Optimization Model and Algorithm of Empty Pallets Dispatching under the Time-Space Network of Express Shipment by Kang Zhou, Shiwei He, Rui Song, Xiaole Guo, Kaiming Li

“…The objective of the model is to minimize the total cost including transportation cost, inventory cost, lease cost, and loss cost. According to the structural characteristics of the model, genetic algorithm and improved cloud clonal selection operation is used to solve the model. …”
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Omics based technology application in poultry meat research by Huaijun Zhou, Austin Quach, Mahesh Nair, Behnam Abasht, Byungwhi Kong, Brian Bowker

“…These topics provide insights into the molecular components that contribute to the structure, function, and dynamics of the underlying mechanisms influencing meat quality traits, including chicken breast myopathies. …”
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Ultrastructure of Placenta of Gravidas with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by Qian Meng, Li Shao, Xiucui Luo, Yingping Mu, Wen Xu, Chao Gao, Li Gao, Jiayin Liu, Yugui Cui

“…Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) leads to an abnormal placental environment which may cause some structural alterations of placenta and affect placental development and function. …”
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Feasibility of Using High-Performance Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete for Simplifying Reinforcement Details of Critical Members by Seok-Joon Jang, Dae-Hyun Kang, Kyung-Lim Ahn, Wan-Shin Park, Sun-Woong Kim, Hyun-Do Yun

“…For diagonally reinforced coupling beam (SFRCCB) without additional transverse reinforcement, the addition of 1.5% steel fibre content into 60 MPa HPC coupling beam provides similar cracking and structural behaviours compared to those of diagonally reinforced coupling beam (CCB) with full section confinement details. …”
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A Lightweight Network with Domain Adaptation for Motor Imagery Recognition by Xinmin Ding, Zenghui Zhang, Kun Wang, Xiaolin Xiao, Minpeng Xu

“…Additionally, lightweight experiments were conducted from two perspectives: model structure optimization and data feature selection. …”
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Study on the effects of fissure geometric characteristics on the mechanical behavior and failure mechanism of granite under uniaxial compression test by Zhaolong Sang, Donghui Ma, Yaoyao Meng, Qian Yin, Xiaowei Liu, Zhimin Sun, Wei Wang

“…The results show that the numerical analysis model can accurately reproduce the complex intergranular occlusion and multi fissures network structure of granite specimens, and reveal the dominant role of fissure angle on the failure mode, and the significant influence of fissure geometric characteristics on the number and proportion of micro-cracks, peak mechanical response and damage energy. …”
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Effect of bacteriocin-producing Pediococcus acidilactici strains on the immune system and intestinal flora of normal mice by Yiteng Qiao, Zhichang Qiu, Fengwei Tian, Leilei Yu, Jianxin Zhao, Hao Zhang, Qixiao Zhai, Wei Chen

“…The results indicated that the intervention of different P. acidilactici strains could differently change the structure of intestinal flora in normal mice, which provided theoretical guidance for the selective use of bacteriocin-producing strains for health regulation in the future.…”
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Practical Steps to Design Brucellosis Preventive Interventions: An Intervention Mapping Approach by Arash Ziapour, Farshid Rezaei, Mohammad Jafarzadeh, Nasim Mirzaei, Eslam Moradi‐Asl, Nazila Nejhaddadgar

“…In the first step, needs assessment was done through literature review, semi‐structured in‐depth interview and checklist. In the second step, the matrix of change objectives was designed. …”
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Design and Fabrication of Orthokeratology Lens with Multi-Linear and Spherical Aberration Corrected for Myopia Control by Zhengwang Li, Ruijin Hong, Dawei Zhang

“…In the present study, a pioneering polish-free ortho-k lens was devised, featuring two reverse lines and three alignment lines, which, respectively, expedite the shaping process and enhance centration. The structural blueprint of the ortho-k lens, along with the simulation of fluorescence staining, was executed employing the FocalPoints software V7.0 (Advance Medical, Milan, Italy). …”
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Control of water for high-yield and low-cost sustainable electrochemical synthesis of uniform monolayer graphene oxide by Jiaqi Guo, Songfeng Pei, Kun Huang, Qing Zhang, Xizhong Zhou, Jinmeng Tong, Zhibo Liu, Hui-Ming Cheng, Wencai Ren

“…Moreover, this method allows precise control on the structure of GO and the synthesis of GO by using pure water. …”
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Batch Adsorption of Orange II Dye on a New Green Hydrogel—Study on Working Parameters and Process Enhancement by Andrei-Ionuț Simion, Cristina-Gabriela Grigoraș, Lidia Favier

“…The analyses of its morphological structure and functional groups by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) showed the successful entrapping of the CS in the SA polymeric matrix. …”
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Measuring Complexity in Manufacturing: Integrating Entropic Methods, Programming and Simulation by Germán Herrera-Vidal, Jairo R. Coronado-Hernández, Ivan Derpich-Contreras, Breezy P. Martínez Paredes, Gustavo Gatica

“…The results confirm that factors such as production sequence and product volume significantly influence the structural complexity of the workstations, with station A being less complex (0.4154 to 0.9913 bits) compared to stations B and C, which reached up to 2.2084 bits. …”
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Lauric Acid-Modified Nitraria Seed Meal Composite as Green Carrier Material for Pesticide Controlled Release by Bo Bai, Xiaohui Xu, Jingjie Hai, Na Hu, Honglun Wang, Yourui Suo

“…In the present study, a novel pesticide carrier LA-NSM (lauric acid-modified Nitraria seed meal) with controlled release property was prepared through grafting esterification of lauric acid onto Nitraria seed meal substrates. The structure of the obtained samples was characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and contact angle measurements. …”
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Human adaptation and diversification in the Microsporum canis complex by Xin Zhou, Sarah A. Ahmed, Chao Tang, Maria Eduarda Grisolia, José Francisco Ghignatti Warth, Kristen Webster, Andrea Peano, Silke Uhrlass, Claudia Cafarchia, Marie Pierre Hayette, Rosalie Sacheli, Tadeja Matos, Yingqian Kang, G. Sybren de Hoog, Peiying Feng

“…To clarify the evolutionary relationship between the three species and explore the potential host shift process, this study used phylogenetic analysis, population structure analysis, multispecies coalescent analyses, determination of MAT idiomorph distribution, sexual crosses, and macromorphology and physicochemical features to address the above questions. …”
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Modeling and Control Strategy for Multiterminal Flexible DC Distribution Network with Echelon Utilization Power Battery by Min Mou, Yuhao Zhou, Wenguang Zheng, Yurong Xie, Shipeng Wang, Lili Liu, Chengzhi Wei

“…By analyzing the characteristics of flexible DC distribution network and echelon utilization battery, the structure and control strategy of modular multilevel converter (MMC), DC solid-state transformer, photovoltaic power generation, wind power generation, and echelon utilization battery energy storage system are established, respectively, in this paper. …”
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A universal and wide-range cytosine base editor via domain-inlaid and fidelity-optimized CRISPR-FrCas9 by Lan Hu, Jing Han, Hao-Da Wang, Zhou-Hua Cheng, Chang-Ce Lv, Dong-Feng Liu, Han-Qing Yu

“…Here, a series of iteratively improved cytosine base editors (CBEs) are constructed using the FrCas9 nickase (FrCas9n) with the unique PAM palindromic structure (NNTA) to alleviate these challenges. The deaminase domain-inlaid FrCas9n exhibits an editing range covering 38 nucleotides upstream and downstream of the palindromic PAM, without context preference, which is 6.3 times larger than that of traditional CBEs. …”
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Longer-Term Postcure Measurement of Cuspal Deformation Induced by Dimensional Changes in Dental Materials by A. Falsafi, J. D. Oxman, P.-H. Tse, T. T. Ton

“…This enables direct examination and comparison of structural properties corresponding to the final stage of formed networks. …”
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A Multifeature Fusion Network for Tree Species Classification Based on Ground-Based LiDAR Data by Yaoting Liu, Yiming Chen, Zhengjun Liu, Jianchang Chen, Yuxuan Liu

“…We also utilize the umbrella-repSurf module, which captures local geometric features and enhances the model's responsiveness to tree structural nuances. The backbone of MFFTC-Net integrates these innovations through a multifeature fusion approach, utilizing set abstraction for local information capture and transformer-based feature interaction for robust multiscale feature integration. …”
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Dysfunctional Attitudes in Alcohol Dependents: A Comparative Study by Görkem Karakas Ugurlu, Mustafa Uğurlu, Levent Turhan, M. Hakan Türkçapar

“…At the same time, alcohol dependent group was evaluated using Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R-Axis-I and Axis-II (SCID I and II). …”
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NSm is a critical determinant for bunyavirus transmission between vertebrate and mosquito hosts by Selim Terhzaz, David Kerrigan, Floriane Almire, Agnieszka M. Szemiel, Joseph Hughes, Jean-Philippe Parvy, Massimo Palmarini, Alain Kohl, Xiaohong Shi, Emilie Pondeville

“…Here we show that only vector-borne bunyaviruses express a non-structural protein, NSm, whose function has so far remained largely elusive. …”
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