Sentence Context and Word-Picture Cued-Recall Paired-Associate Learning Procedure Boosts Recall in Normal and Mild Alzheimer’s Disease Patients by Rosario Iodice, Juan José García Meilán, Juan Carro Ramos, Jeff A. Small

“…Method. The sample was composed of 18 HOA and 18 people with mild AD. Participants memorized 15 pairs of words under word-word and word-picture conditions, with and without a sentence context. …”
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Self-propelled ferroptosis nanoinducer for enhanced cancer therapy by Wenxin Xu, Hao Tian, Yanzhen Song, Hanfeng Qin, Junbin Gao, Yichi Chen, Weichang Huang, Lin Lin, Haixin Tan, Yicheng Ye, Xiaoting Zhang, Daniela A Wilson, Guang Yang, Fei Peng, Yingfeng Tu

“…Herein, self-propelled ferroptosis nanoinducers composed of two endogenous proteins, glucose oxidase and ferritin, are presented to show enhanced tumor inhibition via ferroptosis while maintaining high API and biocompatibility. …”
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Optimization Studies on the Extraction of Flavone Di-C-glycosides from Premna fulva Craib by Deep Eutectic Solvents by Yueyuan Chen, Jiaoyang Dang, Xiaojie Yan, Fenglai Lu, Dianpeng Li

“…In this work, a total of thirteen choline chloride-based DESs were synthesized and evaluated for the simultaneous extraction of five bioactive flavone di-C-glycosides from Premna fulva Craib. DES-F, which was composed of choline chloride and 1,3-propanediol, showed the best extraction efficiency for the flavone di-C-glycosides, exceeding that of the conventional industrial solvent (40% ethanol). …”
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Unique quantitative electroencephalography differences and related behavioral dynamics in Crohn’s disease by Yihan Zhuang, Hairu Yang, Xinyi Huang, Guanghua Guo, Quan Shi, Yiting Lin, Wenwen Xue, Zeyu Huang, Sisi Zhou, Jiahui Cai, Haizhu Tan, Jing Yu

“…The experimental group was composed of patients diagnosed with CD according to the Chinese consensus on diagnosis and treatment in inflammatory bowel disease (2018, Beijing). …”
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Mechanism model of dynamic polyurethanes with two scales of nodes to regulate mechanical property by Yue Liu, Jinpeng Li, Litong Jia, Manyu Li, Yifan Diao, Zhenqi Han, Chenglei Yu, Tian Liu

“…The mechanical properties are regulated by changing the ratio of polyols as flexible long chains and the two-scale rigid joints composed of benzene rings and isocyanate-urea rings. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) in Peruvian adolescents by Joel Figueroa-Quiñones, Miguel Ipanaqué-Zapata, Oriana Rivera-Lozada, Giusepi Zevallos Mayanga, Diana Gonzales Diaz

“…A confirmatory factor analysis was carried out to determine the structure and the structural invariance of the measures according to age was evaluated and the reliability was estimated by means of the Omega reliability coefficient.ResultsThe four--factor structure composed of 20 items was confirmed with optimal goodness-of-fit indices (CFI = 0.992; TLI = 0.991; SRMR = 0.053; RMSEA = 0.039). …”
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A 2D Nested Array Based DOA Estimator for Incoherently Distributed Sources via Sparse Representation Utilizing L1-Norm by Tao Wu, Yiwen Li, Zhengxin Li, Yijie Huang, Jiwei Xu

“…Nested arrays are sparse arrays composed of subarrays with nonuniform sensor spacing. …”
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A Wideband and Polarization-Independent Metasurface Based on Phase Optimization for Monostatic and Bistatic Radar Cross Section Reduction by Jianxun Su, Yao Lu, Zengrui Li, Rongrong Zhang, Yaoqing (Lamar) Yang

“…A broadband and polarization-independent metasurface is analyzed and designed for both monostatic and bistatic radar cross section (RCS) reduction in this paper. Metasurfaces are composed of two types of electromagnetic band-gap (EBG) lattice, which is a subarray with “0” or “π” phase responses, arranged in periodic and aperiodic fashions. …”
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Frequency of Specific Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Cameroonian Patients on Dialysis: The Cases of Anaemia, Inflammation, Phosphate, and Calcium by Olivier Pancha Mbouemboue, Olivier Djile Danbe, Marcel Tangyi Tamanji, Jacques Olivier Ngoufack

“…Thirty-five participants with stage V chronic kidney disease (defined by glomerular filtration rate, GFR < 15 mL/1.73 m3) of age at least 20 years on haemodialysis were randomly recruited. A control group composed of persons without a history of renal or cardiovascular disease was also recruited. …”
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CryoProtect: A Web Server for Classifying Antifreeze Proteins from Nonantifreeze Proteins by Reny Pratiwi, Aijaz Ahmad Malik, Nalini Schaduangrat, Virapong Prachayasittikul, Jarl E. S. Wikberg, Chanin Nantasenamat, Watshara Shoombuatong

“…The predictive model afforded high performance with an accuracy of 88.28% and results revealed that AFPs are likely to be composed of hydrophobic amino acids as well as amino acids with hydroxyl and sulfhydryl side chains. …”
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An Ensemble Learning Based Framework for Traditional Chinese Medicine Data Analysis with ICD-10 Labels by Gang Zhang, Yonghui Huang, Ling Zhong, Shanxing Ou, Yi Zhang, Ziping Li

“…A set of base learners composed of decision tree (DT) and support vector machine (SVM) are trained by bootstrapping the training dataset. …”
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Effect of Mg interlayer on the microstructure and mechanical performance of resistance rivet welded 2 mm Al and ultra-high strength steel by Luyao Kong, Sizhe Niu, Ming Lou, Zixuan Chen, Yunwu Ma, Yongbing Li, Haiyang Lei

“…The nugget microstructure is composed of the mixed ferrite and martensite, and the full martensite structure for the RRW joints without and with a Mg interlayer, respectively. …”
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Exploring the Complex Heliotail Boundary by an Extended Level Set Approach by C. Onubogu, M. Opher, M. Kornbleuth, G. Tóth, V. Florinski

“…We explore a different isosurface, defined by f _HP = 0.99, where the interface is composed of 99.5% solar wind and 0.50% interstellar medium. …”
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PhysioDroid: Combining Wearable Health Sensors and Mobile Devices for a Ubiquitous, Continuous, and Personal Monitoring by Oresti Banos, Claudia Villalonga, Miguel Damas, Peter Gloesekoetter, Hector Pomares, Ignacio Rojas

“…The PhysioDroid system provides ubiquitous and continuous vital signs analysis, such as electrocardiogram, heart rate, respiration rate, skin temperature, and body motion, intended to help empower patients and improve clinical understanding. The PhysioDroid is composed of a wearable monitoring device and an Android app providing gathering, storage, and processing features for the physiological sensor data. …”
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Effect of Al addition on phase constituent and corrosion behaviors of AlxCrFeMo0.5Ni2 high-entropy alloys by Yu-qi Ma, Wei Zhang, Qing-chun Xiang, Ying-lei Ren, Ke-qiang Qiu

“…When x increases to 2.0, the alloy is completely composed of two kinds of body-centered cubic (BCC) phases, in which the dendritic phase is not changed while the interdendritic phase transforms from the σ phase into a disordered BCC structure. …”
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Economic and ecological perspectives of farmers on rice insect pest management by M.T.N. Cabasan, J.A.G. Tabora, N. Cabatac, C.M. Jumao-as, J.O. Soberano, J.V. Turba, N.H.A. Dagamac, E. Barlaan

“…Hence, farmers’ perception on rice insect pests and pesticide use was evaluated by selected 112 farmers composed of 77% males and 23% females, over the rice growing areas of North Cotabato, Central Mindanao, Philippines. 62% of farmers that were interviewed use pesticides based on the presence of pests. …”
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Fully integrated wearable control system for micro/nanorobot navigation by Zhanxiang Zhang, Lin Wang, Fengqi Jiang, Shimin Yu, Fengtong Ji, Tianhao Sun, He Zhang, Yanhe Zhu, Hao Chang, Tianlong Li, Jie Zhao

“…Here, we introduced a fully integrated wearable control system for micro/nanorobots navigation and manipulation, which is composed of a multifunctional sensor array, an artificial intelligence (AI) planner, and a magnetic field generator. …”
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Benign Multicystic Peritoneal Mesothelioma in a Male Patient with Previous Wilms’ Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Gian Luigi Canu, Fabio Medas, Giulio Columbano, Luca Gordini, Luca Saba, Enrico Erdas, Pietro Giorgio Calò

“…After performing a CT scan, an exploratory laparotomy was done and a voluminous cystic mesenteric mass, composed of 3 confluent formations, was observed. Some other similar but significantly smaller lesions were found. …”
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Intraductal Papillary Neoplasms of the Bile Duct by Masayuki Ohtsuka, Hiroaki Shimizu, Atsushi Kato, Hideyuki Yoshitomi, Katsunori Furukawa, Toshio Tsuyuguchi, Yuji Sakai, Osamu Yokosuka, Masaru Miyazaki

“…However, pathologic diagnosis by preoperative biopsy cannot always reflect the maximum degree of atypia, because IPNBs are often composed of varying degrees of cytoarchitectural atypia. …”
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A data-driven cluster analysis to explore cognitive reserve and modifiable risk factors in early phases of cognitive decline by Sara Bernini, Alice Valcarenghi, Elena Ballante, Federico Fassio, Marta Picascia, Elena Cavallini, Matteo Cotta Ramusino, Alfredo Costa, Tomaso Vecchi, Cristina Tassorelli, Sara Bottiroli

“…The analysis revealed two clusters, which were composed by 27 and 43 patients characterized by protective (Cluster 1) and unprotective (Cluster 2) everyday life habits, respectively. …”
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