Macrophage Activities in Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure by Sophia Esi Duncan, Shan Gao, Michael Sarhene, Joel Wake Coffie, Deng Linhua, Xingru Bao, Zhang Jing, Sheng Li, Rui Guo, Jing Su, Guanwei Fan

“…HF is an established frequent complication of myocardial infarction (MI), and numerous influences including persistent myocardial ischemia, shocked myocardium, ventricular remodeling, infarct size, and mechanical impairments, as well as hibernating myocardium trigger the development of left ventricular systolic dysfunction following MI. …”
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Efficiency of Bacillus pseudomycoides RAY21 and Bacillus subtilis CYA27 Endospore Formulation on Biochar and Oil Spill Dispersant by Rifki Rahmatullah, Saiful Anwar, Mohamad Yani, Maulidi Firlandiana

“…Soil samples from the bamboo rhizosphere were heat-shocked to isolate endospore-forming Bacillus strains, with the isolate identified as Bacillus pseudomycoides RAY21 through 16S rRNA sequencing. …”
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Nuclear Industry in the Eyes of Russians: Trust and Its Determinants by I. A. Ankudinov, R. N. Abramov

“…Both developed and developing countries face the need to meet growing energy consumption needs, which is especially difficult in the context of gas market shocks and large-scale green transition plans. The social dimension of this problem, especially in the reactor-building countries, often remains “behind the scenes”. …”
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Refined Modeling of Geoeffective Fast Halo CMEs During Solar Cycle 24 by E. Yordanova, M. Temmer, M. Dumbović, C. Scolini, E. Paouris, A. L. E. Werner, A. P. Dimmock, L. Sorriso‐Valvo

“…The same CME kinematic parameters have been used as input in the propagation models to compare their predicted arrival times and the speed of the interplanetary (IP) shocks associated with the CMEs. The performance assessment has been based on the application of an identical set of metrics. …”
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Geosynchronous Magnetopause Crossings and Their Relationships With Magnetic Storms and Substorms by A. A. Samsonov, Y. V. Bogdanova, G. Branduardi‐Raymont, L. Xu, J. Zhang, D. Sormakov, O. A. Troshichev, C. Forsyth

“…The GMCs are mostly caused by the impact of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) and/or interplanetary shocks often with a strong increase in the density and a moderate increase in velocity. …”
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The Contemporary System of German Economic Diplomacy by R. O. Raynkhardt

“…In general, notwithstanding recurring negative trends of the domestic and global business climate (oil crisis in the 1970-s, recession of the late 2000s - early 2010s) the German economy demonstrated of high resistibility to exogenous shocks compared to other economies and according to the absolute values of its macroeconomic indicators. …”
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POWER PLAYERS: DO PENSION FUNDS DRIVE STOCK MARKET GROWTH IN THE EUROPEAN UNION? by MILOȘ LAURA RAISA, MILOȘ MARIUS CRISTIAN

“…Conversely, trade openness has a negative relationship with market capitalization, potentially reflecting increased exposure to external economic shocks or capital outflows. Foreign direct investment, while showing a small positive effect, is not statistically significant.Overall, these findings highlight the importance of pension funds in fostering stock market growth and provide policymakers with insights into strategies for financial development in the EU. …”
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Late-time Radio Brightening and Emergence of a Radio Jet in the Changing-look AGN 1ES 1927+654 by Eileen T. Meyer, Sibasish Laha, Onic I. Shuvo, Agniva Roychowdhury, David A. Green, Lauren Rhodes, Amelia M. Hankla, Alexander Philippov, Rostom Mbarek, Ari laor, Mitchell C. Begelman, Dev R. Sadaula, Ritesh Ghosh, Gabriele Bruni, Francesca Panessa, Matteo Guainazzi, Ehud Behar, Megan Masterson, Haocheng Zhang, Xiaolong Yang, Mark A. Gurwell, Garrett K. Keating, David Williams-Baldwin, Justin D. Bray, Emmanuel K. Bempong-Manful, Nicholas Wrigley, Stefano Bianchi, Federica Ricci, Fabio La Franca, Erin Kara, Markos Georganopoulos, Samantha Oates, Matt Nicholl, Main Pal, S. Bradley Cenko

“…A steady increase in the soft X-ray band (0.3–2 keV) concurrent with the radio may be consistent with jet-driven shocked gas, though further observations are needed to test alternate scenarios. …”
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Excess Return of US Mutual Funds by N. V. Artamonov, A. N. Kurbatskii

“…To control for external shocks and funds' cross-correlation, double-clustered standard errors are employed, and a series of robustness checks confirm the stability of the results.…”
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Pancreatopleural fistula as a complication of necrotizing pancreatitis (clinical case) by V.I. Desyateryk, O.V. Kotov, S.P. Mikhno, Ye.O. Okhotnik, M.P. Krasnov

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From Traditional Typing to Genomic Precision: Whole-Genome Sequencing of <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> Isolated from Refrigerated Foods in Chile by Julio Parra-Flores, Beatriz Daza-Prieto, Pamela Chavarria, Miriam Troncoso, Anna Stöger, Guillermo Figueroa, Jetsi Mancilla-Rojano, Ariadnna Cruz-Córdova, Aleksandra Martinovic, Werner Ruppitsch

“…The presence of various antibiotic resistance genes, along with resistance to thermal shocks and disinfectants, may provide <i>L. monocytogenes</i> ST5 strains with enhanced environmental resistance to the hygiene treatments used in the studied food production plant.…”
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Farmers’ markets contribution to the resilience of the food systems by Agathe Lucas, Roberta Moruzzo, Giulia Granai

“…Abstract To mitigate the impacts of future shocks and achieve its targets, the Food Summit 2021 advocates for a transition toward more resilient Food systems. …”
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Metastability, adiabatic shear bands initiation and plastic strain localization in the AMg6 alloy under dynamic loading by Mikhail Sokovikov, Sergey Uvarov, Mikhail Simonov, Vasiliy Chudinov, Oleg Naimark

“…Self-similar nature of microshears collective modes providing the ASB dynamics is analyzed as the mechanism of steady plastic wave front unversality in shocked materials. The dynamic split Hopkinson pressure bar tests were conducted with AlMg6 alloy combined with �in-situ� imaging of temperature kinetics by CEDIP Silver 450M high-speed infrared camera with conclusion of the secondary role of thermoplastic instability at the ASB staging. …”
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Flooding and child development: Evidence from Vietnam by My Tra Nguyen, Kien Le

“…We find that recent exposure to flood shocks makes children 3.3 percentage points less likely to enroll in school and score 0.21 and 0.24 standard deviations lower in math and reading achievement tests, respectively. …”
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Asymmetric risk contagion effect of the interaction between the real economy and the financial sector—an analysis based on the domestic commodity price index by Quan Yonghui, Miao Wenlong

“…Abstract As the uncertainty of the global economy intensifies, domestic real economy risks and financial risks may interact and worsen under international risk shocks. Commodity prices are an important channel for transmitting international economic and financial risks. …”
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A modeling of budget optimization for the strategic plan of universities by different faculties: a case study in Allameh Tabataba'i University by Hassan Rashidi, Morteza Khorsandi, Fatemeh Shams

“…In addition, sudden economic shocks add to the instability and make it necessary to use the university's financial resources effectively.Methodology: A mathematical optimization model of the type of integers is presented for the management and optimal allocation of financial resources according to the performance and effectiveness of universities' scientific activities.Findings: This model has been implemented to realize nine different activities in the strategic plan of Allameh Tabatabai University, separated by faculties. …”
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Role of cash transfers in mitigating food insecurity in India during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study in the Bihar state by Tinku Thomas, Anura V Kurpad, Sumathi Swaminathan, Patrick Webb, Sanchit Makkar, Jawahar Ramasamy Manivannan, Sandra M Travasso, Anjaly Teresa John

“…Households experiencing negative income shocks were more likely to have been food insecure before the lockdown (adjusted OR 6.4, 95% CI 4.9 to 8.3). …”
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How interventions to maintain services during the COVID-19 pandemic strengthened systems for delivery of maternal and child health services: a case-study of Wakiso District, Uganda by Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Neda Razaz, John M. Ssenkusu, Tobias Alfvén, Helena Lindgren

“…Background Health systems are resilient if they absorb, adapt, and transform in response to shocks. Although absorptive and adaptive capacities have been demonstrated during the COVID-19 response, little has been documented about their transformability and strengthened service delivery systems. …”
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EVENT AS A TRANSFORMATION OF EVERYDAY LIFE MODUS OF SOCIAL BEING by Y. G. Boreiko

“…A large-scale event causes shocks that affect most or all individuals and communities that use multiple ways to react to an event – interpretation, selection, glorification, silence, valuations adjustment, phenomena, facts, celebration of holidays, rituals that are periodically repeated.…”
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Changes in household food security, access to health services and income in northern Lao PDR during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey by Jennifer R Head, Phetsavanh Chanthavilay, Helen Catton, Ammaline Vongsitthi, Kelley Khamphouxay, Niphone Simphaly

“…The households who experienced no change in meeting food needs produced a greater percentage of their food from homegrown methods (4.22% more, 95% CI 1.28 to 7.15), than households who found it more difficult.Conclusions Pandemic-associated shocks may have large effects on food insecurity. …”
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