Transient dynamic analysis of cutter-head loads: effects of different cutter spacings during excavation by Minglei Kang, Haining Liu, Wenjia Ma, Luqi Wang, Jianjun Zhou, Miao Li

“…At a smaller tool spacing, the cutterhead will exhibit higher structural integrity, which may lead to a delay in the response of mechanical vibration. …”
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Provider Preference, Logistical Challenges, or Vaccine Hesitancy? Analyzing Parental Decision-Making in School Vaccination Programs: A Qualitative Study in Sydney, Australia by Leigh McIndoe, Alexandra Young, Cristyn Davies, Cassandra Vujovich-Dunn, Stephanie Kean, Michelle Dives, Vicky Sheppeard

“…<b>Methods:</b> This qualitative study was conducted in the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (2022–2023). Semi-structured interviews were held with school staff (<i>n</i> = 11) across government, Catholic, and independent schools, parents whose children were not vaccinated at school (<i>n</i> = 11) and a focus group with public health unit staff (<i>n</i> = 5). …”
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Concentrations, composition profiles, and in vitro–in silico-based mixture risk assessment of bisphenol A and its analogs in plant-based foods by Chun-Hui Chiu, Shih-Han Sun, Yun-Jia Yao, Yi Chuang, Yu-Tsung Lee, Yi-Jun Lin

“…The substitution of bisphenol A (BPA) with structurally similar analogs has raised concerns due to their comparable estrogenic activities. …”
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A Pilot Study on the Freelisting Method Among Adolescents with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Feasibility, Acceptability and Study Findings by Sabrina Gmuca, Dori Abel, Mackenzie McGill, Daneka Stryker, Eda Akpek, Whitney Eriksen, Pamela F. Weiss, Peter F. Cronholm

“…Twenty-seven subjects participated in an interview which included the freelisting exercise, probing questions, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale 10-item, and semi-structured interview. Feasibility was pre-defined as ≥85% completion. …”
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TARREAN: A Novel Transformer with a Gate Recurrent Unit for Stylized Music Generation by Yumei Zhang, Yulin Zhou, Xiaojiao Lv, Jinshan Li, Heng Lu, Yuping Su, Honghong Yang

“…Additionally, we apply masked multi-head attention to prevent the model from accessing future information during training, preserving the causal structure of music sequences. To reduce computational overhead, we introduce root mean square layer normalization (RMS Norm), which smooths gradients and simplifies the calculations, thereby improving training efficiency. …”
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In-vitro study of hybrid silver nanoparticles with humic acid extracted from cow dung against pathogens by Shabir Ahmed Dharejo, Tajnees Pirzada, Muhammad Raza Shah, Ahmed Nadeem, Khalid Hussain Thebo

“…The particles were face-centered cubic (FCC) in structure, according to the XRD. Moreover, particles had a spherical shape, high negative zeta potential, and were polydisperse in nature, with an average size of 25.43 nm. …”
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Drying Kinetics, Physicochemical Properties and Sensory Quality of the Instant Foxtail Millet as Affected by Drying Methods by Yingqiang Wang, Hongxia Zhao, Xi Song, Wenjie Zhang, Feng Yang

“…Scanning electron microscopy and rehydration process revealed that MHAD and MVD samples had a similar structure with the HAD sample. Drying caused a loss of 6.5–54.9% in the total phenolic content and a loss of 38.4–62.2% in total yellow pigment content. …”
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Multifaceted properties of Ni and Zn codoped MgO nanoparticles by A. Chithra Mohan, A. Athira, Bindu P. Nair, G. Sivasubramanian, K. M. Sreekanth, Gopinathan Anoop, Sreeprasanth Pulinthanathu Sree, K. M. Sreedhar

“…The present investigation employed a facile chemical precipitation and coprecipitation approach to synthesize pure MgO and Ni, Zn dual doped MgO, varying Ni concentration ranging between 2% and 10% and maintaining a constant Zn concentration at 20%. Structural and optical properties were investigated using field emission scanning electron microscope, energy dispersed X-ray analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, absorption spectra, besides photoluminescent analysis. …”
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Depressive, anxiety, and sleep disturbance symptoms in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a network analysis perspective by Xue Luo, Shuangyan Li, Qianyun Wu, Yan Xu, Ruichen Fang, Yihong Cheng, Bin Zhang

“…The Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) technique and the Extended Bayesian Information Criterion (EBIC) were utilized to estimate the network structure of depressive, anxiety, and sleep disturbance symptoms. …”
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Chaetoceros muelleri sulfated polysaccharides: chain conformation, physical characteristics, and morphology by Valeria Miranda-Arizmendi, Jorge Marquez-Escalante, Agustin Rascon-Chu, Karla Martínez-Robinson, Francisco Brown-Bojorquez, Elizabeth Carvajal-Millan

“…These values suggest a flexible and compact random coil structure in CMSP. The sample's zeta potential (ζ), conductivity, and diffusion coefficient (D) were −26.43 mV, −2.07 µm cm/s V, 1.25 mS/cm, and 1.8 × 10−8 cm2/s, correspondingly. …”
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Feasibility of an artificial intelligence phone call for postoperative care following cataract surgery in a diverse population: two phase prospective study protocol by Sarah Khavandi, Ernest Lim, Aisling Higham, Nick de Pennington, Amin Hatamnejad, Sohel Somani, Eric S Tam, Hannah H Chiu

“…A random sample of patients will undergo the System Usability Scale followed by an extended semi-structured interview. The primary outcome of agreement between Dora and the supervisor will be assessed using the kappa statistic. …”
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Changes in the intestinal microbiota induced by the postnatal environment and their association with hypertension by Patrizia Dardi, Camille Perella Coutinho, Sarah de Oliveira, Simone Aparecida Teixeira, Renaide Rodrigues Ferreira Gacek, Eduardo Purgatto, Marco Aurélio Ramirez Vinolo, Marcelo Nicolás Muscará, Luciana Venturini Rossoni

“…In this sense, the current study explored the influence of normotensive and hypertensive postnatal environments on the intestinal microbiota structure, composition, and functional capacity of SHR and Wistar rats. …”
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Prediction of water inflow after excavation of underground chamber group with long span and high buried depth by Rui LI, Hongfu ZHOU, Shuwu LI, Guanghong JU, Wanlin LIU, Wenqing TANG

“…To predict the water inflow of underground caverns after excavation and provide guidance for drainage and anti-seepage design, this study focused on the large underground powerhouse caverns of a pumped storage power station in Xinjiang, and analyzed the seepage characteristics of rock mass in the dam site area in terms of groundwater activity characteristics, borehole water pressure test, and the development of structural planes in the rock mass. To enhance the reliability of the prediction results, the change of groundwater seepage field and normal water inflow after excavation of underground caverns are analyzed and predicted by groundwater dynamics method and numerical analysis method, respectively. …”
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Evolutionary analysis of genes associated with the sense of balance in semi-aquatic mammals by Yuehuan Dong, Qinguo Wei, Guolei Sun, Xiaodong Gao, Tianshu Lyu, Lidong Wang, Shengyang Zhou, Xibao Wang, Yongquan Shang, Lupeng Shi, Honghai Zhang

“…The sense of balance is crucial for mammalian locomotion, and in semi-aquatic mammals, the structural foundation of this sense (the vestibular system) shows distinct morphological adaptations to both aquatic and terrestrial environments compared to their terrestrial counterparts. …”
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Research on a traditional Chinese medicine case-based question-answering system integrating large language models and knowledge graphs by Yuchen Duan, Qingqing Zhou, Yu Li, Chi Qin, Ziyang Wang, Hongxing Kan, Hongxing Kan, Jili Hu, Jili Hu

“…A large language model (LLM) was employed to automatically extract key entities, including symptoms, pathogenesis, treatment principles, and prescriptions. These were structured into a TCM case knowledge graph.ResultsThe LLM successfully identified and extracted relevant entities, which were then organized into relational triples. …”
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Roles of core nosZ denitrifiers in enhancing denitrification activity under long-term rice straw retention by Shijie Zhang, Shijie Zhang, Mengyao Hou, Mengyao Hou, Bing Li, Bing Li, Panfeng Guan, Panfeng Guan, Qing Chi, Qing Chi, Hao Sun, Hao Sun, Hangbo Xu, Hangbo Xu, Dongjie Cui, Dongjie Cui, Yupan Zhu, Yupan Zhu

“…Correspondingly, treatments with rice straw retention resulted in the development of a similar community composition (P &lt; 0.05), structure (P = 0.001), and more positively interconnected network, as well as similar specific keystone taxa of nosZ denitrifiers, relative to those in non-rice straw mode. …”
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RNA editing-based biomarker blood test for the diagnosis of bipolar disorder: protocol of the EDIT-B study by Andrea Miranda-Mendizabal, Diana Vetter, Juan Zambrano, Jeff Zarp, Victor Chavarría, Anna Giménez-Palomo, Meritxell Gonzalez-Campos, Marc Valenti, Lara Walczer Baldinazzo, Sara Siddi, Maurizio Ferrari, Dinah Weissmann, Chantal Henry, Josep Maria Haro, Lars Vedel Kessing, Eduard Vieta

“…Methods and analysis Multicentre cross-sectional study including an adult sample of inpatients or outpatients diagnosed with BD or MDD, currently treated for a major depressive episode. A structured diagnostic interview based on validated scales will be conducted. …”
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Polymorphism of angiogenesis regulation factor genes (<i>VEGF/VEGFR</i>), and extracellular matrix remodeling genes (<i>MMP/TIMP</i>), and the levels of their products in extracell... by V. I. Konenkov, V. V. Nimaev, A. V. Shevchenko, V. F. Prokofiev

“…The correlation analysis revealed the interdependence of the concentrations of the MMP, TIMP and VEGF products and differences in the structure of the correlation matrices of patients with both forms of lymphedema. …”
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A synthetic cyclic peptide for promoting antigen presentation and immune activation by Jiahui Zhang, Harrison Y. R. Madge, Asmaa Mahmoud, Lantian Lu, Wanyi Wang, Wenbin Huang, Prashamsa Koirala, Jazmina L. Gonzalez Cruz, Wei Yang Kong, Sahra Bashiri, Ahmed O. Shalash, Waleed M. Hussein, Zeinab G. Khalil, James W. Wells, Istvan Toth, Rachel J. Stephenson

“…Abstract Cyclic peptides are often used as scaffolds for the multivalent presentation of drug molecules due to their structural stability and constrained conformation. We identified a cyclic deca-peptide incorporating lipoamino acids for delivering T helper and B cell epitopes against group A Streptococcus (GAS), eliciting robust humoral immune responses. …”
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The histological development of the fetal human inferior colliculus during the second trimester by Reetuparna Nanda, Mihail Bota, Jaikishan Jayakumar, Jaikishan Jayakumar, Suresh S, S. Lata, E. Harish Kumar, Chitra Srinivasan, Sudha Vasudevan, Kumutha Jayaraman, Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam, Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam, Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam, Richa Verma

“…Despite several studies about its structural and functional development, the knowledge about the human fetal IC is rather limited. …”
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