The Development of a One-Step PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of an Attenuated Vaccine Strain of Duck Hepatitis Virus Type 3 in Korea by Cheng-Dong Yu, Jong-Yeol Park, Sang-Won Kim, Yu-Ri Choi, Se-Yeoun Cha, Hyung-Kwan Jang, Min Kang, Bai Wei

“…The method was specifically designed to target the critical single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) site (T→C at position 1143 in the VP0 gene) unique to the Korean vaccine strain AP04203-P100. …”
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A Novel Methodology for the Accelerated Desalination of Seawater Utilizing Up‐ and Down‐Conversion Phosphors by Ernesto Valadez‐Renteria, Jorge Oliva, Haggeo Desirena, Christian Gomez‐Solis, Vicente Rodriguez‐Gonzalez

“…This can be useful to design new types of desalination plants without using complex/expensive filtration systems.…”
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Feature Representations Using the Reflected Rectified Linear Unit (RReLU) Activation by Chaity Banerjee, Tathagata Mukherjee, Eduardo Pasiliao Jr.

“…One important aspect of designing a neural network is the choice of the activation function to be used at the neurons of the different layers. …”
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The Assessment of the Green Development of the Tobacco Industry Using a Multicriteria Method by Giedrė Lapinskiene, Martynas Blazaitis, Dainora Gedvilaite, Neringa Slavinskaite

“…According to the views of experts, the most significant sub-criteria for the green development of the tobacco industry are increasing energy efficiency; safeguarding against hazardous wastewater in the environment; reducing the content of hazardous materials used in products; improving air, land, and water quality where economic activity takes place; sustainable forest management; eco-design, especially for efficient material use, biodegradability, and recyclability; and collaboration with suppliers. …”
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A Bioinformatics Analysis Reveals a Group of MocR Bacterial Transcriptional Regulators Linked to a Family of Genes Coding for Membrane Proteins by Teresa Milano, Sebastiana Angelaccio, Angela Tramonti, Martino Luigi Di Salvo, Roberto Contestabile, Stefano Pascarella

“…The results reported represent a framework for rational design of experiments and for bioinformatics analysis of other MocR subgroups.…”
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Optimization of Process Parameters for ε-Polylysine Production by Response Surface Methods by Maxiaoqi Zhu, Zhicai Zhang, Yiqiuyi Liu, Feng Wang, Lili Xia, Jianwei Xia, Hongming Guo

“…In the present work, we evaluated the ε-PL adsorption performances of HZB-3B and D155 resins and optimized the adsorption and desorption conditions by single-factor test, response surface method, and orthogonal design. The complexes of resin and ε-PL were characterized by SEM and FITR. …”
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Sincere behaviour: Moderating leadership, culture and lecture performance in higher education by Fullchis Nurtjahjani, Forbis Ahamed, Ayu F. Puspita, Kadek S. Batubulan, Ane F. Novitasari

“…Motivation for the study: This study was conducted because the author wants to know the influence that transformational leadership and organisational culture have on the performance of lecturers through moderating sincere behaviour. Research approach/design and method: This study is considered explanation-grounded research. …”
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Progressive Improvement of T-Scores in Men with Osteoporosis and Subnormal Serum Testosterone Levels upon Treatment with Testosterone over Six Years by Ahmad Haider, Ulrich Meergans, Abdulmaged Traish, Farid Saad, Gheorghe Doros, Paul Lips, Louis Gooren

“…The declining numbers do not reflect drop-out rates but are a result of the registry design. Over the 6 year period there was a significant and progressive improvement of the T-scores in these men. …”
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Detection of Estrogen Receptor Status in Breast Cancer Cytology Samples by an Optical Nanosensor by Pooja V. Gaikwad, Nazifa Rahman, Pratyusha Ghosh, Dianna L. Ng, Ryan M. Williams

“…Although endocrine therapy for ER+ patients is widely available, there is a need for increased access to low‐cost, rapid, and accurate ER testing methods. In this work, we designed a near‐infrared optical nanosensor using single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) as the transducer and an anti‐ERα antibody as the recognition element. …”
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Primordial Germ Cells Quality of Chicken Embryo from Post Cryopreservation Blood Samples by Nurul Azizah, Tatan Kostaman, Yuli Arif Tribudi, Diana Andrianita Kusumaningrum, Suyatno Suyatno, Zultinur Muttaqin, Eko Koswara, Muhammad Gunawan

“…This study aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy of cryopreserving PGCs derived from purified sources and blood samples. The experimental design encompassed two treatment groups, each iterated six replication. …”
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Performance Analysis of Microwave Photonic Spectral Filters based on Optical Microcombs by Yang Li, Yang Sun, Jiayang Wu, Guanghui Ren, Xingyuan Xu, Bill Corcoran, Sai Tak Chu, Brent E. Little, Roberto Morandotti, Arnan Mitchell, David J. Moss

“…These results provide a valuable guide for the design and optimization of microcomb‐based MWP transversal filters for a variety of applications.…”
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Bottom-Up Abstract Modelling of Optical Networks-on-Chip: From Physical to Architectural Layer by Alberto Parini, Luca Ramini, Fabio Lanzoni, Gaetano Bellanca, Davide Bertozzi

“…This work presents a bottom-up abstraction procedure based on the design-flow FDTD + SystemC suitable for the modelling of optical Networks-on-Chip. …”
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Harnessing the potential of shared data in a secure, inclusive, and resilient manner via multi-key homomorphic encryption by David Ha Eun Kang, Duhyeong Kim, Yongsoo Song, Dongwon Lee, Hyesun Kwak, Brian W. Anthony

“…Grounded in statistical learning principles, we introduce the Multi-Key Homomorphic Encryption Logistic Regression (MK-HELR) algorithm, designed to execute logistic regression on encrypted multi-party data. …”
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Drivers of foreign direct investment: new evidence from West African regions by Emmanuel Korsah, Richmell Baaba Amanamah, Prince Gyimah

“…Purpose – This paper aims to empirically investigate the factors attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses secondary data from the World Bank and the Global State of Democracy Indices of 16 West African countries (WACs) over the period from 1989 to 2018. …”
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Efficient Polarization Demosaicking Via Low-Cost Edge-Aware and Inter-Channel Correlation by Guangsen Liu, Peng Rao, Xin Chen, Yao Li, Haixin Jiang

“…The proposed algorithm is available in both lightweight and full versions, designed for different application requirements. Experiments on simulated and real DoFP images demonstrated that both versions achieve the highestt interpolation accuracy and speed, respectively, among existing interpolation-based algorithms and significantly enhanced visuals. …”
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From Bitter to Sweet: a preliminary study towards a patient-friendly Praziquantel dosage form by Zanolla, Debora, Bertoni, Serena, Passerini, Nadia, Albertini, Beatrice, Zingone, Guglielmo, Perissutti, Beatrice

“…Therefore, this research highlights the possibility of using binary premixes of PZQ and sweeteners in order to obtain an increase in the biopharmaceutical and organoleptic properties of the anthelmintic drug, underlining also the need for a careful screening of sweetener to design a PZQ patient-friendly dosage form.…”
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Benchmarking human face similarity using identical twins by Shoaib Meraj Sami, John McCauley, Sobhan Soleymani, Nasser Nasrabadi, Jeremy Dawson

“…This network is trained on a tailored verification task designed to encourage the network to group together highly similar face pairs in the embedding space and achieves a test AUC of 0.9799. …”
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Screening of household contacts for TB infection in Cote d'Ivoire by R. K. N’Guessan, D. A. B. Orsot, J.M. Ahui Brou, N. K. Bamba, M. E. Tchoutedjem Mefo, A. S. Bakayoko

“…OBJECTIVE: Cost-benefit analysis of TB infection (TBI) screening of household contacts in Côte d’Ivoire to evaluate economic implications of the implementation of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) and the tuberculin skin test (TST). DESIGN: We compared the effectiveness of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QuantiFERON) with the TST using an economic model previously evaluated in medium TB incidence settings. …”
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Comparison of Dark Personality Traits, Feeling of Alienation and Spiritual Well-Being in People with and without Tendency to Vandalism by Abbas Abolghasemi, Seyyedeh Zahra Seyyed Noori, Morteza Zakeri, Reza Ghorbani

“…Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare dark personality traits, feelings of alienation, and spiritual well-being between individuals with a tendency toward vandalism and those without.Method: This survey study employed a causal-comparative design. The population for this study consisted of all individuals residing in prisons within Guilan Province in the year 2020. …”
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Effects of Repolishing Systems on Surface Characteristics of a 3D-Printed Permanent Material by Alessandro Vichi, Giovanni Mura, Federico Vannini, Sofia Baldani, Gaetano Paolone, Cecilia Goracci

“…Methods: Squared specimens of one 3DP permanent resin (Crown permanent, Formlabs) have been CAD-designed and 3D-printed. After the roughness, gloss, and color measurements, they were immersed in a coffee staining bath at 44 °C for 24 h and then measured again. …”
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