Investigation of the Effects of Evaporation Methods on the High-Temperature Rheological and Fatigue Performances of Emulsified Asphalt Residues by Yang Sun, Jin-Chao Yue, Ri-Ran Wang, Rui-Xia Li, De-Cai Wang

“…Moreover, the direct heating method (DHM) and the EN13074 and ASTM D7497-09 evaporation methods were used to obtain emulsified asphalt residues. …”
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Risk of Candida Infection and Serious Infections in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis Receiving Biologics: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Yue Feng, Baosen Zhou, Zhen Wang, Guijuan Xu, Lili Wang, Tingting Zhang, Yanping Zhang

“…The anti-interleukin (IL)-17 agents (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.54–3.45, P<0.0001) and anti-IL-12/23 agents (95% CI = 1.69–3.83, P<0.0001) were associated with an increased risk of Candida infection compared with placebos, but there was no difference in Candida infection risk between anti-IL-17 agents and tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) (95% CI = 0.92–3.07, P=0.09). …”
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Desmosomal Molecules In and Out of Adhering Junctions: Normal and Diseased States of Epidermal, Cardiac and Mesenchymally Derived Cells by Sebastian Pieperhoff, Mareike Barth, Steffen Rickelt, Werner W. Franke

“…In addition, however, a series of other junction types has been identified and characterized which contain desmosomal molecules but do not fit the definition of desmosomes. …”
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Predicting the Collisions of Heavy Vehicle Drivers in Iran by Investigating the Effective Human Factors by Hossein Naderi, Habibollah Nassiri, Farnaz Zahedieh

“…SEM indicates that other attributes including GSD, mobile usage, daily fatigue, exposure, and education level have an indirect relation with heavy vehicle drivers’ at-fault collisions. According to the BN, if there is no information about the characteristics of a heavy vehicle driver, the driver will likely have at least one collision during the next three years with the probability of 0.17. …”
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Biological Character of RetroNectin Activated Cytokine-Induced Killer Cells by Lu Han, Yi-Man Shang, Yong-Ping Song, Quan-Li Gao

“…Median survival time (mOS) after first R-CIK cell infusion was 10.57 months; the 1-year survival rate was 38.5%. …”
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A Discrete Mathematical Modeling of the Influence of Alcohol Treatment Centers on the Drinking Dynamics Using Optimal Control by Bouchaib Khajji, Abderrahim Labzai, Abdelfatah Kouidere, Omar Balatif, Mostafa Rachik

“…In this paper, we propose a discrete mathematical model that describes the interaction between the classes of drinkers, namely, potential drinkers P, moderate drinkers M, heavy drinkers H, poor heavy drinkers Tp, rich heavy drinkers Tr, and quitters of drinking Q. …”
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Dialectics and Implications of Natural Neurotropic Autoantibodies in Neurological Disease and Rehabilitation by A. B. Poletaev, A. A. Abrosimova, M. A. Sokolov, A. B. Gekht, V. V. Alferova, E. I. Gusev, T. Ya. Nikolaeva, C. Selmi

“…In particular, limited experimental evidence has been provided concerning the qualitative and quantitative serological response after acute injuries of the central nervous system or during chronic mental diseases. In this study, we analyzed the specific Id-Abs and AId-Abs serological reactivities against 4 neuro-antigens in a large population of patients with ischemic stroke, schizophrenia, as well as healthy individuals. …”
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Ethanol Extract of Sanguisorbae Radix Inhibits Mast Cell Degranulation and Suppresses 2,4-Dinitrochlorobenzene-Induced Atopic Dermatitis-Like Skin Lesions by Ju-Hye Yang, Jae-Myung Yoo, Won-Kyung Cho, Jin Yeul Ma

“…(Rosacease). We investigated the underlying mechanism on the inhibition of atopic dermatitis (AD) of an ethanol extract of SR (ESR) using 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene- (DNCB-) induced AD mice model. …”
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Fourier Transformation-Based Analysis of X-Ray Diffraction Pattern of Keratin for Cancer Detection by Alexander Alekseev, Oleksii Avdieiev, Sasha Murokh, Delvin Yuk, Alexander Lazarev, Daizie Labelle, Lev Mourokh, Pavel Lazarev

Subjects: “…X-ray diffraction…”
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Text, Lies, and Linguistic Rape: Rewriting Theatre History in the Light of Dramatic Translations by John London

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Differences in the Antigens of Helicobacter pylori Strains Influence on the Innate Immune Response in the In Vitro Experiments by Miha Skvarc, Andreja Natasa Kopitar, Janko Kos, Natasa Obermajer, Bojan Tepes

“…TSS H. pylori antigens induced higher secretion of IL-12 and IL-6 compared to TRS H. pylori antigens (P<0.001; 0.02). …”
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XRCC1 R194W and R399Q Polymorphisms and Colorectal Cancer Risk in a Northeastern Mexican Population by Juan Pablo Meza-Espinoza, Valeria Peralta-Leal, Jorge Durán-González, Nelly Macías-Gómez, Anabel Bocanegra-Alonso, Evelia Leal-Ugarte

“…An association with CRC was found for the 399A allele (G vs A; OR = 1.48 (1.03–2.13), P=0.034) and for the 399AA genotype in a codominant model (AA vs GG; OR = 3.11 (1.06–9.10), P=0.031). …”
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Using Depth Cameras for Recognition and Segmentation of Hand Gestures by Khalid Twarish Alhamazani, Jalawi Alshudukhi, Talal Saad Alharbi, Saud Aljaloud, Zelalem Meraf

“…In this article, we will look at how infrared camera images can be used to segment, classify, and recognise one-handed gestures in a variety of lighting conditions. …”
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Direct Comparison of the Safety and Efficacy of Ferric Carboxymaltose versus Iron Dextran in Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia by Iftikhar Hussain, Jessica Bhoyroo, Angelia Butcher, Todd A. Koch, Andy He, David B. Bregman

“…In the FCM arm, the change in hemoglobin from baseline to the highest observed level was 2.8 g/dL, whereas the DEX arm displayed a change of 2.4 g/dL (P=0.20). …”
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First Report of the HEV Seroprevalence and the Risk Factor Assessment in the West Bank, Palestine, during the Period of 2015–2017 by Kamal Dumaidi, Alaa M. Abudamous, Rasmi Abu-Helu, Hanan Al-Jawabreh, Yazan Dumaidi, Amer Al-Jawabreh

“…Furthermore, males and those in contact with animals were associated with HEV seropositivity (P=0.1 and 0.3, respectively). In conclusion, the seroprevalence of HEV IgG in the West Bank, Palestine is low. …”
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Quality of Life before and after Sleeve Gastrectomy in Lebanese Population by Marwan Alkassis, Fady Gh Haddad, Joseph Gharios, Roger Noun, Ghassan Chakhtoura

“…Initially, the total MA II score was −0.33 ± 0.93. Postoperatively, it increased to 1.68 ± 0.62 (p≤0.001). …”
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Investigating causal relationship among inflammatory cytokines and oropharyngeal cancer: Mendelian randomization by Sibo Xu, Yiguo Li, Wei Chen, Ke Wang

“…Results Our study demonstrates that higher levels of interleukin-7 (IL-7) and interleukin-5 (IL-5) slightly increase the odds of oropharyngeal cancer by 0.07% [OR: 1.0007, p = 0.005] and 0.04% [OR: 1.0004, p = 0.015], corresponding to a modest increase. …”
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Effect of Superplasticizer and Wetting Agent on Volumetric and Mechanical Properties of Cold Recycled Mixture with Asphalt Emulsion by Wenting Yang, Jian Ouyang, Yan Meng, Taixiong Tang, Jijiang Chen, Baoguo Han

“…Compared to reference CRME, the ITS, stiffness modulus, and CSED of CRME with superplasticizer can increase by 33.7%, 8.0%, and 17.5% at the optimum water content, respectively. …”
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Transforming Soil Stability: A Review on Harnessing Plant Cell Compounds and Microbial Products for Modifying Cation Exchange Capacity by M. V. Shah, N. M. Rathod, D. N. Prajapati, P. J. Mehta, R. R. Panchal and Vijay Upadhye

“…Another approach to diminishing the CEC is to use the microorganisms that produce EPS, which require Ca and Mg as adhesions for the formation of biofilm, i.e., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis, and Escherichia coli. …”
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Mixed Ligand Complexes of N-Methyl-N-phenyl Dithiocarbamate: Synthesis, Characterisation, Antifungal Activity, and Solvent Extraction Studies of the Ligand by Anthony C. Ekennia, Damian C. Onwudiwe, Cyril Ume, Eno E. Ebenso

“…A series of mixed ligand dithiocarbamate complexes with a general formula [ML2(py)2], where M = Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), and Cu(II), py = pyridine, and L = N-methyl-N-phenyl dithiocarbamate have been prepared and characterised by elemental analysis, FTIR and Uv spectroscopy, magnetic moment, and thermogravimetric and conductance analysis. …”
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