Autograft dilation after Ross procedure in children and young adults is mitigated by autograft reinforcement: A retrospective MRI study by Raphael Seiler, Robin Stenzel, Viktoria Weixler, Milena Muiznieks, Marina Gürtner, Felix Berger, Titus Kühne, Mi-Young Cho, Joachim Photiadis, Marcus Kelm, Peter Murin

“…In conclusion, our model predicted autograft dilation over time in patients after Ross procedure, aiding clinicians in making data-driven decisions regarding the optimal timing of the procedure and the selection of the most effective surgical strategy.…”
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Freezing-Thawing Damage Mechanism of Coal Gangue Concrete Based on Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Scanning Electron Microscopy, and N2 Adsorption by Bowen Hou, Jisheng Qiu, Peng Guo, Xujun Gao, Ruyi Zhang

“…And when the replacement rate is 40%, degradation mitigation performance is optimal. Due to the particularity of MT shape, T pores are dominant in coal gangue concrete matrix, which is different from the microstructure of ordinary concrete and can reduce the structural deterioration caused by freeze-thaw. …”
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Low Infection Rate after Tumor Hip Arthroplasty for Metastatic Bone Disease in a Cohort Treated with Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis by Werner H. Hettwer, Peter Frederik Horstmann, Thea Bechmann Hovgaard, Tomas Andreas Grum-Scwensen, Michael M. Petersen

“…Compared to conventional hip arthroplasty, endoprosthetic reconstruction after tumor resection is associated with a substantially increased risk of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), with reported rates of around 10% in a recent systematic review. The optimal duration of antibiotic prophylaxis for this patient population remains unknown. …”
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Health Status of Spiny Lobster Panulirus homarus with Sub-Mersible Net Cage System in the Different Depths at Kepulauan Seribu, DKI Jakarta by Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Irzal Effendi, Yani Hadiroseyani, Tatag Budiardi, Iis Diatin, Mia Setiawati, Yuni Puji Hastuti, Agus Oman Sudrajat, Yonvitner, Sri Nuryati, Putri Utami

“… ABSTRACT Cultivation of Panulirus homarus lobster is now carried out with sub-mersible net cage system at a certain depth in order to obtain optimal temperature, light and water pressure. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the health status of the sand lobster P. homarus which was kept in sub-mersible net cage system measuring 250 cm × 272 cm × 135 cm with a depth of 6 m and 8 m in the waters of Semak Daun Island, Seribu Islands, DKI Jakarta. …”
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Service Learning in Medical Education: Basic Approaches to Discipline Design by M. V. Prokhorova, O. R. Chepyuk, A. E. Mazanova, N. G. Briandinskaia, S. V. Nemirova

“…On the other hand, the tight schedule and rigid academic discipline in medical university require stability and certainty in the educational process, which is at odds with the project activity logic, that is characterised by flexibility and changeability of the external environment. The search for optimal organisational conditions for the implementation of project activities in a medical university can be the subject of further research on the topic of the publication.…”
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Establishment of Gill-Derived Primary Cell Cultures from Largemouth Bass (<i>Micropterus salmoides</i>) as an Alternative Platform for Studying Host–Virus Interactions by Ziwen Wang, Li Nie, Chenjie Fei, Jiong Chen

“…Gill tissues were enzymatically dissociated, and their cells were cultured in M199 supplemented with 20% fetal bovine serum at 25 °C, yielding optimal growth. Viral replication within these primary cells was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy, and further qRT-PCR demonstrated the upregulation of antiviral genes (<i>IFN1</i>, <i>Mx1</i>, <i>ISG15</i>, and <i>Viperin</i>). …”
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Management of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Spain: Challenges for Treat and Extend Implementation in Routine Clinical Practice by A. García-Layana, J. García-Arumí, M. S. Figueroa, L. Arias Barquet, J. M. Ruíz-Moreno, L. Monclús-Arbona, The Spanish AMD Multicenter Group

“…Although treat and extend (T&E) dosing strategy is considered as optimal for wAMD management (78% of the panelists), the main routine healthcare limitations (i.e., visits overload, reduced staff, short visit time, coordination issues, lack of facilities) conduct to self-defined “flexible” strategies, based on T&E and pro-re-nata (PRN) protocols. …”
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BeiDou Satellites Assistant Determination by Receiving Other GNSS Downlink Signals by Lei Chen, Ke Zhang, Xiangwei Zhu, Yangbo Huang, Gang Ou, Huicui Liu

“…Finally, the scheme of deploying 3 receiving antennas is proved to be optimal by analysis and simulations over the middle earth orbit (MEO), geostationary earth orbit (GEO), and the inclined geosynchronous satellite orbit (IGSO). …”
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Development of a rapid detection technology system for noxious plants based on a novel isothermal amplification technique by Ting Zhang, Ting Zhang, Han Xu, Mengdi Liu, Wei Zhang

“…We targeted the seeds, leaves, and grain impurities of four major noxious weeds: Amaranthus palmeri, the A.tuberculatus complex, Rhaponticum repens, and Euphrosyne xanthiifolia, we designed and screened primers and probes suitable for this isothermal amplification method, determined their limit of detection, optimized the genomic DNA extraction methods, and verified the method. …”
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A Compact Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna for LTE Mobile Handset Applications by Munyong Choi, Hyunho Wi, Byeonggwi Mun, Yonghyun Yoon, Hyunwoo Lee, Byungje Lee

“…The proposed antenna has two PIN diodes with an optimal location. For State 1 (PIN diode 1: ON state, PIN diode 2: OFF state), the proposed antenna covers the low frequency LTE band, DCS/PCS/WCDMA bands, and high frequency LTE band. …”
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A Surgical Cryoprobe for Targeted Transcorneal Freezing and Endothelial Cell Removal by Alina Akhbanbetova, Shinichiro Nakano, Stacy L. Littlechild, Robert D. Young, Madara Zvirgzdina, Nigel J. Fullwood, Ian Weston, Philip Weston, Shigeru Kinoshita, Naoki Okumura, Noriko Koizumi, Andrew J. Quantock

“…Reproducible endothelial damage was optimally achieved using a 3.4 mm diameter cryoprobe with a concave tip profile. …”
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Structural analysis of light chain-driven bispecific antibodies targeting CD47 and PD-L1 by Pauline Malinge, Xavier Chauchet, Jérémie Bourguignon, Nicolas Bosson, Sébastien Calloud, Tereza Bautzova, Marie Borlet, Mette Laursen, Vinardas Kelpsas, Nadia Rose, Franck Gueneau, Ulla Ravn, Giovanni Magistrelli, Nicolas Fischer

“…The anti-CD47 Fab was affinity optimized by diversifying complementary-determining regions of the LC followed by phage display selections. …”
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Designing the trajectories of variant teaching of the basics of artificial intelligence in the school course of computer science taking into account the possibilities of project-re... by Sergey D. Karakozov, Nadezhda N. Samylkina

“…Designing trajectories of variant teaching of the basics of artificial intelligence in the school course of computer science, taking into account the possibilities of project-research and extracurricular activities, allows to optimize needs of students and resources of educational organizations.…”
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PILOT STUDY REGARDING AN ONLINE METHOD FOR DENTAL RADIOLOGY STUDENTS’ ASSESEMENT EXPERIMENTALLY APPLIED DURING THE 2020 PANDEMIC by Dragos Epistatu, Serban Dan Predescu, Manuela Solomon, Alexandru Croitoru, Carmen Larisa Nicolae, Ruxandra Sfeatcu, Cosmina Mironov

“…It also showed the topics that needed to be better explained for an optimized learning.…”
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Organization of live animal transportation process in the Russian Federation by M. A. Shibayev, I. M. Klinovitskaya, A. V. Belchikhina, A. K. Karaulov

“…The results of the analysis performed can be used to optimize the control of animal transportation in the territory of the Russian Federation by competent authorities.…”
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Autonomous inverse encoding guides 4D nanoprinting for highly programmable shape morphing by Shuaiqi Ren, Zhiang Zhang, Ruokun He, Jiahao Fan, Guangming Wang, Hesheng Wang, Bing Han, Yong-Lai Zhang, Zhuo-Chen Ma

“…However, due to the lack of autonomous holistic strategies throughout the target shape input, optimal material distribution generation, and fabrication program output, 4D nanoprinting that permits arbitrary shape morphing remains a challenging task for manual design. …”
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Enhanced Tribological Properties of Ethylene Glycol-Based Lubricants by Nitrogen–Phosphorus Co-Doped Carbon Dots by Haiyang Wang, Zhongyi He, Kai Qiu, Liping Xiong, Lili Li, Jian Liu

“…Furthermore, increasing the concentration of eNP-CDs further reduced the friction coefficient of the base lubricant, and at its optimal concentration, it outperformed 6NP-CDs in terms of wear resistance and friction reduction. …”
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Rationale and Design of the First Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial with Allogeneic Adipose Tissue-Derived Stromal Cell Therapy in Patients with Ischemic Heart Failure: A Phas... by Jens Kastrup, Morten Schou, Ida Gustafsson, Olav W. Nielsen, Rasmus Møgelvang, Klaus F. Kofoed, Charlotte Kragelund, Jens Dahlgaard Hove, Andreas Fabricius-Bjerre, Merete Heitman, Mandana Haack-Sørensen, Lisbeth Drozd Lund, Ellen Mønsted Johansen, Abbas Ali Qayyum, Anders Bruun Mathiasen, Annette Ekblond

“…Ischemic heart failure (IHF) has a poor prognosis in spite of optimal therapy. We have established a new allogeneic Cardiology Stem Cell Centre adipose-derived stromal cell (CSCC_ASC) product from healthy donors. …”
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Some Rare Earth Elements Analysis by Microwave Plasma Torch Coupled with the Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry by Xiaohong Xiong, Tao Jiang, Wenhao Qi, Jun Zuo, Meiling Yang, Qiang Fei, Saijin Xiao, Aimin Yu, Zhiqiang Zhu, Huanwen Chen

“…For some REEs, the generated composite ions were detected in both positive and negative ion modes and further characterized in tandem mass spectrometry. Under the optimized conditions, the limit of detection (LOD) was at the level 0.1 ng/mL using MS2 procedure in negative mode. …”
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BerryPortraits: Phenotyping Of Ripening Traits in cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) with YOLOv8 by Jenyne Loarca, Tyr Wiesner-Hanks, Hector Lopez-Moreno, Andrew F. Maule, Michael Liou, Maria Alejandra Torres-Meraz, Luis Diaz-Garcia, Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, Jeffrey Neyhart, James Polashock, Gina M. Sideli, Christopher F. Strock, Craig T. Beil, Moira J. Sheehan, Massimo Iorizzo, Amaya Atucha, Juan Zalapa

“…As an open source phenotyping tool based on widely-used python libraries, BerryPortraits allows anyone to use, fork, modify, optimize, and embed this software into other tools or pipelines.…”
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