Reliability and Sensitivity Analysis Method for a Multistate System with Common Cause Failure by Jinlei Qin, Zheng Li

“…Using the technology of a universal generating function (UGF), the CCF of a component can be incorporated in the expression of its UGF. …”
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A New Type Iterative Ridge Estimator: Applications and Performance Evaluations by Aydın Karakoca

“…In the design of the Monte Carlo, both data generation techniques were taken into account, based on the constant and varying correlation levels between the independent variables. …”
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COMPARISON OF H-INFINITY AND ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER FOR ESTIMATING MOTION OF MIDDLE FINGER by Teguh Herlambang, Hendro Nurhadi, Fajar Annas Susanto, Berny Pebo Tomasouw

“…The simulation results show that both methods had almost the same accuracy, and the simulation by generating 800 ensembles was more accurate than that by generating 400 ensembles with an accuracy difference of about 10% above the accuracy rate of 98%.…”
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Empirical Therapy of Complicated Pyelonephritis by V. A. Beloborodov, V. A. Vorobev, P. V. Opanasyuk

“…It is advisable to refrain from the use of monotherapy with fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins until more information is available about the resistance of uropathogens in the population of the Irkutsk region. …”
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Management approach matters: meeting seagrass recovery and carbon mitigation goals by Melissa Ward, Connor Dibble, Maddie Millington-Drake, John Lynch, Karen McGlathery, Richard J. Lilley, Aaron L. Strong, Lisa M. Wedding

“…Abstract Seagrass habitats support biodiversity, improve water quality, protect coastlines, and sequester carbon, among other essential ecosystem functions, yet they are declining worldwide due to human activity. …”
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Use ATCCfinder to identify commercially available American Type Culture Collection strains based on sequence queries by Samuel I. Koehler, Earl A. Middlebrook, Blake T. Hovde, Erik R. Hanschen

“…The algorithm generates databases of the four ATCC data types: strain-specific genome assembly sequence data (sequence), information about how each strain was collected (metadata, catalogue), and structural/functional information about genome assemblies (annotation). …”
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ALDH^High Breast Cancer Stem Cells Exhibit a Mesenchymal–Senescent Hybrid Phenotype, with Elevated Metabolic and Migratory Activities by Luis Larrea Murillo, Conor J. Sugden, Bela Ozsvari, Zahra Moftakhar, Ghada S. Hassan, Federica Sotgia, Michael P. Lisanti

“…Cancer stem cells (CSCs) account for 0.01 to 2% of the total tumor mass; however, they play a key role in tumor progression, metastasis and resistance to current cancer therapies. The generation and maintenance of CSCs are usually linked to the epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), a dynamic process involved in reprogramming cancer cells towards a more aggressive and motile phenotype with increased stemness potential. …”
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Dualism of the Aging Process (analytical review) by V. N. Shabalin

“…Aging is not decay or damage, but a mechanism for transferring one structure of living tissue to another - more perfect, with its preservation in the form of a potential phase for use by new cellular generations of the same organism or other organisms.…”
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Freedom of Expression in Distributed Networks by Ejvind Hansen

“…The question arises as an urgent matter in the context of our global system of connected markets and distributed telecommunications networks – the Internet – since, as many academics and policy makers have noted, the two tend to undermine nationals boundaries, putting into question the power of individual states to continue function as the traditional legal and identity-generating entities of last resort.   …”
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The relationship of the anti-oxidant bilirubin with free thyroxine is modified by insulin resistance in euthyroid subjects. by Petronella E Deetman, Stephan J L Bakker, Arjan J Kwakernaak, Gerjan Navis, Robin P F Dullaart, PREVEND Study Group

“…Thyroid hormone affects both bilirubin generation and its biliary transport, but it is unknown whether circulating bilirubin is associated with thyroid function in euthyroid subjects. …”
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Mixed Convection and Thermally Radiative Flow of MHD Williamson Nanofluid with Arrhenius Activation Energy and Cattaneo–Christov Heat-Mass Flux by S. Eswaramoorthi, Nazek Alessa, M. Sangeethavaanee, Safak Kayikci, Ngawang Namgyel

“…The activation energy enriches the heat transfer gradient and suppresses the local Sherwood number. Additionally, the more significant heat transfer gradient occurs in heat-absorbing nonradiative viscous nanofluid and a smaller heat transfer gradient occurs in heat-generating radiative Williamson nanofluid. …”
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Modulating the serine metabolism in human differentiated astrocytes: an integrated multi omics approach by Farida Tripodi, Elisa Maffioli, Silvia Sacchi, Valentina Rabattoni, Zoraide Motta, Claudia Bearzi, Gabriella Tedeschi, Gabriella Tedeschi, Loredano Pollegioni, Paola Coccetti

“…IntroductionAstrocytes are the major source of L-serine (L-Ser) in the brain: the glycolytic intermediate D-3-phosphoglycerate is converted into L-Ser through the phosphorylated pathway (PP) made up of three enzymes, phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH), phosphoserine aminotransferase (PSAT) and phosphoserine phosphatase (PSP), recently proposed to generate a metabolic assembly named serinosome. In the central nervous system, L-Ser is used for a number of functions, including the synthesis of glycine (Gly) and D-serine (D-Ser), the two key NMDAR co-agonists.MethodsHere, we used iPSC-derived human astrocytes as a cellular model to evaluate the impact on cell metabolism of the overexpression of each of the three enzymes of the PP as GFP-tagged proteins.ResultsThe subcellular cytosolic localization of PP enzymes remains unchanged compared to endogenous proteins, while the complex formation is increased in all cases. …”
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Enhanced propionate and butyrate metabolism in cecal microbiota contributes to cold-stress adaptation in sheep by Xindong Cheng, Yanping Liang, Kaixi Ji, Mengyu Feng, Xia Du, Dan Jiao, Xiukun Wu, Chongyue Zhong, Haitao Cong, Guo Yang

“…Correlation analysis indicated that butyrate holds a central position in both networks, with Hulunbuir sheep exhibiting a more complex and tightly regulated network involving SCFAs, microbiota, microbial functions, and transcriptomes. …”
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Surface microlayer-mediated virome dissemination in the Central Arctic by Janina Rahlff, George Westmeijer, Julia Weissenbach, Alfred Antson, Karin Holmfeldt

“…., the latter having a relatively small genome size of 1.2 Mb and the metabolic potential to generate ATP using the phosphate acetyltransferase-acetate kinase pathway. …”
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Descriptive epidemiology of gynecologic and breast cancers between 1988 and 2018 in Burkina Faso, West Africa by Smaila Ouedraogo, Nayi Zongo, Adeline Djiguemde, Hyacinthe Zaman, Aimé Sosthène Ouedraogo, Blandine Thieba

“…However, there are no data on its full extent in Burkina Faso given the lack of functioning national registry of cancer. This study aims to determine the incidence of gynecologic and breast cancers. …”
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Mental health disorders among children with special health needs: A population-based cohort study using linked administrative data from Manitoba, Canada. by Jennifer E Enns, Caroline Reid-Westoby, Gilles R Detillieux, Marni Brownell, Nathan C Nickel, Anne Gadermann, Astrid Guttmann, Teresa Bennett, Eric Duku, Barry Forer, Monique Gagné Petteni, Katholiki Georgiades, Martin Guhn, Ana Hanlon-Dearman, Brenda T Poon, Magdalena Janus

“…<h4>Objective</h4>An estimated 15-22% of Canadian kindergarten-age children have a special health need (SHN), defined as a clinical diagnosis, a functional need requiring special accommodation at school, or a health condition leading to increased needs. …”
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Innovative gene delivery systems for retinal disease therapy by Hongguang Wu, Ling Dong, Shibo Jin, Yongwang Zhao, Lili Zhu

“…The human retina, a complex and highly specialized structure, includes multiple cell types that work synergistically to generate and transmit visual signals. However, genetic predisposition or age-related degeneration can lead to retinal damage that severely impairs vision or causes blindness. …”
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VANTAGE: An open‐source application for visualisation, navigation and analysis of video and ancillary time‐series data in bio‐logging studies by Stefan Schoombie, Tagen deWet, Stefan Britz, Andrew D. Lowther, W. Chris Oosthuizen

“…However, such deployments generate large amounts of data that are often not synchronised and may be difficult to analyse because open‐source software tools facilitating simultaneous visualisation of multiple data channels along with video streams are lacking. …”
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Agent-based modeling of macrophage-fibroblast interactions in the immune response to biomaterials. by Jennifer Riccio, Luca Presotto, Shir Bahiri, Liad Doniza, Donato Inverso, Laura Sironi, Uri Nevo, Giuseppe Chirico

“…They exhibit a variety of functional phenotypes (or states) induced by the stimulus they receive and the microenvironment. …”
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Rotor Location During Atrial Fibrillation: A Framework Based on Data Fusion and Information Quality by Miguel A. Becerra, Diego H. Peluffo-Ordoñez, Johana Vela, Cristian Mejía, Juan P. Ugarte, Catalina Tobón

“…This advancement could help specialists make more informed decisions in EGM acquisition and treatment application.…”
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