Compact and Handheld SiPM-Based Gamma Camera for Radio-Guided Surgery and Medical Imaging by Fabio Acerbi, Aramis Raiola, Cyril Alispach, Hossein Arabi, Habib Zaidi, Alberto Gola, Domenico Della Volpe

“…We characterized the intrinsic position resolution (tested with pulsed light) as being ~200 µm, and the sensitivity and resolution when detecting gamma rays from Tc-99m source measured between 134 and 481 cps/MBq and as good as 1.4–1.9 mm, respectively.…”
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Identification of Soybean E1-E4 Gene Orthologs in the Guar Genome Using Comprehensive Transcriptome Assembly and Annotation by Luisa Criollo Delgado, Aleksei Zamalutdinov, Elena Potokina

“…Taub.), a well-known source of guar gum (food additive E 412). At high latitudes, e.g., in Russia, the main challenge for guar cultivation is the long photoperiod during summer, which delays flowering and maturation of guar plants. …”
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Vitamin C, Sugar Content, Color Intensity and Some Physicochemical Properties of Watermelon and Orange Peels by Selvican Gökçe, İsa Arslan Karakütük, Memnune Şengül

“…Therefore, orange peel can be used as a natural antioxidant and color source in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries.…”
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Farmers’ knowledge and perception of finger millet blast disease and its control practices in western Kenya by Wilton Mbinda, Agnes Kavoo, Fredah Maina, Margaret Odeph, Cecilia Mweu, Naomi Nzilani, Mathew Ngugi

“…Abstract Background Finger millet blast disease, caused by Pyricularia oryzae, is a serious constrain of finger millet production which is threatening global food security especially to the resource poor smallholder farmers in arid and semi-arid regions. …”
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Mid-infrared Ensemble Variability of Broad-line and Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies by Zhipeng Hu, Lisheng Mao

“…The MIR variability of the combined sample is positively correlated with black hole mass and the FWHM of the H β emission line at long rest-frame time lags. (4) The long-term MIR variability of the combined sample may be mainly driven by the Eddington ratio. (5) For BLSy1 galaxies, the MIR variability of radio-detected sources is greater than that of radio-undetected sources, whereas for NLSy1 galaxies, the opposite is true.…”
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Standard: human liver-on-a-chip by Haitao Liu, Xu Zhang, Yaqing Wang, Min Zhang, Peng Wang, Jing Shang, Zhongqiang Li, Likun Gong, Xin Xie, Dongyang Liu, Jingbo Pi, Xinghua Gao, Xianliang Li, Wei Ding, Dianbing Wang, Yun Long, Lan Wang, Song Li, Xingchao Geng, Pingkun Zhou, Wanjin Tang, Xian’en Zhang, Chunying Chen, Shengli Yang, Jianhua Qin

“…However, the lack of standardized definitions, structural designs, cell sources, model constructions, and functional validations has posed challenges to their widespread translational applications. …”
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The role of vitamin K in the pathology of newborns and infants (literature review) by Y.V. Marushko, A.O. Pysariev, T.V. Kurilina, O.A. Bovkun

“…PIVKA II is used as a functional marker for the detection of vitamin K deficiency. …”
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Differential expression of five genes during sclerotium formation of Rhizoctonia solani by WANG Wei, YANG Hui, WANG Zhengyi, CHEN Weiliang

“…Rhizoctonia solani is an important plant pathogenic fungus with a wide host range and worldwide distribution, and the sclerotia are the main source of infection for the diseases caused by this pathogen. …”
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Exploring the Possibility of Medical Device Surveillance in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis Using a Common Data Model by Seon Min Kim, Sooin Choi, You Kyoung Lee, Cheol Wan Lim, Byung Chul Yu, Moo Yong Park, Jin Kuk Kim, Seng Chan You, Seo Jeong Shin, Soo Jeong Choi

“…After implementing amended matching, these data were detected. <i>Conclusions</i>: While some PD-related medical data recorded in EHRs were misrepresented or omitted during the CDM database extraction, transformation, and loading process, the CDM shows potential to serve as a source of real-world data for active surveillance.…”
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Mitochondrial genome of Lonicera macranthoides: features, RNA editing, and insights into male sterility by Zhong Chen, Wei Zhuo, Yuqi Wang, Junpeng Qi, Li Liu, Sheng’E. Lu, Han Wang, Tao Sun, Liqiang Wang, Fengming Ren, Fengming Ren

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Chromosome-scale genome assembly and annotation of two geographically distinct strains of malaria vector Anopheles albimanus by Dieunel Derilus, Gareth D. Weedall, Michael W. Vandewege, Dhwani Batra, Mili Sheth, Lori A. Rowe, Ananias A. Escalante, Audrey Lenhart, Lucy Mackenzie Impoinvil

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Enabling beam-scanning antenna technologies for terahertz wireless systems: A review by Dongze Zheng, Geng-Bo Wu, Zhi Hao Jiang, Wei Hong, Chi Hou Chan, Ke Wu

“…While producing a scannable highly-directive antenna beam proves to be indispensable in the period of microwaves, the significance of such functionality is more critical in the THz era, considering that THz waves have more intractable challenges such as the severity of free-space propagation losses, the susceptibility to atmospheric environments, and the unavailability of efficient signal sources. …”
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Sarcopenia diagnosis using skeleton-based gait sequence and foot-pressure image datasets by Muhammad Tahir Naseem, Na-Hyun Kim, Haneol Seo, JaeMok Lee, Chul-Min Chung, Sunghoon Shin, Chan-Su Lee

“…IntroductionSarcopenia is a common age-related disease, defined as a decrease in muscle strength and function owing to reduced skeletal muscle. One way to diagnose sarcopenia is through gait analysis and foot-pressure imaging.Motivation and research gapWe collected our own multimodal dataset from 100 subjects, consisting of both foot-pressure and skeleton data with real patients, which provides a unique resource for future studies aimed at more comprehensive analyses. …”
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21 Balmer Jump Street: The Nebular Continuum at High Redshift and Implications for the Bright Galaxy Problem, UV Continuum Slopes, and Early Stellar Populations by Harley Katz, Alex J. Cameron, Aayush Saxena, Laia Barrufet, Nichloas Choustikov, Nikko J. Cleri, Anna de Graff, Richard S. Ellis, Robert A.E. Fosbury, Kasper E. Heintz, Michael Maseda, Jorryt Matthee, Ian McConachie, Pascal A. Oesch

“…First, we provide a theoretical background, showing how different stellar populations (SPS models, initial mass functions (IMFs), and stellar temperatures) and nebular conditions impact observed galaxy spectra. …”
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ESSegNeXt: A Novel Building Extraction Framework Based on Generalized SamGeo and SegNeXt Models Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images by Qi Lu, Wensong Liu, Lianpeng Zhang, Erzhu Li, Junlong Qiu, Lei Wang

“…Additionally, an edge-preserving loss function was introduced to enhance the boundary detection capability of the SegNeXt model using edge features extracted by SamGeo during cyclic validation. …”
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Oxidative Stress Markers and C-Reactive Protein Are Related to Severity of Heart Failure in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Celina Wojciechowska, Ewa Romuk, Andrzej Tomasik, Bronisława Skrzep-Poloczek, Ewa Nowalany-Kozielska, Ewa Birkner, Wojciech Jacheć

“…The aim of study was to determine relationships between functional capacity (NYHA class), left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF), hemodynamic parameters, and biomarkers of redox state and inflammation in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). …”
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Enhancing Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Delivery Through Bigel Technology by Manuela Machado, Eduardo M. Costa, Sara Silva, Sérgio C. Sousa, Ana Maria Gomes, Manuela Pintado

“…This study presents the development and characterization of medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA)-loaded bigels, using coconut oil as the MCFA source. The bigels exhibited high oil binding capacity, ranging from 87% to 98%, effectively retaining MCFAs within the matrix, with lauric acid (C12) being the main component detected within the bigels at 178.32 ± 0.10 mg/g. …”
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Image-based soft drink type classification and dietary assessment system using deep convolutional neural network with transfer learning by Rubaiya Hafiz, Mohammad Reduanul Haque, Aniruddha Rakshit, Mohammad Shorif Uddin

“…To perform experimentation a dataset is built containing ten most consumed soft drinks in Bangladesh using images from the ImageNet dataset, internet sources and also self-capturing. The experiment confirms that our system can detect and recognize different types of drinks with an accuracy of 98.51%.…”
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Cerebrospinal fluid CD4+ T cell infection in humans and macaques during acute HIV-1 and SHIV infection. by Vishakha Sharma, Matthew Creegan, Andrey Tokarev, Denise Hsu, Bonnie M Slike, Carlo Sacdalan, Phillip Chan, Serena Spudich, Jintanat Ananworanich, Michael A Eller, Shelly J Krebs, Sandhya Vasan, Diane L Bolton, RV254/SEARCH010 and RV304/SEARCH013 Study Teams

“…HIV-1 replication within the central nervous system (CNS) impairs neurocognitive function and has the potential to establish persistent, compartmentalized viral reservoirs. …”
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User satisfaction with train fares: A comparative analysis in five Australian cities. by Puteri Paramita, Zuduo Zheng, Md Mazharul Haque, Simon Washington, Paul Hyland

“…In particular, satisfaction with train fares is modelled as a function of socio-economic factors and train trip characteristics, using a random parameters ordered Logit model that accounts for unobserved heterogeneity in the population. …”
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