Immunoprofiling of drug-resistant epilepsy with a focus on glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 antibodies by McGinty, R

“…Pain was reported as a seizure trigger in three patients, an unusual finding in epilepsy.</p> <p>Cytokine concentrations measured by a multiplex bead-based immunoassay combined with flow cytometry showed GAD65 autoantibody-positive DRE patient plasmas were enriched for IL1b, IL4, IL10, IL15 and TNFa, consistent with multifaceted immune system involvement. …”

Effect of consumers' awareness about country of origin on purchasing decision in Klang Valley, Malaysia by Taheri, Nasim

“…Multiple regression analysis was applied to determine the relationship between socio-demographic factors, extracted factors and consumers’ awareness toward COO. The findings on cross tabulation showed that consumer’s age, religion and education have significant relationship with their awareness toward COO, while there are no significant relationship between gender, race, employment and income of respondents and awareness of consumers towards COO. …”
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Structure and functions of a metallo-beta-lactamase- like hypothetical protein bleg1_2437 from alkali-tolerant soil bacterium Bacillus lehensis G1 by Tan, Soo Huei

“…Furthermore, with the addition of 100 μM of zinc sulfate, the kcat/Km values of Bleg1_2437 towards all tested β-lactam antibiotics were increased approximately 2 to 5 fold. The findings of this study reveal on the presence of the clinically important and dangerous antibiotics-degrading enzyme, MBL, within the pool of HPs which are generally regarded as proteins of unknown functions and of no particular importance.…”
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Neuroprotective effect of tocotrienol-rich fraction and a-tocopherol of vitamin E against glutamate toxicity in neuronal cells and astrocytes by Selvaraju, Thilaga Rati

“…The flow cytometry morphological findings were validated by scanning electron microscopy analysis. …”
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Predicting cognitive scores from wearable-based digital physiological features using machine learning: data from a clinical trial in mild cognitive impairment by Rykov, Yuri G., Patterson, Michael D., Gangwar, Bikram A., Jabar, Syaheed B., Leonardo, Jacklyn, Ng, Kok Pin, Kandiah, Nagaendran

“…The model predicted the actual executive function scores with correlation r = 0.69 and intra-individual changes in executive function scores with r = 0.61. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrated that wearable-based physiological measures, primarily HRV, have potential to be used for the continuous assessments of cognitive function in individuals with MCI.…”
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Exciton Dynamics and Anisotropy in 2D Metal Organochalcogenolate Semiconductors by Lee, Woo Seok

“…This divergence in excitonic properties is attributed to the semi 1D Ag chains in AgSePh-F₂(2,3), in contrast to hexagonal 2D Ag network in AgSePh. This finding can be generalized to other blue-emitting 2D AgSePh-R compounds which exhibit either AgSePh-like or AgSePh-F₂(2,3)-like absorption spectra. …”
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Individual-fMRI-approaches reveal cerebellum and visual communities to be functionally connected in obsessive compulsive disorder by Kashyap, Rajan, Eng, Goi Khia, Bhattacharjee, Sagarika, Gupta, Bhanu, Ho, Roger, Ho, Cyrus S. H., Zhang, Melvyn, Mahendran, Rathi, Sim, Kang, Chen, Annabel Shen-Hsing

“…While the main results were consistently observed with accounting for head motion and using another atlas, the key findings were not reproduced with GSR application. …”
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ESBL and AmpC β-lactamase encoding genes in E. coli from pig and pig farm workers in Vietnam and their association with mobile genetic elements by Hounmanou, Yaovi Mahuton Gildas, Bortolaia, Valeria, Dang, Son Thi Thanh, Truong, Duong, Olsen, John E., Dalsgaard, Anders

“…Overall, despite evidence of transferability of plasmids in the analyzed strains, our findings do not support that ESBL-producing E. coli from pigs or their ESBL/AmpC encoding plasmids are commonly spread to workers in close contact with the animals.…”
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Examining twitter discourse on electronic cigarette and tobacco consumption during national cancer prevention month in 2018: topic modeling and geospatial analysis by Lu, Jiahui, Lee, Edmund Wei Jian

“…Conclusions: Though people recognized the importance of traditional tobacco control policies in reducing lung cancer incidences, their views on e-cigarette risks were divided, and discussions on the importance of e-cigarette policy control were missing from public discourse. Findings suggest the need for health organizations to continuously engage the public in discussions on the potential health risks of e-cigarettes and raise awareness of the insidious lobbying efforts from the tobacco industry.…”
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Multi-scale and multiphase modeling of abrasive flow machining process with experimental validation by Mohamed Adel Abdelhakem Amen

“…AFM studies commonly lump this abrasion action either by empirical model or simplified shapes with simplified force-indentation equation therefore, the abrasion action details are missing. Here, the study finds out the particle forces, surface deformation, and MR mechanisms. …”
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Self-healing cementitious composites by encapsulation techniques by Feng, Jianhang

“…In terms of the in-situ gelation and subsequent volume growth of hydrogels, a model for simulations of crack sealing evolutions by generated hydrogels was developed and simulation outcomes were in agreement with experimental findings. Based on the research in this thesis, it can be concluded that autonomous healing of cementitious composites can be enhanced with these novel encapsulation or immobilization techniques and the new self-healing strategy, whilst future research in robust autonomous healing, cost reductions and life cycle analysis can be conducted to further upgrade autonomous healing cementitious composites.…”
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Development of advanced Fe-based oxygen carriers for chemical looping applications by Fan, Qianwenhao

“…The main results and findings are summarized as follows. 1. We successfully synthesized oxygen carriers with nominal compositions of MgO•MgFe2O4 (1M1F) and 5MgO•MgFe2O4 (3M1F) using a simple ball-milling assisted solid-state reaction. …”
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Computational modeling of light processing in the habenula and dorsal raphe based on laser ablation of functionally-defined cells by Cheng, Ruey-Kuang, Jagannathan, N. Suhas, Kathrada, Ahmad Ismat, Jesuthasan, Suresh, Tucker-Kellogg, Lisa

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System design and development of human-robot interaction control scheme for assistive robotic Arm extender by Yang, Sibo

“…Feedback from questionnaires completed by participants yielded both positive and constructive responses. The findings of this thesis demonstrate the substantial potential of the ARAE as an assistive device for chronic stroke patients with upper limb disabilities, supporting them in performing Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) within clinical settings.…”
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话语标记 “可是” 在马来西亚华语会话中的语用功能 = Pragmatic functions of discourse marker “Keshi” in conversational Malaysian Mandarin by 胡文绮 Woo, Wen Qi

“…Previous research have investigated extensively the truth value semantics of “keshi” based on written Mandarin, however, this paper finds that the various uses of “keshi” in natural conversations can hardly be explained with such semantics. …”
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Mechanism of an arched basilar membrane in mammalian cochlea by Chan, Wei Xuan

“…The present research analyses the mechanism of an arched basilar membrane in contributing to the sharp frequency tuning in a gerbil cochlea. The findings provide understanding of an arched membrane in mammalian cochlea and enables development for application of the cochlear mechanics in areas such as microfluidics and artificial cochlear development where limitations on the channel width are critical. …”
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Control and operation of modular multilevel converters by Yang, Shunfeng

“…All the theoretical findings are verified in PLECS simulations. The effectiveness and practicalities of the control algorithms are confirmed on a scale down single-phase MMC prototype.…”
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Investigating the role of astrocytes in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis in GBA- N370S iPSC-derived neural cultures by Ibarra Aizpurua, N

“…</p> <p>Furthermore, bulk RNAseq data of control iASTROs treated with inflammatory cytokines and PFFs for 24h revealed very extensive transcriptomic changes in response to inflammatory cytokines but not PFFs, a finding that was verified with subsequent immunocytochemistry and RT-qPCR experiments conducted after 24h and 7 days of treatment. …”

Pregnant women admitted to hospital with covid-19 in 10 European countries: individual patient data meta-analysis of population based cohorts in International Obstetric Survey Syst... by Engjom, HM, de Bruin, O, Ramakrishnan, R, Aabakke, AJM, Äyräs, O, Deneux-Tharaux, C, Donati, S, Knight, M, Jonasdottir, E, Svanvik, T, Vercoutere, A, Vousden, N, Bleomenkamp, KWM

“…</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong> Population based surveillance in 10 European countries during the first 10 months of the covid-19 pandemic showed variations in the risk of hospital admissions for covid-19 in pregnant women. This finding indicates that national public health policies likely had a substantial and previously unrecognised role in protecting pregnant women. …”

Maternal Death Surveillance and Response in Sudan: an evidence-based, context-specific optimisation to improve maternal care by Altijani Osman Abbakar, N

“…A comprehensive systematic review of published and grey literature was carried out where a qualitative narrative was reported; a trend analysis using three consecutive Sudan household surveys [SHHS] with multivariable logistic regression used for analysis; an ecological study that used non-parametric rank correlation measures to investigate the relationship between health and other indicators with MMR using state-level indicators; and a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with 54 maternal health providers and other officials and analysed using thematic content analysis.</p> <p><b>Findings:</b> The systematic review identified that MDRs were implemented worldwide, but no suitable MDR was identified for use in Sudan. …”