Impact of Scleroderma‐Associated Autoantibodies on Clinical Outcome Assessments: Post Hoc Analysis From a Randomised, Double‐blind, Placebo‐controlled, Phase 3 Trial of Tocilizumab... by Basmah Al Dulaijan, Suiyuan Huang, Celia J. F. Lin, Christopher P. Denton, Dinesh Khanna

“…We assessed the impact of baseline SSc‐Abs on six COAs: modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS), forced vital capacity (FVC%), Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index, patient and clinical global assessments, and American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Composite Response Index in Systemic Sclerosis (CRISS). …”
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Effects of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy on anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: a systematic review and m... by Shuangyu Wang, Lishuo Gao, Congyu Wang, Jinbing Bai, Mengshuang Shen, Xuejie Zhao, Mei Lin

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Islet organoids: a new hope for islet transplantation in diabetes by Xuemei Yu, Chengkong Liu, Zheng Kuang, Siyuan Song, Limin Tian, Yi Wang, Yi Wang

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Lower grass stomatal conductance under elevated CO2 can decrease transpiration and evapotranspiration rates despite carbon fertilization by Sate Ahmad, Charilaos Yiotis, Weimu Xu, Jan Knappe, Laurence Gill, Jennifer McElwain

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New Evaluation Method for Fuzzy Cluster Validity Indices by Ismay Perez-Sanchez, Miguel Angel Medina-Perez, Raul Monroy, Octavio Loyola-Gonzalez, Andres Eduardo Gutierrez-Rodriguez

“…The experiments are conducted evaluating the partitions generated by the fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm over 84 UCI datasets with 31 fuzzy CVIs. Experimental results evidenced the need for bigger experimental setups compared to previous studies. …”
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2D physically unclonable functions of the arbiter type by V. N. Yarmolik, A. A. Ivaniuk

“…Such an  approach allows building two-dimensional physically unclonable functions (2D-APUF), in which, unlike  classical APUF, the challenge generated for each basic element selects a pair of paths not from two possible, but from a larger number of them. …”
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Legionella pneumophila response to shifts in biofilm structure mediated by hydrodynamics by Ana Rosa Silva, C. William Keevil, Ana Pereira

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A review on challenges and future of green charging networks for zero emission electric transportation by Ijaz Ahmed, Muhammad Maaruf, Amjad Ali, Mohammad AlMuhaini, Muhammad Khalid

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EVALUATION OF THE WIDELY-USED EQUATIONS OF HYDRAULIC LOSS CALCULATION AND CALIBRATION OF THE HAZEN-WILLIAMS EQUATION IN DRIP IRRIGATION LATERALS by Sh. Shafaei, Gh. Zarei, K. Ebrahimi, Sh. Soleimani, M. Shamsi

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Ecofriendly dyeing of silk fabric with yellow natural and synthetic dye by Hamid Ali Tanveer, Shahid Adeel, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Ibrahim, Al Mojnun Shamim, Muhammad Aftab, Muhammad Imran, Rony Mia

“…The utilization of advanced technologies in isolation of natural products and the application of synthetic dyes is gaining worldwide attention for their eco-friendly and cost-effective nature. …”
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Optimizing Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Performance Using Advanced Meta-Heuristic Algorithms by Siva Ram Rajeyyagari, Srinivas Nowduri

“…The main novelty of this work lies in the application of six meta-heuristic algorithms for optimizing the weights and biases of the trained RBF network. …”
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Persistent functional and taxonomic groups dominate an 8,000-year sedimentary sequence from Lake Cadagno, Switzerland by Paula Rodriguez, Jasmine S. Berg, Longhui Deng, Longhui Deng, Hendrik Vogel, Michal Okoniewski, Mark A. Lever, Mark A. Lever, Cara Magnabosco

“…While younger sediments (<1,000 years) are dominated by typical anaerobic surface sedimentary bacterial taxa (Deltaproteobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Firmicutes), older layers with lower organic matter concentrations and reduced terminal electron acceptor availability are dominated by taxa previously identified as “persistent populations” within deep anoxic marine sediments (Candidatus Bathyarchaeia, Chloroflexi, and Atribacteria). …”
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Boosting the thermal efficiency of a flat-tube parabolic trough solar collector with the introduction of innovative slashed triangular prism turbulators by Sultan Alshehery, Qasem Al Mdallal, Ahmed A. Altohamy, Lotfi Ben Said, Mohamed Bouzidi, Turki Alkathiri, Lioua Kolsi

“…For the first time, an innovative turbulator known as the triangular prisms turbulator (TPT) has been utilized, with its geometry specifically designed to fit precisely within the flat tube. …”
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Flood Risk Assessment and Zoning for Niamey and Lokoja Metropolises in Niger and Nigeria by Youssoufa Doulla Nouhou, Martins Yusuf Otache, Salamatou Abdourahamane Illiassou, Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola, Appollonia Aimiosino Okhimamhe, Thanh Thi Nguyen

“…This comparative study between Niamey and Lokoja employs Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to delineate flood susceptibility, vulnerability, and risk zones. The study utilized a comprehensive range of thematic layers, with weight percentages assigned to each parameter as follows: 29% for elevation, 24% for slope, 15% for the Topographic Wetness Index (TWI), 9% for drainage density, 9% for distance from rivers, 4% for both precipitation and the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI), and 2% each for the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and soil type. …”
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Invited perspectives: Integrating hydrologic information into the next generation of landslide early warning systems by B. B. Mirus, B. B. Mirus, T. Bogaard, R. Greco, M. Stähli

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Optimizing therapeutic outcomes: preconditioning strategies for MSC-derived extracellular vesicles by Yuqi Song, Fengrui Liang, Weikun Tian, Erin Rayhill, Liping Ye, Xinghan Tian

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It’s about TIME – Gal-9 as a potential immunotherapeutic target in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Christin Knickmeier, Gaetan Aime Noubissi Nzeteu, Bernhard F. Gibbs, Frederik J. H. Hoogwater, Maarten W. Nijkamp, Maximilian Bockhorn, N. Helge Meyer

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Enhancing the photocatalytic performance and chemical durability of AZ31 magnesium alloy by incorporating two types of nanoparticles through plasma electrolytic oxidation by Mosab Kaseem, Abdullah H. Alluhayb, Talitha Tara Thanaa, Arash Fattah-alhosseini, Mohammad Alkaseem

“…This approach aims to achieve an optimal balance between efficiency and stability by finely tuning the structure-surface reactivity relationship. The technique utilizes a plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) method. …”
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Competency-based training in anaesthesiology: train the trainers first. A descriptive cross-sectional survey by the committee of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensi... by Vojislava Neskovic, Carmen Oliveira, Carmen Oliveira, Aeyal Raz, Lesley Bromley, Gordana Jovanovic

“…The aim of this descriptive cross-sectional survey, performed from 1 September 2021 until 31 October 2021, and promoted by the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) was to establish the current level of knowledge and faculty development among European countries regarding competency-based education and training (CBMET) in anesthesia and intensive care.ResultsA total of 711 responses of anaesthesiologists working in 46 European countries were analyzed. …”
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Influence of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and aluminum-carbon layered double hydroxides (Al-C LDH) in polypropylene matrix of hybrid composite structures on the microstructure and... by R. Daulath Banu, R. Karunanithi, S. Sivasankaran, B. Subramanian, Abdullah A. Alhomidan

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