Effects of high-power pain threshold ultrasound technique in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A single-blind randomized controlled trial by Yomna F. Ahmed, Rania M. Tawfik, Ahmed M. Tawfick, Shimaa T. Abu El Kasem

“…The current study aimed at evaluating the therapeutic effect of the high-power pain-threshold ultrasound technique (HPPTUS) in comparison with conventional ultrasound (US) techniques in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). …”
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Sustainable Environmental Monitoring: Multistage Fusion Algorithm for Remotely Sensed Underwater Super-Resolution Image Enhancement and Classification by Wad Ghaban, Jawad Ahmad, Ali Akbar Siddique, Mohammad S. Alshehri, Anila Saghir, Faisal Saeed, Baraq Ghaleb, Mujeeb Ur Rehman

“…If compared with the land mass there are a lot of unexplored locations, a wealth of natural resources, and diverse ocean creatures that are inaccessible to us humans. Underwater rovers and vehicles play a vital role in discovering these resources, yet limited visibility in deep waters and technological constraints impede underwater exploration. …”
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Catastrophic lava flow levee failure: precursors, processes, and implications by Elisabeth Gallant, Hannah R. Dietterich, Matthew R. Patrick, David Hyman, Brett B. Carr, John Lyons, Elinor S. Meredith

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Effectiveness of Retail Promotions in the Green Industry by Age Group: A Case Study by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn

“…For instance, consumers over the age of 55 account for the majority of U.S. household lawn and garden retail sales and the number of gardeners in this group is increasing (National Gardening Association, 2013).  …”
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In-Package Air Cold Plasma Treatment of Chicken Breast Meat: Treatment Time Effect by Hong Zhuang, Michael J. Rothrock Jr., Kelli L. Hiett, Kurt C. Lawrence, Gary R. Gamble, Brian C. Bowker, Kevin M. Keener

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<i>In silico</i> mapping of coronary artery disease genes by I. V. Zorkoltseva, N. M. Belonogova, G. R. Svishcheva, A. V. Kirichenko, T. I. Axenovich

“…Information about the functional role of these genes allows us to consider many of them as candidates for CAD. …”
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Interaction of norsecurinine-type monomeric and dimeric alkaloids with α-tubulin: a molecular docking study by Gérard Vergoten, Christian Bailly

“…The recent characterization of the anticancer alkaloid securinine as a tubulin-binding agent prompted us to explore the interaction of related monomeric and dimeric analogues with tubulin. …”
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Investigation of the optimum calcination temperature for water treatment plant sludge to develop a sustainable alkali activated concrete by Jasmin Osama Abdelhalim, Ismail Amer, Ibrahim Abdel Latif, Ihab Fawzy, Sayed Ismail, Mohamed A. Khalaf

“…This WTPS cost the government around 30 million US dollars to return it back to the Nile River in addition to negatively affecting the environment. …”
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What can be lost? Genomic perspective on the lipid metabolism of Mucoromycota by Blanka Sokołowska, Małgorzata Orłowska, Alicja Okrasińska, Sebastian Piłsyk, Julia Pawłowska, Anna Muszewska

“…Following the advancement in EDF genome sequencing, we carried out a systematic survey of lipid metabolism protein families across different EDF lineages. This enabled us to explore the genomic basis of the previously documented ability to produce several types of lipids within the fungal tree of life. …”
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Evaluation of targeting accuracy of cone beam CT guided histotripsy in an in vivo porcine model by Martin G. Wagner, Grace M. Minesinger, Katrina L. Falk, Ayca Z. Kutlu, Meridith A. Kisting, Michael A. Speidel, Timothy J. Ziemlewicz, J. Louis Hinshaw, John F. Swietlik, Fred T. Lee, Paul F. Laeseke

“…For each treatment, pseudotumors (small histotripsy treatments of 15 mm) were created using conventional US guidance to serve as targets for subsequent CBCT guided treatments. …”
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MODERN FOREIGN CONSTITUTIONALISM: MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR COMPARATIVE PUBLIC LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW by Mykhaylo O. Baymuratov, Natalia V. Bocharova

“…All this fully applies to our science of constitutional law, which encourages us to more actively cover the study of constitutional law in foreign countries, publishing activity and activities of scientific centers related to the problems of constitutional law. …”
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Deletion of IRS-1 leads to growth failure and insulin resistance with downregulation of liver and muscle insulin signaling in rats by Yuka Toyoshima, Katsuyuki Nakamura, Yusuke Taguchi, Reiko Tokita, Shiho Takeuchi, Hayato Osawa, Naomi Teramoto, Hidetoshi Sugihara, Fumiaki Yoshizawa, Keitaro Yamanouchi, Shiro Minami

“…Our previous study showed that the disruption of IRS-2 impairs body growth but not glucose tolerance or insulin sensitivity in rats, which led us to hypothesize that IRS-1 plays more pivotal roles in insulin functions than IRS-2. …”
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The evolving roles of geophysics in environmental assessment, monitoring, and management of landfill leachate contaminant plumes: An overview by Joseph Omeiza Alao

“…Traditional monitoring methods struggle to grasp the full extent of this danger, leaving us blind to the insidious spread of contamination. …”
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Combined application of FTAN and cross-spectra analysis to ambient noise recorded by a microseismic monitoring network by Ilaria Barone, Alessandro Brovelli, Giorgio Tango, Sergio Del Gaudio, Giorgio Cassiani

“…While the average model can be used for a more accurate location of the local natural seismicity, the associated standard deviations give us an indication of the lateral heterogeneity of seismic velocities as a function of depth. …”
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Genetic mechanisms of the influence of light and phototransduction on Drosophila melanogaster lifespan by I. A. Solovev, M. V. Shaposhnikov, A. A. Moskalev

“…Analysis of experimental data obtained from the Drosophila melano-gaster model allowed us to formulate the hypothesis of age-dependent photoresistance - a gradual decrease in the expression of genes associated with phototransduction and circadian oscillators, leading to deterioration in the ability to adapt to the photoregimen and to the increase in the rate of aging.…”
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Understanding the impacts of drought on peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.): exploring physio-genetic mechanisms to develop drought-resilient peanut cultivars by Sameer Pokhrel, Prasanna Kharel, Swikriti Pandey, Stephanie Botton, Gema Takbir Nugraha, Corley Holbrook, Peggy Ozias-Akins

“…About three-quarters of peanut production occurs worldwide in arid and semi-arid regions, making drought an important concern in peanut production. In the US about two-thirds of peanuts are grown in non-irrigated lands, where drought accounts for 50 million USD loss each year. …”
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Identifying Fraudulent Responses in a Study Exploring Delivery Options for Pregnancies Impacted by Gestational Diabetes: Lessons Learned From a Web-Based Survey by Emma Ruby, Serine Ramlawi, Alexa Clare Bowie, Stephanie Boyd, Alysha Dingwall-Harvey, Ruth Rennicks White, Darine El-Chaâr, Mark Walker

“…A change to recruitment introduced a US $5 gift card incentive to increase survey engagement. …”
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Functional switching among dynamic neuronal hub-nodes in the brain induces maintenance/transition of cognitive states by Jasleen Gund, Yashaswee Mishra, B. N. Mallick, R. K. Brojen Singh

“…An analysis of electroencephalogram (EEG) allows us to explore properties and associations among brain regions. …”
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Modified Mosquito Programs’ Surveillance Needs and An Image-Based Identification Tool to Address Them by Jewell Brey, Bala Murali Manoghar Sai Sudhakar, Kiley Gersch, Tristan Ford, Margaret Glancey, Jennifer West, Sanket Padmanabhan, Angela F. Harris, Autumn Goodwin

“…Health districts often lack the resources needed to collect essential data, and conventional entomological species identification involves a significant learning curve to produce consistent high accuracy data. These needs led us to develop MosID: a device that allows for high-accuracy mosquito species identification to enhance capability and capacity of mosquito surveillance programs. …”
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Pharmacokinetics and Bioavailability Study of Tubeimoside I in ICR Mice by UPLC-MS/MS by Lianguo Chen, Qinghua Weng, Feifei Li, Jinlai Liu, Xueliang Zhang, Yunfang Zhou

“…A validation of this method was in accordance with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines. …”
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