Effect of Titanium Addition on the Thermal Properties of Diamond/Cu-Ti Composites Fabricated by Pressureless Liquid-Phase Sintering Technique by Chih-Yu Chung, Chao-Hung Chu, Mu-Tse Lee, Chun-Ming Lin, Su-Jien Lin

“…XRD and TEM analysis show that TiC layer formed in the interface between Cu and diamond. …”
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Growth and Comprehensive Quality Index of Tomato under Rain Shelters in Response to Different Irrigation and Drainage Treatments by Guang-cheng Shao, Ming-hui Wang, Na Liu, Min Yuan, Prem Kumar, Dong-Li She

“…The effects of two levels of irrigation water (100%, 60%) and buried underground pipe depths (0.8 m, 0.6 m) under rain shelters’ conditions on yield and some quality parameters of tomato were investigated. …”
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Exploring the efficacy of fluorouracil and platinum based chemotherapy in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma to bridge the treatment gap in resource limited settings by Se Jun Park, Kabsoo Shin, In-Ho Kim, MyungAh Lee, Tae Ho Hong, Hyunho Kim

“…A high pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (≥ 3.0) adversely affected both PFS (HR = 1.79; 95% CI, 0.99–3.25; p = 0.034) and OS (HR = 2.02; 95% CI, 1.10–3.69; p = 0.011). …”
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Predicting Traffic Accident Risk in Seoul Metropolitan City: A Dataset Construction Approach by Ji-Woong Yang, Hyeon-Jin Jung, Tae-Wook Kim, Han-Jin Lee, Ellen J. Hong

“…Recent studies utilizing Grid Maps and time-series methods have shown promising results in identifying factors related to traffic accidents and predicting accident occurrence rates. …”
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Enhancing deep convolutional neural network models for orange quality classification using MobileNetV2 and data augmentation techniques by Phan Thi Huong, Lam Thanh Hien, Nguyen Minh Son, Huynh Cao Tuan, Thanh Q. Nguyen

“…Additionally, the study employs comprehensive data augmentation methods, including horizontal and vertical flips, grayscale transformations, hue adjustments, brightness adjustments, and noise addition to enhance the model's robustness and generalization capabilities. …”
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Temporal associations between microclimate, adult Aedes mosquito indices, and dengue cases at the residence level in Malaysia: Implications for targeted interventions. by Nur Athen Mohd Hardy Abdullah, Nazri Che Dom, Biswajeet Pradhan, Siti Aekball Salleh, Rahmat Dapari

“…PLoS ONE…”
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Healthcare in the era of climate change and the need for environmental sustainability by Nicholas Chin Hock Tee, Jo-Anne Yeo, Mahesh Choolani, Kian Keong Poh, Tiing Leong Ang

“…Within the hospital environment, the three largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions are the operating theatre, intensive care unit and gastrointestinal endoscopy. …”
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Legionella pneumophila — The causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease by Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Wei Yu Tee, Tahir Mehmood Khan, Long Chiau Ming, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…Over the years, Legionella pneumophila has increasingly become a public health threat that causes sporadic and epidemic community-acquired and nosocomial-acquired pneumonia. Thus, this review aims to discuss the current knowledge of L. pneumophila, focusing on the global epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of Legionnaires’ disease (LD). …”
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High‐Efficiency Flexible GaAs/InGaAs Dual‐Junction Solar Cells Fabricated by Metallic Nanoparticle‐Based Wafer Bonding by Yeongho Kim, Suho Park, Thuy Thi Nguyen, Jiyeon Jeon, Byong Sun Chun, Sang Jun Lee

Subjects: “…indium tin oxides…”
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Installation of an Artificial Vegetating Island in Oligomesotrophic Lake Paro, Korea by Eun-Young Seo, Oh-Byung Kwon, Seung-Ik Choi, Ji-Ho Kim, Tae-Seok Ahn

“…Furthermore, fishes were plentiful under the artificial vegetation island, and ducks were observed on the artificial vegetation island. Bacteria using sunlight as energy source and self-designed ecotechnology can be used as an alternative method for the restoration of disturbed littoral zone in oligo-mesotrophic lakes.…”
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Limit Analysis of Collapse Mechanisms for Tunnel Roofs Subjected to Pore Water Pressure: A Numerical Approach by Jing-jing Liu, Tie-lin Chen, Chang-ling Xie, Jian-hua Tian, Yu-xin Wei

“…The analytical solution of the pore water pressure around the tunnel in a two-dimensional steady seepage field is employed in the equations of the model. …”
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Long-Term Effect of Surgery in Graves’ Disease: 20 Years Experience in a Single Institution by Tae-Yon Sung, Yu-mi Lee, Jong Ho Yoon, Ki-Wook Chung, Suck Joon Hong

“…The present study compared the long-term outcome of subtotal thyroidectomy (ST) to that of total thyroidectomy (TT) in Graves’ disease (GD). Patients with GD requiring surgery were divided between two groups: ST and TT. …”
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Having Surgery Are Less Associated with Glaucoma by Hsin-Yi Chen, Yue-Cune Chang, Che-Chen Lin, Fung-Chang Sung, Wen-Chi Chen

“…The multivariable Cox regression was used to estimate hazard ratio (HR) after adjusting for sex, age, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and coronary artery disease. …”
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Advances in the application of neuromodulation in treatment of stroke rehabilitation by WEI Da, MA Chao, PENG Yu⁃tao, LUAN Wei, LI Tie⁃min, LIU Chang⁃qing

“…This article aims to review the mechanisms of different types of neuromodulation technique and their application in combination with rehabilitation therapies to improve stroke patient function, providing theoretical guidance for the application of neuromodulation technique in rehabilitation of stroke.…”
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An Experimental Study on the Deformation and Strength Characteristics of Q3 Loess under a Plain Strain Anisotropic Consolidation Condition by Yu Zhang, Yang Zhao, Jin Liu, Tian-Yi Meng, Sheng-Jun Shao, Fang-Tao She

“…Plane strain tests were carried out by the transformed true triaxial apparatus of Xi’an University of Technology. …”
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Initial-Stage Primary Intraosseous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Derived from Odontogenic Keratocyst with Unusual Keratoameloblastomatous Change of the Maxilla: A Case Report and Literat... by Kentaro Kikuchi, Fumio Ide, Shota Takizawa, Seiji Suzuki, Hideaki Sakashita, Tie-Jun Li, Kaoru Kusama

“…The diagnosis of PIOSCC is difficult and based on exclusion of other carcinomas, including metastatic tumors from other primary sites. …”
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Solutions innovantes mises en œuvre pour restaurer et assurer la santé d’une forêt : l’exemple du Bois-Landry by Théo Le Marchand, Christophe Launay, Sébastien Hermeline, Monthuir Bertrand, Jean-François Gerard, Marie-Line Maublanc

“…Une gestion adaptative basée sur le suivi d’indicateurs de changements écologiques a permis de rétablir l’équilibre forêt-chevreuils, permettant production sylvicole, activité sociale au travers d’une chasse modernisée et du tourisme, en favorisant toujours la biodiversité. …”
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Ovarian Cancer Prognostic Prediction Model Using RNA Sequencing Data by Seokho Jeong, Lydia Mok, Se Ik Kim, TaeJin Ahn, Yong-Sang Song, Taesung Park

“…These steps of the prognostic prediction model can be applied to other types of cancer besides ovarian cancer.…”
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Compliance and Receipt Lotteries by Philipp Krug, Dominika Langenmayr, Niklas Rauhut, Finn Ole Schmude, Thea Seitz, Douglas Strasoldo, Moritz Withoeft

“…As a countermeasure, Germany recently introduced mandatory cash registers and obligatory receipts. At the same time, other countries use receipt lotteries. This article discusses how such lotteries can be designed to generate a positive effect on tax morale with the help of modern technologies. …”
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Développement et interactions culturelles dans l’Asie du Sud-Est protohistoriques, le cas du Myanmar by Baptiste Pradier, Frédérique Valentin, U Saw Naing Oo, Daw Kay Thwe Oo, Thomas Oliver Pryce

“…Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris…”
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