Computational Analysis of an Ammonia Combustion System for Future Two-Stroke Low-Speed Marine Engines by Jose R. Serrano, Ricardo Novella, Héctor Climent, Francisco José Arnau, Alejandro Calvo, Lauge Thorsen

“…The engine features two diesel injection valves, employed to initiate the combustion process, and two ammonia injection valves. …”
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Association between red cell distribution width—albumin ratio and all-cause mortality in intensive care unit patients with heart failure by Ni Li, Junling Li, Kai Wang

“…Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and multivariate adjusted Cox regression models were employed to assess the association between RAR levels and mortality outcomes within 1 year. …”
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Comparative Performance of Ante-Mortem Diagnostic Assays for the Identification of <i>Mycobacterium bovis</i>-Infected Domestic Dogs (<i>Canis lupus familiaris</i>) by Conor O’Halloran, Paul Burr, Danielle A. Gunn-Moore, Jayne C. Hope

“…All three serological assays employed in this study (Idexx <i>M. bovis</i> Ab ELISA, [Idexx Laboratories, Westbrook, ME, USA], DPP VetTB lateral flow assay [Chembio, Medford, NY, USA], and comparative PPD ELISA [in-house]) identified seropositive dogs but, overall, the test-positive rate for the serological assays was only one third that of the cellular-based assays. …”
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Validation of a Questionnaire Assessing Pregnant Women’s Perspectives on Addressing the Psychological Challenges of Childbirth by Mihaela Corina Radu, Mihai Sebastian Armean, Razvan Daniel Chivu, Justin Aurelian, Melania Elena Pop-Tudose, Loredana Sabina Cornelia Manolescu

“…Factor analysis was employed to assess emotional perceptions, perceived medical risks, and the impact of cesarean section on pregnant women. …”
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Characterisation of cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and machine learning risk prediction in middle-aged and elderly populations: data from the China health and retirement lo... by Qing Huang, Zihao Jiang, Bo Shi, Jiaxu Meng, Li Shu, Fuyong Hu, Jing Mi

“…Five machine learning (ML) algorithms were employed for risk prediction. Data preprocessing included missing value imputation via random forest. …”
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Nonfimbrial Adhesin Mutants Reveal Divergent Escherichia coli O157:H7 Adherence Mechanisms on Human and Cattle Epithelial Cells by Matthew R. Moreau, Indira T. Kudva, Robab Katani, Rebecca Cote, Lingling Li, Terrance M. Arthur, Vivek Kapur

“…The unique bovine RAJ cell adherence model revealed that O157:H7 employs a LEE-independent mechanism of attachment to one of the RAJ cell types, the squamous epithelial (RSE) cells. …”
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Polyphenolic compounds in Sauvignon Blanc - from grapes to wine by Davin Williams, Anscha Zietsman, Jeanne Brand, Hans Eyeghe-Bickong, Melané Vivier

“…The total phenolic compound concentration of wine from LL (low phenolic potential) grapes was comparable to wine from HL (high phenolic potential) grapes, when skin contact, or sediment contact treatments were employed. From a sensory perspective, the sediment contact decreased the fruity aromas of Sauvignon Blanc, while the skin contact treatment enhanced the sensorial properties of the wines made from the LL grapes, allowing increased extraction from the skin-accumulated impact compounds. …”
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Child Night Blindness and Bitot’s Spots Are Public Health Problems in Lay Armachiho District, Central Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study... by Ajebew Bantihun, Kedir Abdela Gonete, Azeb Atnafu Getie, Asmamaw Atnafu

“…A community-based cross-sectional study was employed from February to March 2019 among children aged 24-59 months in the Lay Armachiho District, Amhara region. …”
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Slope Aspect Differentiation of Pisha Sandstone Slide Erosion and Its Response to Meteorological Factors by REN Yanan, LI Long, ZHANG Shangxuan, ZHANG Yu, ZHOU Xingchen

“…[Methods] Using the gully slope system in Inner Mongolia as the study area, field monitoring and three-dimensional laser scanning technology were employed to analyze the spatial and temporal changes in micro-topography and erosion characteristics of the erosion interface under different slope aspects. …”
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Multi-scale channel attention U-Net: a novel framework for automated gallbladder segmentation in medical imaging by Yiming Zhou, Xiaobo Wen, Xiaobo Wen, Kang Fu, Meina Li, Lin Sun, Xiao Hu

“…Our proposed MCAU-Net model was employed for gallbladder segmentation and its performance was evaluated using Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC), Jaccard Similarity Coefficient (JSC), Positive Predictive Value (PPV), Sensitivity (SE), Hausdorff Distance (HD), Relative Volume Difference (RVD), and Volumetric Overlap Error (VOE) metrics.ResultsOn the test set, MCAU-Net achieved DSC, JSC, PPV, SE, HD, RVD, and VOE values of 0.85 ± 0.22, 0.79 ± 0.23, 0.92 ± 0.14, 0.84 ± 0.23, 2.75 ± 0.98, 0.18 ± 0.48, and 0.22 ± 0.42, respectively. …”
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An investigation of machine learning methods applied to genomic prediction in yellow-feathered broilers by Bogong Liu, Huichao Liu, Junhao Tu, Jian Xiao, Jie Yang, Xi He, Haihan Zhang

“…In this study, seven different ML methods—support vector regression (SVR), random forest (RF), gradient boosting decision tree (GBDT), extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), light gradient boosting machine (LightGBM), kernel ridge regression (KRR) and multilayer perceptron (MLP) were employed to predict the genomic breeding values of laying traits, growth and carcass traits in a yellow-feathered broiler breeding population. …”
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Evaluation of the bioenergy potential of agricultural and agroindustrial waste generated in southeastern Mexico by Nathaly A. Díaz Molina, José A. Sosa Olivier, José R. Laines Canepa, Rudy Solis Silvan, Donato A. Figueiras Jaramillo

“…Four stoichiometric methods based on predictive equations were employed to determine the energy content of the biomasses from their elemental composition (Dulong, Friedl, Channiwala, Boie). …”
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Aplikasi Resep Makanan Bergizi Membantu Pencegahan Stunting Menggunakan Metodologi Agile Framework Scrum by Ridwan Setiawan, Asri Mulyani, Galih Muhammad Ramdan, Fikri Fahru Roji

“…Based on this, the aim of this study is to develop a recipe application that includes nutritional information for toddlers. This research employs the Agile methodology with the Scrum framework, utilizing the GitHub Project application as a tool for monitoring activities during the application development project. …”
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Characterizing Tidal Marsh Inundation with Synthetic Aperture Radar, Radiometric Modeling, and In Situ Water Level Observations by Brian T. Lamb, Kyle C. McDonald, Maria A. Tzortziou, Derek S. Tesser

“…These findings have relevance to the upcoming NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, as threshold-based classifications of wetland inundation dynamics will be employed to verify that NISAR datasets satisfy associated mission science requirements to map wetland inundation with classification accuracies better than 80% at 1 hectare spatial scales.…”
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Community-Based Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Towards COVID-19: an Epidemiological Survey in Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Zhino Rawf Ali, Bayan Omar Sharif, Aram Salih Mohammed Amin Kamali, Varin Tofiq Abbas, Azad Karim Ahmed, Shaho Osman Mahmood, Chiman Jamal ahmed, Sarwat Ahmed Abdulqader

“…As well as, the female employer by Bachelor degree with barely sufficient financial status in urban area had a high score of KAP concerning COVID-19, lastly the present study observed a strong positive correlation between KAP toward coronavirus among the participants. …”
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Personally-oriented models of development of musically gifted children by N. G. Tagiltseva, L. V. Matveyeva, М. А. Byzova

“…The methods of theoretical analysis of scientific and scientific-methodological resources, comparative analysis of the results of practical activity, generalisation, oral and written survey and modeling were employed.Results and scientific novelty. The most common challenges of the development of gifted children, who live in towns, are revealed: lack of motivation for creativity and further development; a low level of general culture; tense atmosphere in family, which is expressed most often in the inattentive relation of parents to interests and abilities of a child. …”
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Machine learning-based analysis of sea fog’s spatial and temporal impact on near-miss ship collisions using remote sensing and AIS data by Dan Liu, Ling Ke, Zhe Zeng, Zhe Zeng, Shuo Zhang, Shanwei Liu, Shanwei Liu

“…First, sea fog-sensitive bands from the Himawari-8 satellite, combined with the Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI), are chosen as features, and an SVM model is employed for sea fog detection. Second, the geographically weighted regression model investigates spatial variations in the correlation between sea fog and near-miss collisions. …”
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Electroacupuncture Alleviates Neuropathic Pain and Negative Emotion in Mice by Regulating Gut Microbiota by Feng C, Pan H, Zhang Y, Ye Z, Zhou Y, Zou H, Wang K

“…To investigate the impact of gut microbiota on CCI mice, we employed a variety of methods, including various behavioral tests and 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequencing.Results: The results indicated that EA significantly ameliorated mechanical allodynia and emotional dysfunction induced by CCI in mice. …”
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Gedunin Mitigates <i>Cutibacterium acnes</i>-Induced Skin Inflammation by Inhibiting the NF-κB Pathway by Ju Kyoung Sim, Ye Ji Heo, Jin Hak Shin, Seon Sook Kim, Su Ryeon Seo

“…An in vivo acne model was employed to examine gedunin’s therapeutic efficacy. …”
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Effect of Propolis on PPP2R1A and Apoptosis in Cancer Cells by Burak Durmaz, Latife Merve Oktay Çelebi, Ayşe Çekin, Ayshan Ahadova, Nur Selvi Günel, Hatice Kalkan Yıldırım, Ali Mert Özgönül, Eser Yıldırım Sözmen

“…The RealTime Cell Analysis System-xCELLigence (RTCA-SP) device and software were employed to assess cell viability and cytotoxicity of the propolis samples. …”
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