Synthetic Method and Oil Displacement Capacity of Nano-MoS2 by Liang Zhang, Fujian Zhou, Guofa Lei, Bingyu Ge, Yuan Li, Guolin Yu, Longhao Zhao, Bojun Li, Erdong Yao

“…Nanomaterials can be used to emulsify and reduce the fluid viscosity, reduce pore pressure, and increase injection volume. …”
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Transfer learning for non-image data in clinical research: A scoping review. by Andreas Ebbehoj, Mette Østergaard Thunbo, Ole Emil Andersen, Michala Vilstrup Glindtvad, Adam Hulman

“…<h4>Background</h4>Transfer learning is a form of machine learning where a pre-trained model trained on a specific task is reused as a starting point and tailored to another task in a different dataset. …”
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Advances in tissue engineering of peripheral nerve and tissue innervation – a systematic review by Jayson Sueters, Rowan van Heiningen, Ralph de Vries, Zeliha Guler, Judith Huirne, Theo Smit

“…Auto- and allografts are the first choice of treatment, but tissue survival or functionality is not guaranteed due to often limited vascular and neural networks. …”
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Configurational effects of intergenerational support on older adults’ depression: an empirical study from CHARLS data by Qin Bai, Duanduan Fu, Shichen Chen, Fang Wang, Baizhi Gao, Jinghui Zhu, Guilin Liu

“…Objective To explore the synergy and substitution effects (configurational effects) of dimensions of intergenerational support on depression in older adults. Method Based on data from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS), depression among older adults was used as the outcome variable, and intergenerational support (including three dimensions of emotional, economic, and caregiving support) was used as the antecedent variable. …”
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Prevalence of Strabismus among Patients Attending Basrah Teaching Hospital, Basrah, Iraq by Mohammed Al Ashoor, Hamid Al Taha

“…The patients ranged in age from 4 months to 57 years, with a mean age of 1.68 years. …”
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Extreme Air Pollution Events Spiking Ionic Levels at Urban and Rural Sites of Indo-Gangetic Plain by Manisha Mishra, U. C. Kulshrestha

“…Abstract The present study is a modest attempt to quantify the water-soluble inorganic ions (WSIIs) in the early morning (fog-forming) ambient air on the central Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) during winter via dissolution using a low-cost refluxing mist chamber. The chemical composition of the bulk samples showed significant differences in the WSIIs between the two monitored sites, one urban and the other rural, with NH4+ (47% and 37%, respectively) and Ca2+ (18% and 8%, respectively) being the major cations and NO3 (10% and 16%, respectively) and SO42− (9% and 14%, respectively) being the major anions. …”
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Genome-wide characterization and expression analysis of the ADF gene family in response to salt and drought stress in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) by Mengmeng Shi, Yike Wang, Peng Lv, Yujie Gong, Qi Sha, Xinyan Zhao, Wen Zhou, Lingtao Meng, Zegang Han, Lingxiao Zhang, Lingxiao Zhang, Yongwang Sun, Yongwang Sun

“…The analysis of the Ka/Ks ratios indicated that the MsADF genes underwent purity-based selection during its evolutionary expansion. …”
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Desajuste educativo y ajuste económico: ¿cómo respondió el mercado de trabajo mexicano ante la pandemia? by Ana Ruth Escoto-Castillo, Emma Liliana Navarrete-López

“…En México, la llegada de la covid-19 afectó la participación laboral de la mayoría de la población. A propósito de ese fenómeno, con este artículo se busca medir los niveles de desajuste educativo –por sobreducación y subeducación– antes y después del cierre de actividades decretado ante la pandemia. …”
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Does the Direction of Kinesiology Tape Application Influence Muscle Activation in Asymptomatic Individuals? by Michelle Dolphin, Gary Brooks, Blair Calancie, Adam Rufa

“…# Background Despite the popularity of tape among athletes and rehabilitation practitioners, there is controversy regarding the specific effects of kinesiology tape. Based on conflicting results and limitations of the literature, a well-designed study was desired to examine kinesiology tape application direction on muscle activation…”
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Ammonia Gas Adsorption in Fixed Bed and Fluidized Bed Using Bentonite Particles by Gabriela Muntianu, Ana-Maria Georgescu, Ana-Maria Rosu, Nicoleta Platon, Vasilica Alisa Arus, Cosmin Valeriu Jinescu, Ileana Denisa Nistor

“…The aluminum pillared bentonite is prepared by a classical pillaring process to create high porosity and to increase the ammonia particle surface contact. Adsorbents used were characterized by the following analysis: granulometric distribution, acid–base character determination by Thermal Programmed Desorption (TPD), elemental microanalysis by Energy Dispersive X-Ray coupled with scanning electron microscopy (EDX-SEM), X-Ray diffractograms, adsorption–desorption isotherms by Brunauer–Emmett–Teller method and distribution of pore sizes and pore volume calculation by Barrett–Joyner–Halenda method. …”
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Review on Phase Behavior in Tight Porous Media and Microscopic Flow Mechanism of CO2 Huff-n-Puff in Tight Oil Reservoirs by Yong Tang, Jiehong Tang, Qi Liu, Yong Wang, Zigang Zheng, Yingjie Yuan, Youwei He

“…Phase behavior in tight porous media is different from that in a PVT cylinder since the capillary pressure in tight porous media reduces the bubble point pressure and increases the miscibility pressure and critical temperature. …”
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Colorectal cancer detection with enhanced precision using a hybrid supervised and unsupervised learning approach by Akella S. Narasimha Raju, K. Venkatesh, Ranjith Kumar Gatla, Eswara Prasad Konakalla, Marwa M. Eid, Nataliia Titova, Sherif S. M. Ghoneim, Ramy N. R. Ghaly

“…The hybrid schema of this work treats the deficiencies of the previous approaches, such as incorporating CNN-based effective feature extraction, Transformer networks for developing attention mechanisms, and finally the fine decision boundary of the support vector machine. …”
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Caries affected Dentin biomodification using Bromelain, Riboflavin photosensitizer via UVA, and Chitosan Nanoparticles on shear bond strength and microleakage scores: A SEM evaluation by Khold Alahdal, Ahmed Maawadh, Laila AlDeeb, Thamer Almohareb, Ahoud S Alshamrani, Ali Alrahlah

“…A dye penetration test was used to assess marginal leakage. Resin CAD interface assessment was performed using SEM. …”
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Optimising Access Surgery in Senior Haemodialysis Patients (OASIS): study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial by Patrick WHE Vriens, Edith M Willigendael, Maarten A Lijkwan, Friedo W Dekker, Chava L Ramspek, Michiel W de Haan, Çaĝdaş Ünlü, Boudewijn DC Heggen, Koen E A van der Bogt, Marc H Hemmelder, Mickaël J C Hiligsmann, Magda M van Loon, Joris I Rotmans, Jan H M Tordoir, Geert Willem H Schurink, Maarten G J Snoeijs, Marijke J Molegraaf, Philippe WM Cuypers, Denise Nio, Cora H Arts, Jacobien C Verhave, Goos D Laverman, Aron S Bode, Marcel C Weijmer, Bas Govaert, Aaltje Y Adema, Gijs MJM Welten, Michel MPJ Reijnen, Marc JH Groeneveld, Hans S Brink, Jeroen B van der Net, Arno Kuijper, Hilde PE Peters, Roos C van Nieuwenhuizen, Rombout R Kruse, Yvonne C Schrama, Karina A de Groot, Karima Farhat

“…Introduction Current evidence on vascular access strategies for haemodialysis patients is based on observational studies that are at high risk of selection bias. …”
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Accounting for Australia’s threatened species: Estimating historical and recent change in terrestrial habitat by Katherine M. Giljohann, Karel Mokany, Simon Ferrier, Thomas D. Harwood, Chris Ware, Kristen J. Williams

“…We demonstrate the method for Australia using 1,518 nationally-listed threatened species and ecosystem condition data for 2017 and 2018, and present summaries by sub-national jurisdictions.Across Australia, intensively developed regions had the greatest number of threatened species based on estimated historical habitat. …”
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Integrated collaborative filtering recommendation in social cyber-physical systems by Jiachen Xu, Anfeng Liu, Naixue Xiong, Tian Wang, Zhengbang Zuo

“…As a consequence, it is highly desired to process these big data so that meaningful knowledge can be extracted from those vast and diverse data. Based on those large-scale data, using collaborative filtering recommendation methods to recommend some valuable clients or products for those e-commerce websites or users is considered as an effective way. …”
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Unraveling drivers and patterns of species richness in coastal marine ecosystem under global warming: Insights from ecosystem connectivity by Xiangyan Yang, Jia Wo, Toniann Keiling, Yong Chen

“…Regime shift and correlation analyses suggest that environmental pressures are the primary stressors driving changes in HRE-NYB fish and macroinvertebrate richness, rather than fishing pressure. …”
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Blood Borne Viral Infections in Transplantation: Hepatitis Viruses and Retroviruses by RP Bryce Larke

“…Current estimates of residual risk from transfusion based on United States data are: one in 200,000 units for HBV; one in 2000 to one in 6000 units for HCV; one in 40.000 lo one in 60,000 units for HIV-1; and one in 69,272 units for HTLV-1/11. …”
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Duncan-Chang Constitutive Model of Vetiver Root and Soil Matrix at Different Growth Stages by WU Ruibin, JI Jinnan, YANG Yuzhe

“…[Conclusion] A constitutive relationship of root-soil matrixs based on the Duncan-Chang model has been established, and this can enhance the understanding of the mechanical behavior of root-soil matrixs in shallow surface landslides, and provide a theoretical basis for effective prevention and control of shallow surface landslide disasters.…”
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Heat-related mortality in Mexico: A multi-scale spatial analysis of extreme heat effects and municipality-level vulnerability by Lara Schwarz, Chen Chen, Javier Emmanuel Castillo Quiñones, L.C. Aguilar-Dodier, Kristen Hansen, Jaime Reyes Sanchez, David J.X. González, Gordon McCord, Tarik Benmarhnia

“…Daily all-cause mortality was collected from the Mexican Secretary of Health and municipality-specific extreme heat events were estimated using population-weighted temperatures from 1998 to 2019 using Daymet and WorldPop datasets. …”
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