Modified diatom-based ocular suspension for sustained diclofenac sodium delivery: a novel drug carrier approach by Ramin Ghasemishayan, Dorsa Jalaei, Faramarz Dobakhti

“…Characteristics of diatoms before and after modification—particle size, surface charge, and drug loading—were analyzed using electron microscopy, FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy), XRD (X-ray Diffraction), and elemental mapping. …”
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StratLearn-z: Improved photo-$z$ estimation from spectroscopic data subject to selection effects by Chiara Moretti, Maximilian Autenrieth, Riccardo Serra, Roberto Trotta, David A. van Dyk, Andrei Mesinger

“…We present an application of the StratLearn method to the estimation of photo-z (StratLearn-z), validating against simulations where we enforce the presence of covariate shift to different degrees. …”
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Multisensor Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Bearing with Noisy Unbalanced Data via Intuitionistic Fuzzy Weighted Least Squares Twin Support Higher-Order Tensor Machine by Shengli Dong, Yifang Zhang, Shengzheng Wang

“…The extensive experimental results on the two rolling bearing datasets have verified that the proposed method outperforms existing solutions in diagnostic accuracy and stability.…”
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Fabrication of Anti-glaucoma Nanofibers as Controlled-Release Inserts for Ophthalmic Delivery of Brimonidine Tartrate: In Vivo Evaluation in Caprine Eye by Fariba Shaikhi Shoushtari, Mohammadshakib Naghshbandy, Leila Rezaei, Saba Mehrandish, Shahla Mirzaeei

“…This study aimed to fabricate ocular inserts of brimonidine tartrate (BMD) for the management of glaucoma. Methods: Different polymers including poly (D, L-lactide), polycaprolactone, cellulose acetate, and Eudragit RL100® were used to develop the BMD-loaded nanofibrous inserts by electrospinning technique. …”
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An Ensemble of Convolutional Neural Networks for Sound Event Detection by Abdinabi Mukhamadiyev, Ilyos Khujayarov, Dilorom Nabieva, Jinsoo Cho

“…Sound event detection tasks are rapidly advancing in the field of pattern recognition, and deep learning methods are particularly well suited for such tasks. …”
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Development of Mannitol-Based Microparticles for Dry Powder Inhalers: Enhancing Pulmonary Delivery of NSAIDs by Petra Party, Zsófia Ilona Piszman, Rita Ambrus

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> The developed preparation process and excipient system can be applied in the development of different drugs containing DPIs.…”
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Reflecting trends of the contemporary academic landscape in the context of Higher Education 4.0 by Nilüfer Ülker

“…In total, 161 academics from nine different European Universities participated in the research. …”
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Fine-Tuned Machine Learning Classifiers for Diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease Using Vocal Characteristics: A Comparative Analysis by Mehmet Meral, Ferdi Ozbilgin, Fatih Durmus

“…Acoustic features like baseline characteristics, time-frequency components, Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs), and wavelet transform-based metrics were extracted and analyzed. …”
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Non-invasive brain stimulation-based sleep stage classification using transcranial infrared based electrocardiogram by Janjhyam Venkata Naga Ramesh, Aadam Quraishi, Yassine Aoudni, Mustafa Mudhafar, Divya Nimma, Monika Bansal

“…To identify HRV features strongly associated with different sleep stages, we introduce a feature selection method combining the ReliefF algorithm and Gini index. …”
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Microbial Enzymes Used in Bioremediation by Sobika Bhandari, Darbin Kumar Poudel, Rishab Marahatha, Sonika Dawadi, Karan Khadayat, Sitaram Phuyal, Shreesti Shrestha, Santosh Gaire, Kusum Basnet, Uddhav Khadka, Niranjan Parajuli

“…The pollutant substrate can recognize different microbial enzymes at optimum conditions (temperature/pH/contact time/concentration) to efficiently transform them into other rather unharmful products. …”
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Analysis of pseudoscientific beliefs in quantum mechanics of high school students and teachers by Walter Sciarretta, Maria Bondani, Silvia Galano, Massimiliano Malgieri, Pasquale Onorato, Italo Testa

“…The data collected were analyzed using the following methods: confirmatory factor analysis to establish the validity of the instrument; multiple correspondence analysis, to transform categorical variables measuring sociocultural background into continuous variables; repeated measures analysis of variance and linear regression to describe which factors most influence students’ and teachers’ pseudoscientific beliefs. …”
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Assessing the Removal Efficiency of Ibuprofen in an Aqueous Solution Using <i>Acacia erioloba</i> Nanoparticles by Ateeq Rahman, Panduleni Shanyenga Shivute, Shivaprashanth Kumar Kodicherla

“…The effect of dosage, pH, time, and temperature in each of the prepared ibuprofen concentrations was determined. Fourier–transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to determine functional groups, and SEM was used to study the morphology, size, and surface structure of the nanoparticles. …”
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Kinetics thermodynamics and adsorption study of raw treated diatomite as a sustainable adsorbent for crystal violet dye by Mokhtar Saidi, Bendoukha Abdelkrim Reguig, Mohammed El Amine Monir, Talal M. Althagafi, M. Fatmi, Abderahmane Remil, Abdelhafid Zehhaf, M. A. Ghebouli

“…Natural clay (diatomite) was characterized using different physical-chemical methods, including, X-ray powder diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and Fourier transform infrared and pH of zero charge. …”
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Antibacterial Composites Based on Alginate/Egg White and ZnO Nanoparticles with the Addition of Essential Oils by Adrian-Ionuț Nicoară, Adelina Valentina Anton, Roxana Doina Trușcă, Alexandra Cătălina Bîrcă, Cornelia-Ioana Ilie, Lia-Mara Dițu

“…A variety of analytical methods, including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) were employed to characterize the composites. …”
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Inclusion of young people with disabilities in the future of work: forecasting workplace, labour market and community-based strategies through an online and accessible Delphi surve... by Arif Jetha, Kathleen A Martin Ginis, Emile Tompa, Monique A M Gignac, Dwayne van Eerd, Kay Nasir

“…Introduction The future of work is expected to transform the nature of work, create unique employment barriers for young people living with disabilities and disrupt pathways to better health. …”
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Formulation, optimization, and characterization of naringenin-loaded halloysite nanotube to achieve enhanced antioxidant and anticancer properties by Hamed Hamedinasab, Hossein Sabahi, Morteza Hosseini, Ali Hossein Rezayan

“…Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) were investigated as a potential carrier for the controlled delivery of naringenin to HT-29 (human colon adenocarcinoma) and MCF-7 (human breast cancer) cell lines. Materials and Methods: Naringenin was loaded in HNTs at different HNTs: drug ratios (w/w) of 30, 24, 16, 8, and 4, then characterized by SEM (Scanning electron microscope), FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy), DSC (Differential scanning calorimetry), and XRD (X-ray diffraction). …”
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Impact of sandstone slurry waste with calcium carbonate nanoparticles on geotechnical properties of clayey soil subgrade by Amrit Singh Shekhawat, Suresh Kumar Tiwari

“…The results obtained from thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) supported the presence of hydration products such as CSH. …”
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La Llegenda del llibreter assassí de Barcelona. Tradizione e traduzione. Note al margine dell’edizione italiana by Inés Ravasini

“…The recent publication of the Italian translation of La llegenda del llibreter assassí by Ramon Miquel i Planas provides an opportunity to make a comparison with some previous Spanish translations and to reflect briefly on translation methods. The two Spanish versions (1991 and 2011), unlike the Italian one, are free reworkings of the original, in the sense that they alter the structure, transform the text and shape it to new ends. …”
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High-throughput phenotyping tools for blueberry count, weight, and size estimation based on modified YOLOv5s by Xingjian Li, Sushan Ru, Zixuan He, James D. Spiers, Lirong Xiang

“…This study developed an automated algorithm and smartphone application for accurate blueberry count and size estimation. Two different computer vision pipelines based on traditional methods and deep neural networks were implemented to detect and segment individual blueberries from Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images. …”
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Analysis of phytochemicals in watercress leaves using chromatographic, spectroscopic and in-vitro approaches by Bidisha Sengupta, Allyssa Fisher, James Villanueva, Laken Simington, Brenita Jenkins, Kaelin Travis, Debarshi Roy

“…Total flavonoid content (TFC), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), and total phenolic acid content (TPAC) were determined using various colorimetric methods. Chemical structural analysis was conducted through attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform IR (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. …”
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