Preferences of melanoma patients to accept adjuvant therapy and toxicity – a qualitative substudy of the GerMelaTox-A project by Toni Maria Janke, Laura Moysig, Christine Blome, Katharina C. Kähler

“…The cluster “emotions and feelings” described optimism and hope but also mental strain originating from possible treatment options. …”
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Progress in Dual (Piezoelectric-Magnetostrictive) Phase Magnetoelectric Sintered Composites by Rashed Adnan Islam, Shashank Priya

“…The composite showed a high ME coefficient of 412 and 494 mV/cm⋅Oe after sintering and annealing, respectively. Optimized ferrite to PZT thickness ratio was found to be 5.33, providing ME coefficient of 525 mV/cm⋅Oe. …”
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Eco-Friendly Adsorbent from Waste of Mint: Application for the Removal of Hexavalent Chromium by Fatima Khammour, Fatouma Mohamed Abdoul-Latif, Ayoub Ainane, Jalludin Mohamed, Tarik Ainane

“…The adsorption parameters optimized were as follows: pH solution (2–11), initial concentration of Cr(VI) (10–50 mg/L), adsorbent dose (0.1–10 g/L), and temperature conditions (298 K, 308 K, and 318 K). …”
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Evolution of plastic deformation during multi-pass ECAP of an AA6060 aluminum alloy – An experimental flow line analysis by Nadja Berndt, Nadja A. Reiser, Martin F.-X. Wagner

“…In this study, we use a method for visio-plastic analysis of the local deformation during ECAP of the aluminum alloy AA6060 via different processing routes in a friction-optimized tool with a tool angle of 90°: Prior to the final pass, the billets are cut lengthwise and prepared with a grid of indents on the inside. …”
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Study on the safety distance determination model for natural gas wells in Ordos Basin subsidence areas of coal mining by Wen Wang, Yang Zhang, Shuang Gong, Junqi Lei, Jiandong Ren, Yanxiong Ding, Xiaowei Lu

“…Abstract To optimize the safe distance between coal mining faces and natural gas wells, with the Ordos Basin as the engineering background for the intersectional development of natural gas and coal resources, a Gaussian function equation for subsidence curves under complete mining was proposed based on the probability integral method, and a model was constructed to determine the coordinated mining safety distance between coal mining faces and natural gas wells. …”
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Co-Combustion of Tire Pyrolysis Products and Wood Pellets by A. V. Grytsenko, N. V. Vnykova, O. I. Pozdnyakova

“…At the same time, the following tasks have been set: to determine the lowest combustion heat of mixed fuels and assess its change when replacing coal with slag; to determine moisture content, total sulfur content, volatile matter yield, ash content of mixed fuels according to standard methods; to assess the change in these parameters when replacing coal with slag at the same component ratios; to determine the optimal ratios of components in mixed fuels, which will not increase the burden on the environment when replacing coal with pyrolysis slag. …”
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An Omni-Directional Wideband Patch Antenna with Parasitic Elements for Sub-6 GHz Band Applications by Liton Chandra Paul, Himel Kumar Saha, Tithi Rani, Md. Zulfiker Mahmud, Tushar Kanti Roy, Wang-Sang Lee

“…Initially, a slotted small patch antenna with a full ground plane is designed and then partial ground plane and electromagnetically coupled parasitic elements have been incorporated and optimized to get desired performance. The volume of the studied antenna is 40 × 40 × 1.575 mm3 having a partial ground plane. …”
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Automated Bitcoin Trading dApp Using Price Prediction from a Deep Learning Model by Zhi Zhan Lua, Chee Kiat Seow, Raymond Ching Bon Chan, Yiyu Cai, Qi Cao

“…By leveraging random forest (RF), long short-term memory (LSTM), and bi-directional LSTM (Bi-LSTM) models, the cryptocurrency trading system is equipped with strong predictive capacity and is able to optimize trading strategies for Bitcoin. The up-to-date price prediction information obtained by the machine learning model is incorporated by custom oracle contracts and is transmitted to portfolio smart contracts. …”
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Improved Dark Channel Defogging Algorithm for Defect Detection in Underwater Structures by Longsheng Bao, Chunyan Zhao, Xingwei Xue, Ling Yu

“…Moreover, for accurate disease area statistics, the binary morphology and optimal threshold segmentation theories are combined to perform disease edge screening and remove interference information. …”
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Long-term storage of C-141 reference strain of melioidosis agent (<i>Burkholderia pseudomallei</i>) by E. A. Artemeva, L. A. Melnikova, A. P. Rodionov

“…It was established that under optimal storage conditions (temperature of 4–8 °С, skimmed milk as a cryoprotectant) the strain remained viable and retained its biological properties during the wholeo bservation period. …”
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The Effect of Length and Content of Fiber on Glass Fiber and Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Granite Residual Soil by Weijie Chen, Jin Zhao, Litao Fan, Jia Li, Bingxiang Yuan, Hongzhong Li, Guoping Jiang, Hanbo Li, Tianying Chen

“…Glass fiber performs better than basalt fiber under the optimal content and length. SEM results indicate that glass fibers bind the soil particles more closely, thereby increasing their friction and leading to higher compressive strength. …”
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Iron(III) edta-accelerated growth of gold/silver core/shell nanoparticles for wide-range colorimetric detection of hydrogen peroxide by Mahdi Hemmati, Amir Hossein Q. Selakjan, Forough Ghasemi

“…This characteristic was exploited to measure different concentrations of H2O2. Under well-optimized conditions, various concentrations of H2O2 ranging from 1.0 to 50 µΜ have shown an acceptable linear relationship with different colors and, with a limit of detection (LOD) of 230 nM. …”
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A Stock Closing Price Prediction Model Based on CNN-BiSLSTM by Haiyao Wang, Jianxuan Wang, Lihui Cao, Yifan Li, Qiuhong Sun, Jingyang Wang

“…The experimental results show that the mean absolute error (MAE), root-mean-squared error (RMSE), and R-square (R2) evaluation indicators of the CNN-BiSLSTM are all optimal. Therefore, CNN-BiSLSTM can accurately predict the closing price of the Shenzhen Component Index of the next trading day, which can be used as a reference for the majority of investors to effectively avoid certain risks.…”
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Real-Time HIL Simulation of Nonlinear Generalized Model Predictive-Based High-Order SMC for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine Drive by Hafidh Djouadi, Kamel Ouari, Youcef Belkhier, Hocine Lehouche

“…The method combines two essential components: first, the outer loop utilizes high-order sliding mode control (HSMC) to optimize torque and trajectory speed, mitigating chattering phenomena while preserving the PMSM’s convergence and robustness traits. …”
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Value of Systematic and MRI‐Ultrasound Fusion Prostate Biopsy in Different Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Levels by Solmaz Ohadian Moghadam, Mohammad Haddadi, Erfan Amini, Seyed Ali Momeni, Masoud Bitaraf, Mohammad Reza Nowroozi

“…This study aims to determine the optimal approach in biopsy‐naïve men, according to their PSA levels. …”
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Dietary Pyridoxine Requirements of Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Post-Smolts by Hairui Yu, Xinyue Zhang, Ziyi Yuan, Leyong Yu, Youzhi Zhao, Lingyao Li

“…Broken line analysis of SGR, FCR, AST, and ALT activities reflected the optimal dietary pyridoxine requirements for coho salmon post-smolts from 3.92 to 7.08 mg/kg diet.…”
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Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Cannabidiol, Delta‐9‐Tetrahydrocannabinol, and Their Metabolites in Healthy Adults After Administration by Multiple Routes by Lixuan Qian, Tao Zhang, Jean Dinh, Mary F. Paine, Zhu Zhou

“…First, physicochemical and pharmacokinetic parameters for CBD, THC, and their metabolites (7‐OH‐CBD, 11‐OH‐THC, and 11‐COOH‐THC) were obtained from the literature or optimized. Second, PBPK base models were developed for CBD and THC after intravenous administration. …”
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The individualization of the educational and training process in fencing in the context of improving efficiency and health of young athletes of different ages by Mykhailo Bocharov, Georgiy Korobeynikov, Iryna Kryventsova, Victoriia Klymenchenko, Igor Vypasniak

“…Background and Study Aim. Optimizing the training process in fencing for athletes of different ages, genders, and levels of preparedness is key to achieving high results without compromising health. …”
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Automatic assessment of nailfold capillaroscopy software: a pilot study by Olga Elżbieta Brzezińska, Krzysztof Andrzej Rychlicki-Kicior, Joanna Samanta Makowska

“…The ResNet-34 deep residual neural network was chosen; 10-fold cross-validation with the validation and test set was performed, using the Darknet-YoloV3 state of the art neural network in a GPU-optimized (P5000 GPU) environment. For the calculation of 1 mm capillaries, an additional detection mechanism was designed. …”
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Comparative study between efficacy of topical tofacitinib 2% ointment versus topical clobetasol propionate 0.05% ointment in hand eczema at a tertiary hospital in central India [ve... by Dr Adarshlata Singh, Drishti Bhatt

“…The findings may contribute to optimized treatment strategies for hand eczema, improving patient outcomes and guiding future research in dermatological therapeutics.…”
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