How do improved lentil varieties affect farmers’ livelihood status in central Bangladesh? by Monira Sultana, Jannatul Ferdous Shetu, Fatema Sarker, Sharif Ahammad, Md. Hayder Khan Sujan

“…This study aimed to explore the changes in the livelihood status of the ILVs adopters compared to the non-adopters in the central region of Bangladesh. This study constructed a livelihood assessment index (LAI) by adopting the sustainable livelihood framework (SLF) provided by the Department for International Development (DFID) using primary data collected from two hundred randomly selected respondents during March–April 2022. …”
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Individual-network based predictions of microbial interaction signatures for response to biological therapies in IBD patients by Federico Melograna, Padhmanand Sudhakar, Behnam Yousefi, Behnam Yousefi, Clara Caenepeel, Gwen Falony, Gwen Falony, Gwen Falony, Sara Vieira-Silva, Sara Vieira-Silva, Sara Vieira-Silva, Sreenikhitha Krishnamoorthy, David Fardo, Bram Verstockt, Bram Verstockt, Jeroen Raes, Jeroen Raes, Severine Vermeire, Severine Vermeire, Kristel Van Steen

“…This study introduces a novel approach using Individual Specific Networks (ISNs) derived from faecal microbial measurements of IBD patients across multiple cohorts. These ISNs, constructed from baseline and follow-up data post-treatment, successfully predict therapeutic outcomes based on endoscopic remission criteria. …”
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A nomogram to predict sarcopenia in middle-aged and older women: a nationally representative survey in China by Jiayi Yang, Zihao Chen, Xinxin Dai, Liyao Jiang, Liyan Dai, Yu Zhao

“…In addition, this study constructs a nomogram to help clinicians better screen potential female patients with sarcopenia.…”
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Individualized brain radiomics-based network tracks distinct subtypes and abnormal patterns in prodromal Parkinson's disease by Lin Hua, Canpeng Huang, Xinglin Zeng, Fei Gao, Zhen Yuan

“…Individualized brain radiomics-based network was constructed for normal controls (NC; N = 110), prodromal PD patients (N = 262), and PD patients (N = 108). …”
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Reorganization of Anatomical Connectome following Electroconvulsive Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder by Jinkun Zeng, Qinghua Luo, Lian Du, Wei Liao, Yongmei Li, Haixia Liu, Dan Liu, Yixiao Fu, Haitang Qiu, Xirong Li, Tian Qiu, Huaqing Meng

“…We collected longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging in the first-episode, drug-naïve major depressive disorder (MDD) patients n=24 before and after a predefined time window ECT treatment. We constructed large-scale anatomical networks derived from white matter fiber tractography and evaluated the topological reorganization using graph theoretical analysis. …”
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F10.7 Daily Forecast Using LSTM Combined With VMD Method by Yuhang Hao, Jianyong Lu, Guangshuai Peng, Ming Wang, Jingyuan Li, Guanchun Wei

“…In this study, the Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD) and Long Short‐term Memory (LSTM) network are combined to construct a VMD‐LSTM model for predicting F10.7 values. …”
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Local structural–functional coupling with counterfactual explanations for epilepsy prediction by Jiashuang Huang, Shaolong Wei, Zhen Gao, Shu Jiang, Mingliang Wang, Liang Sun, Weiping Ding, Daoqiang Zhang

“…Specifically, we first construct structural and functional connections using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data, subsequently organizing them into a multimodal brain network. …”
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Prediction of the RFID Identification Rate Based on the Neighborhood Rough Set and Random Forest for Robot Application Scenarios by Hong-Gang Wang, Shan-Shan Wang, Ruo-Yu Pan, Sheng-Li Pang, Xiao-Song Liu, Zhi-Yong Luo, Sheng-Pei Zhou

“…The test is conducted under the constructed RFID experimental environment, whose results showed that the model can predict the identification rate of the RFID system in a fast and efficient way, and the classification accuracy can reach 90.5%. …”
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A Typical Basalt Platform Landslide: Mechanism and Stability Prediction of Xiashan Landslide by Yongliang Huang, Zhiwei Sun, Chunyan Bao, Man Huang, Anyuan Li, Minghao Liu

“…On this basis, combined with the numerical analysis method, a finite element model of the slope considering rainfall and groundwater conditions is constructed to analyze the causes and failure mechanism of this landslide comprehensively. …”
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Synergetic Phase Modulation and N‐Doping of MoS2 for Highly Sensitive Flexible NO2 Sensors by Jiyun Kim, Mengyao Li, Chun‐Ho Lin, Long Hu, Tao Wan, Ayad Saeed, Peiyuan Guan, Zijian Feng, Tushar Kumeria, Jianbo Tang, Dawei Su, Tom Wu, Dewei Chu

“…It is found that 2H semiconductor phase with nitrogen doping (N‐doping) in flexible gas sensors constructed with Ag electrodes exhibits the highest sensitivity of ≈2500% toward 10 ppm of NO2. …”
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Chinese Medicine Huzhen Tongfeng Formula Effectively Attenuates Gouty Arthritis by Inhibiting Arachidonic Acid Metabolism and Inflammatory Mediators by Jianping Deng, Zicong Wu, Chen Chen, Zhenling Zhao, Yifei Li, Zhengquan Su, Yiguang Lin, Yifei Wang, Zhiping Wang

“…First, the relative drug-disease target networks were constructed and analyzed for pathway enrichment. Potential pathways were then validated by in vitro and in vivo experiments. …”
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The psychological resources of success: satisfaction with academic majors, psychological capital, and achievement motivation among future tourism and hospitality leaders by Abdulaziz Mohammed Alismail, Mazen Omar Almulla, Abdullah Saleh Mohammed Albohnayh, Ahmed Hassan Abdou

“…Additionally, the research investigates the mediating role of psychological capital (PsyCap) - a positive psychological construct encompassing hope, optimism, resilience, and self-efficacy - within this relationship.MethodsA quantitative approach was employed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). …”
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The response of hydraulic conductivity to air-trapped saturation in a dissolution process of trapped-air in quasi-saturated fine sands media by Donghui CHENG, Yingbo LAN, Jing YUAN, Lin XIANG, Xiaoting YANG, Xiaoying QIAO, Lin DENG, Zilin WANG, Qing WANG

“…., van Genuchten model, was constructed to predict the quasi-saturated hydraulic conductivity. …”
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Multi-modal denoised data-driven milling chatter detection using an optimized hybrid neural network architecture by Haining Gao, Haoyu Wang, Hongdan Shen, Shule Xing, Yong Yang, Yinlin Wang, Wenfu Liu, Lei Yu, Mazhar Ali, Imran Ali Khan

“…A hybrid neural network model (DBMA) for chatter detection is constructed by integrating dual-scale parallel convolutional neural networks, bidirectional gated recurrent units, and multi-head attention mechanisms. …”
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Optimization Research on the Performance of the RC-DTH Air Hammer Based on Computational Fluid Dynamics by Zihao Liu, Yongjiang Luo, Wenchao He, Rui Tao, Jiangfu He, Yongliang Sun, Hongwei Chen, Qianting Hu

“…To optimize the performance of the RC-DTH air hammer, a mathematical model detailing each phase of the piston’s movement has been constructed in the present work. Simultaneously, a novel piston structure of the RC-DTH air hammer (Type B) with diverse internal flow has been proposed. …”
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Romanian validation study of the Boston questionare in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome by Lenuța Bîrsanu, Roxana Covali, Emanuel Matei Roman, Ioan Alexandru Chirap-Mitulschi, Alin Ciubotaru, Mihaela-Dana Turliuc

“…Our results showed a very good construct validity and excellent reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.79) for Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire -Romanian version and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin of 0.732, which is considered acceptable (a value above 0.70 is usually statistically significant for factor analysis). …”
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Effects of occlusal hypofunction on root surface area in patients exhibiting anterior crossbite in skeletal Class III malocclusion: a CBCT study by Nawa Ponyiam, Wikanda Khemaleelakul, Thanapat Sastraruji, Kachaphol Kuharattanachai, Kanich Tripuwabhrut

“…The outer boundaries of the teeth in two-dimensional images were manually identified on each CBCT slice along the coronal, sagittal, and axial planes to construct three-dimensional models. The tooth models were transferred into 3-matic version 7.01 to specify cementoenamel junctions and calculate RSAs. …”
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An Efficient Frequency Encoding Scheme for Optical Convolution Accelerator by Gongyu Xia, Jiacheng Liu, Qilin Hong, Pingyu Zhu, Ping Xu, Zhihong Zhu

“…This implies that under the constraints of essentially the same hardware physical performance, adopting our newly proposed encoding scheme can achieve a significant improvement in computational performance. We construct an optical convolution acceleration system to demonstrate the principles of the new encoding.…”
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The Identification of Key Genes and Pathways in Glioma by Bioinformatics Analysis by Mingfa Liu, Zhennan Xu, Zepeng Du, Bingli Wu, Tao Jin, Ke Xu, Liyan Xu, Enmin Li, Haixiong Xu

“…A protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed to find the hub genes. Survival analysis was conducted to screen and validate critical genes. …”
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Unveiling the charge density wave mechanism in vanadium-based Bi-layered kagome metals by Yi-Chen Yang, Soohyun Cho, Tong-Rui Li, Xiang-Qi Liu, Zheng-Tai Liu, Zhi-Cheng Jiang, Jian-Yang Ding, Wei Xia, Zi-Cheng Tao, Jia-Yu Liu, Wen-Chuan Jing, Yu Huang, Yu-Ming Shi, Soonsang Huh, Takeshi Kondo, Zhe Sun, Ji-Shan Liu, Mao Ye, Yi-Lin Wang, Yan-Feng Guo, Da-Wei Shen

“…Our finding not only comprehensively maps the electronic structure of V-based bi-layer kagome metals but also provides constructive experimental evidence for the unique origin of CDW in this system.…”
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