Does tinnitus and emotional distress influence central auditory processing? A comparison of acute and chronic tinnitus in normal-hearing individuals. by Qian Zhou, Wenling Jiang, Haibin Sheng, Qinjie Zhang, Dian Jin, Haifeng Li, Meiping Huang, Lu Yang, Yan Ren, Zhiwu Huang

“…<h4>Design</h4>This study compared the auditory afferent and efferent functions of normal-hearing patients with acute tinnitus, chronic tinnitus, and control group using gap detection test, the Mandarin Hearing in Noise Test (MHINT), and contralateral suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs).…”
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Learning Transferable Convolutional Proxy by SMI-Based Matching Technique by Wei Jin, Nan Jia

“…The classification responses are also smoothened by manifolds of both the source domain and proxy space. By minimizing an objective function of SMI, classification error, and manifold regularization, we learn the convolutional networks of both source and target domains. …”
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Evaluation of Adulticidal Clorine with Black Sand, White Sand and Silica Sand for Decline Coliform Bacteria by Rezania Asyfiradayati, Eni Budiyati, Mitoriana Porusia, Muhammad Rivandi Athaya, Afnan Zain Muzakki, Jenita Berlian Nindyasari, Siti Rohana Mohd Yatim

“…This finding suggests that material selection significantly influences the functional performance of chlorine-based water disinfection systems.…”
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Phytochemical Profiling and Antioxidant Activity of True Leaves and Cotyledons of <i>Adenocaulon himalaicum</i> by Sang-Yun Lee, Nari Yoon, Neil Patrick Uy, Chung-Ho Choi, Sanghyun Lee

“…The young leaf of <i>A. himalaicum</i> has a rich phytochemical profile and robust antioxidant activity; hence, it has potential as natural antioxidant sources for human health and valuable pharmacognosy raw materials for pharmaceutical and functional food applications.…”
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Influence of Tear Film Condition in Keratoconus on the Results of Topographic and Tomographic Methods of Corneal Examination. Review by A. Yu. Slonimsky, V. V. Averich, T. S. Mitichkina

“…In case of dry eye syndrome detection, symptomatic treatment allows to minimize instrument measurement errors and increase functional results of the planned surgical intervention.Of particular interest is the impact of dry eye syndrome on the diagnosis and monitoring of keratoconus, as the two conditions often co-occur. …”
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Non-synaptic interactions between olfactory receptor neurons, a possible key feature of odor processing in flies. by Mario Pannunzi, Thomas Nowotny

“…To navigate a plume and, for example, find food, they must solve several challenges, including reliably identifying mixtures of odorants and their intensities, and discriminating odorant mixtures emanating from a single source from odorants emitted from separate sources and just mixing in the air. …”
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Simple fuzzy classification of metal qualities of Ona River, Ibadan, Nigeria, and its implication for fish production and other uses by Olayiwola Akin Akintola, Foluso Oyedotun Agunbiade, Tolulope Omolayo Ariyomo, Toju Esther Babalola, Bolaji Adelanke Adabembe, Oluwaseun Temitope Faloye, Opeyemi Samuel Sajo

“…The results revealed that the PTEs: Fe, Pb, Cd, Cr, and Mn were detected above guideline limits in several sampling points, indicating possible contamination from anthropogenic sources. …”
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Sequential Inversion for Helicopter Time-Domain Electromagnetics Based on a Regularized Extended Kalman Filtering by Sirui Zhou, Jun Lin, Chuandong Jiang, Haigen Zhou, Yanzhang Wang

“…The helicopter time-domain electromagnetic method (HTEM) has been widely applied in challenging geological terrains, particularly in large-scale mineral exploration, underground water resource detection, and the selection of sites for underground engineering, due to its advantage of not requiring personnel to enter the detection area. …”
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Comparative genomics reveals key adaptive mechanisms in pathogen host-niche specialization by Menglu Zhang, Longxi Han, Caizhi Liao, Weiheng Su, Weiheng Su, Chunlai Jiang, Chunlai Jiang

“…Bacteria from clinical settings had higher detection rates of antibiotic resistance genes, particularly those related to fluoroquinolone resistance. …”
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Genotyping from targeted NGS data based on a small set of SNPs correctly matches patient samples by Deyan Yordanov Yosifov, Christof Schneider, Stephan Stilgenbauer, Daniel Mertens, Eugen Tausch

“…In two cohorts of totally 1441 patients with sequential samples, we could identify 3 sample swaps, 7 mislabelled samples (3 externally and 4 internally) and 1 mistake of unknown origin. We provide an R function for automated detection of sample swaps and mislabelling to the community as a free and open-source tool.…”
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Blind super-resolution network based on local fuzzy discriminative loss for fabric data augmentation by Ning Dai, Xiaohan Hu, Kaixin Xu, Xudong Hu, Yanhong Yuan, Bo Cao, Luhong Shi

“…In the field of fabric defect detection, the development of algorithms has been hindered by issues such as poor quality and limited quantity of open-source datasets. …”
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Solid-State Nanopore Readout of Programmable DNA and Peptide Nanostructures for Scalable Digital Data Storage by Lihuan Zhao, Jiajun Wang, Lin-Sheng Wu, Xin Zhao

“…Peptide nanostructures are introduced as a data medium via click-chemistry, expanding encoding sources. By integrating a photosensitive PC-linker, this approach endows the data chain with functionalities for encryption and data formatting, enhancing the security and organization of biological information storage. …”
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Experiments on the application of the infrasound method of remote monitoring of snow avalanches in the Khibiny Mountains by A. V. Fedorov, I. S. Fedorov, V. E. Asming, A. Yu. Motorin

“…Visual slope observations are still the main method of avalanche detection. As a result, avalanche statistics, especially in remote mountain areas, remain incomplete. …”
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Research on Personnel Image Segmentation Based on MobileNetV2 H-Swish CBAM PSPNet in Search and Rescue Scenarios by Di Zhao, Weiwei Zhang, Yuxing Wang

“…In post-disaster search and rescue scenarios, the accurate image segmentation of individuals is essential for efficient resource allocation and effective rescue operations. …”
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Investigation on the Radar Scattering and Doppler Spectrum From Trimaran Based on the Motion of Six Degrees of Freedom by Yuxin Deng, Jinxing Li, Wangqiang Jiang, Min Zhang

“…Second, an accelerated geometrical optics and physical optics algorithm using the light source function (GO-PO&#x002F;LSF) is proposed, which uses the light source function to realize the visibility judgment of surfaces and greatly reduces the computation time. …”
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Distribution, Occupancy, and Habitat of the Endangered Carolina Madtom: Implications for Recovery of an Endemic Stream Fish by W. Robert Cope, Thomas J. Kwak, Tyler R. Black, Krishna Pacifici, Jennifer M. Archambault, W. Gregory Cope

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Data curation of extracellular enzyme activity spectrophotometric or fluorometric data by Niels Gudmand Christiansen, Paul Iturbe-Espinoza, Rumakanta Sapkota, Anne Winding

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A Novel Landfill Liner Material for Solidified Lake Sediment Based on Industrial By-Product and Construction Waste: Engineering Behavior and Cr(VI) Breakdown Characteristics by Wencheng Meng, Lin Guo, Jiayue Yuan, Shiyu Chen, Guanghua Cai, Haijun Lu

“…Engineering sludge, industrial waste, and construction waste are marked by high production volumes, substantial accumulation, and significant pollution. The resource utilization of these solid wastes is low, and the co-disposal of multiple solid wastes remains unfeasible. …”
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A Novel Method for Traceability of Crude Oil Leakage on Offshore Platforms Based on Improved YOLOv5 Model Multi-Target Identification and Correlation Analysis by Zhenghua Wang, Shihai Zhang, Chongnian Qu, Zongyi Zhang, Feng Sun

“…Based on the positional relationship between the spilled crude oil target and the source target detection anchor frame, the possible source targets are classified into three association levels and assigned different association weights. …”
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Association of Omega-3 Index and Blood Cell Count-Derived Systemic Inflammatory Indexes among Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Survivors by Milica Zeković, Marko Živković, Marija Takić, Sanja Stanković, Nebojša Bojanić, Aleksandar Janičić, Uroš Bumbaširević

“…Background and objectives: Although testicular cancer is considered the paradigm of highly curable malignancy, treatment-induced adverse effects and potential impairment of gonadal function may cause non-negligible long-term health repercussions, including metabolic disturbances and cardiovascular sequelae. …”
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