TUNEL labeling with BrdUTP/anti-BrdUTP greatly underestimates the level of sperm DNA fragmentation in semen evaluation. by Sofia C Ribeiro, Monica Muratori, Maria De Geyter, Christian De Geyter

“…TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling) assay coupled to flow cytometry is one of the most promising methods for SDF quantification. Several kits for the detection of DNA fragmentation are currently available on the market and all are recommended as equally appropriate to quantify SDF. …”
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Comparison of motor efficiency and emotional intelligence of ordinary and gifted girl students aged 12-15 years by Fahime Kalami, Usef Garmanjani, Gholamhossein Nazemzadegan, Majid Chahardah-Cheric

“…This study was conducted on 100 participants two equal groups (50 gifted girls’ students from National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talant (NODET) and 50 ordinary girls’ students from ordinary schools) using random sampling method from 6 ordinary schools and 3 NODET schools in the first secondary level in Shiraz. …”
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MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF HEAT EXCHANGE IN DIRECT FLAT CHANNELS AND DIRECT ROUND PIPES WITH ROUGH WALLS UNDER THE SYMMETRIC HEAT SUPPLY by I E. Lobanov

“…The aim of present work was to carry out mathematical modelling of heat transfer with symmetrical heating in flat channels and round pipes with rough walls.Methods. The calculation was carried out using the L'Hôpital-Bernoulli's method. …”
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‘They were just enjoying love and she was making money’: A qualitative analysis of UN peacekeeper sexual interactions in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Samantha Gray, Sandrine Lusamba, Heather Stuart, Sabine Lee, Susan A. Bartels

“…This study aims to demonstrate that not all sexual interactions between peacekeepers and host community members are equally exploitative or abusive. Methods The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was chosen for this study due to its longstanding history of UN peacekeeping operations, documented cases of peacekeeper-perpetrated SEA, and socio-economic and gendered inequalities that contribute to transactional and coercive sexual interactions. …”
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Genotype-specific retinal and choroidal perfusion patterns in inherited retinal diseases: an SS-OCTA analysis by Yu Rong, Junfeng Li, Jianquan He, Daowei Zhang, Jiawen Wu, Hongli Liu, Ting Li, Ping Xu, Qing Chang, Jihong Wu

“…Methods This study included 62 patients and 21 matched controls. …”
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Learning Developmental Age From 3D Infant Kinetics Using Adaptive Graph Neural Networks by Daniel Holmberg, Manu Airaksinen, Viviana Marchi, Andrea Guzzetta, Anna Tuiskula, Leena Haataja, Sampsa Vanhatalo, Teemu Roos

“…Reliable methods for the neurodevelopmental assessment of infants are essential for early detection of problems that may need prompt interventions. …”
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Factors affecting the design of the management dashboard framework with an emphasis on the components of human resources productivity by Hassan Barmaki, Farshad Faezy Razi, Ehtesham Rashidi

“…AbstractThe purpose of this research is the effective factors on the design of the management dashboard framework with an emphasis on the components of human resources productivity. The research method is applicable in terms of purpose, qualitative in terms of execution method, and cross-sectional survey in terms of nature. …”
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The Orthotropy Effect of Underground Inclusion on the Seismic Response of Ground Surface by S. Mojtabazadeh-Hasanlouei, M. Panji, M. Kamalian

“…This paper presents a formulation of the attenuated orthotropic time-domain half-space boundary element method for analyzing the orthotropic effect of underground inclusions subjected to transient SH-waves. …”
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Stability analysis of surrounding rocks of deeply-buried underground chambers based on the improved block theory and simulation using unwedge computer program by Fugui Tao, Anyi Lan, Lei Han, Xudan Sun, Zhixi Liu

“… To tackle the challenges of extensive drawing workloads and limited precision inherent in the application of block theory, this paper presents an optimization of block theory based on an improved vector method. Additionally, the Unwedge computer program is employed to conduct visual simulations of block theory applications, thereby enhancing the ease of utilizing block theory. …”
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Hand Tremor Characterization from a Spatiotemporal Convolutional Representation by Jessica Pedraza Cadena, John Edinson Archila Valderrama, Franklin Sierra-Jerez, Alejandra Moreno Tarazona, Fabio Martínez Carrillo

“…As for the resting scheme, the proposed method obtained an average accuracy of 90% and sensitivity of 80%. …”
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Imbibition Retention in the Process of Fluid Replacement in Tight Sandstone Reservoir by Xiong Liu, Yang Zhang, Desheng Zhou, Le Yan, Hai Huang, Xinru Li

“…In this study, an experimental method that can visualize the imbibition and displacement process is proposed by combining the core slice displacement experiment. …”
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Borax and Boric Acid Combination As Fire Retardant and Anti-termite Agents on Red Meranti Wood by Mahdi Santoso, Sutjipto A. Hadikusumo, Abdul Aziz

“…Testing the fire resistance referred ASTM E 69-02 B and anti-termite evaluation was conducted by no-choice feeding method. Observed parameters were absorption, actual retention, burn intensity, maximum combustion temperature, glowing time, termite mortality, mass loss, the degree of damage and visual observation. …”
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Using Partial Differential Equation Face Recognition Model to Evaluate Students’ Attention in a College Chinese Classroom by Xia Miao, Ziyao Yu, Ming Liu

“…The partial differential equation learning model is applied to another high-level visual-processing problem: face recognition. A novel feature selection method based on partial differential equation learning model is proposed. …”
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The best angle correction of basketball shooting based on the fusion of time series features and dual CNN by Meicai Xiao

“…However, the current method is limited by the variability of the shape base, ignoring dynamic features and visual information, and there are some problems in the process of feature extraction and correction of related actions. …”
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Identifying Bias in Deep Neural Networks Using Image Transforms by Sai Teja Erukude, Akhil Joshi, Lior Shamir

“…To overcome this, we propose a method to identify dataset bias without the need to crop background information from the images. …”
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Mosquito breeding water parameters are important determinants for Microsporidia MB in the aquatic stages of Anopheles species by Esinam A. Akorli, Nana Efua Andoh, Richardson K. Egyirifa, Christopher Dorcoo, Sampson Otoo, Seraphim N. A. Tetteh, Reuben Mwimson Pul, Derrick B. Sackitey, Stephen K. D. Oware, Samuel K. Dadzie, Jewelna Akorli

“…We investigated the frequency of Microsporidia MB in Anopheles mosquitoes across selected sites in northern and southern Ghana, as well as the physicochemical parameters of mosquito breeding water that are associated with the occurrence of the fungus, by fitting regression models. Methods A non-column extraction method was used to extract DNA from the abdomens of 4255 adult Anopheles mosquitoes that emerged from larvae and pupae collected between August and October of 2021 and 2022. …”
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Species Composition, Phenotypic and Genotypic Resistance Levels in Major Malaria Vectors in Teso North and Teso South Subcounties in Busia County, Western Kenya by Edward K. Githinji, Lucy W. Irungu, Paul N. Ndegwa, Maxwell G. Machani, Richard O. Amito, Brigid J. Kemei, Paul N. Murima, Geoffrey M. Ombui, Antony K. Wanjoya, Charles M. Mbogo, Evan M. Mathenge

“…The study is aimed at determining species composition, levels of insecticide resistance, and knockdown patterns in Anopheles gambiae sensu lato in areas with and areas without insecticide resistance in Teso North and Teso South subcounties, Western Kenya. Materials and Methods. For WHO vulnerability tests, mosquito larvae were sampled using a dipper, reared into 3-5-day-old female mosquitoes (4944 at 100 mosquitoes per insecticide) which were exposed to 0.75% permethrin, 0.05% deltamethrin, and 0.1% bendiocarb using the WHO tube assay method. …”
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Comprehensive Assessment of Transient Stability for Grid-Forming Converters Considering Current Limitations, Inertia and Damping Effects by Jinlei Chen, Qingyuan Gong, Yawen Zhang, Muhammad Fawad, Sheng Wang, Chuanyue Li, Jun Liang

“…Leveraging data obtained from the phase portrait, an artificial neural network (ANN) method is presented to model CCT and CCA accurately. …”
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Rice Leaf Disease Image Enhancement Based on Improved CycleGAN by YAN Congkuan, ZHU Dequan, MENG Fankai, YANG Yuqing, TANG Qixing, ZHANG Aifang, LIAO Juan

“…To address these challenges, a data augmentation method for rice leaf disease images was proposed based on an improved CycleGAN model in this reseach which aimed to expand disease image datasets by generating disease features, thereby alleviating the burden of collecting real disease data and providing more comprehensive and diverse data to support automatic rice disease recognition.MethodsThe proposed approach built upon the CycleGAN framework, with a key modification being the integration of a convolutional block attention module (CBAM) into the generator's residual module. …”
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On the Dynamism of Paintings Through the Distribution of Edge Directions by Adrien Deliege, Maria Giulia Dondero, Enzo D’Armenio

“…We demonstrate the applicability of our method in three key areas: studying the temporal evolution of dynamism across different artistic styles, as well as within the works of a single artist (Wassily Kandinsky), visualizing and clustering a large database of abstract paintings through PixPlot, and retrieving similarly dynamic images. …”
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