Green synthesis of CuO nanoparticles from Cucurbita maxima leaf extract; a platinum free counter electrode for dye sensitized solar cells by Emma Panzi Mukhokosi, Stephen Tenywa, Nandipha L. Bothab, Shohreh Azizi, Mathapelo Pearl Seopela, Malik Maaza

“…Uniformly synthesized CuO NPs were subjected to various characterization tools to obtain the crystal structure, surface morphology, particle size, optical properties, chemical bonds and photovoltaic properties. …”
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Horizontal-Vertical-Rocking Coupled Response Analysis of Vertical Seismic Isolated Structure under Near-Fault Earthquakes by Dewen Liu, Yafei Zhang, Sitong Fang, Yang Liu

“…The responses of horizontal-vertical-rocking coupling base-isolated structure including quasizero stiffness (QZS) and vertical damper (VD) subjected to NF horizontal and vertical ground motions are investigated. …”
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Optimizing Varicella Vaccination Strategy: A Study on Age and Dose Impacts on Antibody Levels by Qing He, Yang Xu, Yilan Li, Pinting Zhu, Lei Luo

“…The mean level of those positive subjective was 581.2 mIU/mL (95% CI: 552.3, 611.5). …”
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The Use of Session RPE to Monitor the Intensity of Weight Training in Older Women: Acute Responses to Eccentric, Concentric, and Dynamic Exercises by Sandro S. Ferreira, Kleverton Krinski, Ragami C. Alves, Mariana L. Benites, Paulo E. Redkva, Hassan M. Elsangedy, Cosme F. Buzzachera, Tácito P. Souza-Junior, Sergio G. da Silva

“…This investigation demonstrated that session RPE is similar to traditional RPE in terms of weight-training involving concentric, eccentric, or dynamic muscle exercises, and that it can be used to prescribe and monitor weight-training sessions in older subjects.…”
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OsteoNet—A Framework for Identifying Osteoporosis in Bone Radiograph Images Using Attention-Based VGG Network by Abdul Wahab Muzaffar, Farhan Riaz, Muhammad Tahir

“…Diagnosing osteoporosis from X-ray images poses a significant challenge due to the visual similarities between images from healthy subjects and patients. In this paper, we present a novel method for detecting osteoporosis. …”
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Weight variation gain and chemotherapy in women having breast cancer treated in the public health system by Samira Obeid Georges, Cinthya Costa Braga, Karine Anusca Martins

“…Most patients were submitted to neoadjuvant treatment, being adriblastine + cyclophosphamide (AC) associated with carboplatin + paclitaxel (Taxol) the most frequent combination (80.0%). Most of the sample subjects were overweight or obese before and after chemotherapy. …”
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Effectiveness and adverse effects of immersive technologies used for rehabilitation of patients with non-specific neck pain: a systematic review by Joanna S. Kostka, Agnieszka Zawadzka-Fabijan, Dariusz Działa, Bogumiła Bruc, Magdalena Pruszyńska, Gabriela Figas, Rory J. O'Connor, Antti Malmivaara, Jolanta E. Kujawa

“…Design: Systematic review. Subjects/Patients: Individuals with non-specific neck pain. …”
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Bio-Inspired Jumping Spider Optimization for Controller Tuning/Parameter Estimation of an Uncertain Aerodynamic MIMO System by Ravi Samikannu, Oduetse Matsebe, David Ezekiel

“…With the k,p,i controller gains as the decision variables, the JSOA solution to a nonlinear multi-objective optimization problem subject to some intrinsic constraints spawned optimal values for the controllers’ variables. …”
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Ordinal Analysis of Variation of Sensory Responses in Combination with Multinomial Ordered Logistic Regression vs. Chemical Composition: A Case Study of the Quality of a Sausage fr... by Tamar Gadrich, Francesca R. Pennecchi, Ilya Kuselman, D. Brynn Hibbert, Anastasia A. Semenova, Pui Sze Cheow

“…It is also promising for a revision of specification limits for chemical composition, as well as for the prediction of sensory properties when the chemical composition of the product is subject to quality control.…”
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Liability For Damage Based On The Processing Of Biometric Data Through Video Surveillance Of Residential Buildings Against The Provisions Of The General Data Protection Regulation... by Davorin Pichler

“…The right to one’s own figure can be violated by the unauthorized use of biometric data of the injured party, or, nowadays, by the frequent processing of personal data through video surveillance. The subject of the article is liability for non-property damage arising from the processing of biometric data through video surveillance of residential buildings, for private purposes, contrary to the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation and the General Data Protection Regulation Implementation Act. …”
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Speaking unplugged, or what to do to get ESL students chatting (from a teaching experience at a technical university) by Ekaterina N. Karakozova, Yuliya S. Perevezentseva

“…In general, the experiment facilitated not only influencing the improvement of students’ speaking skills, but also discovering the high potential of the free-speaking activity method for non-linguistic universities, where, as is known, foreign language learning is not a leading subject.…”
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Influence law and determination method of jack lifting load on existing station settlement by Shengzhi Wu, Xueyu Zhang, Zichen Lin, Jun Wang, Fengchun Zhang, Hongji Gao

“…This study investigates the mechanical responses of structures subjected to jack lifting based on case studies, numerical simulations, and theoretical analyses. …”
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Exosomes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type I Pathogenesis: Threat or Opportunity? by Sin-Yeang Teow, Alif Che Nordin, Syed A. Ali, Alan Soo-Beng Khoo

“…Collective findings demonstrated that exosomes from HIV-infected subjects share many commonalities with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type I (HIV-1) particles in terms of proteomics and lipid profiles. …”
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Synthesis of pyranopyrazolo N-glycoside and pyrazolopyranopyrimidine C-glycoside derivatives as promising antitumor and antimicrobial agents by Hafez Hend N., El-Gazzar Abdel-Rhman B. A.

“…Structures of the newly synthesized compounds were elucidated by elemental microanalysis and spectroscopic methods. The compounds were subjected to in vitro antitumor evaluation using the MTT assay. …”
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Single‐step geolocation for a non‐circular source in the presence of satellite orbit perturbations by Jiexin Yin, Ding Wang, Fuquan Nie, Nae Zheng

“…The known satellite positions and velocities are subject to random errors. The authors propose a single‐step satellite geolocation algorithm that directly localises the transmitter from sensor outputs using the information of time delays and Doppler shifts but without explicitly estimating them. …”
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Development of Interactive Learning Media Using Google Sites for Thermochemistry Courses by Restika Pamungkasih, Erlina Erlina, Ira Lestari, Tulus Junanto, Maria Ulfah, Dinna Nina Mohd Nizam

“…Interactive learning media is essential in enhancing student engagement and understanding, particularly in complex subjects like thermochemistry. Google Sites offers a platform to create accessible and interactive educational resources tailored to specific course needs. …”
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Evaluation of Dynamic Properties of Fiber Reinforced Sandy Soil at High Cyclic Strains by Pankaj Kundu, Gowtham Padmanabhan, Neha Gupta

“…In the current investigation, cyclic triaxial experiments were performed to examine the dynamic response of fiber reinforcement in a poorly graded sand subjected to cyclic loading. Fiber reinforced sand (FR) mixtures are prepared by short polypropylene fiber of 6 mm length with different percentages of fibers (0.25%, 0.5%, and 1.0%) and compared with unreinforced sand (UR) All the samples were tested at confining pressure of 50 kPa. …”
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Shaking table test study on the influence of environment vibration on the ancient city wall of Xi’an by Ruijuan Yang, Junlian Li, Masyitah Md Nujid

“…A 1:30 scale earthen wall model was subjected to 100 cycles of fixed-frequency and sweep-frequency vibrations. …”
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The Effects of Low-Level Laser Therapy, 670 nm, on Epiphyseal Growth in Rats by Adriana Regina de Andrade, Anamaria Meireles, Elisangela Lourdes Artifon, Rose Meire Costa Brancalhão, José Roberto Leonel Ferreira, Gladson Ricardo Flor Bertolini

“…Twenty-one Wistar rats, aged four weeks, were subjected to the application of LLLT, with dosage according to the group (G4: were submitted to the application of 4 J/cm2; G8: were submitted to the application of 8 J/cm2; G16: were submitted to the application of 16 J/cm2). …”
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Decreased Apoptotic Rate of Alveolar Macrophages of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Fotios Drakopanagiotakis, Areti Xifteri, Evaggelos Tsiambas, Andreas Karameris, Konstantina Tsakanika, Napoleon Karagiannidis, Demetrios Mermigkis, Vlasis Polychronopoulos, Demosthenes Bouros

“…To investigate whether AMs of patients with IPF exhibit a different apoptotic profile compared to normal subjects. Methods. We analyzed, by immunohistochemistry, the expression of the apoptotic markers fas, fas ligand , bcl-2, and bax in AM obtained from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of 20 newly diagnosed, treatment-naive IPF patients and of 16 controls. …”
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