A Microfluidic Biosensor for Quantitative Detection of <i>Salmonella</i> in Traditional Chinese Medicine by Yutong Wu, Yang Liu, Jinchen Ma, Shanxi Zhu, Xiaojun Zhao, Huawei Mou, Xuanqi Ke, Zhisheng Wu, Yifei Wang, Sheng Lin, Wuzhen Qi

“…Immune gold@platinum nanocatalysts (Au@PtNCs) were utilized for specific bacterial labeling, while magnetic nano-beads (MNBs) with a novel high-gradient magnetic field were employed for the specific capture of bacteria. …”
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Microstructural optimization by two-step tempering treatment and quantitative analysis of microstructure effect on the toughness at −40 °C in CrNiMoV steel by Li Wang, Junwei Qin, Yuzhi Zhu, Kaixuan Chen, Yanlin Wang, Zidong Wang

“…This study proposes a novel two-step tempering process that optimizes the microstructure by shortening tempering time and accelerating cooling, effectively avoiding the strength-ductility trade-off. …”
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Public support for smoke-free private indoor and public outdoor areas in the Netherlands: A trend analysis from 2018– 2022 by Nienke W. Boderie, Sabri Ennissay, Wilhelmina IJzelenberg, Frank J. van Lenthe, Jessica Baars, Jasper V. Been

“…Introduction In addition to smoke-free policies in indoor public and workplaces, governments increasingly implement smoke-free policies at beaches, in parks, playgrounds and private cars (‘novel smoke-free policies’). An important element in the implementation of such policies is public support. …”
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Long-read sequencing revealed complex biallelic pentanucleotide repeat expansions in RFC1-related Parkinson’s disease by Peng Liu, Fan Zhang, Xinhui Chen, Xiaosheng Zheng, Miao Chen, Zhiru Lin, Shuqi Chen, Lebo Wang, Xinchen Wang, Nan Jin, Chenxin Ying, Fei Xie, Bo Wang, Sheng Wu, Zhidong Cen, Wei Luo

“…RNA foci were detected in the (AGGGG)exp-expressed HEK293T cell line as well as (AAGGG)exp and (ACAGG)exp, supporting (AGGGG)exp as a novel pathogenic repeat motif. This work revealed complex genotypes with novel repeat configuration of (AGGGG)exp and possible somatic (AATGG)exp insertion in RFC1-related PD.…”
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Endoscopic Nipple- or Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Breast Reconstruction with Endoscopic Harvesting of the Latissimus Dorsi Flap: A Preliminary Experience of an Innovative... by Yu Feng, Nan Wen, Faqing Liang, Jiao Zhou, Xiangquan Qin, Xinran Liu, Juan Li, Mengxue Qiu, Huanzuo Yang, Zhenggui Du

“…The aim of this study was to describe the preliminary outcomes of our novel surgical technique, which allows the performance of E-N/SSM and E-LDMF harvest for immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) through a single cosmetic axillary incision for breast cancer patients. …”
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Six new species of zombie-ant fungi from Yunnan in China by Dexiang Tang, Ou Huang, Weiqiu Zou, Yuanbing Wang, Yao Wang, Quanying Dong, Tao Sun, Gang Yang, Hong Yu

“…This study contributes towards a better understanding of the evolutionary relationship between hosts and fungi, and provides novel insights into the morphology, distribution, parasitism, and ecology of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis sensu lato. …”
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A Semi-Supervised Attention Model for Identifying Authentic Sneakers by Yang Yang, Nengjun Zhu, Yifeng Wu, Jian Cao, Dechuan Zhan, Hui Xiong

“…Specifically, the SSA model has a self-attention structure for different images of a labeled sneaker and a novel prototypical loss is designed to exploit unlabeled data within the data structure. …”
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Enhanced green density of binder jetted tungsten heavy alloys with an inorganic metal salt binder by Yuhua Heng, Yiwei Mao, Kunhao Feng, Jianan Zheng, Yingmi Xie, Qingsong Wei

“…This paper introduced a novel inorganic metal salt binder that could generate nanoparticles in situ among the substrate powders. …”
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The search for microRNAs potentially involved in the selfrenewal maintaining of laboratory rat pluripotent stem cells by V. V. Sherstyuk, S. P. Medvedev, M. T. Ri, Y. V. Vyatkin, O. V. Saik, D. N. Shtokalo, S. M. Zakian

“…In addition, novel members of these processes were revealed among novel rat miRNAs. …”
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How to Unread Shelley Jackson ? by Stéphane Vanderhaeghe

“…This article aims at examining the activity of reading as it is precisely questioned by Shelley Jackson’s novel, Half Life. Playing on binary oppositions and twinning, the text undoes itself as it displays its attraction to blankness and erasure.…”
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A Data-Driven Air Transportation Delay Propagation Model Using Epidemic Process Models by B. Baspinar, E. Koyuncu

“…This paper introduces a novel delay propagation model utilizing epidemic spreading process, which enables the definition of novel performance indicators and interaction rates of the elements of the air transportation network. …”
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Kinetic and Isothermal Investigations of Cost-Effective Sorptive Elimination of Gentian Violet Dye from Water Using Haplophragma adenophyllum Biowaste by Momal Akram, Muhammad Salman, Rabia Rehman, Umar Farooq, Samra Tahir, Huma Nazir

“…A novel biosorbent, Haplophragma adenophyllum (HAB) was employed to explore the biosorption mechanism of Gentian Violet (GV) dye. …”
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The Optimization of the Location of the Cargo in Three-Dimension Shelf: Employing the FP-Tree and the Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithms by Shuiwang Zhang, Linping Fu, Rui Wang, Rong Chen

“…The performance and efficiency of the novel introduced method have been confirmed by running the experiment. …”
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Apocalypse Now: Dombey in the Twenty-First Century by Jennifer Gribble

“…And renewed currency is being given to the Victorian debate about God, pursued in this novel’s remorselessly ticking clocks and watches, weighing railway time against the end-time of 1840s millenarianism and the timelessness of eternity. …”
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Obesity as a Major Risk Factor for Cancer by Giovanni De Pergola, Franco Silvestris

“…To be able to develop novel methods in prevention and treatment, we first must understand the underlying processes which link cancer to obesity. …”
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Periodic cooking of eggs by Emilia Di Lorenzo, Francesca Romano, Lidia Ciriaco, Nunzia Iaccarino, Luana Izzo, Antonio Randazzo, Pellegrino Musto, Ernesto Di Maio

“…Through mathematical modeling and subsequent simulation, we are able to design the novel cooking method, namely periodic cooking. Comparison with established egg cooking procedures through a plethora of characterization techniques, including Sensory Analysis, Texture Profile Analysis and FT-IR spectroscopy, confirms the different cooking extents and the different variations in protein denaturation with the novel approach. …”
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Model of AlGaN/GaN based on High Electron Mobility Transistors using SILVACO ATLAS™ by El-Yazami Chaimae, Bri Seddik, El Fadl Adiba

“…With advancements in technology, semiconductor products' performance requirements keep rising. Research on novel materials and device structures is required to meet the criteria. …”
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Safety-Critical Trajectory Tracking Control with Safety-Enhanced Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle by Tianli Li, Jiaming Tao, Yu Hu, Shiyu Chen, Yue Wei, Bo Zhang

“…This paper investigates a novel reinforcement learning (RL)-based quadratic programming (QP) method for the safety-critical trajectory tracking control of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). …”
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‘Only Brooks of Sheffield’: Conversation, Crossover Writing, and Child and Adult Perspectives in David Copperfield and Its Juvenile Adaptations by Hannah Field

“…In the final section, I argue that the relative unimportance of conversation in the adaptations, as opposed to Dickens’s novel, cannot be attributed to concerns with suitability or intelligibility alone. …”
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