A seasonal Integer-Valued AR(1) model with delaporte marginal distribution by Maryam Shalbaf, Gholamali Parham, Rahim Chinipardaz

“…The Monte Carlo experiment is conducted to evaluate the performances of these estimators in finite samples. …”
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Optimizing Recovery Strategies in Elite Speedskating: A Comparative Analysis of Different Modalities by Tomasz Kowalski, Kinga Rębiś, Jadwiga Malczewska-Lenczowska, Andrzej Klusiewicz, Michał Starczewski, Sebastian Klich, Przemysław Kasiak

“…Therefore, we compared three different recovery modalities (active cycling recovery, pneumatic compression boots, and isocapnic breathing protocol) in the context of perceived subjective pain and recovery variables, multiple biochemical and biomechanical indices, CMJ height and power, as well as repeated efforts on the ice track. <b>Methods:</b> Fifteen elite short-track speed skaters (eight males and seven females; age 18.3 ± 1.0 years, height 175.6 ± 7.5 cm, weight 73.7 ± 7.7 kg, 23.8 kg/m², VO₂max 55.5 mL·kg⁻¹·min⁻¹: ♂ 58 20 ± 3.6 mL·kg⁻¹·min⁻¹; and ♀ 53 ± 4.5 mL·kg⁻¹·min⁻¹) completed the study experiment and were included in the analyses. …”
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Uptake of a self‐guided digital treatment for depression and anxiety: A qualitative study exploring patient perspectives and decision‐making by Alana Fisher, Sylvia Eugene Dit Rochesson, Madelyne A. Bisby, Amelia J. Scott, Milena Gandy, Andreea Heriseanu, Nick Titov, Blake Dear

“…This study explored the decision‐making processes, influences and support needs of people taking up a self‐guided digital treatment for anxiety and/or depression. Methods Australian‐based adults (n = 20) were purposively sampled from a trial of self‐guided digital mental health treatment. …”
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Chinese herbal medicine (Tangshen Formula) formula treatment of patients with diabetic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Peng Zhao, Yang Li, Yu Sun, Shiwen Yan, Xiaqing Su, Yunying Sun, Jiacheng Shi, Xiaoping Zhu

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TSF compound therapy in treating DKD patients with macroalbuminuria through systematic review and meta-analysis methods.MethodsMultiple databases, including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science, were searched to find eligible RCTs. …”
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Identification and experimental validation of ulcerative colitis-associated hub genes through integrated WGCNA and lysosomal autophagy analysis by Yuanpei Zhao, Yijun Li, Qingwen Xu, Lili Ding, Weiming Li, Qinghua Zou, Yichen Hu, Kaiwen Shi, Hongyuan Liu

“…Upregulation of these genes was confirmed via external datasets and animal experiments. Moreover, immune infiltration analysis of UC samples demonstrated immune dysregulation during disease progression, underscoring the interplay between lysophagy and inflammation in UC. …”
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Mind the G(ap): bridging prevention needs and approaches for GHB/GBL users and their social environment by Antonia Bendau, Lukas Roediger, Andrea Piest, Rüdiger Schmolke, Katharin Ahrend, Moritz Bruno Petzold, Twyla Michnevich, Felix Betzler

“…However, targeted prevention and treatment strategies are lacking, and little is known about the specific needs of users regarding supportive approaches. Methods To address this gap, a mixed-methods longitudinal study was conducted with two waves of online data collection (11/2022–01/2023; 11/2023–01/2024) in Germany. …”
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Breaking the Silence: Exploring Peritraumatic Distress and Negative Emotions in Male and Female Physical Domestic Violence Victims by Pasquale Caponnetto, Vittorio Lenzo, Alberto Sardella, Graziella Chiara Prezzavento, Mirko Casu, Maria C. Quattropani

“…. # Methods We used descriptives to summarize sample characteristics and Peritraumatic Distress Inventory scores and used statistical tests such as Mann-Whitney U, Shapiro-Wilk, Levene's test, contingency tables, and chi-square to investigate differences and associations between variables…”
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The Combined Effect of Garlic (Allium sativum) and Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Extracts to Reduce the Adverse Effects of Aflatoxin B1 in Rats by Hadi Sarir, Saeedeh Zakerian, masood didarkhah

“…The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of the combination of garlic and turmeric extract on the amount of plasma aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, the amount of triiodothyronine, thyroxine, total antioxidant capacity, and malondialdehyde in rats intoxicated with aflatoxin B1.Materials and Methods: In this research, 64 male Wistar rats with an average body weight of 250-300 g were used to evaluate the synergistic effect of garlic and turmeric extract against the damage caused by aflatoxin B1 in the form of a completely randomized design as a factorial experiment (2×2×2). …”
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A Concept for Co-Creation in Participatory Science: Insights From Developing the Archaeological Next Generation Lab by Anders P. Tøttrup, Marie Rathcke Lillemark, Jakob Hansen, Sarah Hagel Svendsen, Simon Hickinbotham, Mia Toftdal, Hanne Aaroe Juhl, Tina Ravnsborg, Ole N. Jensen, Luise Ørsted Brandt

“…In the project discussed herein, we aimed to fully engage participants (high school students and teachers) in the research process using advanced scientific methods. We introduce a novel co-creational framework, which actively involved high school students in archaeological research. …”
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Screening, Optimization of Fermentation Conditions and Evaluation of Sargassum-degrading Effect of Exiguobacterium mexicanum MAL070 Producing Alginate Lyase by Shuang LUO, Juan FENG, Wenjun ZHANG, Wenmei ZHOU, Shu LIU, Xiaoyue HOU, Guang YANG, Song GAO, Yaowei FANG

“…Objective: This study aimed to screen a strain with high alginate lyase activity, identify it, optimize the fermentation conditions, and evaluate the degradation effect on Sargassum of the strain. Method: The high alginate lyase producing strain was screened by plate screening and fermentation rescreening from Sargassum and Enteromorpha samples. …”
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Machine Learning-Assisted Optimization of Femtosecond Laser-Induced Superhydrophobic Microstructure Processing by Lifei Wang, Yucheng Gu, Xiaoqing Tian, Jun Wang, Yan Jia, Junjie Xu, Zhen Zhang, Shiying Liu, Shuo Liu

“…Compared to the best hydrophobicity in the original dataset, the contact angle of the designed process was improved by 5.5%. The proposed method provides an ideal solution for accurately predicting wetting properties and identifying optimal processes, thereby accelerating the development and application of femtosecond laser-induced superhydrophobic microstructures.…”
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Multi scale convolutional neural network combining BiLSTM and attention mechanism for bearing fault diagnosis under multiple working conditions by Zhao Dengfeng, Tian Chaoyang, Fu Zhijun, Zhong Yudong, Hou Junjian, He Wenbin

“…After that, the new task diagnostic network is trained and validated under new load conditions by freezing the parameters of CNN, BiLSTM and AM layer, and fine-tuning the parameters of the fully connected layer and output layer. The experiments verify the excellent performance of the proposed method, while effectively solving the challenges of model training and fault diagnosis when there are insufficient training samples under multiple working conditions.…”
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Feasibility of internet-based multimodal emotion recognition training in adolescents with and without autism: A pilot study by Nora Choque Olsson, Julia Nordlander Björkman, Rasmus Lackell, Oliver Bergens, Håkan Fischer, Lillian Döllinger, Jan Bergström, Per Carlbring, Petri Laukka

“…This pilot study investigated the feasibility of internet-based multimodal emotion recognition training (iMERAT) for adolescents with ASD. Method: Eight adolescents with ASD and nine typically developing (TD) adolescents took part in the iMERAT intervention, which included brief online training sessions conducted each weekday during a 3-week period. …”
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Combination decoction of Astragalus mongholicus and Salvia miltiorrhiza mitigates pressure-overload cardiac dysfunction by inhibiting multiple ferroptosis pathways by Qiyao Xu, Qiyao Xu, Xuan Liu, Xuan Liu, Zhaoyang Chen, Zhaoyang Chen, Can Guo, Can Guo, Pengyu Lu, Pengyu Lu, Sujie Zhang, Xindong Wang, Jianping Shen

“…It also examines the roles and interactions of the pathways associated with GPX4, FSP1, and DHODH.MethodsIn vitro experiments used angiotensin II-induced (4 μM for 48 h) hypertrophic H9c2 cells, while in vivo studies employed a rat model of transverse aortic constriction-induced (to 1 mm for 8 weeks) HF. …”
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Development and Study of Antibacterial <i>In situ</i> Coatings for Processing Implants by E. O. Bakhrushina, A. A. Popova, M. V. Pomytkina, M. N. Anurova, N. B. Demina, I. I. Krasnyuk

“…The purpose of the research is to develop and study antibacterial in situ coatings for preoperative treatment of implants.Materials and methods. In the experiment we used poloxamers Kolliphor® P 407 and Kolliphor® P 188 (BASF, Germany), hyaluronic acid high-molecular PrincipHYAL® (1400–1800 kDa), low-molecular PrincipHYAL® (400–600 kDa), mixture of high, medium and low-molecular acids PrincipHYAL® Cube3 (ROELMI HPC Srl, Italy). …”
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P21.1 at PETRA III – a high-energy X-ray diffraction beamline for physics and chemistry by Martin v. Zimmermann, Oleh Ivashko, Fernando Igoa Saldaña, Jiatu Liu, Philipp Glaevecke, Olof Gutowski, Rüdiger Nowak, Katharina Köhler, Björn Winkler, Andreas Schöps, Horst Schulte-Schrepping, Ann-Christin Dippel

“…A detailed description of the instrumentation and detectors for such experiments is given. The beamline supports a number of sample environments for investigations under in situ and operando conditions, e.g. cryostats, furnaces, chemical reactors. …”
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The Corrosion Behavior of Stainless Steel 316L in Novel Quaternary Eutectic Molten Salt System by Wang Tao, Mantha Divakar, Reddy Ramana G.

“…After isothermal dipping corrosion experiments, samples were analyzed using SEM and XRD to determine the topography, corrosion products, and scale growth mechanisms. …”
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ACP-Based Space Systems: Design, Development, and Operation by Yingkai Cai, Qingliang Meng, Zhaokui Wang

“…The proposed architecture integrates artificial systems with actual space systems and employs computational experiments to generate extensive sample data. This approach enhances the accuracy of the artificial systems’ model and optimizes the performance of the real systems, facilitating parallel advancements between the two. …”
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Evaluation of fentanyl disposition and effects in newborn piglets as an experimental model for human neonates. by Carmen Rey-Santano, Victoria Mielgo, Adolfo Valls-I-Soler, Esther Encinas, John C Lukas, Valvanera Vozmediano, Elena Suárez

“…Cardiovascular, ventilation, pulmonary and oxygenation indexes as well as brain activity were monitored from T = 0 up to the end of experiments (T = 225-300 min). Also plasma samples for quantification of fentanyl were drawn.…”
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Machine learning for experimental design of ultrafast electron diffraction by Mohammad Shaaban, Sami El-Borgi, Aravind Krishnamoorthy

“…The lack of real-time data prevents in situ tuning of experimental parameters toward desirable material dynamics or avoid sample damage. We demonstrate that machine learning methods based on Convolutional Neural Networks trained on synthetic and experimental diffraction patterns can perform real-time analysis of diffraction data to resolve dynamical processes in a representative material, $${\textrm{MoTe}_{2}}$$ , and identify signs of material damage. …”
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