Tumor mutational burden quantification from targeted gene panels: major advancements and challenges by Sara Gandini, Laura Fancello, Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, Luca Mazzarella

“…However, to date WES remains confined to research settings, due to high cost of the large genomic space sequenced. In the clinical setting, instead, targeted enrichment panels (gene panels) of various genomic sizes are emerging as the routine technology for TMB assessment. …”
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Robust and Sparse Kernel-Free Quadratic Surface LSR via L_2,p-Norm With Feature Selection for Multi-Class Image Classification by Yongqi Zhu, Zhixia Yang, Junyou Ye, Yongxing Hu

“…This model utilizes K quadratic surfaces mapping samples from the input space to the label space, preserving the local structure of the samples. …”
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The research into the propagation law of the shock wave of a gas explosion inside a building by Shu-Chao Lin, You-Chun Xu, Pei-Dong Yang, Shan Gao, Yi-Jun Zhou, Jin Xu

“…The research results indicate that the pressure time history and the peak pressure space distribution are greatly influenced by the kitchen design layout. …”
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Effects of organic amendment on some soil physicochemical characteristics and vegetative properties of Zea mays in wetland soils of the Niger Delta impacted with crude oil by Francis E. Egobueze, Josiah M. Ayotamuno, Chukwujindu M. A. Iwegbue, Chibogwu Eze, Reuben N. Okparanma

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Experimental Study and Failure Mechanism Analysis of Rubber Fiber Concrete under the Compression-Shear Combined Action by Juntao Zhang, Zhenpeng Yu, Xinjian Sun, Guangli Zhang, Wenguo Pan

“…At the same time, based on the principal stress space and the octahedral stress space, the compression-shear combined failure criterion was proposed for the three different rubber fiber concretes. …”
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A comparative study on different machine learning approaches with periodic items for the forecasting of GPS satellites clock bias by Longjiang Song, Jiahao Liu, Leilei Wang, Ziyi Wang, Yibo Yuan

“…Given the high frequency, sensitivity, and variability of space-borne GPS satellite atomic clocks, it is important to consider the periodic variations of satellite clock bias (SCB) in addition to the inherent properties of GPS satellite clocks such as frequency deviation, frequency drift, and frequency drift rate to improve SCB prediction accuracy and gain a better understanding of its characteristics. …”
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Comparison of survival outcomes and anatomically specific severe injuries following traffic accidents among occupants of standard and K-car vehicles: A retrospective cohort study a... by Yuko Ono, Tasuku Uzawa, Jun Sugiyama, Nozomi Tomita, Takeyasu Kakamu, Tokiya Ishida, Joji Kotani, Kazuaki Shinohara

“…Compared with standard vehicles, the occupant space of a K-car vehicle is considerably smaller; thus, passengers may be more vulnerable to the external forces generated in a collision, which in turn can lead to deformation of the occupant space and less protection against injuries. …”
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What Is My Plaza for? Implementing a Machine Learning Strategy for Public Events Prediction in the Urban Square by Jumana Hamdani, Pablo Antuña Molina, Lucía Leva Fuentes, Hesham Shawqy, Gabriella Rossi, David Andrés León

“…In recent years, awareness has risen of the need to re-activate these public spaces to strive for social inclusion and urban resilience. …”
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Application of Fly Ash and Slag Generated by Incineration of Municipal Solid Waste in Concrete by Cong Zeng, Yan Lyu, Dehong Wang, Yanzhong Ju, Xiaoyu Shang, Luoke Li

“…As landfill space for the disposal of products of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) such as fly ash and slag becomes increasingly scarce, a reduction of disposed material is urgently required. …”
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Confidence-Aware Embedding for Knowledge Graph Entity Typing by Yu Zhao, Jiayue Hou, Zongjian Yu, Yun Zhang, Qing Li

“…Specifically, we learn the embeddings of entities and entity types in separate entity space and entity type space since they are different objects in KGs. …”
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Determination of the area index of lettuce leaves with a monocular camera by Laimonas Kairiūkštis, Başak Yalçıner, Emre Özkul

“…Through the combination of object detection using the YOLOv4 algorithm and area estimation using the HSV colour space and leaf area index, accurate and cost-effective size calculations have been achieved. …”
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Tripartite organization of brain state dynamics underlying spoken narrative comprehension by Lanfang Liu, Jiahao Jiang, Hehui Li, Guosheng Ding

“…Our study suggests that the brain underlies narrative comprehension by switching through a tripartite state space, with each state probably dedicated to a specific component of language faculty, and effective narrative comprehension relies on engaging those states in a timely manner.…”
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Study on the Diffusion Law of Fluidized Filling Gangue Slurry in Goaf of Coal Mine Underground by Baoning Wei, Qingxiang Huang, Dengdeng Zhuang, Xin Cao, Bo Hui, Xiao Zuo, Mengbo Zhu

“…This article presents a model for predicting the spatial morphology of goaf and employs theoretical calculations to determine the residual space left after goaf caving. It unveils the fluidization filling approach for goaf caving, utilizing a “high- and low-level collaborative filling” strategy and taking advantage of various types of residual spaces within cavities and voids. …”
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An Analysis of the Effect of Cavitation on Rotor–Stator Interaction in a Bidirectional Bulb Tubular Pump by Yucheng Zhou, Wenyong Duan, Haiyu Liu, Xiaodong Yang, Jing Hu, Dawang Sun, Shikai Yan

“…Pressure pulsations are more strongly influenced in the front vaneless space (FVP) than in the rear vaneless space (RVP). …”
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Drop-size-dependent effects in leading-edge rain erosion and their impact on erosion-safe mode operation by N. Barfknecht, D. von Terzi

“…This directly influences the parameter space of erosion, such as the relevant droplet diameter range that should be studied. …”
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Enhancing Terahertz Absorption Spectrum Based on a Tunable Defect Cavity of One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal in the Combined Coaxial Waveguide by Lu Nie, Xiangjun Li, Dongzhe Chen, Zihao Wang, Dexian Yan

“…However, the area of analyte film on conventional enhancing metasurfaces must be larger than the beam spot in a free-space measuring setup. Here, we propose a tunable defect cavity of one-dimensional photonic crystal in the combined coaxial waveguide (CCW) and enhance the broadband THz fingerprint of trace analytes on a much smaller area. …”
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Correlation between the upper airway volume and Ricketts’ facial biotypes: a cone-beam computed tomography study by Ana Rita Carvalho, Maria Cristina Figueiredo Pollmann, Eugénio Joaquim Pereira Martins

“…Objectives: This study aimed to determine if there are differences in the upper airway space between the three facial biotypes described by Ricketts. …”
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“Pure Fat Flap”—Perforator-based Adiposal Layer Only Flap for Lateral Ankle Reconstruction by Seok Joon Lee, Jeongmok Cho, Changsik Pak, Hyunsuk Suh, Joon Pio Hong

“…Lateral ankle soft tissue defects pose challenges, especially in cases due to chronic pressure from cross-legged sitting, which usually present with a large dead space, small skin opening that often accompanies an open joint. …”
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Division of the inferior pulmonary ligament during upper lobectomy does not improve postoperative pulmonary function: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies... by Boyang Chen, Weifeng Tang, Junhai Chen, Mingqiang Kang, Jinbiao Xie, Wu Wang, Tianbao Yang, Shijie Huang

“…Postoperative changes in lung volume, bronchial angle, and drainage time (chest tube removed time), incidence of dead space, and postoperative pneumonia were assessed using Review Manager 5.4.1. …”
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A Machine Learning Approach for the Autonomous Identification of Hardness in Extraterrestrial Rocks from Digital Images by Shuyun Liu, Haifeng Zhao, Zihao Yuan, Liping Xiao, Chengcheng Shen, Xue Wan, Xuhai Tang, Lu Zhang

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