Can Gut Microbiota Analysis Reveal <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> Infection? Evidence from an Italian Cohort at Disease Onset by Roberto Rosato, Gianluca Quaranta, Giulia Santarelli, Giovanni Fancello, Delia Mercedes Bianco, Francesca Romana Monzo, Stefano Bibbò, Giovanni Cammarota, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Luca Masucci, Flavio De Maio

“…A diverse and well-functioning gut microbiota normally serves as a protective shield against the invasion of harmful bacteria or the proliferation of opportunistic pathogens. …”
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High Stability Single-Port Dual Band Microwave Sensor Based on Interdigital Capacitor Structure With Asymmetry Branch Feedline by Syah Alam, Indra Surjati, Lydia Sari, Raden Deiny Mardian, Teguh Firmansyah, Muhammad Iqbal, Slamet Widodo, Mudrik Alaydrus, Zahriladha Zakaria

“…Furthermore, a copper shield was proposed as conducting material to evaluate performance stability of the sensor from disturbance effect with range of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$d = 1$ </tex-math></inline-formula> cm &#x2013; 2.5 cm. …”
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Advancements in MEMS Micromirror and Microshutter Arrays for Light Transmission Through a Substrate by Shilby Baby, Mustaqim Siddi Que Iskhandar, Md Kamrul Hasan, Steffen Liebermann, Jiahao Chen, Hasnain Qasim, Shujie Liu, Eslam Farrag, Dennis Löber, Naureen Ahmed, Guilin Xu, Hartmut Hillmer

“…Additionally, this platform technology with planarized MEMS elements can be used for laser safety goggles to shield pilots, tram, and bus drivers as well as security personal from laser threats, and is also presented in this paper.…”
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The first application of flush probe arrays on HL-3 tokamak by Z.H. Huang, L.W. Yan, K.Y. Yi, Na Wu, W.J. Chen, W.C. Wang, Yu He, J. Chen, J. Cheng, W. Zhao, J.M. Gao, L. Nie, Z.B. Shi, X.Q. Ji, W.L. Zhong

“…Forty-three signal wires at the same toroidal angle are combined into a manifold copper tube to vacuum feedthrough, which can dramatically shield noise and resist the high baking temperature of 300 °C. …”
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Screening of Efficient Antifreeze Agents to Prevent Low-Temperature Stress in Vines by Yali Zhang, Mengyao Han, Langjie Wu, Haoyu Wang, Yanying Liang, Xianhang Wang, Zhumei Xi

“…They were treated with the antifreeze agents ‘GuoGuang KangXiu,’ ‘Biogas Liquid’, ‘SenHuo’, and ‘Ice Shield’ for 24 and 48 h before exposure to a low-temperature treatment of −2 °C. …”
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The Middle to Late Triassic of Central Saudi Arabia with emphasis on the Jilh Formation. Part I: lithostratigraphy, facies and paleoenvironments, palaeontology and biostratigraphic... by Le Nindre, Yves-Michel, Vaslet, Denis, Vrielynck, Bruno, Krystyn, Leopold, Manivit, Jacques, Memesh, Abdullah, Davies, Roger Brett

“…The Middle to Late Triassic (Anisian–Carnian) Jilh Formation crops out along an approximately 880 km belt in Central Saudi Arabia to the east of the Proterozoic Arabian Shield. This outcrop belt has been mapped, described and analysed in detail, first by geologists of the BRGM (1990–1991) and more recently by the present authors. …”
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Eu:CROPIS AIV Program: Challenges and Solutions for a Spin-Stabilized Satellite Containing Biology by Toni Delovski, Catherin Düvel, Fabian Greif, Ansgar Heidecker, Sebastian Kottmeier, Olaf Mierheim, Falk Nohka, Fabian Orlowski-Feldhusen

“…This includes the verification of different critical components like the newly developed CFRP pressure vessel containing the primary payload and the Micrometeoroid and Debris Protection Shield, which protects it. Both items went through rigorous testing, including high-velocity impact tests, to ensure their reliability in orbit. …”
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Borrelia burgdorferi radiosensitivity and Mn antioxidant content: antigenic preservation and pathobiology by Andrés F. Londoño, Ajay Sharma, Jared Sealy, Vipin S. Rana, Shelby D. Foor, Vera Y. Matrosova, Elena K. Gaidamakova, Robert P. Volpe, Michael J. Daly, Brian M. Hoffman, Utpal Pal, J. Stephen Dumler

“…We then explored the influence of the Mn2+-decapeptide-phosphate antioxidant complex MDP, known to shield proteins during irradiation, and showed that treatment with MDP preserves B. burgdorferi’s epitopes at 5 kGy irradiation, which crucially prevents cell proliferation. …”
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Unveiling chemical industry secrets: Insights gleaned from scientific literatures that examine internal chemical corporate documents-A scoping review. by Miaoran Dong, Marc-André Gagnon

“…Both industries employ strategies involving conflicts of interest and the legitimization of their actions to shield themselves from public policy scrutiny and protect their interests. …”
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Cancer cells avoid ferroptosis induced by immune cells via fatty acid binding proteins by Maria Angelica Freitas-Cortez, Fatemeh Masrorpour, Hong Jiang, Iqbal Mahmud, Yue Lu, Ailing Huang, Lisa K. Duong, Qi Wang, Tiffany A. Voss, Claudia S. Kettlun Leyton, Bo Wei, Wai-Kin Chan, Kevin Lin, Jie Zhang, Efrosini Tsouko, Shonik Ganjoo, Hampartsoum B. Barsoumian, Thomas S. Riad, Yun Hu, Carola Leuschner, Nahum Puebla-Osorio, Jing Wang, Jian Hu, Michael A. Davies, Vinay K. Puduvalli, Cyrielle Billon, Thomas P. Burris, Philip L. Lorenzi, Boyi Gan, James W. Welsh

“…Results PD1-resistant tumors upregulate Fabp7, driving protective metabolic changes that shield cells from ferroptosis and evade anti-tumor immunity. …”
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Multiple Assessments on the Gamma-Ray Protection Properties of Niobium-Doped Borotellurite Glasses: A Wide Range Investigation Using Monte Carlo Simulations by H. O. Tekin, Fatema T. Ali, Ghada Almisned, Gulfem Susoy, Shams A. M. Issa, Antoaneta Ene, Wiam Elshami, Hesham M. H. Zakaly

“…Finally, the HVL values of the S3 sample were compared with some glass- and concrete-shielding materials and the S3 sample was reported for its outstanding properties. …”
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A Laboratory Study of Plasma Charging Inside Lava Tubes on the Lunar Surface by S. Gopalakrishnan, X. Wang, M. Horányi

“…A conducting surface was attached at the entrance of the tube and biased to various negative potentials to study the electron shielding effect on the charging conditions inside the tube. …”
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Estimating the Health-Related Quality of Life Benefit of Prophylactic Treatment for COVID-19 in Immunocompromised People: A Multimethod Valuation Study by Katy Gallop, Rebekah Hall, Michael Watt, Daniel Squirrell, Neil Branscombe, Sofie Arnetop, Andrew Lloyd

“…**Methods:** Vignettes describing HRQoL associated with 2 pre-PrEP states (shielding and semi-shielding behavioral restrictions) and a post-PrEP state were developed from a literature review and tested through interviews with clinicians (n = 4) and individuals with IC conditions (n = 10). …”
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Gamma-ray attenuation characteristics of polypropylene filled with nano-sized and bulk Bi2O3 and CuO by Gouda Mona M., Shebly Mona, Habanjar Khulud, Obeid Amro, Awad Ramadan, Badawi Mohamed S.

“…Pure lead, a traditional and widely used shielding material, was used as a reference to assess the effectiveness of the polypropylene composite's half-value layer. …”
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Determine the Relative Aromaticity of Bilayer Graphyne, Bilayer Graphdiyne, and Bilayer Graphtriyne by Gang Zhang, Xinwen Gai, Lulu Sun, Ji Ma

“…In addition, their responses to external magnetic fields were investigated through anisotropic induced current density (AICD) and isoscalar chemical shielding surfaces (ICSSs) to compare the induced ring currents and magnetic shielding effects, further exploring the aromaticity of the three bilayer materials. …”
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Temporal Trends in X-Ray Exposure during Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Cedric Davidsen, Kirsten Bolstad, Ellisif Nygaard, Kjell Vikenes, Svein Rotevatn, Vegard Tuseth

“…Upgraded X-ray equipment, improved shielding, and enhanced operator awareness are likely contributors to this development.…”
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On cyclicity in weighted Dirichlet spaces by F. Jafari, R. Raposa

“…We extend some results of Brown and Shields on cyclicity to weighted Dirichlet spaces 0<α<1. …”
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Lunar Power Sources: An Opportunity to Experiment by Michele Marrone, Luca Pasqualin, Carlo Giovanni Ferro

“…A parametric study is then conducted to optimize the nuclear reactor design, with particular focus on radiation shielding using lunar regolith and its impact on safety distances. …”
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SU(N) magnetism with ultracold molecules by Bijit Mukherjee, Jeremy M Hutson, Kaden R A Hazzard

“…In this paper, we predict that ultracold molecules shielded from destructive collisions with static electric fields or microwaves exhibit SU( N ) symmetry, which holds because deviations of the s-wave scattering length from the spin-free values are only about 3% for CaF with static-field shielding and are estimated to be even smaller for bialkali molecules. …”
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Dielectric and Microwave Properties of Siloxane Rubber/Carbon Black Nanocomposites and Their Correlation by Omar A. Al-Hartomy, Falleh Al-Solamy, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Nikolay Dishovsky, Vladimir Iliev, Farid El-Tantawy

“…Shielding effectiveness improves, too. It has been established that in all cases the degree of correlation between dielectric and microwave properties evaluated on the basis of the coefficients of correlation calculation is perfect.…”
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