Unveiling Surface Roughness Trends and Mechanical Properties in Friction Stir Welded Similar Alloys Joints Using Adaptive Thresholding and Grayscale Histogram Analysis by Haider Khazal, Azzeddine Belaziz, Raheem Al-Sabur, Hassanein I. Khalaf, Zerrouki Abdelwahab

“…This study attempts to provide a deeper understanding of the nature of the surface formation and roughness of aluminum joints during FSW processes. In order to form more efficient joints, the frictional temperature generated was monitored until reaching 450 °C, where the transverse movement of the tool and the joint welding began. …”
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Altered Metabolism in Knockdown Lines of Two HXXXD/BAHD Acyltransferases During Wound Healing in Potato Tubers by Jessica L. Sinka, Indira Queralta-Castillo, Lorena S. Yeung, Isabel Molina, Sangeeta Dhaubhadel, Mark A. Bernards

“…HXXXD/BAHD acyltransferases occupy a unique place in suberization, as they function to crosslink phenolic and aliphatic monomers during suberin assembly. …”
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Clarifying the Actual Situation of Old-Old Adults with Unknown Health Conditions and Those Indifferent to Health Using the National Health Insurance Database (KDB) System by Mio Kitamura, Takaharu Goto, Tetsuo Ichikawa, Yasuhiko Shirayama

“…In the comparison of health assessments between UHCs and KUs, “body weight loss” and “cognitive function” were more prevalent among KUs, and “smoking” and “social participation” were more prevalent among UHCs. …”
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Constructing Real-Life Benchmarks for Community Detection by Rewiring Edges by Jing Xiao, Hong-Fei Ren, Xiao-Ke Xu

“…In order to make the performance evaluation of community detection algorithms more accurate and deepen our analysis of community structures and functional characteristics of real-life networks, a new benchmark constructing method is designed from the perspective of directly rewiring edges in a real-life network instead of building a model. …”
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Regulation of microtubule nucleation in glioblastoma cells by ARF GTPase-activating proteins GIT1 and GIT2 and protein kinase C by Vadym Sulimenko, Eduarda Dráberová, Vladimíra Sládková, Tetyana Sulimenko, Věra Vosecká, Omar Skalli, Pavel Dráber

“…Abstract Background G protein-coupled receptor kinase-interacting proteins (GITs) function as GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) for small GTPases of the ADP-ribosylation factor (Arf) family. …”
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Improving transparency in malaria programme funds: A business case for connected diagnostics in Kenya by Charlotte M. Dieteren, Emmanuel Milimo, Angela Siteyi, Shannen van Duijn, Leon Stijvers, Lilyana Dayo, Gregory Ganda, Tobias F. Rinke de Wit

“…Conclusion: The concept of ConnDx can be used for any medical condition that can be diagnosed in a digital manner and linked to mobile payment systems. The generated data can contribute to better quality services for individual patients while at the same time support local health policy makers and managers for more targeted interventions. …”
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Impact of maternal intrapartum antibiotics on the initial oral microbiome of neonates by Hongping Li, Bin Xiao, Yong Zhang, Shanqiu Xiao, Jun Luo, Weimin Huang

“…Further function analysis demonstrated that lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis and amino acid–related metabolic function was enriched in the AT group, and carbohydrate metabolism pathways were more abundant in the NT group. …”
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Data processing and exchange tools to facilitate chemical genetic screening processes by Benjamin Leblanc, Adrien Coulet, Estelle André, Franck Molina, Jean-Paul Leonetti

“…Due to the development of chemical genomics, the screening of chemical libraries is used more and more by research laboratories to identify small molecule inhibitors or activators of cell functions. …”
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Prediction and Mapping of Soil Total Nitrogen Using GF-5 Image Based on Machine Learning Optimization Modeling by LIU Liqi, WEI Guangyuan, ZHOU Ping

“…The results revealed that 86.1% of the land in the Jian Sanjiang study area had a total nitrogen content of more than 2.0 g/kg, primarily concentrated in first and second-grade plots, while third and fourth-grade plots accounted for only 11.83% of the total area. …”
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Adenoviral-vectored neoantigen vaccine augments hyperexpanded CD8+ T cell control of tumor challenge in mice by David Li, Gabriel Dagotto, Alessandro Colarusso, Robert C Patio, Tochi Anioke, Victoria Giffin, Ruoran Guan, Trisha Anand, Esther Mbiwan, Malika Aid, Dan Barouch

“…However, Ad26.VP22.7Epi induced CD8+ T cells showed more upregulation of T cell maturation, activation, and Th1 pathways compared with peptide vaccine induced CD8+ T cells, suggesting improved functional T cell quality. …”
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Potential molecular and cellular mechanisms for adverse placental outcomes in pregnancies complicated by SARS-CoV-2 infection-A scoping review. by Janelle Y Wai, Eilidh M Wood, Kylie K Hornaday, Donna M Slater

“…More research is needed to understand the role of these pathways further, in addition to data collection related to trimester, severity, and strain.…”
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Spoken words affect visual object recognition via the modulation of alpha and beta oscillations by Piermatteo Morucci, Piermatteo Morucci, Francesco Giannelli, Francesco Giannelli, Craig G. Richter, Nicola Molinaro, Nicola Molinaro

“…This indicates that language activates more accurate semantic representations compared to natural sounds. …”
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The Role of Inflammation in Diabetes: Current Concepts and Future Perspectives by Sotirios Tsalamandris, Alexios S Antonopoulos, Evangelos Oikonomou, George-Aggelos Papamikroulis, Georgia Vogiatzi, Spyridon Papaioannou, Spyros Deftereos, Dimitris Tousoulis

“…The role of obesity, adipose tissue, gut microbiota and pancreatic beta cell function in diabetes are under intensive scrutiny with several clinical trials to have been completed while more are in development. …”
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Tertiary lymphoid organs in wild boar exposed to a low-virulent isolate of African swine fever virus by Néstor Porras, José M. Sánchez-Vizcaíno, Antonio Rodríguez-Bertos, Aleksandra Kosowska, José Á. Barasona

“…Immunoexpresion of p72 observed in the inflammatory cells adjacent to TLOs/MALTs confirmed its development and reactivity generated by ASF attenuated isolates. Immunohistochemical evaluation, based on cellular composition (T and B lymphocytes), and histomorphometrical study revealed a more pronounced maturation of TLOs/MALTs in the LVI-HVI group. …”
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Neural induction in Xenopus: requirement for ectodermal and endomesodermal signals via Chordin, Noggin, beta-Catenin, and Cerberus. by Hiroki Kuroda, Oliver Wessely, E M De Robertis

“…Loss-of-function experiments with antisense morpholino oligos (MO) showed that the CNS that forms in mesoderm-less Xenopus embryos (generated by injection with Cerberus-Short [CerS] mRNA) required Chordin (Chd), Noggin (Nog), and their upstream regulator beta-Catenin. …”
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Extreme genetic fragility of the HIV-1 capsid. by Suzannah J Rihn, Sam J Wilson, Nick J Loman, Mudathir Alim, Saskia E Bakker, David Bhella, Robert J Gifford, Frazer J Rixon, Paul D Bieniasz

“…The capsid (CA) domain of the HIV-1 Gag protein is under strong pressure to conserve functional roles in viral assembly, maturation, uncoating, and nuclear import. …”
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Investigation on the Marine Corrosion Behavior and Mechanism of Fe₃O₄ Film Using ReaxFF-MD by CHEN Xiangrui, CHEN Yang, WANG Bing, GU Bin

“…In order to explore more deeply and comprehensively the intrinsic mechanisms of corrosion behavior of steel in the marine environment，the ReaxFF molecular dynamics (ReaxFF-MD) method was employed to study the marine corrosion behavior of Fe3O4 in steel passivation film under different NaCl contents，temperatures and strain conditions.By characterizing the surface corrosion morphology，testing the quality loss curve，number density curve，radial distribution function (RDF) curve and simulating the atomic structure evolution at the reaction interface，the process and differences of Fe3 O4 marine corrosion behavior under different conditions were analyzed，and the mechanisms of Fe3O4 marine corrosion and the influence of different factors were revealed at the atomic scale.Results showed that the marine corrosion of Fe3O4 went through three stages: the adsorption stage of water molecules on the surface of Fe3O4 substrate in marine environment，the rapid corrosion stage of substrate and the corrosion saturation stage.During the corrosion process，the increase in NaCl content in the marine environment promoted the adsorption of water molecules on the substrate surface，enhancing the interaction between substrate atoms and water molecules.Moreover，the increase in temperature would cause expansion deformation and enhance molecular motion，reducing the difficulty of bond breaking behavior of matrix atoms.External strain led to an increase in atomic bond lengths and a decrease in atomic coordination numbers within the Fe3O4 matrix，thereby exacerbating the corrosion process.Besides，when the external load was applied，the strain in the substrate increased with the progression of corrosion，and the defect concentration area was generated under high strain loading.…”
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Quantifying ventilatory control with 3% CO2 inhalation during exercise by Suhaib M. Hashem, Stanley M. Yamashiro, Takahide Kato, Takaaki Matsumoto, Vasilis Z. Marmarelis

“…We analyzed the time series data of their breath-by-breath PETCO2 and ventilation and generated a one input–one output model via the Laguerre expansion technique (LET) to construct the gain function and quantify the low (0.002–0.029 Hz) and high (0.03–0.15 Hz) frequency components using the weighted gain averages (WGA) as estimators of central and peripheral chemoreflex mechanisms respectively.Results3% CO2 inhalation caused a significant increase the high frequency WGAs at rest and in all levels of exercise except heavy exercise. …”
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PIPELINE INSPECTION GAUGE MAGNETIC SENSOR CALIBRATION USING TIME-HARMONIC ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD by R.E. Vavilov, V.A. Goldberg

“…The choice of a harmonic function for the calibration magnetic field generation is also due to the convenience of the hardware implementation of the procedure for generating the input signal of a measure of magnetic quantity. …”

Multiscale Modeling of Meandering Fluvial Reservoir Architecture Based on Multiple-Point Geostatistics: A Case Study of the Minghuazhen Formation, Yangerzhuang Oilfield, Bohai Bay... by Jia Li, Chengyan Lin, Xianguo Zhang, Chunmei Dong, Yannan Wei, Wenyan Ning, Changcheng Han, Wei Guo

“…Moreover, the permeability function sets are more suitable than the porosity model for collaboratively simulating the permeability model. …”
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