Periodic Solutions for Nonlinear Integro-Differential Systems with Piecewise Constant Argument by Kuo-Shou Chiu

“…Then we construct appropriate mappings and employ Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorem to show the existence of a periodic solution of this type of nonlinear differential equations. We also use the contraction mapping principle to show the existence of a unique periodic solution. …”
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Renewable energy in chemical industrial buildings for cost performance by Bernadette Detty Kussumardianadewi, Albert Eddy Husin, Lastarida Sinaga

“…This framework is specifically designed for smart contracts and digital transactions in the chemical industry's retrofitting of green buildings. …”
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INNOVATIVE MODEL OF TRAINING OFFICERS IN CIVIL UNIVERSITY by Alexander N. Abramov, Leonid Yu. Rotkov, Alexey V. Simonov, Valeriy V. Trembovetskiy

“…The article considers the model of the special officers' training for military service under the contract by the innovative educational trajectory on the basis of a civil university, having in his structure the military department (department of military training). …”
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Decoding the future: a bibliometric exploration of blockchain in logistics by Mª Del Valle Fernández Moreno, Juan Miguel Alcántara-Pilar, Marta Tolentino

“…Visual representations of the results are provided through longitudinal maps and strategic diagrams, illustrating pivotal themes across the three study periods: blockchain and sustainability. Smart contracts emerge as a focal topic in the final period under consideration.…”
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A Novel Cuckoo Search Optimized Deep Auto-Encoder Network-Based Fault Diagnosis Method for Rolling Bearing by Jinyu Tong, Jin Luo, Haiyang Pan, Jinde Zheng, Qing Zhang

“…Second, the sparse penalty term and contractive penalty term are used simultaneously to regularize the loss function of auto-encoder to enhance the feature learning ability of networks. …”
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Post-cholecystectomy functional disorders of the sphincter of Oddi after by Yu. M. Pantsyrev, S. G. Shapoval’yants, S. A. Chernyakevich, A. G. Pankov, I. V. Babkova, S. Yu. Orlov, N. V. Zubova

“…Functional SO disorders (spasm of papilla of Vater, hyper- and hypokinetic dyskinesia, increased frequency of contractions, local stenosis of papilla of Vater in combination to sphincter dysfunction) were diagnosed in all patients, who underwent endoscopic SO manometry. …”
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Design and Construction of a Hydraulic Lift. by Ndahura, Dickens

“…This project is mainly focused on the force acting on the hydraulic lift when it is extended and contracted. Generally, a hydraulic lift is used for lifting and holding heavy-weight components. …”
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Functionally important respiratory symptoms and continued cigarette use versus e-cigarette switching: population assessment of tobacco and health study waves 2-6Research in context by James D. Sargent, Kristin Lauten, Kathryn C. Edwards, Susanne E. Tanski, Todd A. MacKenzie, Laura M. Paulin, Mary F. Brunette, Maciej L. Goniewicz, Amanda Malasky, Debra Stark, Fernando B. de Moura, Holly Griffin, Kimberly H. Nguyen, Eric Backlund, Heather L. Kimmel, John H. Kingsbury, Jenny E. Ozga, K Michael Cummings, Andrew Hyland

“…Kimmel was substantially involved in the scientific management of and providing scientific expertise for contract nos. HHSN271201100027C and HHSN271201600001C.…”
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The Class III PI3K/Beclin-1 Autophagic Pathway Participates in the mmLDL-Induced Upregulation of ETA Receptor in Mouse Mesenteric Arteries by Xi Xie, Chen Chen, Cang-Bao Xu, Jie Lin, Lei Cao, Gen Chen, Jie Li

“…The dose-effect curve of endothelin-1- (ET-1-) induced mesenteric artery contraction was measured using myography, while ETA receptor mRNA expression was detected using real-time polymerase chain reactions, and the protein levels of the ETA receptor, class III PI3K, Beclin-1, LC3 II/I, p62, NF-κB, and p-NF-κB were observed using Western blot analysis. mmLDL significantly strengthened ET-1-induced contraction (the Emax value increased from 184.87 ± 7.46% in the NS group to 319.91 ± 20.31% in the mmLDL group (P<0.001), and the pEC50 value increased from 8.05 ± 0.05 to 9.11 ± 0.09 (P<0.01). …”
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Potential Value of Circular RNA circTBC1D4 in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors by null Chunyan-Zou, null Yanpeng-He, null Changshun-Xie, null Fulai-Gao, null Xiaoli-Xie, null Xiukun-Chai, null Chenxi-He, null Dongqiang-Zhao

“…GO analysis results revealed that DEGs were involved in negative management of myocardial contraction, regulation of myocardial cell contraction, ethanol oxidation, cellular potassium ion homeostasis, and relaxation of cardiac muscle, and KEGG analysis showed that major DEGs were with cGMP-PKG signaling pathway. …”
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The analysis of factors influencing patient choice of healthcare providers between tertiary hospitals and community clinics by Silin Wu, Silin Wu, Zhaoxia Lei, Tinglian Liu, Lan Chen, Yang Qin

“…Logistic regression indicated that being over 60 years old (OR: 1.94, CI: 1.02–3.69) and awareness of the tiered healthcare system (OR: 2.48, CI: 1.56–3.96) were significant factors for seeking primary care.ConclusionPatients with higher education and income prefer tertiary hospitals, while chronic disease patients are more likely to utilize community care. Low family doctor contract rates and trust in community healthcare quality remain barriers. …”
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Soil-transmitted helminth infections and nutritional indices among children (5–9 years) and adolescents (10–12 years) in Calabar, Nigeria by Anok Ukam Usang, Edema Enogiomwan Imalele, Emmanuel Offiong Effanga, Ukoha Kalu Ukoha, Ituna Emini Eleng

“…Respondents with no history of deworming were significantly less likely to contract an STH infection (Odds Ratio: 0.2; 95% Confidence Interval: 0.1–0.4; P < 0.001). …”
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Effects of Walking Pattern-Based Intelligent Electrical Stimulation on Outpatients with Stoke： A Randomized Controlled Study by HE Xuguang, SUN Wei, ZHOU Lu, HE Meiyan, WEI Ni

“…The stimulation frequency was 30 Hz, the wavelength was 200 μs, and the intensity was the minimum intensity of muscle contraction. The stimu- lation electrodes placed in the sham stimulation group were the same with the real stimulation group, and the intensities could only cause weak sensory stimulation but no real muscle contraction. …”
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A Prediction Method of Tensile Young's Modulus of Concrete at Early Age by Isamu Yoshitake, Farshad Rajabipour, Yoichi Mimura, Andrew Scanlon

“…Knowledge of the tensile Young's modulus of concrete at early ages is important for estimating the risk of cracking due to restrained shrinkage and thermal contraction. However, most often, the tensile modulus is considered equal to the compressive modulus and is estimated empirically based on the measurements of compressive strength. …”
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Green Operations Management of Interbasin Water Transfer Project: An Extended Framework of Joint Pricing and Inventory Management by Huimin Wang, Liuyu Xue, Jianhui Peng, Gaofeng Liu, Zhisong Chen

“…The following can be drawn from the research: (1) the IBWT project would achieve better operational performance through making WGD efforts and implementing green supply chain management. (2) Coordination strategy outperforms the decentralized one in terms of the operational performance in the management of IBWT green supply chain. (3) A revenue and cost sharing contract based on Nash bargaining could help promote coordination of the IBWT green supply chain.…”
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Temporal expression of bacterial proteins instructs host CD4 T cell expansion and Th17 development. by Seung-Joo Lee, James B McLachlan, Jonathan R Kurtz, Danhua Fan, Sebastian E Winter, Andreas J Baumler, Marc K Jenkins, Stephen J McSorley

“…Flagellin-specific CD4 T cells expanded and contracted early, differentiated into Th1 and Th17 lineages, and were enriched in mucosal tissues after oral infection. …”
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Her Heart Lies at the Feet of the Mother by Fiona Moolla

“…Final contentment of the heroine is undermined by her questionable actions at the end, resulting in psychic and spiritual contraction. The novel is therefore open-ed up to ambiguity and uncertainty in the closure, notwithstanding the faith of the heroine. …”
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Gauging generalised symmetries in linear gravity by Chris Hull, Maxwell L. Hutt, Ulf Lindström

“…Abstract The theory of a free spin-2 field on Minkowski spacetime has 1-form and (d − 3)-form symmetries associated with conserved currents formed by contractions of the linearised Riemann tensor with conformal Killing-Yano 2-forms. …”
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The Responsibility of a Service Provider in Classical Roman Law

“…The curring research showes the intrinsic interconnection between developing of formal legal relationships based on a contract of autonomic parties and rising of responsibility standards of a service provider. …”
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Reversible Shaping of Microwells by Polarized Light Irradiation by Federica Pirani, Angelo Angelini, Francesca Frascella, Emiliano Descrovi

“…By taking advantage of the light responsivity of the azobenzene compound, we demonstrate the possibility to reversibly modulate a contraction-expansion of wells from an initial round shape to very narrow slits. …”
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