Annealing-Induced Modifications in Physicochemical and Optoelectronic Properties of Ag-Doped Nanostructured CdS Thin Films by Vidya S. Taur, Rajesh A. Joshi, Ramphal Sharma

“…To study the effect of annealing on physicochemical and optoelectronic properties, these as grown and annealed thin films are characterized for structural, compositional, morphological, optical, and electrical properties. …”
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Rapid Identification of Saline–Alkali Stress-Tolerant Peanut Varieties Based on Multimodal Data by Fan Zhang, Longgang Zhao, Tingting Guo, Ziyang Wang, Peng Lou, Juan Li

“…Subsequently, a deep learning network called BO-MFFNet was built and its structure and hyperparameters were optimized by the Bayes optimization (BO) algorithm. …”
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Photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin antibiotic from aqueous solution by BiFeO3 nanocomposites using response surface methodology by R. Mostafaloo, M. Asadi-Ghalhari, H. Izanloo, A. Zayadi

“…The influent of ciprofloxacin to water resources in a low concentration affect the photosynthesis of plants, transforms the morphological structure of the algae, and then disrupts the aquatic ecosystem. 75% of this compound is excreted from the body down to the wastewater which should be removed. …”
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Hypolipidemic Effect of Chloroform Extract of Lagenaria siceraria: Potential Inhibitory Activity of Phytochemicals Targeting the HMG-CoA Reductase Revealed by Molecular Docking and... by Qudsia Kanwal, Mahmood Ahmed, Atiq Ur-Rehman, Aneela Anwar, Samiah Shahid, Atif Shahzad, Attaullah Shah Bukhari, Muhammad Ahmad, Numan Yousaf, Muhammad Muddassar

“…Moreover, the docking results were refined by 100 ns MD simulations which revealed that stigmastan-3-ol extract formed a stable complex with protein and did not induce any conformational changes in protein structure.…”
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Population projections: Challenges in forecasting determinants of demographic development in the context of socio-political changes by Paunović-Radulović Dragana, Anđelković Marija, Subotić Stefan

“…This paper focuses on population projections, which provide an image of how the size and structure of the population by age and sex might look in the future. …”
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The influence of different crosslinking agents onto the physical properties, integration behavior and immune response of collagen-based barrier membranes by Yanru Ren, Said Alkildani, Kim Burckhardt, Alexander Köwitsch, Milena Radenkovic, Sanja Stojanovic, Sanja Stojanovic, Stevo Najman, Stevo Najman, Ole Jung, Luo Liu, Mike Barbeck, Mike Barbeck

“…EC membranes maintained structural stability up to 30 days post-implantation, similar to the GA group, whereas others collapsed prematurely. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding High Salt Intake and Association With Hypertension Among Rural Women in Chandpur District of Bangladesh by Pradip Chandra, Aminul Islam, Shahara Robertson, Abu‐Al‐Rafe, Md. Abu Sayed, Afra Anjum Ahona, Mst. Nadira Parvin, Pradip Sen Gupta

“…The study was conducted during May 2022 to July 2022. The semi‐structured pretested WHO‐modified step‐wise approach to the non‐communicable disease risk factor surveillance (STEPS). …”
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The apple does not fall far: stable predictive relationships between parents’ ratings of their own and their children’s self-regulatory abilities by Johanna Kneidinger, José C. García Alanis, Ricarda Steinmayr, Silvia Schneider, Hanna Christiansen

“…Using data from approximately 1700 families collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, we employed hierarchical structural equation models and cross-lagged panel models to analyze the temporal stability and directional influences of executive function and delay aversion assessments. …”
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Chromosome 1 Sequence Analysis of C57BL/6J-Chr1KM Mouse Strain by Fuyi Xu, Tianzhu Chao, Yiyin Zhang, Shixian Hu, Yuxun Zhou, Hongyan Xu, Junhua Xiao, Kai Li

“…However, its genetic structure remains unclear. In this study, we sequenced the genome of the C57BL/6J-Chr1KM (B6-Chr1KM) strain, the chromosome 1 (Chr 1) of which was derived from one KM mouse. …”
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Perioperative complications of the modified Stoppa approach for the treatment of pelvic bone fractures: a single-institution review of 48 cases by Hyeonjoon Lee, Suenghwan Jo, Gwangchul Lee, Yongjin Cho

“…Conclusions While the modified Stoppa approach seems to be a viable method to treat pelvic fractures, significant perioperative complications may occur, suggesting that surgeons should pay careful attention to minimize the damage to other structures and that appropriate support from other surgical departments is paramount.…”
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A comparative study on spin-to-charge and charge-to-spin conversion using modulated Dirac surface states of Bi2Se3 by Youngmin Lee, Jonghoon Kim, Seungwon Rho, Seok-Bo Hong, Hyeongmun Kim, Jaehan Park, Dajung Kim, Chul Kang, Myung-Ho Bae, Mann-Ho Cho

“…The influence of the surface state on the conversion processes decreases as the Bi2Se3 film thickness increases, resulting in differing efficiency for SCC and CSC due to the asymmetrical stack structure. The findings using Bi2Se3 ultrathin films enhance our understanding of DSS-related CSC and SCC mechanisms, paving the way for performance optimization of future spintronic devices.…”
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Intra-specific diversity and adaptation modify regime shifts dynamics under environmental change by Thomas Imbert, Jean-Christophe Poggiale, Mathias Gauduchon

“…In some cases, such changes lead to shifts in ecosystem structure. However, species can adapt to changes through evolution, and it is unclear how evolution interacts with regime shifts, which restricts ecosystem management strategies. …”
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Cross-Border Travel Behavior Analysis of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Using MXL-BMA Model by Yajie Zou, Wanbing Han, Bo Lin, Bing Wu, Linbo Li, Shubo Wu, Malik Muneeb Abid

“…Therefore, a Bayesian model averaging (BMA) approach is applied to model travel mode choice behavior considering using revealed preference/stated preference (RP/SP) fusion data collected by questionnaires online. A structural equation model (SEM) is adopted to explore the potential relationship between latent variables, and two travel modes (i.e., cross-border bus and cross-border private car) are selected to analyze the cross-border travel mode choice of the HZMB. …”
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Young men’s barriers to and facilitators of utilising HIV-testing services in South Africa by Sithembiso M.S. Ndlovu, Andrew Ross, James Ndirangu

“…Method: This exploratory-descriptive qualitative study entailed using semi-structured interviews conducted via WhatsApp and landline audio calls with 17 young men between 18 years and 30 years of age in Steadville and Driefontein communities in KZN in September 2021. …”
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Fully automatic fossa ovalis segmentation from computed tomography images using deep neural network with atlas-based localization by Gakuto Aoyama, Toru Tanaka, Yukiteru Masuda, Naoki Matsuki, Ryo Ishikawa, Masahiko Asami, Kiyohide Satoh, Takuya Sakaguchi

“…Results: The segmentation process was successful in all cases for the IAS-based method, but failed in 4 cases for the proposed method and in 30 cases for the DNN method due to irregular heart structure. For the segmentation accuracies of our proposed method, the IAS wall thinness-based method and DNN based-method, mean chamfer distances were 2.16 ± 1.43, 3.30 ± 1.37 and 2.66 ± 1.32 respectively, with the difference being statistically significant. …”
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Left-Right Brain-Wide Asymmetry of Neuroanatomy in the Mouse Brain by Andrew Silberfeld, James M. Roe, Jacob Ellegood, Jason P. Lerch, Lily Qiu, Yongsoo Kim, Jong Gwan Lee, William D. Hopkins, Joanes Grandjean, Yangming Ou, Olivier Pourquié

“…Furthermore, the results show no apparent relationship to known functional asymmetries in mice, emphasizing the complexity of the structure-function relationship in brain asymmetry. …”
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Pathogenic Process-Associated Transcriptome Analysis of Stemphylium lycopersici from Tomato by Dezhen Zhang, Wenjuan Chi, Cuicui Wang, Huijie Dai, Jintang Li, Chunlei Li, Fajun Li

“…The induction of genes associated with pectin degradation, adhesion, and colonization was notable during the early infection phase, whereas during the necrotrophic phase, some structural molecule activity-related genes were prominently induced. …”
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Preparation and Photocatalytic Activity of Ag Modified Ti-Doped-Bi2O3 Photocatalyst by Lilan Zhang, Junfeng Niu, Duo Li, Ding Gao, Jianghong Shi

“…Ti doped Bi2O3 (TDB) and Ag ion modified Ti doped Bi2O3 (Ag@TDB) photocatalysts were prepared by framework replacement synthesis method with different Ag loadings (0.05, 0.3, 0.75, and 1.0 mol/L AgNO3). The structural properties of the prepared catalysts were studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), BET surface area, and UV/Vis diffuse reflectance (DRS). …”
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Construct Validity and Psychometric Properties of Farsi Version of the Motivational Persistence Scale in University Students by Elham Kooshki, Omid Shokri, Fatemeh Almasi

“…In sum, the results of this research, by repeating the factor structure consisting of three components, on the one hand, support from strength of theoretical foundation of Motivational Persistence Scale, and the other hand, these findings provide further psychometric evidence for the Motivational Persistence Scale and support the utility of the questionnaire in Iranian students.…”
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Dysfunctional large-scale brain networks in drug-naïve depersonalization-derealization disorder patients by Sisi Zheng, Mingkang Song, Nan Song, Hong Zhu, Xue Li, Dongqing Yin, Shanshan Liu, Yan Zhao, Meng Fang, Yanzhe Ning, Hongxiao Jia

“…Several neuroimaging studies have revealed altered brain function and structure in DPRD. However, the knowledge about large-scale dysfunctional brain networks in DPRD remains unknown. …”
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