Stellate ganglion blockade under ultrasound-guidance and the physiological responses in the rat by Robert M. N. Tran, Shaista Malik, Christopher Reist, Christopher Reist, Chad K. Oh, Najeebah Abdul-Musawir, Stephanie C. Tjen-A-Looi, Liang-Wu Fu, Theodore J. Baird, Anh T. Nguyen, Yiwei D. Gong, Zhi-Ling Guo

“…Ultrasound-guided SGB is currently adopted as a more effective and safer method in humans. …”
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Nanoindentation Simulation of Hardening Caused by Cr Precipitates in FeCr Alloy by WANG Shumin, HE Xinfu, CAO Jinli

“…By analyzing the dislocations, it is found that the dislocation length in Fe matrix containing Cr clusters decreases obviously, while the nucleation time of dislocations and the depth of indenter when dislocations nucleate slightly increase, indicating that the addition of Cr clusters slightly slows down the nucleation of dislocations and significantly hinders the expansion of dislocations in the matrix. …”

The effect of biofertilizer on water regime, intensity of photosynthesis and productivity of grain crops in the Steppe Pre-Urals by D. G. Fedorova, L. V. Galaktionov

“…Grain crops are of great food value, productivity of which largely depends on the water regime and assimilation activity of plants. The purpose of the current study was to determine the effect of biofertilizer on the parameters of the water regime, pigment, and gas composition of grain crops. …”
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Two-Hour Sea Level Oscillations in Halifax Harbour by Dan Kelley, Clark Richards, Ruby Yee, Alex Hay, Knut Klingbeil, Phillip MacAulay, Ruth Musgrave

“…We explore the nature of the oscillations as a first step towards the improvement of prediction schemes for sea level and currents in the region. This involves an analysis of the oscillations in the context of seiche and Helmholtz resonance theories and the use of a 2D numerical model to handle realistic bathymetric conditions and other complications that the simpler theories cannot address. …”
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Residential Buildings at Climate Crossroads: Insights from Portugal for South European Energy Performance by Alexandre Castro, Sandra Sorte, Vera Rodrigues, Nelson Martins

“…Results indicate substantial regional variations, with significant increases in cooling demands and corresponding reductions in heating needs, exposing limitations in the regulatory climate files currently used in energy certification processes. …”
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Advances in research on SATB2 and its role in tumor development by Ge Cheng, Chi Tian, Waner Wang, Yangyang Zhou, Xiaoqing Wang, Lei Zhang

“…Understanding its precise mechanisms in these contexts can pave the way for future advancements in therapeutic strategies. …”
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Federated learning with tensor networks: a quantum AI framework for healthcare by Amandeep Singh Bhatia, David E Bernal Neira

“…The healthcare industry frequently handles sensitive and proprietary data, and due to strict privacy regulations, it is often reluctant to share it directly. In today’s context, Federated Learning (FL) stands out as a crucial remedy, facilitating the rapid advancement of distributed machine learning while effectively managing critical concerns regarding data privacy and governance. …”
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Perceptions of AI competence in social and healthcare services: Readiness, reliance and realism by Tuuli Turja, Outi Ahonen

“… Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the health and social service environment through increasingly advanced and autonomous digital solutions. …”
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PULSE: A modular framework for predictive energy efficiency in heterogeneous data centers by Daniel Flores-Martin, Felipe Lemus-Prieto, Juan A. Rico-Gallego

“…The platform fills a gap in current research by offering a user-friendly, modular, and adaptive solution that empowers operators to model, predict, and improve data center energy performance with minimal technical expertise. …”
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Document-Level Neural TTS Using Curriculum Learning and Attention Masking by Sung-Woong Hwang, Joon-Hyuk Chang

“…During synthesis, the document-level text is synthesized using only the necessary contexts of the current time step and masking the rest through an attention-masking mechanism. …”
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Producing Bacillus from the Ripe Bananas, Jackfruit Seeds and Sweet Potato Tubers by Solid Fermentation and its Effect on the Products' Biochemical Properties by Bruce Robin Nyamweha, Collins Muhangi, Lonah Nampwera, Athanasius Ssekyanzi, Cosmas Wacal, Jacob Kaingo, Martin Sserwadda, Wycliffe Tumwesigye, Sylvester Katuromunda

“…In addition to enriching the nutritional components of plant materials and preserving food, fermentation promotes the growth of beneficial microbes that play a role in human and animal health, especially in the digestive tract, commonly known as probiotics. Objectives: The current study investigated the fermentation of ripe banana, jackfruit seeds and sweet potato tubers to produce Bacillus subtilis and also examined the effect of fermentation on the biochemical properties of the plant materials used in the current study. …”
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A novel in vitro system for simultaneous infections with hepatitis B, C, D and E viruses by Roxanne Fouillé, Eloi R. Verrier, Amse De Meyer, Lieven Verhoye, Maud Michelet, Romain Barnault, Caroline Pons, Olivier Diaz, Michel Rivoire, Guillaume Passot, Eike Steinmann, Heiner Wedemeyer, Anna Salvetti, Nicole Pavio, Virginie Doceul, Raphaël Darteil, Philip Meuleman, David Durantel, Julie Lucifora

“…Using HEV-infected HuHep mice, we confirmed the antiviral effect of vonafexor, an FXR agonist, that is currently being tested clinically against HBV/HDV. …”
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Participative Multilingual Identity Construction in Higher Education: Challenging Monolingual Ideologies and Practices by Angela M. Gayton, Michael Evans, Linda Fisher, Karen Forbes, Dieuwerke Rutgers

“…In establishing a rationale for applying this framework and its underpinning conceptualisation of multilingual identity to the (increasingly linguistically diverse) tertiary education sector, this current paper critically examines the literature on attitudes towards multilingualism in higher education; and on evidence for the value of identity-focused pedagogies. …”
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CHAC1: a master regulator of oxidative stress and ferroptosis in human diseases and cancers by Jiasen Sun, Hui Ren, Jiawen Wang, Xiang Xiao, Lin Zhu, Yanyan Wang, Lili Yang

“…CHAC1, an essential regulator of oxidative stress and ferroptosis, is increasingly recognized for its significant roles in these cellular processes and its impact on various human diseases and cancers. …”
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Unit-level Digital Twin Model Construction Technology for Part Manufacturing Processes by LI Dong, LIN Zhiwen, CHEN Chuanhai, ZHAO Yongsheng, LIU Zhifeng

“…This paper reviews the construction technology of unit-level digital twins for part machining, focusing on three key aspects: virtual entity model construction, process strategy design, and process parameter decision making. The current research status and limitations of these aspects in both domestic and international contexts are discussed. …”
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Optimal management of crop pests in the presence of agritourism by Badriya Al Hinaai, Ibtisam Al Abri, Abdullah M. Al-Sadi, Slim Zekri, Kelly Grogan

“…The findings indicate that while pest management is crucial for reducing fruit damage and increasing yields, current practices fail to maximize economic returns. …”
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Urban green infrastructure and social cohesion in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria by Adedotun Dipeolu, Amos Taiwo, Temitope Adebara

“…Urbanisation has increasingly resulted in social fragmentation, insecurity, and health challenges in cities worldwide. …”
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OPTIMIZATION OF IMID-BASED THERAPIES by Murat Çınarsoy

“…In this case, it is clear that multiple myeloma treatment optimization cannot be achieved by considering multiple myeloma treatment only as applying the appropriate drug combination.In order to ensure the optimization of IMID-based therapies, it is necessary to take a broad perspective.This perspective should include the correct selection of the patient to be treated with IMID, the development and implementation of IMID forms that will increase patient compliance, the use of techniques to predict the development of resistance, side effect management during treatment, preventing the increase in disease burden with appropriate maneuvers by following the disease burden after treatment, and drug-free follow-up.It is recommended to avoid thalidomide in the presence of peripheral neuropathy, to prefer other agents instead of lenalidomide in the presence of renal function loss, and to avoid pomalidomide in patients with COPD.Nex-20, a once-monthly subcutaneous formulation of lenalidomide, is expected to be an important breakthrough in improving patient compliance.Prediction of which patients will develop resistance will be very useful in order to have the best treatment outcomes.Calculation of miRNA risk scores, measurement of lenalidomide metabolite levels in urine, measurement of cereblon levels in blood, or immunohistochemical detection of cereblon levels are some of the methods currently being tried to predict disease resistance.Patients who develop anemia should be treated with erythropoietin, skin reactions should be treated with steroids and antihistamines, diarrhea should be treated with loperamide and colestyramine, and in general, the drug should be discontinued and the same dose or a lower dose should be insisted upon.An important part of treatment is maintenance therapy with lenalidomide. …”
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Justification of military neutrality of the Republic of Serbia at a time of erosion of neutrality in Europe by Kajtez Ilija, Starčević Srđan

“…The first chapter briefly describes the historical decline of neutrality during the first half of the 20th century. In that context, observation made in mid last century, according to which neutrality was becoming an obsolete concept, is true. …”
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Low miR-936-mediated upregulation of Pim-3 drives sorafenib resistance in liver cancer through ferroptosis inhibition by activating the ANKRD18A/Src/NRF2 pathway by Xiao Li, Mengna Cui, Long Xu, Qie Guo

“…MiR-936 overexpression and GV102-Pim-3-shRNA significantly attenuated the activity of the ANKRD18A/Src/NRF2 pathway to decrease the expression of Ankyrin repeat domain-containing protein 18A (ANKRD18A), Src, and Nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (NRF2), especially decreasing NRF2 nuclear retention and transcriptional activity. …”
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