The antifungal peptide AnAFP from Aspergillus niger promotes nutrient mobilization through autophagic recycling during asexual development by Stephan Starke, Laura Velleman, Birgit Dobbert, Luis Seibert, Jordi Witte, Sascha Jung, Vera Meyer

“…To achieve this, we established a Tet-on controlled anafp expression system, which allowed us to study a null and an overexpression phenotype in the same isolate. …”
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Collaborative Optimization of Container Liner Slot Allocation and Empty Container Repositioning Within Port Clusters by Wenmin Wang, Cuijie Diao, Wenqing He, Zhihong Jin, Zaili Yang

“…A novel mixed-integer programming model is proposed, enabling us to simultaneously track slot allocation, empty container repositioning, empty container leasing, and slot renting. …”
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Comparative Assessment of Functional Recovery Following Dynamic Hip Screw Plate versus Proximal Femoral Nail Fixation in the Management of Unstable Trochanteric Fractures of the Fe... by Avik Kumar Khanra, Indrajit Sardar, Tapendra Nath Sarkar, Rajiv Chatterjee

“…Thus this comparative study helped us to understand the management of unstable trochanteric fractures in terms of surgical technique and evaluate the functional outcomes after fixation with PFN and DHS. …”
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Influencia de los Parámetros de Corte en el Torneado Duro del Acero AISI 4140 by Luis Wilfredo Hernández González, Hiovanis Castillo-Pantoja, Hiovanis Castillo-Pantoja, Dagnier Antonio Curra-Sosa, Dagnier Antonio Curra-Sosa, Enrique Ernesto Zayas-Figueras, Enrique Ernesto Zayas-Figueras, Roberto Pérez-Rodríguez

“…El estudio demostró que la distribución Weibull es una herramienta útil para modelar los tiempos de falla de los intercambiadores y reveló que el tiempo óptimo de reemplazo es de aproximadamente 1,7 años, con un costo mínimo asociado de US$2.139. Estos hallazgos resultan esenciales para la planificación eficaz del mantenimiento y reemplazo de los equipos, así como para la optimización de los recursos económicos. …”
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Vaccine diplomacy and the South African Sovereignty Maintenance Struggle within BRICS cooperation by Farai Joseph Chidhume, Taderera Herbert Chisi

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Combination of Maximum Shear Wave Elasticity Modulus and TIRADS Improves the Diagnostic Specificity in Characterizing Thyroid Nodules: A Retrospective Study by Jing Hang, Fan Li, Xiao-hui Qiao, Xin-hua Ye, Ao Li, Lian-fang Du

“…Patients who underwent conventional ultrasonography (US) and SWE before surgery were enrolled in the current study. …”
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Preventive diagnosis of high blood pressure using the atrial fold by Misleidy Estevez Rubido, Marta Ferriol Rodriguez, Mariela del Carmen Morales Okata, Neisy Oropesa Nerey, Orlays Fontaine Cordero, Liudmila Valentina Cordovés Kleitman

“…A careful observation of the earlobe allows us to determine whether these patients suffer from high blood pressure. …”
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Business Incubators in Russia: 2020 Survey in International Comparative Perspective by M. A. Slesarev

“…We conducted a comprehensive survey among a selection of Russian business incubators.Comparing the world BI average characteristics (secondary data from InBIA, International Business Innovation Association) and UBI Global (the data obtained through Surveys conducted in 2012, 2016, and 2020) helps us understand the actual state and dynamics of business incubation in Russia. …”
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Didactic potential of the textbook in preparing students for self-regulated cognitive activity by Svetlana V. Pavlova, Maria A. Yugova

“…The tasks presented and analyzed in the paper allow us to draw a conclusion about the importance and necessity of using person-centered technologies in the educational process with the aim of preparing students for independent self-regulated cognitive activity through the development of metacognitive skills.…”
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Isolation and In Silico Anti-COVID-19 Main Protease (Mpro) Activities of Flavonoids and a Sesquiterpene Lactone from Artemisia sublessingiana by Roza I. Jalmakhanbetova, Yerlan M. Suleimen, Masayoshi Oyama, Eslam B. Elkaeed, Ibrahim. H. Eissa, Raigul N. Suleimen, Ahmed M. Metwaly, Margarita Yu. Ishmuratova

“…The reported antimicrobial activities of Artemisia sublessingiana encouraged us to investigate the ethanol extract of its aerial parts which led to the isolation of six flavonoids and a sesquiterpenoid. …”
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La diversion comme genre : L’écriture et ses labyrinthes à l’époque élisabéthaine by Sophie Chiari-Lasserre

“…Such translations as Edward Fairfax’s Godfrey of Bulloigne or the Recoverie of Jerusalem (1600) and Robert Dallington’s Hypnerotomachia (1592) allow us to enter a world full of “diversions” – in both senses of the word – and of intricate mazes. …”
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Pioneering the use of micro-biomarkers in oral cancer detection by Namrutha D Shekar, L. Kayal, N. Aravindha Babu, Mukesh Kumar Dharmalingam Jothinathan, Iadalin Ryntathiang

“…Therefore, this review underlines the position of omics technology which helps us understand the role of microbiome and possibly its contribution in cancer development. …”
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Medical versus surgical methods of early abortion: protocol for a systematic review and environmental scan of patient decision aids by Rachel Thompson, Kyla Z Donnelly

“…We plan to undertake a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature to identify, appraise and describe the impact of early abortion method decision aids evaluated quantitatively (Part I), and an environmental scan to identify and appraise other early abortion method decision aids developed in the US (Part II).Methods and analysis For the systematic review, we will search PubMed, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, EMBASE and PsycINFO databases for articles describing experimental and observational studies evaluating the impact of an early abortion method decision aid on women's decision-making processes and outcomes. …”
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Performance of a Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) Pump With Acoustic Volume and Flow Sensing in Simulated High-Consequence Situations by Robert D. Butterfield, Nathaniel M. Sims

“…<italic>Methods:</italic> We tested long and short-term flow accuracy, occlusion-detection time and pressure, and air management of the new device (ND) versus 3 U.S. commercial insulin pumps (CIPs) using standardized methods. …”
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Improving Robustness of Tuned Vibration Absorbers Using Shape Memory Alloys by Mohammad H. Elahinia, Jeong-Hoi Koo, Honghao Tan

“…The proposed SMA-TVA employs SMA wires, which exhibit variable stiffness, as the spring element of the TVA. This allows us to tune effective stiffness of the TVA to adapt to the changes in the primary system's natural frequency. …”
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ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPT "BANKING SYSTEM" IN THE CONTEXT OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND SECTORAL DIVISION OF THE ECONOMY by Nataliia Pohorelenko, Olha Hlushchenko

“…It was found that at the level of such features as the list of institutional elements of the studied groups and taking into account the systemic approach to the combination of individual elements, there are no significant differences between the studied definitions. This allows us to talk about the identity of their content. …”
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Present(ed) bodies, absent agency: “patients’ perspectives” at the Museum Vrolik of the body and medicine by Azia Lafleur

“…I am interested in the affective encounters that are at play in such a setting between us—the living—and the remains on display: How the agency and subject-hood of those who lived and live with ill health, medicalization and disability are effectively present and absent in the context of affective influences in the Museum Vrolik. …”
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Poetic Biography of G.-Zh. Tuguldurov (1817-1872), the Vth Abbot of Aginsky Datsan Dechen Lhundupling by Bair L. Tushinov, Soelma R. Batomunkueva, Vladimir V. Hartaev

“…A copy of this manuscript “Seeds of the biography of the abbot of the monastery Dechen Lhundupling Choje Kelsang Jinpa Pelsangpo” (Tib. bde chen lhun grub gling gi khri pa chos rje skal bzang spyin pa dpal bzang po'i rnam thar gyi sa bon bzhugs) by unknown author was kindly given to us by the fund custodian D.V. Vakunin. The chronological scope of the source covers the period from 1817 to 1872. …”
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Cold War as Social Conflict, Iron Curtains and Application of Dѐtente Policy as Cold War Concept by Effiong Ekpo, Udeoji Ebele Angela

“…The paper postulates that the antagonist behaviour in the Soviet Union, and US and her allies brought a second thought in the system, as a result dѐtente was a solution, and it is strategies relaxation of tension during the cold war associated with the diplomatic reactions between superpowers and later china. …”
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Theories and Practices of Societal Security in the Scandinavian Countries: A Comparative Analysis by Mikhail S. Topchiev

“…The similarities in the theory and practice of societal security allow us to speak about the possible existence of own, Scandinavian system of societal/complex security. …”
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