Settlement Prediction Based on the Relationship between the Empirical and Analytical Solutions of a Cylindrical Cavity under Undrained Conditions by Pieride Mabe Fogang, Yang Liu, Pengqiang Yu

“…The expansion of the cylindrical cavity is solved as a linear elasticity problem using a system of first-order ordinary differential equations containing two components in the Cartesian coordinates. …”
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Primary Hydatid Cyst of the Kidney and Ureter with Hydatiduria in a Laboratory Worker: A Case Report by Venkatesh Seetharam, Vinay Khanna, Padmapriya Jaiprakash, Kranthi Kosaraju, Joseph Thomas, Chiranjay Mukhopadhayay

“…The possibility of laboratory-acquired infection cannot be ruled out in this case due to lack of precautionary measures and containment facilities in resource-constrained setting.…”
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RGB-D salient object detection based on BC2 FNet network by WANG Feng, CHENG Yongmei

“…By embedding this module into the top-down information fusion flow, the predicted saliency map can contain accurate objects and sharp boundaries. Simulation results on five standard RGB-D data sets show that the proposed model can achieve better performance.…”
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Organic iron and iodine in laying hen diet: Performance, egg quality, thyroid hormones, antioxidant status, serum and yolk lipids, and egg iron and iodine contents by Sima Sarlak, Sayed Ali Tabeidian, Majid Toghyani, Amir Davar Foroozandeh Shahraki, Mohammad Goli, Mahmood Habibian

“…The highest production of abnormal eggs and the lowest eggshell weight and thickness occurred with diet containing no supplemental iron and 0.5 mg.kg-1 of iodine. …”
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Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory and Antioxidant Activity of the Compounds Isolated from Vanda roxburghii by Salim Ahammed, Rejina Afrin, Nasim Uddin, Yusuf Al-Amin, Kamrul Hasan, Uzzal Haque, K. M. Monirul Islam, A. H. M. K. Alam, Toshihisa Tanaka, Golam Sadik

“…These findings revealed that V. roxburghii contained compounds with potential acetylcholinesterase inhibitory and antioxidant activity, which support its traditional use in the treatment of AD.…”
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Individual and Herd-Level Seroprevalence in Association with Potential Risk Factors of Japanese Encephalitis in Pigs Collected from Urban, Periurban, and Rural Areas of Bali, Indon... by I. Made Kardena, Anak Agung Ayu Mirah Adi, I. Nyoman Mantik Astawa, Mark O’Dea, Ian Robertson, Shafi Sahibzada, Mieghan Bruce

“…In herd-level seroprevalence, all sampled herds contained one or more seropositive pigs (overall herd-level seroprevalence 100% [95% CI: 97.7–100]). …”
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Preserving Differential Privacy for Similarity Measurement in Smart Environments by Kok-Seng Wong, Myung Ho Kim

“…However, collecting and storing user’s data in the smart environments pose severe privacy concerns because these data may contain sensitive information about the subject. Hence, privacy protection is now an emerging issue that we need to consider especially when data sharing is essential for analysis purpose. …”
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Evaluation and Influencing Factors of Transportation Industry Energy Efficiency of Changjiang Economic Zone by Yi Xu, Xiaojuan Li

“…This study constructs an evaluation system for transportation industry energy efficiency (TIEE) and evaluates TIEEs of 11 CEZ provinces in 2000–2017, using the super-slack-based measure (Super-SBM) model containing undesired output. On this basis, the panel data model was adopted to explore the impactors of TIEE. …”
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Eucalyptus gasification using a multi-stage air gasifier: An experimental study by Andini A., Aminuddin, Helios M.P., Sajjakulnukit B., Nasir S.

“…Eucalyptus can be converted into synthesic gas containing CO and H2 for direct fuel or raw chemical production materials with gasification techniques. …”
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DISTRIBUTION AND POTENTIAL OF CAMELLIA SPP. IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, VIETNAM, FOR DEVELOPING HIGH-VALUE PRODUCTS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY by Thi Thang Long Nguyen, Vu Mai Quynh Luong

“…Yellow camellias do not contain caffeine. The main active ingredient is polyphenol, with a content of 5.22%–30.11% (mg GAE/100 g DW). …”
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Clinical Usability of Vasundhara’s Transit for Gutta-Percha (V Transit GP) - A Questionnaire-Based Survey by Siddheswaran Vijayaraghavan, Krutika Menon, N. M. Dhanyakumar, Vasundhara Shivanna

“…The GP cones, before obturation, were transferred to their respective canal slots containing 5.25% sodium hypochlorite for one minute and then transferred to their respective distilled water slots. …”
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Aspirin-triggered resolvin D1 modulates pulmonary and neurological inflammation in an IL-22 knock-out organic dust exposure mouse model by Alissa N. Threatt, Jade White, Jade White, Nathan Klepper, Nathan Klepper, Zachary Brier, Zachary Brier, Logan S. Dean, Logan S. Dean, Ash Ibarra, Macallister Harris, Kaylee Jones, Maëlis J. L. Wahl, Melea Barahona, Melea Barahona, Emmanuel O. Oyewole, Morgan Pauly, Julie A. Moreno, Julie A. Moreno, Tara M. Nordgren

“…Agriculture dust contains many organic immunogenic compounds, and organic dust exposure is strongly associated with the development of immune-mediated chronic pulmonary diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). …”
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Spin‐coating fabrication of high‐yield and uniform organic thin‐film transistors via a primer template growth by Zhenxin Yang, Jiale Su, Junzhan Wang, Xuanhe Li, Fushun Li, Juntao Hu, Nan Chen, Zhang Tao, Delong Yang, Deng‐Ke Wang, Qiang Zhu, Yuhui Liao, Zheng‐Hong Lu

“…Using PT, we fabricated organic thin‐film transistors (OTFTs) using solutions containing various small molecules such as rubrene and 2‐decyl‐7‐phenyl‐[1]benzothieno[3,2‐b][1]benzothiophene. …”
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Data Filtering Based Recursive Least Squares Algorithm for Two-Input Single-Output Systems with Moving Average Noises by Xianling Lu, Wei Zhou, Wenlin Shi

“…Through data filtering, we obtain two simple identification models, one containing the parameters of the system model and the other containing the parameters of the noise model. …”
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CD63 Promotes Hemocyte-Mediated Phagocytosis in the Clam, Paphia undulata by Mingjia Yu, Shanjun Yang, Hongxia Sun, Qiang Xia

“…Bioinformatic analysis revealed that Pu-CD63 contains one putative YXXØ consensus motif of “110-YVII-113” and one N-glycosylation site “155-NGT-157” within the large extracellular loop (LEL) region, supporting its conserved function in plasma membrane and endosomal/lysosomal trafficking. …”
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EVALUATION OF NEEM LEAF EXTRACT AND ARABIC GUM AS AN EDIBLE COATTING ON THE SHELF-LIFE OF TOMATO FRUITS by OMAR TURKI MAMDOH ERSHIDAT

“…Arabic gum-coating treatments and those that combined it with neem leaf extract during storage resulted in improved weight loss, total soluble solids, titratable acidity, and colour parameters for tomatoes. The treatments containing neem leaf extract alone reduced the total number of plaques by about half by the end of the storage period. …”
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Hierarchical Deep Learning for Bearing Fault Detection in BLDC Motors Using Time-Frequency Analysis by Ahmed K. Ali, Wathiq Rafa Abed

“…We detect the targets using three patterns generated by the convolutional layers, utilizing three deep network structures, each containing a softmax classifier that identifies one pattern out of three. …”
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Solid-Phase Extraction of Trace Amounts of Uranium(VI) in Environmental Water Samples Using an Extractant-Impregnated Resin Followed by Detection with UV-Vis Spectrophotometry by Ahmad Hosseini-Bandegharaei, Masoud Sarwghadi, Aliasghar Heydarbeigi, Seyyed Hossein Hosseini, Mehdi Nedaie

“…A stable extractant-impregnated resin (EIR) containing Chrome Azurol B was prepared using Amberlite XAD-2010 as a porous polymeric support. …”
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Sexual spores in edible mushroom: bioactive components, discharge mechanisms and effects on fruiting bodies quality by Yunting Li, Yao Feng, Yuling Shang, Heran Xu, Rongrong Xia, Zhenshan Hou, Song Pan, Li Li, Yuanyuan Bian, Jiayi Zhu, Zijian Wang, Guang Xin

“…Spore discharge (SD) is an important factor affecting the quality of edible mushrooms.In this review, the bioactive nutrients of sexual spores of edible mushrooms were summarized, the SD mechanism was described, and the relationship between postharvest SD and the quality of edible mushrooms was analyzed.Spores contain various bioactive nutrients that are beneficial to the human body. …”
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MeStanG—Resource for High-Throughput Sequencing Standard Data Sets Generation for Bioinformatic Methods Evaluation and Validation by Daniel Ramos Lopez, Francisco J. Flores, Andres S. Espindola

“…The simulator pipeline was evaluated by analyzing its output mock metagenomic samples containing known read abundances using read mapping, genome assembly, and taxonomic classification on three scenarios: a bacterial community composed of nine different organisms, samples resembling pathogen-infected wheat plants, and a viral pathogen serial dilution sampling. …”
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