Enhanced sensing capabilities of UV–visible p-n and p-i-n photodiodes using unique layer and contact configurations by Ahmed Ali Alarabi, Osman Çiçek, Hasan Makara, Fatih Ünal, Merve Zurnacı, Şemsettin Altındal

“…The results showed that, in line with the literature, the potential barrier height (ФBo) decreased, and the ideality factor (n) increased with increasing illumination intensity. …”
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Efficacy of transbronchial biopsy and frequency of pneumothorax in lung transplant recipients: single center experience by Ertan Sarıbaş, Ayse Nigar Halis, Sevinç Çıtak, Gonca Gecmen, Ahmet Murat Kazan, Musatafa Vayvada, Murat Ersin Cardak, Ahmet Erdal Taşçı

“…The proficiency of TBB pathology was found to be 90.7% (n = 263) for acute rejection (AR), 46.5% (n = 135) for airway inflammation, 50% (n = 145) for chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) with bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), and 89.6% (n = 260) for chronic vascular rejection. …”
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Infestation of Ixodidae Ticks in Cattle: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors in Ambo District, Western Ethiopia by Addis Kassahun Gebremeskel, Berhanu Mekibib, Bekele Dabesa

“…The study identified four species of ticks; namely Rh. (Bo.) decoloratus 109 (28.40%), Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus 43(11.20%), Amblyomma vareigatum 3(0.80%) and Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi 11(2.90%). …”
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Factors Influencing Background Parenchymal Enhancement in Breast Contrast-Enhanced Mammography: A Retrospective Study by Xue J, Qu T, Li Z, Shi B, Yang G, Rong X, Li Y, Lin G, Ping Y

“…Jing Xue,1 Tianyun Qu,1 Zhigang Li,1 Bo Shi,1 Guang Yang,1 Xiaocui Rong,1 Yazhou Li,1 Guoquan Lin,2 Yong Ping1 1Department of Radiology; Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of General Surgery; Botou Hospital, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, 062150, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yong Ping, Email Ulrica150sci@163.comObjective: To evaluate the association between background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) level and extent on contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) with age, menopausal status, breast density, and menstrual cycle phase in women. …”
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Infestation of Ixodidae Ticks in Cattle: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors in Ambo District, Western Ethiopia by Addis Kassahun Gebremeskel, Berhanu Mekibib, Bekele Dabesa

“…The study identified four species of ticks; namely Rh. (Bo.) decoloratus 109 (28.40%), Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus 43(11.20%), Amblyomma vareigatum 3(0.80%) and Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi 11(2.90%). …”
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Prediction of induction motor faults using machine learning by Ademola Abdulkareem, Tochukwu Anyim, Olawale Popoola, John Abubakar, Agbetuyi Ayoade

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Efficient ternary organic solar cells with suppressed nonradiative recombination via B‒N based polymer donor by Shuting Pang, Wanyuan Deng, Langheng Pan, Xinyuan Liu, Zhibang Shen, Hongxiang Li, Pei Cheng, Jiayuan Zhu, Wensheng Yan, Chunhui Duan

“…Herin, B‒N-based polymer donor PBNT-BDD was incorporated into the state-of-the-art PM6:L8-BO binary to construct ternary OSCs. Together with the optimal morphology, the ternary device affords an impressive power conversion efficiency of 18.95% with an improved open-circuit voltage (Voc), short-circuit density (Jsc), and reduced Eloss in comparison to the binary ones, which is the highest PCE for B‒N materials-based ternary device. …”
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Fractional exhaled nitric oxide in a respiratory healthy general population through the lifespan by Christina Bal, Caspar Schiffers, Marie-Kathrin Breyer, Sylvia Hartl, Alvar Agusti, Ahmad Karimi, Wolfgang Pohl, Marco Idzko, Robab Breyer-Kohansal

“…The normal FeNO values over lifespan in a respiratory healthy population and the factors related to them remain unclear.Materials and Methods We determined FeNO levels in 2,251 respiratory healthy, non-atopic, and non-smoking participants from the Lung, hEart, sociAl, boDy (LEAD) cohort, a general population, observational cohort study of participants aged 6–82 years in Austria.Results The median FeNO value in the total study population was 13.0 [interquartile range: 9.0, 20.0] ppb, increases with age, and, except in young participants (<18 years: 9.0 [7.0, 12.0], ≥18 years: 15.0 [11.0, 22.0]), it was significantly lower in females versus males. …”
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Entomofauna asociada a la polinización del cultivo de cacao nativo, San Ignacio Moxos, Beni, Bolivia by Ángel Fernando Copa Bazán, Alfredo Matareco Maza, Betty Flores Llampa

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Influence of Life Style Factors on Barrett’s Oesophagus by A. Horna Strand, T. Franzén

“…Fifty-five consecutively selected patients with Barrett’s oesophagus (BO) examined at Linköping University Hospital’s Oesophageal Laboratory were matched by sex, age, and duration of reflux symptoms with 55 GOR patients without Barrett’s oesophagus at the Oesophageal Laboratory. …”
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Identification of Key Genes and Prognostic Value Analysis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis by Meng Wang, Licheng Wang, Shusheng Wu, Dongsheng Zhou, Xianming Wang

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Impact of visual presentation of atherosclerotic carotid plaque on cardiovascular risk profile using mHealth technologies by Greta Ullrich, Alexander Bäuerle, Lisa Maria Jahre, Katrin Paldán, Jana Rosemeyer, Chiara Kalaitzidis, Christos Rammos, Martin Teufel, Tienush Rassaf, Julia Lortz

“…Trial Registration: The study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under the identifier NCT05096637 on 27 October 2021 and was approved by the local ethics committee of the University of Duisburg-Essen (20-9157-BO).…”
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Inflammatory rheumatic diseases with onset after SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 vaccination: a report of 267 cases from the COVID-19 and ASD group by Laura Massaro, Annamaria Iagnocco, Florenzo Iannone, Corrado Campochiaro, Maria De Santis, Ilaria Cavazzana, Piero Ruscitti, Roberto Giacomelli, Rosario Foti, Lorenzo Dagna, Giovanna Cuomo, Giacomo De Luca, Francesco Caso, Ilenia Di Cola, Clodoveo Ferri, Vincenzo Raimondo, Francesco Ursini, Veronica Brusi, Giuseppe Varcasia, Roberta Pellegrini, Domenico Olivo, Giuseppe Murdaca, Carlo Selmi, Olga Addimanda, Erika Pigatto, Francesca Francioso, Rossella De Angelis, Jacopo Ciaffi, Luana Mancarella, Marcella Visentini, Francesca Motta, Virginia Caira, Alberto Lo Gullo, Caterina Naclerio, Elena Marchetti, Sebastiano Lorusso, Jessica Luppino, Roberta Foti, Massimo Reta

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Toward a hyperventilation detection system in freediving: a proof of concept using force sensor technology by Frank Pernett, Frank Pernett, Eric Mulder, Filip Johansson, Arne Sieber, Arne Sieber, Ricardo Bermudez, Marcus Lossner, Erika Schagatay, Erika Schagatay

“…Background and aimHyperventilation before breath-hold diving (freediving) is widely accepted as a risk factor for hypoxic syncope or blackout (BO), but there is no practical way to address it before dives. …”
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Inflammation and Immune Escape in Ovarian Cancer: Pathways and Therapeutic Opportunities by Liu C, Yin Q, Wu Z, Li W, Huang J, Chen B, Yang Y, Zheng X, Zeng L, Wang J

“…Chunyan Liu,1,&ast; Qinan Yin,2,3,&ast; Zhaoying Wu,1 Wenhui Li,1 Jun Huang,1 Bo Chen,1 Yanjun Yang,1 Xuewei Zheng,3 Li Zeng,3 Jingjing Wang3 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Radiation Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, People’s Republic of China; 3Precision Medicine Laboratory, School of Medical Technology and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Chunyan Liu, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, No. 2 Yinghua Dongjie, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, People’s Republic of China, Email juneliu2022@126.comAbstract: Ovarian cancer (OC) remains one of the most lethal gynecological malignancies, largely due to its late-stage diagnosis and high recurrence rates. …”
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Persistence of gastrointestinal symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis: study protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial (SOMA.GUT-RCT) by Ansgar W Lohse, Bernd Löwe, Kerstin Maehder, Yvonne Nestoriuc, Antonia Zapf, Eik Vettorazzi, Viola Andresen, Sina Hübener, Luisa Peters

“…The primary outcome is baseline to postinterventional change in gastrointestinal symptom severity.Ethics and dissemination The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hamburg Medical Association (2020-10198-BO-ff). The study will shed light onto the efficacy and mechanisms of action of a targeted expectation management intervention for persistent gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with UC and IBS. …”
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SkelETT&#x2014;Skeleton-to-Emotion Transfer Transformer by Pedro Victor Vieira Paiva, Josue Junior Guimaraes Ramos, Marina Gavrilova, Marco Antonio Garcia de Carvalho

“…Transfer performance is measured on the BoLD body emotion recognition dataset. Compared to the state-of-the-art, we report significant gains in accuracy (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\approx ~34$ </tex-math></inline-formula>% higher), training time (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\approx ~50$ </tex-math></inline-formula>% less), and model complexity reduction (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\approx ~80$ </tex-math></inline-formula>% less trainable parameters).…”
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Caracterización de fincas productoras de café (Coffea arabica L.) orgánico y convencional en la zona de Intag, Ecuador by Telmo Fernando Basantes-Vizcaíno, Julio Cesar Alegre Orihuela

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cfDNA as a surrogate marker for COVID-19 severity in patients with influenza-like symptoms with and without SARS-CoV-2 infections in general practice: a study protocol for a prospe... by Dorothea Dehnen, Elmo Neuberger, Jürgen in der Schmitten, Ekaterini Giagkou, Perikles Simon, Suzan Botzenhardt

“…The secondary objective is to determine whether there is a correlation between cfDNA concentrations on the one hand, and laboratory and clinical parameters on the other hand. cfDNA, differential blood count, high-sensitive CRP and erythrocyte sedimentation rate will be measured in blood samples, concomitant symptoms will be surveyed via a self-assessment questionnaire, and oxygen saturation, breathing rate and examination of the lungs will be reported by treating physicians.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was issued on 1 March 2021 by the Ethics Committee Essen under the number 21-9916-BO. Findings will be published in peer-reviewed open-access journals and presented at national and international conferences.Trial registration number DRKS00024722.…”
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A novel approach for brazing MgF2 ceramic to TA15 alloy using AgCu/GH4169/Bi2O3B2O3ZnO composite braze fillers by Liangbo Sun, Yue Wen, Tao Liu, Chunfeng Liu, Tipeng Shan, Xinghong Zhang, Jie Zhang

“…As a result, a reliable joint system consisting of TA15/TiCu/TiCu2Al/Ag(s,s) + Cu(s,s)/TiCu2Al/TiCuNi + Ag-rich layer/GH4169/nano-oxide layer/glass/Mg3(BO3)F3+MgO + MgF2 reaction layer/MgF2 was formed. …”
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