Association of Toll-like receptor 4 gene polymorphism and expression with urinary tract infection types in adults. by Xiaolin Yin, Tianwen Hou, Ying Liu, Jing Chen, Zhiyan Yao, Cuiqing Ma, Lijuan Yang, Lin Wei

“…Gene and allelic prevalence were compared with 248 healthy controls. Flow cytometry was used to detect TLR4 and CXCR1 expression in the monocytes of UTI patients and healthy controls. …”
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State estimation based on nonlinear Kalman filter for fluid systems described by Burgers’ equation by Takashi SHIMIZU, Tomoaki HASHIMOTO

“…Hence, using Burgers’ equation can be regarded as a natural first step towards developing a method for controlling flows. In the previous study, an optimal control method has been proposed for Burgers’ equation. …”
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Interfacial wicking flow through hierarchical structure of natural cellulose fibers for biomedical microfluidic devices by Sadir, Sahba

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Design and simulation of piezoelectric micropump for a constant flow rate by A., Syed Abdul Bari

“…The challenges faced in designing a piezoelectric micropump are to have a controlled flow rate as well as increasing the efficiency of the pump. …”
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Towards Efficient Robotic Software Development by Reusing Behavior Tree Structures for Task Planning Paradigms by Shuo Yang, Qi Zhang

“…In recent decades, component-based software development approaches have been increasingly adopted in robotics to improve software development efficiency by reusing data and controlling flows between components. However, few works have tackled the more critical issue of reusing complex high-level task planning paradigms and robotic software architectures. …”
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Super-Resolution Ultrasound Localization Microscopy Using High-Frequency Ultrasound to Measure Ocular Perfusion Velocity in the Rat Eye by Hasan Ul Banna, Benjamin Mitchell, Stephen Chen, Joel Palko

“…Experiments were performed using physiologic relevant controlled flow states for algorithm validation and subsequently performed in vivo on the rat eye at 10 mm Hg IOP increments from 10 to 60 mm Hg. …”
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Hydraulic Performance for Combined Weir-Gate Structure by Bshkoj S. Hussein, Shaker A. Jalil

“…Combined hydraulic structure play an important role in controlling flow in open channels. This study was based on experimental and numerical modeling investigations for combined hydraulic structure. …”
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Characterization of inflammatory markers associated with systemic lupus erythematosus patients undergoing treatment by Rodolfo Pessato Timóteo, Douglas Cobo Micheli, Reginaldo Botelho Teodoro, Marlene Freire, Dernival Bertoncello, Eddie Fernando Candido Murta, Beatriz Martins Tavares-Murta

“…The levels of interleukin-2, interleukin-5, interleukin-8 and tumor necrosis factor alpha did not significantly differ between patients and controls. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that the integrin expression levels were reduced in lymphocytes (but not in neutrophils) obtained from systemic lupus erythematosus patients, while surface expression of the chemokine receptor 2 was similar in both neutrophils and lymphocytes. …”
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Sectional model of a prairie buffer strip in a laboratory flume for water quality research by Andrew J. Craig, Michelle L. Soupir, Chris R. Rehmann

“…This model prairie strip system is expected to be useful in optimizing the performance of prairie strips under highly controlled flow and contaminant source conditions.…”
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A proposal of cooling source on full power loss in nuclear reactors by Yoshihiko HARAMURA, Nobuyuki KUBOKI

“…The flow system of cooling water consists of feeding pipe, tubes in the heat exchanger and an orifice that controls flow rate. The simulation reveals that the temperature of the suppression pool has its maximum at about 50 hours from the shutdown, though the flow rate is steadily decreasing. …”
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Climate Effects on High Latitude Daphnia via Food Quality and Thresholds. by Anna Przytulska, Maciej Bartosiewicz, Milla Rautio, France Dufresne, Warwick F Vincent

“…To test this hypothesis, we first isolated a clone of Daphnia pulex from a permafrost thaw pond in subarctic Québec, and confirmed that it was triploid but otherwise genetically similar to a diploid, reference clone of the same species isolated from a freshwater pond in southern Québec. We used a controlled flow-through system to investigate the direct effect of temperature and indirect effect of subarctic picocyanobacteria (Synechococcus) on threshold food concentrations and growth rate of the high latitude clone. …”
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Voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) is involved in apoptosis of cell lines carrying the mitochondrial DNA mutation by Mohan Liu, Rui Chen, Lin Wang, Hua Xu, Zongbin Li, Yang Li, Lei Gao, Yuqi Liu, Yi Wen, Minxin Guan, Shiwen Wang

“…Confocal imaging revealed co-localization of VDAC/Bax on the outer mitochondrial membrane of A4263G cell lines but not from controls. Flow cytometry indicated that the mitochondrial potential was decreased by 32% in mutated cells versus controls while rates of apoptosis were increased (<it>P </it>< 0.05). …”
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30580 A TL1 Approach to Assessing Peripheral Immune Changes in PTSD by P. M. Mackie, C. Wilkinson, A. Gopinath, L. Knackstedt, H. Khoshbouei

“…METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Using an IRB-approved protocol in collaboration with a board-certified psychiatrist, we will recruit PTSD patients undergoing treatment, newly diagnosed drug-naiive PTSD patients, and age-matched healthy controls. Flow cytometry will be used for immunophenotyping on blood samples from each group. …”
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The Effects of Operational Parameters on the Flow Characteristics in Annular Space During Under-Balanced Drilling Operations by Saeed Ghobadpouri, Ali Falavand Jozaei

“…Due to the importance of controlling flow characteristics during the drilling operations, the effects of change in the injected liquid flow rate, gas injection flow rate, choke pressure on the gas, liquid, and solid volume fractions, as well as gas, liquid, and solid velocity distributions along with the annulus, are investigated. …”
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A Diagnostic Method Based on Active Thermography for the Degradation Assessment of Power Plant Boiler Tubes by Sławomir Zator, Michał Tomaszewski, Mirosław Lasar

“…A temperature change was forced by a controlled flow of hot or cold water. The methods of analysis were proposed and verified, allowing firstly, detection of places with a reduced wall thickness, and secondly, estimations of the wall thickness (i.e., excessive degradation). …”
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The composition of T cell subtypes in duodenal biopsies are altered in coeliac disease patients. by Janni V Steenholt, Christian Nielsen, Leen Baudewijn, Anne Staal, Karina S Rasmussen, Hardee J Sabir, Torben Barington, Steffen Husby, Henrik Toft-Hansen

“…We next isolated and quantified intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) from biopsies obtained from patients (both children and adults) with CD, potential CD and non-CD controls. Flow cytometric analysis of the duodenal T cell subpopulations was performed including the markers TCRαβ, TCRγδ, CD4, CD8α and CD8β. …”
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DyCache: Dynamic Multi-Grain Cache Management for Irregular Memory Accesses on GPU by Hui Guo, Libo Huang, Yashuai Lu, Sheng Ma, Zhiying Wang

“…However, emerging applications exhibit a lot of irregular control flows and memory access patterns. Irregular memory accesses generate many fine-grain memory accesses to L1 data cache. …”
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Borrelia burgdorferi adhere to blood vessels in the dura mater and are associated with increased meningeal T cells during murine disseminated borreliosis. by Ali Divan, Timothy Casselli, S Anand Narayanan, Sanjib Mukherjee, David C Zawieja, John A Watt, Catherine A Brissette, M Karen Newell-Rogers

“…At the same end-point, we observed significant increases in the number of CD3+ T cells within the pia and dura mater, as compared to controls. Flow cytometric analysis of leukocytes isolated from the dura mater revealed that CD3+ cell populations were comprised of both CD4 and CD8 T cells. …”
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Direct analysis of thymic function in children with Down's syndrome by Meschiari Liviana, Cornia Cristina, Gibertoni Milena, Biagioni Ornella, Bertoni Davide, Ciacci Luigi, Ferraresi Roberta, Lugli Enrico, Nemes Elisa, Pinti Marcello, Roat Erika, Troiano Leonarda, Nasi Milena, Prada Nicole, Gramazio Elisabetta, Mariotti Mauro, Consolo Ugo, Balli Fiorella, Cossarizza Andrea

“…</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We studied 8 children affected by DS, aged 2–7 years, compared with 8 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Flow cytometry was used to determine different lymphocytes subsets. …”
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Energy-Efficient Controller Placement in Software-Defined Satellite-Terrestrial Integrated Network by Linhui Wei, Chen Chang, Yu Liu, Yumei Wang

“…However, the uneven distribution of global users leads to the unbalanced energy consumption of satellite resources, which brings a heavy burden for satellites to maintain the control flows for network management. To provide green communication for international economic trade in the countries along the Belt and Road, in this paper, we focus on the energy-efficient controller placement (EECP) problem in the software-defined STIN. …”
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