Molecular Epidemiology of Human Norovirus Variants from Outbreaks in Zhejiang Province, China, during 2021 by Yi Sun, Yongjuan Yuan, Haiyan Mao, Lingxuan Su, Qiong Ge, Jian Gao, Changping Xu, Liming Gong

“…Furthermore, the whole genomes of positive samples were sequenced, enabling the characterization of both nucleotide and amino acid differences within the virus. Finally, phylogenetic trees were constructed to further analyze and understand the genetic relationships among the detected viruses. …”
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In the Plots of Neoliberalism: the Impact of AirBnb on Hotel Industry and the Real Estate Market in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Rita de Cássia Ariza da Cruz, Cristina Pereira de Araujo, Luciano Muniz Abreu

“…Furthermore, although no evidence was found that this platform has had a significant impact on hotel occupancy rates, ADR and RevPAR in these cities in recent years, the competition between AirBnb and hotel industry is considered unfair. Finally, there are signs of an impact on the real estate market typologies in both São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, where there has been an increase in real estate launches explicitly aimed at seasonal rentals.…”
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Effectiveness of Contrast Agents and Molecular Indicators in Alzheimer's Diagnosis Through PET and SPECT Imaging on Animal Models by Yasaman Abaszadeh, Ramin Ardalani, Athena Dehghan Najm Abadi

“…Results: As a result of the initial search, 172 original articles were included in the study. Finally, data from 116 studies were extracted. The most used contrast agents were [¹⁸F] fluorodeoxyglucose and its derivatives, [11C] acetate, and chemicals based on iodine, respectively. …”
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Proportional-Switch Adjustment Process-Based Day-by-Day Evolution Model for Mixed Traffic Flow in an Autonomous Driving Environment by Yihao Huang, Han Zhang, Aiwu Kuang

“…The fundamental properties of the model are validated. Finally, numerical simulations on an N-dimensional (N-D) network confirm the validity and effectiveness of the daily evolution model for mixed traffic flow. …”
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Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Cytology Quality in Thyroid Nodules with 22-, 23-, and 25-Gauge Needles by YiJie Dong, LiLi Gao, Yang Sui, MinJing Mao, WeiWei Zhan, JianQiao Zhou

“…Each nodule was sampled using 22 G, 23 G, and 25 G needle according to designed orders, and 1240 smears were finally obtained. Cytology quality was scored by a cytologist blinded to needle selection. …”
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High fatigue levels among psychiatric outpatients – the validity of the Danish Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Fatigue Short-Form (PROMISF-SF) by Ragnar Klein Olsen, Sidse M. Arnfred, Christina Madsen, Oliver Rumle Hovmand

“…We furthermore evaluated the construct validity of the PROMIS-F-SF by means of its relationship with the CFS-11. Finally, we evaluated the utility of the PROMIS-F-SF to identify patient-status by conducting receiver operating characteristic curves. …”
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Temporal Evolution of Environmental Impact Arising from Municipal Solid Waste Treatment Systems: A Case Study of Guangzhou, China by Guangli Zhou, Yifan Gu, Yufeng Wu, Yu Gong

“…Among the various strategies considered, the scenario focusing on technological improvement exhibited the most significant reduction in overall environmental impact by enhancing power generation efficiency and minimizing pollution emissions, followed by metering and charging policies utilizing economic levers. Finally, recommendations on the coupling effect of policies, greenhouse gas emission reduction, and incineration residue recycling are proposed. …”
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MEG3 Alleviated LPS-Induced Intestinal Injury in Sepsis by Modulating miR-129-5p and Surfactant Protein D by Xianjin Du, Dan Tian, Jie Wei, Chen Yan, Peng Hu, Xu Wu, Wenbin Yang

“…Previously, we proved SP-D was reduced in sepsis and it depressed the intestinal injury in vivo. Finally, the correlation among MEG3, miR-129-5p, and SP-D was predicted and confirmed in our investigation. …”
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Data-Driven Bearing Fault Diagnosis of Microgrid Network Power Device Based on a Stacked Denoising Autoencoder in Deep Learning and Clustering by Fast Search without Data Labels by Fan Xu, Xin Shu, Xin Li, Xiaodi Zhang

“…The root mean square (RMS), kurtosis, Shannon entropy (SHE), approximate entropy (AE), permutation entropy (PE), and principal component analysis (PCA) are also used to construct the HI. Finally, the results show that the performance of the method (SDAE-CFS) presented is superior to other combination HI models, such as EEMD-SVD-FCM/k-means/k-medoids, stacked autoencoder-CFS (SAE-CFS), RMS, kurtosis, SHE, AE, PE, and PCA.…”
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Doğrudan Yabancı Sermaye Yatırımlarının Sanayi Üretim Endeksi ve Seçilmiş Alt Üretim Endeksleri Arasındaki İlişki: Türkiye Örneği by Cem Koçak, Taha Bahadır Saraç

“…Özellikle hizmetler sektörü içerisinde finans ve bankacılık sektörünün yabancı yatırımcılar açısından tercih edildiği Türkiye’de imalat sanayisine yönelik doğrudan yabancı sermaye yatırımlarının 2020-2024 Haziran dönemindeki payı ise %24,2 seviyesinde oluşmuştur. …”
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Development and Validation of a Nosocomial Infection Nomogram Model in the NICU: A Novel and Nurse-Led Way to Prediction in Preterm Infants by Shang Y, Chen L, Hu X, Zhang K, Cheng Q, Shui X, Deng Z

“…Bootstrap method was used to repeat 1,000 times for internal validation.Results: A total of 892 preterm infants were finally included and a nurse-led predictive model established, which included six variables: skin color changes, respiratory related changes, feeding deterioration, birth weight, number of arterial and venous blood draws, and days of nasogastric tube placement. …”
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Visualization Methods of 3D Plant Models: A Systematic Mapping Study by Shilin Di, Lingzhi Cao, Yongqi Ge

“…We searched for papers from July 2010 to November 2020 from four mainstream databases, namely, ACM, IEEE Xplore, EI, and Web of Science, and found more than 2,900 papers on 3D-PMV. Finally, we selected 60 qualified papers. We mainly followed the SMS method to classify papers by answering seven questions, mainly extracting data for analysis on research types, research goals, model construction methods, visual model categories, number of publications, tools, and methods. …”
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Automatic detection and counting of wheat spike based on DMseg-Count by Hecang Zang, Yilong Peng, Meng Zhou, Guoqiang Li, Guoqing Zheng, Hualei Shen

“…Secondly, an element-by-element point multiplication mechanism was designed to fuse global and local contextual supervision information of wheat spike. Finally, the total loss function was constructed to optimize the model. …”
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Stability Analysis and Derived Control Measures for Rock Surrounding a Roadway in a Lower Coal Seam under Concentrated Stress of a Coal Pillar by Zhuoyue Sun, Yongzheng Wu, Zhiguo Lu, Youliang Feng, Xiaowei Chu, Kang Yi

“…Then, the evolution laws of the floor principal stress difference under different factors that influence stability were further examined. Finally, stability control measures for the rock surrounding the roadway in the lower coal seam were proposed. …”
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Hepatoprotective Role of 4-Octyl Itaconate in Concanavalin A-Induced Autoimmune Hepatitis by Wenchang Yang, Yaxin Wang, Peng Zhang, Tao Wang, Chengguo Li, Xin Tong, Xiangyu Zeng, Yuping Yin, Kaixiong Tao, Ruidong Li

“…Therefore, OI protected mice from Con A-induced liver damage and may be associated with Nrf2 activation and NF-𝜅B inhibition. Finally, our study revealed that OI inhibited TNF-α, or supernatants from Con A-treated RAW264.7 cells induced hepatocyte apoptosis. …”
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Influence of cement particle size, ultra-fine fly ash, and ultra-fine silica fume on the physical and microscopic properties of slurry by Kai Wang, Siyang Guo, Hua Yuan, Jiahui Ren, Pengyu Chen, Qihao Zhang

“…Therefore, replacing cement with UFA and USF can reduce cement consumption and improve performance. Finally, using orthogonal experiments, the optimal slurry ratio with comprehensive performance was selected as follows: UC of K1340, 0.7 W/C, 30 % UFA, 10 % USF, and 1 % water reducer. …”
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A New Perspective on Hydrogen Chloride Scavenging at High Temperatures for Reducing the Smoke Acidity of PVC in Fires—III: EN 60754-2 and the Species in Solution Affecting pH and C... by Iacopo Bassi, Claudia Bandinelli, Francesca Delchiaro, Gianluca Sarti

“…A further outcome regards the experimental demonstration of the limits and incongruencies of EN 60754-2 as an instrument for assessing the additional classification for acidity for cables. Finally, a statistical method to understand through pH and conductivity measurements if the scavenging mechanism acts in the condensed phase is presented.…”
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Minimizing the Diagnostic Delay in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: The Role of Nonneurologist Practitioners by Martin Matharan, Stéphane Mathis, Sarah Bonabaud, Louis Carla, Antoine Soulages, Gwendal Le Masson

“…The main objective is, of course, to initiate appropriate treatment and care as soon as possible. Finally, based on our results, we also provide a short practical diagram to help nonneurologist practitioners to quickly discuss the diagnosis of ALS in case of some specific symptoms (“red flags”).…”
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Comparison of Resistive Index, Pulsatility Index, and Arterial Waveform at the Comparison of Resistive Index, Pulsatility Index, and Arterial Waveform at the Site of Hepatic Artery... by Hussein Soleimantabar, Saeed Nasiri, Farshad Gharebakhshi, Samaneh Ahmadi

“…The evaluated indicators were analyzed as the average of three consecutive measurements. Finally, the results obtained in the two groups were compared using SPSS statistical software. …”
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Polyphenols synergistic drugs to ameliorate non-alcoholic fatty liver disease via signal pathway and gut microbiota: A review by Hongcai Li, Jingjing Liang, Mengzhen Han, Zhenpeng Gao

“…Secondly, it examined recent advances in the treatment and intervention of NAFLD with drugs and polyphenols and the therapeutic effect of the combination of the two. Finally, we highlight the underlying mechanisms of polyphenol combined drug therapy in NAFLD. …”
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