Causal relationships between air pollution and common autoimmune diseases: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Ming Zhang, Yidian Wang, Shouye Hu, Yue Wu

“…Abstract Air pollution is strongly associated with autoimmune diseases (ADs), however, the genetic causality between them remains poorly understood. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the relationship between common air pollutants and ADs through Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. …”
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Characterisation of the Endophytic and Rhizospheric Bacillus licheniformis Strains Isolated from Sweet Potato with Plant Growth-Promoting and Yield Enhancing Potential by Ádám Bordé-Pavlicz, Anuar Rysbekovich Zhumakayev, Henrietta Allaga, Mónika Vörös, Pramod Wasudeo Ramteke, Tamás Monostori, Csaba Vágvölgyi

“…The primary aim of the present study was to identify bacterial isolates with yield-enhancing potential for application as biofertilisers in the cultivation of sweet potato. Therefore, endophytic and rhizospheric strains were isolated from sweet potato plantations in Hungary to identify bacterial strains with plant growth-promoting and antifungal potential. …”
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Estimates for the green function and existence of positive solutions for higher-order elliptic equations

“…<p>We establish a <mml:math alttext="$3G$"> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> <mml:mi>G</mml:mi> </mml:math>-theorem for the iterated Green function of <mml:math alttext="$(-Delta )^{pm}$"> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&#8722;</mml:mo> <mml:mi>&#8710;</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math>, (<mml:math alttext="$pgeq 1$, $mgeq 1$"> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&#8805;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&#8805;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:math>), on the unit ball <mml:math alttext="$B$"> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> </mml:math> of <mml:math alttext="$mathbb{R}^{n}$"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>&#8477;</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> <mml:math alttext="$(ngeq 1)$"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&#8805;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> with boundary conditions <mml:math alttext="$(partial/partial u) ^{j}(-Delta )^{km}u=0$"> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&#8706;</mml:mo> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&#8706;</mml:mo> <mml:mi>&#957;</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&#8722;</mml:mo> <mml:mi>&#8710;</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>k</mml:mi> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:math> on <mml:math alttext="$partial B$"> <mml:mo>&#8706;</mml:mo> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> </mml:math>, for <mml:math alttext="$0leq kleq p-1$"> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>&#8804;</mml:mo> <mml:mi>k</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&#8804;</mml:mo> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&#8722;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:math> and <mml:math alttext="$0leq jleq m-1$"> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>&#8804;</mml:mo> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&#8804;</mml:mo> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&#8722;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:math>. …”
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The method of analysis of the financial condition of the commercial organization by Y. Karpenko, N. Malykh, R. Chvanov

“…In the article the method of analysis of the financial condition of the commercial organization. The theoretical material is reinforced by practical calculations. …”
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A Simulation-Based Dynamic Programming Method for Interchange Scheduling of Port Collecting and Distributing Network by Yun Peng, Wenyuan Wang, Xinglu Xu, Modi Chen, Xiangqun Song, Xiangda Li

“…The main challenges are how to estimate the delay time and cope with high uncertainties in port network and PCDN. Therefore, a simulation-based dynamic programming (DP) model is proposed with the purpose of minimizing total cost in lifetime period by combining a DP model and two nested simulation models together. …”
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Scoring of swine lung images: a comparison between a computer vision system and human evaluators by Robert Valeris-Chacin, Beatriz Garcia-Morante, Marina Sibila, Albert Canturri, Isaac Ballarà Rodriguez, Ignacio Bernal Orozco, Ramon Jordà Casadevall, Pedro Muñoz, Maria Pieters

“…There is a need to implement simple, fast, and valid CVPC scoring methods. Therefore, this study aimed to compare CVPC scores provided by a computer vision system (CVS; AI DIAGNOS) from lung images obtained at slaughter, with scores assigned by human evaluators. …”
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Influence of Water System Connectivity Project on Hydrodynamics of Offshore Tidal Waters by WANG Yifei, WANG Yanhong, YANG Xiaoyu, JIAO Jian, DING Lei

“…Since the project itself has no additional power, the project only significantly improves the water dynamics in the waters near the two connected engineering channels. Therefore, it is recommended to add pumping stations in the connected channels of the two water systems or add water replenishment points in some areas with poor improvement effects to increase local water mobility.…”
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Recognizing structure in novel tunes: differences between human and rats by Paola Crespo-Bojorque, Elodie Cauvet, Christophe Pallier, Juan M. Toro

“…We trained listeners (both human participants and Long-Evans rats) with a set of structured and unstructured excerpts, and tested them with completely novel excerpts they had not heard before. …”
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Effect of Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation and Task-Oriented Training on Electroencephalography-Based Motor Recovery Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Maryam Zolghadr, Shohreh Noorizadeh Dehkordi, Javad Sarrafzadeh, Saeed Talebian, Hassan Haddadzade Niri, Marzieh Yassin

“…Results: Significant differences in the theta (P=0.000), alpha (P=0.004), beta (P=0.000) and gamma (P=0.003) relative powers were observed between groups at follow-up. …”
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Case report: Watch-and-wait strategy in resectable esophageal cancer following neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy: a case series by Lingyu Tan, Lingyu Tan, Guozhen Yang, Guozhen Yang, Chufeng Zeng, Chufeng Zeng, Xu Zhang, Xu Zhang, Xu Zhang

“…While the “watch-and-wait” strategy has been implemented in clinical complete responders following neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer, there is a lack of evidence supporting its practicability in esophageal cancer after NCIT. …”
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W kierunku dwujęzyczności w edukacji wczesnoszkolnej – problemy nauczania czytania w języku obcym na przykładzie języka angielskiego by Monika Kusiak-Pisowacka

“…The results of the study revealed that the coursebooks differ in the way they teach beginning reading, raising important questions of both didactic and theoretical nature. …”
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Toward institutionalization of responsible research and innovation: insights from case studies of technological centers in Spain by Hannia Gonzalez-Urango, Carmen Corona-Sobrino, Mónica García-Melón, Pedro Marques

“…Likewise, the results allow us to bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and organizational reality at a meso-level. …”
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واقع استخدام شبکة التواصل الاجتماعى الفیسبوک فى الأرشیفات الوطنیة العربیة والأجنبیة : دراسة تحلیلیة مقارنة... by د. تفیدة سمیر محمود

“…The study found that the existence of Arabarchives on internet is almost weak, and that some Arab archives do not use themeans of social communication in general due to lack of financial and humanresources and legal risks and security risks.The foreign archives update their face book pages almost daily ,whichmakes it logical to users to visit these pages on a regular basis ,and thecontinuity and updating of the update shows the importance given by the nationalarchives of its presence on face book unlike Arabic archives.The study also found that the Arab archives method is linked to web 1,and that the presence of Arab archives on the social networking site face book isan important presence of existence only on face book and does not reflect thehistorical value found in the Arab national archives.…”
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Gear Cutting Machining of Klingelnberg Cyclo-palloid Bevel Gear based on Monolithic Cutter Disc by Wang Zhiyong, Yang Weiyin, Zhang Yu, Zhai Huaming

“…According to the cutting principle and gear meshing theory,the formula for calculating the machine setting parameters and cutter parameters are derived.The processing experiment is completed on domestic CNC spiral bevel gear cutting machine with monolithic cutter disc. …”
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Nursing of a patient with transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement (1例经心尖入路经导管主动脉瓣置换术 患者的护理体会) by MA Qiang (马强), ZHOU Xiubin (周修彬), TANG Yicheng (汤易成), ZHANG Zepeng (张泽鹏), HUANG Lifen (黄丽芬), WANG Ningbo (王宁泊), JI Mengjuan (季孟娟), WANG Hongyan (王宏岩)

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Performance Characteristics of Silane Silica Modified Asphalt by Xuedong Guo, Mingzhi Sun, Wenting Dai, Shuang Chen

“…At present there are many kinds of fillers and modifier used for modified asphalt, but the effect of modifier differs in thousands of ways; most of them can increase the high temperature performance of asphalt, but the modified effect of low-temperature crack resistance, water stability, and antifatigue performance is different. …”
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Optimal Tracking Performance of MIMO Discrete-Time Systems with Network Parameters by Chao-Yang Chen, Weihua Gui, Zhi-Hong Guan, Shaowu Zhou, Cailun Huang

“…The simulation results are given to demonstrate the main results of the theoretical development.…”
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Existence Results for Fractional Differential Equations with Multistrip Riemann–Stieltjes Integral Boundary Conditions by Tongling Lv, Huihui Pang, Limei Cao

“…Our results are based on the Leggett–Williams fixed point theorem. In the end, two examples are worked out to illustrate our main work.…”
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Comparisons of Differentiation Potential in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Wharton’s Jelly, Bone Marrow, and Pancreatic Tissues by Shih-Yi Kao, Jia-Fwu Shyu, Hwai-Shi Wang, Chi-Hung Lin, Cheng-Hsi Su, Tien-Hua Chen, Zen-Chung Weng, Pei-Jiun Tsai

“…We compared the differential ability and the curative effect of IPCs from three types of human tissue to determine the ideal source of cell therapy for diabetes. Methods. We induced MSCs from Wharton’s jelly (WJ), bone marrow (BM), and surgically resected pancreatic tissue to differentiate into IPCs. …”
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Acquired Localized Hypertrichosis Induced by Rivastigmine by Adrian Imbernón-Moya, Sebastian Podlipnik, Fernando Burgos, Elena Vargas-Laguna, Antonio Aguilar-Martínez, Eva Fernández-Cogolludo, Miguel Angel Gallego-Valdes

“…We report on a Caucasian 80-year-old male with personal history of Alzheimer’s disease. The patient started therapy with oral rivastigmine one month prior to clinical presentation of localized hypertrichosis on both forearms. …”
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