Hypolipidemic Effect of Hemp Seed Oil from the Northern Morocco Endemic Beldiya Ecotype in a Mice Model: Comparison with Fenofibrate Hypolipidemic Drugs by Imane Mokhtari, Yassine Taaifi, Mohamed Harnafi, Kamal Belhaj, Farid Mansouri, Reda Melhaoui, Mohamed Addi, Christophe Hano, Souliman Amrani, Hicham Harnafi, Ahmed El Amrani

“…The result demonstrates that this typical vegetable oil contains a high concentration of γ-tocopherol (456 mg·kg−1 oil). …”
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A low-cost printed circuit board-based centrifugal microfluidic platform for dielectrophoresis by Nicklas Rondot, Songyuan Yan, Dario Mager, Lawrence Kulinsky

“…Compared to traditional pump-driven microfluidics, typically used for DEP applications, centrifugal CD microfluidics provides the ability to consolidate various liquid handling tasks in self-contained discs under the control of a single motor. …”
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Artificial intelligence for the prediction of the physical and mechanical properties of a compressed earth reinforced by fibers by Bentegri Houcine, Rabehi Mohamed, Kherfane Samir, Boukansous Sarra

“…This study presents a prediction a model- and simulation-based approach using artificial neural networks (ANN) to predict tensile strength and compressive strength. of earth-friendly concrete containing different types of natural fibers. A group of data with eight influencing characteristics; cement, fiber, sand, fiber length, fiber tensile strength, clay, silt, age used for model formation and validation were collected from the literature. …”
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A Literary Interpretation of Blood Symbolism in Ifá Divination Poetry by Oluwabunmi Tope Bernard

“… Tis study undertakes a literary analysis of blood as a symbol as contained in the Ifá divination poetry among the Yorùbá of Southwestern Nigeria, which the researcher has collected through personal observations, consultations, and interviews with Ifá priests. …”
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VARAT: Variable Annotation Tool for Documents on Manufacturing Processes by Shota Kato, Manabu Kano

“…VARAT was subsequently employed to create a dataset containing 1,988 variable symbols from the 47 papers. …”
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More on lines in Euclidean Ramsey theory by Conlon, David, Wu, Yu-Han

“…Answering a question raised by Fox and the first author and independently by Arman and Tsaturian, we show that there is a natural number $m$ and a red/blue-colouring of $\mathbb{E}^n$ for every $n$ that contains no red copy of $\ell _3$ and no blue copy of $\ell _m$.…”
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Establishment of a Mutant Library for Infection Cushion Development and Identification of a Key Regulatory Gene in <i>Botrytis cinerea</i> by Maoyao Tang, Kexin Wang, Pan Zhang, Jie Hou, Xiaoqian Yu, Hongfu Wang, Yangyizhou Wang, Guihua Li

“…In this study, we utilized a forward genetics approach to establish a large T-DNA tagged population of <i>B. cinerea</i>, which contained 14,000 transformants. Through phenotype screening, we identified 161 mutants with defects in IC development. …”
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On the Convergence Rate for the Longest at Most <i>T</i>-Contaminated Runs of Heads by István Fazekas, Borbála Fazekas, László Fórián

“…We call a run at most <i>T</i>-contaminated, if it contains at most <i>T</i> tails. We approximate the distribution of the length of the longest at most <i>T</i>-contaminated runs. …”
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Enhancing Thyroid Nodule Detection in Ultrasound Images: A Novel YOLOv8 Architecture with a C2fA Module and Optimized Loss Functions by Shidan Wang, Zi-An Zhao, Yuze Chen, Ye-Jiao Mao, James Chung-Wai Cheung

“…The recall, calculated based on the detection of nodules containing at least one feature suspected of being malignant, reaches 58.2%, while the model maintains a lightweight structure. …”
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Novel Optimization Algorithms Usage to Model the Compressive Strength of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete in Machine Learning Technique: Support Vector Regression by Tianhua Zhou, Dorota Mozyrska

“…In addition, two meta-heuristic algorithms have been used for improving the accuracy of predicting CS containing the Marine Predator Algorithm (MPA) and Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm (GOA). …”
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The Effects of Exercise on Cognitive Recovery after Acquired Brain Injury in Animal Models: A Systematic Review by Elise Wogensen, Hana Malá, Jesper Mogensen

“…Studies were selected if they were (1) in English, (2) used adult animals subjected to acquired brain injury, (3) used exercise as an intervention tool after inflicted injury, (4) used exercise paradigms demanding movement of all extremities, (5) had exercise intervention effects that could be distinguished from other potential intervention effects, and (6) contained at least one measure of cognitive and/or emotional function. …”
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Heterogeneity analysis provides evidence for a genetically homogeneous subtype of bipolar-disorder. by Caroline C McGrouther, Aaditya V Rangan, Arianna Di Florio, Jeremy A Elman, Nicholas J Schork, John Kelsoe, Bipolar Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium

“…., 'genetic subgroup') replicates across the remaining data-sets collected by the PGC containing 5781/8289, 3581/7591, and 6825/9752 cases/controls, respectively. …”
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Competitive Revenue Management (Rm.) Strategies of Five Star Hotels: A Case From Istanbul by Tevfik Demirciftci, Sahin Osmanoglu

“…The research employed a questionnaire containing pre-prepared RM-related inquiries administered to hotel RM department managers. …”
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Defects-Induced Hot Spots in TATB by Zhonghua Yan, Chuanchao Zhang, Hongwei Yan, Zhijie Li, Li Li, Ming Huang, Bisheng Tan, Xiaodong Yuan

“…The three-dimensional models of triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATB) explosives containing spherical pores, craters, and cracks are established, respectively. …”
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Comparative genomics of Botryosphaeria dothidea and B. kuwatsukai, causal agents of apple ring rot, reveals both species expansion of pathogenicity-related genes and variations in... by Bo Wang, Xiaofei Liang, Mark L. Gleason, Rong Zhang, Guangyu Sun

“…Botryosphaeria kuwatsukai contained significantly more transposable elements and higher value of repeat induced point (RIP) index than B. dothidea. …”
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Severe subcutaneous infection with Clostridium septicum in a herd of native Icelandic horses by Charlotta Oddsdóttir, Ólöf G. Sigurðardóttir, Vala Friðriksdóttir, Vilhjálmur Svansson, Birkir Þór Bragason, Sigríður Björnsdóttir

“…Whole genome sequencing suggested that the isolates from the diseased horses contained the same C. septicum strain, whereas the strain isolated from the water samples differed from the disease-causing isolates. …”
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Influence of MicroCT Resolution and Segmentation Techniques on Porosity Analysis in Carbonate Rocks by Olga M. O. Araújo, Alessandra Silveira Machado, Cíntia Ferreira, Davi F. Oliveira, Ricardo Tadeu Lopes

“…Lacustrine carbonate rocks form hydrocarbon accumulations, some of which are contained in oil fields and coquinas are one of the main reservoirs. …”
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Knoevenagel Condensation of Aldehydes with Ethyl Cyanoacetate in Water Catalyzed by P4VP/Al2O3-SiO2 by Majid Kolahdoozan, Roozbeh Javad Kalbasi, Zohreh S. Shahzeidi, Farzad Zamani

“…The results illustrate that the sample containing 0.6 molar ratio of Al to Si exhibits the highest yield (98%) in the reaction of benzaldehyde with ethyl cyanoacetate with 100% selectivity to the arylidene derivative.…”
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Investigation Of The Relation Between Additive Commonly Used In Meat Products - Soy And Meat By Fluorescence Spectroscopy by Z. Ozbekova, A. Kulmyrzaev

“…In this study, fluorescence spectroscopy coupled with multivariate chemometrics techniques has been used for the analyzing of meat, sausages and ground meat samples containing various ratios of soybean gel (5 %, 10 %, 20 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 % and 100%). …”
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Physician Characteristics Associated With Opioid Prescribing After Same-Day Breast Surgery in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Shaila J. Merchant, MD, Jonas P. Shellenberger, MSc, Monakshi Sawhney, PhD, Julie La, MD, Susan B. Brogly, PhD

“…Results:. The final cohort contained 56,434 patients, 3469 unique prescribers, and 58,656 prescriptions. …”
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