Risk effects of environmental factors on human brucellosis in Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, China, 2014–2023 by Di Wu, Xinxiu Shen, Quan Zhou, Jing Zhou, Ruonan Fu, Chang Wang, Yuhua Ma, Chenchen Wang

“…The trends in the impact of extreme meteorological conditions on the spread of brucellosis were found to be generally consistent. Stratified analyses indicated that males were more affected by meteorological factors than females. …”
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Efficient surface crack segmentation for industrial and civil applications based on an enhanced YOLOv8 model by Zeinab F. Elsharkawy, H. Kasban, Mohammed Y. Abbass

“…To evaluate the proposed approach and test its generalization ability, nine public datasets comprising images of civil and industrial structures were collected, including CracK500, Crack3238, Crack Forest Dataset, Deepcrack, Rissbilder, Volker, Sylvie, Magnetic Tile, and Pipeline Gamma Radiography Images. …”
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Inflamed immune phenotype predicts favorable clinical outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy across multiple cancer types by Jeanne Shen, Sergio Pereira, Chan-Young Ock, Yung-Jue Bang, Seulki Kim, Sehhoon Park, Se-Hoon Lee, George A Fisher, Young Kwang Chae, Yoon-La Choi, Jin-Haeng Chung, Tony S K Mok, Leeseul Kim, Jun-Eul Hwang, Gahee Park, Sanghoon Song, Seunghwan Shin, Yoojoo Lim, Wonkyung Jung, Heon Song, Hyojin Kim, Taebum Lee, Sukjun Kim, Chang Ho Ahn, Seokhwi Kim, Ben W Dulken, Stephanie Bogdan, Maggie Huang, Chiyoon Oum, Siraj M. Ali

“…On subgroup analysis, the IIP was generally prognostic of favorable PFS across major patient subgroups, with the exception of the microsatellite unstable/mismatch repair deficient subgroup.Conclusion The AI-based IIP may represent a practical, affordable, clinically actionable, and tumor-agnostic biomarker prognostic of ICI therapy response across diverse tumor types.…”
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Structural, Electronic, Elastic, Mechanical, and Opto-Electronic Properties for ZnAg2SnS4 and ZnAg2Sn0.93Fe0.07S4 Photocatalyst Effort on Wastewater Treatment through the First Pri... by Mohammad Jahidul Islam, Md. Sabbir Hasan Sohag, Unesco Chakma, Ajoy Kumer, Md. Monsur Alam, Mohammed Nazrul Islam Khan

“…First and foremost, the geometry optimization was performed by density functional theory (DFT) of the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) with Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE)-ballpark figured as the successful candidate for computational screening containing heavy metal complexes. …”
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Alginate-based encapsulation of porcine placenta extract: Preparation, enteric sustained release, biological activities, and stability by Anukul Taweechaipaisankul, Nutthanit Thumrongsiri, Walailuk Chonniyom, Paweena Dana, Prattana Tanyapanyachon, Monthira Rattanatayarom, Wannapa Chinchoosak, Nattika Saengkrit

“…Formulation 2 (F2) of alginate microbeads (80 % solution containing 2 % sodium alginate with 1 % bentonite, 20 % pPE formed in 0.5 % chitosan added into 1 % CaCl2 solution) was chosen as the optimal encapsulated condition of pPEs. Generally, the F2 microbeads contained 57.5 µg/mL of pPE with 99.72 % entrapment efficiency. …”
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Precipitation Concentration in Bangladesh over Different Temporal Periods by Md. Anarul Haque Mondol, Al-Mamun, Mehedi Iqbal, Dong-Ho Jang

“…The analyses of periodic variation and precipitation in Bangladesh generally follow through the SW–NE direction due to the summer monsoon, while during the winter monsoon, they follow the N–S direction where JAS and JFM showed higher and lower PCI values. …”
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Biomass burning emission analysis based on MODIS aerosol optical depth and AeroCom multi-model simulations: implications for model constraints and emission inventories by M. Petrenko, M. Petrenko, R. Kahn, R. Kahn, M. Chin, S. E. Bauer, T. Bergman, H. Bian, G. Curci, B. Johnson, J. W. Kaiser, Z. Kipling, H. Kokkola, H. Kokkola, X. Liu, K. Mezuman, K. Mezuman, T. Mielonen, G. Myhre, X. Pan, X. Pan, A. Protonotariou, S. Remy, R. B. Skeie, P. Stier, T. Takemura, K. Tsigaridis, K. Tsigaridis, H. Wang, D. Watson-Parris, D. Watson-Parris, K. Zhang

“…The results point to a need for increased numbers of available BB cases for study in some regions and especially to a need for more extensive regional-to-global-scale measurements of aerosol loss rates and of detailed particle microphysical and optical properties; this would both better constrain models and help distinguish BB from other aerosol types in satellite retrievals. More generally, there is the need for additional efforts at constraining aerosol source strength and other model attributes with multi-platform observations.…”
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Numerical Simulation of Surface Energy and Water Balances over a Semiarid Grassland Ecosystem in the West African Savanna by Emmanuel Quansah, Genki Katata, Matthias Mauder, Thompson Annor, Leonard K. Amekudzi, Jan Bliefernicht, Dominikus Heinzeller, Ahmed A. Balogun, Harald Kunstmann

“…The partitioning of H and LE by SOLVEG was generally in agreement with the observations during the dry period but showed clear discrepancies during the rainy period, particularly after rainfall events. …”
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A Fully Coupled Hydromechanical Model for CO2 Sequestration in Coal Seam: the Roles of Multiphase Flow and Gas Dynamic Diffusion on Fluid Transfer and Coal Behavior by Rui Yang, Weiqun Liu, Tianran Ma, Junhe Xie, Yang Hu, Rui Zhou, Yongjie Yang

“…Previous investigations on the coupled model for CO2 storage in coal seam were not exactly comprehensive; for example, the multiphase flow in the fracture and the nonlinear behavior of gas diffusion were generally neglected. In this paper, a new multistage pore model of the coal matrix and the corresponding dynamic diffusion model were adopted. …”
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Factors associated with assertiveness among Japanese community pharmacists: a cross-sectional study by Mitsuaki Ishii, Sachiko Ozone, Shoichi Masumoto, Tetsuhiro Maeno

“…Characteristics of participants and pharmacies were compared using univariate analysis. A generalized linear model was used to explore the factors associated with assertive self-expression. …”
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Effects of Enzymatic Liquefaction, Drying Techniques, and Wall Materials on the Physicochemical Properties, Bioactivities, and Morphologies of Zinc-Amaranth (Amaranthus viridis L.)... by Siti Faridah Mohd Amin, Roselina Karim, Yus Aniza Yusof, Kharidah Muhammad

“…The results showed that all freeze-dried powders generally had higher process yield (except for that encapsulated by HICAP), higher moisture content (but similar water activities), higher retention of total Zn-chlorophyll derivatives, lower hygroscopicity with slab-like particles, larger particle size, and lower bulk density than those of spray-dried powders. …”
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Newly isolated halotolerant Gordonia terrae S-LD serves as a microbial cell factory for the bioconversion of used soybean oil into polyhydroxybutyrate by Song Xu, Ruiqin Han, Lidan Tao, Zhipeng Zhang, Junfei Gao, Xinyuan Wang, Wei Zhao, Xiaoxia Zhang, Zhiyong Huang

“…Abstract Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a class of biodegradable polymers generally used by prokaryotes as carbon sources and for energy storage. …”
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SC-ResNeXt: A Regression Prediction Model for Nitrogen Content in Sugarcane Leaves by Zihao Lu, Cuimin Sun, Junyang Dou, Biao He, Muchen Zhou, Hui You

“…Traditional methods based on manually extracted image features are not only costly but are also limited in accuracy and generalization ability. To address these issues, a novel regression prediction model for estimating the nitrogen content of sugarcane, named SC-ResNeXt (Enhanced with Self-Attention, Spatial Attention, and Channel Attention for ResNeXt), has been proposed in this study. …”
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Adverse drug events (ADEs) risk signal mining related to eculizumab based on the FARES database by Xi-Feng Wang, Lu-Ri Bao, Ta-La Hu, Rui-Feng Xu, Wu-Niri Gao, Jing-Yuan Wang, Jian-Rong Zhao, Zhen-Li Fu, Shu-Fang Wang, Yan Meng

“…IntroductionEculizumab is a C5 complement inhibitor approved by the FDA for the targeted treatment of four rare diseases, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), and aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G-positive optic neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (AQP4-IgG+NMOSD). …”
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tDCS cranial nerve Co-stimulation: Unveiling brainstem pathways involved in trigeminal nerve direct current stimulation in rats by Alireza Majdi, Liyi Chen, Lars E. Larsen, Robrecht Raedt, Myles Mc Laughlin

“…Background: The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) are generally thought to result from the polarization of cortical neurons by the weak electric fields it creates. …”
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HAD-YOLO: An Accurate and Effective Weed Detection Model Based on Improved YOLOV5 Network by Long Deng, Zhonghua Miao, Xueguan Zhao, Shuo Yang, Yuanyuan Gao, Changyuan Zhai, Chunjiang Zhao

“…Future efforts will involve collecting more weed data from various agricultural field scenarios to validate and enhance the generalization capabilities of the HAD-YOLO model.…”
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Perceptions, practices, and experiences of asthma patients and community pharmacists on short-acting beta-2 agonists inhaler use: A qualitative study by Rabia Hussain, Zhe Chi Loh, Bayan Faisal Ababneh, Jaya Muneswarao, Siew Chin Ong, Bandana Saini, Anees ur-Rehman, Vibhu Paudyal

“…Additionally, community pharmacists were generally concerned about the frequency, dosage, and techniques using SABA inhalers. …”
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Land use intensity differently influences soil communities across a range of arable fields and grasslands by Chenguang Gao, Johanna E.M. Schild, Gabriel Y.K. Moinet, T. Martijn Bezemer, Franciska T. de Vries, Jan Hassink, Nick van Eekeren, Kevin Beentjes, Peter M. van Bodegom

“…A key strength of this study is that these patterns can be generalized because the samples were collected from 87 farmlands where multiple agricultural practices were implemented simultaneously. …”
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Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of hydrogen imported by maritime transportation: A South Korean case study by Gyuna Kwak, Juha Lee, Yujin Jung, Wonjae Choi

“…Importing ammonia is generally more advantageous than liquid hydrogen, unless the grid electricity emissions are exceptionally low, specifically below 332.1 g-CO2-eq.…”
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Comparison of Simulation- and Regression-Based Approaches to Estimating Electric Car Power Consumption by Emil Nagy, Árpád Török

“…Consequently, there is a need to develop a sufficiently accurate and comprehensive generalized simulation framework, which is presented in the paper. …”
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