Mycobacterium bovis BCG Surface Antigens Expressed under the Granuloma-Like Conditions as Potential Inducers of the Protective Immunity by Yingyu Chen, Lia Danelishvili, Sasha J. Rose, Luiz E. Bermudez

“…Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a highly transmissible infection and remains of great concern as a zoonosis. The worldwide incidence of bTB is in rise, creating potential reservoir and increased infection risk for humans and animals. …”
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Freezing and melting of a bath material onto a cylindrical solid additive in an agitated bath by Singh U.C., Prasad A., Kumar Arbind

“…Decreasing the time of completion of this step is of great significance for production cost reduction and increasing the productivity of such preparations. …”
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Validation of DSDs of GPM DPR with Ground-Based Disdrometers over the Tianshan Region, China by Xinyu Lu, Xiuqin Wang, Cheng Li, Yan Liu, Yong Zeng, Hong Huo

“…., the differences in the reflectivity of the raindrop spectra obtained from both the Ku and Ka bands, fluctuated more greatly than those of the GPM DPR. DFR is a monotonically increasing function of the mass-weighted mean drop diameter (Dm). …”
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New cultivars of vegetable cowpea (<i>Vigna unguiculata</i> (L.) Walp.) developed at VIR by M. V. Gurkina, M. O. Burlyaeva

“…Cowpea is an important legume crop of great nutritional and economic value, ranking fourth in the world among leguminous crops in the area of cultivation. …”
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Detecting, Monitoring, and Analyzing the Surface Subsidence in the Yellow River Delta (China) Combined with CenterNet Network and SBAS-InSAR by Zhenjin Li, Zhiyong Wang, Wei Liu, Xing Li, Maotong Zhou, Baojing Zhang

“…Monitoring and analyzing surface subsidence is of great significance to prevent potential disasters. …”
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Efisiensi Big Data Menggunakan Improved Nearest Neighbor by Aditya Hari Bawono, Ahmad Afif Supianto

“…In major cases, especially on big data, there will be some samples that have the same distance but may not be selected as neighbors, then the selection of k parameters will greatly affect the results of kNN classification. …”
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Metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma with internal jugular vein tumor thrombus - A case report and review of the literature by Zaina Adnan, Edmond Sabo, Sameer Kassem

“…Intraluminal tumor thrombus involving the great veins, such as the internal jugular vein (IJV), is an uncommon but significant complication. …”
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Characteristics and Driving Mechanism of Soil Organic Carbon Content in Farmland of Beijing Plain: Implication for the Fate of Engineered Polymers in Soil by Lanlan Zhang, Zhen Li, Shiwen Zhang, Shasha Xia, Hongguang Zou, Yuanfang Huang

“…Soil organic matter (SOM), as a kind of natural polymers, affects the migration and transport of ions and particles in soil system due to its surface characteristics and interaction and then causes significant changes in soil quality such as soil fertility loss and pollutant transfer. It is of great importance to study the temporal and spatial evolution of soil organic matter and its driving mechanism for soil health management. …”
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Cross-Supervised LiDAR-Camera Fusion for 3D Object Detection by Chao Jie Zuo, Cao Yu Gu, Yi Kun Guo, Xiao Dong Miao

“…Due to inherent differences between different modalities, seeking an efficient and accurate fusion method is of great importance. Recently, significant progress has been made in 3D object detection methods based on lift-splat-shot (LSS-based) approaches. …”
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Potassium-pillared Na4FeV(PO4)3@C cathode for high-performance sodium-ion batteries by Jiafeng Zhou, Wei Zhang, Jin Bai, Qingqing Wang, Bo Ding, Hao Gong

“…Finally, the optimized K-doped NFVP cathode also demonstrates great potential in practical utilization through the evaluation of electrochemical performance for full cells.…”
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Failure Mode and the Prevention and Control Technology of Buried PE Pipeline in Service: State of the Art and Perspectives by Pengcheng Li, Fei Wang, Jiajia Gao, Dong Lin, Jian Gao, Jianguo Lu, Enxi Qiu, Chang Liu

“…Additionally, in order to ensure and maintain the long-term operations of PE pipelines, it is of great significance to develop and promote nonexcavation technologies of construction, renewal, and repair for natural gas-buried PE pipelines. …”
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Effects of hydrodynamic cavitation combined with snail enzyme treatment on the structure and functional properties of water-soluble dietary fiber in rice husks by Zhigang Quan, Mingming Chen, Dongjie Zhang

“…In summary, the synergistic modification of hydrodynamic cavitation and snail enzyme greatly optimized the structural and functional properties of rice husk SDFs, providing a theoretical basis for its application in the field of hypoglycemic drugs and functional foods.…”
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High SERS performance of functionalized carbon dots in the detection of dye contaminants by Yanqiu Yang, Lingru Kong, Yong Ding, Lixin Xia, Shuo Cao, Peng Song

“…The strategy developed promises to be a new sensor technology and has great potential for environmental and food safety applications.…”
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Strength and durability of concrete with bentonite clay and quarry dust by Muhammad Umar, Hui Qian, M. Nasir Ayaz Khan, Muhammad Shahid Siddique, Hamad Almujibah, Ali. E. A. Elshekh, Maaz Osman Bashir, Nikolai Ivanovich Vatin

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Prevalence of “weak B” phenotypes and their evaluation and differentiation in healthy blood donor population in Eastern India by Sudipta Sekhar Das, Sourav Mukherjee, Sourav Chowdhury

“…CONCLUSION: We conclude that differentiating weak subgroups of “B” by serological assays is possible to a great extent with technical expertise. Mistyping weak subgroups of B as “O” group may lead to reporting errors and wrong blood transfusion. …”
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Problems of creating antibody phage libraries and their solutions by V. S. Aripov, N. V. Volkova, A. A. Ilyichev, D. N. Shcherbakov

“…Currently, a large number of phagemid vectors have been developed, and their selection is also of great importance. The key step is preparing competent E. coli cells and the technology of their transformation. …”
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2S2P1D Model Calibration Error from User Panel for One Bitumen and One Bituminous Mixture by S. Mangiafico, C. Sauzéat, H. Di Benedetto

“…The accuracy of the model to fit experimental data is all the more evident if the great spans of complex modulus (G∗ of the bitumen between 10−2 and 103 MPa, E∗ of the mixture between 10 and 40000 MPa) are considered. …”
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Investigation of Flooding due to Dam Failure: A Case Study of Darlık Dam by Ezgi Selen Tilav, Sezar Gülbaz

“…Dams are engineering structures that are of great importance in regularly meeting the drinking and utility water that we need, providing electrical energy needs, protecting residential areas against floods, and creating recreation areas. …”
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The role of passive surveillance and citizen science in plant health by Nathan Brown, Ana Pérez-Sierra, Peter Crow, Stephen Parnell

“…Case studies discuss two tree health projects from Great Britain (TreeAlert and Observatree) to illustrate the challenges and successes of existing passive surveillance programmes. …”
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Transition to the sustainable supply chains: (on the example of PJSC Uralkali) by Strimovskaya Anna, Ryumkina Kseniya, Presnyakova Olga

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