The Role of Metals in the Reaction Catalyzed by Metal-Ion-Independent Bacillary RNase by Yulia Sokurenko, Vera Ulyanova, Pavel Zelenikhin, Alexey Kolpakov, Dmitriy Blokhin, Dieter Müller, Vladimir Klochkov, Olga Ilinskaya

“…Extracellular enzymes of intestinal microbiota are the key agents that affect functional activity of the body as they directly interact with epithelial and immune cells. …”
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The role of biotransformation processes in mediating interactions between psychotropic drugs and natural products by Nicolae Bacinschi, Ina Pogonea, Lilia Podgurschi, Maria Mihalachi-Anghel, Emil Ștefănescu, Bogdan Socea, Marin Chianu

“…We concluded that natural beverage consumption along side medical treatment is a widespread practice and the main mechanism generating interactions is related to the functioning of biotransformation enzymes.…”
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Neurovascular coupling alterations in type 2 diabetes: a 5-year longitudinal MRI study by Wen Qin, Xiaolu Zhang, Guangyang Ma, Jiayang Yang, Jiahui Lin, Quan Zhang

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A systematic mapping study for graphical user interface testing on mobile apps by Liming Nie, Kabir Sulaiman Said, Lingfei Ma, Yaowen Zheng, Yangyang Zhao

“…Their investigation reports several major findings: (1) there are relatively more studies on two topics, that is, test case generation and the automated test; (2) the most productive authors tend to collaborate and often have relatively broad research interests; (3) the functionality is the main objective of GUI testing; the model‐based approach is the most widely used.…”
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OXIDATIVE STRESS: ITS ROLE IN INSULIN SECRETION, HORMONE RECEPTION BY ADIPOCYTES AND LIPOLYSIS IN ADIPOSE TISSUE by V. V. Ivanov, Ye. V. Shakhristova, Ye. A. Stepovaya, O. L. Nosareva, T. S. Fyodorova, N. V. Ryazantseva, V. V. Novitsky

“…Oxidative stress is one of the pathogenetic components of many diseases during which generation of reactive oxigen species increases and the capacity of the antioxidant protection system diminishes. …”
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Polymer Composites Containing Ionic Liquids: A Study of Electrical Conductivity by Ahmad Adlie Shamsuri, Siti Nurul Ain Md. Jamil, Mohd Zuhri Mohamed Yusoff, Khalina Abdan

“…It encourages innovation in next-generation conductive materials and assists future research and development of more efficient materials for electronics.…”
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Combination of oncolytic Maraba virus with immune checkpoint blockade overcomes therapy resistance in an immunologically cold model of advanced melanoma with dysfunctional T-cell r... by Victoria Jennings, Alan Melcher, Fiona Errington-Mais, Victoria Roulstone, Kevin J Harrington, Galabina Bozhanova, Shane Foo, Martin McLaughlin, Malin Pedersen, John Bell, Pablo Nenclares, Joan Kyula, Lizzie Appleton, Edward Armstrong, Masahiro Ono, Matthew K L Chiu, Anton Patrikeev, Nitya Mohan, Julia Hoebart, Emmanuel Patin

“…The effectiveness of intratumoral MG1 was assessed in advancing 4434 tumors and the generation of antitumor and antiviral T cells measured by splenocyte recall assays. …”
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Masseter Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials: A new tool to assess the vestibulomasseteric reflex pathway by Aishwarya Nagarajan, Sujeet Kumar Sinha

“…Masseter VEMP assesses the functional integrity of the acoustic-masseteric and vestibulo-masseteric reflex pathways. …”
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Symbolic Framework for Evaluation of NOMA Modulation Impairments Based on Irregular Constellation Diagrams by Nenad Stefanovic, Vladimir Mladenovic, Borisa Jovanovic, Ron Dabora, Asutosh Kar

“…The advantages of the proposed approach include intuitive symbolic modeling in a dynamic framework for NOMA signals; efficient, more accurate, and less time-consuming design flow; and generation of synthetic training data for machine-learning models that could be used for system optimization in real-world use cases.…”
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Design of a Prediction Model to Predict Students’ Performance Using Educational Data Mining and Machine Learning by Jayasree R, Sheela Selvakumari

“…In this research work, efforts have been made to identify low-performing students through the proposed Back Propagation Neural Network for Student Performance Analysis (BPNN-SPA) model, which generates more accurate, efficient, and dependable results as compared to some of the existing techniques and models. …”
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A Multi-Strategy Visual SLAM System for Motion Blur Handling in Indoor Dynamic Environments by Shuo Huai, Long Cao, Yang Zhou, Zhiyang Guo, Jingyao Gai

“…Typical SLAM systems adhere to the assumption of environment rigidity, which limits their functionality when deployed in the dynamic indoor environments commonly encountered by household robots. …”
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Autonomous Vehicle Acceptance in China: TAM-Based Comparison of Civilian and Military Contexts by Dan Wan, Ling Peng

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Efficiency of biological versus mesoporous adsorbents for gadolinium removal from wastewater by Inga Zinicovscaia, Nikita Yushin, Dube Sifelani, Doina Humelnicu

“…Abstract Gadolinium application in industry and medicine results in generation of large volumes of gadolinium-containing wastewater, which can present hazard for humans and environment. …”
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Medium-Term Hourly Electricity Tariff Forecasting Using Ensemble Models by Matrenin P.V., Arestova A.Yu., Antonenkov D.V.

“…Meanwhile, tariff rates of the retail market are also hourly changed for certain groups of electricity consumers. It creates more efficient electrical load regu-lation opportunities than the traditional load leveling approach. …”
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FES-Assisted Walking with Spring Brake Orthosis: Simulation Studies by R. Jailani, M. O. Tokhi, S. C. Gharooni, B. S. K. K. Ibrahim

“…This paper presents a simulation of bipedal locomotion to generate stimulation pulses for activating muscles for paraplegic walking with wheel walker using functional electrical stimulation (FES) with spring brake orthosis (SBO). …”
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Novel mutation and severe respiratory failure in congenital disorders of glycosylation Type Ix by Betül Kılıç, Nejmiye Akkuş

“…This mutation in the STT3B gene affects the catalytic subunit of the oligosaccharyltransferase and the recipient substrate properties, which in part have the same functions in N-glycosylation. A novel homozygous mutation in the STT3B presence of c.38C > G that encodes p.S13W (p.Ser13Trp) was detected with next generation sequencing. …”
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D-BADGE: Decision-Based Adversarial Batch Attack With Directional Gradient Estimation by Geunhyeok Yu, Minwoo Jeon, Hyoseok Hwang

“…This simple yet efficient decision-based method functions similarly to a score-based attack, enabling the generation of UAPs in real-world scenarios, and can be easily extended to targeted attacks. …”
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An innovative tool for the evaluation of energy efficiency of merchant ships by Valentina Bortuzzo, Serena Bertagna, Luca Braidotti, Vittorio Bucci

“…The application of the tool to a case study of a tanker ship, designed to validate its functionality, demonstrates that the tool can effectively generate extensive data, which can be used to identify correlations between specific ship factors and GHG emissions. …”
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UnigeneFinder: An Automated Pipeline for Gene Calling From Transcriptome Assemblies Without a Reference Genome by Bo Xue, Karine Prado, Seung Yon Rhee, Matt Stata

“…ABSTRACT For most species, transcriptome data are much more readily available than genome data. Without a reference genome, gene calling is cumbersome and inaccurate because of the high degree of redundancy in de novo transcriptome assemblies. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF DRY-SCALE CLEANER CUM GRADER FOR STORED ONION BULBS (ALLIUM CEPA L.) by Jamel SALO, Emmanuel SICAT

“…This study sought to develop a dry-scale cleaner cum grader for stored onion bulbs to simplify operations, reduce labor costs, minimize operation losses, and generate more income for the onion farmers. The design of the machine parts was computed based on the onions' average physical (shape, size, surface area, density, colour, and weight) and mechanical (hardness, compressive strength, impact, and shear resistance) properties. …”
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