Localized Effects in Graphene Oxide Systems: A Pathway to Hyperbolic Metamaterials by Grazia Giuseppina Politano

“…One of its most notable features is the ability to partially reduce it, resulting in graphene-like sheets through the elimination of oxygen-including functional groups. …”
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The role of residence advisors in student academic advice and success: insights and experiences from a university of technology by Isheachida Manatsa, Mzwandile Khumalo

“…Data indicated that RAs functioned as a primary point of contact for students experiencing problems affecting their academic work. …”
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Using entropy maximization to understand the determinants of structural dynamics beyond native contact topology. by Timothy R Lezon, Ivet Bahar

“…Most importantly, an optimal description of observed cross-correlations requires the inclusion of destabilizing, as opposed to exclusively stabilizing, interactions, stipulating the functional significance of local frustration in imparting native-like dynamics. …”
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Bicycle as a traffic mode: From microscopic cycling behavior to macroscopic bicycle flow by Ying-Chuan Ni, Michail A. Makridis, Anastasios Kouvelas

“…Ultimately, we derive the functional form fundamental diagrams and macroscopic fundamental diagrams using a curve-fitting approach and an analytical method, respectively. …”
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Introduction to Special Thematic Issue, part 2 "Microsaccades: Empirical Research and Methodological Advances“ by Rudolf Groner

“…The authors argue that a single feedforward pass through the visual hierarchy of processing a stimulus is needed to effectuate prolonged continuous visual search and provide evidence that microsaccades can serve perceptual functions like correcting saccades or effectuating task-oriented goals during continuous visual search. …”
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Decreased PD-L1 contributes to preeclampsia by suppressing GM-CSF via the JAK2/STAT5 signal pathway by Yingying Tian, Xu Peng, Xiuhua Yang

“…In the present investigation, 30 normal pregnant females and 30 PE patients were enrolled. Cellular functional experiments were performed in two trophoblast cell lines by transfection with lentiviral vectors for overexpression and down-regulation of PD-L1. …”
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Stochastic games of parental vaccination decision making and bounded rationality by Andras Balogh, Tamer Oraby

“…Noise, like social norms, is a two-sided sword that depends on the degree of bounded rationality of each group. …”
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Production of Bioadsorbents via Low-Temperature Pyrolysis of Exhausted Olive Pomace for the Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Media by Safae Chafi, Manuel Cuevas-Aranda, Mª Lourdes Martínez-Cartas, Sebastián Sánchez

“…The biochar obtained at 400 °C for 1 h, which exhibited the best adsorption performance, was characterized by FTIR, N₂ adsorption–desorption isotherms, SEM-EDX, and proximate analysis, revealing a mesoporous structure with a relatively low specific surface area but enriched in surface functional groups, likely due to the partial degradation of lignocellulosic components. …”
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Optimized approach to surgical treatment of wound surfaces by O. V. Ponomarenko, V. I. Pertsov

“…In compartment syndrome secondary sutures were imposed and autodermoplasty with split seed grafting was performed. In neurotrophic ulcers of vertebral localization and in the geater tochanters’ area plasty with one or two V – like musculocutaneous rotation flaps, cellulocutaneous double lobe pedicle flap was used. …”
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A resource-based modelling framework to assess habitat suitability for steppe birds in semiarid Mediterranean agricultural systems. by Laura Cardador, Miquel De Cáceres, Gerard Bota, David Giralt, Fabián Casas, Beatriz Arroyo, François Mougeot, Carlos Cantero-Martínez, Judit Moncunill, Simon J Butler, Lluís Brotons

“…Although, there is potential for improving the performance of resource-based models, they provide a structure for using available knowledge of the functional links between agricultural practices, provision of key resources and the response of organisms to predict potential effects of changing land-uses in a variety of context or the impacts of changes such as altered management practices that are not easily incorporated into habitat-based models.…”
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The effect of six weeks hamstring eccentric exercises on the postural control ability and knee joint proprioception in adolescent football players. by Azita Mohamadi, Amir Letafatkar, Seyed Hosein Hosseini, Safoura Heshmati

“…Objective: Football players are more likely to suffer from lower limbs injuries than other athletes; on the other hand, they need a high level of coordination, postural control, strength and range of motion to achieve optimal performance. …”
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ANATOMICAL VARIANTS OF PYRIFORM APERTURES AND NASAL BONES IN PATIENTS WITH NORMAL CONFIGURATION AND DIFFERENT AESTHETIC DEFORMITIES OF EXTERNAL NOSE USING MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOG... by D. A. Lezhnev, D. V. Davydov, M. O. Dutova, V. V. Petrovskaya

“…The preoperative study of variable anatomy must be always performed for improving functional and aesthetic results of rhinoplasty.…”
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Multidimensional assessment of women after severe maternal morbidity: the COMMAG cohort study by Renato T Souza, José Guilherme Cecatti, Maria Laura Costa, Elton C Ferreira, Rodolfo C Pacagnella, Carla Silveira, Carla B Andreucci, Dulce Maria Toledo Zanardi, Juliana P Santos, Carina R Angelini, Mary A Parpinelli, Maria Helena Sousa

“…Controls were randomly selected among women without SMM admitted to the same maternity and same time of childbirth.Primary and secondary outcome variables Validated tools were applied, addressing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and quality of life (SF-36) by phone, and then general and reproductive health, functioning (WHO Disability Assessment Schedule), sexual function (Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)), substance abuse (Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test 2.0) and growth/development (Denver Developmental Screening Test) of children born in the index pregnancy in a face-to-face interview.Results All instruments were applied to 638 women (315 had SMM; 323 were controls, with the assessment of 264 and 307 children, respectively). …”
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Structure-Based Alignment and Consensus Secondary Structures for Three HIV-Related RNA Genomes. by Christopher A Lavender, Robert J Gorelick, Kevin M Weeks

“…The structures of these elements are still not fully understood, and additional functional elements likely exist that have not been identified. …”
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High‐latitude ionospheric conductivity variability in three dimensions by Ryan McGranaghan, Delores J. Knipp, Tomoko Matsuo

“…With an empirical orthogonal function analysis we identify three primary modes of three‐dimensional variability related to ionospheric footprints of the quiet and disturbed geospace environment: (1) perturbation of the quasi‐permanent auroral oval, (2) differing projections of electron precipitation during southward and northward interplanetary magnetic field, and (3) a likely imprint of variation in Alfvénic Poynting flux deposition. …”
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Outcomes of Total Ankle Replacement are Worse in Patients with Ipsilateral Hindfoot Fusion by Emily Teehan MS, Allison L. Boden MD, Jensen Henry MD, Constantine Demetracopoulos MD

“…Hindfoot fusion patients were equally as likely to meet PASS thresholds at 2-years postoperatively in all domains except global mental health (P=0.015) and depression (P=0.024). …”
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Genetic dissection and validation of a new dominant QTL associated with chlorophyll content and its regulatory networks analysis in soybean by Yuxin Qi, Xiangwen Pan, Yanping Wang, Chaoyue Zhao, Tong Zhang, Xiaomei Wang, Feifei Wang

“…Within this interval, we identified Glyma.15 g087500.1, encoding an ankyrin repeat-containing protein, as the most likely candidate gene, because its homologs are reported to function in thylakoid membrane biogenesis during plastid development. …”
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Protective role of coenzyme Q10 against trihexyphenidyl-induced pulmonary toxicity in Wistar rats by Joseph Gbenga Omole, Lydia Oluwatoyin Ajayi, Itunuoluwa Rachael Ajewole, Teniola Osholonge, Oyedayo Phillips Akano, Ayodeji Folorunsho Ajayi

“…Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity was evaluated to assess vascular function, while caspase-3 levels were determined as an apoptotic marker. …”
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Advancing Understanding of Anorectal Malformations Through Microfocus Computed Tomography Imaging of Resected Material by Daniël Docter, Bernadette S. de Bakker, Jaco Hagoort, Joris J.T.H. Roelofs, Sjoerd de Beer, Ernst van Heurn, Joep Derikx, Marc A. Benninga, Justin de Jong, Ramon R. Gorter

“…Outcomes were presence of structures like the IAS, epithelial transition zone and ganglia. …”
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Applying Machine Learning Techniques to Identify Undiagnosed Patients with Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency by Bruce Pyenson, Maggie Alston, Jeffrey Gomberg, Feng Han, Nikhil Khandelwal, Motoharu Dei, Monica Son, Jaime Vora

“…The best-performing model estimated that the number of patients likely to have EPI was about 12 times the number of patients directly identified as EPI-positive through a claims analysis in the study population. …”
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