Isolation and Characterization of Natural Cellulose from Oxytenanthera abyssinica (Lowland Ethiopian Bamboo) Using Alkali Peroxide Bleaching Stages Followed by Aqueous Chlorite in... by Limenew Abate Worku, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti, Mesfin Getachew Tadesse

“…Plants are the primary sources of cellulose. This paper is aimed at isolating cellulose from Oxytenanthera abyssinica via chemical treatments. …”
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Centroid-AME: An open-source software for estimating avian migration trajectories using population centroids movement in the annual cycle by Shi Feng, Alice C. Hughes, Qinmin Yang, Leyi Li, Chao Li

“…Centroid-AME is a Python-based tool designed to estimate avian migration trajectories using the spatiotemporal locations of population centroids. In this paper, we propose a general framework for trajectory estimation, and explore the practicality of Centroid-AME as a tool for analyzing observation data at the population level. …”
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Recent Developments in Heavy Metals Detection: Modified Electrodes, Pretreatment Methods, Prediction Models and Algorithms by Yujie Shi, Shijie Zhang, Hang Zhou, Yue Dong, Gang Liu, Wenshuai Ye, Renjie He, Guo Zhao

“…To address these issues, two potential solutions have been proposed: the development of advanced algorithms (such as machine learning (ML), back-propagation neural network (BPNN), support vector machines (SVM), random forests (RF), etc.) for signal processing and the use of pretreatment methods (such as Fenton oxidation (FO), ozone oxidation, and photochemical oxidation) to suppress such interferences. This paper aims to review commonly used methods for detecting heavy metals, with a particular emphasis on electrochemical techniques. …”
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Eliminating fluoride-induced corrosion of aluminum cathodes in zinc electrowinning by aluminum ion complexation by N.G.S. Almeida, B.M. Ward, J.R. De Wet, A.D. Souza, V.S.T. Ciminelli, D. Majuste

“…This paper discusses the effect of fluoride on the corrosion behavior of aluminum alloy used as a mother blank in zinc electrowinning, focusing on the mitigation of the corrosive process by aluminum ion addition and fluoride complexation. …”
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Sources of Lipopeptides and Their Applications in Food and Human Health: A Review by Shuyi Chen, Sumin Chen, Xin Yu, Caijing Wan, Ying Wang, Lianxin Peng, Qiang Li

“…Lipopeptides (LPs) are widely sourced surface-active natural products with a wide range of functions and low toxicity, high potency, and good biodegradability. In this paper, we summarize, for the first time, the plant, animal, microbial, and synthetic sources of LPs. …”
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Integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine nursing of pressure injuries in a patient with stroke (1例中风后患者压力性损伤的中西医结合护理体会) by ZHANG Shiyu (张诗语), YANG Yu (杨宇), WU Mingjie (吴铭杰), LI Mengru (李梦儒), ZHANG Chen (张晨), HU Shirong (胡世荣)

“…This paper summarized the integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine nursing of pressure injuries in a patient with stroke. …”
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Electrotextile-Based Flexible Electromagnetic Skin for Wearables and Remote Monitoring by Rossella Rizzo, Giuseppe Ruello, R. Massa, Maxim Zhadobov, Giulia Sacco

“…This paper presents a flexible electrotextile-based solid skin-equivalent phantom operating in the millimeter-wave (mmW) range. …”
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Characterization of differences in volatile compounds and metabolites of six varieties of potato with different processing properties by Wenyuan Zhang, Liang Li, Yaqi Zhao, Haixia Yang, Xuejie Zhang, Zhanquan Zhang, Xue Wang, Zhenzhen Xu, Wanxing Wang, Jianjun Deng

“…Potato is the fourth-most important food crop around the world, and most of the potatoes are used for foodstuffs and starch products. The aim of this paper is to identify the volatile compounds and metabolites in potatoes with different processing properties. …”
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Effect of tempering temperature on low-temperature impact toughness of 35MnB steel by Ping Ni, Wen Shi, Hengchang Lu, Bo Zhang, Han Dong

“…Medium carbon boron steel is a cost-effective, high-strength steel used for bolts. This paper aims to provide a theoretical foundation and data support for optimizing heat treatment and improving performance in wind turbine bolts by systematically analyzing the synergistic effects of boron segregation, dislocation density, high-angle grain boundaries (HAGBs) and other factors during tempering on the low-temperature impact toughness of 35MnB steel. …”
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Summary of Evidence on Nutritional Management for Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy by Xin Dan, Ya‐Lin He, Ya‐Lin Tian, Tang‐Lin Chen, Jia‐Yi Yu

“…ABSTRACT Objective This paper aims to consolidate the most robust evidence on nutritional strategies for patients undergoing chemotherapy, offering evidence‐based guidance for clinical practice. …”
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External treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the treatment of chalazion in a child and related nursing measures (中医外治治疗儿童霰粒肿1例的护理体会) by FENG Xiaohui (冯小慧), YIN Kexin (尹可欣), YANG Tingting (杨婷婷), TANG Ling (唐玲), LI Ye (李野), DUAN Yixuan (段怡璇)

“…This paper summarized the nursing experience of external treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in treating chalazion in children, including routine care, ear-tip bloodletting, Chinese herbal medicine hot compress, etc. …”
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Research progress of scales for assessment of post-stroke depression (脑卒中后抑郁评估量表的研究进展) by CHEN Shanshan (陈闪闪), GUO Hong (郭红), GONG Shaohua (弓少华), HU Nannan (胡楠楠), ZHANG Ao (张傲)

“…The clinical works and researcher should choose the suitable scale in different situations and ensure the accuracy of assessment outcomes. This paper reviewed the self-rating and examiner-rating scales for assessment of post-stroke depression, in order to provide reference for rational selection of scales for assessment of post-stroke depression. …”
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Selection of Prosthesis in Aortic Valve Surgery: Short Review and Trend in our Practice in 10 Years by Selman Dumani, Ermal Likaj, Laureta Dibra, Devis Pellumbi, Adelina Musliu, Fjoralba Qejvani, Altin Veshti

“…In this context, we are confronted with the challenge of selecting the type of prosthesis suitable for each patient. This paper presents current issues regarding selecting aortic valve prostheses, considering factors related to the prosthesis and the patient. …”
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‘I haven’t met them, I don’t have any trust in them. It just feels like a big unknown’: a qualitative study exploring the determinants of consent to use Human Fertilisation and Emb... by Claire Carson, Lisa Hinton, Jenny Kurinczuk, Maria Quigley

“…Verbatim transcripts were analysed using the ‘one sheet of paper’ method to identify themes.Setting Women and men were recruited between September 2015 and December 2017, via fertility clinics across England and online advertising, then interviewed at a location convenient to them.Participants 20 patients and 9 staff were interviewed, 40 patients completed the online survey.Results Consent for disclosure (CD) forms are completed at a stressful time, when patients often feel overwhelmed; these forms were considered a low priority. …”
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Postoperative nursing management of a patient with perianal necrotizing fasciitis and multiple complications (1例肛周坏死性筋膜炎合并多种并发症患者的术后护理体会)... by XU Yunxia (许云霞), LI Yudong (李宇栋), PEI Xiaolu (裴晓璐), FAN Yanan (范亚楠), WANG Shuo (王烁)

“…This paper summarized the postoperative nursing management of a patient with perianal necrotizing fasciitis and multiple complications. …”
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Correlation of artificial neural network and multi-attribute transformation: a test case to predict the effective porosity of Cretaceous sandstones of the Sembar Formation, southea... by Furqan Aftab, Furqan Aftab, Furqan Aftab, Furqan Aftab, Mohammad Zafar, Muhammad Iqbal Hajana, John H. Shaw

“…Artificial Neural Network’s (ANN’s) have emerged as an effective tool for deriving nonlinear mathematical relationships between seismic attributes and well logs that are theoretically plausible and may prove geologically realistic. In this paper, we devise a methodology to integrate rock physics analysis, seismic inversion, multi-attribute transformation, and Feedforward Neural Network (FNN) modeling for accurate inter-well reservoir property predictions. …”
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Mean field limits of co-evolutionary signed heterogeneous networks by Marios Antonios Gkogkas, Christian Kuehn, Chuang Xu

“…These networks are used in different areas including telecommunication, neuroscience, computer science, biochemistry, social science, as well as physics, where Kuramoto-type networks have been widely used to model interaction among a set of oscillators. In this paper, we propose a rigorous formulation for limits of a sequence of co-evolutionary Kuramoto oscillators coupled on heterogeneous co-evolutionary networks, which receive both positive and negative feedback from the dynamics of the oscillators on the networks. …”
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Microstructural Analysis and Constitutive Modeling of Superplastic Deformation Behavior of Al-Mg-Zn-Cu-Zr-xNi Alloys with Different Ni Contents by Zarnigor S. Turaeva, Ahmed O. Mosleh, Olga A. Yakovtseva, Anton D. Kotov, Anastasia V. Mikhaylovskaya

“…To design the optimal forming regimes and ensure the success of forming operations, it is essential to use mathematical models that accurately represent the superplastic deformation behavior. This paper is concerned with the study of the microstructure and superplastic deformation behavior, with the construction of a constitutive model, of Al-Mg-Zn-Cu-Zr aluminum alloys with varying Ni contents. …”
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Cold case report: Geoforensic brownfield site search for murder victim based on prison informant lead by Jamie K. Pringle, Andrew Binley, Kristopher D. Wisniewski, Ben Davenward, Vivienne G. Heaton, Georgina E. Handley

“…Cold case searches for the missing can be challenging, especially when the convicted perpetrator may or may not be giving forensic investigators truthful information. This paper reports on a cold case search for a teenage girl who was reported missing during the mid-2000s in north-west England, with this being the second area searched following the disclosure of information by a suspect prison cellmate. …”
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A software module to assess the metabolic potential of mutant strains of the bacterium <i>Corynebacterium glutamicum</i> by F. V. Kazantsev, M. F. Trofimova, T. M. Khlebodarova, Yu. G. Matushkin, S. A. Lashin

“…There are already 5 whole-genome flux balance models for it, which can be used for me­tabolism research and optimization tasks. The paper presents fluxMicrobiotech, a software module developed at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which implements a se­ries of computational protocols designed for high-performance computer analysis of C. glutamicum whole-genome flux balance models. …”
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