Filipino multicomponent intervention to maintain cognitive performance in high-risk population (FINOMAIN): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial by Dominguez, Jacqueline, De Guzman, Ma Fe, Chen, Annabel Shen-Hsing, Sano, Mary, Waldemar, Gunhild, Phung, Thien Kieu Thi

“…Secondary outcomes are functional connectivity assessed through brain imaging, and measures of behavioral, functional level, and quality of life. Discussion: The study aims to provide scientific evidence on a public health intervention that is contextualized in a community setting to reduce dementia risk among older adults with MCI. …”
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High-density lipoprotein function is modulated by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in a lipid-type dependent manner by Correa, Yubexi, Del Giudice, Rita, Waldie, Sarah, Thépaut, Michel, Micciula, Samantha, Gerelli, Yuri, Moulin, Martine, Delaunay, Clara, Fieschi, Franck, Pichler, Harald, Haertlein, Michael, Forsyth, V. Trevor, Le Brun, Anton, Moir, Michael, Russell, Robert A., Darwish, Tamim, Brinck, Jonas, Wodaje, Tigist, Jansen, Martin, Martín, César, Roosen-Runge, Felix, Cárdenas, Marité

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Competitive intrinsically motivated agents for resource allocation by Zhao, Guopeng

“…Finally, two case studies are conducted to explore the practical use of the proposed agents for resource allocation in real-life applications. One is for load balancing in a Large-Scale Collaborative Virtual Environment, and the other is related to Cloud resource management for enterprise users. …”
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Synthesis and optical characterization of cadmium sulfide (CdS) single crystals for laser cooling effect by Zhang, Chiyuan

“…But large scale is needed instead of nano size in order to make this material useful in real life, for example, optical refrigerator or self-cooling laser. …”
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Electro spun dual structured and three-dimensional biodegradable scaffolds for bone and cartilage tissue engineering by Vidya Chamundeswari Narasimhan

“…Tissue engineering (TE) is envisaged to play a vital role in improving the quality of life by restoring, maintaining or enhancing tissue and organ functions. …”
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Aircraft noise, overheating and poor air quality in London primary schools' classrooms by Montazami, Azadeh

“…Providing all of the environmental factors together is critical as they are interrelated and could conflict if they are considered separately, if the conditions over the life of the building change or relaxed benchmarks are used for design at the first stage. …”
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The influence of pregnancy complications on fetal and neonatal cardiovascular development by Aye, C

“…</p> <p>Additionally, offspring born to a hypertensive pregnancy demonstrated an increased microvascular density loss over the first three months of life. This was associated with a reduction in vasculogenic potential in their human umbilical vein endothelial cells and also increased levels of maternal anti-angiogenic biomarkers at birth. …”

Cytotoxicity and mechanisms of action of Zerumbone-loaded nanostructured lipid carrier in triple negative breast cancer cells, MDA-MB-231 by Hosseinpour, Mahnaz

“…Breast cancer is a life-threatening disease mostly effecting women. …”
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Mitogenic activity of mesenchymal stem cells on hematopoietic stem cells via cellular analysis and gene expression by Mohadeseh, Hashem Boroojerdi

“…The holistic effect of MSC on HSC’s life cycle was deduced using various functional assays that measure proliferation, cell cycle, viability, and differentiation status of HSC. …”
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Effectiveness of a preventative multi-component training program for prospective memory performance among healthy older adults by Farzin, Azin

“…PM is the memory for future intentions and is an essential part of everyday life, especially among older adults. It has significant impacts on levels of independence and well-being as significant elements of healthy aging and longevity. …”
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Semantic scene understanding on 3D point clouds by Dong, Shichao

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Salient keypoint detectors and compact feature descriptors for 3D perception by Prakhya, Sai Manoj

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Phase-controllable growth of ultrathin 2D magnetic FeTe crystals by Kang, Lixing, Ye, Chen, Zhao, Xiaoxu, Zhou, Xieyu, Hu, Junxiong, Li, Qiao, Liu, Dan, Das, Chandreyee Manas, Yang, Jiefu, Hu, Dianyi, Chen, Jieqiong, Cao, Xun, Zhang, Yong, Xu, Manzhang, Di, Jun, Tian, Dan, Song, Pin, Kutty, Govindan, Zeng, Qingsheng, Fu, Qundong, Deng, Ya, Zhou, Jiadong, Ariando, Ariando, Miao, Feng, Hong, Guo, Huang, Yizhong, Pennycook, Stephen J., Yong, Ken-Tye, Ji, Wei, Wang, Renshaw Xiao, Liu, Zheng

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Integrative genomic analyses in adipocytes implicate DNA methylation in human obesity and diabetes by McAllan, Liam, Baranasic, Damir, Villicaña, Sergio, Brown, Scarlett, Zhang, Weihua, Lehne, Benjamin, Adamo, Marco, Jenkinson, Andrew, Elkalaawy, Mohamed, Mohammadi, Borzoueh, Hashemi, Majid, Fernandes, Nadia, Lambie, Nathalie, Williams, Richard, Christiansen, Colette, Yang, Youwen, Zudina, Liudmila, Lagou, Vasiliki, Tan, Sili, Castillo-Fernandez, Juan, King, James W. D., Soong, Richie, Elliott, Paul, Scott, James, Prokopenko, Inga, Cebola, Inês, Loh, Marie, Lenhard, Boris, Batterham, Rachel L., Bell, Jordana T., Chambers, John Campbell, Kooner, Jaspal S., Scott, William R.

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The effects of atmosphere-ocean-wave coupling during tropical cyclone by Garg, Nikhil

“…This transfer of momentum (from atmosphere to ocean) is not a one-way link, i.e., there are feedback effects from ocean (both in terms of enthalpy and momentum) on the atmospheric boundary layer. …”
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Sociospatial reframing of walking through inclusive streets and urban heritage by Wang, Yongcheng

“…The meta-narrative review identified six research traditions, namely the ecological model, the new mobilities paradigm, heritage discourse, public life, rhythmanalysis and space syntax. While it was beyond the scope of this thesis to utilise methods of all these research traditions, synthesising respective narratives provided for a roadmap for the other research modules against a unified discourse of heritage for urban and transport planning. …”
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发达地区失地老人养老支持体系内卷化及其突破 — 基于苏州市的个案研究 = The involution of the eldercare system for the landless elderly in China’s developed regions : a case study based on Suzhou municipality... by 叶继红 Ye Jihong, 占少华 Zhan Shaohua

“…This article, based on an analysis of a “rural to residential”community in Suzhou Municipality, Jiangsu Province, finds that land acquisition has generated a strong impact on the life and pension style of the landless elderly. The old people who lost their land are provided with a basic pension and medical coverage under the scheme of “land for security”. …”
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Conservation of red blood cell signalling in Plasmodium merozoite invasion by Yong, James Jia Ming

“…Merozoite invasion by Plasmodium parasites is a key stage of the parasite life cycle and requires specific ligand and receptor interactions between the merozoite and the RBC. …”
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南洋与没有历史的人民 : 苗秀小说中的底层华人= Nanyang and the people without history: a study of the lower-class Chinese people in Miao Xiu's novels by 李泓诺 Li, Hongnuo

“…His novels, novellas, and novel collections, depict the hardships of the lower-class Chinese characters under the British colonial rule in the 1950s and the pathetic life of people during World War II. The lower-class characters included the anti-Japanese fighters, pick pocketers, secret society members, prostitutes, and intellectuals. …”
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牛车水的塑造：政治活动中华人的自主性和殖民管治 = The shaping of Chinatown: relationship of Chinese agency and colonial governance in political activities by 蔡晓欣 Choi, Irene Hiu Yan

“…The Chinese established their life at the area, at the same time shaped the area through their activities, the colonial government also partipated in the continuous and long process of shaping Chinatown. …”
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