Hitit Devleti ile Vassalları Arasında Yapılan Antlaşmalarda Vassallara Getirilen Yükümlülükler by Caner Özdemir

“…Šuppiluliuma ve II. Muršili tarafından, 3’ü III. Hattušili, 2’şer adeti II. Muwatalli ve IV.Tuthaliya tarafından, diğer 1’er adeti ise II. …”
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Leveraging paired mammogram views with deep learning for comprehensive breast cancer detection by Jae Won Seo, Young Jae Kim, Kwang Gi Kim

“…Utilizing 1,636 private mammograms, PMVnet combines cosine similarity and the squeeze-and-excitation method within a U-shaped architecture to leverage correlated information. …”
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Experimental Study on FRP-to-Concrete Bonded Joints with FRP Sheet Anchor System by Weiwen Li, Wei Liu, Xu Yang, Feng Xing

“…The FRP sheet-anchor system is applied to reinforced concrete beams strengthened with U-wrapping and side-bonded FRP configurations in few design guidelines. …”
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Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Uzaktan Eğitime İlişkin Algıları ve Mobil Öğrenme Davranışları by Asuman Çobanoğlu

“…Veriler, Öğrenci Bilgi Formu, Uzaktan Eğitim Algı Ölçeği ve Mobil Öğrenme Hazır Bulunuşluk Ölçeği ile toplandı. Veriler Mann Whitney U, Kruskall Wallis testi ve korelasyon analizi ile değerlendirildi.Bulgular: Öğrencilerin yaş ortalamasının 20,77 ± 2,11 yıl ve %75,8'inin kadın olduğu belirlendi. …”
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Mechanical Performance Analysis and Parametric Study of a Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge with Ultra-Wide Double-Sided Steel Box Girder by Fangwen Wu, Wenlong Tang, Shuo Liu, Yanpeng Feng, Guangqian Wang, Maohua Du

“…The results show that the deformation of the bridge has good symmetry, there is obvious shear lag effect on the main girder, and the U-rib thickness, diaphragm spacing, and vehicle load could significantly affect the stress of the main girder top plate. …”
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Pakistan-Russia Relations within the Framework of the SCO: A Regional Analysis by Hira Yaqoob, Abeeda Qureshi

“…Pakistan’s membership in the SCO coincided with important regional developments, including the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the resurgence of regional terrorism, increased US-China competition, India’s strengthening ties with the U.S., the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the hesitancy of Western countries to engage with Russia. …”
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Genetic diversity of bread wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) in the allelic composition of HMW-GS (a review) by M. V. Chebatareva

“…Wheat cultivars from Poland, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, China, and Algeria (Group I) had the average Nei index of 0.59, and those from the U.S., Mexico, Argentina, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Afghanistan, and North Korea (Group II) had 0.42. …”
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Analysis of Fluid Balance as Predictor of Length of Assisted Mechanical Ventilation in Children Admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) by Praveen Unki, Sushma Save

“…Comparison of quantitative data measured between cases with duration of AMV≥7 days and <7 days was done using the Mann–Whitney U test. Correlation between quantitative data was done by using the Pearson product moment correlation. …”
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Neuroprotective Potentials Of Extracts From Moringa Oleifera And Musa Sapientum Against Cadmium Chloride-Induced Neurotoxicity In Rats Cerebri by Adelaja Akinlolu

“…Statistical analyses (p ≤ 0.05) of data were conducted using the Mann-Whitney U Test. Results showed increased catalase levels, similar superoxide dismutase levels, decreased cytochrome P450 levels and decreased cyclo-oxygenase-2 levels in rats of Groups 3, 4, and 6 in comparison with Group 2. …”
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An Improved Form of 2D SPH Method for Modeling the Excavation Damage of Tunnels Containing Random Fissures by Xuhua Ren, Shuyang Yu, Jixun Zhang, Haijun Wang, Zhaohua Sun

“…Meanwhile, tunnel excavation also has an “activating” effect on the preexisting fissures. (2) The stability of circular-shaped tunnel is the best, while horseshoe shaped tunnel is worse, and the “U”-shaped tunnel is the worst. (3) Fissures with small and large dip angles have the greatest influence on the stability of tunnel excavation. …”
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Simulation of Central Porosity and Hot Crack Formation in 14 t Flat Ingot by Mold Removal Controlled Cooling by Wu　Gang, Xu　Changjun, Feng　Xulong, Zhai　Haodong, Xu　Jichen, Hu　Hanting

“…The results show that the temperature gradient of the lower part of the ingot is increased by mold removal and controlled cooling， the solidification front changes from U-shape to V-shape， the angle of solidification front is increased， the feeding channel between the riser and the solidification front is widened， and the feeding of the riser to the lower part is promoted. …”
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Correction: Preventing preterm birth with progesterone: costs and effects of screening low risk women with a singleton pregnancy for short cervical length, the Triple P study by Melanie A van Os, Jeanine A van der Ven, C Emily Kleinrouweler, Eva Pajkrt, Esteriek de Miranda, Aleid van Wassenaer, Martina Porath, Patrick M Bossuyt, Kitty WM Bloemenkamp, Christine Willekes, Mallory Woiski, Martijn A Oudijk, Katia M Bilardo, Marko J Sikkema, Johannes J Duvekot, Diederik Veersema, Jacqueline Laudy, Petra Kuiper, Christianne JM de Groot, Ben Willem J Mol, Monique C Haak

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LDDP-Net: A Lightweight Neural Network with Dual Decoding Paths for Defect Segmentation of LED Chips by Jie Zhang, Ning Chen, Mengyuan Li, Yifan Zhang, Xinyu Suo, Rong Li, Jian Liu

“…Experimental results demonstrate that LDDP-Net achieves an mIoU (mean Intersection over Union) of 90.29% on the chip dataset, with parameter numbers and FLOPs (Floating Point Operations) of 2.98 M and 2.24 G, respectively. …”
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Characterization of the Escherichia coli Antifungal Protein PPEBL21 by V. Yadav, R. Mandhan, M. Kumar, J. Gupta, G. L. Sharma

“…The Km and Vmax of PPEBL21 were found to be 644.8 μM and 1.2 U/mg, respectively. In-gel activity assay also showed that PPEBL21 was a propionaldehyde-specific ADH. …”
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The association between non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHHR) and sarcopenia: A cross-sectional study by Xiudeng Yang, Zheng Zhong

“…Conclusion: NHHR was significantly associated with an elevated risk of sarcopenia among U.S. adults. Further research is warranted to elucidate the underlying physiological mechanisms through which NHHR influences sarcopenia development.…”
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The Effect of Conspecific Density on Emergence of Lestes bipupillatus Calvert, 1909 (Odonata: Lestidae) by Ricardo Cardoso-Leite, Gabriel C. Vilardi, Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira, Pitágoras C. Bispo

“…The results showed that larvae seem to emerge earlier when in high densities (Mann-Whitney, U=10.000, P=0.03). These results support the hypothesis that damselfly last instar larvae may postpone or hasten emergence in response to the social environment and related constraints.…”
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Using High Tunnels to Enhance Organic Vegetable Production in Florida: an Overview by Shufang Tian, Xin Zhao, Isaac R. Vincent, Tian Gong, Zachary T. Ray, Jesusa Legaspi, Alejandro Bolques, Timothy W. Coolong, Juan Carlos Díaz-Pérez

“…The adoption of high tunnels in the U.S. has been largely fueled by the NRCS High Tunnel System Initiative. …”
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Rain removal method for single image of dual-branch joint network based on sparse transformer by Fangfang Qin, Zongpu Jia, Xiaoyan Pang, Shan Zhao

“…The former extracts rain trace information utilizing a rain removal strategy, while the latter employs this information to restore background details. Furthermore, a U-shaped encoder-decoder branch (UEDB) focuses on local features to mitigate the impact of rainwater on background detail textures. …”
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Freezing of Oocytes and Its Effect on the Displacement of the Meiotic Spindle: Short Communication by János Konc, Katalin Kanyo, Rita Kriston, József Zeke, Sándor Cseh

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Selenium Supplementation does not Decrease Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody Concentration in Children and Adolescents with Autoimmune Thyroiditis by W. Bonfig, R. Gäertner, H. Schmidt

“…All 49 patients needed a mean levothyroxine dose of 1.6 ± 0.5 µg/kg body weight to lower TSH to the treatment goal of 1–2 µU/ml, with no significant difference between groups. …”
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