Recapitulating the bone extracellular matrix through 3D bioprinting using various crosslinking chemistries by Laurens Parmentier, Edward Vermeersch, Sandra Van Vlierberghe

“…Bioprinting allows to spatially organize cellular niches influencing mechanobiology into tissue engineered constructs thereby aiming to achieve a similar functional complexity as the various tissues present within bone. …”
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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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Grid-Based Hole Recovery Mechanism Using Virtual Force in Hybrid WSNs by Kuo-Feng Huang, Shih-Jung Wu

“…Sensor nodes are typically empowered with scarce energy resources and limited computing functionality in wireless sensor networks. …”
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Habitat Distributions and Abundance of Four Wild Herbivores on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: A Review by Tian Qiao, Chiwei Xiao, Zhiming Feng, Junzhi Ye

“…However, in recent years, the primary challenge has shifted from wildlife protection to balancing the human and wildlife interests within the constraints of limited resources. In the future, we should focus on enhancing the ecological functions of habitats to achieve harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, as well as establishing a scientific compensation mechanism to mitigate human–wildlife conflicts. …”
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A spatiotemporal optimization engine for prescribed burning in the Southeast US by Reetam Majumder, Adam J. Terando, J. Kevin Hiers, Jaime A. Collazo, Brian J. Reich

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Sorting algorithm acceleration based on CPU-FPGA heterogeneous system by Kou Yuanbo, Qiu Zeyu, Wang Liang, Huang Jianqiang

“…Based on this, the paper designs a CPU-FPGA heterogeneous system, transplants some sorting algorithms to FPGA, and performs functional verification and theoretical performance evaluation. …”
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Harmonic and Interharmonic Measurement Method Using Two-Fold Compound Convolution Windows and Zoom Fast Fourier Transform by Xiangui Xiao, Lei Zhao, Shengjun Zhou, Haijun Liu, Zhong Fu, Dan Hu

“…With the rapidly increasing penetration of new energy resources, the power grid faces significant threats from harmonics. …”
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Phase gradient ultra open metamaterials for broadband acoustic silencing by Zhiwei Yang, Ao Chen, Xiaohang Xie, Stephan W. Anderson, Xin Zhang

“…Abstract Noise pollution is a persistent environmental concern with severe implications for human health and resources. Acoustic metamaterials offer the potential for thin silencing devices; however, existing designs often lack practical openness and are thereby limited by their functional bandwidths. …”
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GloFinder: AI-empowered QuPath plugin for WSI-level glomerular detection, visualization, and curation by Jialin Yue, Tianyuan Yao, Ruining Deng, Siqi Lu, Junlin Guo, Quan Liu, Juming Xiong, Mengmeng Yin, Haichun Yang, Yuankai Huo

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated significant success in automating the detection of glomeruli—key functional units of the kidney—from whole slide images (WSIs) in kidney pathology. …”
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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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Measuring communities’ efficiencies within the global tourism network by He Zhu

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Assessing Maritime Search and Rescue Accessibility from South China Sea Islands and Reefs to Shipping Routes by Shi Shaochen, Wu Wenzhou, Zhang Peng, Li Fengyu, Su Fenzhen

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Methods of Additive Manufacturing for Dental Co-Cr Alloys: Systematic Review by Evan Hussain Alwan, Sabiha Mahdi Kanaan

“…Qualities of additive aspects of production such component design flexibility, part complexity, light- weighting, component consolidation, and functional design are generating specific interest in the additive fabrication of metal for use in automotive, marine, oil & gas, and aerospace industries during powder bed fusion, each layer of the powder bed is only partially fused employing a laser or electron beam as an energy source, the recent and most promising additive manufacturing technologies utilized to produce intricate, low-volume, tiny metallic parts. …”
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Decoding the Tissue-Specific Profiles of Bioactive Compounds in <i>Helvella leucopus</i> Using Combined Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Approaches by Qian Zhou, Xusheng Gao, Junxia Ma, Haoran Zhao, Dan Gao, Huixin Zhao

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The effect of different carbon materials’ addition on the biomethane production from food waste by Michał Kozłowski, Bernard Papaj, Karolina Sobieraj, Kacper Świechowski, Katarzyna Kosiorowska, Andrzej Białowiec

“…The highest biomethane potential was found for CMs with the lowest SSA, precisely TP and HC, equal to 407 and 394 mL gVS−1, which was about 13 and 9% higher than production from FW as a sole source of carbon, respectively. The FTIR analysis confirmed the abundance of different organic functional groups on the surface of TP and HC, which could contribute to improved AD performance. …”
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A Novel UCAN Power Control Algorithm Based on the Stackelberg Game by Huaping Chen, Zhiyu Wang, Zhongyang He, Guoqiang Li

“…In this paper, A novel UnderWater Cognitive Acoustic Sensor Network(UCANs) power control algorithm based on the Stackelberg game is proposed to solve the problems of low system capacity, high inter-node interference, and poor communication quality due to unreasonable power allocation when Under Water Acoustic Sensor Networks (UASNs) share spectrum resources. Firstly, the primary and secondary users are regarded as the leader and follower in the Stackelberg game model, and the utility functions of the primary and secondary users are derived separately. …”
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Macrogenomic Analysis Reveals Soil Microbial Diversity in Different Regions of the Antarctic Peninsula by Jiangyong Qu, Xiaofei Lu, Tianyi Liu, Ying Qu, Zhikai Xing, Shuang Wang, Siluo Jing, Li Zheng, Lijun Wang, Xumin Wang

“…However, the variability in soil microbial community diversity across different regions of the Antarctic Peninsula remains underexplored. (2) Methods: We utilized metagenome sequencing to investigate the composition and functionality of soil microbial communities in four locations: Devil Island, King George Island, Marambio Station, and Seymour Island. (3) Results: In the KGI region, we observed increased abundance of bacteria linked to plant growth promotion and the degradation of pollutants, including PAHs. …”
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Interdisciplinary medical education practices: building a case-driven interdisciplinary simulation system based on public datasets by Kangli Qiu, Tianshu Zeng, Wenfang Xia, Miaomiao Peng, Wen Kong

“…Conclusion The “Data-case-simulation” trinity practice teaching model enables students to utilize open-source datasets for case analysis, employing clinical index modeling and statistical thinking. …”
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A study on neutrosophic $$\mathscr {T}_{\textrm{1k}}$$ -semantic segmentation for iris image recognition with Gaussian and Poisson noises by Vinoth Dhatchinamoorthy, Ezhilmaran Devarasan, Asima Razzaque, Saima Noor

“…The $$\mathscr {T}_{1k}$$ segmentation method pertains to type 1, encompassing truth and falsity membership functions. In this method, multiclass segmentation is possible based on the image intensity values of the neutrosophic membership functions. …”
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