Amiodarone-Induced Hypothyroidism by Svetlana A. Chepurnenko, Galina V. Shavkuta, Alina D. Nasytko

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Exponential Estimates and Stabilization of Discrete-Time Singular Time-Delay Systems Subject to Actuator Saturation by Jinxing Lin

“…This paper is concerned with exponential estimates and stabilization of a class of discrete-time singular systems with time-varying state delays and saturating actuators. By constructing a decay-rate-dependent Lyapunov-Krasovskii function and utilizing the slow-fast decomposition technique, an exponential admissibility condition, which not only guarantees the regularity, causality, and exponential stability of the unforced system but also gives the corresponding estimates of decay rate and decay coefficient, is derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). …”
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Sleep disorders in pregnancy by Lopes Eliane Aversa, Carvalho Luciane Bizari Coin de, Seguro Priscila Bernal da Costa, Mattar Rosiane, Silva Ademir Baptista, Prado Lucila B. Fernandes do, Prado Gilmar Fernandes do

“…CONTEXT: The precise function of sleep in animals and human beings is still unknown, and any sort of physical, social or psychological variation may change the normal sleep-wake cycle. …”
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Intercept Guidance of Maneuvering Targets with Deep Reinforcement Learning by Zhe Hu, Liang Xiao, Jun Guan, Wenjun Yi, Hongqiao Yin

“…We take the missile’s line-of-sight (LOS) rate as the observation of the RL algorithm and propose a novel reward function, which is constructed with the miss distance and LOS rate to train the neural network off-line. …”
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Study of the Characteristics of Second-Order Underdamped Unsaturated Stochastic Resonance System Driven by OFDM Signals by Gaohui Liu, Dekang Wang

“…Firstly, a nonsaturated bistable potential function model is constructed by combining a traditional monostable potential function with a Gaussian potential function, and a damping coefficient is introduced simultaneously to build the SUUBSR system. …”
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Effects of Residual Water on Proton Transfer-Switching Molecular Device by Hiroto Tachikawa

“…The excited state proton transfer (ESPT) reaction plays a crucial role in DNA defense and ON-OFF proton-switching molecular devices. …”
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Relaxation-exchange magnetic resonance imaging (REXI): a non-invasive imaging method for evaluating trans-barrier water exchange in the choroid plexus by Xuetao Wu, Qingping He, Yu Yin, Shuyuan Tan, Baogui Zhang, Weiyun Li, Yi-Cheng Hsu, Rong Xue, Ruiliang Bai

“…We measured the steady-state water efflux rate from CP to CSF in rats and tested the sensitivity of REXI in detecting CP dysfunction induced by the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor acetazolamide. …”
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EFFECT OF SIMVASTATIN ON THE PROGNOSIS AND THE CHANGES OF THE CLINICAL STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE. THE RESULTS OF THE 12 MONTH RANDOMIZED, OPEN COMPARATIVE STUD... by V. V. Yakusevich, A. Yu. Malygin, A. V. Kabanov

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The Efficacy and Safety of Tolvaptan in Heart Failure Patients with Congestive Signs: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Mei Zeng, Na Li, Tongshuai Chen, Yun Ti, Chunmei Zhang, Peili Bu

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Rational pharmacotherapy of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in elderly patients with cardiac arrhythmias: the role of a betaadrenoblocker bisoprolol by D. A. Kadaeva, K. A. Masuev, S. M. Datsieva, M. I. Ibragimova

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Dynamical quantum phase transitions on random networks by Tomohiro Hashizume, Felix Herbort, Joseph Tindall, Dieter Jaksch

“…For a DQPT defined by the rate function of the Loschmidt echo, we find that the rate function deviates from the p  = 1 limit near vanishing points of the overlap with the initial state, while the critical point remains independent for all p . …”
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Visible–near‐infrared wavelength‐selective photodetection and imaging based on floating‐gate phototransistors by Bo Wang, Ningning Zhang, Jie You, Xin Wu, Yichi Zhang, Tian Miao, Yang Liu, Zuimin Jiang, Zhenyang Zhong, Hao Sun, Hui Guo, Huiyong Hu, Liming Wang, Zhangming Zhu

“…Utilizing the memory function of the device, by cleverly changing the gate voltage pulse, the photoresponse state of the output voltage is effectively adjusted to achieve three imaging states: visible light response only, response to both visible and infrared light, and infrared light response only. …”
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TOWARD THE QUESTION OF ISCHEMIC MYOCARDIAL DYSFUNCTION by V. V. Kalyuzhin, A. T. Teplyakov, I. D. Bespalova, Ye. V. Kalyuzhina

“…They begin with a definition of the term “ischemia” (derived from two Greek words: ischō, meaning to hold back, and haima, meaning blood) - a condition at which the arterial blood flow is insufficient to provide enough oxygen to prevent intracellular respiration from shifting from the aerobic to the anaerobic form. The poor rate of ATP generation from this process causes a decrease in cellular ATP, a concomitant rise in ADP, and ultimately, to depression inotropic (systolic) and lusitropic (diastolic) function of the affected segments of the myocardium. …”
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Adaptive key distillation from channel characteristics by Qiao DAI, Liang JIN, Kai-zhi HUANG

“…Approaches generating secret keys based on radio channel characteristics can’t guarantee the key length and system efficiency at the same time because of the low entropy rate or high disagreement ratio of keys.An adaptive key distillation scheme based on the quantization of channel state information was designed.An upper bounding function was used as an approximation of the real one to improve the entropy of keys under the constraint of disagreement rate.Based on this,the key agreement scheme resulting in longer keys was selected.Simulation results show that with this scheme,the length of key and efficiency of the system can be guaranteed at the same time.…”
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Arterial hypertension in tuberculosis patients: clinical course and pharmaceutical control by N. Yu. Klimenko, N. V. Drobotya, A. A. Kastanayan, V. V. Kaltykova, E. Sh. Guseynova

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THE THYROID GLAND STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DURING STANDARD THERAPY AND BIOLOGICAL THERAPY by G. R. Akhunova, F. V. Valeeva, I. G. Salikhov

“…The level of anti-thyroid antibodies, thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid function) were correlated with active AS (index BASDAI), and the level of anti-thyroid antibodies were correlated with Creactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, the intensity of pain in the joints, number of swollen joints and inflamed enthesis.Therapy with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug is not provided significant effect on the structural and functional state of the thyroidgland, contributing to a downward trend in the level of antibodies to thyroid peroxidase. …”
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TREATMENT OF NEUROGENIC ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE I DIABETES by D. G. Kurbatov, Ya. G. Schwartz, R. V. Rozhivanov, A. E. Lepetukhin, S. A. Dubski

“…All 40 patients, initially and after the course of therapy with the PDE5-Is, underwent a neuromyographic study with the determination of the excitation propagation rate for nervus peroneus and nervus pudendus, endothelial function evaluation on the EndoPat ™ device, and the questionnaire on the international index of erectile function (IIEF-5) scale.Results. …”
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COMPARISON OF CARVEDILOL AND BISOPROLOL EFFICACY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE AND DIABETES TYPES 2 AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION by M. E. Statsenko, S. V. Belenkova, O. E. Sporova, D. A. Ivanova, E. D. Evtereva

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The impact of flap dehiscence on the long-term speech outcome of furlow palatoplasty by Yixuan Huang, Bing Shi, Qian Zheng, Jingtao Li

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Thermodynamical Theory of Inelastic Single Crystals by Piotr Perzyna

“…The developed thermo-viscoplasticity theory of single crystals is based on the axioms as follows: (i) existence of the free energy function; (ii) invariance with respect to any diffeomorphism (any superposed motion); (iii) assumption of the entropy production inequality; (iv) assumption of the evolution equations for the internal state variables in the particular rate-dependent form. …”
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