Mechanical Properties of Microsteel Fiber Reinforced Concrete and Its Gradient Design in the Partially Reinforced RC Beam by Xiaobing He, Yakun Fang, Qi Luo, Yong Cao, Han Lu, Runping Ma

“…Based on the traditional strength theory, the critical MSFRC layer depth of in the partially reinforced RC beam was about 0.3 times of the beam depth, which possessed the same crack resistance ability with the beam composed of MSFRC in the whole section. …”
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Application of large language models in disease diagnosis and treatment by Xintian Yang, Tongxin Li, Qin Su, Yaling Liu, Chenxi Kang, Yong Lyu, Lina Zhao, Yongzhan Nie, Yanglin Pan, Yuanyuan Ji

“…Building on their image-recognition abilities, multimodal LLMs (MLLMs) show promising potential for diagnosis based on radiography, chest computed tomography (CT), electrocardiography (ECG), and common pathological images. …”
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Adaptation and validation of the Collective Efficacy Questionnaire for Sport (CEQS) in Arabic: enhancing team dynamics assessment by Jaouher Hamaidi, Mohamed Mansour Bouzourraa, Mouna Saidane, Mohamed Ben Aissa, Mohamed Ali Boujelbane, Khaled Trabelsi, Haitham Jahrami, Achraf Ammar, Noomen Guelmami, Makrem Zghibi, Ismail Dergaa

“…Concurrent validity was established by correlating A-CEQS scores with measures of team performance and communication, and sensitivity was examined through the scale’s ability to distinguish between novice and experienced players. …”
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BMNet: Enhancing Deepfake Detection Through BiLSTM and Multi-Head Self-Attention Mechanism by Demao Xiong, Zhan Wen, Cheng Zhang, Dehao Ren, Wenzao Li

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Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor β/δ and B-Cell Lymphoma-6 in Regulation of Genes Involved in Metastasis and Migration in Pancreatic Cancer Cells by Jeffrey D. Coleman, Jerry T. Thompson, Russell W. Smith, Bogdan Prokopczyk, John P. Vanden Heuvel

“…The present study tested the hypothesis that PPARβ/δ is expressed in human pancreatic cancer cells and that its activation could regulate MMP-9, decreasing cancer cells ability to transverse the basement membrane. In human pancreatic cancer tissue there was significantly higher expression of MMP-9 and PPARβ/δ, and lower levels of BCL-6 mRNA. …”
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Railway Foreign Object Intrusion Detection Using UAV Images and YOLO-UAT by Yang Yang, Zhanhao Liu, Junming Chen, Haiming Gao, Tao Wang

“…Secondly, a C<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$3\_$ </tex-math></inline-formula> CBAM module is constructed to enhance feature extraction and enhance the model&#x2019;s detection ability for small-scale targets. Concurrently, the K-means++ algorithm is introduced to cluster the a priori frames, which improves the accuracy and convergence speed of the a priori frame clustering. …”
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The impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) status on functional outcomes and quality of life (QOL) after surgical treatment of oropharyngeal carcinoma with free-flap reconstruction by Hani Z. Marzouki, Vincent L. Biron, Peter T. Dziegielewski, Andrew Ma, Jason Vaz, Gabriela Constantinescu, Jeffrey Harris, Daniel O’Connell, Hadi Seikaly

“…There was no statistically or clinically significant difference in speech, swallowing ability, swallowing safety and QOL outcomes between p16-positive and negative OPSCC. …”
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Utility of a Wearable Tracker to Assess Sleep Quality in Nurses and Their Spouses: A Prospective Cohort Study by Tomohiro Ishinuki, Erika Goda, Hiroomi Tatsumi, Goro Kutomi, Toshio Ohyanagi, Hirofumi Ohnishi, Yoshiki Masuda, Thomas T. Hui, Toru Mizuguchi

“…Introduction Sleep disturbances among nurses engaged in night duty and their spouses need to be improved to ensure their ability to provide care and perform daily tasks. Therefore, an objective investigation is needed to establish a sleep improvement strategy. …”
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Small Interfering RNA Targeted to ASPP2 Promotes Progression of Experimental Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy by Xiao-Li Chen, Yu-Jing Bai, Qin-Rui Hu, Shan-Shan Li, Lv-Zhen Huang, Xiao-Xin Li

“…ARPE-19 cells were transfected with ASPP2-siRNA, followed with measurement of cell cytotoxicity, proliferation, and migration ability. EMT markers and related inflammatory and fibrosis cytokines were measured by western blot or flow cytometry. …”
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Leveraging Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Swahili Language Conversation Systems by Edmund V. Ndimbo, Qin Luo, Gimo C. Fernando, Xu Yang, Bang Wang

“…Although Retrieval-Augmented Generation introduces slightly longer response times, its ability to significantly improve response quality makes it an effective approach for Swahili conversational systems. …”
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Compensatory increase in oxygen extraction fraction is associated with age-related cerebrovascular disease by John McFadden, Julian Matthews, Lauren Scott, Karl Herholz, Ben Dickie, Hamied Haroon, Oliver Sparasci, Saadat Ahmed, Natalia Kyrtata, Geoffrey J.M. Parker, Hedley C.A. Emsley, Joel Handley, Maélène Lohezic, Laura M. Parkes

“…We used a simultaneous PET-MRI protocol to measure OEF, CBF, CMRO2, and arterial transit time (ATT) in elderly people (n = 24, age 69.6 ± 5.3 years) with a range of vascular disease risk (QRisk 18.7 ± 10.8 %) and cognitive abilities (MoCA scores 26.7 ± 3.4) to determine if a) vascular disease risk (parameterised with QRisk2 score) is associated with altered CBF, ATT, OEF and CMRO2, b) if impaired blood supply and increasing transit times are associated with elevated OEF and c) if these physiological measures are associated with impaired cognition. …”
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Consequences of the Lack of CD73 and Prostatic Acid Phosphatase in the Lymphoid Organs by Gennady G. Yegutkin, Kaisa Auvinen, Marika Karikoski, Pia Rantakari, Heidi Gerke, Kati Elima, Mikael Maksimow, Ileana B. Quintero, Pirkko Vihko, Marko Salmi, Sirpa Jalkanen

“…Enzymatic assays confirmed the ability of recombinant human PAP to hydrolyze [3H]AMP, although at much lower rate than human CD73. …”
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Enhanced CATBraTS for Brain Tumour Semantic Segmentation by Rim El Badaoui, Ester Bonmati Coll, Alexandra Psarrou, Hykoush A. Asaturyan, Barbara Villarini

“…The early and precise identification of a brain tumour is imperative for enhancing a patient’s life expectancy; this can be facilitated by quick and efficient tumour segmentation in medical imaging. …”
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Selective toxicity of a novel antimicrobial peptide Acidocin 4356 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii in human cell-based in vitro infection models by Mahbubeh Talaee, Sima Modiri, Marzieh Rajabi, Fatemeh Saadati, Ali Akbari, Sahar Javadi, Shuaiqi Guo, Hojatollah Vali, Kambiz Akbari Noghabi

“…Abstract Prior studies examined Acidocin 4356’s antibacterial and antivirulence effects against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, including cell membrane penetration abilities. Building on prior research, an in-vitro co-culture of human cells was established to evaluate the selectivity of Acidocin (ACD) by concurrently cultivating human cells and bacterial pathogens. …”
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Graph Convolutional Networks for multi-modal robotic martial arts leg pose recognition by Shun Yao, Yihan Ping, Xiaoyu Yue, Xiaoyu Yue, He Chen, He Chen

“…These methods lack the ability to effectively model the nuanced dynamics of joint interactions and temporal progression, leading to limited generalization in recognizing complex actions.MethodsTo address these challenges, we propose PoseGCN, a Graph Convolutional Network (GCN)-based model that integrates spatial, temporal, and contextual features through a novel framework. …”
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Quantifying Impacts of Local Traffic Policies on PM Concentrations Using Low Cost Sensors in Berlin by Sean Schmitz, Alexandre Caseiro, Andreas Kerschbaumer, Erika von Schneidemesser

“…These measures include a new bike-lane and a temporary community space, as well as the creation of a pedestrian zone through the closure of a street to through-traffic. …”
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Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printing of Carvedilol Tablets: Enhancing Dissolution Through Amorphization by Nikola Pešić, Branka Ivković, Tanja Barudžija, Branka Grujić, Svetlana Ibrić, Djordje Medarević

“…Background/Objectives: Selective laser sintering (SLS) is one of the most promising 3D printing techniques for pharmaceutical applications as it offers numerous advantages, such as suitability to work with already approved pharmaceutical excipients, the elimination of solvents, and the ability to produce fast-dissolving, porous dosage forms with high drug loading. …”
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Assessment of the Chemical Diversity and Functional Properties of Secondary Metabolites from the Marine Fungus <i>Asteromyces cruciatus</i> by María Paz González-Troncoso, Catalina Landeta-Salgado, Javiera Munizaga, Ruth Hornedo-Ortega, María del Carmen García-Parrilla, María Elena Lienqueo

“…Marine fungi, such as <i>Asteromyces cruciatus</i>, are particularly promising due to their ability to produce bioactive metabolites through the degradation of marine algal polysaccharides. …”
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Projections from thalamic nucleus reuniens to hippocampal CA1 area participate in context fear extinction by affecting extinction-induced molecular remodeling of excitatory synapse... by Magdalena Ziółkowska, Narges Sotoudeh, Anna Cały, Monika Puchalska, Roberto Pagano, Malgorzata Alicja Śliwińska, Ahmad Salamian, Kasia Radwanska

“…The ability to extinguish contextual fear in a changing environment is crucial for animal survival. …”
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New approach of recycling vanadium‐bearing slags as a binder in high‐alumina refractory castables application by Mathilda Derensy, Thomas Zanin, Jan‐Felix Bleck, Thorsten Tonnesen, Jesus Gonzalez‐Julian

“….% of slag decrease significantly from about 90% to 30% after 30 min, showing poor ability to flow and thus are not considered as self‐flow castables. …”
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