Feasibility study of intravascular pulsed electric field ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias by Zhen Wang, Zhen Wang, Yunhao Li, Ming Liang, Ming Liang, Jingyang Sun, Jie Zhang, Lisheng Xu, Yaling Han, Yaling Han

“…The extent of myocardial damage increases with higher pulse voltages; however, excessive voltage may also damage blood vessels (vascular damage threshold: 3500 V/cm). An appropriate electrode configuration can achieve a more uniform myocardial injury across different cross-sections. …”
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Can weekend warriors and other leisure-time physical activity patterns reduce the atherogenic index of plasma (AIP)? A cross-sectional analysis based on NHANES 2007-2018 by Yueyue Niu, Xingjuan Chen, Ling Feng

“…Multivariate regression analysis served as the primary analytical method.ResultsThis study included a total of 24,504 participants. …”
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Successful delivery of type 1 diabetic nephropathic pregnancy on hemodialysis： one case report by Zhou Ling-hui, Bai Pei-jin, Cheng Ao, Zhang Heng-yuan, Sun Xue-juan, Yang Xia-li, Huang Ji-yi

“…Patients with end-stage renal disease or dying from renal causes within 1 year were defined as renal endpoint events. The differences in renal prognosis between patients with different levels of urinary RBC count were compared by Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test. …”
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Investigating the Anticancer Properties of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Conjugated with Thiosemicarbazide on Gastric Cancer Cells and Evaluation the Expression Level of CASP8 and HULC... by Sadaf Beigi, Ali Salehzadeh, Hadi Habibollahi, Seyed Ataollah Sadat Shandiz, Fariba Safa

“…The cytotoxicity of nanoparticles on AGS cells was investigated by MTT test under different concentrations. The expression level of CASP8 and HULC genes under the influence of IC50 concentration of nanoparticles were investigated by the real-time PCR method. …”
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Impact and Compensation of Electrical-to-Optical Frequency Response on Carrierless Phase Retrieval Receivers by Qi Gao, Hanzi Huang, Zhengxuan Li, Ziyue Liu, Yuanzhe Qu, Yingxiong Song

“…In this paper, we propose the Gercheberg-Saxton (GS)-aided and the data-aided estimation method in order to know the complex-valued of E/O channel response in the absence of phase information. …”
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Challenges in germination of Neltuma caldenia in semi-arid regions: optimization of germination protocols, influence of saline stress and seed quality by Daniela Dalzotto, Sandra Sharry, Lucrecia Piñuel, Patricia Boeri

“…We aimed to evaluate the germination rate of N. caldenia seeds from the south Espinal, using various scarification methods (chemical, mechanical and physical), and temperatures (25-30°C). …”
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Comparative analysis of audiometric and impedancemetric findings in workers exposed to the effects of various duration industrial noise by Živić Ljubica, Ignjatović Snežana, Terzić Negra, Jakovljević Vladimir Lj., Živić Danijela, Đonović Nela

“…Methods. The study included a homogenous group of 173 industrial workers involved in the same department of a huge workshop named 'Kovačica' exposed to noise level above a threshold intensity, and divided into three groups: the group I of 116 workers (232 ears) exposed to noise for 8 h in the workshop 'Kovačica', the group II of 41 workers (82 ears) exposed to noise only half of the working time, and the group III of 16 workers (32 ears) exposed to the same conditions and having the normal hearing sense. …”
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Adaptive Blind Stokes-Space Based Equalizer for RSOP in SV-DD Systems With High Chromatic Dispersion Tolerance by Yu Jin, Di Li, Pin Yi, Mengfan Cheng, Songnian Fu, Ming Tang, Deming Liu, Lei Deng

“…Therefore, our algorithm has strong robustness to CD and good suitability for SV-DD systems with different modulation formats. In our simulation, the conventional Stokes space-based method and the training sequences (TS) method are both evaluated for comparison. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of the Usability of Consumer Graphics Cards for Deep Learning in the Aspects of Inland Navigational Signs Detection for Vision Systems by Pawel Adamski, Jacek Lubczonek

“…To achieve this, we propose a multi-criteria framework based on a weighted scoring method (WSM), covering 21 different characteristics such as compatibility, resting power, energy efficiency in learning and inference, and the financial threshold for technology adoption. …”
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Numerical simulation of ventilated supercavitating flow structure by Jinghui Zhang, Weiye Chen, Peng Li, Guangtao Liu, Wenji Han

“…Using the Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) method, the supercavitation flow was analyzed in detail, and the reliability of the numerical approach was verified through comparison with experimental results. …”
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HisCoM-PCA: software for hierarchical structural component analysis for pathway analysis based using principal component analysis by Nan Jiang, Sungyoung Lee, Taesung Park

“…Various principle component scores selection criteria in PCA step can be specified by users who want to summarize common variants at each gene-level by different threshold values. In addition, multiple public pathway databases and customized pathway information can be used to perform pathway analysis. …”
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An algorithm to generate correlated input-parameters to be used in probabilistic sensitivity analyses by Mohamed Neine, Desmond Curran

“…The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) and the probability of being cost-effective at a given ICER threshold were calculated for different levels of correlation. …”
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Prediction of cardiovascular risk using Framingham, ASSIGN and QRISK2: how well do they predict individual rather than population risk? by Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa, Martin Gulliford, Edmond S-W Ng, Ben Goldacre, Liam Smeeth

“…Current practice to use a constant threshold level for intervention for all patients, together with the use of different scoring methods, may inadvertently create an arbitrary classification of high CVD risk.…”
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Temporal and spatial variations in the effect-based ecotoxicological assessment of streams by Delia Hof, Thomas Bing, Sebastian Heß, Jens Mayer, Jörg Oehlmann, Matthias Oetken

“…Abstract Background Water bodies are affected by chemical contamination, including micropollutants, which is not fully captured by conventional chemical monitoring methods. The inclusion of integrative, effect-based in vivo and in vitro methods in standardized assessment procedures offers the possibility of bridging discrepancies between chemical and biological assessments and has already been proposed in several studies. …”
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Dual-objective optimization strategy of self-adaptive transient pressure controller in water delivery engineering by Boran Zhang, Wuyi Wan, Yuhang Wang, Qihua Ran, Xiaoyi Chen, Yue Fang, Saiyu Yuan, Huiming Zhang

“…In this study, based on our calibrated numerical model, various transient responses of a SAC system with different parameters were further investigated. The latency response threshold and the spring orifice coefficient were identified to be the two most sensitive parameters that determine the controller working efficiency. …”
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Evaluation of Optimum Thermal Insulation for Mass Walls in Severe Solar Climates of Northern Chile by Konstantin Verichev, Carmen Díaz-López, Gerardo Loncomilla Huenupán, Andrés García-Ruiz

“…The results depend on several factors, such as the degree day calculations method, the ambient or sol–air temperature, base temperature variations, and the heat capacity of the thermal envelope elements. …”
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ID3RSNet: cross-subject driver drowsiness detection from raw single-channel EEG with an interpretable residual shrinkage network by Xiao Feng, Xiao Feng, Zhongyuan Guo, Zhongyuan Guo, Sam Kwong

“…Extensive experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method achieves the superior classification performance and has found neurophysiologically reliable evidence of classification.…”
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From Battlefield to Building Site: Probabilistic Analysis of UXO Penetration Depth for Infrastructure Resilience by Boules N. Morkos, Magued Iskander, Mehdi Omidvar, Stephan Bless

“…Different probabilistic sampling techniques produced similar DoB predictions for each soil type, but GP_RSM was the most computationally efficient method. …”
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Effectiveness of auricular laser acupuncture on anxiety, stress, sleep quality, fatigue and muscle tension of Psychosocial Care Center professionals: a quasi-experimental pilot stu... by Lara Rocha Silva, Luana Vieira Toledo, Andreia Guerra Siman, Talita Prado Simão Miranda, Maria Clara Vidgal Santana, Yara Martins Rodrigues, Bruna de Oliveira Alves, Caroline de Castro Moura

“…There was no statistically significant difference in muscle tension threshold. Professionals were satisfied with treatment, and the occurrence of adverse reactions was not significant. …”
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Prenatal ambient temperature exposure and cord blood and placental mitochondrial DNA content: Insights from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort study by Eleni Renaers, Congrong Wang, Esmée M. Bijnens, Michelle Plusquin, Tim S. Nawrot, Dries S. Martens

“…We investigated sensitive time windows for the association between prenatal ambient temperature exposure and newborn mtDNAc. Methods: In the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort (Belgium), we measured cord blood and placental mtDNAc in 911 participants using a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. …”
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