Evaluation of fatigue life of asphalt binders using the time sweep and linear amplitude sweep tests: A literature review by Mohammed Nouali, Anne Dony, Alan Carter

“…Phenomenological and dissipated energy-based failure criteria are commonly employed to analyze TS test results, while the viscoelastic continuum damage (VECD) model is primarily used to predict fatigue life through the LAS test. …”
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Comparative evaluation of effect of phlebotropic agents on vascular wall permeability in preclinical studies by A. V. Buzlama, A. A. Verlina, A. Yu. Kuznetsov, E. A. Aleksenko

“…The model for preclinical studies: the xylene petechiae test with trypan blue staining. …”
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Research on community characteristics of vegetation restoration in hilly power engineering based on multi temporal remote sensing technology by Chen Bin, Lei Dong, Huang Liangjun, Liu Qingdong, Zhao Xuan, Shi Yuanping

“…In order to accurately identify and evaluate the interference caused to vegetation environment during the construction process of current power transmission and transformation projects in hilly areas, especially in response to the obvious shortcomings of traditional unmanned aerial vehicles and manual detection methods, this study analyzes the composition of vegetation disturbance environment of power transmission and transformation projects in hilly areas from two aspects of natural environmental factors and human environmental factors. …”
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Evolution of tandem repeats in putative circumsporozoite protein to enhance its function: A recent and exclusive event in Plasmodium vivax in India by Manoswini Dash, Veena Pande, Aparup Das, Abhinav Sinha

“…Putative circumsporozoite protein in Plasmodium vivax (PvpuCSP) identified following the molecular hitchhiking model, holds evolutionary significance. Methods: We investigated the extent of genetic polymorphism in PvpuCSP and the role of natural selection which shapes the genetic composition and maintains the diversity in P. vivax isolates from India. …”
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Evolutionary Genetic Analysis of the Pyrazinamidase Gene in Seven Global Populations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Neha Kumari, Nikhat Khan, Aparup Das

“…Background: This study aims to identify the signatures of natural selection in the pyrazinamidase (pncA) gene to see if genetic adaptations by Darwinian natural selection have shaped genetic composition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Methods: The present analyses were based on 209 DNA sequences (561 bp) of the pncA gene of the bacterial pathogen, Mtb from seven different counties (Peru, Pakistan, South Africa, Mexico, India, China, and Kuwait) endemic to tuberculosis (TB). …”
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The effects of rifaximin and lactulose on the gut-liver-brain axis in rats with minimal hepatic encephalopathy. by Xueyan Lin, Zhengchao Zhang, Yi Lin, Shiyun Lu, Rongrong Chen

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A rat model of MHE was established by subcutaneous carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) injection. …”
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Clinical Trial and In Vitro Study for the Role of Cartilage and Synovia in Acute Articular Infection by Elia R. Langenmair, Eva J. Kubosch, Gian M. Salzmann, Samuel Beck, Hagen Schmal

“…However, the roles of cartilage and synovia in this process are not yet fully understood. Methods. Patients with acute joint infections were enrolled in a prospective clinical trial and the cytokine composition of effusions compared in patients with arthroplasty (n = 8) or with intact joints (n = 67). …”
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Natural Regeneration Pattern and Driving Factors of Mixed Forest in the Reclaimed Area of Antaibao Open-Pit Coal Mine, Pingshuo by Jia Liu, Donggang Guo

“…The distribution patterns of seedling-to-sapling transition, sapling-to-tree transition, and seedling–sapling mortality were generally consistent with the overall distribution of seedlings and saplings at the community level. (2) At both the community and species levels, the optimal models for seedling and sapling survival were the height model and the biological factor model. …”
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Comprehensive Computational Assessment of SNAI1 and SNAI2 in Gastric Cancer: Linking EMT, Tumor Microenvironment, and Survival Outcomes by Maryam Kalantari-Dehaghi, Hasan Rahimi-Tamandegani, Modjtaba Emadi-Baygi

“…Using Cox regression analysis, we developed a risk score model and created a nomogram incorporating clinical data. …”
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Normalisation process theory and the implementation of a new glaucoma clinical pathway in hospital eye services: Perspectives of doctors, nurses and optometrists. by Simon Read, James Morgan, David Gillespie, Claire Nollett, Marjorie Weiss, Davina Allen, Pippa Anderson, Heather Waterman

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A prospective observational study was undertaken in four hospital eye services. …”
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Noise Pollution Prediction in a Densely Populated City Using a Spatio-Temporal Deep Learning Approach by Marc Semper, Manuel Curado, Jose Luis Oliver, Jose F. Vicent

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National Council of Justice and the one test: democratizing the Brazilian Judiciary by Davi Everton Vieira de Almeida

“… This article evaluates the potential impacts of the reforms introduced by the National Council of Justice on the composition of the judiciary. By examining the proposal for a unified judicial exam, it explores how this reform could alter the composition of Brazil's judicial elites by addressing two major obstacles to judicial democratization: the decentralization of justice administration and the methods of judge recruitment. …”
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Induction of phospholipase A2 group 4C by HCV infection regulates lipid droplet formation by Masahiko Ito, Jie Liu, Masayoshi Fukasawa, Koji Tsutsumi, Yumi Kanegae, Mitsutoshi Setou, Michinori Kohara, Tetsuro Suzuki

“…Results: Imaging mass spectrometry of the infected mouse model revealed increased lysophosphatidylcholine levels and decreased phosphatidylcholine levels in HCV-positive regions of the liver. …”
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A novel hybrid machine learning approach for δ13C spatial prediction in polish hard-water lakes by Himan Shahabi, Ataollah Shirzadi, Alicja Ustrzycka, Natalia Piotrowska, Janusz Filipiak, Marzieh Hajizadeh Tahan

“…In this study, a random forest (RF), M5P, AMT, and Gaussian process (GP) are the four cutting-edge ML algorithms that are compared with the proposed hybrid model (ARAMT). In accordance with the results, the ARAMT hybrid model performed more effectively in predicting δ13C than the other benchmark ML methods (R2 = 0.9882, MAE = 0.456, and RMSE = 0.527), the others giving: AMT (R2 = 0.982, MAE = 0.558, and RMSE = 0.347), RF (R2 = 0.8014, MAE = 0.612, and RMSE = 0.550), M5P (R2 = 0.7508, MAE = 0.813, and RMSE = 0.701), and GP (R2 = 0.7315, MAE = 0.768, and RMSE = 0.683). …”
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Gut microbiota at different stages of cardiovascular disease continuum by A. A. Yafarova, E. D. Dementyeva, O. A. Zlobovskaya, A. R. Kiselev, A. F. Sheptulina, G. A. Ashniev, L. M. Zhamalov, V. V. Makarov, S. M. Yudin, O. M. Drapkina

“…To study the relationship of gut microbiota (GM) composition with clinical and paraclinical characteristics of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).Material and methods. …”
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TECHNOLOGY FOR EFFICIENT USAGE OF HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING WASTE IN PRODUCTION OF MULTI-COMPONENT SOLID FUEL by B. M. Khroustalev, A. N. Pekhota

“…A paper also provides a model of technological process with efficient sequence of technological operations and parameters of optimum component composition. …”
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A Unified Perspective on Musical Structure: Applying Agawu's Theory to Divergent Interpretations of Form in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto by Setareh Beheshti, Iman Fakhr, saeed Majidi

“…But this model like others, only illuminates specific aspects of a musical structure, while overlooking compositional details that can stand to be further investigated. …”
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Interdiffusion coefficient and atomic mobility for fcc Ag-Cu-Mg phase at 1073 K by Du C.-B., Huang S.-P., Min Q.-H., Liu Y.-L., Wen S.-Y.

“…Based on the experimental composition profiles, the diffusion coefficients at the intersections of the diffusion paths were calculated using the Matano-Kirkaldy method. …”
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Antioxidant Activity and Anxiolytic Effect of <i>Cnidoscolus quercifolius</i> Pohl Stem Bark Extract in Zebrafish by Joice Barbosa do Nascimento, Johnatan Wellisson da Silva Mendes, José Jonas Ferreira Viturino, Maria Inácio da Silva, Mariana Pereira da Silva, Débora Odília Duarte Leite, Emmanuel Silva Marinho, Jane Eire Silva Alencar de Menezes, Hélcio Silva dos Santos, José Galberto Martins da Costa

“…<b>Methods</b>: Anxiolytic effect and acute toxicity tests were conducted using the zebrafish model, while antioxidant activity was assessed using the DPPH^• and ABTS⁺ methods. …”
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Collective Praxis, Collaborative Publishing: The Case of the Data-Sitters Club by Anouk Lang, Katherine Bowers, Lee Bessette, Maria Sachiko Cecire, Quinn Dombrowski, Roopika Risam

“…The Data-Sitters Club (https://datasittersclub.github.io/site/index.html) is a pedagogical resource consisting of “books” that explore themes and methods from digital humanities and computational text analysis in colloquial and accessible ways, using Ann M. …”
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