Design of a Cost-Effective Ultrasound Force Sensor and Force Control System for Robotic Extra-Body Ultrasound Imaging by Yixuan Zheng, Hongyuan Ning, Eason Rangarajan, Aban Merali, Adam Geale, Lukas Lindenroth, Zhouyang Xu, Weizhao Wang, Philipp Kruse, Steven Morris, Liang Ye, Xinyi Fu, Kawal Rhode, Richard James Housden

“…Robot-assisted ultrasound may provide a solution by delivering more consistent, precise, and faster scans, potentially reducing human error and healthcare costs. Effective force control is crucial in robotic ultrasound scanning to ensure consistent image quality and patient safety. …”
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Designing the Interventions to Mitigate the Barriers of Coordination in Handling Food Security: Insight from Central Java Province by Aries Susanty, Novie Susanto, Hanifa Denny, Yulianto Prabowo, Regine A. S. Permadi, Ayu Fauziyah

“…The result of the ISM method also indicated three “very significant” barriers: inadequate human resources, the limited capability of the regional government, and lack of communication and high specialization in multisector collaboration. …”
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Incorporating circularity, sustainability, and systems thinking into an assessment framework for transformative food system innovation by Alexander Moores, Dimitris Charalampopoulos, Adrian Williams, Ximena Schmidt Rivera

“…The transition towards a circular economy in the food system is posited as way to harmonize the provision safe, ample and accessible food to a growing population with the reduction the food system’s widespread impact on natural resources, the environment, and human health. Within the context of circular food innovation, there is an abundance of assessment approaches allowing researchers to evaluate and guide new technologies, applications, and products. …”
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Tunes that move us: the impact of music-induced emotions on prosocial decision-making by Hongwei Wu, Danni Wang, Linshu Zhou

“…IntroductionThe significance of music might be attributed to its role in social bonding, a function that has likely influenced the evolution of human musicality. Although there is substantial evidence for the relationship between prosocial songs and prosocial behavior, it remains unclear whether music alone, independent of lyrics, can influence prosocial behaviors. …”
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Effect of Maternal Administration of Edible Bird’s Nest on the Learning and Memory Abilities of Suckling Offspring in Mice by Yong Xie, Hongliang Zeng, Zhiji Huang, Hui Xu, Qunyan Fan, Yi Zhang, Baodong Zheng

“…Although human brains continue developing throughout the underage developmental stages, the infancy period is considered the most important one for the whole life. …”
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Comparative evaluation of four exome enrichment solutions in 2024: Agilent, Roche, Vazyme and Nanodigmbio by Vera Belova, Iuliia Vasiliadis, Zhanna Repinskaia, Alina Samitova, Anna Shmitko, Natalya Ponikarovskaya, Oleg Suchalko, Valery Cheranev, Shatalov Peter, Shegai Peter, Kaprin Andrey, Denis Rebrikov, Dmitriy Korostin

“…This study compares available to date four exome enrichment kits: Agilent SureSelect Human All Exon v8, Roche KAPA HyperExome, Vazyme VAHTS Target Capture Core Exome Panel, and Nanodigmbio NEXome Plus Panel v1. …”
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Microbial Characteristics and Functions in Coffee Fermentation: A Review by Xiaojing Shen, Qi Wang, Hongsheng Wang, Guoqing Fang, Ying Li, Jilai Zhang, Kunyi Liu

“…It is also beneficial for human health because of its rich active compounds, such as caffeine, chlorogenic acids, trigonelline, tryptophan alkaloids, diterpenes, melanoidins, etc. …”
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AI-Driven Meat Food Drying Time Prediction for Resource Optimization and Production Planning in Smart Manufacturing by Rajnish Rakholia, Andres L. Suarez-Cetrulo, Manokamna Singh, Ricardo Simon Carbajo

“…Conventional approaches for estimating drying times often depend on empirical rules or manual observations, which can be time-consuming, subjective, and susceptible to human error. Therefore, implementing an automation solution by developing a predictive model for drying times in meat manufacturing is essential for optimizing the production lifecycle. …”
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Administration of Iodine-125 Seeds Promotes Apoptosis in Cholangiocarcinoma through the PI3K/Akt Pathway by Junqing Lin, Leye Yan, Xiaolong Wang, Zhengzhong Wu, Kun Ke, Xin Lin, Ning Huang, Weizhu Yang

“…We aimed to examine the effects of 125I seeds on the gene expression of Bcl-2, Bax, and PI3K/Akt pathway components in cholangiocarcinoma cells. Methods. In vitro, human cholangiocarcinoma RBE cells were treated with 125I seeds (0.39 mCi or 0.85 mCi) for 72 h, 120 h, and 168 h. …”
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Exploring Customary Law: Perspectives of Hazairin and Cornelis Van Vollenhoven and its Relevance to the Future of Islamic Law in Indonesia by Ilham Tohari, Siti Rohmah, Ahmad Qiram As-Suvi

“…In contrast, Van Vollenhoven argues that customary law does not need to consider religion because all humans have equal rights before God, thus rejecting or eliminating customs or traditions is considered undignified. …”
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Complex and severe infection in a 67-year-old liver transplant recipient due to Cunninghamella elegans, Bordetella bronchiseptica, and Pneumocystis jirovecii by Muyun Wei, Kangyi Gu, Juanxiu Qin, Xinhua Lu, Junqi Feng, Shaowei Mao, Min Li, Zhilan Li, Changsheng Wang

“…B. bronchiseptica, P. jirovecii, Aspergillus fumigatus, and human alphaherpesvirus 1 (HSV1) were detected by clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of his bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BLAF). …”
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A High-Quality Phased Genome Assembly of Stinging Nettle (<i>Urtica dioica</i> ssp. <i>dioica</i>) by Kaede Hirabayashi, Christopher R. Dumigan, Matúš Kučka, Diana M. Percy, Gea Guerriero, Quentin Cronk, Michael K. Deyholos, Marco Todesco

“…Stinging nettles (<i>Urtica dioica</i>) have a long history of association with human civilization, having been used as a source of textile fibers, food and medicine. …”
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Phenolic Compounds from Apples: Reviewing their Occurrence, Absorption, Bioavailability, Processing, and Antioxidant Activity – a Review by Małgorzata Starowicz, Bohdan Achrem–Achremowicz, Mariusz K. Piskuła, Henryk Zieliński

“…This review summarises the research on phenolic compounds in apples in relation to their geographical origin, cultivars, technological processes, and human health effects due to their antioxidant activity and bioavailability. …”
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On-grid Photovoltaic Power System for Governmental Office Electrification by Ali Nasser Hussain, zuhair sameen shuker, Majid Khudair Abbas Al-Tamimi, Mimouna Abid

“…The potential solar energy has a capacity to meet all energy requirements for human survival on planet earth. Some applications such as a thermoelectric generator, electric power generation with the assistance of solar panels and water applications are required to reduce the demand for electricity generated by conventional power plants. …”
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C-BERT: A Mongolian reverse dictionary based on fused lexical semantic clustering and BERT by Amuguleng Wang, Yilagui Qi, Dahu Baiyila

“…Compared to the seven baseline models, C-BERT demonstrates superior performance, particularly when evaluated on datasets with human-generated descriptions, where its synonym accuracy@10/100 reaches 16.5% and 71%, respectively. …”
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High-resolution observation per 1.5 h revealed prominent time-dependent daily contamination variations of p-phenylenediamine (PPD) antioxidants and their quinone derivatives PPDQs... by Zifang Peng, Shijiao Hou, Qingyun He, Fangcheng Su, Lishun Ren, Congcong Pei, Dan Yin, Yanhao Zhang, Yanjie Huang, Shusheng Zhang, Zongwei Cai

“…Current study builds the relationship between pollution status of such novel pollutants and human activities, and possibly guides people in central China to take precautions to protect themselves from environmental toxicants at special daily time.…”
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Multicellular Tumor Spheroids as an in Vivo–Like Tumor Model for Three-Dimensional Imaging of Chemotherapeutic and Nano Material Cellular Penetration by Hui-li Ma, Qiao Jiang, Siyuan Han, Yan Wu, Jin Cui Tomshine, Dongliang Wang, Yaling Gan, Guozhang Zou, Xing-Jie Liang

“…Our data revealed that 3D cultured HeLa cells acquired several clinically relevant morphologic and cellular characteristics (such as resistance to chemotherapeutics) often found in human solid tumors. These characteristic, however, could not be captured using conventional two-dimensional cell culture techniques. …”
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Les comités de santé et de sécurité dans les petites entreprises multiethniques de Montréal by Gabrielle Legendre, Sylvie Gravel, Jacques Rhéaume

“…The results indicate that the factors that fostered the establishment and proper functioning of OHS were : the size of the business, the activity sector, the presence of a union, the presence of arguments favourable to OHS, the type of business, the presence of an OHS manager who was in a human resource or OHS position and who had university training in one of these two fields or in administration. …”
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Exploring brain perfusion in dogs with meningoencephalitis of unknown origin: A promising role for arterial spin labeling imaging by Léa Arti, Kirsten Gnirs, Stella Papageorgiou, Yannick Ruel, Albert Agoulon, Nathalie Boddaert, Hugues Gaillot

“…Preferential lesion localization in ON and brainstem resembled findings in the central nervous system of human patients with inflammatory demyelinating diseases. …”
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Protein Ubiquitylation in Pancreatic Cancer by Thomas Bonacci, Julie Roignot, Philippe Soubeyran

“…Whereas it has been known for more than 3 decades now, ubiquitylation is a post-translational modification of protein that only recently emerged as a major regulator of many biological functions, dependent and independent on the proteasome, whose failure is involved in many human diseases, including cancer. Indeed, despite its role in promoting protein degradation through the proteasome, ubiquitylation is now known to regulate diverse cellular processes, such as membrane protein endocytosis and intracellular trafficking, assembly of protein complexes, gene transcription, and activation or inactivation of enzymes. …”
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