Feasibility and parameter optimization of ground-to-satellite uplink continuous-variable quantum key distribution by Jin Cheng, Yujie Chen, Ao Liu, Xin Sun, Junjie Guo, Bohan Yang, Peng Yin, Wenbo Liu, Lanjian Chen, Chen Dong

“…Continuous variable QKD (CV-QKD) shows the advantages of a high secure key rate generation and compatibility in the fiber channel, but the communication range is limited by low attenuation tolerance. …”
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Simple and scalable manufacturing of metal/carbon hybrid EMI shielding fabric across a broad frequency range by YeonJoo Lee, Jungjoon Kim, Youngkyun Kim, Hyokyung Sung, Jae Bok Seol, Kisub Cho, HwiJun Kim, Hyunjoo Choi

“…This study introduces a commercially viable aluminum/carbon fiber (Al/CF) hybrid shielding material fabricated using a simple pressing process to overcome the limitations of conventional chemical methods. …”
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Antithrombin III deficiency and idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a case report by Mansoureh Togha, Yousef Mokary, Elham Jafari

“…As a result, the patient’s papilledema, macular thickness, and nerve fiber layer edema decreased, as observed by fundoscopy and optical coherence tomography. …”
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Creation of Structural Polymer Composite Materials for Functional Application Using Physicochemical Modification by Aleksandr E. Kolosov, Volodymyr I. Sivetskii, Elena P. Kolosova, Volodymyr V. Vanin, Aleksandr V. Gondlyakh, Dmytro E. Sidorov, Igor I. Ivitskiy

“…The efficiency of creating carbon fiber composite materials, as well as the prospects for creating of these materials based on reinforcing fabric with nanomodified fillers, is described. …”
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Investigation of Chlorophyll Mutations in Gamma Irradiated Naked Barley Genotypes by Saime İkincikarakaya, Güray Akdogan, Namuk Ergün

“…The consumption of naked barley is significantly increasing as more people become aware of its benefi-cial role as a source of dietary fiber and β-glucan. As a result, breeding programs paid more attention to naked barley. …”
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Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and gut microbiota composition: what do we know? by Veronica Maria Tagi, Veronica Maria Tagi, Martina Tosi, Martina Tosi, Ilenia Pia Greco, Eliana Stucchi, Elvira Verduci, Elvira Verduci, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti

“…The potential connection between gut microbiota and neuropsychiatric symptoms in PANDAS might suggest the importance of dietary interventions, such as promoting the Mediterranean diet and fiber intake, to reduce the inflammatory state of this patients and therefore improve their outcome.…”
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Design of a Ka-band Wideband Multibeam Phased Array by GUAN Jin, SUN Jie, XING Chen, LIAO Yi, LI Yi

“…The sub-array post-stage adopts the Optical True Time Delay (OTTD) method based on optical switching, high-precision optical fiber delay line and wavelength division multiplexing to realize multi-channel delay and multi-beam synthesis of the sub-array stage.…”
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Transcriptome-based insights into the calcium transport mechanism of chick chorioallantoic membrane by Qun Huang, Ran Yang, Qia Wang, Hui Teng, Hongbo Song, Fang Geng, Peng Luo

“…Simultaneously, the observation of the ultrastructure of the eggshell showed that the interstice of the fiber layer was enlarged at E13, and the mastoid layer was partly exposed. …”
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A comparative study of proximate compositions, phytochemical constituents, and anti-nutritional contents of pulps and seeds of Garcinia buchananii fruit by Zeneba Kadir Abdisa, Kumsa Negasa Andersa, Abebe Yimer Tadesse, Endris Hussen Ahmed, Tolcha Techane Alemu, Hayat Hassen Mohammed

“…The proximate analysis revealed that the pulp had higher moisture content (80.52 %) compared to the seed (42.4 %), whereas the seed contained more crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber and carbohydrate. However, the phytochemical constituents were relatively more abundant in the pulp compared to the seed. …”
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Sub-millimeter fiberscopic robot with integrated maneuvering, imaging, and biomedical operation abilities by Tieshan Zhang, Gen Li, Hao Ren, Liu Yang, Xiong Yang, Rong Tan, Yifeng Tang, Dong Guo, Haoxiang Zhao, Wanfeng Shang, Yajing Shen

“…This study introduces an optical fiber-based continuum robot integrated imaging, high-precision motion, and multifunctional operation abilities at submillimeter-scale. …”
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Use of combined CZM and XFEM techniques for the patch shape performance analysis on the behavior of a 2024-T3 aluminum structure reinforced with a composite patch by Kouider Madani, Safaa Chahrazed Djebbar, Nadia Kaddouri, Mohamed El Ajrami, Mohamed Belhouari

“…Current research aims to optimize the shape size and fiber's nature of this composite patch in order to ensure good load transfer by reducing the stresses in the damaged area. …”
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Effects of Dietary Strawberry Supplementation on Antioxidant Biomarkers in Obese Adults with Above Optimal Serum Lipids by Arpita Basu, Stacy Morris, Angel Nguyen, Nancy M. Betts, Dongxu Fu, Timothy J. Lyons

“…Control beverages were matched for calories and total fiber. Plasma antioxidant capacity, trace elements (copper, iron, selenium, and zinc), whole blood glutathione (GSH), and enzyme activity (catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and glutathione reductase) were examined at screening (0 week) and after 12 weeks’ intervention. …”
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Hormones and Hormonal Anabolics: Residues in Animal Source Food, Potential Public Health Impacts, and Methods of Analysis by Belachew B. Hirpessa, Beyza H. Ulusoy, Canan Hecer

“…To make the tests on the animal-origin food matrix, there are different sample extraction techniques such as accelerated solvent extraction, supercritical fluid extraction, solid phase extraction, solid-phase microextraction, and hollow-fiber liquid-phase microextraction. After sample preparation steps, the analytes of interest can be assayed by screening and confirmatory methods of analysis. …”
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Fermentation of poultry manure for improving its quality and safety as ruminant feed by Sharmeen Islam, A. K. M. Ahsan Kabir, Md. Rokibul Islam Khan

“…The organoleptic quality (color, smell, and texture), pH, nutritional components (organic matter, crude fiber, crude protein, ether extract, nitrogen-free extract), in-vitro organic matter digestibility, metabolizable energy, mineral contents (phosphorus, potassium, sulfur), heavy metals (lead, copper), and microbial properties (total coliform count, E-coli, Salmonella) of fermented PM at 0, 3, 5, and 7 days were evaluated. …”
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Gliadin Proteins in Muffins with Quinoa Flour by Vesna S. Gojković Cvjetković, Dragana M. Škuletić, Željka R. Marjanović-Balaban, Dragan P. Vujadinović, Danijela Z. Rajić, Vladimir M. Tomović

“…The results obtained could be a good starting point for the development of high-fiber, gluten-free, and more nutritionally valuable muffins.…”
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Designing and study of composites reinforced with shredded corn stalks using a variety of matrices based on dammar, epoxy and acrylic resins by Cosmin Mihai Mirițoiu, Dan Dobrotă, Daniela Popa

“…To increase the tensile and flexural strengths, facets made of a mixed fiber composition of 70 % silk and 30 % linen were applied. …”
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Detecting and measuring Microplastic pollution in Al Hoceima City's harbor, northern Morocco by Iliass Achoukhi, Yahya EL Hammoudani, Khadija Haboubi, Abdelhak Bourjila, Abdelaziz Touzani, Kamal Reklaoui, Fouad Dimane

“…The analysis revealed a dominance of polyethylene (70.2 %) and polypropylene (20.5 %) among the microplastics, primarily in fiber, fragment, and film forms, with sizes ranging from 0.10 to 6 mm. …”
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Poplar transformation with variable explant sources to maximize transformation efficiency by Haiwei Lu, Sara Jawdy, Jin-Gui Chen, Xiaohan Yang, Udaya C. Kalluri

“…The strong demand for a faster design-build-test-learn cycle, the essence of synthetic biology, is, however, still ill-matched with the long-standing issues of high tissue culture recalcitrance and low transformation efficiency of a wide range of plant species especially food, fiber and energy crops. To maximize the utility of plant material and improve the transformation productivity per unit plant form, we studied the regeneration and transformation efficiency of different types of explants, including leaf, stem, petiole, and root from Populus, a woody perennial bioenergy crop. …”
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Neurodegeneration in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus without Diabetic Retinopathy by Elena Garcia-Martin, Marta Cipres, Isabel Melchor, Laura Gil-Arribas, Elisa Vilades, Vicente Polo, Maria Jesus Rodrigo, Maria Satue

“…Macular ganglion cell layer (GCL) and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) were evaluated. Peripapillary RNFL thickness was assessed using Glaucoma and Axonal Analytics applications. …”
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Three-periodic 1D photonic crystals based on dielectric oxides SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2, ZrO2: an emerging class of structures with wide possibilities for applied photonics by I.S. Panyaev, D.G. Sannikov, Yu.S. Dadoenkova, N.N. Dadoenkova

“…The findings may give a competitive advantage in the development of polarization-sensitive couplers, highly sensitive angle sensors for fiber-optic systems, and optical filters operating in the infrared range.…”
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