Performance Evaluation of Bone Glue-Modified Asphalt by Asif Ali, Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Adeel, Syed Bilal Ahmed Zaidi, Muhammad Sohail Jameel, Farsan Ali Qureshi, Waqas Haroon, Syeda Aamara Asif

“…In Pakistan, temperature remains high for most of the time of the year; hence, asphalt binders with less susceptibility to higher temperatures are preferred for flexible pavements. …”
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LIM-kinase 1 effects on memory abilities and male courtship song in Drosophila depend on the neuronal type by A. V. Zhuravlev, E. S. Zalomaeva, E. S. Egozova, A. D. Emelin, V. V. Sokurova, E. A. Nikitina, E. V. Savvateeva-Popova

“…In the Drosophila brain, LIMK1 and p-cofilin levels appeared to be low in specific neuropil structures, including the mushroom body (MB) lobes and the central complex. At the same time, LIMK1 was observed in cell bodies, such as DAN clusters regulating memory formation in CCSP. …”
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Power supplies dynamic redistribution’s for electric system with dispersed generation by B. A. Kosarev, G. A. Koschuk, V. K. Fedorov, L. G. Polyntsev

“…Electrical load centers are the optimal locations of energy generation units, but time-varying loads shift them and transmission losses increase. …”
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Reconstructing Iraq after the Victory over the Islamic State: Prospects for International Engagement by article Editorial

“…The conclusion is drawn that smaller than expected commitments made by international donors in Kuwait (mostly in the form of loans and export credits) can be expalined, mainly, by the shift in the perceptions of the ‘established’ donors, and the U.S. in particular, which proved to be unwillling to invest large sums of money in a notoriously corrupt country and at the same time quite confident about the oil-rich Iraq’s ability to meet reconstruction needs from its own funds. …”
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A case report of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma transformed from small papillary carcinoma successfully detected by ultrasonography in its early stage with review of literature by Hiroshi Arimitsu, Yui Nishijima, Naoyuki Higaki, Hitoshi Noguchi, Shinya Uchino, Tsukasa Murakami

“…Her papillary carcinoma grew gradually and reached a maximum diameter of 19 mm after 23 months. At that time, ultrasonography showed an apparent change in the shape of the nodule as well as in its diameter. …”
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Ecological Water Demand Calculation with the Consideration of the Health of Fish Spawning Ground——A Case Study of Dongta Spawning Ground in Xijiang River by ZHOU Huabin, YU Chunxue, SU Meirong

“…Taking theDongta spawning ground in the Xijiang River Basin as the study area and four major Chinese carpsas the target species for the first time, this paper constructs the related suitability curve forthe hydrodynamic characteristic index, simulates the effects of factors such as flow velocity andwater depth on fish spawning grounds at different flow conditions by a two-dimensional riverhydrodynamic model, River2D, establishes the relationship between the flow conditions and weightedusable area (WUA) of four major Chinese carps habitats to determine the ecological water demand inthe study area. …”
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Socio-economic analysis of ovine livestock farms supported by the young farmer project within the scope of rural development by Muharrem Satar, Engin Sakarya

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods: </b>The materials of the study were composed of data obtained from businesses of small ruminant enterprises first time starting in 2016 thanks to the young farmers project, with a simple random sampling method in Turkey's seven geographical regions selected from 121 enterprises rom provided with face to face interviews. …”
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DeepGlioSeg: advanced glioma MRI data segmentation with integrated local-global representation architecture by Ruipeng Li, Yuehui Liao, Yueqi Huang, Xiaofei Ma, Guohua Zhao, Yanbin Wang, Chen Song

“…Second, the model computes a region-based probability by comparing the number of pixels in tumor and background regions and assigns greater weight to regions with lower probabilities, thereby focusing on the tumor segment. Test-time augmentation (TTA) and volume-constrained (VC) post-processing are subsequently applied to refine the final segmentation outputs.ResultsExtensive experiments were conducted on three publicly available glioma MRI datasets and one privately owned clinical dataset. …”
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The philosophical foundations of digital twinning by David J Wagg, Christopher Burr, Jason Shepherd, Zack Xuereb Conti, Mark Enzer, Steven Niederer

“…Digital twins are a new paradigm for our time, offering the possibility of interconnected virtual representations of the real world. …”
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Effect of Walking Speeds on Complexity of Plantar Pressure Patterns by Ben-Yi Liau, Fu-Lien Wu, Yameng Li, Chi-Wen Lung, Ayman A. Mohamed, Yih-Kuen Jan

“…Complexity index (CI), a summation of MSE2D from all time scales, was used to quantify the changes of complexity of plantar pressure images. …”
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An open-label study to determine the maximum tolerated dose of oral ESK-440 administered as a single agent in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors by Russell J. Schilder, Drew Rasco, Manish R. Sharma

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P-glycoprotein and/or Histone Deacetylase 2 Regulates Steroid Responsiveness in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome by Harshit Singh, Narayan Prasad, Durga Prasanna Misra, Akhilesh Kumar Jaiswal, Vikas Agarwal

“…Materials and Methods: Thirty-one patients were recruited at baseline (n = 31) (before initiating steroid therapy); after 6 weeks of steroid therapy, 24 patients achieved remission (steroid-sensitive NS [SSNS] n = 24 mean age, 7.96 ± 3.90), whereas seven patients were resistant to steroids (SRNS, n = 7, mean age 10.00 ± 3.55). mRNA expression of HDAC2 and P-gp and functional analysis of P-gp and enzymatic activity of HDAC2 were analyzed at baseline, and at 6 weeks of steroid treatment and at the time of relapse. Results: The expression of P-gp mRNA was significantly lower in individuals (n = 24) who achieved remission at 6-week steroid therapy as compared to baseline and those who were resistant (n = 7) to steroids (P < 0.005). …”
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Social media use is associated with body image concern in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic by Marina de Sá Azevedo, Brenda Esper-Pereira, Larissa Vaz-Gonçalves, Raquel Machado Schincaglia, Marília Mendonça Guimarães, Karine Anusca Martins, Luciana Bronzi de Souza

“…Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 461 young adults (18-30yrs), from Midwest Brazil, who answered an online and self-reported questionnaire to determine the social media use, with questions about time of service, frequency of access, and media influence on behaviors. …”
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Effect of ultrasonic modification on the protective activity of Flammulina velutipes polysaccharide to prevent ethanol-induced injury on GES-1 cells by Jinrong Xiao, Xin Chen, Jingsi Zhang, Yifan Wang, Lei Zhong, Qiping Zhan, Qiuhui Hu, Liyan Zhao

“…The protective effects of FVP and U-FVPs on human gastric mucosal cells GES-1 were confirmed for the first time. The mole ratios of glucose and galactose were decreased and the mole ratio of mannose was increased after ultrasonic modification. …”
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Development of Hollow Fiber Membranes Suitable for Outside-In Filtration of Human Blood Plasma by David Ramada, Bente Adema, Mohamed Labib, Odyl ter Beek, Dimitrios Stamatialis

“…They offer potential for more efficient long-term HD by reducing clogging and systemic anticoagulation needs and enhancing treatment time and toxin clearance.…”
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Association of AGTR1 A1166C and CYP2C9∗3 Gene Polymorphisms with the Antihypertensive Effect of Valsartan by Yi Liu, Xiaomu Kong, Yongwei Jiang, Meimei Zhao, Peng Gao, Xiao Cong, Yongtong Cao, Liang Ma

“…Based on the systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) at the time of visit, the patients were divided into well-controlled group (n = 144, SBP/DBP <140/90 mmHg) and poorly controlled group (n = 137, SBP/DBP ≥140/90 mmHg). …”
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Magnetic-responsive triple shape memory polymer from bio-based benzoxazine/urethane polymer alloys with iron oxide nanoparticles by Kullanard Ruenpanya, Phattarin Mora, Panagiotis Karagiannidis, Kittipon Bunyanuwat, Sarawut Rimdusit

“…Moreover, the performance of the SMPs based on V-fa/PU polymer nanocomposites filled with Fe3O4 NPs showed high shape fixity of up to 98%, a shape recovery of 98%, and a recovering time of 8 s. Furthermore, bio-based V-fa/PU polymer alloys containing Fe3O4 NPs were developed as magnetic responsive triple SMPs with shape fixity in the range of 95–97% and shape recovery in the range of 85–95%. …”
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Fabrication and Electrical Characterization of Low-Temperature Polysilicon Films for Sensor Applications by Filipa C. Mota, Inês S. Garcia, Aritz Retolaza, Dimitri E. Santos, Patrícia C. Sousa, Diogo E. Aguiam, Rosana A. Dias, Carlos Calaza, Alexandre F. Silva, Filipe S. Alves

“…This work demonstrates, for the first time, the fabrication of a 200 nm polycrystalline silicon thin film through a metal-induced crystallization process mediated by an AlSiCu alloy at temperatures as low as 450 °C on top of silicon and polyimide (PI) substrates. …”
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Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection following Introduction of a Central Line Bundle in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by Molly Bannatyne, Judith Smith, Malavika Panda, Mohamed E. Abdel-Latif, Tejasvi Chaudhari

“…The implementation of a central line bundle was effective in reducing both CLABSI rates and dwell time (CLUR) for central venous catheters.…”
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Non-invasive blood glucose monitoring using PPG signals with various deep learning models and implementation using TinyML by Mahdi Zeynali, Khalil Alipour, Bahram Tarvirdizadeh, Mohammad Ghamari

“…The selected model, after being optimized and deployed on an embedded device, achieved immediate blood glucose estimation with a processing time of just 6.4 seconds, demonstrating the method’s practical applicability. …”
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