Effect of Rising Temperature on Lyme Disease: Ixodes scapularis Population Dynamics and Borrelia burgdorferi Transmission and Prevalence by Dorothy Wallace, Vardayani Ratti, Anita Kodali, Jonathan M. Winter, Matthew P. Ayres, Jonathan W. Chipman, Carissa F. Aoki, Erich C. Osterberg, Clara Silvanic, Trevor F. Partridge, Mariana J. Webb

“…The model is shown to produce biologically reasonable results for both the tick vector (Ixodes scapularis) and the hosts when compared to a different set of studies. …”
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The Principle of Transparency in the Ukrainian Decentralisation Reform by Sergii Slukhai, Liudmyla Demydenko, Yuliia Nakonechna, Tetiana Borshchenko

“…In order to understand the reasons for a particular level of transparency, a polling of ATC heads was undertaken. …”
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The Utility of Repeat Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration for Suspected Pancreatic Cancer by Mark Nicaud, Wei Hou, Dennis Collins, Mihir S. Wagh, Shailendra Chauhan, Peter V. Draganov

“…Repeat EUS-FNA provides reasonable accuracy and may be worthwhile in patients with suspected pancreatic cancer who had had prior negative EUS-FNA.…”
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Line List for the A2Π−X2Σ+ and the B2Σ+−X2Σ+ Band Systems of CaF by Léo Lavy, Peter F Bernath, Adam Pastorek

“…Using previous fluorescence spectroscopy measurements, highly accurate ground state constants, and reasonable extrapolation schemes, the strongest features of CaF in the visible spectrum can be accurately modeled for both band systems. …”
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Numerical Simulation of the Influence Mechanism of Melt Rate Variation on the Macrosegregation of 8Cr4Mo4V-Bearing Steel During Vacuum Arc Remelting by Tao Pan, Hongchun Zhu, Zhouhua Jiang, Huabing Li, Zhiyu He, Zhuowen Ni, Fubin Liu, Hao Feng, Shucai Zhang

“…Furthermore, macrosegregation in VAR ingots becomes pronounced with an increase in melt rate. The main reason for this is due to the increased molten pool depth when the melt rate is increasing, which strengthens fluid flow and accelerates the migration of solute elements to the center. …”
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A new indicator for assessing fishing ecological pressure using multi-source data: A case study of the South China Sea by Yanan Guan, Xi Zhang, Gui Gao, Chenghui Cao, Zhongwei Li, Shihao Fu, Genwang Liu

“…The assessment of fisheries resources development is an important basis for formulating marine fisheries management regulations and arranging fisheries production activities reasonably, which is of great significance for improving the economic benefits of the ocean. …”
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Reestablishment of Active Immunity against HBV Graft Reinfection after Liver Transplantation for HBV-Related End Stage Liver Disease by Shi-Chun Lu, Tao Jiang, Wei Lai, Yuan Liu, Jing Zhang, Dao-Bing Zeng, Chuan-Yun Li, Meng-Long Wang, Dong-Dong Lin, Yue Zhu, You-Ping Li, Ning Li

“…The strategy withdrawal of HBIG with induction of active immunity against hepatitis B is reasonable for long-term survivors of OLT; however, discontinuation nucleoside analogues should be cautious.…”
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Statistical Model for the Mechanical Properties of Al-Cu-Mg-Ag Alloys at High Temperatures by A. M. Al-Obaisi, E. A. El-Danaf, A. E. Ragab, M. S. Soliman, A. N. Alhazaa

“…Grain coarsening and instability of precipitates could be the main reasons behind mechanical strength deterioration in these applications. …”
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Predicting purification process fit of monoclonal antibodies using machine learning by Andrew Maier, Minjeong Cha, Sean Burgess, Amy Wang, Carlos Cuellar, Soo Kim, Neeraja Sundar Rajan, Josephine Neyyan, Rituparna Sengupta, Kelly O’Connor, Nicole Ott, Ambrose Williams

“…However, the work required for upstream protein expression and downstream purification development often conflicts with timeline pressures and material constraints, limiting the number of molecules and process conditions that can reasonably be assessed. Recently, high-throughput batch-binding screen data along with improved molecular descriptors have enabled development of robust quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) models that predict monoclonal antibody chromatographic binding behavior from the amino acid sequence. …”
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Comparative Study on Two Pretreatment Processes for Chemical Phase Analysis of Gold in Geological Samples by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry by Xiaodan Tang, Hang Li, Hongyan Liu, Bing Li, Yuyan Zhao, Jilong Lu, Jian Zhou, Qingqing Liu

“…According to the X-ray fluorescence spectrometry data and the actual geological condition, the result given by the cyclotron oscillation method is more reasonable. The gold content of sulfide bound state in sediment samples is the highest and consistent with the mineral information, which could be applied to preliminarily predict the rock and ore conditions in the corresponding mining areas. …”
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A New Dual Steering System in a Compact Tractor by Giorgio Paolo Massarotti, German Filippini, Gustavo Raush Alviach, Pedro Javier Gamez-Montero, Esteban Codina Macia

“…This study aims to explore the reasons behind the need for dual steering tractors, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of these two different configurations and ultimately focusing on the combined benefits of both. …”
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Statistical Downscaling and Projection of Future Air Temperature Changes in Yunnan Province, China by Jiaxu Liu, Sujing Chen, Lijuan Li, Jiuyi Li

“…The results showed the following. (1) The pattern of change and the numerical values of the air temperature could be reasonably simulated, with the average R2 between observed and generated data being 0.963 for calibration and 0.964 for validation. (2) All scenarios projected increases of different degrees of temperature in all seasons, except for spring in the 2020s. …”
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RNA-seq and In Vitro Experiments Reveal the Protective Effect of Curcumin against 5-Fluorouracil-Induced Intestinal Mucositis via IL-6/STAT3 Signaling Pathway by Xuan-ying Wang, Bo Zhang, Yi Lu, Lu Xu, Yi-jie Wang, Bi-yu Cai, Qing-hua Yao

“…IM-induced gastrointestinal adverse reactions become frequent reason to postpone chemotherapy and have negative impacts on therapeutic outcomes and prognosis. …”
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Investigation of the Suitability of the DTV Method for the Online SoH Estimation of NMC Lithium-Ion Cells in Battery Management Systems by Jan Neunzling, Philipp Hainke, Hanno Winter, David Henriques, Matthias Fleckenstein, Torsten Markus

“…Investigating the temperature behavior of lithium-ion battery cells has become an important part of today’s research and development. The main reason for this is that the temperature profile of a battery cell changes during aging. …”
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Modelling and Estimation of Interior Orientation of Non-Metric Cameras using Artificial Intelligence by Hasanain A. Ajjah, Ahmed H H Alboabidallah, Mamoun U. Mohammed, Awesar A. Hussain

“…Therefore, the estimations of radial distortions k1, k2, and tangential distortions p1 and p2 are invalid. A reasonably strong relationship between principal distance and principal point with low lens distortion parameters due to the significant relative differences between the distortion parameters, sufficient strength of the relationship between calculating parameters, and estimating according to accuracy tolerance in photogrammetry applications. …”
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Filtration Performance and Fiber Shedding Behavior in Common Respirator and Face Mask Materials by Qingfeng Cao, Seong Chan Kim, Qisheng Ou, Hoo Young Chung, Weiqi Chen, William Durfee, Susan Arnold, Marc A. Hillmyer, Linsey A. Griffin, David Y. H. Pui

“…No broken fibers from by the seven tested respirator and face mask materials were discovered; however, dendrite structures likely shed by the SHEMA97 face mask with a size comparable to its nanoscale fibers were identified. The reason for this phenomena is presented.…”
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Characteristics of dynamic thickness change across diverse outlet glacier geometries and basal conditions by Donglai Yang, Kristin Poinar, Sophie Nowicki, Beata Csatho

“…Outlet glaciers in Greenland are undergoing retreat and diffusive thinning in response to external forcings, but the rates and magnitudes of these responses differ from glacier to glacier for unclear reasons. We test how changes in ice overburden pressure and basal lubrication affect diffusive thinning rates and their spatial patterns by conducting numerical experiments over various idealized Greenland-like glacier domains. …”
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Comparing Supervised Machine Learning Models for Covid-19 patient detection using a Combination of Clinical and Laboratory Dataset by Narges Mohebbi, Mehdi Tutunchian, Meysam Alavi, Mehrdad Kargari, Amir Behnam Kharazmy

“…In this regard, the use of technologies based on artificial intelligence can be of great help. For this reason, since the outbreak of COVID-19, many researchers have tried to use machine learning techniques as a subset of artificial intelligence for the early diagnosis of COVID-19. …”
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Bio-Waste in Reverse Logistics - Various Size Cities on the Example of South-Eastern Poland by KOC-JURCZYK Justyna, JURCZYK Łukasz, PODOLAK Agnieszka

“…Discrepancies were found between the collected mass of bio-waste and its predicted mass, which may be due to several reasons. Firstly, rural residents often use bio-waste for their own household needs. …”
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An Ultra-Wideband Reference Frequency Chirp Generator Utilizing Fractional Frequency Divider With High Linearity by Bent Walther, Lukas Polzin, Marcel van Delden, Thomas Musch

“…The reference frequency chirp is crucial for the measurement accuracy of the overall system and should feature high bandwidth, low phase noise, and high linearity. For this reason, we present a novel architecture combining a fixed-integer phase-locked loop (PLL) with a fast-modulated frequency divider. …”
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