Copper Increases the Cooperative Gating of Rat P2X2a Receptor Channels by Elias Leiva-Salcedo, Denise Riquelme, Juan Pablo Huidobro-Toro, Claudio Coddou

“…<b>Results</b>: In whole-cell recordings and in patches containing 2 or 3 rP2X2a channels, copper enhanced the ATP-induced currents, significantly reducing the ATP EC₅₀ and increasing the Hill coefficient. …”
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Policy Formulations to Establish More Dry Port Infrastructures to Increase Seaport Efficiency, Productivity, and Competitiveness in Bangladesh by Razon Chandra Saha, Khairir Bin Khalil

“…In the findings, 82.50% of participants agreed that existing facilities are not enough and need to establish more dry ports to handle current and future volumes of containers. Moreover, the responses reveal a division of opinion on establishing a dry port outside of Chattogram, with a notable inclination towards opposition. …”
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Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Increases the Levels of Soluble Immune Checkpoint Proteins in Patients with Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer by Chao Liu, Xiaohui Li, Aijie Li, Wenxue Zou, Rui Huang, Xiaoyu Hu, Jinming Yu, Xiaoling Zhang, Jinbo Yue

“…The levels of soluble T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain containing-3 (sTIM-3) significantly increased during CCRT (P=0.041), while those of the soluble B and T lymphocyte attenuator (sBTLA), sCD40, soluble glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor ligand (sGITRL), sCD80, sCD86, sPD-1, sPD-L1, sCTLA-4, and soluble inducible T-cell costimulator (sICOS) significantly increased after CCRT (all P<0.05). …”
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Successive increases in the resistance of Drosophila to viral infection through a transposon insertion followed by a Duplication. by Michael M Magwire, Florian Bayer, Claire L Webster, Chuan Cao, Francis M Jiggins

“…This resistant allele has rapidly increased in frequency under directional selection and is now the commonest form of the gene in natural populations. …”
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Light absorption and short-circuit current density in plasmonic organic solar cells containing liquid crystal and metal nanowires by Milad Soleimiani, Mohammad Javad Karimi, Hamed Rahimi

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Corrosion characteristic of multi-ring shield tunnel containing rubber concrete invert-filling under direct stray current by Shuo Yu, Hao Jin, Liangjie Gu, Peng Gui

“…Stray current can cause corrosion of underground structural rebar, adding rubber particles to the invert-filling concrete is an effective prevent method to reduce stray current corrosion. …”
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Frequency Domain Sampling Optimization of Cable Defect Detection and Location Method Based on Exponentially Increased Frequency Reflection Coefficient Spectrum by Kuangyi Jiang, Kai Zhou, Xiang Ren, Yefei Xu

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Generation of electricity in BFC by the biological product 'Doctor Robik' during the purification of nitrogen-containing wastewater by G.O. Zhdanova, D.I. Stom, N.Yu. Yudina, S.V. Alferov, Z.U. Dzhangidze, A.D. Stom, M.Yu. Tolstoy, I.A. Bogdanova, A.N. Chesnokova

“…The current generation by microorganisms of “Doctor Robik 109” in the BFC was accompanied by an increase in the number of cells of microorganisms, a depletion of the tested substrates, and a decrease in the redox potential of the anolyte. …”
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Frequency of weight and body composition increases in advanced non‐small cell lung cancer patients during first line therapy by Philip Bonomi, Hita Moudgalya, Sandra L. Gomez, Palmi Shah, Sanjib Basu, Marta Batus, Levi B. Martinka, Ahmed Abdelkader, Iphigenia Tzameli, Sonia Cobain, Susie Collins, Edmund J. Keliher, Danna M. Breen, Roberto A. Calle, Mary Jo Fidler, Jeffrey A. Borgia

“…One cohort received the current standard of care (CSOC), which consisted of immunotherapy and newer chemotherapy regimens, and the other cohort was treated with the former standard of care (FSOC), consisting only of older platinum‐containing regimens. …”
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Significantly Increased Aqueous Solubility of Piperine via Nanoparticle Formulation Serves as the Most Critical Factor for Its Brain Uptake Enhancement by Li J, Leung SSY, Chan EHY, Jiang C, Ho ETY, Zuo Z

“…The PIP NPs could significantly increase the aqueous solubility of piperine from 0.04 mg/mL to 52.31± 0.9 mg/mL and release piperine with a 12.83-fold higher rate than that from piperine suspension. …”
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Increasing uptake of self-management education programmes for type 2 diabetes in primary care: the Embedding research programme including an RCT by Melanie J Davies, Shona Agarwal, Danielle H Bodicoat, Alan Brennan, Simon Dixon, Helen Eborall, Agnieszka Glab, Laura J Gray, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Lisa Huddlestone, Nicky Hudson, Anju Keetharuth, Kamlesh Khunti, Caroline Kristunas, Graham Martin, Alison Northern, Mike Patterson, Daniel Pollard, Rebecca Pritchard, Sally Schreder, Jane Speight, Bernie Stribling, Jackie Sturt, Jess Turner, Christina Weis

“…However, most people do not attend these programmes. Objective Increase type 2 diabetes self-management programme attendance. …”
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Regular Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use Increases Stress Fracture Risk in the General Population: A Retrospective Case-Control Study by Alexandra Ciuciu, Christopher Mulholland, Michael A. Bozzi, Chris C. Frymoyer, Leonardo Cavinatto, David Yaron, Marc I. Harwood, Jeremy D. Close, Christopher J. Mehallo, Ryan E. Tomlinson

“…Subjects diagnosed with stress fractures had a statistically significant increase in both current use (p=0.03) and regular use (p=0.04) of ibuprofen/naproxen/celecoxib as compared to control subjects. …”
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Salicylic Acid Improved the Growth of <i>Dunaliella salina</i> and Increased the Proportion of <i>9-cis</i>-β-Carotene Isomers by Shuaicheng Xiang, Xiaoting Qiu, Xiaojun Yan, Roger Ruan, Pengfei Cheng

“…<i>Dunaliella salina</i> is an important source of natural β-carotene (containing <i>9-cis</i> and <i>all trans</i> isomers) for industrial production. …”
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CALCULATION OF STATIC PARAMETERS OF SILICON DIODE CONTAINING δ-LAYER OF TRIPLE-CHARGED POINT DEFECTS IN SYMMETRIC p–n-JUNCTION by N. A. Poklonski, A. I. Kovalev, N. I. Gorbachuk, S. V. Shpakovski

“…The static capacityvoltage and current-voltage characteristics of the silicon diode with nondegenerate regions of pand n-type of electrical conductivity are calculated for forward and reverse electric bias voltage.It is shown by calculation that in the p–t–n-diode containing the δ-layer of t-defects, at the forward bias a region of current density stabilization occurs. …”
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Low drying temperature has negligible impact but defatting increases in vitro rumen digestibility of insect meals, with minor changes on fatty acid biohydrogenation by Manuela Renna, Mauro Coppa, Carola Lussiana, Aline Le Morvan, Laura Gasco, Lara Rastello, Jonas Claeys, Gaëlle Maxin

“…Abstract Background Insect meals have been identified as innovative and sustainable feedstuffs that could be used in ruminant nutrition. However, current research on the effects that their processing may have on rumen digestibility and fatty acid (FA) biohydrogenation is scant. …”
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Effect of increasing supplementation of dietary glycine on growth performance, meat quality, liver characteristics, and intestinal health in broiler chickens raised under heat stre... by Sung Hoon Kwon, Ji Hye Lee, Hyun Woo Kim, Deok Yun Kim, Dong Yong Kil

“…ABSTRACT: The current study aimed to investigate the effect of increasing supplementation of dietary glycine (Gly) on growth performance, meat quality, liver characteristics, and intestinal health in broiler chickens raised under heat stress (HS) conditions. …”
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Innovative solutions in container transport by Zielaskiewicz Henryk

“…The article presents a historical perspective on the development of transport technology, i.e. a container. It was indicated what solutions are currently used on terminals in order to shorten the service time of intermodal units and ensure an increase in the efficiency of handling operations. …”
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Effectiveness of food supplements in increasing fat-free tissue accretion in children with moderate acute malnutrition: A randomised 2 × 2 × 3 factorial trial in Burkina Faso. by Christian Fabiansen, Charles W Yaméogo, Ann-Sophie Iuel-Brockdorf, Bernardette Cichon, Maren J H Rytter, Anura Kurpad, Jonathan C Wells, Christian Ritz, Per Ashorn, Suzanne Filteau, André Briend, Susan Shepherd, Vibeke B Christensen, Kim F Michaelsen, Henrik Friis

“…In the whole cohort, weight increased 0.90 kg (95% CI 0.88, 0.93; p < 0.01) comprising 93.5% (95% CI 89.5, 97.3) FFM. …”
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The Functional Impact of VX-770 on the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Is Enduring and Increases the Constitutive Activity of This Channel in Primary Airway Epi... by Heidi J. Nick, Sarah E. Christeson, Preston E. Bratcher

“…Acute VX-770 exposure resulted in an increase in CFTR-mediated currents in the absence of exogenous compounds that induce the phosphorylation/activation of CFTR, with acute exposure having the same effect as chronic exposure. …”
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Container traffic: East African case by V. S. Golubeva, N. V. Shcherbinin

“…The region infrastructure facilities, including seaports, have been considered, their attractiveness for investments and doing business has been taken into account. The current level of container line service for providing the foreign economic transactions transport component has been shown and the main East African ports by level of line service and container turnover have been identified. …”
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