The Evaluation of Antibacterial Coatings Against Commonly Found Pathogenic Bacteria in the Environment—Implications for Environmental Safety and Infection Prevention by Wei-Chuan Chen, Mei-Hsiu Ho, Shin-Huan Yuan, Hui-Wen Chou, Chi-Chuan Chang, Chih-Hung Chen, Yusen Eason Lin

“…The antibacterial coatings exhibited efficacy against these pathogens, with a bacterial reduction rate (R) greater than two, even after prolonged bleach cleaning. …”
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A Simple and Quick Method for the Determination of Pesticides in Environmental Water by HF-LPME-GC/MS by Helvécio C. Menezes, Breno P. Paulo, Maria José N. Paiva, Zenilda L. Cardeal

“…The optimized method showed good linearity in the range of 0.14 to 200.00 μg L−1; the determination coefficient (R2) was in the range of 0.9807–0.9990. The LOD ranged from 0.04 μg L−1 to 0.44 μg L−1, and LOQ ranged from 0.14 μg L−1 to 1.69 μg L−1. …”
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Estimating the Surface Air Temperature by Remote Sensing in Northwest China Using an Improved Advection-Energy Balance for Air Temperature Model by Suhua Liu, Hongbo Su, Renhua Zhang, Jing Tian, Weizhen Wang

“…Results retrieved by the improved ADEBAT (IADEBAT) model are evaluated and comparison was made with the in situ measurements, with an R2 (correlation coefficient) of 0.77, an RMSE (Root Mean Square Error) of 0.31 K, and a MAE (Mean Absolute Error) of 0.24 K. …”
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Study on Detailed Calculation and Experiment Methods of Neutronics, Fuel Materials, and Thermal Hydraulics for a Commercial Type Japanese Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor by Toshikazu Takeda, W. F. G. van Rooijen, Katsuhisa Yamaguchi, Masayoshi Uno, Yuji Arita, Hiroyasu Mochizuki

“…This paper discusses the objectives and results of a multiyear R&D project to improve the modeling accuracy for the detailed calculation of the Japanese Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (JSFR), although the preliminary design of JSFR is prepared using conventional methods. …”
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Numerical Study of Leakage and Rotordynamic Performance of Staggered Labyrinth Seals Working with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide by Hao Cao, Wanfu Zhang, Lu Yin, Li Yang

“…When the rotor with convex plate operates without axial shifting, the cross-coupled complex dynamic stiffness (hR) of the staggered labyrinth seal shows little effect on the Ceff, and the average direct damping (Cavg) has a dominant influence on the Ceff. …”
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Estimating the Pile Settlement Using a Machine Learning Technique Optimized by Henry's Gas Solubility Optimization and Particle Swarm Optimization by Saravana Kumar, Savarimuthu Robinson

“…The main objective of this research is to evaluate the artificial inteligent approach in form of two developed models in simulating the pile settlement rates using hybrid optimized frameworks. The R2 of modeling both were obtained similarly at 0.99 level. …”
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Identification of personal factors that influence engagement in cardiac rehabilitation and interventions targeting personal factors: A scoping review protocol. by Hongyu Zhang, Duygu Sezgin

“…This review will be reported using the PRISMA-ScR checklist following the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology. …”
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Winter Wheat Yield Prediction Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data and Deep Learning Models by Hongkun Fu, Jian Lu, Jian Li, Wenlong Zou, Xuhui Tang, Xiangyu Ning, Yue Sun

“…The results indicate that the IGWO-CNN model outperforms traditional machine learning approaches and standalone CNN models in terms of prediction accuracy, achieving the highest performance with an R² of 0.7587, an RMSE of 593.6 kg/ha, an MAE of 486.5577 kg/ha, and an MAPE of 11.39%. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Gallic Acid, Ellagic Acid, and Eugenol in Syzygium aromaticum and Verification of Chemical Antagonistic Effect by the Combination with Curcuma aromati... by Jung-Hoon Kim, Chang-Seob Seo, Seong-Sil Kim, Hyekyung Ha

“…Regression analysis of the relative peak areas between SA and SAC showed r2 values >0.87, indicating a linear relationship between SA and SAC. …”
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Purification, Characterization, and Biocatalytic and Antibiofilm Activity of a Novel Dextranase from Talaromyces sp. by Mahasen Mohamed Ahmed Ebaya, Mohammed El-Mowafy, Mohamed Mohamed Adel El-Sokkary, Ramadan Hassan

“…By using the standard ITS rDNA sequencing analysis, the isolated strain was identified as Talaromyces sp. …”
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A new epidemic model of sexually transmittable diseases: a fractional numerical approach by Mudassar Rafique, Muhammad Aziz Ur Rehamn, Aisha M. Alqahtani, Muhammad Rafiq, A. F. Aljohani, Zafar Iqbal, Nauman Ahmed, Shafiullah Niazai, Ilyas Khan

“…The basic reproduction number is $${R}_{0}$$ is found out for the model. The time-delayed non-integer order STID model holds two steady states, namely, the STID free and endemic steady state. …”
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Analysis of the Salivary Microbiome in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Patients by Peizeng Jia, Jianyin Zou, Shankai Yin, Feng Chen, Hongliang Yi, Qian Zhang

“…Saliva was collected from 15 OSAS patients and nine healthy controls, and bacterial genomic DNA was extracted for 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing based on the Illumina platform. …”
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Dietary Quercetin Regulates Gut Microbiome Diversity and Abundance in <i>Apis cerana</i> (Hymenoptera Apidae) by Haodong Wu, Conghui Ji, Ruisheng Wang, Lijiao Gao, Wenhua Luo, Jialin Liu

“…Gut samples were collected on the 5th and 9th days, subjected to a polymerase chain reaction and 16S rRNA sequencing, and analyzed. After 5 days of quercetin treatment, the diversity of the honeybee gut microbiota was altered, and total bacterial copies and <i>Lactobacillus</i> abundance significantly decreased at high quercetin concentrations (151.2 and 75.6 mg/L). …”
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Pengembangan Media Spinning Wheel Pada Materi Lambang Bilangan by Lega Zulfi Fatma Tuzzahra, Gamaliel Septian Airlanda

“…Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan (R & D) oleh Borg dan Gall yang dimodifikasi oleh Sukmadinata.   …”
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The effect of Snoezelen intervention on problem behaviors in children with cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled trial by Mina Kim, Sook-Hee Yi, Jee-Sun Lee, Ji-Young Lee, Yun-Tae Hwang, Jeong-Soo Kim

“…The unique protocol ID for this trial is SRH2018R-01. A randomized controlled trial with 28 children (aged 2–5 years) with CP was conducted. …”
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Does intelligent manufacturing promote a breakthrough in green innovation? Evidence from China by Xiangshu Dong, Yongjiao Du, Mengchao Zhao, Xiang Xiao

“…Further mechanism analysis reveals that crowding-in R&amp;D resources, strengthening green open innovation, and alleviating agency conflict play potential pathways in bridging the nexus between IM and BGI. …”
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Facile Method for Obtaining Gold-Coated Polyester Surfaces with Antimicrobial Properties by M. Drobota, M. Butnaru, N. Vornicu, O. Plopa, M. Aflori

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Genomic assessment of targets implicated in Rhipicephalus microplus acaricide resistance. by Christina Meiring, Michel Labuschagne

“…Employing a novel multiplex PCR setup developed during the study, the coding regions of 11 acaricide-resistant targets were amplified and sequenced across 37 R. microplus isolates from different locations. …”
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Study on Seismic Coefficient Calculation Method of Slope Seismic Stability Analysis by Pai Lifang, Wu Honggang, Yang Tao, Zhong Feifei

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Macronutrient balance determines the human gut microbiome eubiosis: insights from in vitro gastrointestinal digestion and fermentation of eight pulse species by Da Bin Lee, In Seon Hwang

“…The interactions between macronutrients, the human gut microbiome, and their metabolites (short-chain fatty acids) were comprehensively investigated via an in vitro digestion and fermentation model subjected to eight pulse species. 16S rRNA sequencing and taxonomic analysis of pulse digesta fermented for up to 24 h revealed an increase in the relative abundance of gut health-detrimental genera represented by Escherichia-Shigella in kidney bean, soybean, cowpea, chickpea, and black bean samples. …”
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