Delivering Volumetric Hyperthermia to Head and Neck Cancer Patient-Specific Models Using an Ultrasound Spherical Random Phased Array Transducer by Muhammad Zubair, Imad Uddin, Robert Dickinson, Chris J. Diederich

“…The results indicated the array’s ability to produce controlled heating volumes from 1 to 48 cm³ at 40 °C, 0.35 to 27 cm³ at 41 °C, and 0.1 to 8 cm³ at 43 °C. …”
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Validity of E-PASS Score for Evaluating Perioperative Minor Complications Associated with Carotid Endarterectomy by Yutaka MORISHIMA, Masahito KAWABORI, Yoichi ITO, Masayuki GEKKA, Koji FURUKAWA, Yoshimasa NIIYA, Miki FUJIMURA

“…To evaluate the occurrence rate of perioperative complications in various surgical domains, the E-PASS (Estimation of Physiological Ability and Surgical Stress) score is employed. This study was carried out to investigate the utility of the E-PASS score as a predictive factor for the risk of minor complications in patients undergoing CEA. …”
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Image-guided orbital surgery: a preclinical validation study using a high-resolution physical model by Andrew Dickson, Kealan McElhinney, Conor Murphy, Rizwana I Khan, Ronan P Kileen, Donncha F O’Brien

“…Five high-resolution 3D-printed model skulls were created using CT scans of five anonymised patients with an orbital tumour that previously had a successful orbital biopsy or excision. The ability of ophthalmic surgeons to achieve satisfactory system registration in each model was assessed. …”
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Research of Regenerative Braking Strategy for Electric Vehicles by Van Nghia Le, Hoang Phuc Dam, Trong Hoan Nguyen, S. V. Kharitonchik, V. A. Kusyak

“…In order to test the adequacy of the simulation model to reproduce the relationship between the operating parameters of electric vehicles various systems and evaluate their ability to regenerate energy during braking the simulation results were compared with the actual experimental data published by the Lab Avt research laboratory (USA). …”
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Effects of nonspecific resistance in barley genotypes obtained by cell selection by O. N. Shupletsova, S. Yu. Ogorodnikova, Ya. I. Nazarova

“…The productive traits of plants, the symptoms of oxidative stress, and the environment-forming activity of the root system were evaluated.In regenerated plants obtained in callus culture on selective in vitro media with aluminum or water deficiency, an increased ability of the root system to alkalize the medium in the rhizosphere zone (by 0.2–0.5 pH units) when grown on alumina soil was revealed. …”
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A Novel Fluorescent Chemosensor Based on Rhodamine Schiff Base: Synthesis, Photophysical, Computational and Bioimaging Application in Live Cells by Oyedoyin Aduroja, Roosevelt Shaw, Sisay Uota, Isaac Abiye, James Wachira, Fasil Abebe

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Nitrogen Deposition and Leaching from Two Forested Catchments in Southwest China — Preliminary Data and Research Needs by T. Larssen, J. Mulder, Y. Wang, X. Chen, J. Xiao, D. Zhao

“…The turnover rate of nitrogen in the forest ecosystem is quite high compared to the atmospheric deposition rate. …”
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The Challenges of Returning Property and Assets Caused by Corruption in Iran's Legal System by Sayyed Vahid Kazemi, Mohammad Rouhani Moghadam, Asal Azimian

“…Finally, according to the nature and position of these policies, the hypothesis of the research, which is the ability to refer to the policies of the legal system, has been confirmed and it has been explained that the necessity of returning property, property and illegitimate assets is one of the basic principles in Iran's legal system. …”
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3D Chaotic Nonlinear Dynamic Population-Growing Mathematical System Modeling with Multiple Controllers by Shaymaa Hussain, Suzan Obaıys, Nadia Al-saidi, Yeliz Karaca

“…The controllers have the ability to reduce population growth rate unpredictability or enhance system stability under various external conditions. …”
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Immobilization of Amorphous NiB Nanoparticles on Mesoporous Supports: Superior Catalysis for Controllably Hydrolyzing NaBH4 to Release H2 by Quanxing Liu, Jun Zhang, Xigang Du, Gang Mi, Yana Dong

“…All the four catalysts hold satisfactory catalysis, but their catalytic abilities are obviously discrepant, in the following order: NiB/CNTs > NiB/SiO2 > NiB > NiB/AC. …”
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Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Fibril Binding to Catalase: A Transmission Electron Microscopy and Microplate Study by Nathaniel G. N. Milton, J. Robin Harris

“…This suggests that catalase may be able to discriminate between different structural forms of IAPP fibrils. The ability of catalase to bind IAPP, Aβ, and PrP fibrils demonstrates the presence of similar accessible structural motifs that may be targets for antiamyloid therapeutic development.…”
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Oxytocin: co-evolution of human and domesticated animals by Yu. E. Herbeck, R. G. Gulevich, D. V. Shepeleva, V. V. Grinevich

“…It has been known for decades that domesticated animals exhibit profound socio-communicative abilities accompanied by suppressed aggression and stress responsiveness. …”
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Interspecific medicinal knowledge and Mahout-Elephant interactions in Thongmyxay district, Laos by Jean-Marc Dubost, Eric Deharo, Sysay Palamy, Chithdavone Her, Chiobouaphong Phaekovilay, Lamxay Vichith, Sébastien Duffillot, Sabrina Krief

“…The part of humanity attributed to the elephants is reflected in particular in the self-agency that is recognised in their ability to heal themselves when they are suffering, which leads to the therapeutic use of their dung by Mahouts. …”
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF PRAGMATISM AND PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIO-HUMANITARIAN REDESCRIPTION OF ANALYTIC METHODOLOGY by A. S. Synytsia

“…Schiller), neopragmatism (W. V. O. Quine), post-pragmatism (R. Rorty) and analytic pragmatism (R. …”
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Student Mobility as a Form of Education Internationalization: A Systems Approach to Management by A. E. Godenko, G. V. Boyko, R. B. Gadgiev, N. Yu. Filimonova

“…According to the analysis of the existing internationalization strategies it is demonstrated that its main source is an international students’ mobility, which is based on ability, willingness and common interest in cooperation of three following subjects: countries importing education, education-exporting countries, higher educational institution of the exporting country, which provides its educational services for the citizens of the country importing education. …”
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Multi-Layer Perceptron Model Integrating Multi-Head Attention and Gating Mechanism for Global Navigation Satellite System Positioning Error Estimation by Xiuxun Liu, Zuping Tang, Jiaolong Wei

“…The multi-head attention mechanism and gating operation are integrated into the multi-layer perceptron model to adaptively select and filter features, enhancing the model’s ability to understand input features. First, the original positioning error of the satellite is obtained through the Kalman filter positioning method. …”
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Exploring the Potential of <i>Candida</i> sp. SW4-6 as a Probiotic for Enhancing Water Quality in Aquaculture by Jie-Ying Li, Chun-Hung Liu

“…Its virulence profile and ability to thrive across various salinity and temperature conditions further support its potential applicability in aquaculture.…”
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Modification of activated carbon prepared from black liquor with the copper ion and its application to adsorption phenol by Amir Mohammadpour, Ahmad Hallajisani, Mohammad Azadfallah, Yahya Hamzeh

“…The inhomogeneity in the modified AC absorbent surface is less compared to AC, and it also has a more regular surface in terms of particle size uniformity. The ability of prepared adsorbents to remove phenol in aqueous medium was evaluated by examining the effects of parameters such as adsorbent amount, pH, solution concentration, contact time, temperature effect. …”
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The Giardia ventrolateral flange is a lamellar membrane protrusion that supports attachment. by William R Hardin, Germain C M Alas, Nikita Taparia, Elizabeth B Thomas, Melissa C Steele-Ogus, Kelli L Hvorecny, Aaron R Halpern, Pavla Tůmová, Justin M Kollman, Joshua C Vaughan, Nathan J Sniadecki, Alexander R Paredez

“…Flangin-depleted parasites had reduced surface contact and when challenged with fluid shear force in flow chambers they had a reduced ability to remain attached, confirming a role for the flange in attachment. …”
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Uncertainties in the finite-time Lyapunov exponent in an ocean ensemble prediction model by M. Matuszak, J. Röhrs, P. E. Isachsen, P. E. Isachsen, M. Idžanović

“…Averaging of FTLE fields is thus effective at removing short-lived and unpredictable structures and may provide the means to employ FTLE analysis in forecasting applications that require the ability to separate uncertain from certain flow features.…”
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