Neural Networks Detection of Low-Amplitude Components on ECG Using Modified Wavelet Transform by A. V. Mnevets, N. G. Ivanushkina

“…First modification was based on the use of a scaling function and a modified wavelet. Second modification was based on the use of cosine similarity at each iteration of convolution followed by the use of a scaling function. …”
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Multiple domain resilience components and frailty, postoperative complications, and one year quality of life deterioration after pancreatectomy in older patients by Jung-Yeon Choi, Yoo-Seok Yoon, Kwang-il Kim, Cheol-Ho Kim

“…Frailty was determined by multidimensional frailty score more than 5. Neurohumoral resilience was measured using the ACTH stimulation test, cardiovascular autonomic function using orthostatic blood pressure measurement, and cognitive-motor function using dual-task gait tests. …”
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On notch and crack size effects in fatigue, Paris� law and implications for Whler curves by Michele Ciavarella, A. Papangelo

“…A generalized Whler coefficient, k, is found as a function of the intrinsic W�hler coefficient k of the material and the size of the crack or notch. …”
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Amphiregulin impairs apoptosis-stimulating protein 2 of p53 overexpression–induced apoptosis in hepatoma cells by Kai Liu, Dongdong Lin, Yabo Ouyang, Lijun Pang, Xianghua Guo, Shanshan Wang, Yunjin Zang, Dexi Chen

“…HepG2 cells) by enhancing the transactivation activity of p53, but long-term ASPP2 overexpression fails to induce more apoptosis since activation of the epidermal growth factor/epidermal growth factor receptor/SOS1 pathway impairs the pro-apoptotic role of ASPP2. …”
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Systems genetic analysis of osteoblast-lineage cells. by Gina Calabrese, Brian J Bennett, Luz Orozco, Hyun M Kang, Eleazar Eskin, Carlos Dombret, Olivier De Backer, Aldons J Lusis, Charles R Farber

“…In conclusion, we have identified a physiologically relevant gene network and used it to discover novel genes and regulatory mechanisms involved in the function of osteoblast-lineage cells. Our results highlight the power of harnessing natural genetic variation to generate co-expression networks that can be used to gain insight into the function of specific cell-types.…”
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A Comparative Analysis of Attitudes Toward Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Minority People by B. J. Rye, Rebecca Goldszmidt

“…(2) Do ratings of the targets differ as a function of target and participant demographic characteristics? …”
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Approximate Bayesian Computation for a Dual-Failure-Modes Models and Its Application to Failure Times Data by Mustapha Muhammad, Badamasi Abba, Jinsen Xiao

“…We practically demonstrate approximate Bayesian computation (ABC)-Gibbs scheme using Kolmogorov-Smirnov as distance function; this method is a simulation-based scheme, which the explicit formulation of the likelihood function is not required, hence, suitable for a complex model or big data, where the “accept-reject” mechanism is required for the posterior computation. …”
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Effect of Low-Temperature Plasma Activated Water with Different Treatment Times on Myofibrillar Proteins of Thawed Pork by Manting Du, Fangge Hao, Shunyang Sun, Ke Li, Qisen Xiang, Junguang Li, Lichuang Cao, Yanhong Bai

“…In this study, myofibrillar proteins (MPs) of thawed pork were treated with plasma-activated water (PAW) generated at different times (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 s) to investigate whether the function of MPs is improved through PAW and the corresponding regulatory mechanism. …”
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Clinicopathologic features and prognosis of elderly patients with diabetic nephropathy by MA Ye-ping, ZHANG Zheng, ZHUO Li, YANG Yue, CHEN Da-peng, DAI Pei-ling, GAO Hong-mei, ZOU Gu-ming, LI Wen-ge

“…Objective To analyze the clinicopathologic features and prognostic of elderly patients with diabetic nephropathy（DN）.Methods A retrospective analysis was done to evaluate the clinicopathological features of 25 elderly patients diagnosed as DN by renal biopsy from the Department of Nephrology of China-Japan Friendship Hospital from May,2005 to May,2017.The prognosis of15 elderly patients who were followed up for 6-125 months after biopsy was analyzed.Kidney ending events were defined as creatinine multiplication;maintenance renal replacement therapy;eGFR <15ml·min^-1·（1.73m²）^-1 or death.Results In these 25 elderly patients with DN,there was one case of typeⅠ,2cases of typeⅡa,6cases of typeⅡb,16 cases of typeⅢ.eGFR in patients of classⅢ andⅡb was significantly lower than in those of classⅠ+Ⅱa.Hemoglobin in patients of classⅢ was significantly lower than in those of classⅡb.Fifteen elderly patients with DN were followed up for more than 6months,and 8cases had kidney ending events,including 2deaths,4cases of maintenance renal replacement therapy due to end-stage renal disease（ESRD）,2cases of creatinine multiplication without ESRD.An average survival time of elderly DN patients without kidney events was 35（23,47）months,and 1-,2-and 4-year kidney events-free cumulative survival rate was 84.8%,58.2% and31.1% respectively.Age,proteinuria,blood pressure,cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events and stains were closely related to renal function in elderly patients with DN.Conclusions Renal function failure progresses faster in elderly patients with DN.Controling the proteinuria,blood pressure and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events is the key of treatment.…”
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Vegetation Productivity in Xinjiang’s Ecosystems: Responses to Natural and Human Factors across Basins and Land Covers by Hao Yuan, Rui Yang, Jianjun Wu, Jianhang Zhang, Litao Zhou

“…Conversely, grassland and barren land were more sensitive, showing marked fluctuations in area and total NPP. …”
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Black hole entropy, quantum corrections and EFT transitions by Alberto Castellano, Matteo Zatti

“…This demonstrates, in turn, that (stable) black holes can, indeed, probe scales besides the quantum gravity cutoff. More precisely, by examining two representative BPS systems — the D0-D2-D4 and D2-D6 black hole solutions — we explicitly illustrate how highly non-local yet perturbative quantum effects resolve the divergences, ultimately leading to a well-defined entropy function. …”
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RNA editing genes associated with extreme old age in humans and with lifespan in C. elegans. by Paola Sebastiani, Monty Montano, Annibale Puca, Nadia Solovieff, Toshio Kojima, Meng C Wang, Efthymia Melista, Micah Meltzer, Sylvia E J Fischer, Stacy Andersen, Stephen H Hartley, Amanda Sedgewick, Yasumichi Arai, Aviv Bergman, Nir Barzilai, Dellara F Terry, Alberto Riva, Chiara Viviani Anselmi, Alberto Malovini, Aya Kitamoto, Motoji Sawabe, Tomio Arai, Yasuyuki Gondo, Martin H Steinberg, Nobuyoshi Hirose, Gil Atzmon, Gary Ruvkun, Clinton T Baldwin, Thomas T Perls

“…There are likely many more genetic modifiers of human longevity that remain to be discovered.…”
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The influence of excessive alcohol consumption on the course and development of dermatoses by A. F. Gatina, N. P. Teplyuk

“…Ethanol and other components of alcoholic beverages affect the structure of the skin and blood vessels, impair immune function, increase the risk of exacerbation of existing skin diseases, and also make the skin vulnerable to infectious diseases. …”
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Characterization of <i>AGAMOUS</i> Ortholog and Promoter from the <i>Ilex verticillata</i> (Aquifoliaceae) by Jiayi Li, Yalan Su, Xiangjian Chen, Zhixiong Liu

“…Our results provide more details to understand the role of <i>AG</i> orthologs in the development of male and female flowers in woody plants.…”
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Testing infrared camera surveys and distance analyses to estimate feral horse abundance in a known population by Kathryn A. Schoenecker, Paul F. Doherty Jr., Jacob S. Hourt, John P. Romero

“…After truncation of our data, the most supported detection function was a uniform function with a detection probability equal to 1.0 out to 255 m. …”
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Loading tea polyphenols enhances the repair of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell sheet after spinal cord injury by Yulin Zhao, Cong Ye, Heng Wang, Cheng Chen, Yang Lu, Changwei Yang, Tao Xu, Yuchen Zhou, Zhengchao Wu, Xianrui Song, Zhenyang Zhu, Zongze Yang, Xiaoqing Chen

“…After transplantation in SCI rats, CS-TP also activates the Keap-1/Nrf2/HO-1 pathway, influencing the repair of SCI and upregulating the expression of SOD1 and SOD2. CS-TP can more effectively promote angiogenesis, neuronal regeneration, and axonal extension in injured spinal cords, greatly improving the motor function of the rats. …”
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Improved Postoperative Radiographic Alignment Associated with Patient-Specific Instrumentation in Total Ankle Arthroplasty by Gloria Coden MD, Nicholas Veale BS, Evan Glass BS, Kurt Hofmann MD

“…Therefore, we sought to compare radiographic alignment and postoperative function in patients who underwent TAA with PSI guides versus standard instrumentation. …”
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STATISTICAL DATA AND ANALYSIS OF LITERATURE SOURCES ON PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF THE CROSSTALK BETWEEN ACUTE KIDNEY AND LIVER INJURY IN PRETERM NEWBORNS DURING THE EARLY NEO... by О. Оболонська, Л. Вакуленко

“…This article reviews data on the adverse effects of AKI on liver function and the development of ALF in preterm neonates. …”
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Efficacy of acupuncture as adjunctive therapy for patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Guofeng Li, Jimin Liu, Guixian Yang, Jiajia Li, Yuan He, Xinru Fei, Lai Wei, Dongkai Zhao

“…Acute exacerbations can accelerate lung function decline and increase mortality. Acupuncture has been increasingly used as an adjunctive treatment for respiratory diseases, but its effectiveness in acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) remains controversial. …”
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Efikasnost terapijskog monitoringa ciklosporina određivanjem C2 i PIK0−4 tokom prva 24 meseca posle transplantacije bubrega by Vavić Neven, Ignjatović Ljiljana, Drašković Biljana, Hrvačević Rajko, Kovačević Zoran, Paunić Zoran

“…The patients in the group C2 had better early and the same late graft function. Five patients in the group C2 who did not reach the target C2/AUC during the first 30 days, did not have more AR or worse graft function, comparing with the patients who reached the target concentrations. …”
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