Current Trends in Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Devices by Jens Garbade, Hartmuth B. Bittner, Markus J. Barten, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr

“…The shortage of appropriate donor organs and the expanding pool of patients waiting for heart transplantation have led to growing interest in alternative strategies, particularly in mechanical circulatory support. …”
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TECHNICAL AND ECONOMICAL COMPARISON OF OVERFLOW DAM VARIANTS AT THE GRODNO WATER-POWER STATION by G. G. Krouglov, G. A. Korevitsky

“…Technical and economical characteristics of overflow dams at the Grodno water-power station are compared in the paper.The paper contains results of model investigations of two-tier overflow dam which is included in composition of the Grodno water-power station and presents methodology for calculation of pool integration behind two-tier dam which has been developed at the water-development and power engineering department. …”
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Speech enhancement method based on multi-domain fusion and neural architecture search by Rui ZHANG, Pengyun ZHANG, Chaoli SUN

“…In order to further improve the self-learning and noise reduction ability of speech enhancement model, a speech enhancement method based on multi-domain fusion and neural architecture search was proposed.The multi-spatial domain mapping and fusion mechanism of speech signals were designed to realize the mining of real complex number correlation.Based on the characteristics of convolution pooling of the model, a complex neural architecture search mechanism was proposed, and the speech enhancement model was constructed efficiently and automatically through the designed search space, search strategy and evaluation strategy.In the comparison and generalization experiment between the optimal speech enhancement model and the baseline model, the two indexes of PESQ and STOI increase by 5.6% compared with the optimal baseline model, and the number of model parameters is the lowest.…”
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Clinical Outcomes of Specific Immunotherapy in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jiang Chen, Guo Xiao-Zhong, Xing-Shun Qi

“…The effects of specific immunotherapy were compared with those of nonspecific immunotherapy and the meta-analysis was executed with results regarding the overall survival (OS), immune responses data, and serum cancer markers data. The pooled analysis was performed by using the random-effects model. …”
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3D Large-Pose Face Alignment Method Based on the Truncated Alexnet Cascade Network by Qian Zhang, Hao Zheng, Tao Yan, Jiehui Li

“…The parallel convolution pooling layers are added for concatenating parallel results in the original deep convolution neural network, which improves the accuracy of the output. …”
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Tag7 (PGLYRP1) Can Induce an Emergence of the CD3+CD4+CD25+CD127+ Cells with Antitumor Activity by T. N. Sharapova, E. A. Romanova, L. P. Sashchenko, D. V. Yashin

“…Our data suggest that this subpopulation of cells is identical to the CD4+CD25+ lymphocytes, which are activated in the leukocyte pool by the IL-2 cytokine.…”
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Analysis of trends and features of seaports’ development in the Russian Federation by Z. R. Muradova, A. B. Abakarova

“…A review of the seaports of the Russian Federation of the Russian Federation, which includes 67 ports in five marine pools is presented: the Arctic, the Baltic, the Azov-Black Sea, the  Caspian and the Far East. …”
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A Flexible Logistics Distribution Hub Model considering Cost Weighted Time by Wenxue Ran, Zhe Zhang, Sen Liu

“…The advantages of supply hub operation mode in delivery flexibility are verified by the approach: the mode has pooling effects and uniform distribution characteristics; these traits can reduce overlapping delivery time to improve the flexibility in the case of two suppliers. …”
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AGRICULTURAL AND BREEDING PREREQUISITES FOR SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION OF MIRONOVKA WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES IN THE USSR AS THE BASE FOR INTRODUCING NEW VARIETIES RESISTANT TO SIBERIAN... by V. E. Kozlov

“…A broad gene pool has been obtained at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics on the base of the comprehensive  study of frost resistance in wheat supervised by Dr. …”
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Vehicle Type Recognition Algorithm Based on Improved Network in Network by Erxi Zhu, Min Xu, De Chang Pi

“…For the high efficiency of the multilayer perceptive layer of Network in Network (NIN), the nonlinear features of local receptive field images can be extracted. Global average pooling (GAP) can avoid the network from overfitting, and small convolution kernel can decrease the dimensionality of the feature map, as well as downregulate the number of model training parameters. …”
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De novo transcriptome assembly of the Perna viridis: A novel invertebrate model for ecotoxicological studies by V. G. Vysakh, Sandhya Sukumaran, Gopalakrishnan A.

“…We generated a gill-specific reference transcriptome for Perna viridis using 292 million short Illumina reads from eight pooled gill tissue samples isolated from twenty-four individuals. …”
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Perbedaan Employability Mahasiswa Magang Merdeka dengan Program Magang Lainnya by Bintang Eka Putri, Dimas Aryo Wicaksono

“…Penelitian ini bertujuan menguji perbedaan mahasiswa yang mengikuti program Magang Merdeka dan magang reguler pada aspek-aspek employability berdasarkan kerangka teori Dacre Pool, Qualter, & Sewell. Analisis uji beda (t-test) dilakukan terhadap kedua kelompok partisipan. …”
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HCV Proteins and Immunoglobulin Variable Gene (IgV) Subfamilies in HCV-Induced Type II Mixed Cryoglobulinemia: A Concurrent Pathogenetic Role by Giuseppe Sautto, Nicasio Mancini, Laura Solforosi, Roberta A. Diotti, Massimo Clementi, Roberto Burioni

“…It is widely accepted that HCV drives the expansion of few B-cell clones expressing a restricted pool of selected immunoglobulin variable (IgV) gene subfamilies frequently endowed with rheumatoid factor (RF) activity. …”
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Bearing Fault Diagnosis Method based on Sensitive Component and MCPG by Mingliang Zhang, Hongkun Li, Yue Ma, Gangjin Huang, Yuchen Xu

“…Aiming at the problem that is difficult to accurately identify rolling bearing faults， a fault diagnosis method based on sensitive components and Multi Convolution Pooling Group （MCPG） is proposed. Firstly， the Empirical Mode Decomposition （EMD） is used to decompose the original signal into multiple Intrinsic Mode Function（IMF）， and the discrete Fréchet distance is used as the measurement index， the fault sensitive components are selected as the fault data sources representing different fault types. …”
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A Study of the Flow Field Surrounding Interacting Line Fires by Trevor Maynard, Marko Princevac, David R. Weise

“…The model was validated by measuring the velocity field surrounding stationary alcohol pool fires. The flow field was seeded with high-contrast colored smoke, and the motion of smoke structures was analyzed using a cross-correlation optical flow technique. …”
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Retour d’expériences sur une démarche franco-thaïlandaise pour un projet spatial, activateur de ressources locales et producteur d’un commun paysager (lac Nong Han, Thaïlande)... by Camille Mesnard

“…Through the case study of a recent multi-purpose landscape development project in Thailand, this article shows the relationships between different regional development processes, particularly in the management of common pool resources (CPR) described by the economist Elinor Oström (1990), and a singular spatial project approach based on a transverse and participatory approach to the issues in the development of landscapes and built up areas. …”
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The association between age of menopause and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mansoureh Yazdkhasti, Kyana Jafarabady, Arman Shafiee, Samira Parvizi Omran, Zohre Mahmoodi, Sara Esmaeilzadeh, Touran Bahrami Babaheidari, Kourosh Kabir, Maral Peisepar, Mahmood Bakhtiyari

“…As our secondary outcome, the hazard of developing T2DM in individuals with early or late menopausal age was assessed. Pooled analysis demonstrated a significantly higher hazard of T2DM among women with early menopause age (HR = 1.31, 95% CI: 1.05–1.64; I2 = 72%; p = 0.02). …”
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Added Value of Liver MRI in Patients Eligible for Surgical Resection or Ablation of Colorectal Liver Metastases Based on CT: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Burak Görgec, MD, Inez M. Verpalen, MD, PhD, Jasper P. Sijberden, MD, Mohammad Abu Hilal, MD, PhD, Shandra Bipat, PhD, Cornelis Verhoef, MD, PhD, Rutger-Jan Swijnenburg, MD, PhD, Marc G. Besselink, MD, MSc, PhD, Jaap Stoker, MD, PhD

“…Risk of bias was assessed using the QUADAS-2 tool. The pooled weighted proportions for the primary outcome were calculated using random effect meta-analysis. …”
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation as Therapy for Treatment of Active Ulcerative Colitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Xiaolei Liu, Yan Li, Kaichun Wu, Yongquan Shi, Min Chen

“…Five RCTs with 292 participants were eligible for inclusion. When data were pooled for all patients, FMT was associated with a higher combined clinical remission with endoscopic remission/response; the RR of combined outcome not achieving after FMT vs. control was 0.79 (95% CI 0.70-0.88). …”
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Achieving equiaxed and lamellar TiAl alloys via cold-cathode electron beam additive manufacturing with dual-wire synergistic control by Yilei Shi, Shuili Gong, Haiying Xu, Wei Chen, Zhuang Wang, Guang Yang, Xin Liu, Bojin Qi

“…The results show that the cold-cathode electron beam heat source under low vacuum and the co-molten pool mode reduce aluminum evaporation and promote element mixing through layer-by-layer temperature control and remelting. …”
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