EduCardia: A Modern Technology-Powered Methodology for the Assessment and Improvement of Social and Emotional Competencies of Students in K12 Schools by Eleni Fotopoulou, Elia Lopez Cassa, Lydia Mavraidi, Julia Peris, Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, Adina Colomeischi, Christina Papasolomontos, Symeon Papavassiliou

“…Evaluation results are provided based on the application of the EduCardia SEL methodology in K12 schools in Greece for a short period of time, considering three different age groups. The targeted competencies are shown to be improved, while teachers provide insights on the applicability and efficiency of the proposed approach.…”
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Challenges and Opportunities in Fog Computing Scheduling: A Literature Review by Wu Chia Chuan, Shams Ul Arfeen Laghari, Selvakumar Manickam, Erum Ashraf, Shankar Karuppayah

“…Moreover, it elaborates on a detailed taxonomy, assesses performance metrics, and examines performance parameters such as resource utilization, execution time, energy consumption, etc. Additionally, it identifies numerous prevailing challenges and issues. …”
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Stretchable Full‐Color Phosphorescent PVA‐Based Ionogels for Multimodal Sensing‐Visual Integration Applications by Xuefeng Wei, Zexi Gou, Jianting Ye, L. H. Shi, Jianwei Zhao, Lei Yang, Linbo Zhang, Kun Zhang, Ruonan Jia

“…By leveraging observable full‐color RTP and real‐time electrical signals in response to diverse stimuli (i.e., stretching and pressing), an intelligent grasping strategy is developed for robust hand pose reconstruction. …”
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Ischemic colitis presenting as a colonic mass: a case report and diagnostic challenges by Lin Xu, Yuqi Wu, Yuqi Wu, Shangjin Li, Shangjin Li, Xinbo Chen, Dong Zhang, Boqian Chen, Shaoju Guo

“…Also, it highlights the critical importance of timely diagnosis and personalized treatment strategies in atypical presentations to improve patient outcomes.…”
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Clinical Outcomes and Quality of Life in Recipients of Livers Donated after Cardiac Death by Neehar D. Parikh, Anton I. Skaro, Daniela P. Ladner, Vadim Lyuksemburg, Joshua G. Cahan, Amna Daud, Zeeshan Butt

“…We compared clinical outcomes of DCD recipients (n=60) to those of donation after brain death (DBD) liver recipients (n=669) during the same time period. DCD recipients had significantly lower rates of 5-year graft survival (P<0.001) and a trend toward lower rates of 5-year patient survival (P=0.064) when compared to the DBD cohort. …”
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Development and Assessment of the Sand Dust Prediction Model by Utilizing Microwave-Based Satellite Soil Moisture and Reanalysis Datasets in East Asian Desert Areas by Hyunglok Kim, Muhammad Zohaib, Eunsang Cho, Yann H. Kerr, Minha Choi

“…The results of this study may allow us to acknowledge the utilization of microwave-based soil moisture datasets for investigation of near-real time dust outbreak predictions and short-term dust outbreak trend analysis.…”
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Nonfluent/Agrammatic PPA with In-Vivo Cortical Amyloidosis and Pick’s Disease Pathology by Francesca Caso, Benno Gesierich, Maya Henry, Manu Sidhu, Amanda LaMarre, Miranda Babiak, Bruce L. Miller, Gil D. Rabinovici, Eric J. Huang, Giuseppe Magnani, Massimo Filippi, Giancarlo Comi, William W. Seeley, Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini

“…Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) showed selective cortical atrophy of the left posterior inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and underlying insula that worsened over time, extending along the left premotor strip. Five years after her first evaluation, she developed mild memory impairment and underwent PET-FDG and PiB scans that showed left frontal hypometabolism and cortical amyloidosis. …”
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Coalescence of multiple topological orders in quasi-one-dimensional bismuth halide chains by Jingyuan Zhong, Ming Yang, Wenxuan Zhao, Kaiyi Zhai, Xuan Zhen, Lifu Zhang, Dan Mu, Yundan Liu, Zhijian Shi, Ningyan Cheng, Wei Zhou, Jianfeng Wang, Weichang Hao, Zhenpeng Hu, Jincheng Zhuang, Jinhu Lü, Yi Du

“…Here we use scanning tunneling microscopy, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations to investigate the doping-driven band structure evolution of a quasi-one-dimensional material system, bismuth halide, which contains rare multiple band inversions in two time-reversal-invariant momenta. According to the unique bulk-boundary correspondence in topological matter, we unveil a composite topological phase, the coexistence of a strong topological phase and a high-order topological phase, evoked by the band inversion associated with topological phase transition in this system. …”
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Optimising the Design of a Hybrid Fuel Cell/Battery and Waste Heat Recovery System for Retrofitting Ship Power Generation by Onur Yuksel, Eduardo Blanco-Davis, Andrew Spiteri, David Hitchmough, Viknash Shagar, Maria Carmela Di Piazza, Marcello Pucci, Nikolaos Tsoulakos, Milad Armin, Jin Wang

“…It assesses the environmental impact by including upstream emissions integrated with the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) calculations. Real-time data have been collected from a Kamsarmax vessel to build a hybrid marine power distribution plant model for simulating six system designs. …”
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PseudoCell: Hard Negative Mining as Pseudo Labeling for Deep Learning-Based Centroblast Cell Detection by Narongrid Seesawad, Piyalitt Ittichaiwong, Thapanun Sudhawiyangkul, Phattarapong Sawangjai, Peti Thuwajit, Paisarn Boonsakan, Supasan Sripodok, Kanyakorn Veerakanjana, Komgrid Charngkaew, Ananya Pongpaibul, Napat Angkathunyakul, Narit Hnoohom, Sumeth Yuenyong, Chanitra Thuwajit, Theerawit Wilaiprasitporn

“…This approach reduces the reliance on time-consuming manual annotations. <italic>Results:</italic> Our framework significantly reduces the workload for pathologists by accurately identifying and narrowing down areas of interest containing centroblasts. …”
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Accuracy of Pretransplant Imaging Diagnostic for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Retrospective German Multicenter Study by Uta Herden, Wenzel Schoening, Johann Pratschke, Steffen Manekeller, Andreas Paul, Richard Linke, Thomas Lorf, Frank Lehner, Felix Braun, Dirk L. Stippel, Robert Sucher, Hartmut Schmidt, Christian P. Strassburg, Markus Guba, Marieke van Rosmalen, Xavier Rogiers, Undine Samuel, Gerhard MSc Schön, Bjoern Nashan

“…There was a relevant percentage (15-40%) of patients misclassified by imaging diagnosis at a time prior to LI-RADS and guidelines to improve imaging of HCC. …”
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Lifestyle Intervention Involving Calorie Restriction with or without Aerobic Exercise Training Improves Liver Fat in Adults with Visceral Adiposity by Eiichi Yoshimura, Hideaki Kumahara, Takuro Tobina, Takuro Matsuda, Makoto Ayabe, Akira Kiyonaga, Keizo Anzai, Yasuki Higaki, Hiroaki Tanaka

“…The CR + Ex group had a targeted exercise time of 300 min/wk or more at lactate threshold intensity for 12 weeks. …”
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Pentraxin 3 Is a Predictor for Fibrosis and Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Kadir Ozturk, Omer Kurt, Tolga Dogan, Alptug Ozen, Hakan Demirci, Fatih Yesildal, Murat Kantarcioglu, Turker Turker, Ahmet Kerem Guler, Yıldırım Karslioglu, Battal Altun, Ahmet Uygun, Sait Bagci

“…This study demonstrated that for the first time there is a close association between elevated PTX3 levels and increased arterial stiffness in patients with NAFLD.…”
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Cavitation dynamics and thermodynamic effect of R134a refrigerant in a Venturi tube by Beile Zhang, Ze Zhang, Xufeng Fang, Rong Xue, Shuangtao Chen, Yu Hou

“…The relationship between local sound speed, flow velocity, and heat conduction rate in the cavitation region was studied, unveiling a time-lag in temperature changes relative to pressure changes in the intensive cavitation region. …”
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Uterine prolapse and related factors in beef cow at the Besuki Animal Health Center, Situbondo regency, East Java, Indonesia by Kevin Mardotillah, Suzanita Utama, Erma Safitri, Herry Agoes Hermadi, Sri Pantja Madyawati, Djoko Legowo, Abdullah Hasib

“…It could be concluded that the age and parity of the cow at the time of calving, the practice of housing cow, and the incidence of dystocia were related to the incidence of uterine prolapse in cows in the Besuki Animal Health Center operational area.…”
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Bilateral Phacoemulsification in an African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) by Anthony J. Cerreta, Richard J. McMullen Jr, Heather E. Scott, Jennifer D. Ringenberg, Julie E. Hempstead, Ryan S. DeVoe, Michael R. Loomis, Larry J. Minter

“…Body weight was 5,515 kg, 88kg more than at the time of the second surgery. This is the first published report of an African bull elephant undergoing bilateral cataract removal using phacoemulsification and irrigation/aspiration. …”
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Progress of research on management of skin graft-versus-host disease following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (异基因造血干细胞移植皮肤急性移植物抗宿主病管理的研究进展)... by FU Yuxin (符玉欣), ZHOU Ting (周婷)

“…By reviewing of related studies, this paper summarized pathogenesis, clinical classification, prevention and treatment and nursing measures of acute skin graft-versus-host disease(aGVHD) following allogeneic HSCT, and put forward relevant management advice, in order to provide reference for clinical nurses in the early period of prevention, early detection and timely intervention on aGVHD. (造血干细胞移植是目前治疗恶性及非恶性难治性血液病的重要方法, 移植物抗宿主病(GVHD)是其主要并发症之一, 严重影响患者预后。…”
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Lipoxin Inhibits Fungal Uptake by Macrophages and Reduces the Severity of Acute Pulmonary Infection Caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by Laura R. R. Ribeiro, Flávio V. Loures, Eliseu F. de Araújo, Cláudia Feriotti, Tânia A. Costa, Carlos Henrique Serezani, Sonia Jancar, Vera L. G. Calich

“…This study showed for the first time that inhibition of CysLTs signaling results in less severe pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis that occurs in parallel with elevated LX activity and reduced infection of macrophages.…”
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Performance Improvements of Selective Emitters by Laser Openings on Large-Area Multicrystalline Si Solar Cells by Sheng-Shih Wang, Jyh-Jier Ho, Jia-Jhe Liou, Jia-Show Ho, Wei-Chih Hsu, Wen-Haw Lu, Song-Yeu Tsai, Hsien-Seng Hung, Kang L. Wang

“…Furthermore, the laser opening process decreases consumption of chemical materials; therefore, the laser opening process decreases both time and cost. Therefore, SE process is simple, cheap, and suitable for commercialization. …”
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CHARACTERIZATION OF DRIED NOODLES FROM SEAWEED (Kappaphycus alvarezii) AS POTENTIAL SUBSTITUTE FOR WHEAT FLOUR by Afifah Nurazizatul Hasanah, Aris Munandar, Dini Surilayani, Sakinah Haryati, Rifki Prayoga Aditia, Mulkas Hadi Sumantri, Ginanjar Pratama, Bhatara Ayi Meata

“…Meanwhile, the results of the physical test showed7.95% cooking loss;210.5 seconds cooking time; and 89.34% water absorption. The organoleptic values obtained are color 4.60 (like); aroma 4.80 (like); texture 4.23 (like); and taste 4.20 (like).…”
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