3D/4D printed bio-composites reinforced by bamboo charcoal and continuous flax fibres for superior mechanical strength, flame retardancy and recoverability by Mahdi Bodaghi, Kaveh Rahmani, Mohammadreza Lalegani Dezaki, Callum Branfoot, Jon Baxendale

“…Shape memory tests under cold/hot programming protocols demonstrated efficient shape fixation with shape recovery ratios reaching up to 98.9 % for pure PLA and 89 % for PLA/BC/CFF for hot programming. Finally, a conceptual meta-bio-composite was 4D printed, showcasing key achievements such as quasi-zero stiffness, constant force behaviour, enhanced energy absorption/dissipation, and excellent recoverability and reusability. …”
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Novel metabolic prognostic score for predicting survival in patients with cancer by Jinyu Shi, Chenan Liu, Xin Zheng, Yue Chen, Heyang Zhang, Tong Liu, Qi Zhang, Li Deng, Hanping Shi

“…The Kaplan–Meier method was used to evaluate the survival of patients with varying burdens of metabolic disorders. Finally, nomogram prognostic models and corresponding calculators were constructed and evaluated using the areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC), decision curve analysis (DCA), and calibration curves. …”
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Public Speech Anxiety among Medical Residency Trainees in Riyadh by Taha Alhazmi, Aisha Khalid Alraddadi, Hussa Ibrahim Alabdulkarim, Norah Abdullah Al-Rowais

“…Moreover, the findings of the study showed that stuttering (91.1%), negative perceptions of individuals' own voice (77.8%), and language barriers (76.8%) were the main factors influencing the public speaking anxiety among medical residents. Finally, we found through linear regression analysis that PSA is not significantly predicted by participants' living region, marital Status, gender, residency level, type of pre-college school, age or being previously diagnosed by a mental health issue…”
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Exploring the Teaching Mode of English Audiovisual Speaking in Multimedia Network Environment by Shunlan Wang

“…The continuous Gabor super-complete atomic set is constructed based on the continuous space search property of PSO to improve the optimal atomic matching of the evolutionary process. Finally, the recognition of English pronunciation is realized by the support vector machine (SVM) algorithm. …”
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SLC2A5 Correlated with Immune Infiltration: A Candidate Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker for Lung Adenocarcinoma by Lianxiang Luo, Jiating Su, Yushi Zheng, Fangfang Huang, Riming Huang, Hui Luo

“…The data analysis in the UALCAN database showed that the decreased promoter methylation level of SLC2A5 in LUAD may lead to the high expression of SLC2A5. Finally, we used the LinkedOmics database to evaluate the SLC2A5-related coexpression and functional networks in LUAD and to investigate their role in tumor immunity. …”
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Completeness of Telehealth Interventions Reporting in Randomized Controlled Trials for Caregivers of People With Dementia: Systematic Review by Ling Zhu, Yurong Xing, Wenhui Xu, Hongfei Jia, Xiaoxiao Wang, Shiqing Liu, Yaping Ding

“…ResultsThirty-eight eligible RCTs were included finally, and the overall quality of the studies was assessed as moderate. …”
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The critical role of trust in adopting AI-powered educational technology for learning: An instrument for measuring student perceptions by Tanya Nazaretsky, Paola Mejia-Domenzain, Vinitra Swamy, Jibril Frej, Tanja Käser

“…We then utilize Structural Equations Modeling to explore the causal relationships among these factors, confirming that students' trust in AI-EdTech positively influences AI-EdTech's perceived usefulness both directly and indirectly through AI-readiness. Finally, we use our instrument to analyze 665 student responses, covering eight courses and Bachelor's and Master's degree programs. …”
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Adsorption of Volatile Carboxylic Acids on Activated Carbon Synthesized from Watermelon Shells by Catalina López-Velandia, Jonathan Julian Moreno-Barbosa, Rocio Sierra-Ramirez, Liliana Giraldo, Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraján

“…The carbon was modified by adding 10M NaOH. Finally, the physical and chemical characteristics of the synthesized AC were studied, which gave the following results: The surface area was 710 m 2 /g for CAS and 864 m 2 /g for CASM, a microporous and mesoporous structure, pore-size distribution of 0.39–4.54 nm for CAS and 0.39–6.0 nm for CASM, pore volume of 0.26 cm 3 /g for CAS and 0.55 cm 3 /g for CASM. …”
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Exploring a role for performance management in residential child care by Russell Sutherland

“…It will argue for a more realistic monitoring process for residential child care. Finally, it will suggest that unit managers should be skilled in management models and theories to enable them to achieve better integration between organisational objectives and delivery of services at unit level.…”

Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells Differentiate into Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblast-Like Cells under the Influence of Tumor-Derived Factors by Constantin Jotzu, Eckhard Alt, Gabriel Welte, Jie Li, Bryan T. Hennessy, Eswaran Devarajan, Srinivasalu Krishnappa, Severin Pinilla, Lilly Droll, Yao-Hua Song

“…The induction of CAFs can be abolished using a neutralizing antibody to TGFβ1 as well as by pretreatment of the hASCs with SB431542, a TGFβ1 receptor kinase inhibitor. Additionally, we found that these hASC-derived CAF-like cells exhibit functional properties of CAFs, including the ability to promote tumor cell invasion in an in vitro invasion assay, as well as increased expression of stromal-cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1) and CCL5. …”
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VCP downstream metabolite glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) inhibits CD8+T cells function in the HCC microenvironment by Cheng Cheng, Qingrui Zha, Linmao Sun, Tianming Cui, Xinyu Guo, Changjian Xing, Zhengxiang Chen, Changyong Ji, Shuhang Liang, Shengwei Tao, Junhui Chu, Chenghui Wu, Qi Chu, Xuetian Gu, Ning Zhang, Yumin Fu, Shumin Deng, Yitong Zhu, Jiabei Wang, Yao Liu, Lianxin Liu

“…The accumulated G3P diffuses into the TME and directly interacts with SRC-family tyrosine kinase LCK, a critical component of the T-cell receptor (TCR) signaling pathway in CD8+T cells. …”
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Deep-insights: Nanoengineered gel-based localized drug delivery for arthritis management by Anitha Sriram, Harshada Ithape, Pankaj Kumar Singh

“…Simply put, the ELVIS effect refers to the extravasation of nanocarriers through leaky vasculatures, which finally results in the accumulation of nanocarriers in the joint cavity.…”
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Isolation, Serotyping, and Molecular Detection of Bovine FMD Virus from Outbreak Cases in Abaʼala District of Afar Region, Ethiopia by Teshager Dubie, Tsedale Amare

“…Out of 27 samples, 18 of them were inoculated on cultured Baby hamster kidney (BHK-21) monolayer cells, and all 27 samples were tested using conventional RT-PCR and sets of specific universal primers. Finally, the PCR products were visualized with UV illumination and imaged with gel documentation system. …”
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Entre las costas mediterráneas y la Patagonia austral by Mercedes Bares

“…En lo que respecta en particular a la isla de Sicilia, cabe destacar significativas obras manuscritas, como aquellas primigenias de finales del siglo XVI por Tiburzio Spannocchi y Camillo Camilliani. …”
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Synergistic anticancer effects of cisplatin and phenolic aglycones of the aerial part of Rumex dentatus L. in tongue squamous cell carcinoma: insights from network pharmacology and... by Amany E. Ragab, Ghada M. Al-Ashmawy, Sherin R. El Afify, Ola A. El-Feky, Amera O. Ibrahim

“…KEGG analysis indicated that the drug combination might work through pathways like PI3K-Akt signaling, microRNAs in cancer, and EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance. Conclusions Combining cisplatin with R. dentatus L. may be a promising approach for treating tongue carcinoma by affecting multiple pathways, providing a new perspective for developing more effective treatments for OSCC.…”
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La incorporación de las mujeres a la visita médica en España (1915-2000) by Raúl Rodríguez Nozal, Ignacio Romero Jiménez

“…En este trabajo, estudiamos la paulatina incorporación de la mujer a esta actividad en España, desde que tenemos noticias de ello (1915), cuando su presencia era prácticamente anecdótica, hasta finales del siglo XX, cuando se produjo la normalización de esta actividad entre las féminas y, por lo tanto, su definitiva incorporación a este sector profesional. …”
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Damage evolution of slab tracks with complex temperature distribution by Yang Li, Kailin Cao, Jinjie Chen, Haiyan Li, Zhihao Yang, Guocui Wang

“…Next, the numerical model was used to investigate the damage evolution of the track caused by its complex nonlinear temperature distribution. Finally, the study thoroughly examined the effects of variations of temperature distribution characteristics on the track's mechanical performance. …”
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Exploring Multi-Pathology Brain Segmentation: From Volume-Based to Component-Based Deep Learning Analysis by Ioannis Stathopoulos, Roman Stoklasa, Maria Anthi Kouri, Georgios Velonakis, Efstratios Karavasilis, Efstathios Efstathopoulos, Luigi Serio

“…In the first case, a dice score coefficient (DSC), sensitivity, and precision of 0.76, 0.78, and 0.82, respectively, were found, while in the second case the model detected and segmented correct (True positives) the 48.8% (DSC ≥ 0.5) of abnormal components, partially correct the 27.1% (0.05 > DSC > 0.5), and missed (False Negatives) the 24.1%, while it produced 25.1% False Positives. Finally, we present an extended analysis between the True positives, False Negatives, and False positives versus their position inside the brain, their intensity at three MRI modalities (FLAIR, T2, and T1ce) and their volume.…”
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Height Measurement Method for Meter-Wave Multiple Input Multiple Output Radar Based on Transmitted Signals and Receive Filter Design by Cong Qin, Qin Zhang, Guimei Zheng, Xiaolong Fu, He Zheng

“…We transformed it into two sub-optimization problems and approximated the optimal solution through an alternating iteration algorithm. Finally, the proposed height measurement algorithm is compared with the Generalized Multiple Signal Classification (GMUSIC) and Maximum Likelihood (ML) height measurement algorithms. …”
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Label iteration-based clustering ensemble algorithm by HE Yulin, YANG Jin, HUANG Zhexue, YIN Jianfei

“…Thirdly, the sample points without labels were labeled with heuristic classifier which was iteratively enhanced with the labeled sample points having the consistent labeling for clustering and classification. Finally, a series of persuasive experiments were conducted to validate the feasibility and effectiveness of LICE algorithm. …”
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