Identification of CTL Epitopes on Efflux Pumps of the ATP-Binding Cassette and the Major Facilitator Superfamily of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Yan Lin, Yu Dong, Yanfeng Gao, Ranran Shi, Yubing Li, Xiuman Zhou, Wenwen Liu, Guodong Li, Yuanming Qi, Yahong Wu

“…Two drug-resistant T lymphocyte epitopes, designated Rv1218c-p24 and Rv2477c-p182, were selected, and their immunogenic activities studied in vivo in genetically engineered mice. …”
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Optimization of a large-area grid electrode for negative ion source in fusion neutral beam injector by Jinhong Wang, Yan Wang, Yuwen Yang, Yuming Gu, Yahong Xie, Lizhen Liang, Jianglong Wei

“…This paper mainly studies three designs of minor cooling channels (double bending channels, double straight channels, and single straight channel). …”
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Development of a phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) for intermediate break loss-of-coolant accident in PWRs by Hae Min Park, Jong Hyuk Lee, Chiwoong Choi, Kwi-Seok Ha, Byung Hyun You, Jaeseok Heo, Kyung Doo Kim, Sung Won Bae, Seung Wook Lee, Dong Hyuk Lee, Sang Ik Lee, Chan Eok Park, Bub Dong Chung, Kwang Won Seul

“…To obtain the adequate safety margin and more economical use of the nuclear power plant, re-classification of LOCAs for Korean operating PWRs is now under consideration to exclude the large break LOCA (LBLOCA) from the design basis accidents (DBAs). Therefore, the intermediate break LOCA (IBLOCA) might become the limiting break size of concern in the LOCA analysis. …”
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Corneal Backscatters as an Objective Index for Assessing Fuchs’ Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy: A Pilot Study by Hsueh-Yen Chu, Ching-Hsi Hsiao, Phil Yeong-Fong Chen, David Hui-Kang Ma, Chee-Jen Chang, Hsin-Yuan Tan

“…To provide an objective, quantitative approach for monitoring Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD), with Scheimpflug imaging. Design. This is a retrospective case-control pilot study. …”
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State of knowledge of the population of the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) from the Upper Gulf of California: a bibliometric analysis by Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez, Manuel J. Zetina-Rejón, Francisco Javier Vergara-Solana, Francisco Javier Vergara-Solana, Pablo Del Monte-Luna, Marian Rodríguez-Fuentes, Gabriela J. Arreguín-Rodríguez, Diana Medina-Contreras, Laura Sánchez-Velasco

“…There are failures in the application of regulations, insufficient monitoring and surveillance, unregistered captures, illegal fishing and the limited participation of human communities in the design and implementation of the regulations, perceiving damages and lack of interest in compliance with the regulations and proposed measures. …”
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Boosting the durability of RuO2 via confinement effect for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer by Wen-Xing Zheng, Xuan-Xuan Cheng, Ping-Ping Chen, Lin-Lin Wang, Ying Duan, Guo-Jin Feng, Xiao-Ran Wang, Jing-Jing Li, Chao Zhang, Zi-You Yu, Tong-Bu Lu

“…This work demonstrates a promising design strategy for durable oxygen evolution reaction catalysts in acid via confinement engineering.…”
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MambaShadowDet: A High-Speed and High-Accuracy Moving Target Shadow Detection Network for Video SAR by Xiaowo Xu, Tianwen Zhang, Xiaoling Zhang, Wensi Zhang, Xiao Ke, Tianjiao Zeng

“…By introducing SSM with the linear complexity into YOLOv8, MambaShadowDet effectively captures the global feature dependencies while relieving computational load. Specifically, it designs Mamba-Backbone, combining SSM and CNN to effectively extract both global contextual and local spatial information, as well as a slim path aggregation feature pyramid network (Slim-PAFPN) to enhance multi-level feature extraction and further reduce complexity. …”
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Modeling the Combined Effects of Temperature, pH, and Sodium Chloride and Sodium Lactate Concentrations on the Growth Rate of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 8014 by Francieli Dalcanton, Elena Carrasco, Fernando Pérez-Rodríguez, Guiomar Denisse Posada-Izquierdo, Gláucia Maria Falcão de Aragão, Rosa María García-Gimeno

“…The developed model could be useful for designing foods with L. plantarum ATCC 8014 added as a probiotic.…”
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The Role of Immersive Experience in Anxiety Reduction: Evidence from Virtual Reality Sessions by Dominika Wilczyńska, Tamara Walczak-Kozłowska, David Alarcón, María José Arenilla, Jose Carlos Jaenes, Marcelina Hejła, Mariusz Lipowski, Joanna Nestorowicz, Henryk Olszewski

“…Therefore, this study investigates the potential of a newly designed VR experience to alleviate anxiety by focusing on the mediating role of VR-induced immersion. …”
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Subfoveal Choroidal Thickness after Panretinal Photocoagulation with Red and Green Laser in Bilateral Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Patients: Short Term Results by Ramak Roohipoor, Sina Dantism, Aliasghar Ahmadraji, Reza Karkhaneh, Mohammad Zarei, Fariba Ghasemi

“…To compare subfoveal choroidal, central retinal, and peripapillary nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness after panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) with red and green laser in diabetic patients. Study Design. Randomized clinical trial. Methods. A total of 50 patients with bilateral proliferative diabetic retinopathy and no diabetic macular edema underwent PRP. …”
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Nonlinear Failure Analysis of Critical Area of Transmission Towers Based on the Continuum Damage Theory by Nailong Zhang, Jie Chen, Chao Gao, Xiao Tan, Hongze Li

“…This paper introduces a nonlinear damage analysis method rooted in the continuous damage theory, specifically designed for critical areas of transmission towers. …”
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Downregulation of CD4+LAP+ and CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells in Acute Coronary Syndromes by Ying-zhong Lin, Shan-he Lu, Zheng-de Lu, Ying Huang, Ying Shi, Ling Liu, Xiao-yan Wang, Qing-wei Ji

“…The present study was designed to investigate whether CD4+LAP+ Treg cells are involved in the onset of ACS. …”
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Light-YOLO: a lightweight detection algorithm based on multi-scale feature enhancement for infrared small ship target by Ji Tang, Xiao-Min Hu, Sang-Woon Jeon, Wei-Neng Chen

“…Furthermore, a novel loss function is designed to dynamically adjust the proportions of its components during training, improving the regression accuracy of small targets towards real annotation boxes and enhancing the localization ability of detection boxes. …”
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Prevalence of overweight/obesity and its association with fast food consumption among adolescents in Southern Ethiopia, 2022: a community-based cross-sectional study by Chernet Elias, Awoke Abraham, Chernet Asrat, Tagese Yakob, Daniel Girma

“…From 14 June 2022 to 15 July 2022, a cross-sectional study design was conducted using a structured questionnaire and anthropometric measurements, with a sample size of 563. …”
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Oral Administration of Lactobacillus plantarum 299v Reduces Cortisol Levels in Human Saliva during Examination Induced Stress: A Randomized, Double-Blind Controlled Trial by Hannah Andersson, Cecilia Tullberg, Siv Ahrné, Kristina Hamberg, Irini Lazou Ahrén, Göran Molin, Mikael Sonesson, Åsa Håkansson

“…To clarify the effect of Lactobacillus plantarum 299v on the salivary cortisol and salivary IgA levels in young adults under examination stress. Design. Forty-one students with an upcoming academic exam were included in a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled study. …”
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Applying the Concept of Peptide Uniqueness to Anti-Polio Vaccination by Darja Kanduc, Candida Fasano, Giovanni Capone, Antonella Pesce Delfino, Michele Calabrò, Lorenzo Polimeno

“…Although rare, adverse events may associate with anti-poliovirus vaccination thus possibly hampering global polio eradication worldwide. Objective. To design peptide-based anti-polio vaccines exempt from potential cross-reactivity risks and possibly able to reduce rare potential adverse events such as the postvaccine paralytic poliomyelitis due to the tendency of the poliovirus genome to mutate. …”
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Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Google Trends Analysis by Majed Ramadan, Walaa Alshekhi, Doaa Aboalola, Siham Aouabdi, Haneen Alzahrani, Abrar Ashi, Rawiah Alsiary

“…A difference-in-differences design compared pre- and post-COVID-19 search volumes. …”
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Sound-Induced Round Window Vibration—Experiment and Numerical Simulations of Energy Transfer Through the Cochlea of the Human Ear by Robert Zablotni, Sylwester Tudruj, Jaroslaw Latalski, Marcin Szymanski, Andrzej Kucharski, Grzegorz Zając, Rafał Rusinek

“…These findings provide new insights into cochlear acoustics and offer a potential tool for evaluating pathological disorders and designing prosthetic devices.…”
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Biomechanical evaluation of the modified proximal femoral nail for the treatment of reverse obliquity intertrochanteric fractures by Qian Wang, Liang Sun, Lu Liu, Teng Ma, Zhong Li, Kun Zhang, Qiang Huang

“…Abstract The best treatment method for reverse obliquity intertrochanteric fractures (ROIFs) is still under debate. Our team designed the modified proximal femoral nail (MPFN) specially for treating such fractures. …”
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An Emphasis on the Critical Roles of Academic Simplified Material and its Influences on Learners' Boredom in Online Instruction, Attitudes to Electronic Learning, Self-regulated On... by Goodarz Shakibaei, Arash Hashemifardni, Maryam Amini

“…To do this, 70 intermediate volunteers were chosen using a quasi-experimental design based on a convenience sampling method. Two experimental groups (EGs) (one for simplified texts and the other for authentic texts) were selected. …”
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