Autologous bone marrow expanded mesenchymal stem cells in patellar tendinopathy: protocol for a phase I/II, single-centre, randomized with active control PRP, double-blinded clinic... by Gil Rodas, Robert Soler, Ramón Balius, Xavier Alomar, Xavier Peirau, Mercedes Alberca, Ana Sánchez, Javier García Sancho, Clementina Rodellar, Antonio Romero, Lorenzo Masci, Lluís Orozco, Nicola Maffulli

“…The study will have two aims: first, to ascertain whether a clinically relevant improvement after 3, 6 and 12 months according to the visual analogue scale (VAS), Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment for patellar tendons (VISA-P) and dynamometry scales (DYN) will be achieved; and second, to ascertain whether the proposed intervention will restore tendon structure as determined by ultrasonography (US), Doppler ultrasonography (DUS), and innovative MRI and ultrasound techniques: Magnetic Resonance T2 FAT SAT (UTE, Ultrashort Echo TE) sequence and Ultrasound Tissue Characterization (UTC). Patients who are randomised to the P-PRP treatment group but do not achieve a satisfactory primary endpoint after 6 months will be offered treatment with MSC. …”
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Measurement of Biochemical Methane Potential of Heterogeneous Solid Substrates: Results of a Two-Phase French Inter-Laboratory Study by Thierry Ribeiro, Romain Cresson, Sébastien Pommier, Sébastien Preys, Laura André, Fabrice Béline, Théodore Bouchez, Claire Bougrier, Pierre Buffière, Jesús Cacho, Patricia Camacho, Laurent Mazéas, André Pauss, Philippe Pouech, Maxime Rouez, Michel Torrijos

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Renewed Explosive Phreatomagmatic Activity at Poás Volcano, Costa Rica in April 2017 by Rebecca O. Salvage, Rebecca O. Salvage, Geoffroy Avard, J. Maarten de Moor, Javier F. Pacheco, Jorge Brenes Marin, Monserrat Cascante, Monserrat Cascante, Cyril Muller, María Martinez Cruz

“…On 23 April 2017 at 04:12 UTC, a large phreatomagmatic eruption occurred at Poás, sending blocks up to 1 m in length to distances >1 km. …”
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Validation of a Novel Fiber-Optic Sensor System for Monitoring Cardiorespiratory Activities During MRI Examinations by Jan Nedoma, Marcel Fajkus, Martin Novak, Nela Strbikova, Vladimir Vasinek, Homer Nazeran, Jan Vanus, Frantisek Perecar, Radek Martinek

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Endothelial glycocalyx sensitivity to chemical and mechanical sub-endothelial substrate properties by Mohammad Hamrangsekachaee, Ke Wen, Narges Yazdani, Rebecca K. Willits, Rebecca K. Willits, Sidi A. Bencherif, Sidi A. Bencherif, Sidi A. Bencherif, Sidi A. Bencherif, Eno E. Ebong, Eno E. Ebong, Eno E. Ebong

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Vicarious Radiometric Calibration of the Multispectral Imager Onboard SDGSAT-1 over the Dunhuang Calibration Site, China by Zhenzhen Cui, Chao Ma, Hao Zhang, Yonghong Hu, Lin Yan, Changyong Dou, Xiao-Ming Li

“…SDGSAT-1 was launched at 2:19 UTC on 5 November 2021, as the world’s first Earth science satellite to serve the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. …”
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On the relationship between the scattering phase function of cirrus and the atmospheric state by A. J. Baran, K. Furtado, L.-C. Labonnote, S. Havemann, J.-C. Thelen, F. Marenco

“…The NWP model was initialised at midnight, on 25 January 2010, and the mid-latitude RH_<i>i</i> field was extracted from the NWP model at 13:00 UTC. At about the same time, there was a PARASOL (Polarization and Anisotropy of Reflectance for Atmospheric science coupled with Observations from a Lidar) overpass, and the PARASOL swath covered the NWP-model-predicted RH_<i>i</i> field. …”
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Predicting the in vivo pulmonary toxicity induced by acute exposure to poorly soluble nanomaterials by using advanced in vitro methods by Thomas Loret, Françoise Rogerieux, Bénédicte Trouiller, Anne Braun, Christophe Egles, Ghislaine Lacroix

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In Situ VTOL Drone-Borne Observations of Temperature and Relative Humidity over Dome C, Antarctica by Philippe Ricaud, Patrice Medina, Pierre Durand, Jean-Luc Attié, Eric Bazile, Paolo Grigioni, Massimo Del Guasta, Benji Pauly

“…Drone-based temperature and relative humidity profiles were compared to (1) the balloon-borne meteorological observations at 12:00 UTC, (2) the ground-based microwave radiometer HAMSTRAD and (3) the outputs from the numerical weather prediction models ARPEGE and AROME. …”
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Forecasting and communicating the dispersion and fallout of ash during volcanic eruptions: lessons from the September 20, 2020 eruptive pulse at Sangay volcano, Ecuador by Benjamin Bernard, Pablo Samaniego, Larry Mastin, Stephen Hernandez, Gerardo Pino, Jamie Kibler, Marjorie Encalada, Silvana Hidalgo, Nicole Vizuete

“…The eruptive pulse on September 20, 2020, started at about 9:20 UTC and lasted between 90 and 100 min, producing an eruptive column that rapidly separated into (1) a higher (15.2 km above sea level, asl), gas-rich cloud moving east-southeast and (2) a lower (12.2 km asl), ash-rich cloud moving west and causing ash fallout up to 280 km from the volcano. …”
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The Impact of Microphysics Parameterization in the Simulation of Two Convective Rainfall Events over the Central Andes of Peru Using WRF-ARW by Daniel Martínez-Castro, Shailendra Kumar, José Luis Flores Rojas, Aldo Moya-Álvarez, Jairo M. Valdivia-Prado, Elver Villalobos-Puma, Carlos Del Castillo-Velarde, Yamina Silva-Vidal

“…It was integrated for 36 h with National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP Final Operational Global Analysis (NFL) initial conditions at 00:00 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). The simulations were verified using Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) brightness temperature, Ka band cloud radar, and surface meteorology variables observed at the Huancayo Observatory. …”
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Constraints on instantaneous ozone production rates and regimes during DOMINO derived using in-situ OH reactivity measurements by V. Sinha, J. Williams, J. M. Diesch, F. Drewnick, M. Martinez, H. Harder, E. Regelin, D. Kubistin, H. Bozem, Z. Hosaynali-Beygi, H. Fischer, M. D. Andrés-Hernández, D. Kartal, J. A. Adame, J. Lelieveld

“…The average OH reactivity for the entire campaign period was ~18 s&lt;sup&gt;−1&lt;/sup&gt; and no pronounced variation was discernible in the diel profiles with the exception of relatively high values from 09:00 to 11:00 UTC on occasions when air masses arrived from the north western and southern wind sectors. …”
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Slip Model for the 25 November 2016 Mw 6.6 Aketao Earthquake, Western China, Revealed by Sentinel-1 and ALOS-2 Observations by Shuai Wang, Caijun Xu, Yangmao Wen, Zhi Yin, Guoyan Jiang, Lihua Fang

“…On 25 November 2016 (UTC 14:24:30), an Mw 6.6 dextral strike-slip earthquake ruptured Aketao county in the northwestern portion of the Kongur Shan extensional system, western China. …”
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Boundary-layer height and surface stability at Hyytiälä, Finland, in ERA5 and observations by V. A. Sinclair, J. Ritvanen, J. Ritvanen, G. Urbancic, I. Statnaia, I. Statnaia, Y. Batrak, D. Moisseev, D. Moisseev, M. Kurppa

“…Furthermore, ERA5 BL height differs most from the radiosondes at 18:00 UTC, suggesting ERA5 does not resolve the evening transition correctly. …”
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Periodic activity from a fast radio burst source by CHIME/FRB Collaboration, Amiri, M., Andersen, B. C., Bandura, K. M., Bhardwaj, M., Boyle, P. J., Brar, C., Chawla, P., Chen, Ting, Cliche, J. F., Cubranic, D., Deng, M., Denman, N. T., Dobbs, M., Dong, F. Q., Fandino, M., Fonseca, E., Gaensler, B. M., Giri, U., Good, D. C., Halpern, M., Hessels, J. W. T., Hill, A. S., Hofer, C., Josephy, A., Kania, J. W., Karuppusamy, R., Kaspi, V. M., Keimpema, A., Kirsten, F., Landecker, T. L., Lang, D. A., Leung, Calvin, Li, D. Z., Lin, H.-H., Marcote, B., Masui, Kiyoshi, Mckinven, R., Mena Parra, Juan David, Merryfield, M., Michilli, D., Milutinovic, N., Mirhosseini, A., Naidu, A., Newburgh, L. B., Ng, C., Nimmo, K., Paragi, Z., Patel, C., Pen, U.-L., Pinsonneault-Marotte, T., Pleunis, Z., Rafiei- Ravandi, M., Rahman, M., Ransom, S. M., Renard, A., Sanghavi, P., Scholz, P., Shaw, J. R., Shin, K., Siegel, S. R., Singh, S., Smegal, R. J., Smith, K. M., Stairs, I. H., Tendulkar, S. P., Tretyakov, I., Vanderlinde, K., Wang, H., Wang, X., Wulf, D., Yadav, P., Zwaniga, A. V.

“…In 38 bursts recorded from 16 September 2018 to 4 February 2020 utc, we find that all bursts arrive in a five-day phase window, and 50 per cent of the bursts arrive in a 0.6-day phase window. …”
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Optimizing the assembly sequence of an aerospace manufacturing process by Wolters, James Aaron, 1966-

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Data-driven runway occupancy time prediction using decision trees by Chow, Hong Wei, Lim, Zhi Jun, Alam, Sameer

“…An example of a generated rule for runway 02L of Singapore Changi Airport is that if an aircraft is a medium aircraft from airline XXX, arriving between 2100 and 2159 hours UTC, with an approach speed of more than 83.344 m/s at the final approach fix, and with the trailing aircraft traveling slower, the predicted ROT will be 42.6 seconds. …”
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Efficacy of heel lifts versus calf muscle eccentric exercise for mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy (the HEALTHY trial): study protocol for a randomised trial by Chantel L. Rabusin, Hylton B. Menz, Jodie A. McClelland, Angela M. Evans, Karl B. Landorf, Peter Malliaras, Sean I. Docking, Shannon E. Munteanu

“…Secondary outcome measures will include thickness and integrity of the Achilles tendon (using ultrasound tissue characterisation [UTC]), participant perception of treatment effect on pain and function (using the 7-point Patient Global Impression of Change scale), severity of pain at the Achilles tendon (using a 100 mm visual analogue scale) in the previous week, health status (using the EuroQol-5D-5L™ questionnaire), physical activity levels (using the 7-day Recall Physical Activity Questionnaire) and calf muscle function (using the standing heel rise test). …”
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Towards Monolithic Indium Phosphide (InP)-Based Electronic Photonic Technologies for beyond 5G Communication Systems by Chhandak Mukherjee, Marina Deng, Virginie Nodjiadjim, Muriel Riet, Colin Mismer, Djeber Guendouz, Christophe Caillaud, Hervé Bertin, Nicolas Vaissiere, Mathieu Luisier, Xin Wen, Magali De Matos, Patrick Mounaix, Cristell Maneux

“…Through the implementation of accurate and SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis)-compatible compact models of uni-traveling carrier photodiodes (UTC-PDs) and InP double heterojunction bipolar transistors (DHBTs), we demonstrated that the next generation of THz technologies for beyond-5G networks requires (i) a multi-physical understanding of their operation described through electrical, photonic and thermal equations, (ii) dedicated test structures for characterization in the frequency range higher than 110 GHz, (iii) a dedicated parameter extraction procedure, along with (iv) a circuit reliability assessment methodology. …”
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Daily Actual Evapotranspiration Estimation in a Mediterranean Ecosystem from Landsat Observations Using SEBAL Approach by Hassan Awada, Simone Di Prima, Costantino Sirca, Filippo Giadrossich, Serena Marras, Donatella Spano, Mario Pirastru

“…A preliminary analysis performed using only in-situ measured data demonstrated that the three factors were relatively self-preserved during the daytime, and can yield good ET_a,D estimations, particularly when obtained at near the Landsat scene acquisition time (≈10:00 UTC). The upscaling factors obtained from SEBAL retrieved instantaneous fluxes, and some ancillary measured meteorological data were used to upscale SEBAL-estimated instantaneous actual λ to daily ET. …”
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