Cystitis glandularis due to Escherichia coli infection in a diabetic Miniature Schnauzer: a case report by J. P. Rey Amunategui, D. Echeverria, A. Duchene

“…In this case report, we describe for the first time a case of cystitis glandularis in a dog with diabetes mellitus, associated with Escherichia coli urinary tract infection. Case presentation A 12 year old 9.2-kg (20.2-lb) castrated male Miniature Schnauzer with diabetes mellitus, was referred because of continued dysuria, pollakiuria and hematuria without a satisfactory response to treatment. …”
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Experimental study on freeze-thaw damage characteristics and mechanical properties of fractured rock mass of surface mine slope in cold region by Sen TIAN, Ying ZHAO, Hu SI, Chun ZHU, Quangui LI

“…The peak values of frost heave forces of rock samples with crack inclinations (0°, 25°, 50°, 75°) are 3.68, 3.88, 4.04, 4.13 MPa, respectively. …”
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Navigating ALICE: Advancements in Deployable Docking and Precision Detection for AUV Operations by Yevgeni Gutnik, Nir Zagdanski, Sharon Farber, Tali Treibitz, Morel Groper

“…This work introduces a comprehensive docking solution featuring the following two key innovations: (1) a novel deployable docking station (DDS) designed for rapid deployment from vessels of opportunity, operating without active acoustic transmitters; and (2) an innovative sensor fusion approach that combines the AUV’s onboard forward-looking sonar and camera data. …”
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Intensification of the process of equal channel angular pressing using ultrasonic vibrations by Vasily V. Rubanik, Marina S. Lomach, Vasily V. Rubanik Jr., Valery F. Lutsko, Sofya V. Gusakova

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Can laser irradiation improve the strength of weak rock mass? by Xiaowei Feng, Peng Huang, Valter Carvelli, Gongshun Lin, Chuankai Zhu, Fengzhen He

“…The results showed that, in addition to the effects already demonstrated, laser irradiation can improve the strength of the soft rock, especially in the saturated state. The process involved a complicated phase change including melting and evaporation of the matrix under high-temperature and high-pressure to form a glassy high strength silicate material. …”
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Endothelial Adhesion of Targeted Microbubbles in Both Small and Great Vessels Using Ultrasound Radiation Force by Jia Liu, Ping Zhang, Ping Liu, Yang Zhao, Shunji Gao, Kaibin Tan, Zheng Liu

“…The effectiveness of microbubble-mediated ultrasound molecular imaging and drug delivery has been significantly affected by the axial laminar flow of vessels which prevents ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) from targeting vascular endothelium. …”
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Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Method Using Vocal Biomarkers for Identifying Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Study by Taehwan Kim, Jung-Yeon Choi, Myung Jin Ko, Kwang-il Kim

“…The SpeechAI model showed promising accuracy and AUC, outperforming models based solely on demographic data or traditional acoustic features. …”
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Ultrasonic Analysis of Peptide- and Antibody-Targeted Microbubble Contrast Agents for Molecular Imaging of αβ-Expressing Cells by Paul A. Dayton, David Pearson, Jarrod Clark, Scott Simon, Patricia A. Schumann, Reena Zutshi, Terry O. Matsunaga, Katherine W. Ferrara

“…Specific adhesion of these contrast agents to α v β 3 -expressing cell monolayers is demonstrated in vitro, and compared with that of nontargeted agents. Acoustic studies illustrate a backscatter amplitude increase from monolayers exposed to the targeted contrast agents of up to 13-fold (22 dB) relative to enhancement due to control bubbles. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Thermometry of Focused Ultrasound Using a Preclinical Focused Ultrasound Robotic System at 3T by Antria Filippou, Nikolas Evripidou, Andreas Georgiou, Leonidas Georgiou, Antreas Chrysanthou, Cleanthis Ioannides, Christakis Damianou

“…MR thermometry was assessed at 3T, for identical sonications on three agar-based phantoms doped with varied silica and evaporated milk concentrations, and for sonications executed at varied acoustic power of 1.5–45 W. …”
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Multivariate-coupled-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy with Chebyshev rational fractional-order filtering algorithm for trace CH4 detection by Shenlong Zha, Hang Chen, Chen Liu, Yuxiang Guo, Hongliang Ma, Qilei Zhang, Lingli Li, Shengbao Zhan, Gang Cheng, Yanan Cao, Pan Pan

“…Post-processing results demonstrated a 15.4-fold improvement in measurement precision, achieving a precision of 0.578 ppm. …”
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Ultrasound-triggered drug release and cytotoxicity of microbubbles with diverse drug attributes by Chi-Fen Chuang, Chia-Wei Lin, Chih-Kuang Yeh

“…Ultrasound (US)-triggered cavitation of drug-loaded microbubbles (MBs) represents a promising approach for targeted drug delivery, with substantial benefits attainable through precise control over drug release dosage and form. This study investigates Camptothecin-loaded MBs (CPT-MBs) and Doxorubicin-loaded MBs (DOX-MBs), focusing on how properties such as hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, and charged functional groups affect their interaction with the lipid surfaces of MBs, thereby influencing the fundamental characteristics and acoustic properties of the drug-loaded MBs. …”
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Automated Prognostics and Diagnostics of Railway Tram Noises Using Machine Learning by Junhui Huang, Hao Liu, Wenyan Xi, Sakdirat Kaewunruen

“…Data collection is carried out on a tram line in Birmingham, using an iPhone 11 to record acoustic data at a sample rate of 48 kHz. The noise is categorized into impact noise, rolling noise, flanging noise, and squeal noise based on frequency and power spectrum characteristics. …”
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The accuracy of an Online Sequential Extreme Learning Machine in detecting voice pathology using the Malaysian Voice Pathology Database by Nur Ain Nabila Za’im, Fahad Taha AL-Dhief, Mawaddah Azman, Majid Razaq Mohamed Alsemawi, Nurul Mu′azzah Abdul Latiff, Marina Mat Baki

“…Compared to other classifiers, OSELM showed superior accuracy and sensitivity in detecting dysphonic voices, differentiating structural versus non-structural vocal fold pathology, and between malignant and benign voice pathology. …”
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ML-Based Quantitative Analysis of Linguistic and Speech Features Relevant in Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease by Tripti Tripathi, Rakesh Kumar

“…The effectiveness of every algorithm is assessed through a 10-fold cross-validation. According to the research findings, the suggested method based on speech obtains a total accuracy of 75.59% concerning the six-class categorization issue. …”
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NFLUENCE OF BIOACOUSTIC STIMULATION OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM OF SPORTSMEN ON LIFE-CAPACITY OF LUNGS by G. G. Erofeev

“…For technical realization of bioacoustics stimulation of the respiratory system, a biotechnical system, containing a block of an acoustic interferometer, an interferometer control system, and a system for recording sound field parameters, was used. …”
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Assessing molecular changes underlying isopropylated phenyl phosphate (IPP)-induced larval sensorimotor response deficits in zebrafish by Sunil Sharma, Alfredo Rojas, Abhishek Gour, Rosemaria Serradimigni, Connor Leong, Abhisheak Sharma, Subham Dasgupta

“…Our initial range-finding experiments revealed significant morphological impacts like pericardial edema, yolk sac edema and spinal curvature, coupled with a significant increase in the levels of dopamine and 3-methoxytyramine. …”
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Modeling Reader's Emotional State Response on Document's Typographic Elements by Dimitrios Tsonos, Georgios Kouroupetroglou

“…Based on the dimensional theory of emotions we investigate how typographic elements, like font style (bold, italics, bold-italics) and font (type, size, color and background color), affect the reader's emotional states, namely, Pleasure, Arousal, and Dominance (PAD). …”
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Awareness of glottal settings for the production of /h/-initial and vowel-initial words in French learners of L2 English by Christelle Exare

“…‘Glottal awareness’ corresponds to speakers’ ability to produce and recognise three glottal settings: aspiration (e.g. the glottis is wide open for the realisation of the first phoneme of ‘hat’), continuous voicing (e.g. the vocal folds vibrate with no interruption at word boundary for glide linking in ‘two wapples’) and glottalisation (e.g. the vocal folds close abruptly and / or vibrate irregularly for ‘my ˀaunt’). …”
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