Examination and Tracing of Stable Isotopes of Carbon and Hydrogen in Diesel Oil from Different Regions by Han-yu ZHANG, Zhao-wei JIE, Han-yang ZHENG, Xiao-han ZHU, Wei-ya XIE, Can HU, Zhan-fang LIU, Hong-ling GUO, Jun ZHU, Hong-cheng MEI

“…Diesel is often used as an accelerant in arson cases, so identifying its source is crucial to the investigation. Stable isotope analysis is a method for detecting molecular elements at the element level. …”
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Secrecy Outage Analysis of Mixed RF-FSO Systems With Channel Imperfection by Hongjiang Lei, Haolun Luo, Ki-Hong Park, Zhi Ren, Gaofeng Pan, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

“…First, the cumulative distribution function and probability density function of FSO links with pointing error and two different detection technologies are derived. …”
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Reconstruction of the object inhomogeneity parameters from near-field measurements in microwave tomography problem using neural networks by A.V. Medvedev, M.Yu. Medvedik

“…The field is induced by a point source located outside the body. Materials and methods. …”

PhotoNeuro: A compact photodetector for synchronization of visual stimulus presentation during behavioural experiments in neuroscience by Xavier Cano-Ferrer, Marcelo J. Moglie, George Konstantinou, Antonin Blot, Gaia Bianchini, Albane Imbert, Petr Znamenskiy, M. Florencia Iacaruso

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The influence of genetics on the endocannabinoid system gene expression and relevance for targeting reproductive conditions by Keisuke Tanaka, Akwasi A. Amoako, Sally Mortlock, Peter A. W. Rogers, Sarah J. Holdsworth-Carson, Jacqueline F. Donoghue, Wan Tinn Teh, Grant W. Montgomery, Brett McKinnon

“…Abstract Background Endocannabinoids are small lipid molecules that have critical roles in cellular proliferation and function. They are produced locally with their concentrations controlled via the endocannabinoid system (ECS). …”
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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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GENERATION AND COLLECTION OF TOBACCO AEROSOL FOR SHISHA by N. N. Bubnova, M. V. Shkidyuk

“…Qualitative characteristics of tobacco aerosol for shisha are determined by the functional purpose and depend on the component composition of the tobacco mixture and the coal used.The purpose of the research is to develop a methodology for the comprehensive assessment of tobacco for shisha based on modern methods of product quality control and includes the following steps:- monitoring of the studies to determine the component composition of the hookah mixture and the aerosol produced;- analysis of hookah mixture testing modes and development of an aerosol generation protocol;- development of a method for collecting aerosol on a laboratory smoking machine; - quantitative analysis of toxic analytes by HPLC MS / MS method.Methods have been developed for the machine generation and collection of tobacco aerosol for hookah, taking into account low concentrations of the analyzed toxic substances.The expediency of using the HPLC MS / MS method to determine the quantity of the following substances in tobacco aerosol for shisha has been substantiated:- carbonyl compounds (formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein) by detection on an electrospray source in the negative polarity mode- tobacco specific nitrosoamines (NNN and NNK) by detection on an electrospray source in the positive polarity mode.During the research laboratory and analytical equipment was used: a five-channel linear CERULEAN SM 405 smoking machine; Thermo Scientific Dionex UltiMate 3000 liquid chromatograph and TSQ Quantiva mass spectrometer.Obtaining experimental data on the quantitative determination of the component composition of the aerosol produced by tobacco for shisha using hookah systems is relevant for assessing toxic characteristics of the product.…”
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Egyptian pediatric kidney transplantation: highlights on post-transplant follow-up and management of complications by the Egyptian Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee... by Bahia Moustafa, Neveen A. Soliman, Ihab Shaheen, Ahmed Badr, Fatma M. Atia, Mohamed K. El Hatw, Engy Adel Mogahed, Mona EL-Ghamrawy, Khaled El Khashab, Noha Shaheen, Mohamad G. Shouman, Abeer Selim, Magdy El-Sharkawy, Tarek Abd El Azeem, Mohamad Esmat, Manal Salman, Bedeir Ali-El-Dein, Mona Abdel Rahim, Muhamed A. El-Hadedy, Moatasem Elsayed Ghoneim, Mai S. Korkor, Tarek E. I. Omar, Yasser Amer, Ashraf Abdel Baky, On Behalf of Egyptian Pediatric Clinical Practice Guideline Committee

“…Infections, rejection, recurrence, malignancy, bone problems, hypertension, and surgical complications are the most important challenges that require prevention, early detection, and management. Chronic allograft nephropathy needs different approaches based on its related causes, allograft pathology, graft function, and availability of re-transplantation. …”
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Sensing the Changes in Stratum Corneum Using Fourier Transform Infrared Microspectroscopy and Hyperspectral Data Processing by Krzysztof Banas, Agnieszka M. Banas, Giorgia Pastorin, Ngai Mun Hong, Shikhar Gupta, Katarzyna Dziedzic-Kocurek, Mark B. H. Breese

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Spectral domain optical coherence tomography: a better OCT imaging strategy by Zahid Yaqoob, Jigang Wu, Changhuei Yang

“…There are two approaches to SDOCT—one that uses a broadband source and a spectrometer to measure the interference pattern as a function of wavelength and the other that utilizes a narrowband tunable laser that is swept linearly in k ∼ 1/λ space during spectral fringe data acquisition. …”
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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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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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Spontaneous blinking and brain health in aging: Large-scale evaluation of blink-related oscillations across the lifespan by Sujoy Ghosh Hajra, Jed A. Meltzer, Prerana Keerthi, Chloe Pappas, Allison B. Sekuler, Cam-CAN Group, Careesa Chang Liu

“…Crucially, these age-related differences were not observed in the behavioral measures of task performance such as reaction time and accuracy, suggesting that blink-related neural responses during the target detection task are more sensitive in capturing aging-related brain function changes compared to behavioral measures alone. …”
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A Systematic Search for Candidate Supermassive Black Hole Binaries Using Periodic Mid-infrared Light Curves of Active Galactic Nuclei by Di Luo, Ning Jiang, Xin Liu

“…Notably, we find no overlap between our sample and optical periodic sources, which can be explained by a distinct preference for certain periods due to selection bias. …”
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Making Blind Robots See: The Synergy Between Fluorescent Dyes and Imaging Devices in Automated Proteomics by Wayne F. Patton

“…Since rare proteins cannot be amplified by any type of PCR method, sensitive detection is critical to proteome projects. Fluorescence methods deliver streamlined detection protocols, superior detection sensitivity, broad linear dynamic range and excellent compatibility with modern microchemical identification methods such as mass spectrometry. …”
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Microalgal Metabolomes and Recent Biotechnological Advances for Their Industrial Application by Dinesh Kumar Saini, Geetanjali Manchanda, Ratiram Gomaji Chaudhary, Raghvendra Pratap Singh

“…These organisms are photosynthetic, use CO₂ as their sole carbon source, and grow rapidly under different environmental conditions. …”
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Modeling and Analysis of Noise Reduction Method in SPAD-Based LiDAR System by Kai Ma, Tao Yin, Na Tian, Zhe Wang, Tian Zhao, Jian Liu, Nanjian Wu, Liyuan Liu

“…Ambient light interference stands as the primary source of noise encountered by the light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems based on single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD), which seriously restricts the detection range and accuracy of sensors. …”
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A directed greybox fuzzer for windows applications by Xin Ren, Peng-fei Wang, Xu Zhou, Kai Lu

“…Abstract Directed greybox fuzzing (DGF) has proven effective in vulnerability discovery, but most efforts focus on the Linux platform, with substantially less attention devoted to Windows platform due to its closed-source and GUI software nature. This paper proposes WinDGF, a novel directed greybox fuzzer for Windows applications that addresses challenges including target function localization in persistent testing, GUI bypassing, and fitness metric calculation. …”
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Two rare cases of severe community-acquired bloodstream infections: a clinical case report by Li-Na Meng, Gang Li

“…Detailed medical history inquiries, assessment of underlying immune status, detection of the source of infection, and initial precise identification and treatment of the infectious agents can improve the prognosis of CABSI.Case descriptionIn this paper, two incidences of severe CABSI with insidious onset and rapid progression are described. …”
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Optimizing maize germination forecasts with random forest and data fusion techniques by Lili Wu, Yuqing Xing, Kaiwen Yang, Wenqiang Li, Guangyue Ren, Debang Zhang, Huiping Fan

“…This study selected the Zheng Dan-958 maize variety to predict germination rates using multi-source information fusion and a random forest (RF) algorithm. …”
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