Improving Sensitivity in Ultrasound Molecular Imaging by Tailoring Contrast Agent Size Distribution: In Vivo Studies by Jason E. Streeter, Ryan Gessner, Iman Miles, Paul A. Dayton

“…In perfusion imaging studies, video intensity and contrast persistence was ≈8 times and ≈3 times greater respectively, for “sorted 3-micron” MCAs (diameter, 3.3 ± 1.95 μm) when compared to “unsorted” MCAs (diameter, 0.9 ± 0.45 μm) at low concentrations. …”
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Efficient Load Forecasting Optimized by Fuzzy Programming and OFDM Transmission by Sandeep Sachdeva, Maninder Singh, U. P. Singh, Ajat Shatru Arora

“…This paper is written for the short-term load forecasting on daily basis, hourly, or half-hourly basis or real time load forecasting. But as we move from daily to hourly basis of load forecasting, the error of load forecasting increases. …”
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The human pressure on the middle Vistula River wildlife: the number and distribution of people and their activity on the river during the breeding season of birds by Dariusz Bukaciński, Monika Bukacińska, Ewelina Mastalerz

“…In both months, the most popular form of spending time by humans in the riverbed was fishing. While in areas less valuable for birds, fishing strongly dominated, on parts of the river with key breeding habitats for birds, more aggressive forms of recreation, camping and motorized tourism (quads, motorcycles, off-road vehicles), were reported as often or even more frequently. …”
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Mathematics in police activity: basics, features, mathematical training by S. O. Serbenyuk

“…The main attention is paid to the introduction of a comprehensive academic discipline “Mathematical Methods in Police Activity” for the first time and the discussion of the content of its first module for students of higher education institutions subordinated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine with the aim of combining mathematical methods, as well as elements of physics, astronomy and geography, in particular topography, to solve practical problems in the professional activity of police officers. …”
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The Lollipop with Lemon Aroma May Be Promising in Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy by Ismail Biyik, Fatih Keskin

“…The 12-hour Pregnancy-Unique Quantification of Emesis and Nausea score was calculated at the time of presentation to the hospital. The study group (32 cases) was given lemon-flavored lollipops while the control group (35 cases) did not receive lollipops. …”
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Machine learning methods for predicting essential metabolic genes from Plasmodium falciparum genome-scale metabolic network. by Itunuoluwa Isewon, Stephen Binaansim, Faith Adegoke, Jerry Emmanuel, Jelili Oyelade

“…Identifying these genes, especially in complex organisms like Plasmodium falciparum, which causes malaria, is challenging due to the cost and time associated with experimental methods. Thus, computational approaches have emerged. …”
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Investigation of the microorganism combinations on aroma in fermented sucuk by Yağmur Nil Demirel, Zeki Gürler

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> It was calculated kovats retention index, retention time, average peak area of volatile aroma compounds. …”
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An Overview of Pavement Degradation Prediction Models by Amir Shtayat, Sara Moridpour, Berthold Best, Shahriar Rumi

“…The findings show that most previous studies preferred machine learning approaches and artificial neural networks forecasting and estimating the road pavement conditions because of their ability to deal with massive data, their higher accuracy, and them being worthwhile in solving time-series problems.…”
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Bael Tree Leaves as a Natural Adsorbent for the Removal of Zinc(II) Ions from Industrial Effluents by P. Senthil Kumar, K. Kirthika, K. Sathish Kumar

“…The percentage removal of Zn(II) ions was evaluated under varying experimental conditions, i.e. adsorbent dosage, initial metal ion concentration and contact time. To this effect, batch adsorption experiments were undertaken employing 2 g of 40–50 mesh bael tree leaves as an adsorbent in 100 mℓ of synthetic wastewater containing ca. 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 mg/ℓ of Zn(II) ions. …”
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Reduction of Maximum and Residual Drifts on Posttensioned Steel Frames with Semirigid Connections by Arturo López-Barraza, Edén Bojórquez, Sonia E. Ruiz, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar

“…Further, the seismic performance of traditional structures with rigid connections is compared with the corresponding equivalent posttensioned structures with semirigid connections. Nonlinear time history analyses are developed for both types of structural systems to obtain the maximum and the residual interstory drifts. …”
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GIS Based Spatiotemporal Comparation Between SPI and CZI Drought Index: A Case Study of Burdur Lake Basin by Erhan Şener, Şehnaz Şener

“…In Burdur Meteorology station, it was determined that the longest drought period was experienced in the 24-month time scale with the SPI method since January 1951 with 1612 days. …”
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The Correlation between Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Point-of-Care Immunoassay, Tear Film Osmolarity, and Ocular Surface Parameters by Min-Ji Kang, Hyun Seung Kim, Man Soo Kim, Eun Chul Kim

“…We performed a retrospective chart review for patients diagnosed with dry eye and investigated if associations existed amongst noninvasive tear breakup time (NIBUT); corneal staining scores; and MMP-9 grade, tear film osmolarity, and Schirmer’s test I results. …”
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Enhanced Adsorptive Removal of Chromium (VI) from Aqueous Solution on Using Aged Refuse: Resource Recovery and Environmental Applications by B. Manimekalai, S. Sivanesan, P. Senthil Kumar

“…The researchers conducted the batch adsorption study to validate the influence exerted by different sorts of adsorption parameters like contact time (10-100 min), initial concentration of the pollutant (50 mg·L-1 to 250 mg·L-1), pH (1-7), and the dosage of the adsorbent (0.5 g·L-1-3.0 g·L-1). …”
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Seismic Mitigation Effect and Mechanism Analysis of Split Columns in Underground Structures in Sites with Weak Interlayers by Zigang Xu, Zongyao Xia

“…The equivalent linear soil-underground structure dynamic time-history analysis method is employed to examine the seismic response of underground structures at weak interlayer sites. …”
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Type-II Fuzzy Decision Support System for Fertilizer by Ather Ashraf, Muhammad Akram, Mansoor Sarwar

“…This type-II fuzzy system takes cropping time and soil nutrients in the form of spatial surfaces as input, fuzzifies it using a type-II fuzzy membership function, and implies fuzzy rules on it in the fuzzy inference engine. …”
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Experience in applying large language models to analyse sociological data obtained as a result of interviews on students’ perception of entrepreneurial activity by E. G. Ashikhmin, V. V. Levchenko, G. I. Seletkova

“…The advantages of using LLM are shown: increased data processing speed, saving time and resources. The application of LLM becomes a tool to optimise the research process in sociology, allowing to deepen the analysis of qualitative data, but it also has a number of limitations: social and political bias, difficulties with hallucinations. …”
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Decomposition and Oriented Growth of YBa2Cu3O7-x Films Prepared with Low Fluorine TFA-MOD Approach by Xiaohui Zhao, Pan Zhang, Yabing Wang, Jie Xiong, Bowan Tao

“…In order to reduce the decomposition time and improve the properties of YBCO films, copper propionate was used as the precursor and certain Lewis-bases were introduced into the precursor solution. …”
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Compact Band-Selective Power Divider Using One-Dimensional Metamaterial Structure by Soonwoo Park, Heeje Han, Chanwoo Kim, Jaemin Bae, Youngki Cho, Hongjoon Kim

“…A band-selective power divider is demonstrated for the first time. By replacing lumped element right-handed (RH) and left-handed (LH) transmission lines (TL) in a conventional Wilkinson power divider, it is possible to achieve both power division and filtering simultaneously. …”
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Multimedia Thesaurus: A Case of Designing and Prospects for Using in Engineering Education by M. M. Bazhutina

“…The process of creating such thesaurus takes place at two levels of integration: intra-subject (interrelationship of all types of speech activity) and interdisciplinary (didactic synthesis of language and engineering disciplines). At the same time, the author outlines the areas of the near and further integration of the discipline «Professional English» and engineering disciplines, which is aimed at developing interdisciplinary thinking of engineering students. …”
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Accelerated Orthodontic Canine Retraction Using Minimally Invasive Orthocision by Omar Chawshli, Zana Omer, Omed Ikram

“…Results: Statistical analysis showed a highly significant difference between the control side and orthocision side regarding canine distalization distance and time duration and molar anchorage loss. A non-significant result revealed regarding mobility scoring between control and orthocision sides, also a highly significant difference was present between control side and experimental side regarding transverse changes. …”
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