Influence of In-Situ Stress on the Energy Transmission of Blasting Stress Wave in Jointed Rock Mass by Qian Dong, XinPing Li, TingTing Liu

“…The number and angle of joints also had a remarkable impact on the energy attenuation of the stress wave; when the stress wave was vertically incident on the joints, the energy transmitting coefficient was the largest. …”
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Mechanisms Underlying Aggressive Behavior Induced by Antiepileptic Drugs: Focus on Topiramate, Levetiracetam, and Perampanel by Cerine C. Hansen, Hanna Ljung, Eylert Brodtkorb, Arne Reimers

“…Increased individual susceptibility due to an underlying neurological and/or a mental health disorder may further explain why people with epilepsy are at an increased risk of AB when using AEDs. Remarkably, AB may occur with a delay of weeks or months after start of treatment. …”
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Fault Identification of UHVDC Transmission Based on DF-AD and Ensemble Learning by Qingsheng Zhao, Xinyu Yang, Xiaoqing Han, Dingkang Liang, Xuping Wang

“…The method is capable of accurately identifying low or high resistance faults, irrespective of their incidence, and is remarkably resistant to transitional resistance. Furthermore, it exhibits excellent performance in identifying faults using a small sample size and is highly reliable.…”
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Evaluating the effects of Melastoma malabathricum and Dicranopteris linearis as amendments for acid sulfate soil by Syazwan Sulaiman, Kathereen Liew

“…While the plant materials significantly increased soil pH (by 0.29 – 0.54 units), soil available P (by 3.17 – 4.75 mg kg−1), and exchangeable Ca (by 122.11 – 330.33 mg kg−1) whilst reducing exchangeable Al (by 2.19 – 4.58 cmol kg−1), these improvements were less pronounced relative to dolomite. Remarkably, at the lowest addition rate (20 t ha−1), both plant materials outperformed dolomite in reducing soil available Fe (end value of 227.88 – 165.00 mg kg−1 vs. 481.40 – 463.99 mg kg−1) and in improving soil available N with the incorporation of MM (end value of 10.51 mg kg−1 vs. 3.27 – 4.34 mg kg−1). …”
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A Hybrid Digital-Signature and Zero-Watermarking Approach for Authentication and Protection of Sensitive Electronic Documents by Omar Tayan, Muhammad N. Kabir, Yasser M. Alginahi

“…Finally, analysis and remarks are made about the current state of the art, and future research issues are discussed under the given constraints.…”
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Efficacy and Interindividual Variability in Motor-Cortex Plasticity following Anodal tDCS and Paired-Associative Stimulation by Wolfgang Strube, Tilmann Bunse, Berend Malchow, Alkomiet Hasan

“…However, we also observed a remarkable amount of nonresponders. Our findings highlight the need to define sufficient physiological read-outs for a given plasticity protocol and to develop predictive markers for targeted stimulation.…”
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The Effects of Poor Garbage Disposal Community Health: A Case Study of Kisoro Town Council Kisoro District by John, Bizimana

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A Review of Detection of Antibiotic Residues in Food by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy by Jun-Fa Liang, Cheng Peng, Peiyu Li, Qiu-Xiong Ye, Yu Wang, Yun-Ting Yi, Zi-Sheng Yao, Gui-Yun Chen, Bin-Bin Zhang, Jia-Jian Lin, Qizhi Luo, Xuncai Chen

“…By comparison, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has excellent sensitivity and remarkably enhanced target recognition. Thus, SERS has become a promising alternative analytical method for detecting antibiotic residues, as it can provide an ultrasensitive fingerprint spectrum for the rapid and noninvasive detection of trace analytes. …”
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Dual-Functional Additives Boost Zinc-Ion Battery Electrolyte over Wide Temperature Range by Zhiqiang Dai, Rungroj Chanajaree, Chengwu Yang, Xueqing Zhang, Manunya Okhawilai, Prasit Pattananuwat, Xinyu Zhang, Guanjie He, Jiaqian Qin

“…Furthermore, Zn||NH4V4O10 (NVO) full batteries demonstrate remarkable cycle stability, lasting up to 10,000 cycles at 1 A g−1 with a capacity retention of 79.1%. …”
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Identification of the Allergenic Ingredients in Reduning Injection by Ultrafiltration and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography by Fang Wang, Cun-yu Li, Yun-feng Zheng, Hong-yang Li, Wei Xiao, Guo-ping Peng

“…Unfiltered Reduning injection, Tween-80, chlorogenic acid, and cryptochlorogenin acid caused remarkable anaphylactoid reaction on guinea pigs while ultrafiltration Reduning resulted in a significantly lower degree of sensitization. …”
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Hesperidoside abolishes dichlorvos-mediated neurotoxicity in rats by suppressing oxidative stress, acetylcholinesterase inhibition, and NF-κB-p65/p53/caspase-3-mediated apoptosis by Adio J. Akamo, Adetutu O. Ojelabi, Oluwatobi T. Somade, Iyabode A. Kehinde, Adewale M. Taiwo, Boluwatife A. Olagunju, Mushafau A. Akinsanya, Adedayo A. Adebisi, Tobi S. Adekunbi, Abiola F. Adenowo, Florence Anifowose, Olufemi M. Ajagun-Ogunleye, Ofem E. Eteng, Jacob K. Akintunde, Regina N. Ugbaja

“…Results: HESP intervention remarkably (p < 0.05) mitigated DDVP-potentiated augmentations in cerebral concentrations of H₂O₂, NO, and malondialdehyde; impaired DDVP-induced decrease in cerebral GSH, GST, SOD, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and acetylcholinesterase; significantly (p < 0.05) suppressed DDVP-invoked upregulation of mRNA expression of NF-κB-p65, p53, BAX, caspase-3, and TNF-α; and significantly (p < 0.05) revoked DDVP-incited downregulation of interleukin-10. …”
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Process-specific design strategy enables exceptional as-deposited strength-ductility synergy in novel Al–Ce alloys via additive friction stir deposition (AFSD) by Vishal Soni, Roberto Liam Menchaca, Devin Davis, N. Naveen Kumar, Maria Gonzalez, Prithvi Awasthi, Ravi Sankar Haridas, Adam Loukus, David Weiss, Rajiv S. Mishra, Vijay K. Vasudevan

“…Microstructural and mechanical analyses revealed remarkable improvements: while the cast alloy fractured at 230 MPa with no ductility, the AFSD alloy achieved a yield strength of 385 MPa, UTS of 530 MPa, and 12.6% plastic strain. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms conferring resistance to phenamacril in the Fusarium species by Alexander Dumbai Joe, Runze Liu, Xiao Luo, Ruqiya Syed, Farhan Aslam, Zhenying Luo, Zhitian Zheng

“…It is a new fungicide developed that targets Fusarium graminearum by inhibiting myosin-5, an important protein in fungal growth and disease development. Because of its remarkable specificity, the new fungicide phenamacril is regarded as environmentally benign. …”
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Application of a nucleophilic substitution reaction for spectrofluorimetric quantification of ketamine in pharmaceutical and plasma matrices by Reem M. Alnemari, Maram H. Abduljabbar, Yusuf S. Althobaiti, Farooq M. Almutairi, Muneef M. Aldhafeeri, Atiah H. Almalki, Sherif Ramzy

“…The technique is based on a nucleophilic substitution reaction occurring between ketamine and NBD-Cl (4-chloro-7-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole), resulting in the formation of a fluorescent derivative that exhibits detectability at a remarkable level. The resultant derivative demonstrates its maximum emission intensity at 543 nm upon excitation at a wavelength of 481 nm. …”
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Microstructural, electrochemical, and hot corrosion analysis of CoCrFeCuTi high entropy alloy reinforced titanium matrix composites synthesized by microwave sintering by S. Ragunath, N. Radhika, S Aravind Krishna, Alokesh Pramanik

“…The 12 wt% composite showed remarkable microhardness of 734 HV which is increased by 43.8% over Ti alloy. …”
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Staphylococcus aureus-specific TIGIT+ Treg are present in the blood of healthy subjects – a hurdle for vaccination? by Jonah Clegg, Jonah Clegg, Malgorzata E. Mnich, Malgorzata E. Mnich, Alberto Carignano, Giovanni Cova, Simona Tavarini, Chiara Sammicheli, Bruna Clemente, Megan Smith, Megan Smith, Emilio Siena, Monia Bardelli, Michela Brazzoli, Fabio Bagnoli, Rachel M. McLoughlin, Elisabetta Soldaini

“…Using an activation induced marker assay to sort for S. aureus-specific CD4+ T cells in an effector function-independent manner, single cell transcriptomic analysis was conducted. Remarkably, S. aureus-specific CD4+ T cells consisted not only of a broader spectrum of conventional T cells (Tcon) than previously described but also of regulatory T cells (Treg). …”
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Size Engineering of Ti₃C₂T_x Nanosheets for Enhanced Supercapacitance Performance by Haosheng Liu, Xin Chang, Lu Li, Mingyi Zhang

“…This strategy yields excellent results at low scan rates, with the fabricated electrode achieving a high volumetric capacitance of approximately 658 F/g. Even more remarkable is the fact that, even under extreme testing conditions where the scan rate surges to 10 V s⁻¹, the electrode retains its capacitive characteristics robustly without any significant performance degradation. …”
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Prolactin Is a Strong Candidate for the Regulation of Luteal Steroidogenesis in Vizcachas (Lagostomus maximus) by S. Proietto, S. A. Cortasa, M. C. Corso, P. I. F. Inserra, S. E. Charif, A. R. Schmidt, N. P. Di Giorgio, V. Lux-Lantos, A. D. Vitullo, V. B. Dorfman, J. Halperin

“…Maximum P4 and LH blood levels were recorded at midpregnancy as well. Remarkably, the P4-sinthesizing enzyme 3β-HSD accompanied the expression pattern of PRLR/LHR throughout gestation. …”
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Mechanical problem solving by plush-crested jays: are tools special after all? by Jimena Lois-Milevicich, Lauriane Rat-Fischer, María Alicia de la Colina, Raúl Orencio Gómez, Juan Carlos Reboreda, Alex Kacelnik

“…For this reason, it is interesting to explore whether animals that can be loosely categorized as outstanding, or ‘intelligent’ physical problem solvers, are also remarkable using tools innovatively, rather than tool use presenting special constraints. …”
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Gamma Irradiation of Plukenetia volubilis L. Seeds Promotes Several Changes during Its Germination and Vegetative Growth by Mike Anderson Corazon-Guivin, Sofia Rengifo-Del Aguila, Angel David Hernández-Amasifuen, Víctor Manuel Arévalo-Rojas, Ronny Anthony Acosta-Córdova, Agustín Cerna-Mendoza, Thiago de Araújo Mastrangelo, Jorge Damian Valverde-Iparraguirre, Juan Carlos Guerrero-Abad

“…Plukenetia volubilis (“sacha inchi”) is a perennial plant that produces edible seeds with a remarkable lipid composition that is highly concentrated in polyunsaturated essential fatty acids. …”
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