Dependency, privilege, and counter-insurgency: a case study of the industrial elite of Hebron in the occupied West Bank by Arafeh, N

“…<p>A central but understudied aspect of the period following the Oslo peace process in 1993 is the rise of a native Palestinian business elite, which have been playing an important role in the political, economic, and social spheres in the West Bank. …”

Exploring effects of calcitonin and procalcitonin in cardiomyocytes by Moreira, LMF

“…PCT is an important mediator of inflammation, which, in turn plays a role in poAF. Functional studies in guinea pig CMs showed that CT administration inhibits arrhythmia and reduces Ca2+ transient amplitude induced by pacing fura2-loaded CMs in high Ca2+ solution. …”

Ten pressure points in primary care during COVID-19: findings from an international narrative review by Dykgraaf, SH, Parkinson, A, Wright, M, Wong, WCW, Desborough, J, Ball, L, Sturgiss, E, Dut, GM, Barnes, K, Butler, D, Davis, S, Douglas, K, Kendir, C, Martin, D, Marten, R, Rouleau, K, Barkley, S, de Toca, L, Kidd, M

“…Primary care practitioners (PCPs) and PC services played crucial roles in supporting global health system responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”

Inflammation and colorectal cancer: elucidation of the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which interleukin 22 contributes to the development and progression of colorectal cancer by McCuaig, S

“…Notably, interleukin 22 (IL- 22), which plays a critical role in intestinal epithelial repair, promotes CRC progression in murine models of both colitis-associated and sporadic CRC. …”

DEWP: deep expansion learning for wind power forecasting by Fan, W, Fu, Y, Zheng, S, Bian, J, Zhou, Y, Xiong, H

“…Wind power, as one of the largest renewable energy in the world, has been playing a more and more important role in supplying electricity. …”

Why does "green" matter in supply chain management? Exploring institutional pressures, green practices, green innovation, and economic performance in the Chinese chemical sector by Wen, Xu, Cheah, Jun-Hwa, Lim, Xin-Jean, Ramachandran, Sridar

“…Third, GI acts as a mediator between GSCM practices and economic performance, indicating that the implementation of GI plays a crucial role in improving companies' economic outcomes through GSCM practices. …”
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Maximizing the performance of badminton athletes through core strength training: Unlocking their full potential using machine learning (ML) modeling by Ma, Shuzhen, Geok Soh, Kim, Japar, Salimah, Xu, Simao, Zhicheng, Guo

“…Core strength training plays an essential role in maximizing performance for badminton athletes. …”
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Fermented bed flooring systems enhance profitability in smallholder native pig production by Sivilai, Bounlerth, Vongpaserth, Thonglai, Liang, Juan Boo, Bush, Russell

“…Traditional smallholder pig farming plays an important role in farmers’ income and national food security in the low- and middle-income countries in Southeast Asia including Laos; however, its productivity is low and it is often environmentally unsustainable. …”

Fluorescent imaging and bio-cellular uptake assessment of gold-near infrared dye conjugated cockle shell calcium carbonate nanoparticles by Kiranda, H.K., Mahmud, R.B., Mahmood, S.K., Zakaria, Z.A.

“…In recent years, fluorescent imaging has emerged as an active area of interest in medical imaging. Fluorescent imaging plays a critical role in molecular imaging. Evidence suggests its use in providing a detailed structural outlook and genetic and cellular operatives of the body procedures on a molecular plane. …”
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Oncofetal HMGA2 attenuates genotoxic damage induced by topoisomerase II target compounds through the regulation of local DNA topology by Ahmed, Syed Moiz, Dröge, Peter

“…Our recent studies indicated that the oncofetal chromatin structuring high-mobility group AT-hook 2 (HMGA2) protein plays an important role as a DNA replication fork chaperone in coping with DNA topological ramifications that occur during replication stress, both genome wide and at fragile sites such as sub-telomeres. …”
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Dynamic swimming pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa near a vertical wall during initial attachment stages of biofilm formation by Khong, Nicole Zi-Jia, Zeng, Yukai, Lai, Soak-Kuan, Koh, Cheng-Gee, Liang, Zhao-Xun, Chiam, Keng-Hwee, Li, Hoi-Yeung

“…Together, we propose that near wall swimming behavior of P. aeruginosa plays an important role in the regulation of initial attachment and biofilm formation.…”
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Osteoprotegerin mediates adipogenesis in obesity by Lyu, Zipan, Chan, Yau-Tuen, Lu, Yuanjun, Lam, Tsz Fung, Wu, Xingyao, Wu, Junyu, Xu, Lin, Yang, Wei, Zhang, Cheng, Zhong, Linda Lidan, Wang, Ning

“…Introduction: Adipogenesis, the process of white adipose tissue expansion, plays a critical role in the development of obesity. …”
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翻译家鲁迅的“中间物”意识——以鲁迅早期翻译方式的变换为例 = The “intermediate” consciousness of Lu Xun - a case study of the changes of the translation methods in Lu Xun’s early translation career... by 崔峰 Cui Feng

“…To explore issues in the translation thoughts and practices of Lu Xun by combining the social cultural background of the time and his “intermediate” consciousness is helpful to recognize the important role he played in pursuit of literary and cultural modernity, to understand the oscillation and conflict Lu Xun, a pioneer and explorer, experienced in thought development and practices, and to conduct a diachronic observation of the interaction between Lu Xun and history and future. …”
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Investigating the inner controls on explosive eruptions using textural analyses and petrology by Bernard, Olivier

“…I find that sudden decompression-induced crystallization of the matrix due to important undercooling of the melt plays a major role in promoting mafic magma fragmentation and generating mafic PDCs. …”
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Developing a system that uses ultrawide-band inertial measurement units to quantify selected 10-Pin skills in real-time by Wee, Joel Jiewei

“…These variables were chosen as in bowling, the timing of each step and how far each step the bowler takes plays an important role in the execution of a bowling shot. …”
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Frequency-dependent redox-based 1S1R synapse with a short-term plasticity TIO2-based exponential selector by Chee, Mun Yin

“…Short-term plasticity plays a crucial role in the hardware implementation of artificial neural networks (ANN) as it enables temporal information processing capability. …”
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Sustainable structural design optimization - prestressed concrete beams by Ng, Kok Hang

“…The parametric study established that the beam length plays a pivotal role in controlling the amount of EC per unit of structural capacity while the prestressing force is less dominant for the range of parameters studied. …”
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Studies on high-frequency noise characteristics in deep submicron NMOSFETs by Zeng, Rong

“…It has been found that gate shot noise, which is commonly ignored in NMOSFETs, plays a dominant role in determining the high frequency noise in the post-oxide breakdown NMOSFETs. …”
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从流传和演变角度探析民间童话故事《虎姑婆》的教育意义 = An investigation of the transmission and educational implication of the folk tale “Aunt Tiger” by 黄思蓉 Wong, Sirong

“…Besides the positive features of this story and the role it plays in children’s education, I will also investigate its negative influences, and how different adaptations emerged to avoid unfavorable elements in the story.…”
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Developing of applications on the Googles Android powered devices and Arduino-powered platforms 1 by Muhammad Syafiq Ma'arof

“…As such, smartphone are now capable of replacing many devices with similar features like directional bank ATMs, iPods and roadmaps. [28] Raspberry Pi is a mini-sized computer capable of beings used for many different things that a desktop is capable of. This include playing game, watching video and making spreadsheets. …”
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