Reverse Cyclic Loading Effect on RCC Wall-Floor Slab-Deep Beam Connection by K. Balasubramanian, K. P. Jaya

“…Generally, the shear walls function as the main lateral load resistant system in high-rise structures. …”
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Certain Nonlinear Integral Inequalities and Their Applications by Yazhou Tian, Min Fan, Yuangong Sun

“…Several new retarded integral inequalities of Gronwall-Bellman-Pachpatte type are presented which generalize the inequalities to the more general nonlinear case in the literature and provide explicit bounds on unknown functions. …”
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Radiation-Based Multi-Modal Therapy Combining with Immunotherapy to Develop a Vaccine-Like Effective Treatment for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer by Dai M, Tian Z, Xu F, Yao B, Liang H, Li D, Wang J, Rong J, Liu T, Tang H, Lu H, Zhang W

“…The synergistic therapy exerts a powerful vaccine-like long-term immune memory function to prevent tumor recurrence with the elevated level of effector memory T (Tem) cells (from 12.8% to 33.3%, P < 0.05).Conclusion: Based on the 4T1 mouse model, developed an effective vaccine-like therapeutic strategy combining X-PDT with Anti-CTLA4, which can effectively ablate tumors, inhibit metastasis, and prevent tumor recurrence. …”
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Optimal Path Choice in Railway Passenger Travel Network Based on Residual Train Capacity by Fei Dou, Kai Yan, Yakun Huang, Li Wang, Limin Jia

“…In this study, railway passenger travel network is constructed based on train timetable. Both the generalized cost function we developed and the residual train capacity are considered to be the foundation of path searching procedure. …”
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New Exact Solutions for a Higher-Order Wave Equation of KdV Type Using the Multiple Simplest Equation Method by Yun-Mei Zhao

“…The solutions obtained are general solutions which are in the form of hyperbolic, trigonometric, and rational functions. …”
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Correlates of Sleep Disturbance Among Peoples Living in Jeju Island, Korea by Moon-Doo Kim

“…Aims: Individuals dissatisfied with their sleep are more likely to seek medical help, to report daytime impairment functioning, and to be diagnosed with a sleep or a mental disorder However, none of the previous studies has examined the relative importance of the various factors correlated to sleep disturbance. …”
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Complications after simultaneous prepectoral breast reconstruction using polyurethane-coated implants in patients with breast cancer by M. Yu. Vlasova, A. D. Zikiryakhodzhaev, I. V. Reshetov, F. N. Usov, E. K. Saribekyan, I. M. Shirokikh, A. N. Gerasimov, Sh. G. Khakimova, M. V. Starkova, N. V. Ablitsova, А. V. Tregubova, T. S. Berestok

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The genomic landscape of compensatory evolution. by Béla Szamecz, Gábor Boross, Dorottya Kalapis, Károly Kovács, Gergely Fekete, Zoltán Farkas, Viktória Lázár, Mónika Hrtyan, Patrick Kemmeren, Marian J A Groot Koerkamp, Edit Rutkai, Frank C P Holstege, Balázs Papp, Csaba Pál

“…Genomic analysis revealed that as compensatory mutations were generally specific to the functional defect incurred, convergent evolution at the molecular level was extremely rare. …”
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SK-TreePCN: Skeleton-Embedded Transformer Model for Point Cloud Completion of Individual Trees from Simulated to Real Data by Haifeng Xu, Yongjian Huai, Xun Zhao, Qingkuo Meng, Xiaoying Nie, Bowen Li, Hao Lu

“…Among the various point cloud completion methods evaluated, SK-TreePCN exhibits outstanding performance regarding the Chamfer distance (CD) and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mn>1</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> Score. The generated point clouds display a more natural appearance and clearer branches. …”
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Late liver allograft dysfunction: definition, risk factors and outcomes by Yu. O. Malinovskaya, K. Yu. Kokina, O. V. Sumtsova, A. O. Grigorevskaya, Ya. G. Moysyuk

“…The cases where the graft loss occurred earlier than 3 months were excluded.The late liver allograft dysfunction was defined as a dysfunction of the transplanted liver, which was manifested by at least one of three following signs and occurred at more than 3 months after transplantation: 1) increased aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and/or gamma glutamyl transferase, alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin; 2) impaired synthetic function (increased international normalized ratio, decreased antithrombin III, cholinesterase); 3) liver cirrhosis complications (signs of portal hypertension, ascites, encephalopathy). …”
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Housing and Health: Very Old People with Self-Reported Parkinson’s Disease versus Controls by Maria H. Nilsson, Maria Haak, Susanne Iwarsson

“…Due to the fact that they have more functional limitations than very old people in general, those with self-reported PD live in housing with more accessibility problems. …”
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Real-world clinical determinants of alcohol dependence in outpatients with bipolar disorder: a multicenter treatment survey for bipolar disorder in psychiatric outpatient clinics w... by Keita Tokumitsu, Norio Sugawara, Naoto Adachi, Yukihisa Kubota, Yoichiro Watanabe, Kazuhira Miki, Takaharu Azekawa, Koji Edagawa, Eiichi Katsumoto, Seiji Hongo, Eiichiro Goto, Hitoshi Ueda, Masaki Kato, Masaki Kato, Reiji Yoshimura, Reiji Yoshimura, Atsuo Nakagawa, Atsuo Nakagawa, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Takashi Tsuboi, Takashi Tsuboi, Koichiro Watanabe, Koichiro Watanabe, Norio Yasui-Furukori, Norio Yasui-Furukori

“…Therefore, it was considered necessary to conduct the study on a larger population in order to generate more robust evidence.ConclusionsWe found that outpatients with bipolar disorder, especially men, had higher rates of alcohol dependence overall than the general population in Japan. …”
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Moments, Exponential Sums, and Monodromy Groups by Nicholas M. Katz, Pham Huu Tiep

“…The exponential sums here are much more general than we previously were able to consider. …”
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Experimental Research on Passive Residual Heat Removal System of Chinese Advanced PWR by Zhuo Wenbin, Huang Yanping, Xiao Zejun, Peng Chuanxin, Lu Sansan

“…A semiempirical model was generated for passive heat removal functions based on the experimental results of steady state cases. …”
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Review of Different Types of Neural Network Architectures by T. L. Makosso, A. Almaktoof, K. Abo-Al-Ez

“… Innovative technologies come with such a huge amount of data that can only computerize with fast and more complex software. As time went by, more complicated problems arose such as pattern recognition, machine learning and prediction and unfortunately the conventional computer system was unable to carry out such tasks. …”
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Semantic Motivation of Nominative Relatives as a Problem of Modern Lexicograph by N. A. Aksarina, L. V. Basova

“…The analysis of dictionary entries and materials of the National Corpus of the Russian allows us to conclude that denominative relatives have a more complexly organized lexical part of the meaning than homonymous adverbs with the same generating base. …”
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NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED CERVICAL CANCER by O. N. Churuksaeva, K. A. Kolomiets

“…Neoadjuvant chemotherapy resulted in more pronounced positive changes in values of functional scale as well as in significant improvement of general health status of patients compared to other group patients…”
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Executive and Language Control in the Multilingual Brain by Anthony Pak-Hin Kong, Jubin Abutalebi, Karen Sze-Yan Lam, Brendan Weekes

“…Our case suggests that voluntary control of spoken word production in trilingual speakers shares neural substrata in the frontobasal ganglia system with domain-general executive control mechanisms. One prediction is that lesions to such a system would give rise to both pathological switching and impairments of executive functions in trilingual speakers.…”
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Rancang Bangun Peta Digital Desa di Kaligentong Boyolali Berbasis Web dan Android by Rizkha Ajeng Rochmatika, Sindung Hadwi Widi Sasono, Amin Suharjono, Eko Supriyanto, Muhlasah Novitasari Mara, Agus Rochadi, Nurul Hidayah, Nuriyana Rohmah

“…Based on data from black box testing, the village digital map application runs according to the functional system. The satisfaction rate of application and web users is 94.10%. …”
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Quality of life and clinical data in hemodialysis patients with different degrees of pruritus by Sebastián Mas Fontao, Paula Manso, Julia Audije-Gil, David Hernán Gascueña, Fabiola Dapena, Nuria Aresté, Emilio Sánchez-Álvarez, Pablo Molina, Raquel Ojeda, Marian Goicoechea, Vicent Esteve Simó, Guillermo Alcalde Bezhold, Mario Prieto-Velasco, María Jesús Lloret, Ana Blanco Santos, Juan Manuel Buades, Carlos Narváez, Rafael Sánchez-Villanueva, Rosa Elena Pérez-Morales, María Dolores Arenas Jiménez, Fundación Renal Española Working Group, Prurito Working Group

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