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Redefining effective distance using multi-hop flows in urban mobility networks

Journal of Physics: Complexity
Effective distance, a concept that redefines spatial connectivity by considering human mobility links rather than physical distance, has proven to be a powerful tool for predicting epidemic spread.
Mengning Wang, Weiyi Huang, Yunxuan Li, Yang Zhang, Bin Sai, Hongjie Yu, Xin Lu, Suoyi Tan   +7 more
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Student Attitudes about Distance Education: Focusing on Context and Effective Practices. [PDF]

IAFOR Journal of Education, 2014
There has been an unquestionable upsurge in distance education in recent years. Given this, it is extremely important to understand the experience of online courses from students’ perspectives.
Esther Smidt, Jennifer Bunk, Bridget McGrory, Rui Li, Tanya Gatenby   +4 more
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Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto, Daniel da Costa Torres, Ian Setubal Reis Chaves, Jonas do Carmo Paschoalin, Braúlio Lima Nascimento, Luciana Dias Chiavegato   +6 more
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Serum Myonectin Levels Are Positively Associated With Physical Function and Lower Frailty‐Related Limitation in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono, Yoshifumi Moriyama, Koji Ohashi, Naoya Otaka, Minako Tatsumi, Toyoaki Murohara, Noriyuki Ouchi, Satoru Oshima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Going the distance?—A meta-analysis of the deterring effect of distance in tourism

Annals of Tourism Research
This meta-analysis summarizes and explains the variation in the deterring effect of distance on tourism flows by analyzing 882 estimates from 140 primary studies utilizing data covering the last 25 years. We find substantial heterogeneity between studies that mostly correlates with (unobserved) study characteristics, estimation methods, and locations ...
Thomas de Graaff, Elisa Panzera, Henri L.F. de Groot   +2 more
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Transferrin receptor 1‐mediated iron uptake supports thermogenic activation in human cervical‐derived adipocytes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai, Mizuki Seo, Gyath Karadsheh, Fachrur Rizal Mahendra, Máté Á Demény, Ferenc Győry, János András Mótyán, László Fésüs, Endre Kristóf, Rini Arianti   +9 more
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Calpain small subunit homodimerization is robust and calcium‐independent

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Calpains dimerize via penta‐EF‐hand (PEF) domains. Using single‐molecule force spectroscopy, we measured the strength and kinetics of PEF–PEF homodimer binding. The interaction is robust, shows a transient conformational step before dissociation, and remains largely insensitive to Ca2+.
Nesha May O. Andoy, Trina Dykstra‐MacPherson, Mathias A. Bell, Peter L. Davies, Ruby May A. Sullan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

E-readiness of open and distance learning (ODL) facilitators: Implications for effective mediation

Perspectives in Education, 2014
This article is a narrative report of the findings from the analysis of multicultural facilitators’ discourses on their e-readiness in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) affordances in open and distance learning (ODL) mediation
Jabulani Nyoni
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An Energy Trace Compression Method for Differential Power Analysis Attack

IEEE Access, 2020
Differential power analysis attacks are the most commonly used means to break cryptographic devices within the side-channel attack technology. Since there is a lot of noise in the energy trace of cryptographic devices, a large number of energy traces are
Xiaomin Cai, Renfa Li, Shijie Kuang, Jinhui Tan   +3 more
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Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa, Konstantinos Makryniotis, Theofani‐Iosifina Sousani, Evangelos Topakas, Vangelis Daskalakis, Maria Dimarogona   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source