IMPROVEMENT OF OIL PRODUCTION BY MATRIX ACIDIZING OF A WELL IN SANDSTONE RESERVOIR by Darel Sontia Fouazong, Isidore Komofor Ngongiah, André Chéagé Chamgoué, Alain Francis Talla, Jean Jacques Dikongue Jemea

“…This paper focuses on investigating the reasons behind the low productivity of a confidentially named well, referred to as X102, in sandstone reservoirs. …”
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Effects of Vibratory Stress Relief on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Marine Welded Structures by Liqiang Gao, Qinan Yao, Yuchen Yang, Dejian Sun, Guanhua Xu, Bangping Gu, Cong Yang, Shuaizhen Li

“…Furthermore, the significant reduction in residual stress, refinement of second-phase particles, and changes in fracture mechanisms are the main reasons for the increased strength observed after VSR. …”
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Feature Point Matching Method of Weak Texture Environment in Farmland Based on Improved GMS-PROSAC Fusion Algorithm by Zhenlin Li, Di Wu, Weiping Xu, Qiaoqiao Wu, Guoqiang Yang, Dakun Zhou

“…Due to its excessive plant repeatability, a judgment method is proposed to eliminate the wrong matching pairs under correct matching, so that the intelligent farm machine can correctly recognize the complex road conditions in different farmlands for reasonable harvesting. Through experimental verification, the highest matching accuracy can reach 86.0% in the weak texture environment of the farmland, which can be more effective for feature point extraction and matching, that provide new directions for subsequent unmanned agricultural machines that can harvest intelligently in different kinds of fields.…”
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Gender Variations in the Oral Microbiomes of Elderly Patients with Initial Periodontitis by Jie Zhao, Ying-Hui Zhou, Ya-Qiong Zhao, Yao Feng, Fei Yan, Zheng-Rong Gao, Qin Ye, Yun Chen, Qiong Liu, Li Tan, Shao-Hui Zhang, Jing Hu, Marie Aimee Dusenge, Yun-Zhi Feng, Yue Guo

“…Analysis of β-diversity indicated that the samples were reasonably divided by the gender. The linear discriminant analysis effect size showed that the most representative biomarkers were the genus Haemophilus in males, whereas the dominant bacteria in females were Campylobacter. …”
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Exploring the Node Importance and Its Influencing Factors in the Railway Freight Transportation Network in China by Qipeng Sun, Xiaozhuang Guo, Wenjing Jiang, Haiying Ding, Tingzhen Li, Xingbo Xu

“…The results of this study provide scientific decision-making support for the reasonable establishment and distribution of RFTN hubs in China.…”
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Inhibition of Ceramide De Novo Synthesis Ameliorates Diet Induced Skeletal Muscles Insulin Resistance by Krzysztof Kurek, Agnieszka Mikłosz, Bartłomiej Łukaszuk, Adrian Chabowski, Jan Górski, Małgorzata Żendzian-Piotrowska

“…In the present research we evaluated the effects of myriocin application on type 2 diabetes mellitus in three different types of skeletal muscles: (1) slow-oxidative (red gastrocnemius), (2) oxidative-glycolytic (soleus), and (3) glycolytic (white gastrocnemius). For these reasons the animals were randomly divided into four groups: “control” (C), “myriocin” (M), “high fat diet” (HFD), “high fat diet” (HFD), and “high fat diet + myriocin” (HFD + M). …”
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Stability of mining pillars in stopes based on cusp catastrophe theory by WEN Xiaosong, WANG Chen, HUANG Xinxin, LONG Shaoliang, LI Cheng

“…When exploitating deep-buried ore deposits, it is necessary to leave permanent pillars with certain width to ensure the stability of the mining area. Therefore, the reasonable design of pillar width is vital to its safety. …”
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Preliminary Evaluation of a Nuclear Scenario Involving Innovative Gas Cooled Reactors by Barbara Vezzoni, Nicola Cerullo, Giuseppe Forasassi, Emil Fridman, Guglielmo Lomonaco, Vincenzo Romanello, Eugene Shwageraus

“…., EPR-SNF directly disposed) shows a reduction of the time needed to reach a fixed reference level from ∼170000 years to ∼1550 years (comparable with typical human times and for this reason more acceptable by the public opinion). In addition, this cycle enables to have a more efficient use of resources involved: the total electric energy produced becomes equal to ∼630 TWh/year (instead of only ∼530 TWh/year using only EPR) without consuming additional raw materials.…”
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Comparing Efficacies of Biopsy and Rapid Urease Testing for H. Pylori at a Single Institution by Kathleen Hill, Aiden V. Ohning, Jonathan P. Mallory, Stella Self, Christine M. G. Schammel, Jenny Meredith, John Reddic, Patrick Kent, Jenny B. Knight

“…Histology and RUT testing yield similar results; therefore, there is no efficacious reason to run both tests on patients. Since histology has greater sensitivity (>95%) and the ability to identify other gastropathies, it should be considered the “gold standard,” for the identification of H. pylori.…”
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Environmental Estimation of Radiation Equivalent Dose Rates in Soils and Waters of Northern Calabria (Italy) by Ilaria Guagliardi, Tommaso Caloiero, Ernesto Infusino, Giovanni Callegari, Nicola Ricca

“…On the contrary, a reasonable correlation was found between HT in spring water and in soil. …”
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Transport in reverse osmosis membranes: observations and comments on the pore flow model versus the solution‒diffusion model by Takeshi Matsuura, Michael D. Guiver, Woei Jye Lau, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail

“…Especially, in the most recent paper published in 2024, they have shown seven reasons why the well-accepted S‒D model appears to be wrong. …”
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The Fractal Dimension, Structure Characteristics, and Damage Effects of Multi-Scale Cracks on Sandstone Under Triaxial Compression by Pengjin Yang, Shengjun Miao, Kesheng Li, Xiangfan Shang, Pengliang Li, Meifeng Cai

“…The distribution density of medium-scale cracks in the failed specimen is higher, which is the main reason to produce damage. The small-scale cracks mainly originate from relatively uniform initial cracks in rocks, mainly distributed in medium-density and low-density areas. …”
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Discharge against Medical Advice at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Gujarat, India by Bhanu Devpura, Pranav Bhadesia, Somashekhar Nimbalkar, Sandeep Desai, Ajay Phatak

“…Objective. We explored reasons for discharged against medical advice (DAMA) of neonates from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) through in-depth interviews of the parents/guardians. …”
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Basic Anthropometric Measures in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients and Individually Sex- and Age-Matched Controls from the General Population by Göran Nilsson, Pär Hedberg, Jerzy Leppert, Andreas Rosenblad, John Ohrvik

“…In women ≥66 years, the best discriminatory model contained only waist-to-hip ratio (AUROC = 0.67), whereas in women ≤65 years, the best combination was hip and BMI (AUROC = 0.68). A narrow hip reasonably reflects small gluteal muscles. This finding might suggest an association between MI and sarcopenia, possibly related to deficiencies in physical activity and nutrition.…”
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A Critical Review of the Equality Iranian God/Goddess ‎with the Gods/Goddess of Greeks Case Study: Vanand, Ashi and Nike by Reza Mehrafarin, Shahin Aryamanesh

“…They continue to conclude that the figure of Nike goddess in the Parthian period was not identical with the Ashi and Vanand. For this reason, Vologases I, eliminated the figure of Nike goddess from his coins during his reign with the goal of Persianism and the abandonment of non-Iranian symbols.…”
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Optimization and analysis of surface flashover triggered vacuum switch conduction delay time characteristics by Ming Zhang, Minfu Liao, Liang Bu, Gang Lu, Longfei Yu, Yifan Sun, Xiongying Duan

“…This research analyzes and discusses the reasons for the influence of electrode structures and operating parameters on conduction delay time. …”
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Impact of climate change and human activities on the sustainable development of Xinjiang Aksu Oasis (China) by Duan Zhengrong, Ni Mingxia, Tao Ya, Marcin Sobota, Xia Jianxin

“…Water resources shortage is the most fundamental reason to restrict the expansion of oasis scale. The suitable oasis scale of Aksu Oasis in 1991, 2001 and 2016 is 12611.30, 15949.95 and 16631.59 km2, respectively, but the actual area of the oasis in the three periods is larger. …”
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A Numerical Approach to Study Ablation of Large Bolides: Application to Chelyabinsk by Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Joan Dergham, Maria Gritsevich, Esko Lyytinen, Elizabeth A. Silber, Iwan P. Williams

“…Our model yields fits that agree with observations reasonably well. It also produces a good fit to the main observed characteristics of Chelyabinsk superbolide and provides its averaged ablation coefficient σ = 0.034 s2 km−2. …”
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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on treatment-seeking college students by Natalie R. Pottschmidt, Rebecca A. Janis, Brett E. Scofield, Alaina L. Cummins, Dever M. Carney, Katherine A. Davis, J. Ryan Kilcullen, Hongjun (Michael) Tan, Louis G. Castonguay, Benjamin D. Locke

“…Second, for students seeking counseling after COVID-19 onset, reported negative impacts of the pandemic across life areas are presented, along with their associations with psychological symptoms, demographics, and reasons for seeking treatment. Students who reported a negative impact of COVID-19 on their mental health were more likely to present with increased baseline symptom distress. …”
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Determination of Levetiracetam in Human Plasma by Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction Followed by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Greyce Kelly Steinhorst Alcantara, Leandro Augusto Calixto, Luiz Alberto Beraldo de Moraes, Regina Helena Costa Queiroz, Anderson Rodrigo Moraes de Oliveira, Cristiane Masetto de Gaitani

“…The use of this drug has been increasing in clinical practice and intra- or -interindividual variability has been exhibited for special population. For this reason, bioanalytical methods are required for drug monitoring in biological matrices. …”
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