Environmentally Friendly Mesoporous Nanocomposite Prepared from Al-Dross Waste with Remarkable Adsorption Ability for Toxic Anionic Dye by Inas A. Ahmed, Najlaa S. Al-Radadi, H. S. Hussein, Ahmed H. Ragab

“…Gibbsite nanoparticles (GNPs) with a crystal size of ≈38 nm were prepared from Al-dross industrial waste products in an acidic environment at 100°C. Nanosilica (NS) with a crystal size of ≈13 nm was prepared from sodium silicate using dilute hydrochloric acid. …”
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Insight into the Advances in Clinical Trials of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines by Syed Mohammed Basheeruddin Asdaq, Shahamah Jomah, Syed Imam Rabbani, Ali Musharraf Alamri, Salman Khalaf Salem Alshammari, Badr Sami Duwaidi, Majed Sadun Alshammari, Abdulhakeem S. Alamri, Walaa F. Alsanie, Majid Alhomrani, Nagaraja Sreeharsha, Mohd. Imran

“…Several interventions to stop or limit the spread of infection have failed, and every time the virus emerges, it becomes more contagious and more deadly. …”
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SVD-GoRank: Recommender System Algorithm Using SVD and Gower’s Ranking by Ilham Saifudin, Triyanna Widiyaningtyas, Ilham Ari Elbaith Zaeni, Afrig Aminuddin

“…Apart from that, the SVD-GoRank algorithm can also have efficient running time.…”
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Intergenerational transport of double-stranded RNA in C. elegans can limit heritable epigenetic changes by Nathan M Shugarts Devanapally, Aishwarya Sathya, Andrew L Yi, Winnie M Chan, Julia A Marre, Antony M Jose

“…Here we dissect the intergenerational path taken by dsRNA from parental circulation and discover that cytosolic import through the dsRNA importer SID-1 in the parental germline and/or developing progeny varies with developmental time and dsRNA substrates. Loss of SID-1 enhances initiation of heritable RNA silencing within the germline and causes changes in the expression of the sid-1-dependent gene sdg-1 that last for more than 100 generations after restoration of SID-1. …”
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Acute Rheumatic Fever: Findings of a Hospital-Based Study and an Overview of Reported Outbreaks by Upton D Allen, Michael Braudo, Stanley E Read

“…The number of cases per 100,000 children (aged 18 years or less) per year, decreased progressively over the study period. …”
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Endoscopic Hands-Off Technique versus Conventional Technique for Conversion from an Orobiliary to a Nasobiliary Tube by Min Jae Yang, Jae Chul Hwang, Miyeon Lee, Choong-Kyun Noh, Soon Sun Kim, Byung Moo Yoo, Jin Hong Kim

“…Technical success was achieved in 100% (58/58) of the endoscopy group and 94.6% (53/56) of the conventional group (P=0.115). …”
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A Comparative Study of Raw and Metal Oxide Impregnated Carbon Nanotubes for the Adsorption of Hexavalent Chromium from Aqueous Solution by Muhammad I. Qureshi, Faheemuddin Patel, Nadhir Al-Baghli, Basim Abussaud, Bassam S. Tawabini, Tahar Laoui

“…Batch adsorption experiments were performed to assess the removal efficiency of Cr(VI) ions from water and the effects of pH, contact time, adsorbent dosage, and initial concentration of the Cr(VI) ions were investigated. …”
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Peptide nucleic acid-immobilised paper combined with multiplex recombinase polymerase amplification for the ultrasensitive and rapid detection of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis by Nuttapon Jirakittiwut, Panuwat Sathianpitayakul, Pitak Santanirand, Yukihiro Akeda, Tirayut Vilaivan, Panan Ratthawongjirakul

“…Our proof-of-concept assay displayed high accuracy (100% for detecting mutations at codons 516, 526, and 531), a short turnaround time (110 min), no cross-reactivity with other bacterial pathogens, and ultrasensitivity. …”
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Subsurface Geosciences Learning in Virtual Reality: A Case Study in Central Luconia Province, Malaysia by Grisel Jiménez, Abdul Halim Latiff, Katja Schulze

“…The EX-field in Central Luconia is located 100–300 km from Sarawak’s coastline in water depths of 60–140 m. …”
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Application of Calcium Chloride-Sodium Alginate to Improve the Texture of Quick-Frozen Heracleum moellendorffii by Xiao-mei Li, Li-kun Ren, Yang Yang, Xin Bian, Yu Fu, Lian-cheng Zhao, Zhu-jing Xing, Yan-guo Shi, Wojciech Piekoszewski, Na Zhang

“…The calcium content was increased to 71.56 mg/100g, and the brittleness and chewiness were 4630 gf and 2583.33 gf, respectively. …”
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Optimized Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) Production by Moderately Haloalkaliphilic Bacterium Halomonas alkalicola Ext by Martin N. Muigano, Sylvester E. Anami, Justus M. Onguso, Godfrey O. Mauti

“…To optimize PHA production, the bacterium was grown in submerged fermentation under varying culture conditions and different sources and concentrations of carbon and nitrogen. With one-factor-at-a-time (OFTA) approach, optimal PHA yields were obtained after 72 hours at a pH of 10.0, temperature of 35°C, and 2.5% (w/v) NaCl. …”
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Phase Transformation, Microstructures, and Mechanical Properties of α + β Two-Phase Titanium Alloy Deposited Metal by Surfacing Welding by Naiwen Fang, Ruisheng Huang, Kai Xu, Tianli Zhang, Pengbo Wu, Yiming Ma, Hao Cao, Jian Qin, Jipeng Zou

“…The results showed that primary α phase began to appear at grain boundaries when the deposited metal was heated to 890.5°C, and microstructures were all composed of coarse β columnar grains after the temperature was raised to 1 190.2°C; with the increase of cooling rate during the cooling process, temperature for starting new phase transformation decreased from 943.7°C to 811.1°C, and temperature for ending the transformation increased gradually from 708.0°C to 736.2°C; when cooled to room temperature at a rate of 1°C/s, microstructures consisted of α phase; at a rate of 15°C/s, acicular α′ martensite appeared in the microstructures; at 100°C/s, the microstructures were completely comprised by acicular α′ martensite; when the cooling rate was low, V element would be slightly precipitated from αgb into the matrix; when cooling turned faster, V element had no time to enter the matrix by diffusion, so it became uniformly distributed; as the cooling rate getting faster, lamellar microstructures became thinner gradually, and microhardness of the deposited metal was improved in a gradual manner.…”
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Removal of microplastics by algal biomass from aqueous solutions: performance, optimization, and modeling by Fatemeh Lotfigolsefidi, Mojtaba Davoudi, Maryam Sarkhosh, Ziaeddin Bonyadi

“…The investigation specifically analyzed the effects of varying initial PS concentrations (100 to 900 mg/L), pH values (4 to 10), reaction durations (20 to 40 min), and C. vulgaris dosages (50 to 400 mg/L). …”
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A Model of Tuberculosis Screening for Pregnant Women in Resource-Limited Settings Using Xpert MTB/RIF by Eleanor R. Turnbull, Nzali G. Kancheya, Jennifer B. Harris, Stephanie M. Topp, German Henostroza, Stewart E. Reid

“…Recently the WHO endorsed Xpert MTB/RIF, a highly sensitive, real-time PCR assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis that simultaneously detects rifampicin resistance directly from sputum and provides results within 100 minutes. …”
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Optimizing precision farming: enhancing machine learning efficiency with robust regression techniques in high-dimensional data by Nour Hamad Abu Afouna, Majid Khan Majahar Ali

“…To overcome these obstacles, reducing retraining time and resolving the complexity issue is essential for improving the machine learning algorithm’s performance, scalability, and efficiency, especially when dealing with large or high-dimensional datasets. …”
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Implications of high-resolution velocity and strain rate observations for modelling of Greenlandic tidewater glaciers by Dominik Fahrner, Pablo J. González, Douglas W. F. Mair, James M. Lea

“…Results reveal fine details in strain rate, including an area of compression proximal to the terminus, with an upstream shift of strains through time. The velocity evolution of Narsap Sermia shows distinct seasonal changes starting in summer 2020, which are largely modulated by the subglacial drainage system. …”
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Learning Automata Based Incremental Learning Method for Deep Neural Networks by Haonan Guo, Shilin Wang, Jianxun Fan, Shenghong Li

“…However, in the real-world scenario, the labeled data associated with the assigned classes are always gathered incrementally over time, since it is cumbersome work to collect and annotate the training data manually. …”
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Investigation of ANN Model Containing One Hidden Layer for Predicting Compressive Strength of Concrete with Blast-Furnace Slag and Fly Ash by Hai-Van Thi Mai, Thuy-Anh Nguyen, Hai-Bang Ly, Van Quan Tran

“…The prediction accuracy of concrete compressive strength is important and considered a challenging task, aiming at reducing costly and time-consuming experiments. Moreover, compressive strength prediction of concrete using blast-furnace slag (BFS) and fly ash (FA) is more difficult due to the complex mix design of a composition. …”
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Adsorptive Removal of Benzene and Toluene from Aqueous Environments by Cupric Oxide Nanoparticles: Kinetics and Isotherm Studies by Leili Mohammadi, Edris Bazrafshan, Meissam Noroozifar, Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam, Farahnaz Barahuie, Davoud Balarak

“…By using the Langmuir model, we measured the highest adsorption capacity to be 100.24 mg/g for benzene and 111.31 mg/g for toluene. …”
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Confirmation of Thermal Images and Vibration Signals for Intelligent Machine Fault Diagnostics by Achmad Widodo, Djoeli Satrijo, Toni Prahasto, Gang-Min Lim, Byeong-Keun Choi

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