Charging Ahead: The Evolution and Reliability of Nickel‐Zinc Battery Solutions by Idris Temitope Bello, Hassan Raza, Alabi Tobi Michael, Madithedu Muneeswara, Neha Tewari, Wang Bingsen, Yin Nee Cheung, Zungsun Choi, Steven T. Boles

“…This study thoroughly examines the degradation mechanisms and approaches to improve the reliability of Ni‐Zn batteries: Starting with their basic chemistry, operating principles, and degradation pathways, strategies for improvement are explored including material modification, electrolyte optimization, cell design approaches, and thermal management techniques. …”
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Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Plus Metformin to Prevent Persistent Endometrial Hyperplasia by Vakkas Korkmaz, Enis Özkaya, Tuncay Küçüközkan, Fadıl Kara, Yasemin Çekmez, Hilal Korkmaz

“… OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of metformin on treatment response in simple endometrial hyperplasia without atypia. STUDY DESIGN: In this study, we identified 134 women with simple endometrial hyperplasia without atypia. …”
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Characteristics of TPT initiation and completion among people living with HIV by L. Gunde, A. Wang, D. Payne, S. O'Connor, A. Kabaghe, N. Kalata, A. Maida, D. Kayira, V. Buie, L. Tauzi, A. Sankhani, A. Thawani, E. Rambiki, A. Ahimbisibwe, T. Maphosa, K. Kudiabor, R. Nyirenda, J. Mpunga, K. Mbendera, P. Nyasulu, F. Kayigamba, M. Farahani, A. C. Voetsch, K. Brown, A. Jahn, B. Girma, K. Mirkovic, the MPHIA Survey Team

“…All variables were self-reported, and the analysis was weighted and accounted for in the survey design. RESULTS: Of the HIV+ respondents, 38.8% (95% CI 36.4–41.3) had ever taken TPT. …”
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Precision foraging: Bats in organic desert palm plantations hunt where it is most needed by Danilo Russo, Fabiana Soprano, Luca Cistrone, Adi Einav, Jessica Schäckermann, Ioannis Ekklisiarchos, Carmi Korine

“…Management strategies should design wind-buffering plantations to protect critical bat foraging areas and provide water sources. …”
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A novel ultra-high temperature ceramic composite coating prepared by high-speed laser cladding and pack cementation on Ta–W alloys for higher plasma ablation resistance above 2300... by Youjiang Zhang, Qiyao Deng, Yang Li, Pengfei He, Chuan Sun, Wengang Bu, Yue Xing, Yujun Cai, Xiubing Liang

“…The synergistic effect of HfO2 and Hf–Ta–O glassy oxide film endows the coating with excellent anti-ablation resistance. This innovative design of the UHTC–RMSi2 composite coating provides robust protection to the Ta(W) substrate from ultra-high temperature ablation and mechanical scouring.…”
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Adapting to ulcerative colitis to try to live a ‘normal’ life: a qualitative study of patients’ experiences in the Midlands region of England by Rachel Cooney, Christel McMullan, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Laura Magill, Thomas D Pinkney, Jonathan M Mathers, Laura L Jones, Shri Pathmakanthan

“…Objective To provide a framework that is able to categorise whether patients are able to adapt to and lead a ‘normal’ life with ulcerative colitis (UC) and to detail the factors that influence this.Design Qualitative research study using in-depth semi-structured interviews.Setting Four clinical sites in the West and East Midlands regions of England.Participants 28 adult patients diagnosed with UC for years between 1 and 22.Results Medication was rarely sufficient for patients to adapt to UC and live as ‘normal’ a life as possible. …”
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Rib suppression-based radiomics for diagnosis of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome in chest X-rays by Yudong Wang, Zongjin Qu, Zhengjun Dai, Yuhong Li, Yanyan Liu, Wei Wang, Lianxiang Xiao, Yi Zhang

“…We applied rib suppression to the CXR images and extracted and analyzed radiomic features from lung regions both before and after rib suppression. This approach was designed to identify NRDS, develop radiomics models, and assess the impact of rib suppression on model performance. …”
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Lane Changing Control of Autonomous Vehicle With Integrated Trajectory Planning Based on Stackelberg Game by Dongmei Wu, Zhen Li, Changqing Du, Changsheng Liu, Yang Li, Xin Xu

“…Secondly, the cooperative game theory model is employed to design an adaptive weight adjustment strategy for the trajectory tracking controller. …”
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Rapid identification of bacterial select agents using loop-mediated isothermal amplification by Timothy E. Egbo, Candace D. Blancett, Jackie M. Payne, Christopher P. Stefan, Timothy D. Minogue, John H. Sellers, Jeffrey W. Koehler

“…Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is an appealing technology for point-of-need diagnostics due to its rapid analysis time and minimal instrumentation requirements. Methods Here, we designed and optimized nine LAMP assays that are sensitive and specific to targeted bacterial select agents including Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis, Yersinia pestis, and Brucella spp. …”
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BIPE: A Bi-Layer Predictive Ensemble Framework for Forest Fire Susceptibility Mapping in Germany by Ling Hu, Volker Hochschild, Harald Neidhardt, Michael Schultz, Pegah Khosravani, Hadi Shokati

“…This paper introduces the Bi-layer Predictive Ensemble (BIPE), an innovative machine learning model designed to enhance the accuracy and generalization of forest fire susceptibility mapping. …”
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Experimental Study on Repairing and Strengthening Seismically Damaged RC Frames by Installing H-Shaped Steel by Yuebing Li, Qushenglin Song, Hang Wang, Liang Shan, Dawei Liu, Shuang Xing

“…“Strong columns and weak beams, strong joints and weak components” is the concept of seismic design of buildings, and the failure of beam–column joints and columns is considered nonideal. …”
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Integrating deformable CNN and attention mechanism into multi-scale graph neural network for few-shot image classification by Yongmin Liu, Fengjiao Xiao, Xinying Zheng, Weihao Deng, Haizhi Ma, Xinyao Su, Lei Wu

“…The feature extraction module of graph neural networks has always been designed as a fixed convolutional neural network (CNN), but due to the intrinsic properties of convolution operations, its receiving domain is limited. …”
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A genomic strategy for precision medicine in rare diseases: integrating customized algorithms into clinical practice by Cristina Méndez-Vidal, Nereida Bravo-Gil, Javier Pérez-Florido, Irene Marcos-Luque, Raquel M. Fernández, José Luis Fernández-Rueda, María González-del Pozo, Marta Martín-Sánchez, Elena Fernández-Suárez, Marcela Mena, Rosario Carmona, Joaquín Dopazo, Salud Borrego, Guillermo Antiñolo

“…Methods Our approach involved customized probe designs, the generation of virtual panels and the development of a personalized medicine module (PMM) for variant prioritization. …”
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Self-Assembly Strategy for Synthesis of WO₃@TCN Heterojunction: Efficient for Photocatalytic Degradation and Hydrogen Production via Water Splitting by Li Zhou, Wenjie Zhang, Zezhao Huang, Feng Hu, Peng Li, Xiaoquan Yao

“…Overall, this study facilitates the structural design of green TCN-based heterojunction photocatalysts and expands the application of TCN in the diverse photocatalytic processes. …”
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‘Two in One’ Cloning Vector Applied for Blunt-End and T-A Cloning with One-Step Digestion–Ligation and Screening of Positive Recombinants by Unaided Eyes by Xingli Zhang, Chong Teng, Kaidi Lyu, Shanhua Lyu, Yinglun Fan

“…The endonuclease recognition sequences of <i>Sma</i>I, <i>Eco</i>53kI, <i>Eco</i>RV, <i>Pme</i>I, and <i>Swa</i>I for blunt-end cloning and <i>Xcm</i>I for T-A cloning were designed and added between the <i>lac</i> promoter and the starting codon ATG of the <i>mScarlet-I</i> gene of pYFRed. …”
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In Vitro Aberrometric Assessment of a Multifocal Intraocular Lens and Two Extended Depth of Focus IOLs by Vicente J. Camps, Angel Tolosa, David P. Piñero, Dolores de Fez, María T. Caballero, Juan J. Miret

“…A special optical bench with a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor (SH) was designed for the measurement. Three presbyopia correction IOLs were analyzed: Mini WELL (MW), TECNIS Symfony ZXR00 (SYM), and Lentis Mplus X LS-313 MF30 (MP). …”
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Creep Characteristics of Different Saturated States of Red Sandstone after Freeze-Thaw Cycles by Yongxin Che, Yongjun Song, Jianxi Ren, Jiaxing Chen, Xixi Guo, Hao Tan, Mengling Hu

“…The results will provide a reference for long-term antifreeze design for rock engineering in cold areas.…”
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Evaluation of the Nutrition Heart Program Through the Four Elements of Community Empowerment Approach by Rika Satyadewi, Galuh Mega Kurnia, Arina Mufida Ersanti, Corie Indria Prasasti

“…Methods: The research was conducted using a qualitative design and was conducted in 10 nutrition centers supported by Amerta Kasih. …”
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Exploring the synergy between emotional intelligence and self-esteem among university students in Ghana by Daniel Miezah, Maxwell Peprah Opoku, Christopher Fenu, Raphael Quainoo, Ebenezer Mensah Gyimah

“…Method Informed by the cross-sectional design, one thousand and twenty (N = 1020) university students were recruited to self-report their Emotional Intelligence and Self-Esteem. …”
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Waste heat recovery cycles integration into a net-Zero emission solar-thermal multi-generation system; Techno-economic analysis and ANN-MOPSO optimization by Pradeep Kumar Singh, Ali Basem, Rebwar Nasir Dara, Mohamed Shaban, Sarminah Samad, Raymond Ghandour, Ahmad Almadhor, Samah G. Babiker, Iskandar Shernazarov, Ibrahim A. Alsayer

“…This paper presents a novel solar-powered multi-generation system (MGS) integrated with a fuel cell, designed to enhance both sustainability and operational reliability. …”
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