An Improved Micromechanical Framework for Saturated Concrete Repaired by the Electrochemical Deposition Method considering the Imperfect Bonding by Qing Chen, Zhengwu Jiang, Hehua Zhu, J. Woody Ju, Zhiguo Yan, Yaqiong Wang

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Interaction of Predatory Ladybird Beetle, Micraspis discolor with Nilaparvata lugens throughout Paddy Growing Seasons by Alia Natasha Hanifah, Nadia Nisha Musa, Abd Aziz Shamsudin Noraziyah, Salmah Yaakop

“…The Micraspis discolor (Syn=Verania) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is a successful omnivorous predator in rice ecosystem and functions well as a general biological control for maintaining the population of brown planthopper (BPH) (Nilaparvata lugens), the major rice pest worldwide. Studies of natural enemies’ abundance are necessary to increase the practical use of biological control in agriculture. …”
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Willingness to Pay for Hexanal Technology among Banana Farmers in Meru County, Kenya by Jane N. Kahwai, John I. Mburu, Martin O. Oulu, Margaret J. Hutchinson

“…Factors such as age and income influenced the WTP amounts between subsamples. The major key policy implication of the study is the importance of stakeholders investing in the dissemination of information on hexanal among farmers to enhance uptake.…”
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Retrospective evaluation of a novel ultrasound-based imaging analysis software for predicting radiofrequency ablation areas. by Masaya Sato, Ryosuke Tateishi, Yogev Zohar, Jiro Sato, Takeyuki Watadani, Makoto Moriyama, Taijiro Wake, Ryo Nakagomi, Mizuki Nishibatake Kinoshita, Takuma Nakatsuka, Tatsuya Minami, Koji Uchino, Kenichiro Enooku, Hayato Nakagawa, Yoshinari Asaoka, Ryo Yamada, Nitzan Even, Inbal Amitai, Yossi Abu, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Kazuhiko Koike

“…<h4>Results</h4>The median tumor measurement along the major axis was 1.2 cm. The median Dice coefficient, Sensitivity, and Precision between BioTrace and CECT were 0.90, 0.91, and 0.91, respectively. …”
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NATIONAL SECURITY AND BORDER MANAGEMENT IN WEST AFRICA: A STUDY OF NIGERIA-NIGER RELATIONS by IYANU-OLUWA AYOBAMI AYODELE, UMARU TOYIN SHIRU

“…This paper would rely majorly on secondary sources analyzing already existing documents and works on the subject matter. …”
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Designs of Charge-Balanced Edge Termination Structures for 3.3 kV SiC Power Devices Using PN Multi-Epitaxial Layers by Sangyeob Kim, Ogyun Seok

“…The TRA-JTE forms with the identical P-type epitaxial layer, which enables high-efficiency hole injection and conductivity modulation. The effects of major design parameters for the TRA-JTE, such as the number of trenches (N_trench) and depth of trenches (D_trench), were analyzed to obtain reliable blocking capabilities. …”
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Assessment of obesity indices and disease severity in male patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a cross-sectional study by Ahmed Gharib, Mai S. Elsheikh, Yasmine H. El-Hinnawy, Gehan Hamdy

“…The relationship between OSA and obesity is complex but increased body fat is widely recognized as a major risk factor for OSA. This work aims to determine the cut-off values of the body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHR), neck circumference (NC) that can be used to predict the occurrence of OSA and its severity. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Chronic Infections and Autoimmune Diseases by Søren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick

“…Many blockages and repressed feelings in an area would imply “noise and disturbances” on the level of intercellular communications, which in turn means major difficulties for the cells of the immune system. …”
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Transposable Elements and Genome Size Variations in Plants by Sung-Il Lee, Nam-Soo Kim

“…Of the 2 classes of transposable elements, the dynamics of class 1 long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons is a major contributor to the 1C value differences among plants. …”
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Cationic Cyclodextrin-Based Carriers for Drug and Nucleic Acid Delivery by Adila Nazli, Milo Malanga, Tamás Sohajda, Szabolcs Béni

“…The evaluation of the delivery platforms was also based on the four major types of drugs, such as anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antidiabetic agents. …”
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Resting state BOLD-perfusion coupling patterns using multiband multi-echo pseudo-continuous arterial spin label imaging by Alexander D. Cohen, Stefano Moia, G. Bruce Pike, César Caballero-Gaudes, Yang Wang

“…Areas of higher coupling were observed in the visual, motor, parietal, and frontal cortices and corresponded to major brain networks. Areas of significant correlation between coupling and BOLD RS measures corresponded to areas of heightened coupling. …”
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Source Identification of VOCs and their Environmental Health Risk in a Petrochemical Industrial Area by Nattaporn Pinthong, Sarawut Thepanondh, Akira Kondo

“…Industrial processes and the petrochemical industry were the major sources of VOCs. The health risk assessment in the industrial area indicated that acrolein had the highest risk for non-carcinogens. 1,2-dichloroethane and 1,3-butadiene showed high potential as carcinogens.…”
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Selecting the Best Routing Traffic for Packets in LAN via Machine Learning to Achieve the Best Strategy by Bo Zhang, Rongji Liao

“…Besides, the results showed that the major features of the proposed model will be able to run in real time and are also adaptive to change with path topology.…”
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Preliminary study on the construction of a data privacy protection course based on a teaching-in-practice range by Zhe SUN, Hong NING, Lihua YIN, Binxing FANG

“…Since China’s Data Security Law, Personal Information Protection Law and related laws were formalized, demand for privacy protection technology talents has increased sharply, and data privacy protection courses have been gradually offered in the cyberspace security majors of various universities.Building on longstanding practices in data security research and teaching, the teaching team of “Academician Fang Binxing’s Experimental Class” (referred to as “Fang Class”) at Guangzhou University has proposed a teaching method for data privacy protection based on a teaching-in-practice range.In the selection of teaching course content, the teaching team selected eight typical key privacy protection techniques including anonymity model, differential privacy, searchable encryption, ciphertext computation, adversarial training, multimedia privacy protection, privacy policy conflict resolution, and privacy violation traceability.Besides, the corresponding teaching modules were designed, which were deployed in the teaching practice range for students to learn and train.Three teaching methods were designed, including the knowledge and application oriented teaching method which integrates theory and programming, the engineering practice oriented teaching method based on algorithm extension and adaptation, and the comprehensive practice oriented teaching method for practical application scenarios.Then the closed loop of “learning-doing-using” knowledge learning and application was realized.Through three years of privacy protection teaching practice, the “Fang class” has achieved remarkable results in cultivating students’ knowledge application ability, engineering practice ability and comprehensive innovation ability, which provided useful discussion for the construction of the initial course of data privacy protection.…”
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Monitoring Population Phenology of Asian Citrus Psyllid Using Deep Learning by Maria Bibi, Muhammad Kashif Hanif, Muhammad Umer Sarwar, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shouket Zaman Khan, Casper Shikali Shivachi, Asad Anees

“…Huanglongbing disease is a major bottleneck in the export of citrus fruits from Pakistan. …”
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Massive Clusters and OB Associations as Output of Massive Star Formation in <i>Gaia</i> Era by Ignacio Negueruela

“…Over the past two decades, our understanding of star formation has undergone a major shift, driven by a wealth of data from infrared, submillimeter and radio surveys. …”
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Benefits of Kangaroo Mother Care for the “Larger” Low Birth Weight Infant (&gt; 2000g) by Maria UP (SR. Lias) Urakkattil, Suman Rao P N, Pragya Dubey, Swarnarekha Bhat

“… Introduction Prematurity and low birth weight LBW are major factors in neonatal mortality and neurodevelopmental disability. …”
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Identification of Environmental Determinants Involved in the Distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Southeast Asia using MaxEnt software. by Jose Francis V Abrantes, Zenn Ashley P Cariño, Hozeo Luis S Mercado, Fatima N Vicencio, Gio Ray S Sosa, Miguel Angelo M Habaña, Nikki Heherson A Dagamac

“…Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bp), causing melioidosis, is becoming a major global public health concern. It is highly endemic in Southeast Asia (SEA) and Northern Australia and is persisting beyond the established areas of endemicity. …”
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Spatial distribution of rotavirus in calves in the state of São Paulo, Brazil: 2006 to 2010 by Heloisa Pinto de Godoy, Ingrid Bortolin Affonso Lux Hoppe

“…Rotavirus is the major causative agent of diarrhea in animals and humans; it causes economic burden and negatively impacts public health. …”
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An HLA-Transgenic Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes That Incorporates the Reduced but Not Abolished Thymic Insulin Expression Seen in Patients by Jeffrey Babad, Riyasat Ali, Jennifer Schloss, Teresa P. DiLorenzo

“…Multiple genetic loci contribute to disease susceptibility in humans, with the most responsible locus being the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Certain MHC alleles are predisposing, including the common HLA-A∗02:01. …”
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