Participants
An a priori power analysis based on the results obtained by Petrizzo et al.11 suggested a required sample size of 21 participants (two − tail t − test for two dependent means, α = 0.05, (1-β) = 0.9).
A total of 22…
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Cryogenic helium subsurface pressurization in terrestrial and low-gravity: experiments and flow visualization
In-space cryogenic propellant transfer systems will play a vital role in NASA and the aerospace community’s future missions and vehicles, which include nuclear thermal propulsion systems1, nuclear electric propulsion systems2, ascent stages,…
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M2-like macrophages derived from THP-1 cells promote myofibroblast differentiation of synovial fibroblasts in association with the TGF-β1/SMAD2/3 signaling pathway
This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Toyama (approval number: R2018059). Written informed consent was obtained from all the patients prior to specimen collection. All methods were performed in accordance…
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Publication of data sharing statements in clinical trials by cardiovascular journals: a quantitative and qualitative analysis
We performed the quantitative analysis to evaluate the practice of publishing data sharing statements for clinical trials by CVD journals, and conducted the qualitative analysis to explore the in-depth perspectives of editors-in-chief. This…
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Associations between micro- and macro level social network properties and individual productivity in virtual collaboration
Centrality and centralisation
Centrality is often considered an indication of leadership, popularity, and reputation56. Generally, studies imply that central individuals tend to be more productive8,29. Our study provided detail insights to such…
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Learning quality-guided multi-layer features for classifying visual types with ball sports application
Ranking through a weak-label quality modeling
Every breasts picture contains a multitude of detailed object parts that collectively indicate the presence and stage of cancer. To effectively discern these elements, we employ the Binarized Normed…
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Lipoyl deglutarylation by ABHD11 regulates mitochondrial and T cell metabolism
Cell lines and reagents
HEK293T and HeLa cells were maintained in high-glucose DMEM (Sigma-Aldrich, D6429) containing 10% fetal calf serum (Sigma-Aldrich, P4333), 100 U ml−1 penicillin and 100 µg ml−1 streptomycin at 37 °C and 5%…
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Predicting mean depth and area fraction of Antarctic supraglacial melt lakes with physics-based parameterizations
Self-affinity of Antarctic surface roughness from ICESat-2
Self-affinity describes a repeating pattern within an object, sequence, or surface that occurs over a wide range of scales (also referred to as “fractal” or “self-similar”) (Fig.
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Crop productivity in southern Africa is stagnant despite moderate climate trends
Hertel, T. W., Baldos, U. L. C. & Van Der Mensbrugghe, D. Predicting long-term food demand, cropland use, and prices. Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ. 8, 417–441 (2016).
Fuglie, K. R&D capital, R&D…
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Mapping trait-associated cells with spatial transcriptomics
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have uncovered numerous genetic variants associated with complex traits. However, a critical gap remains in pinpointing the specific cells in which variants exert their effects, particularly within the…
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