A Systematic Review of the Strength, Durability, and Microstructure Properties of Concrete Incorporating Glass Powder by Oualid Semmana, Mohammed Ali M. Rihan, Zakaria M. Barrie, Chukwuemeka Daniel, Tareg Abdalla Abdalla

“…Overall, GP demonstrates considerable potential as an eco‐friendly, cost‐effective additive that improves concrete resilience and supports sustainable construction practices. …”
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Creative-Motivated Citizen Science After-School STEAM Programme for Motivating Actions Related to the Oceanic Microplastics Problem by Tomomi Sayuda, Haruyuki Kinoshita, Fumitoshi Kato, Miles Pennington

“…We, therefore, created a nine-week STEAM education CS after-school programme for primary school children. In addition to MP sampling, we have also incorporated elements of STEAM education, combining creative projects and motivational activities, in this creative-motivated after-school programme. …”
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Artificial intelligence as an asset for the improvement of decision-making cycle in military operations by Pavić Aleksandar M., Jelić Dragan R., Đokić Miodrag S.

“…The command-and-control system during the decision-making process in modern military operations, in addition to traditional methods, is increasingly based on the processing, analysis and interpretation of large amounts of information, which is partly a consequence of the use of modern technologies and changing operational environment. …”
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Improvement of Fish Growth and Metabolism by Oligosaccharide Prebiotic Supplement by Wei Xu, Charles Greg Lutz, Christopher M. Taylor, Miriam Contin Ortega

“…The results indicated that the addition of xylooligosaccharide (XOS), galactooligosaccharide (GOS), or XOS and GOS combination to the basic fish diet significantly decreased the feed conversion ratio (FCR) of the fish in both age groups. …”
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Notch Signaling Pathway Promotes Th17 Cell Differentiation and Participates in Thyroid Autoimmune Injury in Experimental Autoimmune Thyroiditis Mice by Hao Liu, Yiwen Li, Yujiao Zhu, Lei Ma, Haibo Xue

“…The degrees of thyroiditis, the proportions of Th17 cells, and the expression of RORγt and IL-17A were significantly decreased in the EAT-B group after blocking the Notch signaling pathway by DAPT, and these parameters were significantly increased in the EAT-A group compared to the control group (all P<0.05). Additionally, the Th17 cell percentages and IL-17A concentrations in spleen mononuclear cells (SMCs) from EAT-A mice decreased in a dose-dependent manner after DAPT treatment in vitro (all P<0.01). …”
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The biodegradation of low-density polyethylene by Bacillus species by Felicia E. Uwakwe, Tobias I.N. Ezejiofor, Ernest A.A. Anyalogbu, Toochukwu E. Ogbulie

“…Similarly, FTIR spectra showed additional functional groups (carboxylic acids, ethers, esters, amines, methylene, alcohols, and alkenes in the polyethylene materials exposed to the test isolates: B.siamensis (17 peaks), B.pumilus (12 peaks), B.coagulans and B.subtilis (13 peaks each), but control (8 peaks). …”
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An Analysis of the Rate and Reasons for Rejected Radiographs in Emergency and Non-Emergency Radiology Departments in Yasuj, Iran by Seyyed Amir Moradian, Hamed Zamani, Saman Dalvand

“…Results: During this study, 7,006 radiographs were examined, of which 6,458 (92.2%) were categorized as grade A. Additionally, 401 radiographs (5.7%) were categorized as grade B, and 147 radiographs (2.1%) were considered to be grade C, which means that they were rejected. …”
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The effects of lymphocele formation after living donor kidney transplantation on mid-term allograft function by Christian Kuhn, Bernd Jänigen, Laura Matuschik, Max J. Rieger, Daniel Sidler, Stefan Zschiedrich

“…Patients without lymphocele formation had a significantly higher median eGFR at 12 months (52.1 ml/min/1.73 m²) compared to those with lymphoceles (48.7 ml/min/1.73 m²). Additionally, patients with lymphocele formation demonstrated a steeper median eGFR slope (-2.3 ml/min/1.73 m²/year) than those without (-0.3 ml/min/1.73 m²/year). …”
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Contribution to the knowledge of early geotechnics during the 20th century: Laurits Bjerrum by G. Guillán-Llorente, B. Muñoz-Medina, A. Lara-Galera, R. Galindo-Aires

“…Bjerrum's strategy for establishing the NGI came from the experience of other research centres such as the BRS (Building Research Station) in Great Britain and Imperial College London. In addition, having lived through the Nazi occupation of Denmark, he was predisposed to be against the misuse of authority and established an open structure for the institute from its inception. …”
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Evaluating Long-Term Strength and Time to Failure of Sandstone with Different Initial Damage by Rongbin Hou, Yanke Shi, Leige Xu, Jinwei Fu, Kai Zhang

“…Finally, an evaluation method for predicting the creep failure time of rock under a single stress level was proposed. In addition, the creep failure time of rock with different initial damage under different creep stress levels was obtained by the method. …”
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Impact of telephone follow-up on COPD outcomes in pulmonary rehabilitation patients: A randomized clinical trial by Stefanie Tonguino Rosero, Juan Carlos Ávila Valencia, Jhonatan Betancourt Peña

“…All patients received 24 sessions of PR, which included face-to-face education sessions. In addition, the experimental group received telephone calls twice a week to reinforce the face-to-face educational content. …”
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Air Pollution Forecasting Using Artificial and Wavelet Neural Networks with Meteorological Conditions by Qingchun Guo, Zhenfang He, Shanshan Li, Xinzhou Li, Jingjing Meng, Zhanfang Hou, Jiazhen Liu, Yongjin Chen

“…Evaluating twelve algorithms and nineteen network topologies for the ANN and WANN models, we discovered that the optimal input variables for an API forecasting model were the APIs from the 3 preceding days and sixteen selected meteorological factors. Additionally, the API could be accurately predicted based solely on the value recorded 3 days earlier. …”
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Effect of Hydrothermal Treatment on Dissolution and Physical Properties of Polysaccharides from Tremella fuctiformis by Yeli ZHU, Yihan WANG, Qingyun XIE, Jianwen TENG, Li HUANG, Ning XIA

“…The linear coefficient of determination (R2) of the kinetic curves for both HWE and PHWE exceeded 0.87, indicating that the dissolution process adhered to Fick's second law. Additionally, the molecular weight of polysaccharides decreased with increasing extraction temperature and prolonged extraction time, the molecular weight distribution range of HWE was significantly broader than that of PHWE, and exhibited a higher apparent viscosity.…”
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Seismic and GNSS strain-based probabilistic seismic hazard evaluation for northern Chile using DAS Magnitude Scale by Ranjit Das, Claudio Meneses, Hua Wang

“…Seismogenic modeling and Ground Motion Models (GMMs) were applied to estimate ground motion probabilities for a 475-year return period. Additionally, a PSHA map was constructed using GNSS strain rates, translating velocity-derived strain rates into seismic moment rates and ground shaking probabilities for seismic source zones. …”
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Evaluation of an acne lesion detection and severity grading model for Chinese population in online and offline healthcare scenarios by Na Gao, Jiaping Wang, Zheng Zhao, Xiao Chu, Bin Lv, Gangwen Han, Yuan Ni, Guotong Xie

“…For follow-up visits in online scenarios, the accuracy for detecting the changing trends reached 87.8%, with a total counting error of 1.91 ± 3.28 for all acne lesions. Additionally, the prospective evaluation demonstrated that AcneDGNet was not only much more accurate for acne grading than junior dermatologists but also comparable to the accuracy of senior dermatologists. …”
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Process optimization, texture and microstructure of novel kelp tofu by Xianjiang Ye, Li Chen, Zhichen Su, Xiaojuan Lin, Jicheng Chen

“…The scanning electron microscope (SEM) results showed KAP addition (20 %) significantly improved the tofu texture, with a denser network composed of relatively even pores. …”
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Distributions of Ion Density Irregularities and Their Gradients Inside Low‐Latitude Ionospheric Plasma Bubbles Based on C/NOFS Planar Langmuir Probe Data by Emanoel Costa, Patrick A. Roddy, John O. Ballenthin

“…It will be shown that all the parameters (Equatorial Plasma Bubble sections, solar activity, longitude sector, and altitude range) affect the resulting statistical distributions. Additionally, the probability density functions (pdfs) of ion density gradients for the EPB West Walls, Centers, and East Walls and the South American longitude sector, detected during 2012 and estimated with different resolutions will be compared. …”
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Assessing Delayed Collapse Risks in Load-Bearing Reinforced Concrete Walls Exposed to Parametric Fires: A Numerical Investigation by Guergah Cherif, Baghdadi Mohamed, Dimia Mohamed Salah, Antonio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira, Júlio César Costa Campos

“…The results underscore that short-duration fires pose the most significant risk for delayed failure, particularly for simply supported walls. Additionally, the study scrutinizes the mechanical properties of materials across the heating and cooling phases. …”
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Future Trends in Smart Green IoV: Vehicle-to-Everything in the Era of Electric Vehicles by Tasneim Aldhanhani, Anuj Abraham, Wassim Hamidouche, Mostafa Shaaban

“…These requirements encompass factors such as wait time, charging duration, and charging cost. In addition to the integration of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications for enhancing EV routing to FCS, coordinated management of EV charging demand becomes imperative for achieving grid load balancing and preventing grid overload. …”
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Masked Modeling-Based Ultrasound Image Classification via Self-Supervised Learning by Kele Xu, Kang You, Boqing Zhu, Ming Feng, Dawei Feng, Cheng Yang

“…However, these methods often require large-scale annotated datasets for training deep models, which are not readily available in practical scenarios. Additionally, the presence of speckle noise and other imaging artifacts can introduce numerous hard examples for ultrasound data classification. …”
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