Proof-of-Concept of Microwave-Based Bladder State Detection Using Realistic Pelvic Models by Ali Farshkaran, Andrew Fry, Alex Raterink, Adam Santorelli, Emily Porter

“…<italic>Results:</italic> We examine the ability of detecting bladder fullness through both reflection and transmission-based parameters and, for the first time, study the effect of urine permittivity. …”
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Deformation Behavior of Coarse-Grained Soil as an Embankment Filler under Cyclic Loading by Zhong-Ming He, Da Xiang, Ya-Xin Liu, Qian-Feng Gao, Han-Bing Bian

“…The research results show that with the increase of the deviatoric stress amplitude, moisture content, and loading frequency, the deformation of the soil increases and the ability to resist deformation decreases at the same loading cycles. …”
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Different Transcriptional Profiles of Human Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells Infected with Distinct Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-... by Nunzia Sanarico, Alessia Colone, Manuela Grassi, Viviana Speranza, Daniela Giovannini, Antonio Ciaramella, Vittorio Colizzi, Francesca Mariani

“…Our results suggest that DCs display the ability to elicit a tailored strain-specific immune response.…”
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Upper Extremity Motor Learning among Individuals with Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis Evaluating Movement Time in Simple Tasks by K. Felix, K. Gain, E. Paiva, K. Whitney, M. E. Jenkins, S. J. Spaulding

“…The purpose of this meta-analysis was to determine the ability of people with PD to learn motor tasks. Studies which measured movement time in upper extremity reaching tasks and met the inclusion criteria were included in the analysis. …”
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Combined Raman Spectroscopy and Digital Holographic Microscopy for Sperm Cell Quality Analysis by A. De Angelis, S. Managò, M. A. Ferrara, M. Napolitano, G. Coppola, A. C. De Luca

“…However, spermatozoa from infertile men could present a variety of alterations, such as DNA fragmentation, alterations of chromatin structure, and aneuploidy, which have been demonstrated to decrease reproductive capacity of men. Therefore, the ability to see detailed relationships between morphology and physiology in selected spermatozoa with submicrometric resolution in a nondestructive and noninvasive way and within a functional correlated context could be extremely important for the intracytoplasmic sperm injection procedure. …”
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Physicochemical Characterisation of Polysaccharides from the Seeds and Leaves of Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) and Their Antioxidant and α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Activities... by Huajun Jian, Fang Qiao, Jie Chen, Nongyue He

“…Miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) has been well known and studied for its unique taste-modifying ability. In this study, the monosaccharide composition, molecular weight (Mw), and in vitro bioactivities (antioxidant, α-glucosidase inhibition) of polysaccharides from the seeds (MFP-S) and leaves (MFP-L) of miracle fruit were investigated. …”
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Coupling of the Functional Stability of Rat Myocardium and Activity of Lipid Peroxidation in Combined Development of Postinfarction Remodeling and Diabetes Mellitus by S. A. Afanasiev, D. S. Kondratieva, T. Yu. Rebrova, R. E. Batalov, S. V. Popov

“…Thus, the results of study showed that induction of DM on the stage of the development of postinfarction remodeling increases adaptive ability of myocardium. It is manifested in inhibition of increase of LPO processes activity and maintaining of force-interval reactions of myocardium connected with calcium transport systems of sarcoplasmic reticulum of cardiomyocytes.…”
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Natural Circulation Characteristics of a Symmetric Loop under Inclined Conditions by Xingtuan Yang, Yanfei Sun, Zhiyong Liu, Shengyao Jiang

“…The numerical results show that to design the loop with the configuration of big altitude difference and small width, it is favorable to reduce the influence of inclination; however too small loop width will cause severe reduction of circulation ability at large angle inclination.…”
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Biological Activity of Metal Complexes of Sulfamethoxazole and Its Derivatives: A Literature Review by Laith Jumaah Al-Gburi, Taghreed H. Al-Noor, Eid Ahmed Abdalrazaq

“…One of the essential features that make Schiff base more desirable when used for coordination complexation is that it possesses the ability to coordinate with the metal ions via forming chelating; ring makes them very effective in clinical and analytical applications and represent the latest and most promising studies and relate to synthesizing organic derivatives of sulfamethoxazole and their drug-metal complexes, as well as the biological activity associated with these complexes. …”
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Ligand-Activated Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor β/δ Facilitates Cell Proliferation in Human Cholesteatoma Keratinocytes by Chen Zhang, Yang-Wenyi Liu, Zhangcai Chi, Bing Chen

“…However, the exact mechanism underlying the hyperproliferative ability of cholesteatoma remains unknown. In this study, we investigated PPAR β/δ expression in human surgical specimens of cholesteatoma and analyzed its functional role as a regulator of epithelial keratinocyte hyperproliferation. …”
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Transparent Runtime Migration of Loop-Based Traces of Processor Instructions to Reconfigurable Processing Units by João Bispo, Nuno Paulino, João M. P. Cardoso, João Canas Ferreira

“…The ability to map instructions running in a microprocessor to a reconfigurable processing unit (RPU), acting as a coprocessor, enables the runtime acceleration of applications and ensures code and possibly performance portability. …”
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Data Analysis and Results of the Radiation-Tolerant Collaborative Computer On-Board OPTOS CubeSat by Alberto Martín-Ortega, Santiago Rodríguez, José R. de Mingo, Sergio Ibarmia, Joaquín Rivas, Sergio López-Buedo, Celia López-Ongil, Marta Portela-García

“…This requirement evolves faster than the ability of the manufacturers to develop better space-qualified processors. …”
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An End-to-End Rumor Detection Model Based on Feature Aggregation by Aoshuang Ye, Lina Wang, Run Wang, Wenqi Wang, Jianpeng Ke, Danlei Wang

“…However, the traditional machine learning methods profoundly rely on feature engineering and domain knowledge, and the learning ability of temporal features is insufficient. Furthermore, the features used by the deep learning method based on natural language processing are heavily limited. …”
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Integration of Renewable Energy Technologies in Smart Building Design for Enhanced Energy Efficiency and Self-Sufficiency by Ochuko Felix Orikpete, Samuel Ikemba, Daniel Raphael Ejike Ewim

“…Through in-depth case studies, the paper demonstrates how the synergetic integration of RETs in smart buildings can lead to significant reductions in energy consumption, lower carbon footprints, and an enhanced ability for buildings to be energy self-reliant. Furthermore, the paper delves into potential challenges and barriers faced in the adoption of these technologies and offers strategies and recommendations to overcome them. …”
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The Role of Cell Surface Architecture of Lactobacilli in Host-Microbe Interactions in the Gastrointestinal Tract by Ranjita Sengupta, Eric Altermann, Rachel C. Anderson, Warren C. McNabb, Paul J. Moughan, Nicole C. Roy

“…Strain variations may be related to diversity of the cell surface architecture of lactobacilli and the bacteria's ability to express certain surface components or secrete specific compounds in response to the host environment. …”
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Hybrid Models for Daily Global Solar Radiation Assessment by Abdelkerim Souahlia, Abdelhalim Rabehi, Abdelazize Rabehi

“…This work assesses a set of feature selection techniques to check their ability to select the relevant predictors and reduce redundant and irrelevant information. …”
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Creditworthiness Criteria According to the 5Cs Model and Credit Decision: The Moderating Role of Intellectual Capital by Zaher Abdel Fattah Al-Slehat, Sufian Radwan Almanaseer, Bader Mustafa Mahmoud Al Sharif, Yazan Emnawer Al-Haraisa, Sulieman Daood Aloshaibat, Mohammad Abdlwhab Almahasneh

“…The study recommends that banks should prioritize investing in training programs for employees to improve their ability to assess credit risk accurately. …”
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Effects of anti-inflammatory drugs on fever and neutrophilia induced by Clostridium difficile toxin B by R. A. Cardoso, A. A. Melo Filho, M. C. C. Melo, D. M. Lyerly, T. D. Wilkins, A. A. M. Lima, R. A. Ribeiro, G. E. P. Souza

“…This study investigated the ability of Clostridium difficile toxin B, isolated from the VPI 10463 strain, to induce fever and neutrophilia in rats. …”
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Antimicrobial Peptides, Their Production, and Potential in the Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens by Margarita Saubenova, Alexander Rapoport, Zhanerke Yermekbay, Yelena Oleinikova

“…The article reviews the literature on antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) that exhibit unique antimicrobial mechanisms, such as broad-spectrum activity, low development of antimicrobial resistance, and the ability to modulate the immune response of the host organism. …”
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MAF-CNER : A Chinese Named Entity Recognition Model Based on Multifeature Adaptive Fusion by Xuming Han, Feng Zhou, Zhiyuan Hao, Qiaoming Liu, Yong Li, Qi Qin

“…The model uses bidirectional long short-term memory (BiLSTM) neural network to extract stroke and radical features and adopts a weighted concatenation method to fuse two sets of features adaptively. …”
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