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The numerical investigation of angle of attack of inclined rectangular rib on the turbulent heat transfer of Water-Al2O3 nanofluid in a tube by Pourfattah, Farzad, Motamedian, Mahdi, Sheikhzadeh, Ghanbarali, Toghraie, Davood, Ali Akbari, Omid

“…•Flow and heat transfer characteristics of the turbulent flow in the tube have been investigated.•We investigate the effect of attack angle of ribs and Al2O3…”
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PD-1 pathway regulates ILC2 metabolism and PD-1 agonist treatment ameliorates airway hyperreactivity by Helou, Doumet Georges, Shafiei-Jahani, Pedram, Lo, Richard, Howard, Emily, Hurrell, Benjamin P., Galle-Treger, Lauriane, Painter, Jacob D., Lewis, Gavin, Soroosh, Pejman, Sharpe, Arlene H., Akbari, Omid

“…Allergic asthma is a leading chronic disease associated with airway hyperreactivity (AHR). Type-2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are a potent source of T-helper…”
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Genome-wide analysis highlights contribution of immune system pathways to the genetic architecture of asthma by Han, Yi, Jia, Qiong, Jahani, Pedram Shafiei, Hurrell, Benjamin P., Pan, Calvin, Huang, Pin, Gukasyan, Janet, Woodward, Nicholas C., Eskin, Eleazar, Gilliland, Frank D., Akbari, Omid, Hartiala, Jaana A., Allayee, Hooman

“…Asthma is a chronic and genetically complex respiratory disease that affects over 300 million people worldwide. Here, we report a genome-wide analysis for…”
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Investigating the effect of obstacle presence on argon fluid flow characteristics in rough nanochannels using molecular dynamics method by Ali Akbari, Omid, Saghafian, Mohsen, Shirani, Ebrahim

“…•This paper investigates the molecular dynamics behavior of argon Poiseuille flow in copper nanochannels.•This study explores the combined existence of…”
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Type two innate lymphoid cells: the Janus cells in health and disease by Maazi, Hadi, Akbari, Omid

“…Summary Innate lymphoid cells are functionally diverse subsets of immune cells including the conventional natural killer cells, lymphoid tissue inducers, type…”
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Transcriptional regulation of autophagy-lysosomal function in BRAF-driven melanoma progression and chemoresistance by Li, Shun, Song, Ying, Quach, Christine, Guo, Hongrui, Jang, Gyu-Beom, Maazi, Hadi, Zhao, Shihui, Sands, Nathaniel A., Liu, Qingsong, In, Gino K., Peng, David, Yuan, Weiming, Machida, Keigo, Yu, Min, Akbari, Omid, Hagiya, Ashley, Yang, Yongfei, Punj, Vasu, Tang, Liling, Liang, Chengyu

“…Autophagy maintains homeostasis and is induced upon stress. Yet, its mechanistic interaction with oncogenic signaling remains elusive. Here, we show that in…”
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A Model for Material Metrics in Thermoelectric Thomson Coolers by Zebarjadi, Mona, Akbari, Omid

“…Thomson heat absorption corresponding to changes in the Seebeck coefficient with respect to temperature enables the design of thermoelectric coolers wherein…”
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Role of Autophagy in Lung Inflammation by Painter, Jacob D, Galle-Treger, Lauriane, Akbari, Omid

“…Autophagy is a cellular recycling system found in almost all types of eukaryotic organisms. The system is made up of a variety of proteins which function to…”
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist attenuates ILC2-dependent airway hyperreactivity by Galle-Treger, Lauriane, Suzuki, Yuzo, Patel, Nisheel, Sankaranarayanan, Ishwarya, Aron, Jennifer L., Maazi, Hadi, Chen, Lin, Akbari, Omid

“…Allergic asthma is a complex and chronic inflammatory disorder that is associated with airway hyperreactivity (AHR) and driven by Th2 cytokine secretion. Type…”
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Block-Based Carry Speculative Approximate Adder for Energy-Efficient Applications by Ebrahimi-Azandaryani, Farhad, Akbari, Omid, Kamal, Mehdi, Afzali-Kusha, Ali, Pedram, Massoud

“…In this brief, a low energy consumption block-based carry speculative approximate adder is proposed. Its structure is based on partitioning the adder into some…”
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ICOS:ICOS-Ligand Interaction Is Required for Type 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell Function, Homeostasis, and Induction of Airway Hyperreactivity by Maazi, Hadi, Patel, Nisheel, Sankaranarayanan, Ishwarya, Suzuki, Yuzo, Rigas, Diamanda, Soroosh, Pejman, Freeman, Gordon J., Sharpe, Arlene H., Akbari, Omid

“…Allergic asthma is caused by Th2-cell-type cytokines in response to allergen exposure. Type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are a newly identified subset of…”
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Costimulation of type-2 innate lymphoid cells by GITR promotes effector function and ameliorates type 2 diabetes by Galle-Treger, Lauriane, Sankaranarayanan, Ishwarya, Hurrell, Benjamin P., Howard, Emily, Lo, Richard, Maazi, Hadi, Lewis, Gavin, Banie, Homayon, Epstein, Alan L., Hu, Peisheng, Rehan, Virender K., Gilliland, Frank D., Allayee, Hooman, Soroosh, Pejman, Sharpe, Arlene H., Akbari, Omid

“…Metabolic syndrome is characterized by disturbances in glucose homeostasis and the development of low-grade systemic inflammation, which increase the risk to…”
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CD200–CD200R immune checkpoint engagement regulates ILC2 effector function and ameliorates lung inflammation in asthma by Shafiei-Jahani, Pedram, Helou, Doumet Georges, Hurrell, Benjamin P., Howard, Emily, Quach, Christine, Painter, Jacob D., Galle-Treger, Lauriane, Li, Meng, Loh, Yong-Hwee Eddie, Akbari, Omid

“…The prevalence of asthma and airway hyperreactivity (AHR) is increasing at an alarming rate. Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are copious producers of…”
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X-CGRA: An Energy-Efficient Approximate Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architecture by Akbari, Omid, Kamal, Mehdi, Afzali-Kusha, Ali, Pedram, Massoud, Shafique, Muhammad

“…In this article, we present an energy-efficient approximate CGRA (X-CGRA). Instead of conventional exact arithmetic units, it employs configurable approximate…”
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Investigating the effect of nanoparticles diameter on turbulent flow and heat transfer properties of non-Newtonian carboxymethyl cellulose/CuO fluid in a microtube by Rahimi Gheynani, Ali, Ali Akbari, Omid, Zarringhalam, Majid, Ahmadi Sheikh Shabani, Gholamreza, Alnaqi, Abdulwahab A., Goodarzi, Marjan, Toghraie, Davood

“…Purpose Although many studies have been conducted on the nanofluid flow in microtubes, this paper, for the first time, aims to investigate the effects of…”
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A deep reinforcement learning-based method for dynamic quality of service aware energy and occupant comfort management in intelligent buildings by Azimi, Amirhossein, Akbari, Omid

“…•Proposing a dynamic energy management algorithm for intelligent buildings by multi-objective DRL in a continuous action space.•Proposing a DDPG-based tunable…”
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Type 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells: Protectors in Type 2 Diabetes by Painter, Jacob D, Akbari, Omid

“…Type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) are the innate counterparts of Th2 cells and are critically involved in the maintenance of homeostasis in a variety of…”
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Perinatal nicotine exposure induces asthma in second generation offspring by Rehan, Virender K, Liu, Jie, Naeem, Erum, Tian, Jia, Sakurai, Reiko, Kwong, Kenny, Akbari, Omid, Torday, John S

“…By altering specific developmental signaling pathways that are necessary for fetal lung development, perinatal nicotine exposure affects lung growth and…”
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Type 2 innate lymphoid cell suppression by regulatory T cells attenuates airway hyperreactivity and requires inducible T-cell costimulator–inducible T-cell costimulator ligand interaction by Rigas, Diamanda, MS, Lewis, Gavin, PhD, Aron, Jennifer L., MD, Wang, Bowen, MS, Banie, Homayon, BS, Sankaranarayanan, Ishwarya, MS, Galle-Treger, Lauriane, PhD, Maazi, Hadi, DVM, PhD, Lo, Richard, BS, Freeman, Gordon J., PhD, Sharpe, Arlene H., MD, PhD, Soroosh, Pejman, PhD, Akbari, Omid, PhD

“…Background Atopic diseases, including asthma, exacerbate type 2 immune responses and involve a number of immune cell types, including regulatory T (Treg) cells…”
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Autophagy impairment in liver CD11c+ cells promotes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease through production of IL-23 by Galle-Treger, Lauriane, Helou, Doumet Georges, Quach, Christine, Howard, Emily, Hurrell, Benjamin P., Muench, German R. Aleman, Shafiei-Jahani, Pedram, Painter, Jacob D., Iorga, Andrea, Dara, Lily, Emamaullee, Juliet, Golden-Mason, Lucy, Rosen, Hugo R., Soroosh, Pejman, Akbari, Omid

“…There has been a global increase in rates of obesity with a parallel epidemic of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Autophagy is an essential mechanism…”
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