Radiofrequency safety modelling of parallel transmit magnetic resonance imaging by Jeong, H

“…<p>Radio-frequency (RF) safety plays an important role in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with the goal of assuring patient safety and preventing excessive RF heating. …”

Gate dielectric surface modification in organic field-effect transistors by Feng, Chengang

“…As OFETs are now moving closer to applications, their operational stability and the control of threshold voltage becomes more crucial than ever. …”
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Menthol mouth rinsing and performance in elite football referees in the heat: A study protocol for a randomized crossover trial by Maria Roriz, João Brito, Filipe J. Teixeira, Konstantinos Spyrou, Vitor Hugo Teixeira

“…Background: Within professional European competitions, matches can be played in extreme environmental temperatures, ranging from −5 °C to +30 °C in different countries. …”
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The Effects of a Virtual Reality–Based Training Program for Adolescents With Disruptive Behavior Problems on Cognitive Distortions and Treatment Motivation: Protocol for a Multiple... by Renée E Klein Schaarsberg, Arne Popma, Ramón J L Lindauer, Levi van Dam

“…In order to create a treatment environment in which behavioral change can be enhanced, treatment motivation plays an essential role. Regarding treatment itself, a focus on challenging self-serving cognitive distortions in order to achieve behavioral change is important. …”
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Characteristics of swimming bacteria in flow by Tran, Ngoc Phu

“…Since flagellated microorganisms swim by propelling their flagella through liquid environment, the propulsion of flagella plays a key role in hydrodynamics of the swimmers. …”
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Using molecular simulations to parameterize discrete models of protein movement in the membrane by Hirst-Dunton, T

“…This result further highlighted the role that the lipids in the bilayer played in the interaction between the NanC proteins.…”

Influence of gravitational tilt on the thermocapillary convection in a non-axisymmetric liquid bridge by Shuo Yang, Yupeng Zhang, Jie Cui, Daocheng Qin, Yuhang Wang, Pushi Ge, Jintao Luo, Duojiao Guan, Yunyi Zheng

“…Therefore, gravitational tilt plays an important role in improving the surface flow velocity. …”
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Identification, Phylogenetic and Expression Analyses of the <i>AAAP</i> Gene Family in <i>Liriodendron chinense</i> Reveal Their Putative Functions in Response to Organ and Multipl... by Lingfeng Hu, Ruifang Fan, Pengkai Wang, Zhaodong Hao, Dingjie Yang, Ye Lu, Jisen Shi, Jinhui Chen

“…Gene expression pattern analysis showed that the <i>LcAAAP</i> gene plays a certain role in the development of <i>Liriodendron</i> nectary and somatic embryogenesis. …”
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Comparison of assembly process and co-occurrence pattern between planktonic and benthic microbial communities in the Bohai Sea by Jinmei Liu, Xiaolei Wang, Jiao Liu, Xiaoyue Liu, Xiao-Hua Zhang, Xiao-Hua Zhang, Xiao-Hua Zhang, Jiwen Liu, Jiwen Liu, Jiwen Liu

“…The planktonic communities were mainly shaped by dispersal limitation and ecological drift, whereas homogeneous selection played a more important role in structuring the benthic communities. …”
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Molecular Characterization and Function of the Nogo-66 Receptor (NgR1) Gene in the Chinese Tree Shrew by Caixia Lu, Xiuying Kui, Xiaofei Li, Wenguang Wang, Xiaomei Sun, Na Li, Pinfen Tong, Jiejie Dai

“…The binding of Nogo-66 to NgR1 plays a key role in inhibiting neurite growth, limiting synaptic plasticity and mediating Mammalian Reovirus (MRV) infection. …”
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The effect of “Fishery-PV Integration” on Penaeus monodon culture and research on the micro-ecological environment by Minze Liao, Xinxin Long, Zihao He, Jichen Zhao, Jichen Zhao, Xieyan Chen, Dongwenjun Zhu, Chengbo Sun, Chengbo Sun, Chengbo Sun

“…Results showed that microorganisms played an essential role in regulating intestinal amino acids, carbohydrate, and energy metabolisms. …”
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Reconstructing the transcriptional regulatory network of probiotic L. reuteri is enabled by transcriptomics and machine learning by Jonathan Josephs-Spaulding, Akanksha Rajput, Ying Hefner, Richard Szubin, Archana Balasubramanian, Gaoyuan Li, Daniel C. Zielinski, Leonie Jahn, Morten Sommer, Patrick Phaneuf, Bernhard O. Palsson

“…More importantly, with our findings, we become closer to using this knowledge to improve how we produce more sustainable and healthier foods with the help of microbes.…”
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Drying–Wetting Changes of Surface Soil Moisture and the Influencing Factors in Permafrost Regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China by Hongying Li, Fenggui Liu, Shengpeng Zhang, Chaokun Zhang, Cungui Zhang, Weidong Ma, Jing Luo

“…Soil moisture (SM), an important variable in water conversion between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems, plays a crucial role in ecological processes and the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Ih Conductance on Cross-Frequency Coupling in Model Pyramidal Neurons by Melvin A. Felton, Alfred B. Yu, David L. Boothe, Kelvin S. Oie, Piotr J. Franaszczuk, Piotr J. Franaszczuk

“…We investigate potential mechanisms for CFC within these neurons by examining the role that the hyperpolarization-activated mixed cation current (Ih) plays in modulating CFC characteristics in multicompartment neuronal models. …”
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Estimating Land Surface Temperature from Satellite Passive Microwave Observations with the Traditional Neural Network, Deep Belief Network, and Convolutional Neural Network by Shaofei Wang, Ji Zhou, Tianjie Lei, Hua Wu, Xiaodong Zhang, Jin Ma, Hailing Zhong

“…For AMSR2, the three sets were extracted from 2013, 2014, and 2016 with a spatial resolution of 0.1°, respectively. MODIS LST played the role of “ground truth” in the training, validation, and testing. …”
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A novel risk model based on the correlation between the expression of basement membrane genes and immune infiltration to predict the invasiveness of pituitary adenomas by Zheng Chen, Xin Sun, Yin Kang, Jian Zhang, Fang Jia, Xiyao Liu, Hongwei Zhu

“…The basement membrane (BM) is a special type of extracellular matrix and plays an important role in the invasion of pituitary adenomas (PAs). …”
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Effect of Load Spatial Configuration on the Heating of Chicken Meat Assisted by Radio Frequency at 40.68 MHz by Sandro M. Goñi, Matteo d’Amore, Marta Della Valle, Daniela F. Olivera, Viviana O. Salvadori, Francesco Marra

“…Both experiments and simulations showed that, given a fixed gap between the electrodes (10 cm), the vertically oriented samples exhibited a larger heating efficiency with respect to the horizontally oriented ones, pointing out that the gap between the top electrode and the samples plays a major role in the heating efficiency. The efficiency was larger (double or even more; >40% vs. 10–15%) in thicker samples (built with two layers of cubes), closer to the top electrode, independently from nominal power. …”
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Conserved allosteric inhibition mechanism in SLC1 transporters by Yang Dong, Jiali Wang, Rachel-Ann Garibsingh, Keino Hutchinson, Yueyue Shi, Gilad Eisenberg, Xiaozhen Yu, Avner Schlessinger, Christof Grewer

“…Excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (EAAT1) is a glutamate transporter belonging to the SLC1 family of solute carriers. It plays a key role in the regulation of the extracellular glutamate concentration in the mammalian brain. …”
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High sedimentation rates lead to rapid vegetation recovery in tidal brackish wetland restoration by Danika van Proosdij, Jennie Graham, Ben Lemieux, Tony Bowron, Emma Poirier, Jocelyn Kickbush, Kirsten Ellis, Jeremy Lundholm

“…The majority of elevation change was due to allochthonous sediment deposition, with belowground processes playing a minor role. The wetlands restored showed substantial net elevation gains in the first years following tidal hydrological restoration, but long-term monitoring is required to track their overall resilience in the face of sea level rise.…”
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Quantitatively characterizing reflexive responses to pitch perturbations by Elaine Kearney, Alfonso Nieto-Castañón, Alfonso Nieto-Castañón, Riccardo Falsini, Ayoub Daliri, Elizabeth S. Heller Murray, Dante J. Smith, Frank H. Guenther, Frank H. Guenther, Frank H. Guenther

“…In these experiments, the fundamental frequency–the acoustic correlate of pitch–of a speech signal is shifted unexpectedly and played back to the speaker via headphones in near real-time. …”
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