Expert advice from ResearchMatch volunteers: Recruitment Innovation Center use cases and innovation by Maeve Tischbein, Sarah K. Cook, Cathy Shyr, Katelyn Benhoff, Amna Baig, Kaysi Quarles, Leslie R. Boone, Loretta M. Byrne, Mariela Rodriguez, Terri Edwards, Consuelo H. Wilkins, Paul A. Harris

“…For this to occur, streamlined mechanisms are needed to connect the populations potentially impacted by a given study or health topic with research teams in order to inform trial design in a meaningful and timely manner. To address this need, we developed an innovative mechanism called the “ResearchMatch Expert Advice Tool” that quickly obtains volunteer perspectives from populations with specific health conditions or lived experiences using the national recruitment registry, ResearchMatch. …”
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A 22 yr Cycle of the Network Topology of Solar Active Regions by Eduardo Flández, Alejandro Zamorano, Víctor Muñoz

“…In these networks, the nodes represent the active regions of the Sun that emit flares, and the connections correspond to the sequence of solar flares over time. This resulted in a directed network with self-connections allowed. …”
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Water Vapor Diffusion and Adsorption of Sandstones: Influence of Rock Texture and Composition by Martin Keppert, Jaromír Žumár, Monika Čáchová, Dana Koňáková, Petr Svora, Zbyšek Pavlík, Eva Vejmelková, Robert Černý

“…This approach can significantly reduce the time necessary to acquire vapor-related properties of a sandstone.…”
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Chain of Geoconservation in an Argentinian Tourist Development Program. Fin del Mundo Road as a Case Study by Andrea Coronato, Soledad Schwarz

“…Wise use of the End of the World Road contributes to geoconservation and at the same time, geoconservation is essential for nature-based tourism.…”
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Effects of alcohol on digestion, absorption and metabolism of sea cucumber saponins in healthy mice by Wenxian Dang, Rong Li, Jinyue Yang, Changhu Xue, Qingrong Huang, Yuming Wang, Tiantian Zhang

“…Moreover, sea cucumber saponins remained in circulation for a long time and alcohol slowed down the clearance of sea cucumber saponins under the influence of alcohol after intravenous injection. …”
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Superior Mesenteric Vein Occlusion Causing Severe Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage in Two Paediatric Cases by Anna L. Fox, Matthew Jones, Andrew Healey, Marcus K. H. Auth

“…We describe two cases of severe bleeding from the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract in children who had undergone complex abdominal surgery at considerable time before. The first child had a tracheoesophageal fistula, corrected by division, gastrostomy insertion, and repair of duodenal rupture. …”
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Raising active children: how family and school shape health-promoting physical activity—findings from the FAMIPASS study by Michal Vorlíček, Jan Dygrýn, David Janda, Jaroslava Voráčová, Scott Duncan, Erik Sigmund, Dagmar Sigmundová

“…Active transport to school emerged as a key factor associated with higher child activity levels specifically in the time segment before school. This research underscores the role of family and school as critical arenas for promoting health and physical activity. …”
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Creating smiles: a case study on the transformational power of dental CAD/CAM technology by Zeina Darwich, Atef Darwich, Marwan Al-Raeei, Chadi Azmeh

“…By adopting these advanced technologies, dental practices can save time, enhance patient satisfaction, and reduce costs in the long run. …”
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Calculation of additional shunt for current sensor of insulators by N. A. Tereshchenko, K. I. Nikitin, M. A. Kholmov, V. I. Novoselov

“…Despite the existence of various methods and devices, the problem of timely detection of insulation deterioration in the operating mode has not been solved at the moment. …”
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FPGA-Based Implementation of All-Digital QPSK Carrier Recovery Loop Combining Costas Loop and Maximum Likelihood Frequency Estimator by Kaiyu Wang, Zhiming Song, Xianwei Qi, Qingxin Yan, Zhenan Tang

“…The joint simulation results of ModelSim and MATLAB show that the performances of the proposed ADCRL in locked-in time and range are superior to those of the ADCOL. …”
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Increased Yield and Improved Transplantation Outcome of Mouse Islets with Bovine Serum Albumin by Suzanne Bertera, A. N. Balamurugan, Rita Bottino, Jing He, Massimo Trucco

“…The method outlined here can reduce the overall number of animals needed per experiment and also reduce the time and resources needed for islet preparation.…”
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Potential of ultrasound investigation in diagnostics of pseudomembranous colitis in surgical patients by O. A. Alekseyechkina, E. Ya. Dubrov, Ye. S. Vladimirova, T. P. Pinchuk, G. P. Titova

“…This method allows to carry out dynamic control of the course of disease, is well-timed to reveal its complications, to control efficacy of specific treatment.…”
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Multiple optical path length reflections enhancement based on balloon-type photoacoustic cell for trace gas sensing by Ruiming Wu, Wenjun Ni, Chunyong Yang, Bingze He, Ping Lu, Sixiang Ran, Zhongke Zhao, Perry Ping Shum

“…Finally, the MDL of the sensor reaches to 0.71 ppb when the integration time reaches 100 s.…”
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Empirical Mode Decomposition and Neural Networks on FPGA for Fault Diagnosis in Induction Motors by David Camarena-Martinez, Martin Valtierra-Rodriguez, Arturo Garcia-Perez, Roque Alfredo Osornio-Rios, Rene de Jesus Romero-Troncoso

“…Moreover, the overall methodology implementation into a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) allows an online and real-time operation, thanks to its parallelism and high-performance capabilities as a system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution. …”
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Simultaneous Encapsulation of Probiotic Bacteria (<i>Lactococcus lactis</i>, and <i>Lactiplantibacillus plantarum</i>) in Calcium Alginate Hydrogels by Marko Vinceković, Luna Maslov Bandić, Fabijan Oštarić, Marta Kiš, Nevijo Zdolec, Ivan Marić, Suzana Šegota, Hana Zelić, Nataša Mikulec

“…With a very high degree of swelling followed by low crosslinking, the surface of the microspheres covered with bacterial cells and diffusion through the hydrogel matrix allow for the delivery of probiotics at the right time. The findings suggest that bacterial cells are efficiently delivered from calcium alginate microspheres, offering promising applications in the development of functional foods, especially in cheese production.…”
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Estimation of Inelastic Interstorey Drift for OSB/Gypsum Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Structures under Collapse Level Earthquakes by Xiangbin Liu, Hanheng Wu, Liurui Sang, Lu Sui, Congcong Xu

“…In terms of the hysteresis model, a large quantity of elastic-plastic time-history analysis of CFS building structures was conducted based on the storey shear-type model. …”
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Spread and Control of Mobile Benign Worm Based on Two-Stage Repairing Mechanism by Meng Wang, Zhide Chen, Li Xu, Huan Zhan

“…Both in traditional social network and in mobile network environment, the worm is a serious threat, and this threat is growing all the time. Mobile smartphones generally promote the development of mobile network. …”
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Millimeter-wave reconfigurable antenna based on VO2 ink achieved by a simple process by Suwu Ma, Wanchen Yang, Jinghao Li, Quan Xue, Wenquan Che

“…Despite its advantages, traditional VO2 film fabrication methods are costly and time-consuming, greatly limiting its application. …”
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Effect of pH and Mexican Oregano (Lippia berlandieri Schauer) Essential Oil Added to Carboxymethyl Cellulose and Starch Edible Films on Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus au... by Addí Rhode Navarro-Cruz, Carlos Enrique Ochoa-Velasco, Francisco Javier Caballero-Alvarez, Martin Alvaro Lazcano-Hernández, Obdulia Vera-López, Aurelio López-Malo, Raul Avila-Sosa

“…Significant differences (p<0.05) were found in tc (time to reduce 50% of microbial population) and a (slope of the curve around tc), being lower at acidic pH. …”
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Adsorptive Applications of Montmorillonite Clay for the Removal of Ag(I) and Cu(II) from Aqueous Medium by Naser M. Alandis, Waffa Mekhamer, Omar Aldayel, Jameel A. A. Hefne, Manawwer Alam

“…The effect of pH, adsorbent mass, metal concentration, and contact time on the removal process has been investigated. …”
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