Zoonotic transmission of novel Influenza A variant viruses detected in Brazil during 2020 to 2023 by Paola Cristina Resende, Dennis M. Junqueira, Caroline Tochetto, Maria Ogrzewalska, Fernando C. Motta, Jonathan Lopes, Luciana Appolinario, Larissa Macedo, Braulia Caetano, Aline Matos, Thauane Silva, Elisa Cavalcante Pereira, Leticia Ferreira Lima, Irina Riediger, Maria do Carmo Debur, Guilherme Nardi Becker, Aline Andrade, Acácia Maria Lourenço Francisco Nasr, Rosana Aparecida Piler, Ana Carolina Dalla Vecchia, Walquíria Almeida, David Brown, Rejane Schaefer, Marilda M. Siqueira

“…Five H1v were closely related to pdm09 lineage, one H1v (H1N2v) grouped within 1B.2.3 clade, and the two H3v grouped within a clade composed exclusively of Brazilian H3 swIAV (clade H3.1990.5.1). …”
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Aircraft hybrid-electric environment for analysis and design (AHEAD) applied on a fixed-wing drone by Manuel A. Rendón, Patrícia H. Hallak, Yipsy Roque Benito, Marcelo Assato, Camila de Oliveira Cunha, Daniel Miranda Esther, Rafael Grande Pancini Delmonte, Denys Pinto Gonçalves

“…The hybrid-electric powertrain is composed of several subsystems, the proposed approach employs reliable and widely available simulation tools for modeling these subsystems. …”
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Total Antioxidant Status in Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Palestine by Akram T. Kharroubi, Hisham M. Darwish, Mutaz A. Akkawi, Abdelkareem A. Ashareef, Zaher A. Almasri, Khaldoun A. Bader, Umaiyeh M. Khammash

“…A sample of convenience composed of 212 type 2 diabetic and 208 normal subjects above the age of 40 were recruited. …”
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Análise da dinâmica temporal da cobertura vegetal na microrregião de Umarizal (2000 a 2022), semiárido do Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil by Islânia dos Santos Nunes, Alfredo Marcelo Grigio, Marco Antônio Diodato

“…Regarding use and occupation, it was highlighted that in the micro-region the main types of use concern forest formation (savanna formation), composed of tree-shrub plant formation of deciduous forest followed by agriculture, mainly formed by temporary crops…”
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Symmetric Dopant‐Free Si Solar Cells Enabled by TiOx Nanolayers: An In‐Depth Study on Bipolar Carrier Selectivity by Takuya Matsui, Shohei Fukaya, Shona McNab, James McQueen, Kazuhiro Gotoh, Hitoshi Sai, Noritaka Usami, Ruy Sebastian Bonilla

“…Herein, crystalline Si solar cell featuring hole‐ and electron‐selective passivating contacts composed entirely of a single material, amorphous titanium oxide (TiOx), without extrinsic doping is demonstrated. …”
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Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Using Plant Leaf Extract of Catha edulis and Its Antibacterial Activity by Worku Wubet Andualem, Fedlu Kedir Sabir, Endale Tsegaye Mohammed, Hadgu Hailekiros Belay, Bedasa Abdisa Gonfa

“…EDS characterization of the biosynthesized NPs also indicated that the reaction product was composed of highly pure CuO NPs. Moreover, the antimicrobial activities of different concentrations of CuO NPs synthesized using Catha edulis extract were also tested. …”
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Efficacy and safety of telitacicept in IgA nephropathy: a real-world study by Lingqiu Dong, Dandan Yang, Aiya Qin, Siqing Wang, Yi Tang, Jiaxing Tan, Wei Qin

“…Telitacicept is a humanized fusion protein composed of a transmembrane activator and calcium-modulating cyclophilin ligand interactor receptor and human IgG.Aim To evaluate the efficacy and safety of telitacicept in adult patients with IgAN in a real-world study.Methods Biopsy-proven IgAN patients with 24-hour proteinuria greater than 0.5 g/d who received 240 mg telitacicept weekly were recruited for this study and 1:1:1 matched with patients who received supportive treatment only or immunosuppressive treatment by propensity score matching. …”
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Functional hydrogel empowering 3D printing titanium alloys by Weimin Zhang, Jiaxin Zhang, He Liu, Yang Liu, Xiao Sheng, Sixing Zhou, Tiansen Pei, Chen Li, Jincheng Wang

“…However, the primary drawbacks of traditional titanium alloy prosthesis are their much higher elastic modulus than cancellous bone and poor interfacial adhesion, which lead to poor osseointegration. 3D-printed porous titanium alloys can partly address these issues, but their bio-inertness still requires modifications to adapt to different physiological and pathological microenvironments. Hydrogels composed of three-dimensional networks of hydrophilic polymers can effectively simulate the extracellular matrix of natural bone and are capable of loading bioactive molecules such as proteins, peptides, growths factors, polysaccharides, or nucleotides for localized release within the human body, by directly participating in biological processes. …”
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Synergistic Emission Reduction of Particulate Pollutants in Coal-fired Power Plants Using Ultra-low Emission Technology by Leixing Tao, Yanyan Wang, Chunmei Yue, Zhigang Shen, Zhichao Liu, Qizhen Liu, Junchao Lu, Jian Wang, Honglei Ding, Weiguo Pan

“…TPM contains solid and liquid contaminants and condensable particulate matter (CPM), which is mainly composed of sulfate and various anions, cations, and metal ions. …”
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Orientation-dependent tunneling electroresistance in Pt/Pb(Zr,Ti)O3/Nb:SrTiO3 ferroelectric tunnel junctions by Chunyan Ding, Chunyan Zheng, Weijie Zheng, Chenyu Dong, Yahui Yu, Zheng Wen

“…Rhombohedral Pb(Zr[Formula: see text],Ti[Formula: see text])O3 (PZT) that has the polar axis along the [Formula: see text] orientation is adopted as potential barriers and two kinds of FTJs that are composed of (001)- and (111)-oriented PZT barriers and Nb:SrTiO3 (Nb:STO) electrodes, respectively, are fabricated. …”
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Effects of long-term adapted physical training on functional capacity and quality of life in older adults with Parkinson's disease by Oussama Gaied Chortane, Elmoetez Magtouf, Wael Maktouf, Sabri Gaied Chortane

“…Although physical activity is considered a therapeutic treatment to slow the progression of the disease, it is considered to be an effective non-pharmacological adjuvant to medication to improve the symptom management.MethodsThe training program was offered for all the participants (N = 50) in three non-consecutive sessions per week for 60 minutes and a total duration of 12 to 16 months. Each session is composed of warming up, adapted boxing training exercises, muscle building and resistance exercises, and returning to calm. …”
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HbA1c-Based Score Model for Predicting Death Risk in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Lingling He, Shuan Zhang, Xiaoli Liu, Yuyong Jiang, Xianbo Wang, Zhiyun Yang

“…A prediction score model composed of HbA1c, NLR, age, and CTP class was devised, which ranged from 0 to 7. …”
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Self‐Boosting Programmable Release of Multiple Therapeutic Agents by Activatable Heterodimeric Prodrug‐Enzyme Assembly for Antitumor Therapy by Shanshan Jiang, Bhaskar Gurram, Junfei Zhu, Shan Lei, Yifan Zhang, Ting He, Oya Tagit, Hui Fang, Peng Huang, Jing Lin

“…The heterodimeric prodrug NBS‐TK‐PTX (namely NTP) is composed of 5‐(ethylamino)‐9‐diethylaminobenzo[a]phenothiazinium chloride analog (NBS), paclitaxel (PTX) and ROS‐responsive thioketal (TK) linker, which shows a strong binding affinity with glucose oxidase (GOx), thus obtaining NTP@GOx assembly. …”
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Deep Spatio-Temporal Illuminant Estimation Under Time-Varying AC Lights by Jun-Sang Yoo, Kang-Kyu Lee, Chan-Ho Lee, Ji-Min Seo, Jong-Ok Kim

“…We propose a network composed of spatial and temporal branches to train the model with both spatial and temporal features. …”
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Approximation-Aware Training for Efficient Neural Network Inference on MRAM Based CiM Architecture by Hemkant Nehete, Sandeep Soni, Tharun Kumar Reddy Bollu, Balasubramanian Raman, Brajesh Kumar Kaushik

“…This work proposes approximation-aware-training, in which group of weights are approximated using a differential approximation function, resulting in a new weight matrix composed of approximation function's coefficients (AFC). …”
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Assessment of scenarios for intensifying pasture management and grazing in fragile micro-watersheds of high Andean mountains by Jorge Eduardo Grijalva Olmedo, Paola Mercedes Palate Moreta, Roy Roger Vera-Vélez, Raúl Armando Ramos Veintimilla, Jean-François Tourrand, Arnulfo Portilla Narváez

“…These scenarios were compared with a natural grassland based on a plant community composed of Stipa ichu, Holcus lanatus, Rumex acetocella, and Paspalum sp., used in a traditional system with rest periods of 60-75 days in sites between 3,500-3,700 m a.s.l. in the Chimborazo River micro-watershed. …”
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Modeling and robust control of a parallel robotic mechanism driven by linear actuators based on shape memory alloys by Alejandro Guarneros-Sandoval, Mariana Ballesteros, Rita Q. Fuentes-Aguilar, Isaac Chairez

“…This study describes the development of a parallel robotic mechanism composed of shape memory alloys (SMA) agonist-antagonist actuators, highlighting the adaptability of the individual actuators for specific uses with slight structural modifications. …”
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PLGA confers upon conventional nonfluorescent molecules luminescent properties to trigger 1O2-induced pyroptosis and immune response in tumors by Lan Zou, Rujing Wang, Mengnan Zhao, Yuke Li, Chen Sun, Jinjin Xie, Yan Chen, Qian Jing, Dandan Mi, Sanjun Shi

“…Remarkably, these new luminophores, composed of two non-inherently luminous components, exhibit a remarkable synergistic boost in photoluminescence through a “0 + 0 > 2” phenomenon. …”
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Analysis and Characterization of the Immunogenicity of Rhoptry Protein 18 by Masoud Foroutan, Amir Karimipour-Saryazdi, Ali Dalir Ghaffari, Hamidreza Majidiani, Arezo Arzani Birgani, Elaheh Karimzadeh-Soureshjani, Shahrzad Soltani, Hany M Elsheikha

“…The secondary structure was composed of 4.87% beta-turns, 38.45% random coils, 42.42% alpha helices, and 14.26% extended strands. …”
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Predicting Alzheimer Disease From Mild Cognitive Impairment With a Deep Belief Network Based on 18F-FDG-PET Images by Ting Shen MsD, Jiehui Jiang PhD, Jiaying Lu MD, Min Wang MsD, Chuantao Zuo MD, PhD, Zhihua Yu, Zhuangzhi Yan PhD

“…Patients were grouped into 2 classes: (1) stable mild cognitive impairment (n = 62) or (2) progressive mild cognitive impairment (n = 47). Our framework is composed of 4 steps: (1) image preprocessing: normalization and smoothing; (2) identification of regions of interest (ROIs); (3) feature learning using deep neural networks; and (4) classification by support vector machine with 3 kernels. …”
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