Common Attractor for Hutchinson <i>θ</i>-Contractive Operators in Partial Metric Spaces by Naila Shabir, Ali Raza, Manuel De la Sen, Mujahid Abbas, Shahbaz Ahmad

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ANALYSIS OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR MEASUREMENT METHODS AND METROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT by Roman Trishch, Olga Maletska, Olena Cherniak, Julija Semionova, Vladislav Jancis

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Expressions of nephrin and desmin in podocyte of HUA rats and intervention of febuxostat by Wu Wei-bin, Zhang Ji-qiang, Gao Qin, Yin Xiao-li, Sang Miao-miao, Yang Ping, Liu Lei, Chen Wei-dong

“…Objective To explore the role and mechanism of podocytes in rat model with uric acid-induce renal damage.Methods By using a random number table, a total of 24 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups of control（NC）,model（HUA）and febuxostat（FX）（n=8 each）.After 8 weeks, the rats were weighted and sacrificed.The levels of uric acid（UA）,blood urea nitrogen（BUN）,serum creatinine（Scr）and 24 h urinary protein（24 h UP）were recorded.Renal pathological changes were observed under transmission electron microscope（TEM）after hematoxylin-eosin（HE）staining.The renal expression levels of nephrin and desmin were detected by immunohistochemical staining and Western blot.Results At Week 8,the levels of UA,Scr, BUN,24 h UP and the expression level of desmin increased markedly in HUA group than those in NC group（P<0.01）;The expression of nephrin decreased obviously in HUA group.Compared with HUA group, the levels of UA,Scr, BUN,24 h UP and the expression level of desmin decreased obviously in FX group.Massive urate crystals deposited in renal tubules and foot process effacement in HUA group.However, it was lighter in FX group.Conclusion Hyperuricemia causes renal podocyte damage and impairs renal function.Febuxostat treatment can effectively lesson the degree of podocyte damage in hyperuricemia rats.A positive correlation exists between serum uric acid level and desmin expression in renal tissue（P<0.01）;a negative correlation between serum level of uric acid and nephrin expression in renal tissue（P<0.01）.A linear correlation exists between the level of uric acid and the degree of podocyte injury.Podocyte injury may be one of the causes of uric acid nephropathy.…”
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PrivBCS: a privacy-preserving and efficient crowdsourcing system with fine-grained worker selection based on blockchain by Juan Chen, Wei Liang, Lijun Xiao, Ce Yang, Ronglin Zhang, Zhenwen Gui, Aneta Poniszewska-Marańda

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BUILDING THE AIR DEFENSE COVERT INFORMATION AND MEASURING SYSTEM BASED ON ORTHOGONAL CHAOTIC SIGNALS by Kostantiv Vasyuta, Fedor Zots, Irina Zakharchenko

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Perception of animal welfare issues during Chinese transport and slaughter of livestock by a sample of stakeholders in the industry. by Xiaofei Li, Sarah Zito, Michelle Sinclair, Clive J C Phillips

“…An initial workshop for experts in this field identified key concerns; these were then included in a questionnaire, which was distributed electronically to stakeholders. Stakeholders, particularly those with higher levels of education, were most concerned about the absence of pre-slaughter stunning and failure to maintain unconsciousness throughout the slaughter process. …”
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INFORMATION SUPPORT FOR CROWDFUNDING AND INVESTING PROJECTS by Julia Malieieva, Olga Malyeyeva, Anatolii Demchenko, Lidiia Piddubna

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A Common Language of Software Evolution in Repositories (CLOSER) by Jordan Garrity, David Cutting

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P78 | THE ROLE OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES DERIVED FROM MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS IN MYOFIBER REGENERATION

“…EVs were isolated from murine myoblasts using a polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based liquid exchange precipitation protocol. EVs from control myoblasts, differentiated myoblasts, and MSCs were characterized in terms of size, surface markers, and myokine content using electron microscopy, western blotting, and ProQuantum immunoassays. …”
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Capacitance–Voltage Studies on Electrostatically Actuated MEMS Micromirror Arrays by Jiahao Chen, Xiaohui Yang, Mustaqim Siddi Que Iskhandar, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Shilby Baby, Muhammad Hasnain Qasim, Dennis Löber, Shujie Liu, Roland Donatiello, Steffen Liebermann, Guilin Xu, Hartmut Hillmer

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Perihematomal changes in glucose metabolism and cell counts in the rat collagenase model for intracerebral hemorrhage by Silke Proesmans, Melissa Lajtos, Robrecht Raedt, Paul Boon, Benedicte Descamps, Charlotte Germonpré, Kristl Vonck, Christian Vanhove, Veerle De Herdt

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Electrostatic MEMS Two-Dimensional Scanning Micromirrors Integrated with Piezoresistive Sensors by Yameng Shan, Lei Qian, Kaixuan He, Bo Chen, Kewei Wang, Wenchao Li, Wenjiang Shen

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Proline Improves Pullulan Biosynthesis Under High Sugar Stress Condition by Keyi Liu, Junqing Wang, Feng Li, Ruiming Wang, Qingming Zeng, Zhenxing Zhang, Hongwei Liu, Piwu Li

“…However, treatment with proline (400 mg/L proline) significantly increased biomass and pullulan yield by 10.75% and 30.06% (174.8 g/L), respectively, compared with those in the control group. To further investigate the effect of proline on the fermentation process, we performed scanning electron microscopy and examined the activities of key fermentation enzymes. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer, and Solidification in AISI 304 Stainless Steel Twin-Roll Strip Casting by Jingzhou Lu, Wanlin Wang, Kun Dou

“…The production of AISI 304 stainless steel (a corrosion-resistant alloy prone to solidification defects from high alloy content) particularly benefits from twin-roll strip casting—a short-process green technology enabling sub-rapid solidification (the maximum cooling rate exceeds 1000 °C/s) control for high-performance steels. …”
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Facile Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Analcime/Sodium Magnesium Aluminum Silicon Silicate Nanocomposite for Efficient Removal of Methylene Blue Dye from Aqueous Media by Ehab A. Abdelrahman, Zahrah Alqahtani, Mortaga M. Abou-Krisha, Fawaz A. Saad, Reem K. Shah

“…High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) demonstrated that Z2 had well-defined spherical particles, indicating improved structural control. …”
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A proteomic atlas of insulin signalling reveals tissue‐specific mechanisms of longevity assurance by Luke S Tain, Robert Sehlke, Chirag Jain, Manopriya Chokkalingam, Nagarjuna Nagaraj, Paul Essers, Mark Rassner, Sebastian Grönke, Jenny Froelich, Christoph Dieterich, Matthias Mann, Nazif Alic, Andreas Beyer, Linda Partridge

“…We have characterized the proteomes of four key insulin‐sensitive tissues in a long‐lived Drosophila IIS mutant and control, and detected 44% of the predicted proteome (6,085 proteins). …”
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A deep learning approach to detect diseases in pomegranate fruits via hybrid optimal attention capsule network by P. Sajitha, A. Diana Andrushia, N. Anand, M.Z. Naser, Eva Lubloy

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A novel Hadamard matrix based hybrid compressive sensing technique for enhancing energy efficiency and network longevity by Balamurali S, Kathirvelu M, SatheeshKumar Palanisamy, Tagrid Abdullah N. Alshalali

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Effect of Zinc Nano Oxide on the Quality of Turkey Sperm in Liquid State by Vahid Lotfi vafa, Khalil Mirzadeh, Saleh Tabatabaei Vakili, Amin Kazemizadeh

“…While controlled ROS production plays a physiological role in key sperm processes—such as motility activation, transient adhesion to the uterine tube, capacitation, increased sperm activity, acrosome reaction, and sperm-oocyte fusion—excessive ROS levels lead to oxidative stress. …”
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The role of collagen type VI alpha 6 chain as a potential tumor suppressor in breast cancer: an immune regulation perspective by Jian-Di Li, Li-Li Deng, Jia-Yuan Luo, Chao-Hua Mo, Bang-Teng Chi, Wan-Ying Huang, Rong-Quan He, Di-Yuan Qin, Chang Song, Wen Zou, Gang Chen

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