In Vivo 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using a Biologically Specific Contrast Agent for Prostate Cancer: A Nude Mouse Model by Christopher Brian Abraham, Prashant Jani, Roxanne Turuba, Michael Campbell, Ingeborg Zehbe, Laura Curiel

“…We characterized in vivo a functional superparamagnetic iron-oxide magnetic resonance contrast agent that shortens the T2 relaxation time in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of prostate cancer xenografts. …”
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End-to-End Speech Synthesis for Tibetan Multidialect by Xiaona Xu, Li Yang, Yue Zhao, Hui Wang

“…Thirdly, two dialect-specific WaveNet vocoders are combined with the feature prediction network, which synthesizes the Mel spectrum of Lhasa-Ü-Tsang and Amdo pastoral dialect into time-domain waveform, respectively. The model avoids using a large number of Tibetan dialect expertise for processing some time-consuming tasks, such as phonetic analysis and phonological annotation. …”
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A Comparative Study of Ground-Based and Drone-Based GPR: Opportunities, Challenges, and Applications in Bromo, Indonesia by Jannah Afni Nur, Paramita Eksi Galih Kenya, Zukhrufah Syabibah Zakiyya, Rochman Juan Pandu Gya Nur, Azhali Firmansyah Maulana

“…Data processing included filters like static correction, bandpass, gain, background removal, FK-filter, and time-to-depth conversion, with additional steps like time cut and trace editing for drone-based GPR. …”
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Proximate analysis of animal feed from organic waste and effect on changes in body weight Gallus domesticus by Muhammad Rijal

“…The proximate profile of feed was determined using indicators (protein, carbohydrate, fat, calcium, vitamin B-12, carotene/vitamin A content, ash content, and water content), and the experimental animals’ response to feeding was determined using time indicators. The reaction of experimental animals to feed was determined using a stopwatch, as shown by the amount of time spent feeding.Results: The results showed that each type of feed had a different proximate profile, with the highest levels of protein, fat, ash, and water found in animal feed made from tofu waste; levels of calcium, vitamin B-12, and vitamin A content are found in animal feed made from a combination of tofu dregs and sago dregs. …”
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Estimation of bed shear stress and settling velocity with inertial dissipation method of suspended sediment concentration in cohesive sediment environments by Jongwi Chang, Guan-hong Lee, Ojudoo Darius Ajama, Wenjian Li

“…Moreover, the enhancement of shear stress calculation in IDM_Sed, incorporating SSC and in-situ observed shear velocities, proposes a novel method to compute time-varying settling velocities from shear stress.…”
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Standoff Methods for the Detection of Threat Agents: A Review of Several Promising Laser-Based Techniques by J. Bruce Johnson, Susan D. Allen, Jonathan Merten, Lewis Johnson, Daniel Pinkham, Scott W. Reeve

“…A number of methods for spanning the range of optical sensor technologies exist which, when integrated, could produce a fused sensor system possessing a high level of sensitivity to threat agents and a moderate standoff real-time capability appropriate for portal screening of personnel or vehicles. …”
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Predictive Logistic Models for Off-Street Parking Policy by Nahla H. Alaswadko

“…The study examines central parkers’ socio-demographic and travel characteristics, including origin, trip purpose, timing, parking duration, search time, payment, income, age, and car occupancy. …”
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Use of Landsat Land Surface Temperature and Vegetation Indices for Monitoring Drought in the Salt Lake Basin Area, Turkey by Osman Orhan, Semih Ekercin, Filiz Dadaser-Celik

“…The study included a real-time field work performed during the overpass of Landsat-5 satellite on 21/08/2011 over Salt Lake, Turkey. …”
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Information and telecommunication system of pre-trial investigation: international experience and ways of implementation by H. I. Hlobenko

“…The introduction of electronic criminal proceedings is a very important and relevant step that will save significant time, money, reduce the time of consideration of relevant procedural documents, facilitate access of participants within their competence to the relevant materials of criminal proceedings and more. …”
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Neural Differentiation of Human Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells Involves Activation of the Wnt5a/JNK Signalling by Sujeong Jang, Jong-Seong Park, Han-Seong Jeong

“…Interestingly, Wnt5a expression was highly increased in NI-hADSCs by real time RT-PCR analysis and western blot. Wnt5a level was upregulated after neural differentiation and Wnt3, Dvl2, and Naked1 levels were downregulated. …”
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Composite Resin Preheating Techniques for Cementation of Indirect Restorations by Déborah Lousan do Nascimento Poubel, Ana Elisa Ghanem Zanon, Júlio César Franco Almeida, Liliana Vicente Melo de Lucas Rezende, Fernanda Cristina Pimentel Garcia

“…The following data were extracted: preheating technique, the device used for preheating, preset temperature, and warming time. Results. In total, 304 studies were identified. …”
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Artificial neural network analysis of Jeffrey hybrid nanofluid with gyrotactic microorganisms for optimizing solar thermal collector efficiency by Anup Kumar, Bhupendra K. Sharma, Bandar Almohsen, Laura M. Pérez, Kamil Urbanowicz

“…And the Nusselt number enhances with the escalation in the Deborah number and retardation time parameter. Entropy generation reduces with an enhancement in Deborah number and retardation time parameter. …”
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Vasectomy Regret or Lack Thereof by Danyon J. Anderson, Morgan Lucero, Stephen Vining, Charles Daniel, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…Key factors influencing vasectomy regret include age at the time of vasectomy, parental status, pre- and post-operative relationship status, unresolved physical and psychosexual problems, and development of chronic scrotal pain following the procedure. …”
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Memoryscapes of the Great War (1914-1918): A paradigm shift in tourism research on war heritage by Myriam Jansen-Verbeke, Wanda George

“…The need to anchor heritagescapes in time and space, explains the association with geographical terminology and spatial references at different scales. …”
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PEGylated Cisplatin Nanoparticles for Treating Colorectal Cancer in a pH-Responsive Manner by Wei Li, Yongjun Sun, Jian Chen, Zhibin Jiang, Jinbao Yang

“…The HA-mPEG-Cis nanodrug delivery system not only increases the stability and circulation time but also reduces the side effects of loaded cisplatin. …”
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Ground validation of manipulator adaptive variable admittance control method for detumbling a space noncooperative satellite by Xinlin Bai, Xiwen Li, Zhen Zhao, Zhigang Xu

“…Subsequently, the advantage of proposed method is verified through simulation comparison with other compliant detumbling methods, demonstrating the ability to reduce the velocity and angular velocity of the space noncooperative satellite in a shorter time. Finally, the composition of the designed ground hardware-in-the-loop verification platform are demonstrated, and on this basis, verification principle is elaborated. …”
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A Model for Vehicle Routing Problem under Returns and Emission Consideration in B2C E-Commerce Logistics by Sedat Belbağ

“…Furthermore, the cluster-based solution approach causes a considerable decrease in solution time while providing promising solutions.Originality: This study represents a contribution to the existing literature on the subject by considering: i) emission to determine effects on the vehicle routing problem, ii) the postponement of the collection of returned items due to the limited delivery time, iii) proposing the clustering-based solution approach to tackle with larger-sized problems.…”
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A Cooperative Lane-Changing Strategy for Weaving Sections of Urban Expressway under the Connected Autonomous Vehicle Environment by Zhi Zhou, Linheng Li, Bin Ran, Xu Qu

“…In addition, the delay improvement ratio, inverse time-to-collision, and ratio of large deceleration time are selected as performance indicators to investigate the effect of the proposed strategy on enhancing the operational efficiency, traffic safety, and passenger’s comfort within the weaving section. …”
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A new application for reading optical form with standard scanner by using image processing techniques by Ayşe Eldem, Fatih Taha Özcan

“…It has been determined that 1 optical evaluation time, calculated by dividing the total time obtained by running in parallel, by the number of evaluated optical forms, varies between 1.7 seconds and 15 seconds, depending on the scanning resolution.…”
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Numerical Simulations on the Extinguishing Effect of Water Mist System with Different Parameters of Longitudinal Ventilation in Curve Tunnel Fire by Zhizhong Liu, Chen Chen, Mu Liu, Song Wang, Yuzhu Liu

“…Factors such as tunnel curvature, longitudinal ventilation operation time, and ventilation velocity were all evaluated in order to investigate the influence of longitudinal ventilation parameters on the fire extinguishing effect of water mist in the curve tunnel. …”
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