Modelling, optimization and characterization of carbon black derived from waste tyre pyrolysis by Odunayo T. Ore, Festus M. Adebiyi

“…This produced a carbon black yield of 25.25 wt.%. This was remarkably comparable to the experimental yield of 25 wt.%, confirming the validity of the response surface methodology model. …”
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Hyponatremia In Ischemic Stroke Patients And Its Relationship To Clinical Outcomes In Such Patients by Maria Zafar, Aneza Jalil, Amber Ghaffer, Mahnoor Yousaf, Sadia Batool

“…Mean hospital stay was also significantly longer in patients with severe stroke based on NIHSS score (P=0.001) and severe hyponatremia (P=0.048). Conclusions: A remarkable proportion (30.1%) of acute ischemic stroke patients had hyponatremia. …”
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Lane and Traffic Sign Detection for Autonomous Vehicles: Addressing Challenges on Indian Road Conditions by H. S. Gowri Yaamini, Swathi K J, Manohar N, Ajay Kumar G

“…Through rigorous evaluations of diverseness in the datasets, the proposed YOLOv8n transfer learning models exhibits remarkable performance with a mean Average Precision (mAP) of 90.6 % and inference speed of 117 frames per second (fps) for lane detection whereas, a notable mAP of 81.3 % for traffic sign detection model with a processing speed of 56 fps. • YOLOv8n Transfer Learning approach by adjusting architecture for lane and traffic sign detection in Indian diverse Urban, Suburban, and Highway scenarios. • Dataset with 22,400 images of normal and complex Indian scenarios include crude weathering of roads, traffic conditions, diverse tropical weather conditions, partially occluded and partially erased lanes, and traffic signs. • The model performance with notable precision and frame wise inference.…”
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The Behavioral Mechanism and Forecasting of Beijing Housing Prices from a Multiscale Perspective by Yan Li, Zhaoyang Xiang, Tao Xiong

“…According to the complex features of house price, including nonlinear, nonstationary, and multiscale, and considering the remarkable time and frequency discrimination capability of multiscale analysis in dealing with house price problems, we develop an ensemble empirical mode decomposition- (EEMD-) based multiscale analysis paradigm to investigate the behavioral mechanism and then obtain accurate forecasts of house prices. …”
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The Utility of ChatGPT in Educational Research—Potential Opportunities and Pitfalls by Turgut Karakose

“…Background/purpose –Leveraging the latest developments in natural language processing, recent versions of ChatGPT has demonstrated astounding performance on a wide array of tasks through its ability to understand and generate human language, and respond to diverse conversational prompts. Its remarkable performance in numerous applications has also attracted researchers’ attention, prompting investigations into the potential utility of this AI-tool to enhance scientific work. …”
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Acute and Subchronic Toxicity Study of Flavonoid Rich Extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra (GutGard®) in Sprague Dawley Rats by Ranjit M. Bhide, Bharathi Bethapudi, Nehru Sai Suresh Chalichem, Muruganantham Nithyanantham, Sasi Kumar Murugan, Deepak Mundkinajeddu

“…Gross and histopathological findings did not show any remarkable and treatment related changes. Based on the current experimental study findings, the median lethal dose (LD50) of GutGard was found to be >5000 mg/kg b.wt and the no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) was found to be 1000 mg/kg rat b.wt.…”
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Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri requires a polyketide cyclase to activate the type III secretion system for virulence by Shuying Zhu, Siyu Wu, Yanmin Liu, Zaibao Zhang, Huasong Zou

“…Furthermore, there as a remarkable reduction in the expression of type III genes, such as hrpG and hrpX. …”
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Clinical characteristics of hereditary spherocytosis with red blood cell membrane protein gene variants by Jingying Cheng, Liqiang Zhang, Jiafeng Yao, Shasha Zhao, Jin Jiang

“…Bilirubin levels were remarkably elevated in patients with HS variants, and those with SPTB-HS had significantly higher bilirubin levels, including total bilirubin (p = 0.033) and indirect bilirubin (p = 0.018) compared to those with SPTA1-HS. …”
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The Occurrence of Noun Post-modifiers in Political News: A Corpus-based Study by Ari Murad Mohammed Salih, Hozan Hamid Ibrahim, Salih Ibrahim Ahmed

“…Depending on the results, the most remarkable finding of the paper is that prepositional phrases are the most frequently used post-modifiers in noun phrases. …”
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A General Review on Longwall Mining-Induced Fractures in Near-Face Regions by Qingsheng Bai, Shihao Tu

“…The characteristics of mining-induced fractures in the coal wall, chain pillar, immediate roofs and top coal, and floors are reviewed and summarized. Remarks are made on the current progress of, fundamental problems with, and developments in methodologies for characterizing mining-induced fractures using methods such as field observations, small-scale laboratory tests, physical modeling, and numerical modeling. …”
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Optimization, Characterisation and Evaluation of Biochar Obtained from Biomass of Invasive Weed Crotalaria burhia by Loveena Gaur and Poonam Poonia

“…It possesses a honeycomb structure having mesoporous surface porosity with a surface area of 155.19m²/g and the presence of a remarkable concentration of mineral elements calcium and potassium. …”
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Effect of Tai Chi combined with music therapy on the cognitive function in older adult individuals with mild cognitive impairment by Chunhui Zhou

“…BackgroundWith the global aging population increasing, cognitive impairment among the older adult, particularly Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), has garnered remarkable attention. MCI, often a precursor to dementia, presents an opportunity for early intervention. …”
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L'approche écosystémique de la santé des populations : le cas de l’exposition au mercure des communautés riveraines de l’Amazonie et du nord du Québec by Sebastian Weissenberger, Delaine Sampaio da Silva, Roger Schetagne

“…Despite marked differences in the characteristics of the exposed populations and in the scale of the projects, a remarkable convergence in the socio-sanitary approach to the mercury exposure problem can be witnessed. …”
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A Hybrid Approach Integrating Multiple ICEEMDANs, WOA, and RVFL Networks for Economic and Financial Time Series Forecasting by Jiang Wu, Tengfei Zhou, Taiyong Li

“…The proposed MICEEMDAN-WOA-RVFL remarkably outperforms the compared single and ensemble benchmark models in terms of forecasting accuracy and stability, as demonstrated by the experiments conducted using various economic and financial time series, including West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices, US dollar/Euro foreign exchange rate (USD/EUR), US industrial production (IP), and Shanghai stock exchange composite index (SSEC).…”
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Experimental Study on Influence of Microexpansive Concrete Self-Stress on Performance of Steel Pipe Concrete by Xin Liu, Yu-Zhou Zheng, Qin Fang, Heng-Bo Xiang, Hai-Chun Yan

“…The test results show that the concrete possesses a remarkable volume expansion phenomenon, which was up to 150 με after four days of maintenance time. …”
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Seasonal and Geographical Variation of Dengue Vectors in Narathiwat, South Thailand by Ornanong Boonklong, Adisak Bhumiratana

“…Seasonal distribution of Ae. albopictus larvae in any containers in urban setting was not remarkably noticed, whereas, in rural setting, the significant difference was observed in water storage containers (P=0.007) and discarded receptacles (P<0.001). …”
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A meta-analysis of the effectiveness and side effects of hip arthroscopy and open surgical dislocation in the management of femoroacetabular impingement by Chenlie Ni, Haiqing Lin, Haibo Yin

“…Results Ultimately 9 studies were added in this meta-analysis. 9 studies reported the Improvement of alpha angle of the Hip Arthroscopy treatment group and the surgical treatment group, which was no remarkable statistical significance(SMD: -5.54; 95% Cl: -12.45,1.38; P = 0.117) compared to the surgical treatment group, Modified Harris Hip Score (mHHS) after 12 months of follow-up(SMD: 0.94; 95% Cl: -2.87,4.75; P = 0.629), Nonarthritic Hip Score (NAHS) after 12 months of follow-up (SMD:6.31; 95% Cl: 0.53,12.09; P = 0.032), rate of recurrence (OR: 0.48; 95% Cl: 0.29,0.82; P < 0.01), and rate of Complication (OR: 0.66; 95% Cl: 0.26,1.65; P = 0.372). …”
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Soil Nutrient Balance and Soil Fertility Status under the Influence of Fertilization in Maize-Wheat Cropping System in Nepal by Nabin Rawal, Keshab Raj Pande, Renuka Shrestha, Shree Prasad Vista

“…The experiment included three-factor randomized complete block design with three doses of each N, P, and K which was replicated three times. There was a remarkable change in soil pH, soil organic carbon (SOC), and total N, P, and K contents of soil over a period of time with the application of different doses of NPK. …”
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In-Process Quality Inspection of Rolling Element Bearings Based on the Measurement of Microelastic Deformation of Outer Ring by Kuosheng Jiang, Lianghe Li, Liubang Han, Shuai Gou

“…The proposed method can be used with a rotating speed of 100 rev/min and test load of 100 N, which is remarkably lower than the traditional quality inspection machineries with a rotating speed of around 1000 rev/min and the test load of 400 N. …”
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Frequency of Insulin Resistance in People with Thyroid Dysfunction by Shaza Abdalla Elwali, Sulaf I Abdelaziz

“…Thyroid hormones have a remarkable effect on glucose metabolism and can cause insulin resistance (IR). …”
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