Nonparametric analysis of inter‐individual relations using an attention‐based neural network by Takashi Morita, Aru Toyoda, Seitaro Aisu, Akihisa Kaneko, Naoko Suda‐Hashimoto, Ikuma Adachi, Ikki Matsuda, Hiroki Koda

“…Abstract Social network analysis, which has been widely adopted in animal studies over the past decade, enables the revelation of global characteristic patterns of animal social systems from pairwise inter‐individual relations. …”
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Engineering a phi15-based expression system for stringent gene expression in Pseudomonas putida by Eveline-Marie Lammens, Daniel C. Volke, Alison Kerremans, Yannick Aerts, Maarten Boon, Pablo I. Nikel, Rob Lavigne

“…A proof-of-concept expression for industrially relevant fluorinase resulted in 2.5- and 5-fold increased yield compared to other widely-adopted expression systems. The system functions well in combination with several inducer systems, and in a variety of vector-based and genomically integrated set-ups. …”
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Characteristics of microbial contamination of animal raw materials and products in the Russian Federation from 2015 to 2018 by I. V. Borodkina, N. B. Shadrova, O. V. Pruntova, O. I. Ruchnova, Ye. S. Yerofeeva, S. I. Danilchenko, S. G. Yerofeev

“…Monitoring of food quality and safety is performed on the federal level, on the level of the Russian Federation Subjects and on the municipal level based on the developed and adopted regulatory and methodical documents. The paper presents the analysis of ASSOL information system data related to microbial contamination of animal raw materials and products, collected within the following official activities: “Laboratory Testing within Official Monitoring of Food Safety and Quality” and “Laboratory Testing of Animal Raw Materials and Products, Feed and Biological Materials for the Purposes of Food Safety and Quality Assurance”. …”
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PREDICTING THE LEARNING PATH TO LEARNER’S OPTIMUM COMPREHENSION by Ifeanyi Isaiah Achi, Chukwuemeka Odi Agwu, Christopher Chizoba Nnamene, Sylvester C. Aniobi, Ifebude Barnabas C., Kelechi Christian Oketa, Godson Kenechukwu Ezeh, John Otozi Ugah

“…This is to enable the improved system predict the best learning path to optimum comprehension for learners. This research paper adopted Reinforcement Learning and the Markov decision process, specifically the Markov Chain approach, in developing an improved model for prediction. …”
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Molecular detection of <i>Streptococcus agalactiae</i> in pregnant women and percentage of vertical transmission to their neonates in Babylon province by Ali D. Marhash, Zainab N. Nabat, Nawras A. Abbas

“…A mandatory screening test and preventative medicine should be adopted to minimize the potentially fatal repercussions of this sickness.…”
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Systematic review and meta‑analysis of factors predicting postoperative lung function after lung cancer resection by Hongling Wang, Lihong He, Xiaoyun Hu, Gongxue Xian

“…Additional research is necessary to establish the connection between the type of surgical procedure, adopted thresholds, and outcomes reported by patients.…”
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An Investigation of Hand Gestures for Controlling Video Games in a Rehabilitation Exergame System by Radhiatul Husna, Komang Candra Brata, Irin Tri Anggraini, Nobuo Funabiki, Alfiandi Aulia Rahmadani, Chih-Peng Fan

“…The <i>Mediapipe</i> Python library is adopted for the real-time recognition of gestures. …”
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Genetic Variations and mRNA Expression of NRF2 in Parkinson’s Disease by Caroline Ran, Karin Wirdefeldt, Lovisa Brodin, Mehrafarin Ramezani, Marie Westerlund, Fengqing Xiang, Anna Anvret, Thomas Willows, Olof Sydow, Anders Johansson, Dagmar Galter, Per Svenningsson, Andrea Carmine Belin

“…NRF2 has therefore been hypothesized to confer protection against Parkinson’s disease and so far an NRF2 haplotype has been reported to decrease the risk of developing disease and delay disease onset. Also NRF2 adopts a nuclear localization in Parkinson’s disease, which is indicative of increased NRF2 activity. …”
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Autologous Cytokine-Induced Killer Cell Immunotherapy Enhances Chemotherapy Efficacy against Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis by Peijun Tang, Xingnian Chen, Junchi Xu, Yunlong Hu, Zhijian Ye, Xiafang Wang, Yumei Xiao, Xinghua Shen, Jianping Zhang, Yanjun Feng, Cuilin Shi, Xin Yu, Lixian Yi, Xinchun Chen, Binfeng Lu, Ping Xu, Zhongwen Sun, Meiying Wu

“…Preclinical mouse studies have shown that the adoptive T cell therapy inhibited Mtb infection. However, the efficacy of CIK immunotherapy in the treatment of MDR-TB infection has not been evaluated in clinical trials. …”
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An open data collection of 3D tool and equipment models for neonatology by Serena Bardelli, Gianpaolo Coro, Rosa T. Scaramuzzo, Massimiliano Ciantelli, Armando Cuttano

“…However, this training methodology is only adopted in some healthcare settings often because of the absence of free digital libraries of clinical assets and tools. …”
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‘With this study, we have hope that something is coming’: community members’ perceptions of HIV cure-related research in Durban, South Africa – a qualitative focus group study... by Karine Dubé, Deli Mthimkhulu, Wiseman Ngcobo, Deborah Mindry, Luyanda Maphalala, Vanessa Pillay, Whitney Tran, Ana Korolkova, Thumbi Ndung’u, Krista Dong

“…Conclusions With HIV cure trials set to launch across Africa in the future, there is a critical need to better understand and respond to local community needs and preferences and to adopt this as standard practice prior to regional trial implementation.…”
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The optimization of consensus decision-making for a multi-microwave source system based on composite leader-follower clustering for intelligent agent-based joint heating temperatur... by Biao Yang, Baowei Song, Cheng Cheng, Youpeng Zhao, Haiqin Yang, Yuchen Li, Zhongyi He

“…Finally, the simulation results revealed that after adopting this strategy, the temperature control error rate ranged from 0.25% to 1.43%. …”
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Remote sensing-based winter wheat yield estimation integrating machine learning and crop growth multi-scenario simulations by Xin Du, Jiong Zhu, Jingyuan Xu, Qiangzi Li, Zui Tao, Yuan Zhang, Hongyan Wang, Haoxuan Hu

“…This study used the World Food Studies (WOFOST) model, a widely adopted crop growth simulation model, to dynamically simulate winter wheat yield under various growth scenarios to produce a simulated dataset. …”
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Structure and properties of nanosize NiFe2O4 prepared by template and precipitation methods by Ćosović A., Ćosović V., Žák T., David B., Talijan N.

“…The amount of the used precipitating agent (Na2CO3) for the precipitation approach was selected according to two adopted scenarios based on theoretical and average yield of possible side reaction expressed by the degree of substitution (DS). …”
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Synthesis, DFT Calculation, and Antimicrobial Studies of Novel Zn(II), Co(II), Cu(II), and Mn(II) Heteroleptic Complexes Containing Benzoylacetone and Dithiocarbamate by Anthony C. Ekennia, Damian C. Onwudiwe, Lukman O. Olasunkanmi, Aderoju A. Osowole, Eno E. Ebenso

“…The results of the elemental analyses, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and electronic spectra inferred that the Zn(II) complex adopted a four-coordinate geometry while the Co(II), Cu(II), and Mn(II) complexes assumed octahedral geometries. …”
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Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Model for Bridge Appearance Defect Detection by Rong Pang, Yan Yang, Aiguo Huang, Yan Liu, Peng Zhang, Guangwu Tang

“…First, the Faster R-CNN model adopts Region Of Interest (ROI) pooling, which omits the edge information of the target area, resulting in some missed detections and inaccuracies in both detecting and localizing bridge defects. …”
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Dynamic response of aerodynamic flutter of blooie line during gas drilling in mountain areas by Dianchen Liu, Peng Yang, Ke Deng, Shijie Tian, Hai Yan, Hongtao Li

“…Owing to the constraints of mountainous terrain, the connection of the blooie line inevitably adopts multiple elbow connections. As a result, aerodynamic flutter will occur when high-speed gas flow enters the blooie line, which threatens drilling safety. …”
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Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds in Relation to Visceral Adiposity Index and Lipid Accumulation Product Among U.S. Adults: NHANES 2011–2018 by Ziyi Qian, Chenxu Dai, Siyan Chen, Linjie Yang, Xia Huo

“…Weighted generalized linear models, restricted cubic spline (RCS), weighted quantile sum (WQS), and Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) were adopted to assess the association of VOC metabolites (mVOCs) with the visceral adiposity index (VAI) and lipid accumulation product (LAP). …”
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Renoprotective effects of coenzyme Q10 supplementation in patients with chronic kidney disease: a protocol for a systematic review by Hisashi Noma, Takeshi Hasegawa, Hiroki Nishiwaki, Erika Ota, Taihei Suzuki, Yoshitaka Watanabe, Yoshifusa Abe

“…For outcomes measured using continuous scales of measurement, we will adopt standardised mean differences as the effect measures. …”
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Exploring influencing factors of healthy lifestyles in rural area among older adults with diabetes based on socioecological model by Yudong Miao, Xinran Li, Zhanlei Shen, Dongfang Zhu, Junwen Bai, Jingbao Zhang, Ruizhe Ren, Dan Guo, Clifford Silver Tarimo, Jinxin Cui, Mingyue Zhen, Jiajia Zhang, Yalin Song

“…The government should further optimize medical insurance policies to facilitate patients in adopting healthier lifestyles choices.…”
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