Characterization of the Transcriptome of the Xerophyte Ammopiptanthus mongolicus Leaves under Drought Stress by 454 Pyrosequencing. by Tao Pang, Lili Guo, Donghwan Shim, Nathaniel Cannon, Sha Tang, Jinhuan Chen, Xinli Xia, Weilun Yin, John E Carlson

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>The additional transcriptome resources, gene expression profiles, functional annotations, and candidate genes provide a more comprehensive understanding of the stress response pathways in xeric-adapted plant species such as A. mongolicus.…”
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THE FIRST STEP IN VALIDATING THE PedsQL™ – FAMILY IMPACT MODULE QUESTIONNAIRE IN ROMANIA. THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PARENTS WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER by Camelia POPA, Ana DRAGU, Elisabeta NIȚĂ, Cornelia RADA

“…Evaluating the quality of life of parents of children with ASD using this instrument provides a solid foundation for support interventions for these parents, helping them become more functional physically, emotionally, cognitively, and socially.…”
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Model-free reconstruction of excitatory neuronal connectivity from calcium imaging signals. by Olav Stetter, Demian Battaglia, Jordi Soriano, Theo Geisel

“…We find that the functional network topology revealed by Transfer Entropy depends qualitatively on the time-dependent dynamic state of the network (bursting or non-bursting). …”
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MediScan: A Framework of U-Health and Prognostic AI Assessment on Medical Imaging by Sibtain Syed, Rehan Ahmed, Arshad Iqbal, Naveed Ahmad, Mohammed Ali Alshara

“…However, the challenge is to provide AI-based precautions to patients and doctors for more accurate risk assessment. The proposed healthcare system aims to integrate patients, doctors, laboratories, pharmacies, and administrative personnel use cases and their primary functions onto a single platform. …”
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Performance evaluation of extreme value prediction methods for bridge traffic load effects by Miaomiao Xu, Xiao-Yi Zhou, Jie Shen, Deliang Ding, Sugong Cao, C. S. Cai

“…Accurately determining the distribution functions of maximum values is crucial for assessing bridge safety under traffic loads. …”
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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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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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Generalized Dynamic Switched Synchronization between Combinations of Fractional-Order Chaotic Systems by Wafaa S. Sayed, Moheb M. R. Henein, Salwa K. Abd-El-Hafiz, Ahmed G. Radwan

“…The proposed scheme provides various functions suitable for applications such as different master-slave communication models and secure communication systems.…”
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Accelerating crystal structure search through active learning with neural networks for rapid relaxations by Stefaan S. P. Hessmann, Kristof T. Schütt, Niklas W. A. Gebauer, Michael Gastegger, Tamio Oguchi, Tomoki Yamashita

“…Using this approach, we are able to effectively identify the most promising candidates for further evaluation using density functional theory (DFT). Our method not only reliably reduces computational costs by up to two orders of magnitude across the benchmark systems Si16, Na8Cl8, Ga8As8 and Al4O6 but also excels in finding the most stable minimum for the unseen, more complex systems Si46 and Al16O24. …”
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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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Application of the New Mapping Method to Complex Three Coupled Maccari’s System Possessing M-Fractional Derivative by Jan Martinovic, Aziz Ur Rehman, Muhammad Bilal Riaz

“…Furthermore, the incorporation of M-Truncated derivative enables a more extensive exploration of solution patterns. …”
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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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