Monitoring ground temperature and deformation of the cast-in-place footings in permafrost regions on the Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau by Chao-Wei Wang, Yan-Hui You, Bin Yao, Bin Liu, Pei-Heng Guo, Lei Guo, Xin-Bin Wang, Qi-Hao Yu

“…The long-term stability of the cast-in-place footings in permafrost regions has received much attention due to its climate sensitivity. The current research lacks long-term data validation, especially in the context of climate change. …”
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Thrombospondin-I is a critical modulator in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). by Jessica Min-DeBartolo, Franklin Schlerman, Sandeep Akare, Ju Wang, James McMahon, Yutian Zhan, Jameel Syed, Wen He, Baohong Zhang, Robert V Martinez

“…Activation of PPARα pathway was supported by observed decrease in serum lipid levels. Our findings provide important insights into the role of TSP-1 in context of NAFLD/NASH and TSP-1 may be a target of interest to develop anti-fibrotic therapeutics for NAFLD/NASH.…”
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Playing towards Motivation: Gamification and University Students in Physical Activity! by Victor Javier Sotos-Martinez, Salvador Baena-Morales, Manuel Sanchez-De Miguel, Alberto Ferriz-Valero

“…There is currently concern about the decrease in physical activity participation among university students. …”
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Design of an Automatic Defect Identification Method Based ECPT for Pneumatic Pressure Equipment by Bo Zhang, YuHua Cheng, Chun Yin, Xuegang Huang, Sara Dadras, Hadi Malek

“…In this paper, in order to achieve automatic defect identification for pneumatic pressure equipment, an improved feature extraction algorithm eddy current pulsed thermography (ECPT) is presented. The presented feature extraction algorithm contains four elements: data block selection; variable step search; relation value classification; and between-class distance decision function. …”
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Impact of Sustainable Environmental Expenditures Policy on Air Pollution Reduction, During European Integration Framework by Ionel Bostan, Mihaela Onofrei, Elena-Doina Dascălu, Bogdan Fîrtescu, Carmen Toderascu

“…Pursuant to the growth of society, against the boosting of scientific and technological progress, also arises the negative effect of pollution acceleration. In this context, we relate to risks that imply the growth of pollution, especially against nuisance air pollution increase (CO, SO2, NO etc.) with major implications on the growth of greenhouse effect, the melting of the ice fields, respectively the pollution of the soil with nitrates from fertilizers intensively used in agriculture. …”
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Phenotypic and functional changes of NK cells in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia treated with hypomethylating drugs by D. I. Zhigarev, M. V. Khoreva, L. V. Gankovskaya

“…Meanwhile, the origin of this change and its role are important in the context of the disease pathogenesis. Ultimately, a simple description of an increase or decrease in a single receptor expression is not illustrative, since it can lead to uncertain consequences. …”
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STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF PRELIMINARY STUDIES FOR HEMP CONCRETE by Laurentiu ADAM, Dorina-Nicolina ISOPESCU, Loredana JUDELE, Roxana Dana BUCUR, Daniel LEPADATU

“…Waste is a major worldwide problem and its recycling has become mandatory in the current context of the decrease in natural resources. …”
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RELEVANT CONCEPTS OF A TEACHER’S STATE WHEN EXPERIENCING PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY CRISIS by N. O. Sadovnikova, A. M. Mirzaahmedov

“…Recently, a professional activity and development of a teacher has been carried out in the context of permanent changes in the education system. …”
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Campus microenvironmental factors and their effects on people’s outdoor thermal perceptions under different conditions by Yang Zhang, Shuangyan Feng, Jiaying Liu, Quanzhang Mo, Hui Yin, Jian Zhang

“…However, the thermal environments influenced by these factors are subject to current weather conditions. Subjective responses towards physical environments have rarely been investigated previously. …”
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Enhanced differentiation between 3‐hydroxyglutaric and 2‐hydroxyglutaric acids facilitates diagnostic testing for glutaric aciduria type 1 by Denis Cyr, Michel Boutin, Bruno Maranda, Paula J. Waters

“…Accurate quantitation of urinary 3‐HG is crucial in diagnostic workup for GA1, but in this context, current gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) methods have inherent analytical challenges. …”
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My back: co-designing municipal rehabilitation with and for individuals with long-lasting back problems: study protocol by Tina Junge, P. Kjaer

“…Therefore, the Municipality of Svendborg, the University of Southern Denmark, and UCL University College aim to co-design an improved municipal rehabilitation program with and for individuals with back problems, within the existing municipal context. The new practices developed in the program seek to better support individuals to manage everyday life with back problems, develop effective rehabilitation practices, and decrease the associated municipal costs. …”
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Assessment of Sexual Functions among Infertile Women by Azza A. Mohamed, Aziza A. Attia, Hanan A. Mahjoub

“… Context: Sexual function plays a vital role in the quality of life and is determined by both biological and psychosocial factors. …”
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Advancing Energy Transition: A Circular Economy Framework for Co-Optimizing Energy, Water, and Emissions in Low-Carbon Systems by Mohamed Elsir, Ameena Saad Al-Sumaiti, Mohamed Shawky El Moursi

“…Current models fail to address the dynamic interplay between RES, CC, and desalination, especially given the complexities of temperature-sensitive desalination processes and operational uncertainties. …”
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BENZENE EXPOSURE ANALYSIS IN INFORMAL SHOE INDUSTRY WORKERS IN SUKAJAYA VILLAGE, WEST JAVA VIA LEUKOCYTE COUNT AND S-PHENYLMERCAPTURIC ACID MEASUREMENT IN URINE by Lora Agustina, Ririn Arminsih Wulandari

“… Background: Benzene is a hematotoxic and carcinogenic compound contained in the glue used in the shoe industry. This compound has been suspected of causing decreased leukocyte counts, which is one of the blood cell production disorders. …”
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Corrosion Resistance of AZ91 Magnesium Alloy with Pulse Electrodeposited Ni-SiC Nanocomposite Coating by A. Amadeh, M. Hajiali Fini

“…Microhardness of specimens was measured and the results revealed a significant enhancement from 74 H for bare AZ91 magnesium alloy to 523 HV for the specimen coated in the bath containing 15 g.L–1 SiC. The Corrosion behavior of the samples was studied by potentiodaynamic polarization, and the obtained data showed superior corrosion resistance for coated AZ91 magnesium alloy, i.e. the corrosion current density decreased from 2.69 mA.cm–2, for the uncoated sample, to 0.00046 mA.cm–2, for coated specimen in the bath containing 15 g.L–1 SiC and the corrosion potential increased from – 2.069 V to – 0.33 V at the same conditions. …”
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Comparative legal analysis of the labor law status of a higher school lecturer by T. F. Vysheslavova, S. A. Lukinova

“…The authors analyze the provisions of the current Russian labor legislation on the work of higher education lecturers in the context of globalization and the intensification of the global financial and economic crisis. …”
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Process design and techno-economic analysis of integrated coal gasification-flash ironmaking-methanol synthesis process by Hao Cheng, Guoqiang Cao, Zhongren Ba, Donghai Hu, Yongbin Wang, Jonas Baltrusaitis, Chunyu Li, Jiantao Zhao, Yitian Fang

“…The internal rate of return, payback period, net present value, and return on investment are estimated as 26%, 1018 million, 22.65%, and 3.20 years based on current prices, respectively. Meanwhile, the influences of coal and iron ore prices and iron and methanol prices on economic performance are explored.…”
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SLIPT-Assisted Dual-Hop VLC/RF With Relay Selection: Outage Probability Analysis and Optimization by van Khoe Ta, Ic-Pyo Hong, Giang N. Tran

“…Especially, the devices in optical communication range are randomly located with the uniform distribution, and the light intensity from the light emitting diode (LED) contains alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) elements for the signal detection and energy harvesting. …”
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Kalirin-7 is a Key Player in the Formation of Excitatory Synapses in Hippocampal Neurons by Xin-Ming Ma

“…Hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons of Kal7 knockout (Kal7KO) mice show decreased spine density, spine length, synapse number, and postsynaptic density (PSD) size in their apical dendrites; are deficient in long-term potentiation (LTP); and exhibit decreased frequency of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic current (sEPSC). …”
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INTERACTION BETWEEN DENTO-MAXILLOFACIAL ANOMALIES AND GENERAL-SOMATIC HUMAN CONDITION (LITERATURE REVIEW) by L.V. Smaglyuk, H.V. Voronkova, A.Ye. Karasiunok, A.V. Liakhovska, V.I. Smaglyuk

“…Over the last decade, there has been a clear trend towards an increase in the prevalence of malocclusion, which reaches 80% according to current scientific literature and sometimes it exceeds this percentage. …”
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