Ground-level Particulate Sulphate and Gaseous Sulphur Dioxide Downwind of an Aluminium Smelter by Dane Blanchard, Julian Aherne

“…Average pSO4 2− across all sites (n = 9) was 0.41 µg m−3 (24–48 hour exposures) and ranged from 0.03 to 2.03 µg m−3. In contrast, average filter-pack SO2 ranged from 0.11 to 8.9 µg m−3 (during the same exposure periods). …”
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Genomic Variability among Field Isolates and Laboratory-Adapted Strains of Leptospira borgpetersenii Serovar Hardjo by Alejandro Llanes, Carlos Mario Restrepo, Pablo Riesgo-Ferreiro, Sreekumari Rajeev

“…Relatively low genetic variability was observed within isolates of the same subtype, with most of the mutations of moderate or high impact found in the laboratory-adapted isolates. In contrast, several differences regarding gene content and genetic variants were observed between the two subtypes. …”
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Enhanced Emotion-Aware Conversational Agent: Analyzing User Behavioral Status for Tailored Reponses in Chatbot Interactions by S. Abinaya, K. S. Ashwin, A. Sherly Alphonse

“…Then, to improve emotion recognition, it preprocesses the image through brightness adjustments and contrast enhancement with Automatic CLAHE and dual gamma correction. …”
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Liquefaction Evaluation Based on Shear Wave Velocity Using Random Forest by Lu Liu, Shushan Zhang, Xiaofei Yao, Hongmei Gao, Zhihua Wang, Zhifu Shen

“…The random forest method gave a success rate for liquefied sites and even a total success rate for all cases higher than 80%, which is completely acceptable. By contrast, the Chinese code method and the Andrus methods gave a high success rate for liquefaction but very low for nonliquefaction which led to the increase of engineering cost. …”
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Temperature Depended Role of Shigella flexneri Invasion Plasmid on the Interaction with Acanthamoeba castellanii by Amir Saeed, David Johansson, Gunnar Sandström, Hadi Abd

“…Different bacteria interact differently with FLA since Francisella tularensis, Vibrio cholerae, Shigella sonnei, and S. dysenteriae are able to grow inside A. castellanii. In contrast, Pseudomonas aeruginosa induces both necrosis and apoptosis to kill A. castellanii. …”
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Random Forests in Count Data Modelling: An Analysis of the Influence of Data Features and Overdispersion on Regression Performance by Ciza Arsène Mushagalusa, Adandé Belarmain Fandohan, Romain Glèlè Kakaï

“…The magnitude of dispersion does not significantly influence RF predictive validity. In contrast, its predictive accuracy is significantly influenced by the magnitude of dispersion in the response variable, conditional on the explanatory variables. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Curves for the Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia by Mohammed ALRakathi, Abdullah Alodah

“…Additionally, rainfall intensity is expected to increase over shorter durations, with significant increases observed in Buriydah and Nabhaniyah under SSP 8.5. In contrast, Al Rass, Badayea, and Al Mithnab show mixed trends, while Unaizah shows little to no significant change. …”
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Deep Learning for Predicting Spheroid Viability: Novel Convolutional Neural Network Model for Automating Quality Control for Three-Dimensional Bioprinting by Zyva A. Sheikh, Oliver Clarke, Amatullah Mir, Narutoshi Hibino

“…In this study, we build a convolutional neural network (CNN) model to efficiently and accurately predict spheroid viability, using a phase-contrast image of a spheroid as its input. A comprehensive dataset of mouse mesenchymal stem cell (mMSC) spheroids of varying sizes with corresponding viability percentages, which was obtained through CCK-8 assays, was established and used to train and validate the model. …”
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Brain metabolites in ISIAH and Wistar rats by O. B. Shevelev, A. A. Seryapina, A. L. Markel, M. P. Moshkin

“…This fact indicates a decrease in cortical excitability in hypertensive animals. By contrast, in the hypothalamus, the values of the Y1-axis were higher in ISIAH than in Wistar rats and the predominance of excitatory neurometabolites positively correlated with the level of mean blood pressure, which agrees well with the view of caudal hypothalamic activation in hypertensive animal models.…”
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Effects of Level of Retrieval Success on Recall-Related Frontal and Medial Temporal Lobe Activations by Daniela Montaldi, Andrew R. Mayes, Anna Barnes, Donald M. Hadley, Jim Patterson, David J. Wyper

“…When comparing episodic with semantic retrieval, the well-trained subjects showed significant left medial temporal lobe activation, which was also significantly greater than that shown by the poorly trained subjects, who failed to show significant medial temporal lobe activation. In contrast, the poorly trained subjects showed significant bilateral frontal lobe activation, which was significantly greater than that shown by the well-trained subjects who failed to show significant frontal lobe activation. …”
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Serum levels of soluble IL-2R, CD4 and CD8 in bronChial asthma by G. Di Lorenzo, P. Mansueto, M. Melluso, G. Morici, F. Norrito, D. Cigna, G. Candore, C. Caruso

“…Significantly higher levels of soluble IL-2R and soluble CD4 were found in patients with asthma compared with the control group. In contrast, lower levels of soluble CD8 values were found in patients with asthma compared to the control group. …”
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Visual System Inspired Algorithm for Enhanced Visibility in Coronary Angiograms (VIAEVCA) by Hedva Spitzer, Yosef Shai Kashi, Morris Mosseri, Jacob Erel

“…The algorithm succeeded in producing better visibility of all these features, even under low-contrast or low-radiation conditions. Despite its major advantages, the algorithm also caused the appearance of disturbing vertebral and bony artifacts, which could somewhat lower diagnostic accuracy. …”
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Primate sympatry shapes the evolution of their brain architecture by Robira, Benjamin, Perez-Lamarque, Benoît

“…We found that the evolution of the whole brain or brain regions used in immediate information processing was best fitted with models not considering sympatry. By contrast, models considering species sympatry best predicted the evolution of brain regions related to long-term memory of interactions with the socio-ecological environment, with a decrease in their size the higher the sympatry. …”
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RNA Relocation and Persistence of Nucleolus-Like Bodies at Mitosis in Benzo[a]Pyrene-Transformed Human Breast Epithelial Cells after Microcell-Mediated Transfer of Chromosomes 11 a... by Maria Luiza S. Mello, Mohamed H. Lareef, Benedicto C. Vidal, Jose Russo

“…The introduction of chromosome 17 in BP1‐E cells either decreased or did not affect the frequency of persistent nucleolus‐like bodies. In contrast, in cells which received a normal chromosome 11, the frequency of nucleolus‐like bodies was closer to that of non‐transformed MCF‐10F cells. …”
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A comparative study of pulse pressure variation, stroke volume variation and central venous pressure in patients undergoing kidney transplantation by Kyung Mi Kim, Gaab Soo Kim, Minsoo Han

“…Results: SVV and CVP measured before fluid loading were correlated with changes in CI caused by fluid expansion (r = 0.33, P = 0.049 and r = −0.37, P = 0.026) in contrast to PPV (r = 0.14, P = 0.429). The ROC analysis showed that SVV and CVP predicted response to volume loading (area under the ROC curve = 0.781 and 0.727, respectively; P < 0.05). …”
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Characterisation of Luffa cylindrica Fibre from Cameroon for Use in Composites: Effect of Alkaline Treatment by Jean Aimé Mono, Assona Appolince Rachelle, Claude Takoumbe, Odette Thérèse Adegono Assiene, Prince Hermann Pokem Nguimjeu, Fabrice Ella Belinga

“…Its diameter (418.61-554.42 μm) and linear mass (34-58 g·km-1) are high, in contrast to other fibres used in the textile industry to produce yarns. …”
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Myofibroblast-derived exosomes enhance macrophages to myofibroblasts transition and kidney fibrosis by Wenqiang Yu, Jinfang Song, Shuangquan Chen, Jiayi Nie, Chujun Zhou, Jiamin Huang, Hua Liang

“…We found purified exosomes from myofibroblasts trigger the MMT. By contrast, inhibition of exosome production with GW4869 or exosome depletion from the conditioned media abolished the ability of myofibroblasts to induce MMT. …”
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Pressure Modification or Barrier Issues during Polymer Flooding Enhanced Oil Recovery by Wang Dongmei, Shane Namie, Randall Seright

“…We examine the relevance of the pressure modification concept for a wide variety of circumstances, including oil viscosities ranging from 10 cp to 1650 cp, vertical wells versus horizontal wells, single versus multiple layered reservoirs, permeability contrast, and crossflow between layers. We also examine the relation between the pressure-barrier concept and fractures and fracture extension during polymer injection. …”
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Ischemia Elicits a Coordinated Expression of Pro-Survival Proteins in Mouse Myocardium by Deborah Lyn, Shaojia Bao, Nicole A. Bennett, Xiaowei Liu, Nerimiah L. Emmett

“…Early ischemia (1 day) resulted in a 50% reduction in ARC protein levels relative to sham-operated left ventricles, without significant changes in the expression of xIAP or other pro-survival factors. In contrast, a deficiency of xIAP expression was found in cardiac infarcts starting after 1 week, concomitant with significant evidence of apoptotic cell death and an up-regulation of pro-apoptotic signals including Bax, tumor necrosis factor-a, and caspase-8 activation. …”
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Bioinspired hydrophobic pseudo-hydrogel for programmable shape-morphing by Zhigang Wang, Haotian Hu, Zefan Chai, Yuhang Hu, Siyuan Wang, Cheng Zhang, Chunjie Yan, Jun Wang, Wesley Coll, Tony Jun Huang, Xianchen Xu, Heng Deng

“…Abstract Inspired by counterintuitive water “swelling” ability of the hydrophobic moss of the genus Sphagnum (Peat moss), we prepared a hydrophobic pseudo-hydrogel (HPH), composed of a pure hydrophobic silicone elastomer with a tailored porous structure. In contrast to conventional hydrogels, HPH achieves absorption-induced volume expansion through surface tension induced elastocapillarity, presenting an unexpected absorption-induced volume expansion capability in hydrophobic matrices. …”
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