A Numerical and Theoretical Investigation of the Flexural Behavior of Steel–Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Composite Slabs by Changshui Li, Boyi Zhao, Dawei Hao, Xiaolong Gao, Hao Bian, Xuanzheng Zhang

“…The steel–Ultra-High-Performance concrete (UHPC) composite slab is a new type of structure made of steel and UHPC connected by pegs, and its flexural mechanical properties and related design methods need to be further investigated. …”
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Latest Development on Membrane Fabrication for Natural Gas Purification: A Review by Dzeti Farhah Mohshim, Hilmi bin Mukhtar, Zakaria Man, Rizwan Nasir

“…However, polymeric membranes could not meet the separation performances required especially in high operating pressure due to deficiencies problem. The chemistry and structure of support materials like inorganic membranes were also one of the focus areas when inorganic membranes showed some positive results towards gas separation. …”
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Methane detection approach based on THz wave absorber by Alireza Barati Haghverdi, Ilghar Rezaei, Amir Ali Mohammad Khani, Toktam Aghaee

“…The equivalent impedance can reveal the absorption response of the structure with the aim of impedance matching or maximum power transmission theorem. …”
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Random Forest-Based Prediction Model for Stiffness Degradation of Offshore Wind Farm Submarine Soil by Ben He, Mingbao Lin, Xinran Yu, Zhishuai Zhang, Song Dai

“…The accurate disclosure of the mechanical properties of marine soil is critical to the safety and stability of the foundation structure of offshore wind turbines. The stiffness degradation laws of mucky clay and silt clay from offshore wind turbines were firstly investigated in the study. …”
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Risk Factors for Microvascular Complications of Diabetes in a High-Risk Middle East Population by Sohaila Cheema, Patrick Maisonneuve, Mahmoud Zirie, Amin Jayyousi, Hekmat Alrouh, Amit Abraham, Sura Al-Samraye, Ziyad Mahfoud, Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Janahi, Buthaina Ibrahim, Albert B. Lowenfels, Ravinder Mamtani

“…We collected information via a structured questionnaire and directly from the patient’s record on 1034 adult type 2 diabetic patients who were attending outpatient clinics in Qatar. …”
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A Coupled Novel Green Element and Embedded Discrete Fracture Model for Simulation of Fluid Flow in Fractured Reservoir by Linsong Cheng, Xulin Du, Renyi Cao, Zhikai Wang, Junjie Shi

“…The novel GEM has double nodes of pressure and flux and it is an improvement of classical GEM, which has a second-order precision and fits for triangle structured grids. In the place of adopting the linear flow approximation for original EDFM, the interflows between local triangle matrix grids and fracture elements are derived using the novel GEM, which has higher accuracy than those in previous EDFMs. …”
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2D Motions Response Analysis of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine with Various Barge Shapes by Mahmuddin Faisal, Putra Nurhalim Dwi, Klara Syerly

“…The research results include the RAO curve for the structure in a couple of two degrees of freedom (heave-pitch) combined with 2-dimensional analyses. …”
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In-Silico Evaluation of Binding Interaction and ADME Properties of Novel Pyrazoline and Pyrimidine Derivatives Targeting Cyclooxygenase-2 Enzyme by Sarmad Abbas Fadhil, Karima Fadhil Ali, Wesen Adel Mehde

“…Docking studies employing gold software facilitated the visualization of ligand-protein interactions, utilizing the crystal structure of the COX-2 protein (PDB ID: 4m11). Preceding the docking procedure, the receptor underwent energy minimization by SPDPV software and hydrogen atoms addition. …”
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SQL Injection Detection Based on Lightweight Multi-Head Self-Attention by Rui-Teng Lo, Wen-Jyi Hwang, Tsung-Ming Tai

“…This paper presents a novel neural network model for the detection of Structured Query Language (SQL) injection attacks for web applications. …”
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Surveillance of non-communicable diseases: What matters to users? A qualitative interview study by Robyn Kettlitz, Maike Buchmann, Oktay Tuncer, Laura Krause, Thomas Ziese, Lukas Reitzle

“…As part of the National Diabetes Surveillance at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), existing formats of information transfer were evaluated and an analysis of users’ requirements regarding the dissemination of results of surveillance for non-communicable diseases (NCD) was carried out. Methods: 13 semi-structured guided interviews were conducted with persons from health politics, healthcare, media and science and analysed in a qualitative content analysis (interview survey period: 10/2022 – 01/2023). …”
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Lead toxicity in Nicotiana tabacum L.: Damage antioxidant system and disturb plant metabolism by Tengfei Liu, Kai Zhang, Chunlan Ming, Jiashu Tian, Huanyu Teng, Zicheng Xu, Jiewang He, Fengfeng Liu, Yinghui Zhou, Jiayang Xu, Mohamed G. Moussa, Shenghua Zhang, Wei Jia

“…The physiological results showed that compared with CK, with the increase of Pb concentration, Pb treatment inhibited tobacco growth, reduced the biomass and photosynthetic pigment content of tobacco seedlings, and severely damaged the chloroplast structure. In addition, compared with CK, the pore conductivity and pore density of Pb800 treatment decreased by 45.77 % and 93.55 %, respectively. …”
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Allocation of Interline Power Flow Controller-Based Congestion Management in Deregulated Power System by Muhammad Safdar Sial, Qinghua Fu, Talles Vianna Brugni

“…The main aim of the IPFC’s optimal location is to achieve an appropriate structure for congestion management in restructured power systems. …”
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Electrochemical Corrosion Performance of N80 steel in Acidized 10% HCl medium using 4-methyl-1-Phenyl-3-(p-tolyldiazenyl) −2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrol-2-ol by Reham H. Wahba, Adel Z. El-Sonbati, Mostafa A. Diab, Esam A. Gomaa, Marwa N. El-Nahass, Y.M. Abdallah

“…Additionally, Monte Carlo (MC) simulations and density functional theory (DFT) were utilized to establish a link between the protective capacity and the molecular structure of the inhibitor. Significant findings: The inhibitor confirmed an impressive inhibition prohibition of 91 % when its concentration was increased to 1 × 10−4 M at 25 ± 1 °C, as determined by EIS analysis. …”
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Assessment on factors affecting human wild animal coexistence and associated mitigation measures in the buffer zone community of Shivapuri Nagarjun national park, Nepal by Dipesh Raj Pant, Kuaanan Techato, Siriporn Pradit, Saroj Gyawali, Binod Baniya

“…Data for the quantitative approach has been collected from 446 households residing in the buffer zone regions through structured questionnaire. Qualitative data are fetched through nine KII (Key Informant Interviews) who were the stakeholders of the buffer zone community. …”
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Computer visual syndrome: a need to overcome in primary health care by Xiomara Vasallo García, Loreta Sánchez Ortiz, Lisandra Sànchez Peñalver, Vismary Valdés Vales, Estela del Sol Liriano, Ana Home Martìnez

“…Results: the workshop system was designed to improve computer vision syndrome for graduates in Optometry and Optics in primary health care. In its structure it is organized logically and a close relationship is established between the theoretical and methodological components that make it up. …”
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Histopathological Characterization and Whole Exome Sequencing of Ectopic Thyroid: Fetal Architecture in a Functional Ectopic Gland from Adult Patient by Rosalinda Yasato Camargo, Cristina Takami Kanamura, Celso Ubirajara Friguglietti, Célia Regina Nogueira, Sonia Iorcansky, Alfio José Tincani, Ana Karina Bezerra, Ester Brust, Fernanda Christtanini Koyama, Anamaria Aranha Camargo, Fernanda Orpinelli R. Rego, Pedro Alexandre Favoretto Galante, Geraldo Medeiros-Neto, Ileana Gabriela Sanchez Rubio

“…This is the first immature thyroid fetal tissue observed in an ectopic thyroid due to the arrest of structural differentiation early in the colloid stage of development that proved able to synthesize thyroid hormone but not to respond to TSH. …”
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Green entrepreneurship in the era of sustainability: the relationship between intent, institutional support, and student behavior by Mukhammad Kholid Mawardi, Arif Yustian Maulana Noor, Lintang Edityastono, Siti Nur ‘Atikah Zulkiffli, Faizah Mashahadi

“…The analysis employed Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to investigate the relationships among latent variables, including green entrepreneurial intentions, green entrepreneurial behavior, environmental institutional support, and university environmental support. …”
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Identification of Prior Factors Influencing the Mode Choice of Short Distance Travel by Ming Li, Guohua Song, Ying Cheng, Lei Yu

“…Then, by applying the structural equation modeling, it is found that the age, the household income, and the vehicle ownerships have a significant effect on the mode choice of short distance travels. …”
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Mediational Model of Multiple Sclerosis Impairments, Family Needs, and Caregiver Mental Health in Guadalajara, Mexico by Melody N. Mickens, Paul B. Perrin, Adriana Aguayo, Brenda Rabago, Miguel A. Macías-Islas, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla

“…The current study examined the relationships among MS impairments (functional, neurological, cognitive, behavioral, and emotional), unmet family needs (household, informational, financial, social support, and health), and caregiver mental health (satisfaction with life, anxiety, burden, and depression) in a sample of 81 MS caregivers from Guadalajara, Mexico. A structural equation model demonstrated the mediational effect of unmet family needs on the relationship between MS impairments and caregiver mental health. …”
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Combating antibiotic resistance: mechanisms, challenges, and innovative approaches in antibacterial drug development by Aiswarya M. Rajesh, Shraddha Subhash Pawar, Kruthi Doriya, Rambabu Dandela

“…Innovative approaches, such as structure-based drug design, combination therapies, and new delivery systems, are highlighted for their potential to create compounds with enhanced action against resistant strains. …”
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