Inhibitory Control Deficits in Children with Tic Disorders Revealed by Object-Hit-and-Avoid Task by Nicholas Cothros, Alex Medina, Davide Martino, Sean P. Dukelow, Rachel L. Hawe, Adam Kirton, Christos Ganos, Elaheh Nosratmirshekarlou, Tamara Pringsheim

“…In children with tics (without comorbid ADHD), acting upon both targets and distractors suggests reduced ability to suppress responses to potential triggers for action. This may be related to increased sensorimotor noise or abnormal sensory gating.…”
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Introducing a Novel Figure of Merit for Evaluating Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells: Utilizing Long Short-Term Memory Neural Networks by Zahraa Ismail, Ahmet Sait Alali, Ahmad Muhammad, Mahmoud Ashraf, Sameh O. Abdellatif

“…The comparative analysis of model complexity confirmed that increasing the sophistication of the LSTM model significantly enhances predictive accuracy and generalization capabilities. …”
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Deep Reinforcement Learning for Real-Time Airport Emergency Evacuation Using Asynchronous Advantage Actor–Critic (A3C) Algorithm by Yujing Zhou, Yupeng Yang, Bill Deng Pan, Yongxin Liu, Sirish Namilae, Houbing Herbert Song, Dahai Liu

“…Emergencies can occur unexpectedly and require immediate action, especially in aviation, where time pressure and uncertainty are high. …”
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Molecular point-of-care testing technologies: Current status and challenges by Yanbing Zu, Hong Chang, Zhanfeng Cui

“…As molecular point-of-care testing (POCT) enables timely and accurate diagnosis, its importance is increasingly recognized and has been highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Optimizing lipase production by Bacillus subtilis on cheese whey and evaluating its antimicrobial, antibiofilm, anti virulence and biosafety properties by Mohamed Y. Abo El-Naga, Muhammad A. Khan, Samah H. Abu-Hussien, Samar M. Mahdy, Ammar AL-Farga, Aml A. Hegazy

“…Partial purification through ammonium sulfate precipitation and dialysis increased partial purified lipase (PPL) activity by twofold and fivefold, respectively. …”
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Barriers and Facilitators of the Use of Computerized Critical Care Information Systems in the Intensive Care Unit: Qualitative Interview Study by Alica Thissen, Eduardo Salgado-Baez, Daniel Fürstenau, Renate Delucchi Danhier, Christian Meske, Pauline Kuss, Stefan Angermair, Claudia Spies, Felix Balzer

“…Resistance to using the system may arise from users due to increased control imposed by the system and from insufficient participation in its development and configuration. …”
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Otitis externa in dogs (prevalence, etiology, clinical course, and treatment regimens) by D. L. Datsiuk, V. M. Hunchak, B. V. Gutyj, I. I. Khariv, R. O. Vasiv, V. P. Martynyshyn

“…To ensure the accuracy and speed of diagnosis of otitis externa, it is promising to develop a diagnostic algorithm that will help the general practitioner clearly understand the etiological factors and eliminate them or take them under control. …”
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Actor–Critic Reinforcement Learning for Throughput-Optimized Power Allocation in Energy Harvesting NOMA Relay-Assisted Networks by Faeik T. Al Rabee, Ala'Eddin Masadeh, Sharief Abdel-Razeq, Haythem Bany Salameh

“…In fifth-generation (5G) and beyond (B5G) communication systems, the growing number of connected devices and the increased traffic on the network lead to substantial energy consumption, which requires energy-efficient and high-speed communication solutions. …”
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Development and application of a customized online affinity selection mass spectrometry screening platform by Jun Zhang, Jerry Barney, Qingqing Shen, Anthony Paiva, Wilson Shou, Chris Barbieri, Nancy Huynh, Heidi L. Perez, Andrew F. Donnell, Cullen L. Cavallaro

“…With the evolving landscape of small molecule modalities and drug target portfolios, affinity selection mass spectrometry (ASMS) has emerged as a preferred high-throughput screening approach, driven by the growing chemical space capable of regulating historically undruggable targets. To meet the ever-increasing demand for binding screens, the ASMS platform requires continuous enhancements in efficiency and scalability. …”
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Structure-Guided design of Cas12a variants improves detection of nucleic acids by Xiaohan Tong, Tianle Li, Kun Zhang, Dongming Zhao, Ying Zhang, Hao Yin

“…Compared to wild-type Cas12a, the K595A mutant exhibited a 2–3 times faster reaction speed and a 1,000–10,000 times increase in sensitivity in a one-pot reaction. …”
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Multi-camera spatiotemporal deep learning framework for real-time abnormal behavior detection in dense urban environments by Sai Babu Veesam, B. Tarakeswara Rao, Zarina Begum, R. S. M. Lakshmi Patibandla, Arvin Arun Dcosta, Shonak Bansal, Krishna Prakash, Mohammad Rashed Iqbal Faruque, K. S. Al-mugren

“…Neuromorphic event-based encoding captures speed action analysis through spiking neural networks, lowering detection latency by 60%. …”
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The Dialectic of the Nature-Society-System by Christian Fuchs

“…Organized nature that is part of the production process in the form of technology increases the productivity of labour and hence reduces the costs of variable capital (total amount of wages) and increases the speed of the production of surplus value. …”
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Numerical Study of Barotropic Circulation in the Gulfs of Patras and Corinth System by Alexandra G. Aspioti, Nikolaos Th. Fourniotis

“…The wind and tide-induced flow, as well as their combined action, were examined in the whole basin of the system. …”
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Kinetics Study of the Hydrogen Reduction of Limonite Ore Using an Unreacted Core Model for Flat-Plate Particles by Jindi Huang, Tao Yi, Jing Li, Mingzhou Li, Fupeng Liu, Jinliang Wang

“…The research results show that the hydrogen reduction process of limonite ore is influenced by multiple factors, including temperature, hydrogen partial pressure, and particle size. Increasing the reduction temperature and hydrogen partial pressure can significantly speed up the reduction reaction rate and enhance the degree of reduction. …”
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The use of modern military technologies in the light of the law of weapons and the law of targeting by Behzad Seyfi

“…The stunning scientific and technical advances in recent decades and the increase in war tools and methods have not only been unprecedented, but have also created legal challenges and tension among countries. …”
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Oxygenated VOC Detection Using SnO₂ Nanoparticles with Uniformly Dispersed Bi₂O₃ by Haoyue Yang, Koichi Suematsu, Felipe Hiroshi Mashiba, Ken Watanabe, Kengo Shimanoe

“…As a result, the gas sensor based on 1 mol% Bi₂O₃-loaded SnO₂ (1Bi-L-SnO₂) composites shows significantly higher sensitivity and a faster response speed toward various oxygenated VOCs compared with SnO₂, especially at 200 °C and 250 °C. …”
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Association of genetic risk of Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive function in two European populations by Biqi Wang, Lori B. Chibnik, Seung Hoan Choi, Deborah Blacker, Anita L. DeStefano, Honghuang Lin

“…Although not all of the cognitive measures were significantly associated with AD PRS, non-verbal fluid reasoning (matrix pattern completion, β = − 0.022, P = 0.003), processing speed (such as symbol digit substitution, β = − 0.017, P = 1.08E−05), short-term memory and attention (such as pairs matching, β = − 0.014, P = 1.66E−10), and reaction time (β = − 0.010, P = 1.19E−06) were inversely associated with increasing AD PRS in the UK Biobank. …”
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Highly sensitive multiplex PCR for convenient quantification and differentiation of canine Oomycota pathogens: Pythium insidiosum, Lagenidium giganteum f. caninum, and Paralagenidi... by Asfiha Tarannum, Subarna Barua, Leonel Mendoza, Raquel Vilela, Priscilla Barger, Terri Hathcock, Amelia White, Kelly Chenoweth, Chengming Wang

“…Here, we developed a multiplex PCR assay with remarkable sensitivity, detecting as few as one DNA copy per reaction for P. insidiosum and Para. karlingii and 10 copies per reaction for L. giganteum. …”
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Study on the Compatibility of C₆F₁₂O Gas Mixture with EPDM by Shuangshuang TIAN, Benli LIU, Guangyu DENG, Xiaoxing ZHANG, Huihui LI, Weihao LIU, Hui CHEN

“…Meanwhile, the reaction rate of the C₆F₁₂O gas mixture with EPDM and the concentration of C₃F₆ and C₃F₇H were increased by both the increasing temperature and O₂ introduction. …”
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Clinical applicability and cost of a 46-gene panel for genomic analysis of solid tumours: Retrospective validation and prospective audit in the UK National Health Service. by Angela Hamblin, Sarah Wordsworth, Jilles M Fermont, Suzanne Page, Kulvinder Kaur, Carme Camps, Pamela Kaisaki, Avinash Gupta, Denis Talbot, Mark Middleton, Shirley Henderson, Anthony Cutts, Dimitrios V Vavoulis, Nick Housby, Ian Tomlinson, Jenny C Taylor, Anna Schuh

“…<h4>Background</h4>Single gene tests to predict whether cancers respond to specific targeted therapies are performed increasingly often. Advances in sequencing technology, collectively referred to as next generation sequencing (NGS), mean the entire cancer genome or parts of it can now be sequenced at speed with increased depth and sensitivity. …”
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