Effects of alkali treatment on the bending and fracture behavior of biomaterial bamboo by Xiaohan Chen, Xianke Wang, Shaohua Gu, Aiyue Huang, Haitao Cheng

“…Microstructurally, after alkali treatment, the loosening between cells increases the compressible space, leading to a significant prolongation of the plastic stage, especially when loaded from the radial bamboo yellow side (Mode II). …”
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Effects of Thermodiffusion and Chemical Reaction on Magnetohydrodynamic-Radiated Unsteady Flow Past an Exponentially Accelerated Inclined Permeable Plate Embedded in a Porous Mediu... by B. Prabhakar Reddy, M. H. Simba, Alfred Hugo

“…The velocity and temperature of the fluid lessen with increasing the radiation parameter. The effect of thermodiffusion raises the fluid velocity and concentration, whereas a chemical reaction has the opposite impact. …”
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Interfacial Properties and Structure of Emulsions and Foams Co-Stabilized by Span Emulsifiers of Varying Carbon Chain Lengths and Egg Yolk Granules by Wenyan Liu, Jingxia Cao, Qixin Zhang, Weiqin Wang, Yuanping Ye, Senwang Zhang, Leiyan Wu

“…The results unveiled that as the Span concentration increased, particle size decreased from 7028 to 1200 nm, absolute zeta potential increased from 4.86 to 9.26 mv, and the structure became increasingly loosened. This loose structure of EYGs-Span complexes resulted in reduced interfacial tension (γ), higher adsorption rate (Kd), and improved interfacial composite modulus (E) compared with native EYGs. …”
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Kinetic Analysis of [C]Vorozole Binding in the Human Brain with Positron Emission Tomography by Jean Logan, Sung Won Kim, Deborah Pareto, Frank Telang, Gene-Jack Wang, Joanna S. Fowler, Anat Biegon

“…The binding potential (BPA d ) was estimated from a Lassen plot using the total tissue distribution volume ( V T ) for baseline and blocked. …”
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Žemininkai Literary Movement in Vilnius: Relationship with the Space of a Multinational City by Mindaugas Kvietkauskas

“…The initial nationalistic schemes are loosened or questioned, and signs of the ‘Other’ are integrated, which is first of all manifested in their poetry and poetic prose about Vilnius. …”
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Design of Noise-Reducing Two-Stage Cage Control Valve and Its Fluid Characteristics and Cavitation Study by Ruiming Yu, Xi Lu

“…The spool is evenly stressed and not easy to loosen and fall off, and the small opening is not easy to vibrate and shake. …”
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Design, Analysis, and Control of Biomedical Healthcare Modular Wheelchair with Posture Transformation by Muhammad Zia Ur Rahman, Imran Ali, Asif Ishfaque, Muhammad Tanveer Riaz, Nasir Ahmad, M. M. Sayed Al Mahmud, Rimsha Tanveer

“…It is designed specifically for people with disabilities to lessen the need of outside assistance, allowing the disabled person to savour a sense of adoration. …”
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Inhibition Mechanism of Shell Gasifier Coal Fly Ash Additive on Inner/Outer Layer Ash Deposition in Biomass Fluidized Bed Gasification by XUE Haotian, QIN Yuhong, WANG Yuefeng, DU Yujia, WEI Yuexing, HE Chong, GUO Shugang, CAI Xingrui

“…When Shell ash is added at <15% and <10% to the two materials (mass ratio), the formation of phases such as leucite and orthoclase, which have higher relative melting temperatures, inhibits the adhesion of the ash particles and contributs to the loosening of the outer layer deposition ash structure. …”
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Is COVID-19 an Advantage to Disadvantaged Groups? Evidence from Administrative Data on Working Hours in Turkey by Sibel Selim, Şenay Üçdoğruk Birecikli, Gökhan Özkubat

“…In addition, it is predicted that as the stringency of the restrictions increases by 10 points, working-hour gaps between the genders will be lessened by about 0.1 hours. The elderly, university graduates and those working in small businesses are the groups most affected by the pandemic. …”
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First Case Report of a Late Onset Knee Periprosthetic Joint Infection Caused by Lactococcus garvieae by V.-I. Neagoe, S. Zytoun, H.-J. Neuhaus

“…The radiographies of the right knee revealed no signs of displacement or loosening of the prothesis. After multiple radical debridements including VAC therapy and targeted antibiotic therapy we have managed to defeat the infection without exchange arthroplasty. …”
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A Rate-Distortion Optimized Coding Method for Region of Interest in Scalable Video Coding by Hongtao Wang, Dong Zhang, Houqiang Li

“…Thus, the temporal constraints can be loosened during the encoding process. To do it in this way, the possible mismatch between generated reference frames and original ones is also considered during rate-distortion optimization so that a reasonable trade-off between coding efficiency and decoding drift can be made. …”
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Mechanism of seismic-collapsed loess landslides induced by the Ms6.2 earthquake in Jishishan County, Gansu Province, China by Yali Wang, Ping Wang, Guofu Luo, Shaofeng Chai, Wenguo Ma, Chenyang Ye, Shiyang Xu, Haoran Yu

“…Extensive geological surveys and comparisons with similar landslides (such as soil loosening, widespread cracks, and stepped displacements) triggered by the 1920 Haiyuan MS8.5 earthquake and the 1995 Yongdeng MS5.8 earthquake, this study preliminarily identifies one subsidence sites as a seismic-collapsed loess landslide. …”
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Prevalence, incidence and determinants of QuantiFERONTM positivity in South African schoolchildren by J. Stewart, N. Walker, K. Jennings, C. Delport, J Nuttall, A.K. Coussens, R Dyers, D.A. Jolliffe, J.C.Y. Tang, W.D. Fraser, R.J. Wilkinson, L.-G. Bekker, A.R. Martineau, K. Middelkoop

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Lactational performance effects of 3-nitrooxypropanol supplementation to dairy cows: A meta-regression by L.F. Martins, M. Maigaard, M. Johansen, P. Lund, X. Ma, M. Niu, A.N. Hristov

“…Similarly, increasing dietary CP lessened the negative effect of 3-NOP on DMI and decreased its effect on MUN. …”
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Exploring the Occurrence of Clogging in Highly Permeable Coarse Soils of Dam Foundations by Jianquan Ma, Hao Peng, Shibo Li, Zhao Duan, Xinshe Zhang, Donghe Ma

“…Leakage through the permeable coarse soils of dam foundations in Tibet, China, lessened over time without any additional antiseepage measures. …”
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Targeted Therapy on Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Vankodoth Sireesha, Kaluvala Ramya, Manne Nikshitha, Sunkari Nikitha, T. Rama Rao

“…There are many risk factors like genetics and environmental factors (smoking, diet) that can increase the chances of getting and worsening AMD. The main goal in treating AMD is to slow down the disease at an early stage. …”
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Taurine inhibits acute ammonia-induced oxidative stress, immune response, and apoptosis of large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) during keep-live transport by Xin Zhao, Zhenkun Xu, Jun Mei, Jing Xie

“…Taurine administration could lessen the negative impact of ammonia stress. The results showed that ammonia stress might also lead to the up-regulation of stress-related parameter (Hsp70) gene and antioxidant enzymes (SOD, CAT and GPx). …”
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Immediate Loading of Single Implants in the Anterior Maxilla: A 1-Year Prospective Clinical Study on 34 Patients by Miguel Stanley, Filipa Calheiros Braga, Beatriz Mota Jordao

“…No biological complications were found, but 2 implants had their prosthetic abutments loosened: the implant success rate was 95.2%. Conclusions. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Community towards an Onchocerciasis Elimination Program from South West Ethiopia by Haile Worku, Misganaw Mola, Bizuwork Derebew Alemu, Sebwedin Surur Jemal, Aklilu Ayiza, Samuel Getachew, Nitin Mahendra Chauhan, Sunil Tulshiram Hajare, Suresh Chandra Singh, Mohammed Kuddus, Vijay J. Upadhye

“…As a result, the respondent demonstrates that covering the lower body part lessens the black fly’s vulnerability because they may attack below the knee. …”
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The Influence of Ouabain on Human Dendritic Cells Maturation by C. R. Nascimento, R. C. Valente, J. Echevarria-Lima, C. F. L. Fontes, L. de Araujo-Martins, E. G. Araujo, V. M. Rumjanek

“…Particularly in the immune system, our group showed that Ouabain acts on decreasing lymphocyte proliferation, synergizing with glucocorticoids in spontaneous thymocyte apoptosis, and also lessening CD14 expression and blocking CD16 upregulation on human monocytes. …”
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