Unraveling Power Consumption Pattern Using Multidimensional Scaling and Clustering Analysis by Utkarsh Misra, Gyana Ranjan Sahoo, Shikhar Prakash, Madhur Srivastava

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Low-level auricular vagus nerve stimulation lowers blood pressure and heart rate in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients: a self-controlled study by Yu Jiang, Yu Jiang, Di Su, Jingwen Xiao, Jingwen Xiao, Wenbo Cheng, Yuemei Hou, Yan Zhang, Yan Zhang

“…In addition, adverse effects of the LL-aVNS procedure and 6-month follow-up were recorded.ResultsSBP, DBP, and HRmin were lower after the treatment than before the treatment (p < 0.05); AFSS symptom subscale scores and MSAS-HF scores after the treatment were lower before the treatment (p < 0.05); itching of the skin was observed in one case during the course of LL-aVNS; and two patients were hospitalized for acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure between 4 months and 6 months after the treatment.ConclusionLL-aVNS in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation can assist in controlling blood pressure and heart rate, effectively relieving symptoms, and the treatment process is safe and feasible.…”
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Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels Based on Polyglycerol Crosslinked with Citric and Fatty Acids by Leidy C. Solano-Delgado, César A. Bravo-Sanabria, Carolina Ardila-Suárez, Gustavo E. Ramírez-Caballero

“…The hydrogel with the highest swelling capacity absorbed more than 7 times its own weight at room temperature and pH 5. This material increased 14 times its own weight at pH 10. …”
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Landscape risk analysis of the 2003 Barkal-Rangamati (5.7 Mw) earthquake in Bangladesh using geospatial techniques and people’s perceptions by Biswajit Nath, Tania Sultana Shifa, Sumon Miah, Bo Zhong, Junjun Wu, Aixia Yang, Shukla Acharjee, Ramesh P. Singh

“…This paper considered Barkal town and its environs (BTEN), an earthquake-prone area close to the 2003 Barkal-Rangamati Earthquake (5.7 Mw) for the LR change analysis from 2001–2024. …”
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Development of Teacher’s Professional Competence through Action Research as a Form of Professional Development by Janka Ferencová, Ivana Pirohová, Valentina Šuťáková, Monika Miňová

“…These findings highlight the potential of action research as a form of professional development and its application in establishing teacher professional communities centred on reflection and innovation, aimed at enhancing educational practice and student learning. …”
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Targeting CXCL8 signaling sensitizes HNSCC to anlotinib by reducing tumor-associated macrophage-derived CLU by Xin Hu, Yikang Ji, Mi Zhang, Zhihui Li, Xinhua Pan, Zhen Zhang, Xu Wang

“…The levels of both CXCL8 mRNA and its protein IL-8 in cancer cells under conditions of glucose deficiency were increased in an NF-κB-dependent manner. …”
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Novel Analysis of Fuzzy Fractional Klein-Gordon Model via Semianalytical Method by Mohammad Alshammari, Wael W. Mohammed, Mohammed Yar

“…The current article discusses the new fuzzy iterative transform method, a hybrid methodology based on fuzzy logic and an iterative transformation technique. …”
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斑块对基于CTA虚拟计算冠状动脉血流储备分数的影响 by 陈柳丹, 涂圣贤, 李泽杭, 周旭辉

“…结果：纳入 108名患者的137支目标血管进行分析，在血管水平按照CT-QFR与FFR之间的差值分为高估组（差值＞0.03，<italic>n</italic>＝29）、参考组（-0.03≤差值≤0.03，<italic>n</italic>＝88）和低估组（差值＜-0.03，<italic>n</italic>＝20），低估组（14.81）的LPV（mm³）大于高估组（ 1.97，<italic>P</italic>＜0.05）。…”
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薄壁型钢混凝土梁抗弯性能试验研究 by 任重, 张志鹏, 何逸鸣, 程亮, 戴柳丝

“…研究结果表明：TSRC梁的失效模式为薄壁钢管加载点处发生局部屈曲，外围混凝土保护层出现贯通斜裂缝，混凝土保护层沿抗剪螺杆开裂；TSRC梁试件在加载过程中未发生脆性破坏，表现出较好的延性；TSRC梁开裂荷载较小，在0.11<italic>P</italic>_u ~ 0.15<italic>P</italic>_u之间，裂缝总数较少，稳定在6~10条；满跨布置螺杆、增大钢管截面尺寸、减小剪跨比以及增加保护层厚度均可提高TSRC梁试件的承载力。…”
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Development and validation of an automatic all‐wheel steering system for multiple‐articulated rubber‐tire transit by Jianghua Feng, Yunqing Hu, Xiwen Yuan, Ruipeng Huang, Xinrui Zhang, Lei Xiao

“…The authors introduce a six‐axle coordinated automatic all‐wheel steering control system and its design method is based on the visual perception and the geometric relationship. …”
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Quadratic forms in $I^n$ of dimension $2^n+2^{n-1}$ by Harvey, Curtis R., Karpenko, Nikita A.

“…As well, we compute the reduced Chow group of the maximal orthogonal grassmannian of the quadratic form and conclude that its canonical $2$-dimension is $2^n+2^{n-2}-2$.…”
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Memperkuat Pertahanan Laut Indonesia: Belajar dari Strategi Pertempuran Laut Rusia-Jepang, 1904-1905 by Cecep Hidayat

“…Based on these findings, the researcher recommends that the TNI AL develop a naval combat operation plan tailored to Indonesia’s specific maritime conditions, in order to strengthen its deterrent capabilities and national maritime defense.…”
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An Efficient Retinal Fluid Segmentation Network Based on Large Receptive Field Context Capture for Optical Coherence Tomography Images by Hang Qi, Weijiang Wang, Hua Dang, Yueyang Chen, Minli Jia, Xiaohua Wang

“…With only 1.02 million parameters and a computational complexity of 3.82 G FLOPs, LKMU-Lite achieves state-of-the-art performance across multiple metrics on the ICF and RETOUCH datasets, demonstrating both its efficiency and generalizability compared to existing methods.…”
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Characterisation of pregnancy-induced alterations in apolipoproteins and their associations with maternal metabolic risk factors and offspring birth outcomes: a preconception and l... by Li Chen, Karen Mei-Ling Tan, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Kok Hian Tan, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Shiao-Yng Chan, Yap Seng Chong, Peter D. Gluckman, Johan G. Eriksson, Markus R. Wenk, Sartaj Ahmad Mir

“…Funding: This research was supported by the Singapore National Research Foundation under its Translational and Clinical Research (TCR) Flagship Programme and administered by the Singapore Ministry of Health's National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Singapore- NMRC/TCR/004-NUS/2008; NMRC/TCR/012-NUHS/2014. …”
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A nomogram model based on albumin-bilirubin score for predicting 90-day prognosis in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure by Wei Ding, Wei Ding, Jiandong Shen, Li Zhang, Li Zhang, Jianguo Shao, Zhaolian Bian, Hong Xue

“…ObjectiveTo develop a nomogram model based on the albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) score for predicting the 90-day prognosis of patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) and to evaluate its predictive efficacy.MethodsClinical data of 290 ACLF patients at the Third People’s Hospital of Nantong City, collected from December 2020 to December 2023, were analyzed. …”
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Characterization and miRNA Profiling of Extracellular Vesicles from Human Osteoarthritic Subchondral Bone Multipotential Stromal Cells (MSCs) by Clara Sanjurjo-Rodríguez, Rachel E. Crossland, Monica Reis, Hemant Pandit, Xiao-nong Wang, Elena Jones

“…Subchondral bone (SB) resident cells and its microenvironment are increasingly recognised to have a major role in OA pathogenesis. …”
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The prolonged health sequelae “of the COVID-19 pandemic” in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Melsew Setegn Alie, Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Gossa Fetene Abebe, Desalegn Girma

“…While numerous studies have been conducted on the long-term effects of COVID-19, our systematic review, and meta-analysis, is the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa, providing a comprehensive understanding of the situation in the region and highlighting the necessity for continuous clinical management.ObjectiveThis study aimed to systematically synthesize evidence on the persistent sequelae of COVID-19 and their predictors in sub-Saharan Africa.MethodsA thorough search was conducted across multiple databases, including PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, Google/Google Scholar, African online journals, and selected reference lists, from the inception of these databases until January 12, 2024. …”
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THE EFFECT OF HOST PLANT REPLACEMENT ON THE GENETIC STRUCTURE OF THE KRASNODAR GREENBUG <i> SCHIZAPHIS GRAMINUM </i> RONDANI (HOMOPTERA, APHIDIDAE) POPULATION by E. E. Radchenko, T. L. Kuznetsova

“…This cultivar, bred at the Siberian Research As a result of studying the Krasnodar Schizaphis graminum population, a high level of the insect’s overall and seasonal variability in its virulence to sorghum resistance genes was detected. …”
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S-Glutathionylation of Protein Disulfide Isomerase Regulates Estrogen Receptor α Stability and Function by Ying Xiong, Yefim Manevich, Kenneth D. Tew, Danyelle M. Townsend

“…Our present data show in breast cancer cells that S-glutathionylation of PDI interferes with its chaperone activity and abolishes its capacity to form a complex with ERα. …”
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Promoting epithelial regeneration in chemically induced acute lung injury through Sox9-positive alveolar type 2 epithelial cells by Chao Cao, Obulkasim Memete, Yu Dun, Lin Zhang, Fuli Liu, Daikun He, Jian Zhou, Yiru Shao, Jie Shen

“…Sox9, a transcription factor known for its role in maintaining stem cell properties and guiding cell differentiation, marks a subset of AEC2 cells believed to contribute to epithelial repair. …”
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