β-glucan attenuates intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice by promoting glucagon-like peptide-1 secretion by WANG Wei, HAN Ben, SUN Lihua

“…After modeling, HE staining was used to observe intestinal morphological changes, and RT-qPCR and Western blotting were employed to evaluate the molecules (Occludin, ZO-1 and Claudin-1) related to intestinal barrier damage. …”
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Association of Light’s Criteria with Pleural Fluid Procalcitonin Levels and Ultrasound Thorax with its Impact on the Management of Pleural Effusion: A Cross-sectional Study by BK Likhitha, Keertivardhan D Kulkarni, Madhav Mahawar

“…Light’s criteria is routinely employed to distinguish between transudative and exudative effusions based on the test results obtained after thoracentesis. …”
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Comparing Optimal Portfolio Performance Based on Skew-Normal Distribution and Skew-Laplace-Normal Distribution: A Mean-Absolute Deviation-Entropy Approach by Hila Rezaei, Gholamhossien Golarzi, Omid Karimi

“…Instead, distributions with parameters should be employed to account for skewness and kurtosis. According to the obtained results, the model utilizing the Skew- Laplace- Normal distribution has a higher performance ratio than the model based on the Skew-Normal distribution.   …”
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Soft Skills as Predictors of Students’ Life Self-Fulfillment by L. N. Stepanova, E. F. Zeer

“…The following tests were employed: “Readiness for Self-Development” (V. Pavlov, T. …”
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Novel Pythagorean fuzzy score function to optimize fuzzy transportation models by Ritu, Tarun Kumar, Jahnvi, Kapil Kumar, Nitesh Dhiman, M.K. Sharma

“…To address the inherent uncertainty in classical transportation problems, fuzzy logic and its extensions such as intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS), interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy set (IVIFS), Pythagorean fuzzy set (PFS) etc. are employed in the existing literature. This paper utilizes an advanced extension of fuzzy sets, known as Interval-Valued Pythagorean Fuzzy Sets (IVPFS) in transportation models. …”
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Experimental study and model prediction of the influence of different factors on the mechanical properties of saline clay by Hui Cheng, Lingkai Zhang, Chong Shi, Pei Pei Fan

“…The boundary point of the 2% salt content divides the effect of salt ions from promoting free water flow to blocking seepage channels, with the proportion of micropores being the primary influencing factor. (4) Employing statistical theory and machine learning algorithms, dry density, water content, and salinity are used to predict mechanical index values. …”
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Association of the triglyceride glucose index with all cause and CVD mortality in the adults with diabetes aged < 65 years without cardiovascular disease by Chang Liu, Dan Liang, Guoan Xiang, Xuanbo Zhao, Kun Xiao, Lixin Xie

“…Cox regression modeling was employed to examine the association between the TyG index and mortality in this population. …”
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Investigation into the influence of mild hypothermia on regulating ferroptosis through the P53-SLC7A11/GPX4 signaling pathway in sepsis-induced acute lung injury by Liujun Tao, Jie Xu, Liangyan Jiang, Juntao Hu, Zhanhong Tang

“…In the vivo model, 64 Sprague–Dawley rats were employed, with 40 analyzed for survival outcomes. Sepsis was induced using the cecum ligation and puncture (CLP) method, after which rats were subjected to either normothermic (36–38 °C) or mild hypothermic (32–34 °C) conditions for a duration of 10 h. …”
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Identifying the Dimensions and Consequences of Digital Customer Experience: A Phenomenological Study by Fatemeh Eslahi, Seyed Mohammad Reza Mirahmadi, Mojtaba Aghajani

“…MethodologyThe research employs a qualitative and descriptive phenomenological approach. …”
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The Consequences of Digital Storytelling-Based Customer Engagement in Social Media for the Tourism Industry by Meysam Ahmadnia, Taher Roshandel Arbatani, Abbas Nargesian, Seyed Mahdi Sharifi, Khabat Derafshi

“…Concurrently, the rise of social media has presented an opportune platform for managers to facilitate communication and engage customers through innovative methods such as digital storytelling. Employing digital storytelling as a business strategy and model in branding, advertising, and product marketing results in improved customer retention, loyalty, and engagement. …”
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Photochemical oxidation and landfarming as remediation techniques for oil-contaminated soil by M. Mambwe, K.K. Kalebaila, T. Johnson

“…Photochemical oxidation is a promising eco-friendly technique that can be employed as an alternative remediation method. The speed at which natural attenuation, photochemical oxidation, and landfarming could remove oil from contaminated soils was examined. …”
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Penerapan Metode Simple Additive Weighting dalam Pemeringkatan Kinerja Keuangan Perusahaan Sektor Teknologi yang Terdaftar di Bei by I Made Satya Sundara, I Gst. Agung Pramesti Dwi Putri, I Nyoman Yudi Anggara Wijaya

“…Therefore, this research aims to assist prospective investors in making decisions in selecting companies with the best financial performance in the technology sector using the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method. The SAW method is employed to generate a ranking of technology companies that serve as a reference for prospective investors in making investment decisions. …”
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Prevalence of asymptomatic Leishmania donovani infection and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Habtamu Belay, Adugna Abera, Esayas Aklilu, Tesfahun Bishaw, Ayinalem Alemu, Geremew Tasew, Berhanu Erko

“…Six types of laboratory testing methods were employed. Prevalence of asymptomatic L. donovani infection per individual study ranged from 0.9 to 15.8%, while district-level prevalence varied from 0 to 31.1%. …”
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Multi-Class Guided GAN for Remote-Sensing Image Synthesis Based on Semantic Labels by Zhenye Niu, Yuxia Li, Yushu Gong, Bowei Zhang, Yuan He, Jinglin Zhang, Mengyu Tian, Lei He

“…To integrate these generators, we design a shared-parameter encoder for consistent feature encoding across two branches, and a spatial decoder that synthesizes outputs from the class generators, preventing overlap and confusion. Additionally, we employ perceptual loss (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>V</mi><mi>G</mi><mi>G</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) to assess perceptual similarity between generated and real images, and texture matching loss (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) to capture fine texture details. …”
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Autistic and transgender/gender diverse people’s experiences of health and healthcare by Kate Green, Elizabeth Weir, Lily Wright, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen

“…Unadjusted and adjusted binomial logistic regression models with FDR correction were employed to assess healthcare experiences and rates of co-occurring mental and physical health conditions. …”
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Comment acquérir une compétence d’oral spontané en situation d’apprentissage institutionnalisée by Günter Schmale

“…Les structures servant de base à l’apprentissage-acquisition par l’apprenant sont décrites en tant que “constructions lexicogrammaticales”, i.e. de structures syntaxiques plus ou moins pourvues lexicalement, que les apprenants mémorisent en tant qu’ensembles holistiques à employer tels quels. Au niveau didactique, il importe, dans une perspective “constructiviste” de créer un environnement pédagogique qui permet l’apprentissage et la subséquente acquisition durable et opérationnelle des “constructions” adéquates. …”
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The impact of teacher emotional support on learning engagement among college students mediated by academic self-efficacy and academic resilience by Wenjing Guo, Juan Wang, Na Li, Luxin Wang

“…Standardized scales were employed to measure teacher emotional support, learning engagement, academic self-efficacy, and academic resilience. …”
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Enhancing Semi-Supervised Learning With Concept Drift Detection and Self-Training: A Study on Classifier Diversity and Performance by Jose L. M. Perez, Roberto S. M. Barros, Silas G. T. C. Santos

“…The experiments conducted to test the proposed approach used Hoeffding Tree (HT) and Naive Bayes (NB) as base classifiers, which were also employed as members of the ensembles used in this research. …”
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A new method for detecting mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and reconstructing constituent strains provides insights into transmission by Benjamin Sobkowiak, Patrick Cudahy, Melanie H. Chitwood, Taane G. Clark, Caroline Colijn, Louis Grandjean, Katharine S. Walter, Valeriu Crudu, Ted Cohen

“…This allows these samples to be included in downstream analysis to gain insights into the epidemiology and transmission of mixed infections. Methods We employed a Gaussian mixture model to cluster allele frequencies at mixed sites (hSNPs) in each sample to identify signals of multiple strains. …”
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Enhancing Soil Moisture Prediction in Drought-Prone Agricultural Regions Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Approaches by Xizhuoma Zha, Shaofeng Jia, Yan Han, Wenbin Zhu, Aifeng Lv

“…This study introduces a novel approach that, for the first time, employs a continuous time series of near-surface soil moisture as the upper boundary condition in the Richards equation to estimate high-resolution root-zone soil moisture in the North China Plain, thus enabling its large-scale application. …”
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