Male fertility: a review of the publications from October - December 2020 by D. S. Rogozin

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Theory of coal wall spalling and cooperative control by “support-destressing” in 10 m ultra-large mining height working face by Jiangbin LIU, Zhizeng HUANG, Qianjin LIU, Zhen ZHANG, Cundi HAN, Xingyu LIN, Rongshan MA, Zhen ZHAO

“…The reduction in confining pressure caused by horizontal stress unloading is the primary controlling factor for the failure and instability of ultra-high coal walls in brittle fractured coal and rock masses, The reduction in confining pressure caused by horizontal stress unloading is the primary controlling factor for the failure and instability of ultra-high coal walls in brittle fractured coal and rock masses. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Steel Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Tunnel Secondary Lining Structure and Optimization of Support Parameters by Zijian Wang, Yunchuan Wang, Xiaorong Wang, Baosheng Rong, Bin Zhang, Liming Wu, Chaolin Jia, Zihang Huang

“…Compared with conventional reinforced concrete tunnels, SFRC tunnels show a significant increase in lining stiffness and load capacity, with a 20% reduction in reinforcement yielding load. When the damage factor is 0.43, the addition of steel fibers increases compressive stress by 22.18%. …”
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Assessing the Lifestyle-related Determinants among Employees Working in the IT Sector of Pune City by Anu Mahajan, Ishwa Prerak Desai, Arti Muley

“…Background: The rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among Indian IT professionals is concerning due to prolonged sitting, sedentary work hours, irregular sleep, limited diet variety, excessive consumption of ultra-processed foods, and heightened stress. This study aimed to assess lifestyle determinants in the IT population to predict future NCD risks. …”
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Investigation of crack propagation in the surface white layer of rail steel by A. Yu. Perelygina, V. Yu. Konyukhov, A. E. Balanovskii

“…This is due to tensile and shear stresses on the surface of the wheel-rail contact spot. …”
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Automation of the procedure for determining the admissibility of erosion- corrosion wear in pipelines of nuclear power plants made of carbon steels by Hryhoriy Vorona, Mykyta Ananchenko, Oleh Makhnenko

“…The use of the methodology demonstrated significant advantages in terms of reducing the conservatism of ECW assessment, especially for small-scale thinning and pipelines operating at pressures below 60-80 kgf/cm2, which allows for a substantial reduction in repair work. However, the implementation of the methodology in practice may encounter difficulties due to the complexity and labor-intensiveness of the calculation assessment procedure for nuclear power plant personnel. …”
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Adaptive potential of winter rye cultivars developed at VIR in the context of their grain protein content in the environments of Leningrad province by N. I. Aniskov, I. V. Safonova, V. I. Horeva

“…In Leningrad Province, winter rye is an irreplaceable cereal crop for food and feed. At present, a reduction of the acreage under rye is observed. This situation may be changed by developing rye cultivars capable of maintaining high and stable protein content across variable natural environments.The objective of the research encompassed 9 winter rye cultivars developed by V. …”
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The role and assesment of mental and emotional state in patients with arrhythmias by N. G. Neznanov, U. V. Lebedeva, O. Rida, V. B. Petrova, E. I. Palchikova, A. E.K. Yusifzade

“…In this review of studies on the correlation of psychosocial factors and constitutional features of personality in patients with arrhythmias, the available data on the pathogenesis of cardiac pathology, including the main arrhythmological disorders in nervous excitation caused by negative emotions and stress are presented. The article also reflects the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to risk prediction, potential risk modifiers and approaches to the treatment of cardiac pathology, taking into account the psycho-emotional state of the patient.Conclusion. …”
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Experimental evaluation of Mode II fracture and microstructure of matrix-aggregate bond of concrete with crushed limestone by Grzegorz Ludwik Golewski, Xinyue Xi, Yuanxun Zheng, Jingbo Zhuo, Peng Zhang, Rafał Panek

“…During the experiments the critical stress-intensity factor (KIIc) and critical unit work of failure (JIIc) were determined. …”
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Structural Interaction Between Woven Kenaf FRP Plates and Notched Concrete Beams Under Flexural Loading by Zaim Omar, Hilton Ahmad, Sugiman Sugiman, Hazrina Mansor, Suleyman Khalif Mohamed, Ku Muhammad Firdaus Ku Meh

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Platelet-rich plasma therapy in the management and treatment of male infertility—an update of state-of-art by Ziyad S Haidar

“…Despite promising outcomes, research with larger sample sizes is warranted to delineate optimal protocols and ascertain the clinical safety, efficacy, and predictability of PRP therapy in male infertility management.…”
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Quantitative Estimation of Net Primary Productivity by an Improved tCASA Model Using Landsat Time Series Data: A Case Study of Central Plains, China by Lida Xu, Zongze Zhao, Cheng Wang, Hongtao Wang, Chao Ma

“…The results indicate the following: the improved tCASA model exhibits a stronger linear correlation with the test dataset, achieving a reduction of 11.11 gC/m² in the root mean square error. …”
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Phenomics assisted trait dissection and genotype selection for improved nitrogen use efficiency in rice by Nguyen Trung Duc, Dhandapani Raju, Sudhir Kumar, Renu Pandey, Ranjith Kumar Ellur, Gopala Krishnan S, Chandan Vishwakarma, Elangovan Allimuthu, Biswabiplab Singh, Ambika Rajendran, Rabi Narayan Sahoo, Viswanathan Chinnusamy

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Early-life adversities compromise behavioral development in male and female mice heterozygous for CNTNAP2 by Gabriele Chelini, Tommaso Fortunato-Asquini, Enrica Cerilli, Katia Monsorno, Benedetta Catena, Ginevra Matilde Dall’O’, Rosa Chiara Paolicelli, Yuri Bozzi

“…Interestingly, this trait was highly predictive of their success in social interaction, suggesting that the intrusion of anxiety into the social behavioral domain may contribute to extreme gain- or loss-of function in sociability. …”
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Drought-induced shifts in cowpea rhizoplane bacterial communities across different vegetative and reproductive stages by Durga P.M. Chinthalapudi, Nisarga Kodadinne Narayana, Sujan Poudel, John P. Brooks, Shankar Ganapathi Shanmugam, Raju Bheemanahalli

“…The Random Forest model coupled with SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) values demonstrated high predictive accuracy for identifying drought-related biomarkers, aligning with DeSeq2 analysis results. …”
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Leveraging computer-aided drug design for the discovery of phytohormone analogs: A review by Yuling Guo, Ghulam Qanmber, Zhao Liu, Han Yang, Jun Li, Zhikun Yang, Zhongxian Li, Linlin Yang, Zuoren Yang

“…These include the need for more accurate models and advanced algorithms to predict hormone-receptor interactions and metabolic pathways. …”
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Chitosan-silver nanoparticles and Bacillus tequilensis modulate antioxidant pathways and microbiome dynamics for sheath blight resistance in rice by Muhammad Afzal, Xiyu Tan, Ma Liang Fang, Dong Zeng, Minqing Huang, Xiaoyuan Chen, Xiaoying Zhang, Zhiyuan Tan

“…The combined treatment (T2=Ag-NC + B. tequilensis) achieved a 90 % reduction in disease incidence, surpassing both pathogen-infected controls (T1) and biocontrol-only (T3) interventions. …”
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Continuous sensing of water status in the root zone of wheat plants reveals features of circadian-dependent water uptake under mild water deficit by Ismael Gutiérrez-Fernández, Ouardia Bendou, Emilio L. Marcos-Barbero, Nara Bueno-Ramos, Ana I. González-Hernández, Rosa Morcuende, Juan B. Arellano

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4D label-free proteomics reveals that lignin and gossypol biosynthesis are enhanced in the roots of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. TM-1) seedlings after a fifteen-days exposure... by Yuanhao Ding, Ping Li, Wenjie Lai, Yalan Li, Sihui Huang, Qiuping Zhong, Long Lu, Liyan Yin, Wei Gao, Haiyan Hu

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Digital Twin-Based Technical Research on Comprehensive Gear Fault Diagnosis and Structural Performance Evaluation by Qiang Zhang, Zhe Wu, Boshuo An, Ruitian Sun, Yanping Cui

“…In terms of technical implementation, combined with HyperMesh 2023 refinement mesh generation, ABAQUS 2023 simulates the stress distribution of gear under thermal fluid solid coupling conditions, the Gaussian process regression (GPR) stress prediction model, and a fault diagnosis algorithm based on wavelet transform and the depth residual shrinkage network (DRSN), and analyzes the vibration signal and stress distribution of gear under normal, broken tooth, wear and pitting fault types. …”
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