production by LI Jingjing, FENG Yingbin, GU Lei, LI Yue

“…[Results] By analyzing the spatiotemporal and micro-characteristics of the coupling of farmland and rural residential land use transition from explicit and implicit perspectives, dividing the pattern by combining the types of natural resources, rural development, and functional changes, and considering the influencing factors of nature, society, economy, culture, and ecology as a whole system, a framework of the coupling mechanism of farmland and rural residential land use transition from a telecoupling perspective was explored and constructed, additionally, the ideas of regulatory strategies were proposed. …”
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Analysis of the main provisions and features of Darwinism from logical and epistemological positions by E.V. Degtyarev

“…To achieve this goal, the following methodological apparatus is used, first of all: firstly, the method of structural and functional analysis, and secondly, the methodological approach, which we define as «antifideism», consisting in the inadmissibil¬ity (as far as possible) of constructing rational (including scientific) reasoning on faith, no matter how authoritative it may seem, contrary to facts, logic and reason. …”
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THE IMPACT OF INTERNETTECHNOLOGIES ON THE POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE by N. N. Pachina, D. D. Gorodova

“…The synthesis of Internet technologies and human activities make the Internet a special socio-cultural space functioning according to the laws of society. In the age of digitalization, social networks and messengers are becoming especially popular among young people. …”
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Network pharmacology and anticancer mechanism study of Dendrobium nobile dendrobine in the treatment of colorectal cancer by Pei Luo, Can Huang, Jun Guo, Xin Yao, Chao Pan, Aijin Bao, Fei Li, Ying-ying Li

“…Methods Initially, potential targets of dendrobine were identified using the ITCM Traditional Chinese Medicine database, while colorectal cancer-related genes were obtained from the NCBI Gene database, with the intersection of these datasets taken for further analysis. Functional enrichment analysis was conducted using the Metascape database, and a protein–protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed. …”
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Multi-omics Analysis of Histone-related Genes in Osteosarcoma: A Multidimensional Integrated Study Revealing Drug Sensitivity and Immune Microenvironment Characteristics by Yang Yang MD, Xinqiao Tang MD, Zhong Liu MD

“…We employed Seurat for single-cell data analysis, CellChat for cell-cell communication network analysis, and LASSO Cox regression to construct a prognostic model. Additionally, we conducted functional enrichment analysis, immune characteristics analysis, and drug sensitivity prediction. …”
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Deep attention model for arrhythmia signal classification based on multi-objective crayfish optimization algorithmic variational mode decomposition by Yihang Zhang, Hang Zhao

“…The Pareto optimal front was generated by MOCOA and the intrinsic mode functions of VMD with the best combination of K and $$\alpha$$ were obtained. …”
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Meta-GCANet: Meta-Graph Coupled Aware Network for Cross-Modality Person Re-Identification by Jiale Zhang, Baohua Zhang, Dongyang Wu

“…These samples are then stacked and interact with modality-shared discriminative feature nodes to construct a coupled node graph. To further enhance modality-shared representation differentiation, we introduce two loss functions: the Meta-Sample Coupling loss (MSCloss) and the Meta-Sample Testing loss (MTloss). …”
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An integrated analysis of miRNA and mRNA expressions in soybean response to boron stress. by Qiang Li, Jiahua Guo, Xuejiao Wang, Xiaoyu Zhao, Kunyu Liu, Xiaohui Feng, Wei Liu, Xuefei Gu, Youwei Che, Guangping Chen, Jianjun Yao, Lijun Li, Yuanli Gao, Erhu Su

“…Through mRNA-miRNA meta-analysis, miRNA-objective gene pairs consisting of 21 DEGs and 11 miRNAs were identified. The GO functional annotation indicated that stress response genes were mostly concentrated in the items of enzyme activity, ion transport, and metabolic processes, etc. …”
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A discussion of S.M. Krylov’s book «Neocybernetics» (2008) by E. S. Gornev, I. V. Matyushkin

“…Despite the abstractness of the algebraic-algorithmic approach, Krylov offers a number of specific constructions that are in demand during the fourth industrial revolution and for the future development of industrial technology in nanoelectronics and biotechnology. …”
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Enzymatic system of glucose metabolism in Gluconobacter oxydans strain DHA3-9 by Li Qianyan, Lu Xiangfeng, Zhang Pengcheng, Sun Lingyan, Liu Yu, Ma Xiaohang

“…There are two potential pathways known for glucose oxidization in G. oxydans: More than 90% of glucose is transformed into gluconate in the periplasmic space; only a minority of glucose (about 5%) is phosphorylated and taken into functional central metabolic pathways such as Entner-Doudoroff pathway (EDP) and pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) in the cytoplasmic compartment. …”
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Pirin1 (PRN1) is a multifunctional protein that regulates quercetin, and impacts specific light and UV responses in the seed-to-seedling transition of Arabidopsis thaliana. by Danielle A Orozco-Nunnelly, Durreshahwar Muhammad, Raquel Mezzich, Bao-Shiang Lee, Lasanthi Jayathilaka, Lon S Kaufman, Katherine M Warpeha

“…Herein, we describe that PRN1 possesses previously unreported functions that can profoundly affect early growth, development, and stress responses. …”
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Social media applications through the lens of DeLone and McLean’s information system success model: does perceived privacy matter? by Isyaku Salisu, Mazlan Mohd Sappri, Mohd Faizal Omar, Aemin Nasir, Sarmad Ejaz, Md Billal Hossain

“…The tripartite quality constructs correlate with users’ satisfaction, which robustly correlates with continual usage. …”
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Multi-Scenario Remote Sensing Image Forgery Detection Based on Transformer and Model Fusion by Jinmiao Zhao, Zelin Shi, Chuang Yu, Yunpeng Liu

“…Finally, to promote network optimization, on the one hand, we explore multiple loss functions and select label smooth loss, which can reduce the model’s excessive dependence on training data. …”
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Dual Reporter Gene Imaging by Jiantu Che, Mikhail Doubrovin, Inna Serganova, Ludmila Ageyeva, Pat Zanzonico, Ronald Blasberg

“…The IRES-linked hNIS-eGFP dual reporter gene is functional and stable in transduced RG2-pQCNIG cells. …”
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