Strategic enhancement of joint strength in dissimilar Al/Mg alloys: a workable approach for aerospace application by S. Suresh, Elango Natarajan, Kalaimani Markandan, S. Sudhagar, Gnanasambandam Anbuchezhiyan, R. Elayaraja

“…The incorporation of SiC significantly enhances the strength of the joints, achieving a maximum of 5.68 kN, 22.7% increase compared to SiC-free Al/Mg joints. This improvement underscores potentiality of SiC as a reinforcing element in strengthening dissimilar metal joints and demonstrates the effectiveness of it in dissimilar Al/Mg joints, making them suitable for aerospace and automotive applications.…”
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Characterization, Dissolution, and Solubility of Zn-Substituted Hydroxylapatites [(ZnxCa1−x)5(PO4)3OH] at 25°C by Xin Zhao, Yinian Zhu, Zongqiang Zhu, Yanpeng Liang, Yanlong Niu, Ju Lin

“…This tendency was consistent with the dependency of the lattice parameter a on XZn. The corresponding free energies of formation (ΔGfo) increased lineally from −6310.45 kJ/mol to −5979.39 kJ/mol with the increasing XZn from 0.00 to 0.16.…”
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Perspectives of substance use disorder counselors on the benefits and drawbacks of medications for opioid use disorder by Nicholas C. Cardamone, Rebecca E. Stewart, Kyle M. Kampman, Steven C. Marcus

“…Counselors were asked to describe, in a free-response format, the most important advantages and disadvantages to communicate to their clients about taking buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone. …”
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Metastatic Small Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder That Recurred in the Vagina 6 Years after Radical Cystectomy: A Case Report by Makoto Isono, Keiichi Ito, Shinsuke Hamada, Masahiro Takahashi, Hidenori Sasa, Hideyuki Shimazaki, Tomohiko Asano

“…Herein, we report a patient with recurrent SCC of the urinary bladder who experienced an unusually long-term disease-free duration after radical cystectomy. The patient was a 60-year-old woman who had undergone transurethral resection followed by radical cystectomy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (high-grade urothelial carcinoma with adenocarcinomatous differentiation) 6 years prior; the surgical specimen had a negative surgical margin. …”
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Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 by Apostolos Pourtsidis, Dimitrios Doganis, Margarita Baka, Despina Bouhoutsou, Maria Varvoutsi, Maria Synodinou, Panagiota Giamarelou, Helen Kosmidis

“…Aggressive surgery and complete excision significantly improves disease-free survival. The usefulness of radiation therapy in MPNSTs is not determined although all patients will receive radiation therapy at some stage of the disease. …”
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Combination therapy of low-dose radiotherapy and immunotherapy in advanced metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a case report and literature review by Chun-Qiao Chen, Hui Huang, Min Pan, Zhe Jia, Jing Zhang, Qiu-Qiu Chen

“…This combination therapy approach alleviated patient symptoms, improved bone changes in the L5 vertebral body and resolved the tumor without any adverse effects signals. The progression-free survival (PFS) has reached 27 months and he is currently stable without tumor recurrence. …”
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Machine learning-enhanced SERS for accurate azoospermia diagnosis via seminal plasma exosome analysis by Jiarui Wang, Shiyan Jiang, Jiaxin Shi, Jing Wang, Shengrong Du, Zufang Huang

“…This integrated SERS and machine learning approach offers a sensitive, label-free, and objective diagnostic tool for early detection and monitoring of azoospermia, potentially enhancing clinical outcomes and patient management.…”
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Do antibody CDR loops change conformation upon binding? by Chu’nan Liu, Lilian M. Denzler, Oliver E.C. Hood, Andrew C.R. Martin

“…With an increasing number of antibodies where both free and complexed structures have been deposited in the Protein Data Bank, a large-scale survey of CDR conformational change during binding is now possible. …”
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Bioelectrical Impedance and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Assessments of Changes in Body Composition Following Exercise in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Masae Miyatani, Pearl Yang, Scott Thomas, B. Catharine Craven, Paul Oh

“…Forty-four adults with T2DM, age 53.2±9.1 years; BMI 30.8±5.9 kg/m2 participated in a 6-month exercise program with pre and post intervention assessments of body composition. Fat free mass (FFM), % body fat (%FM) and fat mass (FM) were measured by LBIA (TBF-300A) and DXA. …”
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Where are the data linking infant outcomes, breastfeeding and medicine exposure? A systematic scoping review. by Sue Jordan, Sophia Komninou, Sandra Lopez Leon

“…<h4>Method</h4>We searched 12 electronic databases, including PubMed/ Medline and Scopus, using a combination of controlled vocabulary (MeSH terms) and free text terms. We included studies reporting data from databases with information on breastfeeding, medicines exposure, and infant outcomes. …”
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Deep learning classification of MGMT status of glioblastomas using multiparametric MRI with a novel domain knowledge augmented mask fusion approach by İlker Özgür Koska, Çağan Koska

“…These fusion masks, which were guided by multiple sequences, helped collect information from the regions that seem disease-free to radiologists in standard MRI sequences while harboring pathology. …”
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Variation-Difference Method of Calculation of Layered Rubber-Metal Vibration Isolators Used for Protection of Reinforced Concrete Buildings from Anthropogenic Vibration by D. K. Sizov

“…Most often, to determine their static and dynamic characteristics, the finite element method (FEM) is used, which makes it possible to determine all components of the stress-strain state and frequencies of free oscillations in the loaded state practically for any structural forms of isolators. …”
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Treatment of a Femur Nonunion with Microsurgical Corticoperiosteal Pedicled Flap from the Medial Femoral Condyle by Matteo Guzzini, Cosma Calderaro, Marco Guidi, Carolina Civitenga, Germano Ferri, Andrea Ferretti

“…This flap is usually harvested as a free flap for the reconstruction of bone defects at forearm, distal radius, carpus, hand, and recently at lower limb too. …”
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A Mathematical Model for the Growth Dynamics of Demand in the Fashion Industry within the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic by John Awuah Addor, Anthony Joe Turkson, Douglas Yenwon Kparib

“…The study revealed that the disease-free equilibrium was both locally and globally asymptotically stable (LAS and GAS) for R0≤1, while the disease-endemic equilibrium was both LAS and GAS for R0≥1. …”
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Interleukin-15 Affects Patient Survival through Natural Killer Cell Recovery after Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas by Luis F. Porrata, David J. Inwards, Ivana N. Micallef, Patrick B. Johnston, Stephen M. Ansell, William J. Hogan, Svetomir N. Markovic

“…Natural killer cells at day 15 (NK-15), after autologous peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (APHSCT), is a prognostic factor for overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). …”
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Pulmonary Embolism and Intracardiac Type A Thrombus with an Unexpected Outcome by João Português, Lucy Calvo, Margarida Oliveira, Vítor Hugo Pereira, Joana Guardado, Mário Rui Lourenço, Olga Azevedo, Francisco Ferreira, Filipa Canário-Almeida, António Lourenço

“…Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a free-floating type A thrombus in the right atrium, protruding into the right ventricle, and signs of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricle dysfunction. …”
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Study on Artifacts Elimination for Three-Dimensional Interaction Virtual Reality Corridors by Xiaofan Liu, Jinye Wang, Wenjun Zheng, Ying Chen, Er Wu

“…Our team had proposed a Ground Control Points-free three-dimensional interactive virtual reality (3DIVR) for building scene models. …”
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Comparison of different feedback controllers on an airfoil benchmark by L. Michel, C. Braud, J.-P. Barbot, J.-P. Barbot, F. Plestan, D. Peaucelle, X. Boucher

“…<p>The present paper proposes a comparison of three well-established controllers: a robust proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controller (<span class="cit" id="xref_altparen.1"><a href="#bib1.bibx13">Conord and Peaucelle</a>, <a href="#bib1.bibx13">2021</a></span>), a model-free control (<span class="cit" id="xref_altparen.2"><a href="#bib1.bibx14">Fliess and Join</a>, <a href="#bib1.bibx14">2013</a>, <a href="#bib1.bibx15">2022</a></span>) and an adaptive sliding-mode control based on the super-twisting algorithm (<span class="cit" id="xref_altparen.3"><a href="#bib1.bibx37">Shtessel et al.…”
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Investigation of Gamma Radiation Shielding in NiMnGa-Doped Multifunctional Smart Polymer Composites Using Geant4 and WinXCOM by Mediha Kök, Mustafa Ersin Pekdemir, Seçil Niksarlıoğlu, Serpil Yalçın Kuzu, Mustafa Kaya

“…The radiation protection ability of the composites and the pure alloy were assessed by calculating key parameters, including the mass attenuation coefficient (μm), linear attenuation coefficient (μ), half value layer (HVL), tenth value layer (TVL), and mean free path (MFP). The analyses indicated strong agreement between the results obtained from Geant4 and WinXCOM, demonstrating the performance of the software in investigating the radiation shielding characteristics of polymer-based materials. …”
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BRAF mutant appendiceal adenocarcinoma differs from colorectal cancer but responds to BRAF-targeted therapy by Vinay K. Pattalachinti, Emaan Haque, Mahmoud Yousef, Abdelrahman Yousef, Saikat Chowdhury, Michael Overman, Christine M. Parseghian, Van K. Morris, Bryan Kee, Ryan W. Huey, Kanwal Raghav, Colin M. Court, John Paul Shen

“…BRAFV600E + EGFR inhibition shows efficacy in BRAF V600E AA (disease control rate = 80%, median progression-free survival = 7.1 months).…”
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