A Fast Testing Method to Objectively Quantify the Stiffness of Stability Boots by Simon Bürgi, Judith Roost, Marco R. Hitz, Peter Schwilch, William R. Taylor, Silvio Lorenzetti

“…Stability boots can protect the ankle ligaments from overloading after serious injury and facilitate protected movement in order to aid healing of the surrounding soft tissue structures. For comparing different stability shoe designs and prototypes, a reliable and fast testing method (FTM) is required. …”
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Direct conversion of peptides into diverse peptidomimetics using a transformer-based chemical language model by Atsushi Yoshimori, Jürgen Bajorath

“…The design of pharmaceutically relevant compounds that mimic bioactive peptides or secondary structure elements in proteins is an important task in medicinal chemistry. …”
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Variational graph autoencoder for reconstructed transcriptomic data associated with NLRP3 mediated pyroptosis in periodontitis by Pradeep K. Yadalam, Prabhu Manickam Natarajan, Carlos M. Ardila

“…K-means clustering and VGAE show promise in gene expression analysis and graph structure reconstruction for periodontitis research.…”
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Adolescents: Contraceptive Knowledge and Use, a Brazilian Study by Divanise S. Correia, Ana C. P. Pontes, Jairo C. Cavalcante, E. Sócrates T. Egito, Eulália M.C. Maia

“…The study was cross-sectional and quantitative, using a semi-structured questionnaire that was administered to 12- to 19-year-old female students in Maceió, Brazil. …”
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Identification of emerging harms due to COVID-19 outbreak: a qualitative study in Iran by Sina Ahmadi, Seyed Fahim Irandoost, Neda SoleimanvandiAzar, Marzieh Nojomi, Javad Yoosefi Lebni, Arash Tehrani-Banihashemi

“…Methods The study was conducted using a qualitative content analysis approach through semi-structured interviews with 21 experts and professors knowledgeable about social harms and COVID-19 consequences who were selected through purposive and theoretical sampling. …”
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Production of Carbon Quantum Dots Based on Oil Palm Fronds for Polyethylene and Polyethylene Terephthalate Microplastics Detection by Nonni Soraya Sambudi, Maissy Graceline Mulia, Apriliana Cahya Khayrani, Isnaeni, Revathi Raviadaran, Farhana Aziz, Diva Dwira Permana, Randy Suwandi, Kenny Lischer

“…* absorption band in the carbon structure of CQDs. The emergence of dominant C=C, O-H and C=O groups in the FTIR test also proves the success of CQDs production through this hydrothermal method. …”
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Educational Value and Teaching Strategies of Traditional Chinese Revolutionary Works: Taking High School Chinese Teaching as an Example by WANG Zhen, MA Shaoxi

“…The four dimensions hold structural characteristics of integrity, hierarchy, interactivity, and generativity. …”
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Laparoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Gossypiboma Postconventional Ovariohysterectomy in a Bitch by Maurício Veloso Brun, Paula Cristina Basso, Marília Teresa de Oliveira, Fabíola Dalmolin, Saulo Tadeu Lemos Pinto-Filho, Helen Fialho Hartmann, Stephanie Lanzarini Abati, Marco Augusto Machado-Silva, Daniel Curvello de Mendonça Müller, Francisco Miguel Sanchez-Margallo

“…Ultrasonographic examination revealed a structure compatible with a granuloma. For the laparoscopic procedure, a 3-port (two at 11 mm; one at 6 mm) access was used. …”
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Soil Parameter Mapping and Ad Hoc Power Analysis to Increase Blocking Efficiency Prior to Establishing a Long-Term Field Experiment by Doug Collins, Chris Benedict, Andy Bary, Craig Cogger

“…Soil organic matter (OM) and weed seed bank populations were analyzed at each site and the spatial structure was modeled with semivariograms and interpolated with kriging to map the surface. …”
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Authenticity" About Ferdowsi Neighborhoods Of Tehran with Historical Textures with the Phenomenological Approach by Samaneh Dousti, Zohreh Davoudpour, Leila Zare

“…Urban neighborhoods are one of the vital elements of each city and the culture of urban residents is concealed in the texture and sinew of that .The advent of new technologies in urban life and percipitance of designers for construction of buildings led to reduce of fixation sense about their living environment and decrease social interaction. once the historical districts are regarded as symbols of security, comfort and authenticity of the residents, due to inefficiency and interruption of their structures, suffer instability and displacement of their residents.According to this, instability and displacement of inhabitants to districts of historical value are known as the main problem in these neighborhoods. …”
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Effect of Post-Processing on the Microstructure of WE43 Magnesium Alloy Fabricated by Laser Powder Directed Energy Deposition by Leila Sorkhi, Nathan J. Madden, Grant A. Crawford

“…Moreover, an equiaxed-grain structure with a random orientation and a finer grain size in the regions adjacent to the arc-shaped phases was observed in all processing conditions.…”
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Mediating Role of Islamic Social Reporting on the Nexus Between Sharia Supervisory Board Characteristics and Islamic Banks' Financial Performance in Indonesia by Chitra Yuliashri Katili, Rifadli D. Kadir, Asma Polapa, Ritfiani Gobel

“…We analyze the annual financial statements of 13 Islamic commercial banks in Indonesia from 2019 to 2023, focusing on how SSB characteristics affect financial performance through ISR. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) is used to test the proposed hypothesis, utilizing SEM-PLS with Smart-PLS 4 as the analysis tool. …”
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Investigating the effect of innovation capabilities on the relationship between international orientation and export performance by Hossein Norouzi, Mehdi Etemadi Far, Farzaneh Azmayesh Fard

“…Also, this study aims to help the performance of these companies in international markets by measuring international orientation.Methodology: In order to achieve the stated goals, a questionnaire was distributed among 219 knowledge-based companies that had a history of exporting, of which the information of 205 questionnaires was used for analysis using structural equations and Smart PLS software.Findings: Based on the findings of this study, it can be seen that the three variables of international orientation, innovation capabilities and export performance have a positive and significant relationship with each other. …”
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Nonlinear Numerical Modeling of the Wire-Ring Net for Flexible Barriers by Zhixiang Yu, Chun Liu, Liping Guo, Lei Zhao, Shichun Zhao

“…The wire rings were modeled via an equivalent structure with a single winding and a circular cross section. …”
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Enhanced optical properties of chitosan polymer doped with orange peel dye investigated via UV–Vis and FTIR analysis by Dyari M. Mamand, Dana S. Muhammad, Shujahadeen B. Aziz, Peshawa O. Hama, Bandar A. Al-Asbahi, Abdullah A. A. Ahmed, Jamal Hassan

“…UV–Visible spectroscopy indicated a reduction in the optical band gap from 5.11 eV in pure CS to 2.93 eV and 2.84 eV with increasing OPD concentrations, reflecting alterations in the electronic structure and enhanced sub-bandgap states. The refractive index improved from 1.31 in pure CS to 1.54 and 1.62 in the doped electrolytes, attributed to increased optical density and light-harvesting capability. …”
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Subgenome asymmetry of gibberellins-related genes plays important roles in regulating rapid growth of bamboos by Ling Mao, Cen Guo, Liang-Zhong Niu, Yu-Jiao Wang, Guihua Jin, Yi-Zhou Yang, Ke-Cheng Qian, Yang Yang, Xuemei Zhang, Peng-Fei Ma, De-Zhu Li, Zhen-Hua Guo

“…The subgenome asymmetry was found to be correlated with the subgenome-specific gene structure, particularly UTRs and core promoters. Our study provides novel insights into the molecular mechanism and evolution of rapid shoot growth following allopolyploidization in woody bamboos, particularly via subgenome asymmetry. …”
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Positive Psychological Interventions for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Rationale, Theoretical Model, and Intervention Development by Jeff C. Huffman, Christina M. DuBois, Rachel A. Millstein, Christopher M. Celano, Deborah Wexler

“…In this paper, we review a theoretical model for the use of PP interventions to target health behaviors in T2D, describe the structure and content of a PP intervention for T2D patients, and describe baseline data from a single-arm proof-of-concept (N=15) intervention study in T2D patients with or without depression. …”
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Seasonal variations of microbial community in a full scale oil field produced water treatment plant by Q. Xie, S. Bai, Y. Li, L. Liu, S. Wang, J. Xi

“…This study investigated the microbial community in a full scale anaerobic baffled reactor and sequencing batch reactor system for oil-produced water treatment in summer and winter. The community structures of fungi and bacteria were analyzed through polymerase chain reaction–denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and Illumina high-throughput sequencing, respectively. …”
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Rat Nasal Respiratory Mucosa-Derived Ectomesenchymal Stem Cells Differentiate into Schwann-Like Cells Promoting the Differentiation of PC12 Cells and Forming Myelin In Vitro by Jian Zhang, Xin Gao, Hongjun Zou, Jinbo Liu, Zhijian Zhang

“…More importantly, dREMSCs could form myelin structures with the neurites of PC12 cells at 21 days in vitro. …”
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A Miniature and Low-Power-Consumption Stress Measurement System for Embedded Explosive in Multilayer Target Penetration by Yu Hang, Fei Shang, Shang Gao, Deren Kong, Xuehui Zhang

“…A high-strength mechanical structure is designed for the SMS to survive in the MTP environment. …”
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