Laser surface melting and heat treatment of Tomilloy nickel-based superalloy as gas turbine transition part after service by Bahareh Mohammadi, Homam Naffakh-Moosavy, Hamed Fatemi

“…Stereography, optical microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy were used to examine the microstructure and phases. In addition, microhardness testing was used to investigate the mechanical properties. …”
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Pre-probiotic effects of different bacterial species in aquaculture: behavioral, hematological and oxidative stress responses by Alak Gonca, Kotan Recep, Uçar Arzu, Parlak Veysel, Atamanalp Muhammed

“…Physiological changes in blood tissue [hematological indices: erythrocyte count (RBC), leukocyte count (WBC), hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Hct), platelet count (PLT), mean cell hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), mean cell hemoglobin (MCH), and mean cell volume (MCV)], oxidative stress responses in liver and gill tissues [malondialdehyde (MDA) level, antioxidant enzyme activities: superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPX), glutathione reductase (GR), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)] and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in brain tissue (as neurotoxic biomarker) were investigated. Additionally, behavioral differences were recorded by measuring swimming performance to support neurotoxic findings in all treatment groups. …”
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Role of adductor canal block and genicular nerve block on postoperative pain and enhanced recovery in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: A randomized clinical trial by Bassel Mohammed Elfokery, Mustafa Seet, Tareef Ashour, Hatem Alharbi, Mujeeb Ashraf, Hatim Alshareef, Mohammad Nyaz, Rayan Bakhreba, Atif Sait

“…The patients were divided into two equal groups: group A received an intraarticular injection of 40 mL bupivacaine 0.125% by the surgeon. Group B, in addition to the same intraarticular injection, also received pre-incision GNB (20 mL bupivacaine 0.25% and 8 mg dexamethasone) and ACB (10 mL bupivacaine 0.25% and 4 mg dexamethasone) at the end of surgery. …”
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The Response of the miRNA Profiles of the Thyroid Gland to the Artificial Photoperiod in Ovariectomized and Estradiol-Treated Ewes by Zizhen Ren, Wei Wang, Xiaoyun He, Mingxing Chu

“…A different illumination time may have a certain influence on the downstream of these pathways, which leads to the change in animal estrus state. In addition, lncRNA-mRNA-miRNA network analysis revealed the target binding sites of identified miRNAs in DE-circRNA and DE-mRNA, such as Novel_369, Novel_370, Novel_461, and so on. …”
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Fortifying IoT Infrastructure Using Machine Learning for DDoS Attack within Distributed Computing-based Routing in Networks by Sharaf Aldeen Abdulkadhum Abbas, Abdullahi Abdu Ibrahim

“… The DDoS, Also known as the Denial-of- Service cyber-attack, is now widely used, especially after such technologies as the IoT (Internet of Things) became mainstream and data traffic prefers link routes. …”
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Semantic aware enhanced event causality identification by Xinfang Liu, Wenzhong Yang, Fuyuan Wei, Zhonghua Wu

“…This information is then combined with the contextual information of the text sequence to enhance the model’s ability to identify implicit causal relations between events. Additionally, this task faces challenges in the Chinese domain due to the limited scale of annotated datasets, leading to relatively slow research progress. …”
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Sensitization of Eriochromeazurol-B in Presence of Cetyldimethylethylammonium Bromide for the Microdetermination of Some Lanthanides by Anil B. Zade, Pawan P. Kalbende, Mayuri S. Umekar, Gajanan W. Belsare

“…Cetyldimethylethylammonium bromide, a cationic surfactant has been used to decolorize eriochromeazurol B, an anionic triphenylmethane type of dye. Addition of specific lanthanide metal ion to this decolorized solution resulted into intense colored stable ternary complex with large bathochromic shift from 540 nm (binary complex) to 650 nm (ternary complex) with increase in absorbance values at shifted wavelength. …”
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Overview of Solar Photovoltaic MPPT Methods: A State of the Art on Conventional and Artificial Intelligence Control Techniques by Debabrata Mazumdar, Chiranjit Sain, Pabitra Kumar Biswas, P. Sanjeevikumar, Baseem Khan

“…Well-written descriptions of the features of photovoltaic modules are followed by a variety of effective control strategies, including both AI-based and traditional controllers. In addition, appropriate knowledge of the various controllers is essential when the PV system is exposed to partial shade, keeping in mind the different control systems’ classifications in this situation. …”
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Association between allergic rhinitis and development of autoimmune thyroid diseases in Egyptian patients by Magdy Mohamed Allam, Soha Magdy Ahmed, Dalia Khamis El-Deeb, Ahmed Yassin Bahgat, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy, Hanaa Tarek El-Zawawy

“…The Kaplan–Meier analysis revealed that the AR cohort had a higher cumulative incidence of AITD than did the non-AR cohort (log-rank test, p = 0.001). …”
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A High Protein Diet Has No Harmful Effects: A One-Year Crossover Study in Resistance-Trained Males by Jose Antonio, Anya Ellerbroek, Tobin Silver, Leonel Vargas, Armando Tamayo, Richard Buehn, Corey A. Peacock

“…Our investigation discovered that, in resistance-trained men that consumed a high protein diet (~2.51–3.32 g/kg/d) for one year, there were no harmful effects on measures of blood lipids as well as liver and kidney function. In addition, despite the total increase in energy intake during the high protein phase, subjects did not experience an increase in fat mass.…”
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Long-term Clinical Results of Vitrectomy and Scleral Buckling in Treatment of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment by I. Schmidt, N. Plange, G. Rößler, H. Schellhase, A. Koutsonas, P. Walter, B. Mazinani

“…No significant different success rate was found for vitrectomy with and without additional encircling band (p=0.09). No advantage of a supplemental encircling band in cases of preoperative inferior breaks was seen (p=0.81). …”
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Effects of H^{−} low beam irradiation and high field pulsing tests in different metals by C. Serafim, S. Calatroni, F. Djurabekova, R. Peacock, V. Bjelland, A. T. Perez-Fontenla, W. Wuensch, A. Grudiev, S. Sgobba, A. Lombardi, E. Sargsyan

“…RFQs are susceptible to vacuum breakdowns caused by the exposure to high electric fields, resulting in surface degradation. Additionally, a further limitation of present-day copper RFQs is surface blistering under hydrogen ion beam exposure, due to beam halo losses. …”
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Auditory steady state response can predict declining EF in healthy elderly individuals by Xiaopeng Mao, Xiaopeng Mao, Nelly Shenton, Sadasivan Puthusserypady, Martin Johannes Lauritzen, Krisztina Benedek

“…Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) were employed to determine the association between ASSR characteristics and cognitive performance with an emphasis on Executive Function (EF) at ages 61–68. Additionally, Vision Transformers (ViTs) were trained to distinguish between individuals with declining and stable cognitive performance.ResultsSubjects with declining cognitive performance through midlife showed a larger area of entrainment and delayed neural assembly of ASSRs compared to those with stable cognitive performance. …”
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Evaluation of relationships between dogs and owners: the turkish translation, reliability and validity study of cat/dog owner relationship scale (c/dors) by Ufuk Kaya, Dogukan Ozen, Murat Onur Yazlik, Selim Kosem, İsmayil Safa Gurcan

“…<p> <b>Conclusion:</b> It is thought that this scale, that has been adapted into Turkish and whose validity-reliability has been determined, is the first scale that can measure dog-owner relationships in Turkey. In addition, this study will encourage the examination of pet-human relationships in Turkey through with scale development and adaptation studies.…”
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Zooplankton Structure and Potential Food Web Interactions in the Plankton of a Subtropical Chain-of-Lakes by Karl E. Havens

“…These results, when considered in the context of nutrient-addition, zooplankton-exclosure studies on Lake Okeechobee, support the hypothesis that phytoplankton biomass in subtropical lakes is regulated by —bottom-up,“ rather than —top-down“ forces.…”
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Elevated Serum Total Bilirubin Level Is Associated with Poor Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Sepsis-Associated Liver Injury by Yun Cui, Yijun Shan, Rongxin Chen, Chunxia Wang, Yucai Zhang

“…The combined index named “TBIL” and “TBA” showed an AUC of 0.745 (0.626–0.865) for predicting the prognosis in patients with SALI. In addition, the Kaplan–Meier curve indicated that the 28-day survival rate was significantly lower in patients with higher serum TBIL levels (≥64.5 μmol/L) or higher value of TBIL and TBA (≥−0.8902). …”
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Study on the Deformation of Pavement Structure with Multiplex Organic Hydraulicity Mixture under Driving Load Based on Simulation and Experiment by Hairong Gu, Lingying Zhao, Min Ye, Zhiyong Li, Xinxin Xu, Xianbao Zuo

“…In regard to the deformation, the relationship is MOH-MOH < AC13-MOH < MOH-AC20 < AC13-AC20. In addition, the contribution rate of the deformation of the middle layer is much greater than that of the upper layer. …”
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Development and evaluation of low-pH concrete plugs suitable for high-level radioactive waste repositories by Seokgu Gang, Daewon Lee, Jin-Seop Kim, Youngjin Shin, Jongwon Jung

“…The leachate pH remained < 11 throughout 63 d of curing. Additionally, the compressive strength increased with an increasing leachate pH. …”
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THE IMPACT OF NEUROSCIENCE-BASED MINDFULNESS TRAINING ON MENTAL HEALTH IN FUTURE PSYCHOLOGISTS by Olha Lazorko

“…Mindfulness explained an additional 17% variance beyond all other variables combined, affirming its role as a transformational variable within the model. …”
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Optimization of Reservoir Water Quality Parameters Retrieval and Treatment Using Remote Sensing and Artificial Neural Networks by Alice Nureen Adhiambo Omondi, Yashon Ouma, Simon Njoroge Mburu, Cleophas Mecha Achisa

“…This study evaluated the possible use of satellite data to estimate water quality parameters (WQPs) in an inland water body. The study also used artificial neural network (ANN) models in addition to the satellite data to determine the optimum coagulant dose for water treatment. …”
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