Distributed droop schemes for standalone and interlinked AC microgrids by Inam Ullah

“…The formed microgrids can certainly be controlled by centralized management systems, but for widely dispersed DGs where communication links are not viable, autonomous droop schemes might be more appropriate. …”
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Gene expression regulation by well-known non-coding RNAs by Tan, Jiazi

“…In one project, we attempted to insert a second Xist gene into the single X chromosome of male murine embryonic stem (ES) cells to cause ectopic XCI upon differentiation, leading to cell lethality as important X-linked genes were inactivated. From there, we could screen for genes important for XCI by rescuing the differentiated transgenic ES cells by gene silencing. …”
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Robust cooperative control and optimization of multi-agent systems by Sun, Chao

“…Nodes connected with a positive edge can be viewed as “friends” and linked with a negative edge can be viewed as “enemies”. …”
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An epigenetic locus associated with loss of smell in COVID-19 by Aslan, Elif Sibel, White, Kenneth, Meral, Gulsen, Akcay, Zeyneb Nur, Altundag, Aytug, Gur, Savas, Dokur, Mehmet, Baktir, Mehmet Akif, Batur, Lutfiye Karcioglu

“…Previous studies, including genome-wide association studies (GWAS), have identified genetic variants near the UGT2A1 and UGT2A2 genes that are linked to anosmia in COVID-19 patients. However, the role of epigenetic changes in the development and persistence of smell loss has not been well explored. …”
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Impact of co-morbid common mental disorder symptoms in people with epilepsy in Ethiopia on quality of life and functional disability: cohort study by Tsigebrhan, R, Medhin, G, Belina, M, Newton, C, Hanlon, C

“…Structural equation modelling (SEM) was employed to examine direct and indirect pathways linking co-morbid CMD symptoms with QoL or functional disability.…”

Health economic aspects of childhood excess weight by Onyimadu, O

“…Additionally, electronic health records extracted from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), linked with Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), were analysed to estimate direct healthcare costs attributable to childhood excess weight.…”

Adverse events of common psychiatric medications: an umbrella review by Bartellas, K

“…Many medications were linked to adverse events through a weak or moderate strength of association and additional factors contributed to the variability in adverse outcome reporting aside from patient characteristics. …”

Nutraceuticals silybin B, resveratrol, and epigallocatechin-3 gallate-bind to cardiac muscle troponin to restore the loss of lusitropy caused by cardiomyopathy mutations in vitro,... by Yang, Z, Sheehan, AM, Messer, AE, Tsui, S, Sparrow, A, Redwood, C, Kren, V, Gould, IR, Marston, SB

“…Phosphorylation causes a 2-3 fold decrease of affinity of cTn for Ca2+ associated with a higher rate of Ca2+ dissociation from cTnC leading to a faster relaxation rate of the cardiac muscle (lusitropy). Cardiomyopathy-linked mutations primarily affect Ca2+ regulation or the PKA-dependent modulatory system, such that Ca2+-sensitivity becomes independent of phosphorylation level (uncoupling) and this could be sufficient to induce cardiomyopathy. …”

Management and outcomes of thoracic sarcomas - a collaboration between Orthopaedic Oncology and cardiothoracic surgery: seven-year clinical data from a tertiary referral centre by Shamsi, ZA, Paraoan, V, Kim, C, Saifuddin, SR, Cosker, TDA, Whitwell, D, Gibbons, CLMH, Stavroulias, D, DiChiara, F

“…Both surgical intervention (p < 0.0001) and clear margins (p = 0.0051) were significantly linked to improved survival. Local recurrence was noted in 28.6% of the 77 surgical cases, and predominantly in the high-grade sarcomas (81.8%). …”

Experimental medicine study with stabilised native-like HIV-1 Env immunogens drives long-term antibody responses, but lacks neutralising breadth by Pollock, K, Cheeseman, H, McFarlane, L, Day, S, Tolazzi, M, Turner, H, Joypooranachandran, J, Shramko, K, Dispinseri, S, Mundsperger, P, Bontjer, I, Lemm, N-M, Coelho, S, Tanaka, M, Cole, T, Korber, B, Katinger, D, Ward, A, Scarlatti, G, Sanders, R, Sattentau, Q, Shattock, R

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> Healthy adult volunteers were enrolled into one of five groups (A to E) each receiving a different schedule of one of two consensus Env immunogens (ConM SOSIP, ConS UFO, either unmodified or stabilised by chemical cross-linking, followed by a boost with two mosaic Env immunogens (Mos3·1 and Mos3·2). …”

Towards depth-resolved multi-cubic-centimeter field of view endoscopic camera for intraoperative nerve identification. by Yoon, Yong-Chul

“…In the second component of this thesis, we provide extensive theoretical and experimental studies on how optical amplifiers can be used in OCT to address sensitivity challenges of high-speed surgical OCT platforms like CL-OCT. Together, these lines of research define a new approach to meeting the need for OCT-based solutions for intraoperative nerve identification. …”
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Induction of apoptosis and the signalling pathways involved by dillenia suffruticosa dichloromethane root extract in mcf-7 and mda-mb-231 breast cancer cells by Foo, Jhi Biau

“…DCMDS induced apoptosis and oxidative stress in these two cell lines. Treatment with α- tocopherol reduced the cytotoxicity of DCM-DS at 50 µg/mL in the cells, suggesting that DCM-DS induced lipid peroxidation to destroy the cancer cells. …”
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Biogenic amines and urocanic acid in keropok lekor, and their effects on cytotoxicity and proinflammatory mediator secretion of macrophage cell culture by Hussain, Husniza

“…Future research on in vitro cytotoxicity effects of BAs in fishery products or other foods using different cell lines to resemble in vivo study is warranted.…”
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Microring resonator based photonic devices using high-contrast waveguides by Darmawan, Stevanus

“…Some of these circuits, mainly based on passive devices, are the subject of this thesis, although some theoretical works on their active applications are also included. …”
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Blockchain and federated learning for data sharing in vehicular network by Qiu, Stanley

“…A relatively new development in the field of machine learning, is the federated learning framework. It was mainly developed to preserve the privacy of data contributors in the process of collective machine learning training and data mining. …”
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Solar based plant care system by Lee, Sheryl Xin Ting

“…To improve irrigation systems, researchers have incorporated the Internet of Things (IoT) into the system mainly as a countermeasure to reduce water wastage, human labour, and errors due to human negligence through automation. …”
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Study on supply chain challenges in container shipping : the carrier’s perspective by Zeyar, Maung Maung

“…Subsequently, recommended actions will be proposed, which should be practiced by carriers with the cooperation of shippers and port operators to create win-win situations for all three parties in the supply chain. This report mainly focuses on the sea transportation leg of the carriers, although landside activities are also discussed. …”
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3D scene graph generation from synthesis 3D indoor scene by Qin, Huaiyuan

“…Existing 3D indoor datasets focus mainly on object instance class and segmentation labels, making it difficult to be utilized to scene graph related tasks. …”
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Synthesis and application of novel bonded cationic β-cyclodextrin derivatives as chiral stationary phases for supercritical fluid chromatography by Liu, Maolong.

“…The enantiodiscriminatory properties of the CSPs were found to be affected mainly by the phenylcarbamate groups of β-cyclodextrin derivative and also the cationic imidazole spacer arm at the primary rim. …”
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Hybrid SLAM and object recognition on an embedded platform by Low, Timothy Zhi Hao

“…Conventional visual SLAM mainly uses sparse point clouds which fails to capture a comprehensive representation of the environment. …”
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