A deep learning ICDNET architecture for efficient classification of histopathological cancer cells using Gaussian noise images by Hui Zong, Wenlong An, Xin Chen, Zhanhui Yang, Heng Zhou, Xiangchao Liu, Jianchu Lin, Chuanyue Zong

“…The ICDNET model consists of two main features: (i) a serial hierarchical structure composed of global and local feature blocks; and (ii) an Internal Communication Hierarchical Fusion Block (ICHF) and an Efficient Dual Self-Attention (EDA) mechanism. …”
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Identification of Legionella by MALDI Biotyper through three preparation methods and an in-house library comparing phylogenetic and hierarchical cluster results by Luna Girolamini, Paolo Caiazza, Federica Marino, Maria Rosaria Pascale, Laura Caligaris, Simona Spiteri, Carlo Derelitto, Maria Luisa Simone, Antonella Grottola, Sandra Cristino

“…Moreover, Hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) was compared to mip and rpoB gene sequencing. The dataset was composed of 104 isolates belonging to six Legionella species. …”
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Quantitative Precursory Information of Weak Shocking Failures of Composite Soft Roof by Lihua Wang, Zenghui Zhao, Zhongxi Tian, Wei Sun

“…To reveal the mechanism of weak roof shocking in mine roadway arranged in weakly consolidated soft rock strata commonly observed in western China, a bearing system of composite roof composed of weakly consolidated soft rocks and coal layers was proposed. …”
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Characterisation of plastic-based sanitary personal protective equipment following supercritical CO₂ sterilisation: A reuse strategy by Helga K. Ruiz, José M. Gómez-Salazar, Lourdes Calvo, Albertina Cabañas

“…The global demand for single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) is rapidly increasing. Most PPE items are composed of plastics, which often end up in landfills or oceans, causing significant environmental harm. …”
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Influence of Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Nanofibers and BMP-2–Containing Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Nanofibers on Growth and Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Markus D. Schofer, Susanne Fuchs-Winkelmann, Christian Gräbedünkel, Christina Wack, Roland Dersch, Markus Rudisile, Joachim H. Wendorff, Andreas Greiner, Jürgen R. J. Paletta, Ulrich Boudriot

“…The aim of this study was to characterize synthetic poly-(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) nanofibers concerning their ability to promote growth and osteogenic differentiation of stem cells in vitro, as well as to test their suitability as a carrier system for growth factors. Fiber matrices composed of PLLA or BMP-2–incorporated PLLA were seeded with human mesenchymal stem cells and cultivated over a period of 22 days under growth and osteoinductive conditions, and analyzed during the course of culture, with respect to gene expression of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), osteocalcin (OC), and collagen I (COL-I). …”
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Optimizing the PM2.5 Tradeoffs: The Case of Taiwan by Shihping Kevin Huang, Sin-Yao Chen, Kuei-Lan Chou, Wei Chung Hsu, Kang-Hua Lai, Tung-Hung Chueh, Lopin Kuo, William Lu

“…We propose a LSTM-XGBoost model composing both socioeconomic and geo-meteorological factors together to improve the PM2.5 monitoring system. …”
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Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Fatigue Resistance of an Al-Mg-Sc-Zr Alloy Fabricated by Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing by Lingpeng Zeng, Jiqiang Chen, Tao Li, Zhanglong Tuo, Zuming Zheng, Hanlin Wu

“…The results show that the microstructure of the as-deposited alloy is composed of fine equiaxed grains with an average grain size of around 8 μm, and nanosized Al₃(Sc, Zr) particles (~5 nm) are also evident. …”
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The Prevalence of Headache in Crohn’s Disease: Single-Center Experience by Ulker Anadol Kelleci, Turan Calhan, Abdurrahman Sahin, Resul Kahraman, Kamil Ozdil, Haci Mehmet Sokmen, Destina Yalcin

“…Patients in Crohn’s disease group were diagnosed and monitored according to European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization diagnostic criteria. The control group composed of healthy subjects with similar age and sex to Crohn’s disease group. …”
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Study on Molecular Recognition between Euphorbia Factor L713283 and β-Tubulin via Molecular Simulation Methods by Shan Chang, Hong-qiu He, Ren Kong, Zhen-jian Xie, Jian-ping Hu

“…The results indicated that the binding site between β-tubulin and L713283 was composed of the four regions, that is, residues Phe20~Glu27, Leu225~Thr232, Phe270~Gly277, and Ile356~Met363. …”
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Structural characteristics, sugar metabolizing enzyme activity and biological activity of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides at different growth stages by Shengjian Ma, Yuliang Chen, Huaguo Huang, Xiaorui Pu, Huangbin Liang, Yu Kuang, Yijun Liu

“…The results showed that the monosaccharides of GLPs in GLFB were mainly composed of galactose, glucose, and mannose. During the maturation of GLFB, the polysaccharide content, hexose kinase and phosphoglucose isomerase activities showed an increasing trend, the structure of functional groups did not change significantly, and the molecular weight of GLPs showed a tendency to increase (112 kDa up to 11358 kDa) and then decrease (11358 kDa down to 7678 kDa). …”
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Measuring Complexity in Manufacturing: Integrating Entropic Methods, Programming and Simulation by Germán Herrera-Vidal, Jairo R. Coronado-Hernández, Ivan Derpich-Contreras, Breezy P. Martínez Paredes, Gustavo Gatica

“…The methodological proposal is composed of six stages: (i) Case study, (ii) Hypothesis formulation, (iii) Discrete event simulation, (iv) Measurement of entropic complexity by applying Shannon’s information theory, (v) Entropy analysis, and (vi) Statistical analysis by ANOVA. …”
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Structural characterization and immunostimulatory activity of a water-soluble polysaccharide from abalone (Haliotis discus hannai Ino) muscle by Linfan Shi, Gengxin Hao, Jun Chen, Junling Wang, Wuyin Weng

“…In one repeat unit of the proposed AMPP structure, the backbone chain was composed of eight 1→4 glycosidic bonds and one 1→6 glycosidic bond, with three branch chains linked by 1→6 glycosidic bond. …”
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The NLRP3 Inflammasome as a Novel Player of the Intercellular Crosstalk in Metabolic Disorders by Elisa Benetti, Fausto Chiazza, Nimesh S. A. Patel, Massimo Collino

“…One of the most recently identified signaling pathways, whose activation seems to affect many metabolic disorders, is the “inflammasome,” a multiprotein complex composed of NLRP3 (nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat protein 3), ASC (apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD), and procaspase-1. …”
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Proton Pump Inhibitors and Dementia: Physiopathological Mechanisms and Clinical Consequences by Gloria Ortiz-Guerrero, Diana Amador-Muñoz, Carlos Alberto Calderón-Ospina, Daniel López-Fuentes, Mauricio Orlando Nava Mesa

“…Further, AD is characterized by selective synaptic and neuronal degeneration, vascular dysfunction, and two histopathological features: extracellular amyloid plaques composed of amyloid beta peptide (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles formed by hyperphosphorylated tau protein. …”
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Dysfunctional Attitudes in Alcohol Dependents: A Comparative Study by Görkem Karakas Ugurlu, Mustafa Uğurlu, Levent Turhan, M. Hakan Türkçapar

“…In line with this scope, we aimed to investigate the cognitive properties of alcohol dependence. Method: Two groups composed of seventy-nine inpatients with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence and thirty one healthy controls who were using alcohol, but not filling the requirements of alcohol dependence diagnosis were included in this study. …”
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Microstructural Characterization of Beryllium Treated Al-Si Alloys by M. F. Ibrahim, S. A. Alkahtani, Kh. A. Abuhasel, F. H. Samuel

“…The Be-Fe phase precipitates in script-like form at or close to the β-Al5SiFe platelets. A new reaction, composed of fine particles of Si and π-Fe phase, was observed to occur near the end of solidification in high Mg-, high Fe-, and Be-containing alloys. …”
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Infantile Extracranial Rhabdoid Tumor of the Scalp by Sura Al Rawabdeh, Deifallah Alsharari, Hayat Khasawneh, Ola M. Al Waqfi, Qamar Yaser Malabeh, Hiathem Abu Alhaija, Raed Mohammad Aljubour, Hamzeh M. Alkhawaldeh

“…Pathologic examination after excision showed a malignant tumor composed of sheets of rhabdoid cells. Immunohistochemically, this tumor tested positive for vimentin, CD 99, glypican-3, synaptopysin, WT-1, CK, and EMA. …”
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Experimental Comparison of HfO_2/X-Based ReRAM Devices Switching Properties by the MIM Capacitance by Fernando Jose da Costa, Aseel Zeinati, Renan Trevisoli, Durga Misra, Rodrigo Trevisoli Doria

“…The analysis was carried out in two devices with different insulating layers, one composed of H-plasma-treated <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm { HfO}}_{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and another with a stoichiometric HfO2. …”
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A tunable encoder with circular dichroism and polarization encoding function based on a layered metastructure in the GHz range by Chuan-Qi Wu, Jun-Yang Sui, Qi Chen, Xing-Zhou Tang, Hai-Feng Zhang

“…A modulable dielectric layer (MDL), composed of YIG, is optionally added to the preceding item of the given metastructure, which owns a certain thickness. …”
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Extraction of collagen from by-products of Amazonian fish tambaqui, Colossoma macropomum and pirarucu Arapaima gigas by Alexandre Augusto Barai, Antônio José Inhamuns, Tiago Cabral Nóbrega, Cristiane Cunha Guimarães, Lígia dos Santos Mourão, Antonio Fabio Lopes de Souza, Fagnaldo Braga Pontes, Flávia Dayane Félix Farias, Joana Maia Mendes, João Paulo Ferreira Rufino, Adriano Teixeira de Oliveira

“…FTIR and XRD analyses confirmed that the collagens extracted from both species are primarily composed of type I collagen. These findings contribute to biotechnological research by adding value to the by-products of these two commercially important species in the Amazon Region of Brazil.…”
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