Repair of persistent tracheocutaneous fistula using non-overlapping double-layer hinged skin flap: a preliminary report by Liying Liu, Xiaofang Yu, Yingge Wang, Libin Huang, Wei Lin

“…To address these limitations and enhance the efficacy of the TCF repair, we developed an innovative approach utilizing the double-layer hinged skin flap, aiming to minimize complications and optimize closure success rates. …”
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Plant-based chitosan for the development of biodegradable packaging materials by Adity Bahndral, Rafeeya Shams, Pintu Choudhary

“…Chitosan, a cationic carbohydrate polymer derived from animal or marine sources, as well as from agricultural waste such as mushrooms or various fungi possesses excellent properties such as film formation, mechanical strength, non-toxicity, biodegradability, edibility, UV-blocking ability, antioxidant activity, and antibacterial functionality, justifying its potential as packaging/coating material for fresh agricultural products. …”
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Two-dimensional β-phase copper iodide: a promising candidate for low-temperature thermoelectric applications by Bingquan Peng, Yinshuo Li, Liuhua Mu, Liang Chen

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Mechanisms and thresholds of land use affecting surface water quality in Hangzhou City’s residential areas by Qianhu Chen, Jinye Huang

“…In the center of Hangzhou, eleven land use metrics were measured to indicate land use function, utilization intensity, and spatial structure characteristics among three residential types: multi-story, small high-rise, and high-rise, which were selected as research samples. …”
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Genome-wide microsatellite characterization and their marker development and transferability in Broussonetia Species by Xiaowen Jia, Hanyu Li, Ying Han, Lu Wang, Chanjuan Lai, Xi Liu, Pan Li, Zupei Lei, Yonghua Zhang

“…Genic-mapped SSRs may regulate biological processes by influencing gene activity and protein function. To verify SSRs polymorphism, we selected 30 ones from 10,752 potentially polymorphic SSRs loci for PCR amplification among these three species, all of which were successfully amplified and exhibited polymorphism across these three species. …”
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Long-Term Efficacy of an AI-Based Health Coaching Mobile App in Slowing the Progression of Nondialysis-Dependent Chronic Kidney Disease: Retrospective Cohort Study by Jianwei Ma, Jiangyuan Wang, Jiapei Ying, Shasha Xie, Qin Su, Tianmeng Zhou, Fuman Han, Jiayan Xu, Siyi Zhu, Chenyi Yuan, Ziyuan Huang, Jingfang Xu, Xuyong Chen, Xueyan Bian

“…Among them, 808 patients were successfully matched using 1:1 propensity score matching, resulting in 404 (50%) patients in the KidneyOnline care system group and another 404 (50%) patients in the conventional care group. …”
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Design and Construction of a Clinical Thermometer. by Amuza, Tugezye

“…Using an experimental research approach, the study utilized readily available materials, including Uganda Waragi, bottles, heat sources, and coloring agents, to create a functional prototype of a clinical thermometer. …”
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Extraction, Isolation, and TEMPO-NaBr-NaClO Oxidation Modification of Cellulose from Coffee Grounds by Mourad Ouhammou, Abdellah Mourak, Aziz Ait-Karra, Jaouad Abderrahim, Najat Elhadiri, Mostafa Mahrouz

“…These chemical modifications improve the cellulose’s reactivity, broadening its potential applications in various fields, including biocomposites, sustainable packaging materials, and functional films. This work demonstrates the feasibility of utilizing coffee ground residues as a renewable, eco-friendly source of modified cellulose for high-value applications.…”
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Torsion Pendulum Apparatus for Ground Testing of Space Inertial Sensor by Shaoxin Wang, Zuolei Wang, Dongxu Liu, Peng Dong, Jian Min, Ziren Luo, Keqi Qi, Jungang Lei

“…To maintain this motion, the core payload-inertial sensor incorporates multiple functional units designed to mitigate various sources of stray force noise affecting the test mass. …”
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Possibilities for computer-based assessment the quality indicators of Kashkaval cheese using image processing by Balabanov Alexandar, Andreeva Hristina, Danev Angel, Bosakova-Ardenska Atanaska, Ivanov Galin, Balabanova Tatyana

“…The current study presents two open-source software products – ImageJ and Scilab and their functionalities that are applied for image analysis of three samples of Kashkaval cheese, which are produced using different sodium chloride content. …”
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Investigation of Darcy Forchheimer (DF) phenomena on the heat transfer in radiated nanofluid using SWCNTs nanomaterial by Adnan, Azhar Rasheed, Sami Ullah Khan, Zafar Mahmood, Refka Ghodhbani, Yasir Khan, Iskander Tlili

“…The purpose of this research is to investigate the enhanced thermal transport in hybrid (C 2 H 6 O 2 /H 2 O) by utilizing SWCNTs and joint contribution of internal and external physical constraints like solar radiations, heating source, Forchheimer effects and unsteady flow phenomena. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF DRY-SCALE CLEANER CUM GRADER FOR STORED ONION BULBS (ALLIUM CEPA L.) by Jamel SALO, Emmanuel SICAT

“…It can break even after cleaning and grading 33,263 kg of stored onion bulbs at a custom rate of ₱1/kg per year. The study successfully developed the onion cleaning cum grading machine suggesting group ownership for utilization.…”
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MergeBot: A platform of semi-structured merge conflict resolution for C/C++ code by Hua He, Xiaofan Liu, Lei Xu, Guanghui Mei, Jifeng Xuan

“…In software version control systems, like Git, merge conflicts typically arise when multiple developers edit the same segment of a source file from different branches. Detecting merge conflicts can be automated; however, resolving merge conflicts is tedious and demanding. …”
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PhenoVision: A framework for automating and delivering research‐ready plant phenology data from field images by Russell Dinnage, Erin Grady, Nevyn Neal, Jonn Deck, Ellen Denny, Ramona Walls, Carrie Seltzer, Robert Guralnick, Daijiang Li

“…PhenoVision utilizes a vision transformer architecture pretrained with a masked autoencoder to improve classification success, and it achieves high accuracy on held‐out test images for flower (98.5%) and fruit presence (95%), as well as a high level of agreement with an expert annotator (98.6% for flowers and 90.4% for fruits). …”
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Building an Organizational and Economic Mechanism for the Development of Woodworking Enterprises by Oksana Agres, Oksana Sadura, Nazariy Popadynets

“…Optimal resource use and effective management are essential for long-term success and competitiveness. The article asserts that the growth of woodworking enterprises requires adherence to the principles of organizational and economic mechanisms—integrity, functionality, structure, dynamism, and hierarchy—to integrate business processes, enhance efficiency, and adapt to changing conditions. …”
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Routing algorithm for heterogeneous computing force requests based on computing first network by ZHANG Gang, LI Xi

“…By constructing a solution matrix and utilizing evaluation functions, random selection of feasible solutions, and the principle of low demand priority avoidance, a set of feasible solution sets was ultimately found. …”
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Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Peels of Five Pumpkin (<i>Cucurbita</i> sp.) Species by Małgorzata Stryjecka

“…By-products from the fruit and vegetable processing industry represent a substantial source of bioactive compounds, which can be extracted and utilized in the development of functional foods or nutraceuticals, thereby contributing to sustainable nutrition and waste valorization. …”
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Identification of multiple power quality disturbances in hybrid microgrid using deep stacked auto-encoder based bi-directional LSTM classifier by Ravi Kumar Jalli, Lipsa Priyadarshini, P.K. Dash, Ranjeeta Bisoi

“…In recent years microgrid technology has created widespread interest for the integration of renewable energy sources into main utility grid to supply clean energy to the end users. …”
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COVID-19 infection may reduce serum testosterone levels and increase the risk of erectile dysfunction: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Ting Wang, Chao Li, Jinbo Song

“…Purpose: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection may affect serum hormones levels and male sexual function. This study aims to provide evidence for the causal relationship between COVID-19 infection, serum testosterone levels and the risk of erectile dysfunction (ED) using a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) approach. …”
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Effect of the loss on ignition on the unconfined compressive strength of residual clays from Bogotá-Colombia stabilized with cement by Liliana Carolina Hernández García, Henry A. Colorado Lopera

“…Through multivariate statistical techniques, compressive strength was correlated with the Water/Cement ratio and the Cement/Residue ratio, resulting in a function that facilitates calculation of cement dosage and water content. …”
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