Temperature influence on the repair of a hardfacing coating using laser metal deposition and assessment of the repair innocuity by Wilfried Pacquentin, Pierre Wident, Jérôme Varlet, Thomas Cailloux, Hicham Maskrot

“…We describe our process which successfully prevents crack formation both during and after the repair, highlighting the design of the preliminary part machining phase, induction heating of an extended part volume during the laser repair phase and the optimal scanning strategy. Local characterization using non-destructive testing, Vickers hardness measurements and microstructural examinations by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) show an excellent metallurgical quality of the repair and its interface with the original part. …”
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Phosphorus Dynamics in Managed and Natural Soils: SEM-PLS Analysis of <i>Vaccinium</i>, Forest, and Grassland Ecosystems by Chun Lu, Soh Sugihara, Satoshi Noma, Haruo Tanaka, Ryosuke Tajima, Shingo Matsumoto, Dai Hirose, Xueyan Zhang, Ning Wang, Takuya Ban

“…These findings underscore the critical importance of prioritizing chemical property management over physical modifications to optimize nutrient cycling, preserve soil fertility, and reduce reliance on external phosphorus inputs in agricultural systems. …”
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Effects of Biogas Slurry Drip Irrigation on Growth Performance of Brassica chinensis L. and Soil Nutrient Dynamics by DongXue Yin, Jiajun Qin, Dongdong Chen, Baozhong Wang, Wei Liu, Yingxian Wang, Weijuan Lan, Zhihao Wang, Jiachen Wang

“…The optimal amount of biogas slurry was determined to improve both the yield of Brassica chinensis L. …”
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Bias in Discontinuous Elevational Transects for Tracking Species Range Shifts by Shixuan Li, Jiannan Yao, Yang Lin, Siyu Wu, Zhongjie Yang, Chao Jin, Yuhan Zhang, Zhen Wang, Jinliang Liu, Guochun Shen, Mingjian Yu

“…Our pioneering assessment of bias in discontinuous elevational transects demonstrates that a 50 m quadrat spacing combined with a 60-year survey interval optimizes monitoring species range shifts for conservation planning. …”
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Physics-Based Self-Supervised Grasp Pose Detection by Jon Ander Ruiz, Ander Iriondo, Elena Lazkano, Ander Ansuategi, Iñaki Maurtua

“…Given a gripper-object pair, it samples grasping pose candidates using a modified version of GPD (implementing inner-grasps, CAD support…) and quantifies their quality using the MuJoCo physics engine and a grasp quality metric that takes into account the pose of the object over time. The system is optimized to run on CPU in headless-parallelized mode, with the option of running in a graphical interface or headless and storing videos of the process. …”
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Waist-to-Height Ratio Is a Better Anthropometric Index than Waist Circumference and BMI in Predicting Metabolic Syndrome among Obese Mexican Adolescents by Edel Rafael Rodea-Montero, María Lola Evia-Viscarra, Evelia Apolinar-Jiménez

“…To identify the degree of association between anthropometric indices and components of metabolic syndrome (MS) and to determine optimal cut-off points of these indices for predicting MS in obese adolescents. …”
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Interleukin-12p70 Expression by Dendritic Cells of HIV-1-Infected Patients Fails to Stimulate gag-Specific Immune Responses by Ellen Van Gulck, Nathalie Cools, Derek Atkinson, Lotte Bracke, Katleen Vereecken, Marc Vekemans, Viggo F. I. Van Tendeloo, Zwi N. Berneman, Guido Vanham

“…In the present study we investigated whether modulation of the activation state of DCs electroporated with consensus codon-optimized HxB2 gag mRNA enhances their capacity to induce HIV gag-specific T cell responses. …”
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An efficient measure for the isolation of chenodeoxycholic acid from chicken biles using enzyme-assisted extraction and macroporous resins refining by Biao Yang, Fangyun Lu, Pengpeng Li, Jingjing Ma, Jing Yang, Xinxiao Zhang, Mei Cheng, Wenjing Yu, Yao Chai, Ye Zou, Weimin Xu, Daoying Wang

“…For the assisted extraction of CDCA, the active bile salt hydrolase (BSH) from Bifidobacterium was heterologously expressed and applied, its activities on GCDCA and TCDCA were 4.96 ± 0.32 U/mg and 3.07 ± 0.031 U/mg and optimal catalytic conditions for the extraction of CDCA were determined as 0.04 g/g of the enzyme dosage, pH 5.0 and 38 °C. …”
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Murine model for chronic rhinosinusitis: an interventional study by Amr F. Hamour, John JW. Lee, Ewa Wasilewski, Eric Monteiro, John M. Lee, Allan Vescan, Lakshmi P. Kotra

“…To understand this disease entity and develop targeted treatments, a reproducible animal model is paramount. Aims/objectives To optimize a murine model of eosinophilic CRS by establishing benchmark histological markers and validate its fidelity in evaluating intranasal treatments. …”
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Bambara groundnut starch-soluble dietary fibre nanocomposite stabilised emulsions: Optimisation of emulsion stability and studies on time-dependent rheological properties by Yvonne Maphosa, Oladayo Adeyi, Daniel Imwansi Ikhu-Omoregbe, Victoria A. Jideani

“…The effect of emulsion components (Bambara groundnut starch-soluble dietary fibre nanocomposite (STASOL), orange oil and water) on the rheological and stability properties of STASOL-stabilised emulsions was optimised. A randomised d-optimal exchange mixture design was used to determine the ratio of STASOL, orange oil and water required for a stable emulsion. …”
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Prediction of the RFID Identification Rate Based on the Neighborhood Rough Set and Random Forest for Robot Application Scenarios by Hong-Gang Wang, Shan-Shan Wang, Ruo-Yu Pan, Sheng-Li Pang, Xiao-Song Liu, Zhi-Yong Luo, Sheng-Pei Zhou

“…With the rapid development of Internet of Things technology, RFID technology has been widely used in various fields. In order to optimize the RFID system hardware deployment strategy and improve the deployment efficiency, the prediction of the RFID system identification rate has become a new challenge. …”
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TSMGA: Temporal-Spatial Multiscale Graph Attention Network for Remote Sensing Change Detection by Xiaoyang Zhang, Genji Yuan, Zhen Hua, Jinjiang Li

“…In order to extend the sensory domain and optimize the information fusion, the model is able to capture temporal-spatial change features more accurately and improve the accuracy of change detection. …”
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Structural bioinformatics for rational drug design by Soroush Mozaffari, Agnethe Moen, Che Yee Ng, Gerry A.F. Nicolaes, Kanin Wichapong

“…Key techniques, including structure- and ligand-based virtual screening, molecular dynamics simulations, and artificial intelligence–driven models are allowing researchers to explore vast chemical spaces, investigate molecular interactions, predict binding affinity, and optimize drug candidates with unprecedented accuracy and efficiency. …”
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Leveraging advanced deep learning and machine learning approaches for snow depth prediction using remote sensing and ground data by Haytam Elyoussfi, Abdelghani Boudhar, Salwa Belaqziz, Mostafa Bousbaa, Karima Nifa, Bouchra Bargam, Abdelghani Chehbouni

“…The dataset was processed and normalized for optimal performance, and hyperparameters were fine-tuned using a randomized search method. …”
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Increasing food sustainability by utilization of biowaste to grow mealworms and their nutrient profile as human food by Nariman Ktil, Ida Holásková, Yong-Lak Park, Cangliang Shen, Kristen E. Matak, Jacek Jaczynski

“…Yellow mealworm is explored globally as sustainable food, creating a need to optimize its nutritional composition. This study investigated effects of supplementing mealworm feed with biowaste, apple pomace. …”
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Preparation and application evaluation of monoclonal antibodies against Monkeypox virus A29 protein by Ai Xiangjun, Zhang Xinlan, Xu Ye, Tan Chufan, Tan Chufan, Duan Chen, Liao Nami, Liu Junxi, Qiu Yilan, Qiu Yilan, Hou Defu, Hou Defu, Wang Qinglin, Wang Qinglin, Liu Rushi, Liu Rushi

“…A chemiluminescence enzyme immunoassay (CLEIA) and immunochromatographic gold assay were subsequently established using the optimal antibody pair. The experimental results indicate that monoclonal antibodies against the A29 protein hold significant potential for application in the diagnosis of MPXV.…”
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A Highly Sensitive and Selective Isobutyraldehyde Sensor Based on Nanosized Sm2O3 Particles by Li Jiang, Yun Wu, Yan Wang, Qin Zhou, Yuguo Zheng, Yafei Chen, Qianchun Zhang

“…The characteristics and optimum conditions for the CTL sensor, including the working temperature, wavelength, and flow rate, were investigated in detail. Under the optimized experimental conditions, the CTL intensity varied linearly with the concentration of IBD, in the two-order-of-magnitude range of 0.015–3.9 μg/mL, with a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.99991 and a limit of detection (LOD), at a signal-to-noise ratio (S/N = 3) of 4.6 ng/mL. …”
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Detection of Viable Zygosaccharomyces rouxii in Honey and Honey Products via PMAXX-qPCR by Shiqiong Chen, Qingyan Tang, Jianqiang Geng, Yanqin Liu, Jie Jiang, Xuefeng Cai, Hong Cao, Yantao Wu, Yan Ren, Kai Liu, Yue Cao

“…PMAXX was chosen as the added agent because of its better performance. The optimal concentration of PMAXX was found to be 76.92 μM in cell solution (the cell concentration was 1.0 × 108 CFU/mL). …”
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The factors impacting on Gleason score upgrading in prostate cancer with initial low Gleason scores by Tzu-Heng Huang, Wei-Ming Li, Hung-Lung Ke, Ching-Chia Li, Wen-Jeng Wu, Hsin-Chih Yeh, Yen-Chun Wang, Hsiang-Ying Lee

“…Preoperative clinical variables and pathological variables were also obtained and assessed. The optimal cut-off points for significant continuous variables were identified by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. …”
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An ATP-activated spatiotemporally controlled hydrogel prodrug system for treating multidrug-resistant bacteria-infected pressure ulcers by Xiaoliang Qi, Yajing Xiang, Ying Li, Jiajia Wang, Yuxi Chen, Yulong Lan, Jinsong Liu, Jianliang Shen

“…Exposure to 808 nm near-infrared light enhances the catalytic reaction speed, boosting ROS levels for stronger antibacterial action. Once optimal antibacterial action is reached, ISD3 switches to a dormant state, halting any further ROS production. …”
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