Aloe Vera Extract-Mediated CuO NPs as Catalysts for the Synthesis of 4-Hydroxy-3-Methoxybenzaldehyde-Connected Piperidine Derivatives and Their Antibacterial Activity by Ponnusamy Packialakshmi, Perumal Gobinath, Anis Ahamed, Hissah Abdulrahman Alodaini, Ashraf Atef Hatamleh, Mohamed Taha Yassin, Akbar Idhayadhulla, Radhakrishnan Surendrakumar

“…Compound 2d is exceptionally active against (5.0 μg/mL, E. coli), and 2c is very effective against (4.0 μg/mL, L. plantarum) when compared to reference drug and other Schiff base of vanillin-associated piperidine derivatives. Finally, we concluded the compounds 2c and 2d have strong antibacterial activity and can be used as antibacterial drugs in the future.…”
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Qualitative and Quantitative Characterization of Monosaccharide Components of Salvia miltiorrhiza, Liguspyragine Hydrochloride, and Glucose Injection by Fa-huan Ge, Xian-peng Ma, Jin-fang Ma, Chang-qiong Bi, Tian-ling Chen, Xiang-dong Zhang, Xue Xiao

“…Five kinds of monosaccharide components, glucose, D-mannose, L-rhamnose monohydrate, galactose, and xylose, were detected by precolumn derivatization HPLC, and their contents were compared with each other. And finally, concentrations of glucose in SLGI were determined and they were higher than the values of marked amount, which showed that one source of glucose might be from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. in SLGI. …”
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Role of sirtuins in obesity and osteoporosis: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets by Yikuan Du, Yuying Huo, Yujia Yang, Peiqi Lin, Wuzheng Liu, Ziqin Wang, Wenqi Zeng, Jiahui Li, Zhonghan Liang, Chenyue Yuan, Jinfeng Zhu, Ziyi Luo, Yi Liu, Chunling Ma, Chun Yang

“…This will be based on the common influences on the occurrence of obesity and OP (such as mesenchymal stem cells, gut microbiota, and insulin). Finally, the potential of SIRT1, an important member of sirtuins, in polyphenolic natural products for the treatment of obesity and OP will be presented. …”
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Suppression of Thrust Fluctuation of a New Ironless Tubular Permanent Magnet Synchronous Linear Motor Based on the Halbach Array by Bo Li, Jun-an Zhang, Zhiping Shi, Xiaolong Zhao, Hao Dong

“…Then, the new motor is compared with the ITPMSLM of rectangle permanent magnet structures (RPMS). Finally, according to the CPMS, the test prototype is built and tested under different working conditions. …”
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Hierarchical Node Replication Attacks Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks by Wassim Znaidi, Marine Minier, Stéphane Ubéda

“…We also perform extensive simulations of our algorithm for random topologies, and we compare those results with other proposals of the literature. Finally, we show the effectiveness of our algorithm and its energy efficiency.…”
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An Improved Predictor-Corrector Guidance Algorithm for Reentry Glide Vehicle Based on Intelligent Flight Range Prediction and Adaptive Crossrange Corridor by Mingjie Li, Chijun Zhou, Lei Shao, Humin Lei, Changxin Luo

“…Then, through the simulation with the different no-fly zones under different disturbed conditions, the stability and validity of the guidance method are verified. Finally, compared with other predictor-corrector algorithms, the proposed method can realize guidance with less sign variation number of bank angle and better avoidance for no-fly zones.…”
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Increased Incidence of Thyroid Dysfunction and Autoimmunity in Patients with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis by Stefano Stagi, Neri Pucci, Laura Di Grande, Cinzia de Libero, Roberto Caputo, Stefano Pantano, Ivan Mattei, Francesca Mori, Maurizio de Martino, Elio Novembre

“…Subclinical hypothyroidism was diagnosed in 6.6% (versus 1.6% of the controls; P<0.05) and overt hypothyroidism in 0.7% (versus 0.0% of the controls; P=NS). Finally, 5.2% of patients were positive for thyroid autoantibodies, which were significantly higher with respect to the controls (0.5%, P<0.05). …”
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Driving Healthy Behaviors through Social Support: The Role of Co-Responsibility in Weight Loss and Maintenance by Melanie Knufinke-Meyfroyt, Carlo Lancia, Yentl Lodewijks, Simon Nienhuijs, Eva Deckers

“…The underlying pathway of associations between Co-responsibility and health outcomes was found to be through Self-efficacy. Finally, it was revealed that increased Co-responsibility caused an improvement in Self-efficacy. …”
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Future network model for integrated collaboration of communication, computing, caching and intelligence by HU Yujiao, HUANG Tao, JIA Qingmin, XIE Renchao, LIU Yunjie

“…Using the on-demand scheduling of multiple automated guided vehicle (AGV) in intelligent manufacturing as a prototype, a qualitative and quantitative analysis was performed to demonstrate the positive impacts of 3CI-CoNet on enhancing business efficiency. Finally, the future development trends and the technological challenges of 3CI-CoNet were summarized.…”
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Channel estimation for double IRS-assisted millimeter wave MIMO systems based on tensor decomposition and manifold optimization by FENG Kaihui, LIU Chen, HUANG Zheng, SONG Yunchao, GAO Runqin

“…Then, the channel estimation problem was decomposed into multiple sub-problems using alternating optimization theory, providing feasible solutions for estimating the channel of each hop in the double IRS scenario. Finally, considering the low-rank characteristics of the millimeter wave channel itself, each channel estimation sub-problem was transformed into an optimization problem on the complex fixed-rank matrix manifold, and a manifold optimization-based alternating channel estimation scheme was proposed by leveraging the advantages of fixed-rank manifold optimization in solving rank-constrained optimization problems. …”
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Multifeature Extraction of Three-Dimensional Topography of Carbon Steel Specimen during Fatigue Process by Tao Liu, Jingxiong Wu, Jingfa Lei, Xue Wang, Bingqi Zhang, Shu Zhang

“…The Bayesian data fusion method was applied to establish a nonlinear mapping between the topography features and the damage, with the above five characteristic parameters (Sa, Δα, A, μ, and δ) as the data layer. Finally, a surface topography feature fusion method is proposed, and a case study is conducted to verify its applicability. …”
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Research on the Effect of Geometric Parameters on the Stress Concentration Factor of Multi-Planar KK-Joints and Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Wrapping Rehabilitation with Numeric... by Yuhao Shi, Peng Deng, Shiqi Zhao, Yan Liu, Zhongyi Zhu, Yunkai Chen

“…Analysis of the effects of different layers and directions of polymer wrap revealed that even six layers of wrapping effectively reduced the stress concentration compared to the initial model. Finally, based on the results of parametric analysis and nonlinear fitting, a calculation formula for the stress concentration factor suitable for KK-joints under axial loads is proposed.…”
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Potential Clinical Application of Analysis of Bisphenols in Pericardial Fluid from Patients with Coronary Artery Disease with the Use of Liquid Chromatography Combined with Fluores... by Tomasz Tuzimski, Szymon Szubartowski, Janusz Stążka, Kamil Baczewski, Daria Janiszewska, Viorica Railean, Bogusław Buszewski, Małgorzata Szultka-Młyńska

“…After statistical examination of the relationships between the selected variables, a strongly positive correlation was found between creatinine kinase and troponin I, as well as the number of venous anastomoses, circulation time, and clamp cap time.…”
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An Experimental Study with Model Calibration for the Permanent Strain of Granite Residual Soil Subgrade under Drying-Wetting Cycles by Xuefei Yang, Dongxia Chen, Yue Liu, Sheng Zhang

“…This criterion illustrates that with the increase of D-W cycles number, the permanent strain evaluation pattern of GRS is gradually changing from plastic stabilization to plastic creep. Finally, a quadratic function model referring to the log-log scale is proposed to fit well the relationship between the permanent strain and loading cycle number of GRS under D-W cycles. …”
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Can Occupational Stress be Reduced by Gamification? A Study of Newcomers by Žigimantas Pečiūra

“…This trend was also observed with perceived challenges and competition in the workplace environment. Finally, gameful experiences related to guidance, social connectedness, accomplishments, and playfulness predicted lower stress scores. …”
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THE RISE OF ETHNIC MILITIA, BANDITRY AND IMPLICATION ON NATIONAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA by ABARE YUNUSA KALLAH, ADO AHMED IBRAHIM, MAKBERE ARTHUR JACOB

“…Frustration aggression theory and Relative deprivation theory was used. Finally, the study suggests that for the interest of peace and stability, there is the urgent need for immediate redress to the inherent lapses in Nigeria’s inherited federal structure, through a programmed professional participation that would be reflective of its peculiar socio-historical experiences. …”
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Mixed Integer Linear Programming Based Speed Profile Optimization for Heavy-Haul Trains by Huazhen Yu, Yihui Wang, Andrea D’Ariano, Anzheng Lai, Youneng Huang

“…Moreover, piecewise affine (PWA) functions are used to approximate the basic resistance of the HHT. Finally, a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model is developed, which can be solved by CPLEX. …”
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Transmission Lines Insulator State Detection Method Based on Deep Learning by Xu Tan, Shiying Hou, Fan Yang, Zhimin Li

“…Then, combined with dataset augmentation, including cropping, flipping, rotating, scaling, and splicing and a bounding box loss function incorporating a dynamic non-monotonic focus mechanism, 4000 visible images from different voltage levels of transmission lines are used for training. Finally, using a confusion matrix combined with comparative and ablation experiments, the results of insulator state detection are analyzed. …”
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Masked autoencoder of multi-scale convolution strategy combined with knowledge distillation for facial beauty prediction by Junying Gan, Junling Xiong

“…Second, the MAE model is constructed for the student net. Finally, the teacher net performs knowledge distillation, and the student net receives the loss function transmitted from the teacher net for optimization. …”
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Detection of False Data Injection Attack in Smart Grid Based on Extended Kalman and Smooth Variable Structure Filter by Wenlong Jiang, Wengen Gao, Wenjing Wang, Yunfei Li, Yaru Li, Guoqing Zhang

“…The Euclidean distance between the dynamic state estimates from EK-SVSF and the static estimates from WLS is calculated and compared to a predefined detection threshold to identify FDIA effectively. Finally, simulations conducted on IEEE 14-bus and IEEE 30-bus systems demonstrate that the proposed method effectively detects FDIA.…”
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