Comparative Evaluation of Regain of Consciousness in Dexmedetomidine–Propofol versus Ketamine–Propofol in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Procedure under Sedation using BIS M... by Priya Banga, Sunder L. Negi, Banashree Mandal, Parag Barwad, Kulbhushan Saini, Krishna P. Gourav

“…Conclusion: The KP combination had fast and early recovery compared to the DP combination in children who underwent the cardiac catheterization procedure under sedation in children undergoing cardiac catheterization procedures requiring sedation.…”
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Antioxidant and Chelating Activity of Nontoxic Jatropha curcas L. Protein Hydrolysates Produced by In Vitro Digestion Using Pepsin and Pancreatin by Santiago Gallegos Tintoré, Cristina Torres Fuentes, Javier Solorza Feria, Manuel Alaiz, Julio Girón Calle, Alma Leticia Martínez Ayala, Luis Chel Guerrero, Javier Vioque

“…The hydrolysates were produced by treatment of a nontoxic genotype with the digestive enzymes pepsin and pancreatin and then were characterized by fast protein liquid chromatography and reverse phase chromatography. …”
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tPA‐GFP is a reliable probe for detecting compound exocytosis in human pancreatic β‐cells by Aishwarya A. Makam, Shruti Sharma, Prajwal Nagle, Nandhini M. Sundaram, Vidya Mangala Prasad, Nikhil R. Gandasi

“…Insulin secretion is biphasic with a fast first phase and a sustained second phase. Previous studies have pointed out that exocytosis of insulin can occur via (1) single LDCVs fusing with the plasma membrane to release their content or (2) multiple vesicles are involved during a process called compound exocytosis. …”
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Advanced artificial intelligence with federated learning framework for privacy-preserving cyberthreat detection in IoT-assisted sustainable smart cities by Mahmoud Ragab, Ehab Bahaudien Ashary, Bandar M. Alghamdi, Rania Aboalela, Naif Alsaadi, Louai A. Maghrabi, Khalid H. Allehaibi

“…Abstract With the fast growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and a novel generation of network technology, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become global. …”
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Inhibition of miR-182-5p Targets FGF9 to Alleviate Osteoarthritis by Yang Sun, Sanmao Su, Mengjun Li, Ang Deng

“…Hematoxylin–eosin (HE) and safranin O-fast Green (S–O) staining were utilized to access cartilage damage. …”
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A multi-task model for failure identification and GPS assessment in metro trains by Pratik Vinayak Jadhav, Sairam V. A, Siddharth Sonkavade, Shivali Amit Wagle, Preksha Pareek, Ketan Kotecha, Tanupriya Choudhury

“…On the whole, the proposed framework can be effective for fast and accurate fault analysis in metro trains.…”
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Reorganization of Anatomical Connectome following Electroconvulsive Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder by Jinkun Zeng, Qinghua Luo, Lian Du, Wei Liao, Yongmei Li, Haixia Liu, Dan Liu, Yixiao Fu, Haitang Qiu, Xirong Li, Tian Qiu, Huaqing Meng

“…Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is considered one of the most effective and fast-acting treatment options for depressive episodes. …”
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Acetic Acid Chromoendoscopy in the Preliminary Diagnosis of Histological Type of Colon Polyp during Colonoscopy by N. V. Ageykina, E. D. Fedorov, P. G. Malkov, T. V. Nikolaychuk, N. A. Oleynikova

“…Use of acetic acid leads to fast acetowhitening reaction of lesions and surrounding mucosa. 2 groups were distinguished (table): 1) Loss of acetowhitening (LAW) of polyps occurs earlier than LAW of surrounding mucosa — «acetowhitening negative». 2) LAW of polyps occurs later than LAW of surrounding mucosa — «acetowhitening positive». …”
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Profile of Children With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Referred to a Hospital in Iran by Amin Ghanbari, Mohammadreza Pazoki, Bahar Allahverdi, Pejman Rohani, Parisa Rahmani

“…Eating habits were also concerning; 68.5% eat fast food and sweets almost daily. Laboratory findings revealed elevated levels of alanine transaminase (ALT), triglycerides (TG), and total cholesterol (TC) (60.72±59.06 U/L, 65.35±142.54 mg/dL, 35±166.71 mg/dL, respectively). …”
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A new RP-HPLC method as an auxiliary tool for optimization of sample preparation procedures for tracing of PPCPs of different hydrophilicities by Portillo-Castillo Omar J., Castro-Ríos Rocío, Chávez-Montes Abelardo, González-Horta Azucena, Cavazos-Rocha Norma, De Torres Noemí Waksman, Garza-Tapia Marsela

“…To facilitate the optimization of the procedures that are applied in the early stages of sample preparation, a simple and fast HPLC method is proposed in this work for the separation of some PPCPs with a wide range of hydrophilicity. …”
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Laser Induced Spectroscopy (LIBS) Technology and Environmental Risk Index (RI) to Detect Microplastics in Drinking Water in Baghdad, Iraq by Estabraq Mohammed Ati, Shahla Hussien Hano, Rana Fadhil abbas, Reyam Naji Ajmi and Abdalkader Saeed Latif

“…According to our results, the integration of LIBS technology provides a fast and efficient way to detect microplastics. It has a high resolution of fine particles, allowing the detection of very small particles associated with various adverse effects on human health. …”
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A new hybrid distance and similarity based scenario reduction approach for stochastic economic operation of microgrid by Gaurav Gangil, Amit Saraswat, Sunil Kumar Goyal

“…To verify the effectiveness of the proposed HDS, its performance is compared with three well developed distinct methods such as SBR (simultaneous backward reduction method), FFS (fast forward selection method), and SIMCOR (similarity-correlation method) on two different stochastic optimization problems including one real-life economic microgrid problem. …”
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IoT-Based Multisensors Fusion for Activity Recognition via Key Features and Hybrid Transfer Learning by Ahmad Jalal, Danyal Khan, Touseef Sadiq, Moneerah Alotaibi, Sultan Refa Alotaibi, Hanan Aljuaid, Hameedur Rahman

“…Key features are extracted using techniques such as ORB (Oriented FAST and Rotated BRIEF), MSER (Maximally Stable Extremal Regions), DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform), and KAZE for image data, and LPCC (Linear Predictive Cepstral Coefficients), PSD (Power Spectral Density), AR Coefficient, and entropy for sensor data. …”
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Assessing the antiproliferative effect of biogenic silver chloride nanoparticles on glioblastoma cell lines by quantitative image‐based analysis by Nathalia Müller, Mateus Eugenio, Luciana F. Romão, Jorge Marcondes de Souza, Soniza V. Alves‐Leon, Loraine Campanati, Celso Sant’Anna

“…The authors’ findings showed that HCA is a fast and reliable approach that can be used to evaluate the antiproliferative effect of the nanoparticles at the single‐cell level and that AgCl‐NPs are promising agents for glioblastoma treatment.…”
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Bending Moment Characteristics of Hard Roof before First Breaking of Roof Beam Considering Coal Seam Hardening by Shitan Gu, Bangyou Jiang, Yue Pan, Zheng Liu

“…As the depth of softened zone of coal seam increases, the similar conclusion is obtained, and the advanced distance of the roof bending moment peak increases at a relatively fast speed. Because the bending moment peak of hard roof is located near the support pressure peak in the softened zone of coal seam, the depth of softened zone of coal seam significantly affects the advanced distance of the bending moment peak of a roof. …”
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Conventional Mercury Penetration and Constant Velocity Mercury Penetration Experiments Are Used to Quantitatively Characterize the Difference in Micropore Structure in Low Permeabi... by Kaitao Yuan, Yan Li, Tiaotiao Shi, Husheng Huang, Yanfei Li, Minglei He

“…The maximum injection pressure of experimental mercury is high and the experimental speed is fast. The theoretical model of constant velocity mercury penetration experiment is the pore and throat capillary model with different radii. …”
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Elevational ranges of pioneer marsh species are site specific and likely shaped by different abiotic and biotic factors by Charlotte S. Steinigeweg, Ole J. Siebeneicher, Boris Schröder, Michael Kleyer, Kertu Lõhmus, Swantje Löbel

“…Zero‐inflated beta regression models demonstrated that species occurrence and cover are mediated by elevation in a species‐specific manner. The fast colonizer Salicornia procumbens occurred foremost at the lowest elevations, followed by the pioneer species Spartina anglica and Salicornia europaea. …”
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Cu⁰-Functionalized, ZIF-8-Derived, Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Composites for Efficient Iodine Elimination in Solution by Jiuyu Chen, Chensheng Gao, Jingwen Chen, Fei Liu, Zhiwen Liu

“…The subsequent batch adsorption results demonstrated that the as-fabricated composites showed high I₂ adsorption amounts (1204.9 mg/g) and relatively fast dynamics in an iodine–cyclohexane solution when the Cu content was 30% and the pyrolysis temperature was 600 °C, outperforming the other Cu-based materials. …”
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Bioinspired activation strategies for Peano-HASEL artificial muscle. by Zhaozhen Liu, Harrison McAleese, Andrew Weightman, Glen Cooper

“…The ramp activation signal with low frequencies (less than 5 Hz) is suitable for applications favouring controllable displacement, while the step activation signal produces greater average contraction velocity (325%) which would be advantageous for applications requiring a fast response.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This paper demonstrates that activation strategies can enhance multi-actuator artificial muscle function without changing the physical hardware configuration. …”
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Dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis alters the proportion and composition of replicating gut bacteria by Eve T. Beauchemin, Claire Hunter, Corinne F. Maurice

“…Lastly, we show that colitis development is positively correlated with increases in the presence and abundance of bacteria in situ which are predicted to be fast replicators. This could suggest that taxa with the potential to replicate quickly may have an advantage during intestinal inflammation. …”
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