Unraveling the microbial mysteries: gut microbiota’s role in ulcerative colitis by Keyu Ren, Chunming Yong, Yanchun Jin, Shanwei Rong, Kuijin Xue, Bin Cao, Hongyun Wei

“…Finally, we consider the combined use of antibiotics and biological agents in UC treatment, discussing their synergistic effects and potential drawbacks. …”
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Solving Spatial Optimization Problems via Lagrangian Relaxation and Automatic Gradient Computation by Zhen Lei, Ting L. Lei

“…By automating the (sub)gradient computation, we significantly lower the cost of developing a Lagrangian algorithm for the <i>p</i>-median. …”
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Faster model-based estimation of ancestry proportions by Santander, Cindy G., Refoyo Martinez, Alba, Meisner, Jonas

“…In a simulation study, we demonstrate that the model-based approaches of fastmixture and ADMIXTURE are significantly more accurate than recent and likelihood-free approaches. …”
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Object Detection Post Processing Accelerator Based on Co-Design of Hardware and Software by Dengtian Yang, Lan Chen, Xiaoran Hao, Yiheng Zhang

“…To minimize unnecessary comparisons in Top-K sorting, we have improved the bitonic sorter by developing a hybrid bitonic algorithm. …”
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Bacteriocin-like peptides encoded by a horizontally acquired island mediate Neisseria gonorrhoeae autolysis. by Katy Poncin, Samantha A McKeand, Hayley Lavender, Kacper Kurzyp, Odile B Harrison, Annabell Roberti, Charlotte Melia, Errin Johnson, Martin C J Maiden, David R Greaves, Rachel Exley, Christoph M Tang

“…We identified a ~3.4 kb horizontally acquired region, we termed the nap island, which is largely restricted to the gonococcus and meningococcus. …”
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An Analysis of Urban Livability for Children with Scenario Planning Approach (Case Study: District 3 of Tabriz) by Shahrivar Rostaei, Fariba Kouhi Gholghasem

“…We divided these 47 variables into four environmental, physical, social, and economic groups. …”
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Optimization of Data Distributed Network System under Uncertainty by Laxminarayan Sahoo, Supriyan Sen, Kalishankar Tiwary, Sovan Samanta, Tapan Senapati

“…Here, we have used triangular fuzzy numbers to express uncertain traffic rates and data processing rates. …”
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Feasibility and Safely of Oral Rehydration Therapy before Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection by Yasutoshi Shiratori, Takashi Ikeya, Kenji Nakamura, Katsuyuki Fukuda

“…This study is aimed at evaluating the safety and feasibility of PORT before upper gastrointestinal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). Methods. We used alginade water (125 mL, Nestle Co., Kobe, Japan) for PORT. …”
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On the enhancement of estimator efficiency of population variance through stratification, transformation, and formulation with application to COVID-19 data by Hameed Ali, Zafar Mahmood, T.H. AlAbdulaal

“…We conduct simulation studies and empirical analysis using COVID-19 data and artificial data to assess and validate our methods thoroughly. …”
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Applied aspects of modern non-blind image deconvolution methods by O.B. Chaganova, A.S. Grigoryev, D.P. Nikolaev, I.P. Nikolaev

“…Based on the results of the study, we provided recommendations for more effective use of modern non-blind image deconvolution methods. …”
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Spread and Control of Mobile Benign Worm Based on Two-Stage Repairing Mechanism by Meng Wang, Zhide Chen, Li Xu, Huan Zhan

“…Considering whether the existence of benign worm, we simplified the model and analyzed the four situations. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Conceptualising a channel-based overlapping CNN tower architecture for COVID-19 identification from CT-scan images by Ravi Shekhar Tiwari, Lakshmi D, Tapan Kumar Das, Kathiravan Srinivasan, Chuan-Yu Chang

“…We have developed a neural network based on the number of channels present in the images. …”
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High-Performance 3D Compressive Sensing MRI Reconstruction Using Many-Core Architectures by Daehyun Kim, Joshua Trzasko, Mikhail Smelyanskiy, Clifton Haider, Pradeep Dubey, Armando Manduca

“…We then show that Intel's Knights Ferry can perform the same 3D MRI reconstruction in only 12 seconds, bringing CS methods even closer to clinical viability.…”
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Characteristics of Spring Phenological Changes in China over the Past 50 Years by Junhu Dai, Huanjiong Wang, Quansheng Ge

“…In order to understand past plant phenological responses to climate change in China (1963–2009), we conducted trends analysis of spring phenophases based on observation data at 33 sites from the Chinese Phenological Observation Network (CPON). …”
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Twist angle-dependent transport properties of twisted bilayer graphene by Jin Hong Kim, Seoung-Hun Kang, Duhee Yoon, Hakseong Kim, Jin-Soo Kim, Mohd Musaib Haidari, Dong Jin Jang, Jin-Yong Ko, Young-Woo Son, Bae Ho Park, Jin Sik Choi

“…In addition, we demonstrated that the doping states and work functions were weakly dependent on the twist angles, as confirmed by additional first-principles calculations. …”
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Can the Implied Information of Options Predict the Liquidity of Stock Market? A Data-Driven Research Based on SSE 50ETF Options by Hairong Cui, Jinfeng Fei, Xunfa Lu

“…Through the regression analysis method, we examine the ability to predict the liquidity of the stock market. …”
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Frequency, Prevalence, Interaction, and Gender Differences of Six Psychosocial Factors in Patients Presenting to a Psychiatric Emergency Service by James C. Patterson II, Ovais Khalid, Sarah E. Wakefield, Justin K. Liegmann, Saima Maqsood, Rajeev Srivastava, Elizabeth Allen

“…We also looked at the relationship of these factors to race and gender…”
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Primary Ewing’s Sarcoma of the Spine in a Two-Year-Old Boy by Ali J. Electricwala, Jaffer T. Electricwala

“…To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to report primary ES of the spine at the age of two years.…”
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Non-coding parts of genomes as the basis of epigenetic heredity by R. N. Mustafin, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…We hypothesized that the basis of epigenetic regulation of genomes in ontogenesis is the specificity of the distribution, number and composition of transposons. …”
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Foresight of urban management of Marand through the Oregan Model by Hamid Pir Alilou, Bashir Beg Babaei, Parviz Norouzi sani

“…The Oregan model is a process composed of four steps, each of which is built on the basis of a simple question: Where are we now? Where are we going? where shall we be? How to get there? …”
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