Analysis of epidemic trend of respiratory pathogens in children after long-term pathogen isolation by Ping Chen, Yahong Li, Shiwei Li, Xin Hua, Yu Liu

“…The infection rate of respiratory syncytial virus and the number of expected infections decreased with the increase of age, whereas adenovirus, influenza virus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and bacterial pathogens showed age-related increases in both metrics. …”
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Simulation of mixed flow characteristics of distiller′s grains-wastewater for anaerobic fermentation by Beibei YAN, Xiaoyun LIU, Shengquan ZHOU, Guanyi CHEN, Ziqiang ZHANG, Yonggang ZHANG

“…The simulation results showed that the slurry inside the curved blade at the top of the rotor reached a maximum velocity of 48.06 m/s and gradually decreased to zero along the radial direction. Due to the rotor's high-speed rotation, a high-pressure zone and a low-pressure zone were formed on each side of the rotor, with a maximum working pressure of 0.306 MPa. …”
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Optimized Scheduling Under Master-Slave Game Considering Charging Power Segmental Regulation of Electric Vehicles by TENG Changlong, HU Qinran, JI Zhenya, QIAN Tao, LIANG Yiheng

“…Finally， to address challenges such as increased equilibrium game variables and decreased computation speed resulting from segmented regulation， we adopt an improved Kriging meta-model for solving， reducing the computational load， and improving the solving efficiency. …”
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Effect of Ball Milling Parameters on Properties of Nano-Sized Tungsten Powder via Mechanochemical Processing by Feng Li, Guihang Zhang, Pengfei Zheng, Wei Qian, Yaxia Wei, Bingsheng Li, Ming Zhang, Zhijie Zhang, Tong Che

“…The average grain size of the tungsten powder decreases with the increasing milling duration and speed. Optimal average grain size and purity were achieved at a milling speed of 300 rpm and a milling duration ranging from 30 to 120 min. …”
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Phenotypic Detection of Carbapenemase Production Among Enterobacteriaceae Using a Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method by Asiye Karakullukçu, Gökhan Aygün

“…While the original CIM provides a cost-effective approach for phenotypic detection, its modifications could potentially increase diagnostic accuracy and speed. METHODS: We analyzed 122 rectal swab samples from hospitalized patients using both the original and modified CIM (mCIM). …”
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A sensory neuroprosthesis enhances recovery from treadmill-induced stumbles for individuals with lower limb loss by Suzhou Li, Ronald J. Triolo, Hamid Charkhkar

“…Participants walked on a treadmill while receiving perturbations involving brief increases in the belt speed. Perturbations were initiated during early stance and randomly delivered to intact and prosthetic sides with the SNP active or inactive. …”
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Evaluating and Forecasting the Probability of Lightning Occurrence in Rasht City by Afsaneh Ghasemi, Jamil Amanollahi

“…Based on the results, the probability of lightning occurrence is the highest in spring (May and June) and summer (July); it is minimized in winter and has a decreasing trend. Therefore, the probability of lightning occurrence in the future is higher than non-occurrence of lightning. …”
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The role of doxorubicin in the formation of cardiotoxicity is a consensus statement. Part II. Cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin unrelated to myocytes and cardioprotection strategy (rev... by D. A. Andreev, E. I. Balakin, A. S. Samoilov, V. I. Pustovoit

“…The use of doxorubicin in clinical practice has shown cumulative and dose-dependent toxic effects on cardiomyocytes, leading to an increase of mortality risk among patients with cancer and as a resulting to restrictions in the indications for its use.Text. …”
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Beyond Latency: Chronic <i>Toxoplasma</i> Infection and Its Unveiled Behavioral and Clinical Manifestations—A 30-Year Research Perspective by Ashkan Latifi, Jaroslav Flegr

“…Studies have reported associations between infection and poorer performance in areas such as reaction time, processing speed, working memory, and executive function. …”
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Preparation of Double-Networked Slow-Expanding Nanomicrospheres and Evaluation of Drive Modulation Performance by Qiaolin Zuo, Zhenzhong Fan, Qingwang Liu, Yuanfeng Fu, Luoqi Cui, Junfeng Yang

“…The results showed that the optimal conditions for the preparation of microspheres were m(oil phase):m(water phase) = 3:2, stirring speed of 550 r/min, total crosslinking agent dosage of 0.6% (based on the total mass of monomers, hereinafter the same), initiator dosage of 0.30%, reaction temperature of 45 °C, and reaction time of 4 h. …”
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Halimeda gracilis as a bioactive resource: exploring its antioxidant, antibiofilm, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial potential for dental applications by Dileepkumar Hemamalini, S. Shantha Sundari, K.M. Shahul Hameed Faizee, Sivakamavalli Jeyachandran

“…In terms of antioxidant activity, the H. gracilis metholic extract gradually increased from 10 µg/mL to a higher activity at 40 µg/mL in comparison to the control and blank, and then decreased at a dose of 50 µg/mL. At different doses, the anti-inflammatory action of H. gracilis extracts successfully inhibited BSA denaturation, which causes inflammation; the maximum activity has been observed. …”
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Aerosol forces mesoscale secondary circulations occurrence: evidence of emission reduction by Jixiang Li, Haipeng Yu, Markku Kulmala, Tom V. Kokkonen, Kai Tang, Jianmin Ma, Zeyong Hu, Siyu Chen, Yuling Hu, Rong Dai, Bofei Zhang, Hongyu Luo, Shu Tao

“…During the 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) with extraordinary emission reduction, the time levels of SCs significantly decreases to ~37.3% of the periods without emission reduction before and after APEC period. …”
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Results in mechanical properties and wear behaviour of AA6061-Si3N4 composites by J. Kumaraswamy, L. Bharath, K.C. Anil, T.M. Geetha, R. Nagesh

“…Additionally, the wear rate decreased as Si3N4 content increased for all applied loads, sliding distances, and velocities. …”
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Effects of body mass index and extracurricular sports activities on physical fitness in school-aged children by Bartosz Aniśko, Kacper Bernatowicz, Małgorzata Wójcik

“…The children were assessed for body mass index, grip strength, balance, strength, speed and reaction time.ResultsSignificant differences in fitness test results were observed between active and inactive students. …”
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Study on mechanical properties of large deformation segmental cement-based honeycomb structure by Gang Song, Ao Wang, Chengjun Hu, Chengjun Hu, Baofu Zhao, Hongwen Jing, Bo Meng, Zixuan Yu

“…This led to the collapse of the whole layer of the honeycomb structure and a significant decrease in the bearing capacity, which confirmed the layer-by-layer damage characteristics of segmental cementitious honeycomb structures. …”
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Thermal activation of basic oxygen furnace slag as a heterogeneous catalyst in transesterification: Characterization and catalytic activity studies by J.S. Ali, H.L. Rutto, T. Seodigeng, S.L. Kiambi

“…The transesterification reaction was conducted at a methanol: oil ratio of 20:1, a catalyst loading of 20 wt %, a reaction time of 12 h, a reaction temperature of 60 °C, and a stirring speed of 750 rpm. …”
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Aluminum doped zinc oxide nanoplatelets based sensor with enhanced hydrogen sulfide detection by Brahim Ydir, Amine Ajdour, Iulia Antohe, Gabriel Socol, Marcela Socol, Luiza-Izabela Toderascu, Driss Saadaoui, Imade Choulli, Radouane Leghrib, Houda Lahlou

“…The AZO thin films exhibited a polycrystalline wurtzite structure and an increase in crystallite size with increasing Al concentrations. …”
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Assessment of groundnut mutants for drought tolerance during germination and early seedling development by Imane SAIBARI, Saïd BARRIJAL, Mohammed TAOUSSI, Najlae BELKADI, Rachid LAHLALI, Ahlam HAMIM

“… One of the most important oilseed crops in the world, groundnut is challenged greatly with population increase and climate change. These elements make groundnut plants more vulnerable to certain environmental conditions, especially drought, which affects output of the crop. …”
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Rates of gyrase supercoiling and transcription elongation control supercoil density in a bacterial chromosome. by Nikolay Rovinskiy, Andrews Akwasi Agbleke, Olga Chesnokova, Zhenhua Pang, N Patrick Higgins

“…RNA transcription caused (-) supercoiling to increase upstream and decrease downstream of highly expressed genes. …”
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Study on the Combustion Behavior of Inhomogeneous Partially Premixed Mixtures in Confined Space by Yanfei Li, Xin Zhang, Lichao Chen, Ying Liu

“…It exhibits rapid combustion characteristics, particularly during the initial combustion phase, where flame propagation speed and heat release rate increase significantly. …”
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