Ability of fabric face mask materials to filter ultrafine particles at coughing velocity by James Ward, P John Clarkson, Eugenia O'Kelly, Sophia Pirog

“…Further assessment was made on the filtration ability of selected fabrics while damp and of fabric combinations which might be used to construct home-made masks.Results Single fabric layers blocked a range of ultrafine particles. …”
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Truncation Artifact Reduction in Stationary Inverse-Geometry Digital Tomosynthesis Using Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Network by Burnyoung Kim, Seungwan Lee

“…During network training, the generator was able to selectively learn a target task for the truncated regions using binary mask images. …”
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Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity, infected cell binding and neutralization by antibodies to the SIV envelope glycoprotein. by Michael W Grunst, Ruby A Ladd, Natasha M Clark, Hwi Min Gil, Vadim A Klenchin, Rosemarie Mason, Genoveffa Franchini, Mario Roederer, David T Evans

“…Nevertheless, the overall correlation between neutralization and ADCC implies that most antibodies that are capable of binding to Env on the surface of virions to block infectivity are also capable of binding to Env on the surface of virus-infected cells to direct their elimination by ADCC.…”
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Comparative study of stability models for identifying stable spring wheat genotypes in diverse conditions by Vijay Kamal Meena, Ram Kumar Sharma, Subhash Chand, Shahil Kumar, Kapil Choudhary

“…Positive correlations were found between yield and stability parameters, highlighting the importance of selecting genotypes with both high yield and stability. …”
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Modeling an Image Clustering Algorithm For Detecting Overheated Railway Axle by Oleksandr Gertsiy, Serhii Karnatov, Vitaliy Gladish, Valentyna Tkachenko

“…For the experiment, thermal images of rolling stock axle boxes were selected one representing a normal condition and the other representing an overheated condition. …”
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Prevalence of Anemia in Pregnant Women and Its Associated Socioeconomic Factors by Gobil Thapa, Swagata Dowerah

“…Methods: The present one-year cross sectional study was carried out in the selected villages under Lahowal Block of Dibrugarh District and the relevant data was collected in a pre-designed and pre-tested proforma by house to house interviews. …”
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Design and analysis of a novel fast adder using logical effort method by Hamid Tavakolaee, Gholamreza Ardeshir, Yasser Baleghi

“…The goal and innovation is to design a structured fast adder that has a block that can be expanded to higher bits, and in this design, the calculation speed and power consumption of the proposed circuit are optimal. …”
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Design and Contact Performance Analysis of 3D-Printed Alloy Metal Inertial Micro Switch by Jinghao Li, Zhipeng Li, Hejuan Chen

“…The aluminum alloy switch and titanium alloy switch were processed by SLM (selective laser melting) technology. The plastic deformation of the 3D-printed titanium alloy electrode occurred later than that of the 3D-printed aluminum alloy electrode under the same impact. …”
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The Mechanisms and Pathophysiology of Mitral Regurgitation: A Narrative Review by Praveen Kumar Neema, Nagarjuna Panidapu

“…The other causes of secondary MR include mitral annular dilation secondary to atrial fibrillation and restrictive cardiomyopathy, dys-synchrony due to bundle branch block, right ventricular pacing and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. …”
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Amateurs exhibit greater psychomotor efficiency than novices: evidence from EEG during a visuomotor task by Guo Lu, John Elvis Hagan, John Elvis Hagan, Ming-Yang Cheng, Dong-Tai Chen, Chieh-Ju Lu, Fang-Yi Lin, Li-Ju Chen, Dan Li, Kuo-Pin Wang, Kuo-Pin Wang, Kuo-Pin Wang

“…Once established, participants were asked to perform 10 putts per block across 6 blocks in the experimental session.ResultsThe results of the study indicated that amateur golfers demonstrated: (1) higher Fz Theta power, (2) higher Fz, Pz, T7, T8 Alpha 2 power, (3) higher Mu 2 power, and (4) higher SMR power compared with novices during motor preparation. …”
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Petrology, geochemistry and Ar-Ar geochronology of eclogites in Jinshajiang orogenic belt, Gonjo area, eastern Tibet and restriction on Paleo-Tethyan evolution by Yuan Tang, Ya-dong Qin, Xiao-dong Gong, Yong Li, Dong-bing Wang, Bao-di Wang

“…In this paper, eclogites developed in the Jinshajiang suture zone in Gonjo area, eastern Tibet, are selected as specific research objects, and petrological, geochemical and Ar-Ar geochronological analyses are carried out. …”
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Manifestation of agronomically valuable traits in the progeny of a sorghum mutant carrying the genetic construct for RNA silencing of the γ-kafirin gene by L. A. Elkonin, N. V. Borisenko, T. E. Pylaev, O. A. Kenzhegulov, S. Kh. Sarsenova, N. Yu. Selivanov, V. M. Panin

“…In T3, a line with a high digestibility of endosperm proteins (81 %) and a minimal decrease in agronomically valuable traits (by 5–7 %) was selected.…”
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Experimental study on supercritical CO2 huff-n-puff process for mid-deep heavy oil reservoirs by Silangluojia , ZHOU Xiang, SUN Xinge, ZHAO Yulong, ZHANG Liehui, WU Yang, PU Hongbin, JIANG Qi

“…To address the unclear mechanism of CO2 injection, unoptimized huff-n-puff development parameters, and lack of experimental research support in the study area, the mid-deep heavy oil reservoir in the Bei 10 well block of Xinjiang oilfield was selected as the research object. …”
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Impacts of dietary arginine supplementation on performance, nutrient digestion and expression of proteins related to milk fatty acid and casein synthesis in early lactating dairy c... by Jing Zhang, Jiaojiao Lang, Lijun Bu, Yapeng Liu, Wenjie Huo, Caixia Pei, Qiang Liu

“…Forty-eight multiparous Chinese Holstein dairy cows (milk yield 34.9 ± 1.27 kg/d, body weight 658 ± 12.7 kg, and days in lactation [DIL] 16.4 ± 2.56) were selected on the principle of proximity and blocked by DIL and milk yield, and divided into one of four groups in a randomized block design: control (without RPArg), low RPArg (LRPArg; 20 g/d Arg), medium RPArg (MRPArg; 40 g/d Arg), and high RPArg (HRPArg; 60 g/d Arg), 4 replicates per group and 3 cows per replicate and the experiment duration was 95 days, including a 10-d covariate period, a 15-d adaptation period, and a 70-d sampling period. …”
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Regulation of senescence-associated secretory phenotypes in osteoarthritis by cytosolic UDP-GlcNAc retention and O-GlcNAcylation by Donghyun Kang, Jeeyeon Lee, Geunho Yook, Sehan Jeong, Jungkwon Shin, Mi-Sung Kim, Yi-Jun Kim, Hyeryeon Jung, Jinsung Ahn, Tae Woo Kim, Moon Jong Chang, Chong Bum Chang, Seung-Baik Kang, Won Ho Yang, Yong-ho Lee, Jin Won Cho, Eugene C. Yi, Chanhee Kang, Jin-Hong Kim

“…Abstract UDP-GlcNAc serves as a building block for glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains in cartilage proteoglycans and simultaneously acts as a substrate for O-GlcNAcylation. …”
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ATP Synthase β-Chain Overexpression in SR-BI Knockout Mice Increases HDL Uptake and Reduces Plasma HDL Level by Kexiu Song, Yingchun Han, Linhua Zhang, Guoqing Liu, Peng Yang, Xiaoyun Cheng, Le Bu, Hui Sheng, Shen Qu

“…HDL cholesterol is known to be inversely correlated with cardiovascular disease due to its diverse antiatherogenic functions. SR-BI mediates the selective uptake of HDL-C. SR-BI knockout diminishes but does not completely block the transport of HDL; other receptors may be involved. …”
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The effect of seed size on emergence percentage, seedling establishment and some quantitative characteristics of safflower(Charthamus tinctorius L.) in field condition by بابک میرشکارنژاد, حسین صادقی, غلامعباس اکبری, فاطمه دوروشی

“…Since Goldasht and Padideh were superior than other cultivars, also creating vigorous seedlings by large seeds, using cultivars with adequate food storage and selecting large seeds with more germination potential to obtain higher yield and good plant establishment recommended…”
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Canagliflozin: from glycemic control to improvement of cardiovascular and renal prognosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Resolution of Advisory Board by M. V. Shestakova, A. S. Ametov, M. B. Antsiferov, T. P. Bardymova, F. V. Valeeva, G. R. Galstyan, T. Yu. Demidova, I. A. Karpova, T. P. Kiseleva, A. Yu. Mayorov, A. M. Mkrtumyan, S. V. Nedogoda, N. А. Petunina, L. A. Ruyatkina, L. A. Suplotova, O. Yu. Sukhareva, V. V. Fadeev, M. S. Shamkhalova

“…Meanwhile, along with the generally recognized classes-effects of this group of drugs, there are intragroup features, including those associated with their different selectivity in sodium-glucose cotransporters of types 1 and 2 (SGLT1 and SGLT 2). …”
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Early testing on S1 lines of black corn (Zea mays L.) from the Ecuadorian highlands by Jorge Merino, William Viera, Javier Garófalo, Paúl Mejía, Víctor Sánchez

“…These resultsallow to select lines with less depressive effects on yield produced by inbreeding, and to continue with the improvement processes of black maize.…”
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The Physical Quality of Milled Rice as Affected by Moisture Content and Relative Humidity during Delayed Rough Rice Drying by Tamrin Tamrin, Filli Pratama, Bagus Septian

“…The experiment was arranged as a factorial-randomized block design. Each treatment was repeated three times. …”
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