CONCEPTS OF IMPROVING CURRENT PROTECTION OF POWER-GRID LINES by F. A. Romaniuk, M. A. Shevaldin

“…It also allows increase of the last stage sensitiveness towards asymmetrical short-circuits; detection of the short-circuit location only on the results of fault currents measurement which simplifies the protection implementation; realization of the last (second) protection stage with linear-dependent time delay which ensures potentiality of its operation speed increase.…”
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JWST/NIRCam 4–5 μm Imaging of the Giant Planet AF Lep b by Kyle Franson, William O. Balmer, Brendan P. Bowler, Laurent Pueyo, Yifan Zhou, Emily Rickman, Zhoujian Zhang, Sagnick Mukherjee, Tim D. Pearce, Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi, Lauren I. Biddle, Timothy D. Brandt, Rachel Bowens-Rubin, Justin R. Crepp, James W. Davidson Jr., Jacqueline Faherty, Christian Ginski, Elliott P. Horch, Marvin Morgan, Caroline V. Morley, Marshall D. Perrin, Aniket Sanghi, Maïssa Salama, Christopher A. Theissen, Quang H. Tran, Trevor N. Wolf

“…At the planet’s separation of 320 mas during the observations, the coronagraphic throughput is ≈7%, demonstrating that NIRCam’s excellent sensitivity persists down to small separations. The F444W photometry of AF Lep b affirms the presence of disequilibrium carbon chemistry and enhanced atmospheric metallicity. …”
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Research Progress on Responsiveness of Activities of Daily Living Scales of Patients with Stroke by XUE Kaiwen, LIU Xiangxiang, ZHANG Zeyu, WANG Yulong

“…It is of great significance to select a scale with good responsiveness in clinical and scientific work to reflect the changes of ADL abilities of patients sensitively. In this paper, we summarized the assessment items, characteristics and target population of the Barthel index (BI), functional independence measure (FIM) and modified Rankin scale (mRS), which were commonly used at home and abroad for ADL evaluation of stroke patients, and analyzed the responsiveness of these three scales in stroke patients at different stages of disease. …”
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Effectiveness of autologous growth factor concentrates combined with topical minoxidil in patients of androgenic alopecia by Lavanya Maripati, Pranitha Raireddy, Subhash Reddy Dudhipala, B. Raghavendra Rao

“…In addition, treatments resulted in a faster rate of hair growth and a decrease in greasy and unpleasant sensation of hair. Conclusion: GFC was found to have a promising role in the management of AGA in both males and females.…”
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Isolation and optimization of Bacillus thuringiensis BRB-3 isolated from germinated black upland rice seeds for GABA production by Rungnapha Wannasutta, Sophon Boonlue, Nuntavun Riddech, Wiyada Mongkolthanaruk

“…However, the BRB-3 strain was sensitive to pH lower than 5.5; so the pH was adjusted to 6.5 through all experiments. …”
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Effect of Cultivar and Planting Date on Soybean Response to Dicamba by Wesley France, Jason Norsworthy, Trent Roberts, Jeremy Ross, Tom Barber, Edward Gbur

“…Additionally, an experiment was conducted in 2018 and 2019 in Fayetteville to assess whether cultivars differ in sensitivity to dicamba. The hypothesis of the cultivar experiment was that genetic differences of soybean cultivars will allow for differential tolerance to dicamba. …”
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Depth-Oriented Gray Image for Unseen Pig Detection in Real Time by Jongwoong Seo, Seungwook Son, Seunghyun Yu, Hwapyeong Baek, Yongwha Chung

“…To address these challenges, this study proposes a DOG (Depth-Oriented Gray) image generation method using various foundation models (SAM, LaMa, Depth Anything). Without additional sensors or retraining, the proposed method utilizes depth information from the testing environment to distinguish between foreground and background, generating depth background images and establishing an approach to define the Region of Interest (RoI) and Region of Uninterest (RoU). …”
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Predicting and Investigating the Permeability Coefficient of Soil with Aided Single Machine Learning Algorithm by Van Quan Tran

“…To identify and quantify the feature importance on the permeability coefficient of soil, sensitivity studies using permutation importance, SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP), and Partial Dependence Plot 1D (PDP 1D) are performed with the aided best performance and reliable ML model GB. …”
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An Improved Human Evolution Optimization Algorithm for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 3D Trajectory Planning by Xue Wang, Shiyuan Zhou, Zijia Wang, Xiaoyun Xia, Yaolong Duan

“…Second, recognizing the sensitivity of population diversity to Logistic Chaotic Mapping in a traditional Human Evolution Optimization Algorithm (HEOA), an opposition-based learning strategy is employed to uniformly initialize the population distribution, thereby enhancing the algorithm’s global optimization capability. …”
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Does Baseline Serum Androgen Levels Have an Impact on Ovulation Induction Cycle Outcomes by Using Clomifene Citrate among Infertile Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome? A Retrospe... by Serkan Kahyaoglu, Muzeyyen Gulnur Ozaksit, Gozde Karacan Duman, Deniz Ozturk Atan, Inci Kahyaoğlu, Meryem Kuru Pekcan, Ozlem Moraloglu Tekin

“…The baseline serum cut-off level for free testosterone to predict clinical pregnancy was 1.94 pg/ml with 75% sensitivity and 67% specificity rates. CONCLUSION: Lower or higher levels of androgenic milieu within the ovaries result in defective folliculogenesis and ovulation failure. …”
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RNA interference of Aspergillus flavus in response to Aspergillus flavus partitivirus 1 infection by Yinhui Jiang, Yinhui Jiang, Xiang Liu, Xiang Liu, Xun Tian, Xun Tian, Jianhong Zhou, Jianhong Zhou, Qinrong Wang, Qinrong Wang, Bi Wang, Bi Wang, Wenfeng Yu, Wenfeng Yu, Yanping Jiang, Tom Hsiang, Xiaolan Qi, Xiaolan Qi

“…We also investigated the sensitivity of virus-free and AfPV1-infected RNAi mutants and the parental strain to cell wall stress, osmotic stress, genotoxic stress, and oxidative stress. …”
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Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter components with obesity in children and adolescents in China: The age-sex disparities and key effect modifiers by Jinling Wang, Xinyi Li, Guannan Bai, Rachel Huxley, Kejia Hu, Jinna Yuan, Xuelian Zhou, Xiaochi Zhang, Ke Huang, Guanping Dong, Wei Wu, Bingyan Cao, Rongxiu Zheng, Chunlin Wang, Haiyan Wei, Yan Liang, Hui Yao, Feihong Luo, Pin Li, Zhe Su, Ruimin Chen, Shaoke Chen, Jingsi Luo, Hongwei Du, Mireguli. Maimaiti, Jianwei Zhang, Yu Yang, Min Zhu, Qi Zhao, Junfen Fu

“…General central obesity and mixed obesity were more sensitive to PM2.5 exposure than peripheral obesity. …”
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Sustainability by extraction of bioactive compounds from onion seeds by Mestour, Selma, Meniai, Abdeslam-Hassen, Melloul, Sarra, Louaer, Mehdi

“…Onion is not just an edible food compound but its seeds can also be an important source of valuable oil with various sensitive applications mainly in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food fields. …”
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Diversity and Multiple Infections of <i>Bartonella</i> in Red Deer and Deer Keds by Iva Hammerbauerová, Eva Richtrová, Kateřina Kybicová, Petr Pajer, Jan Votýpka

“…Additionally, <i>B. schoenbuchensis</i> sensu lato and <i>B. bovis</i> were found, together making up 17 genotypes characterized by multi-locus sequence typing, all unique compared to previously published sequences. …”
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Spray-Flame Synthesis (SFS) and Characterization of Li_1.3Al_0.3−xY_xTi_1.7(PO₄)₃ [LA(Y)TP] Solid Electrolytes by Md Yusuf Ali, Hans Orthner, Hartmut Wiggers

“…NASICON-type solid electrolytes are an exciting candidate within ceramic electrolytes due to their high ionic conductivity and low moisture sensitivity, making them a prime candidate for pure oxidic and hybrid ceramic-in-polymer composite electrolytes. …”
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Force Characteristics of Sluice Structure in Coastal Area Under Wind Load by ZHANG Jian, YANG Jialin, YANG Jie

“…It is suggested to define the sluice as wind-sensitive building for wind load calculation. Under extreme weather such as typhoons, the wind load of the sluice structure should be multiplied by a certain amplification coefficient considering the wind vibration coefficient, and the stiffness of the sluice structure should be appropriately increased to satisfy the requirements of normal use. …”
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Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Upregulates the Immunogenicity of Cold to Hot Tumors in Esophageal Cancer Patients by Yushi Nagaki, MD, PhD, Satoru Motoyama, MD, PhD, Yusuke Sato, MD, PhD, Akiyuki Wakita, MD, PhD, Hiromu Fujita, MD, PhD, Kohei Kemuriyama, MD, Ryohei Sasamori, MD, Shu Nozaki, MD, Kyoko Nomura, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Minamiya, MD, PhD

“…NACRT upregulated cold tumor immunogenicity to hot tumors, suggesting NACRT may increase the sensitivity of ESCC to adjuvant ICIs.…”
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Pharmacological Modulation of the Unfolded Protein Response as a Therapeutic Approach in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma by Nadia St. Thomas, Benjamin N. Christopher, Leticia Reyes, Reeder M. Robinson, Lena Golick, Xiaoyi Zhu, Eli Chapman, Nathan G. Dolloff

“…We found that CTCL cells were >5-fold more sensitive to the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib (Btz) and exhibited a distinct signaling and transcriptional response compared to normal CD4+ cells. …”
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NOL-7 serves as a potential prognostic-related biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma by Qiucheng Lei, Yingchun Huang, Feiwen Deng, Huazhen Zheng, Xitao Hong, Peng Wang, Jin Lv, Huanwei Chen, Zhenling Ji

“…Low-risk specimens were more sensitive to oxaliplatin, cisplatin, irinotecan, sorafenib, and cytarabine than high-risk specimens. …”
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Association between Metrnl and carotid atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Chunmei Li, Chunmei Li, Qiongzhu Huang, Qiongzhu Huang, Yanqian Zhuang, Yanqian Zhuang, Pin Chen, Pin Chen, Yiyang Lin, Yiyang Lin

“…The optimal cut-off value was 0.61 ng/ml with a sensitivity of 77.6% and a specificity of 58.8%.ConclusionsThis cross-sectional study clearly demonstrated that elevated serum Metrnl level was significantly associated with higher risk of the presence of carotid atherosclerosis. …”
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