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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Thomas DeGrand
Summary: The numerical study focused on the crossover between the low temperature chirally broken phase and the high temperature chirally restored phase in SU(N-c) gauge theory with varying fermion masses across different colors. Results showed that the temperature-dependent chiral condensate and screening masses exhibited similar temperature dependence across different colors for each fermion mass studied.
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Mathematics
Han Yu
Summary: In this paper, we investigate orbit closures under diagonal torus actions. We demonstrate that if (x, y) is an element of T-2 and not contained in any rational lines, then its orbit under the x2, x3, x5 actions is dense in T-2.
ADVANCES IN MATHEMATICS
(2022)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Hui-Li Guo, Yi-Kun Wang, Xiao-Jie Qu, Rui Feng, Jing-Yu Pang, Yan Bai, Dong-Bin Dang
Summary: The two-dimensional heteropolyoxoniobate compound exhibited good electrocatalytic properties towards the redox reactions of H2O2, NaNO2, dopamine hydrochloride, and ascorbic acid. In this mixed 2D layer, the ratio of four- and five-vanadium-capped Keggin heteropolyoxoniobates is 3:1.
NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2022)
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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Stephen P. Martin
Summary: This article presents a method to obtain identities satisfied by three-loop self-energy master integrals with four or five propagators with generic masses. By recasting these identities in terms of renormalized master integrals, numerical evaluation becomes straightforward using the differential equations approach. Several benchmark examples are provided.
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Clinical Neurology
Peter Y. Joo, Justin R. Zhu, Alexander J. Kammien, Michael J. Gouzoulis, Paul M. Arnold, Jonathan N. Grauer
Summary: This study compares the perioperative 90-day adverse events and 5-year reoperation rates between different levels of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) cases. The results show that three-level ACDF cases do not have a greater risk of 90-day adverse events compared to two-level cases. However, four-level ACDF cases have significantly higher odds of readmission, dysphagia, and prolonged length of stay compared to one-level cases. Additionally, the reoperation rates at five years are higher for four-level cases.
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Ecology
Jared A. Grummer, Luciano J. Avila, Mariana M. Morando, Adam D. Leache
Summary: This study compared three hybrid zones between four species in the Liolaemus fitzingerii group of lizards, confirming sharp species boundaries and geographically localized hybrid zones. The analysis found differences in performance between mitochondrial and nuclear DNA in terms of clines, highlighting the need for further investigation into hybrid zones as hard species boundaries or promoters of speciation.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Automation & Control Systems
Andre Elias Lucena da Costa, Cursino Brandao Jacobina, Nady Rocha, Edison Roberto Cabral da Silva, Antonio Venancio de Moura Lacerda Filho
Summary: This article introduces a new single-phase five-level inverter with reduced switch count, which generates an output waveform with five levels while having the same number of devices as a conventional three-level neutral-point clamped inverter. The introduced converter also uses fewer components and has lower conduction losses compared to other existing five-level inverters, leading to reduced cost and system complexity. Simulation and experimental results validate the theoretical analysis of the introduced inverter.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS
(2021)
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
P. Steinmann, A. Smith, E. Birang, A. McBride, A. Javili
Summary: The article discusses the use of multi-body potentials in molecular dynamics and molecular statics, distinguishing between spatial and material atomistic forces. It explains how these forces contribute to equilibrium and non-equilibrium problems, highlighting the importance of material atomistic forces in driving energetically favorable re-organizations of atomistic configurations.
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Faran Razi, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq
Summary: This study investigates the exergoeconomic performance of different variants of the copper-chlorine cycle, including the three-, four-, and five-step versions. The three-step variant produces hydrogen at the lowest cost rate (0.83 $/kg), while the four-step cycle produces hydrogen at the highest cost rate (1.82 $/kg). The hydrolysis step has the highest hourly levelized cost rates for all variants of the cycle.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Energy & Fuels
In Wha Jeong, Tae Hyun Sung
Summary: This paper introduces a new multilevel one-cycle control technique for the automatic DC link voltage balance in a five-level DCMC-based STATCOM, utilizing four voltage compensators. The proposed control method is verified through simulation and experimental results in steady-state and dynamic operation modes.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yao Jing, Yukihiro Yoshida, Pingping Huang, Hiroshi Kitagawa
Summary: A reversible transformation between 1D, 2D, and 3D has been demonstrated in coordination polymers comprised of Cu-II ions and bidentate terephthalate. These dimensional transformations have significantly altered chemical and physical properties, including gas sorption and magnetism.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
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Optics
Yanxia Liu, Yi-Cong Yu, Shu Chen
Summary: This study investigates one-dimensional three-body systems consisting of two identical bosons and one mass-imbalanced atom with attractive two-body and three-body zero-range interactions. It reveals that additional low-lying three-body bound states emerge when the mass of the impurity particle differs from the other two identical particles. The presence of weak three-body interaction does not always induce an extra three-body bound state, but at specific parameter points, even a small three-body interaction can generate one more three-body bound state. This shows a transition in the number of three-body bound states induced solely by two-body attractive interaction.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Bilgin Osmanodja, Simon Ronicke, Klemens Budde, Annika Jens, Charlotte Hammett, Nadine Koch, Evelyn Seelow, Johannes Waiser, Bianca Zukunft, Friederike Bachmann, Mira Choi, Ulrike Weber, Bettina Eberspaecher, Joerg Hofmann, Fritz Grunow, Michael Mikhailov, Lutz Liefeldt, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Fabian Halleck, Eva Schrezenmeier
Summary: High mortality and impaired response to COVID-19 vaccinations are observed in kidney transplant recipients. Retrospective analysis shows that up to five doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine induce serological response in these patients, especially when mycophenolic acid (MPA) is paused.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Tianyang Chen, Jin-Hu Dou, Luming Yang, Chenyue Sun, Julius J. Oppenheim, Jian Li, Mircea Dinca
Summary: This article presents the construction of Ni-based MOFs and CCPs using 2,3,5,6-tetraamino-1,4-hydroquinone (TAHQ) and its various oxidized forms, resulting in materials with different structural dimensionalities and distinct electronic properties caused by supramolecular interactions.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
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Management
Shivam Gupta, Wei Chen, Milind Dawande, Ganesh Janakiraman
Summary: This paper investigates the problem of a principal offering periodic nonmonetary rewards to incentivize agents. When agents' outputs are deterministic, a limited-term reward policy structure can obtain an optimal solution. When agents' outputs are stochastic, the limited-term reward policy structure may not contain an optimal solution, but can obtain arbitrarily near optimal solutions. The class of score-based reward policies is guaranteed to contain an optimal solution and can accommodate the limited availability of rewards.
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mona M. Watany, Marwa M. Elhosary
Summary: Circulating TWEAK and CD163 appear to be promising biomarkers for monitoring myocardial iron overload and predicting iron-induced cardiac decompensation in TDTM patients.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lixin Xiao, Kang Tang, Ting Fu, Xiaojie Yuan, Samuel Seery, Weilu Zhang, Zhaohua Ji, Zhen He, Yan Yang, Wenhua Zhang, Wenling Jia, Chunhui Liang, Haitao Tang, Fengmei Wang, Yancheng Ye, Lihua Chen, Zhongjun Shao
Summary: This study investigated the characteristics of cytokine/chemokine profiles during chronic hepatitis B virus infection and the effects of nucleotide analogues antiviral therapy on cytokine profiles. The results suggest that specific cytokines and virological markers may serve as potential indicators of different immune statuses in chronic HBV infection, while nucleotide analogues antiviral therapy has limitations in altering cytokine profiles.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Desiree Gutmann, Melanie Dressler, Olaf Eickmeier, Eva Herrmann, Marta Kirwil, Ralf Schubert, Stefan Zielen, Ulrich M. Zissler
Summary: This study found that obese adolescents have increased bronchial inflammation, which may be caused by the pro-inflammatory effects of obesity itself. This finding is important for understanding the relationship between obesity and airway diseases.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Wei Liu, Hui Zeng
Summary: IGF2BP2 enhances the expression of GPX4 through m6A modification, thereby suppressing ferroptosis and attenuating inflammation and pathological changes in ulcerative colitis.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Xiaohua Li, Junping Xu, Xin Lin, Qiong Lin, Tianxing Yu, Lin Chen, Lifang Chen, Xiaoqing Huang, Xueping Zhang, Geng Chen, Liyu Xu
Summary: Macrophages play a significant role in the progression of cryptococcosis. This study investigated the potential involvement of macrophage-derived exosomes in the pathogenesis of cryptococcosis. The study analyzed the changes of microRNAs in macrophage exosomes and explored the effects of highly expressed exo-miRNAs on human endothelial cell permeability, ROS accumulation, and pyroptosis in bronchial epithelioid cells. The results showed that exo-miR-4449 plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of cryptococcosis and holds promise as a significant biomarker for treatment.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens, Georg E. Matt, Matthew J. Mazzella, John T. Doucette, Parita Ratnani, Ashley L. Merianos
Summary: This study examined the associations between inflammatory markers and pediatric illnesses related to children's exposure to tobacco smoke. The results showed that parent-reported child tobacco smoke exposure was associated with increased levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) in children, while children with bacterial diagnoses had higher levels of IL-8.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jin-Yu Liang, Hai-Jun Wei, Yi-Yun Tang
Summary: Isthmin is a polypeptide secreted by adipocytes that plays important biological functions in growth and development, angiogenesis, and metabolism. ISM-1, as a regulator of cell proliferation, migration, angiogenesis, and immune microenvironments, plays a crucial role in the occurrence and development of cancer. Furthermore, ISM-1 acts as a regulator of adipocyte glucose uptake and hepatic lipid synthesis.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Abhishek Singh, Baishakhi Mahapatra, Arpita Banerjee, Samer Singh, Sangram Singh, Vikash K. Dubey, Pradeep Das, Rakesh K. Singh
Summary: In Leishmania infection, antigen-activated CD4+ T cells expressing CD200R receptors are the main source of IL-10 production. The expression of CD200R helps T cells acquire the ability to produce IL-10 as a survival strategy in leishmaniasis pathogenesis.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Xun Chen, Chaofeng Wang, Guolong Zhao, Zhong Li, Wentao Zhang, Tao Song, Congming Zhang, Ning Duan
Summary: Failure of bone healing after fracture often results in nonunion, but the underlying mechanism of nonunion pathogenesis is poorly understood. This study reveals that the inflammatory microenvironment in atrophic nonunion inhibits the expression of DNA methyltransferases, resulting in overexpression of CtBP1/2. The increased CtBP1/2 acts as transcriptional corepressors that suppress the expression of six genes involved in bone healing. The disruption of this signaling may represent a new therapeutic strategy to prevent nonunion incidence after bone fracture.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yuwei Peng, Meng Zhang, Jiangkang Hu
Summary: This review article provides an overview of the pivotal role of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) in the activity and pathogenesis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These ncRNAs regulate various FLS activities including metastasis, proliferation, and cytokine production. Additionally, the study discusses potential therapeutic approaches involving modulation of ncRNAs to regulate FLS activity.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Milad Khorasani
Summary: This review discusses the role of the cGAS-STING pathway in CRC and highlights the potential therapeutic benefits of targeting this pathway.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Gustavo de Souza Vieira, Talita de Carvalho Kimura, Joao Figueira Scarini, Reydson Alcides de Lima-Souza, Luccas Lavareze, Carolina Emerick, Mayara Trevizol Goncalves, Ingrid Iara Damas, Tayna Figueiredo-Maciel, Raisa Sales de Sa, Iara Goncalves Aquino, Joao Paulo Goncalves de Paiva, Patricia Maria Fernandes, Moises Willian Aparecido Goncalves, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Albina Altemani, Gary Chris Fillmore, Fernanda Viviane Mariano, Erika Said Abu Egal
Summary: This article provides an in-depth review of the role of hematopoietic cytokines in the tumor microenvironment of head and neck cancers, and summarizes the current clinical trials and findings on the therapeutic application of these cytokines.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Oznur Copur, Havva Yazici, Erhan Canbay, Burak Durmaz, Ebru Canda, Sema Kalkan Ucar, Mahmut Coker, Eser Yildirim Sozmen
Summary: This study explores the oxidative stress, antioxidant parameters, and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels in MPS patients. The results suggest that inflammation plays a role in MPS patients, especially in untreated MPS III and MPS VI patients. The study also highlights potential targets for treatment development.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Saikat Fakir, Nektarios Barabutis
Summary: GHRHAnt have been shown to have protective effects on endothelial cells, opposing interferon-gamma-induced inflammation and barrier disruption.