Mosaic Structure of GaN Film Grown on Sapphire Substrate by AP-MOCVD: Impact of Thermal Annealing on the Tilt and Twist Angles by J. Laifi, M. F. Hasaneen, H. Bouazizi, Fatimah Hafiz Alsahli, T. A. Lafford, A. Bchetnia

“…The intensity and broadening of the yellow band (YL) in the PL spectra progressively increased with the increasing annealing temperature, suggesting the presence of additional defect states. The near band edge PL emission (3.35 and 3.41 eV) variation upon thermal annealing was correlated with the mosaic structure evolution.…”
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Treatment of petrochemical wastewater with low C/N by IFFAS-ESMBR integrated composite process by ZHAO Xuan, LIU Tao, YANG Meng, QIAO Sen

“…Under the applied voltage of -1.2 V, the average growth rate of transmembrane pressure difference(TMP) of CNT-PVDF composite hollow fiber membrane was only 2.5 kPa/d, and the PN/PS of sludge on the membrane surface decreased gradually, indicating that the degree of irreversible membrane fouling was mild. 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing showed that a large number of carbon and nitrogen removal functional bacteria, such as Rhodobacterales, Verrucomicrobiales, Anaerolineales and Xanthomonadales, were enriched in suspended sludge, membrane surface sludge and carrier surface sludge, which played a significant role in the degradation of organic matter and ammonia nitrogen in the reactor. In addition, a large number of nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria such as Nitrosomonadales and Burkholderiales were enriched on the surface of the carrier, which further confirmed high TN removal efficiency of the reactor. …”
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Tree mapping and carbon inventory on a university campus in South Korea: Case study and global review by Songhee Lee, Woo Bin Park, Seungmin Lee, Jeong‐Min Lee, Yowhan Son, Tae Kyung Yoon

“…This study presents the first attempt to evaluate and report a campus tree carbon inventory at an East Asian university. Additional advancements in monitoring techniques and practices for campus trees may contribute to the sustainability of university campuses and local communities.…”
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Defect engineering and alloying strategies for tailoring thermoelectric behavior in GeTe and its alloys by Qiyong Chen, Cheng Yang, Tong Xing, Jinyang Xi, Wenqing Zhang, Jiong Yang, Lili Xi

“…The results reveal that substituting Ge-sites with Bi (BiGe) yields lower donor defect formation energy, effectively reducing p-type carrier concentration of GeTe and its alloys compared to other elemental doping. Additionally, alloying with certain elements, such as Pb, proves favorable for decreased p-type carrier concentration due to lowered energy levels of valence band maximum (VBM). …”
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Effect of dusty clinker and alite crystal size on the properties of class G oil well cement slurries by Reza Farazmand, Meysam Rashidi, Seyyed-Mohammad-Mehdi Hosseini, Mohammad-Reza Mohammadi, Mehdi Ostadhassan, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh

“…Here, results revealed that increasing the alite (C3S) crystal size to 60–70 microns in dusty clinker led to a roughly 20-minute increase in the average thickening time. In addition, the compressive strength cured at 38 and 60 °C for 8 h, decreased by 1.47 and 2.89 MPa, respectively. …”
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Hyperleptinemia, Adiposity, and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Older Adults by Suruchi Mishra, Tamara B. Harris, Trisha Hue, Iva Miljkovic, Suzanne Satterfield, Nathalie de Rekeneire, Mira Mehta, Nadine R. Sahyoun

“…The Health, Aging, and Body Composition study is a prospective cohort of older adults aged 70 to 79 years. …”
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Effects of Core Muscle Acupuncture on Trunk Stability Control in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy by Jie ZHANG, Qing HUANG, Shibin LI, Suqiao CHEN, Wenfang DING, Dong LIN

“…The Pro-kin 254 equilibrium training detector was applied to detect the scores of the trunk control ability after six months therapeutic course, along with those in sitting position (region B) among the 88 items in the gross motor function measure (GMFM-88).Results:1) All indicators of trunk stability control in the acupuncture group were superior after treatment compared to those before treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); the swinging path length of the center of gravity in the rehabilitation group were better after treatment than that before treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05);and the differences in the deviations of the center of pressure (COP) in the anterior-posterior and left-right directions, the average speeds of movement in the anterior-posterior and left-right directions, along with the ellipse area formed by the shifting of the center of gravity before and after treatment in the acupuncture group were superior to those in the rehabilitation group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).2) The GMFM-88 scores in sitting position in both groups were better after treatment than those before (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05);and the differences in the GMFM-88 scores in sitting position before and after treatment were better in the acupuncture group than that in the rehabilitation group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Core muscle acupuncture could improve the trunk control in sitting position in children with spastic cerebral palsy; in addition, the introduction of the sport medicine theories into the acupuncture treatment would exploit a new thought for acupuncture site selection in improving the dyskinesia in children with spastic cerebral palsy.…”
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Empathetic Deep Learning: Transferring Adult Speech Emotion Models to Children With Gender-Specific Adaptations Using Neural Embeddings by Elina Lesyk, Tomás Arias-Vergara, Elmar Nöth, Andreas Maier, Juan Rafael Orozco-Arroyave, Paula Andrea Perez-Toro

“…This approach achieved F-scores of up to 0.47. In addition, we trained male and female IEMOCAP models to determine how variations in gender within adult speech affect emotional mapping in children data. …”
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Retrospective Observational Study on Rebamipide Ophthalmic Suspension on Quality of Life of Dry Eye Disease Patients by Yuri Sakane, Masahiko Yamaguchi, Atsushi Shiraishi

“…Purpose. The Dry Eye-Related Quality-of-Life Score (DEQS) is a Japanese dry eye-specific questionnaire that has been used to assess the symptoms of dry eye and their effects on the quality of life (QOL) in Japanese individuals. …”
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Analysis of “Dr Ding Xiang” on WeChat in China to Determine Factors Influencing Readership on Medical Social Media: Observational Study by Jiaman Liao, Xueliang Huang, Hao Huang, Cuina Shen, Lixia Li, Yushao Li, Yiqiang Zhan

“…MethodsA total of 5286 articles published on the “Dr Ding Xiang” WOA from January 2021 to December 2021 were collected and analyzed. Additionally, a random sample of 324 articles was selected for detailed text analysis. …”
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Exploring the development, evaluation and implementation of complex health interventions to prevent early childhood caries in preschool children: A scoping review protocol. by Peggy C J M van Spreuwel, Milou L C Munk-Overkamp, Linda C Smit, Kirsten A Ziesemer, Cor van Loveren, Geert J M G van der Heijden, Josef J M Bruers, Katarina Jerković-Ćosić

“…The reference lists of all included sources will be screened for additional CHI's or relevant publications about a specific CHI. …”
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A Review of Total Hip Arthroplasty Comparison in FNF and OA Patients by Jakub Szczesiul, Marek Bielecki

“…In general, patients who suffer a femoral neck fracture are an extremely fragile group. They require additional perioperative and postoperative care. To meet these desired expectations, more FNF cost-comprehensive systems need to be initiated.…”
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Hepatitis C pada Anak by Yusri Dianne Jurnalis, Yorva Sayoeti, Adria Russelly

“…Transmission of HCV infection in children is a major blood transfusion or blood products that are currently responsible for causing chronic hepatitis C cases. Additionally HCV infection in children can be caused by perinatal transmission (vertical). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Dysplasia in Ulcerative Colitis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Qi-Shan Zeng, Zhi-Jing Zhao, Jiao Nie, Min Zou, Jia-Hui Yang, Jin-Zhi Zhang, Hua-Tian Gan

“…The rates of metachronous tumors and additional surgery after ESD were 6% and 10%, respectively. …”
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Health-related quality of life postventral hernia repair: Retrospective analysis by Abdulaziz Shaher, Hassan Mashbari, Abdallah Alferdaus, Shaima Yahya Ali Al-Hamdan, Rand Abduallah, Sharefah Ahmed Y Alabdullah, Raneem Mushabab Al-Murayeh, Amjad Abdulrahman Alqahtani, Walaa Muteb Alahmari

“…Among them, 67.7% were female, and 60.0% had comorbidities. Additionally, a lower proportion of laparoscopic cases required drain placement compared with the open group (12.9% vs. 26.9%). …”
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Optimization of Wall-disruption Process of Rose Bee Pollen and Comparison of Physiological Activities of Its Ethanol Extracts by Xinyang LU, Yishu SUN, Tao XU, Longbin FAN, Yaning CHANG, Yingjun ZHOU

“…The results demonstrated that the optimal enzymatic hydrolysis process parameters for rose bee pollen were a solid-to-liquid ratio of 1:30, a temperature of 55 °C, pH6, a composite enzyme system addition of 2.0% (cellulase comprising a ratio of 7:5 with composite protease), and a reaction time of 9 h, resulting in the highest wall-disruption rate of 73.13%. …”
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The growth–environment nexus amid geopolitical risks: cointegration and machine learning algorithm approaches by Md. Idris Ali, Md. Atikur Rahaman, Mohammed Julfikar Ali, Md. Ferdausur Rahman

“…To validate robustness, the Kernel Regularized Least Squares (KRLS) machine learning approach is employed, confirming the consistency of results. Additionally, the Toda-Yamamoto causality test identifies directional causal relationships among the variables. …”
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Strategies for enhancing deep video encoding efficiency using the Convolutional Neural Network in a hyperautomation mechanism by Xiaolan Wang

“…This suggests that the method is both stable and reliable in viewpoint coding, and it performs well across a broad range of quantization parameter settings. Additionally, compared to other encoding methods, the proposed approach exhibits superior peak signal-to-noise ratio, structural similarity index, and perceptual quality metrics. …”
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Automated Breast Cancer Detection in Mammograms using Transfer Learningbased Deep Learning Models by Preeti Katiyar, Krishna Singh

“…Results: The VGG16 model performed admirably, achieving an Area Under the Curve (AUC) of 0.950 and an accuracy rate of 96.00%. In addition, it displayed an outstanding F-score of 97%, along with high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy. …”
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A Rare Case of Neurosyphilis with Calvaria Osteitis Presenting in Pregnancy by Gisella M. Newbery, Christine E. Henricks, Julie A. Vircks, Andreina Colina, David C. Mundy

“…She completed 14 days of intravenous aqueous crystalline penicillin G with additional benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units intramuscular weekly for two weeks. …”
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