Storage stability and safe storage life assessments of gradiently denitrated spherical gun propellants by Gang Wang, Hao Chen, Shi-ying Li, Qi Yang, Yu-dong Shi, Ya-jun Ding, Zhong-liang Xiao

“…In this study, three types of GDSP samples with different degrees of denitration were prepared using the denitration reaction principle and aging experiments were conducted at different temperatures. …”
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Fastest Prostate Cancer Prediction on Whole-Mount Pathological Slides Using Self-Reform Multilayer Transformer by Linjie Xu, Xiaotian Yu, Haoming Luo, Jili Wang, Wenjie Liang, Jing Zhang, Zunlei Feng, Cheng Lu, Xiuming Zhang

“…This iterative process of forward and backward training improves classification and focusing performance. Extensive experiments demonstrate that SMT achieves up to <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2.71\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> faster training and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$775\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> faster inference compared to traditional patch-cropping methods, while maintaining comparable accuracy and requiring less storage compared to existing SOTA methods. …”
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Experimental evaluation of polymer construction materials: effects of acrylic resin and a fiberglass-based composite upon cytokine production by A. P. Godovalov, A. B. Astashina, A. A. Bazhin, T. A. Drokina

“…These findings indicate that Trinia triggers anti-inflammatory activity of leukocytes, whereas IFNγ production level is somewhat decreased, and IL-4 production remains unchanged.Thus, the research assessed the method for personalized evaluation of reactivity of prosthodontic structural polymer materials. …”
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Results of a comparative study of <i>Nigella Sativa</i> L. Seeds oils composition by S. V. Goryainov, A. V. Khromov, G. Bakureza, Esparsa Cesar, V. A. Ivlev, A. N. Vorobyev, R. A. Abramovich, O. G. Potanina, O. O. Novikov

“…The task of the comprehensive study of the chemical composition of the plant and its individual parts remains relevant due to the wide spectrum of its pharmacological activity.The aim of this work is a comparative study of the fatty acid composition, a non-saponifiable fraction and the composition of essential oils of Nigella Sativa L. seeds grown in different regions of the world.Materials and methods. The combination of chromatography-mass spectrometry and 1H-NMR spectroscopy methods made it possible to study the qualitative and quantitative composition of Nigella Sativa L. lipid complex seeds. …”
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Effect of best bet methane abatement feed on feed intake, digestibility, live weight change, and methane emission in local Menz breed sheep in Ethiopia by Wondimagegne Bekele, Wondimagegne Bekele, Abiy Zegeye, Addis Simachew, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Kobayashi

“…Similar results were observed for CH4 production (g/day), CH4 yield (g/kg DMI), and CH4 intensity (g CH4/kg ADG) using both CH4 measuring methods. The CH4 emission intensity was significantly (p &lt; 0.04) lower in the test feed groups than in the control group. …”
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Trust in Artificial Intelligence–Based Clinical Decision Support Systems Among Health Care Workers: Systematic Review by Hein Minn Tun, Hanif Abdul Rahman, Lin Naing, Owais Ahmed Malik

“…ResultsA total of 27 studies met the inclusion criteria, involving diverse health care workers, predominantly in hospitalized settings. Qualitative methods were the most common (n=16, 59%), with sample sizes ranging from small focus groups to cohorts of over 1000 participants. …”
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Changes in healthcare seeking behaviors among caretakers of children in the previously occupied ISIS territory: Hadeetha, Anbar, Iraq: a cross-sectional survey of 415 households by Sara Al-Dahir, Tahseen Abdulateef Hasan, Alaa Khalil, William J. Moss, Kawsar R. Talaat, Maria Deloria Knoll, Gilbert Burnham

“…The objective of this study was to describe changes in health seeking behaviors of caregivers of children ages 12–72 months of age in Hadeetha, Anbar, Iraq from the conflict period of ISIS (Islamic State of Syria and Iraq), 2014–2017, to the post-conflict period, 2021. Methods This was a mixed-methods study composed of a cross-sectional 415 household survey and focus groups in Hadeetha, Anbar, Iraq. …”
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Benchmarking Federated Few-Shot Learning for Video-Based Action Recognition by Nguyen Anh Tu, Nartay Aikyn, Nursultan Makhanov, Assanali Abu, Kok-Seng Wong, Min-Ho Lee

“…Although significant progress has been made in developing few-shot learners, existing methods still face several limitations. Firstly, current methods have not sufficiently explored the effectiveness of 3D feature extractors (e.g., 3D CNNs or Video Transformers), thereby failing to exploit spatiotemporal dynamics in videos. …”
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The Effect of Particle Size on the Interpretation of Pore Structure of Shale by N2 Adsorption by Chengfu Lyu, Xinmao Zhou, Xuesong Lu, Ying Zhang, Chao Li, Qianshan Zhou, Zhaotong Sun, Guojun Chen

“…Gas adsorption experiments are becoming one of the most common methods to quantify and analyze the pore structures of shale samples in the petroleum industry. …”
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Comparativa de Eficacia entre Aprendizaje invertido y en línea como modelos de aprendizaje: Un análisis comparativo en la formación inicial docente by Cesar Augusto Hernández Suárez, Juan Diego Hernández Albarracín, Janz Elías Jaramillo Benitez

“…The results show a significant correlation between the application of online and flipped learning methods and improvements in academic performance. …”
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Psychometric properties of the American version of the Chronic Uncertainty scale: long and short version (CU-40; CU-20) by Shiwa Ghassabei, Walid A. Afifi, Tamara Afifi, Katja Petrowski

“…The current study evaluated the psychometric properties of the cross-contextual 40-item (long) and 20-item (short) Chronic Uncertainty scale (CU-40; CU-20). Methods A U.S. sample of 1083 participants (55% female) was recruited via Mechanical Turk (MTurk). …”
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Mitigating Class Imbalance in Network Intrusion Detection with Feature-Regularized GANs by Jing Li, Wei Zong, Yang-Wai Chow, Willy Susilo

“…Unlike traditional oversampling methods (e.g., SMOTE, ADASYN), our approach improves feature-space alignment between real and synthetic samples, enhancing classifier generalization on rare classes. …”
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Efficient Representative Volume Element of a Matrix–Precipitate Microstructure—Application on AlSi10Mg Alloy by Chantal Bouffioux, Luc Papeleux, Mathieu Calvat, Hoang-Son Tran, Fan Chen, Jean-Philippe Ponthot, Laurent Duchêne, Anne Marie Habraken

“…This 2.5D RVE relies on springs applied in the out-of-plane direction to constrain the two lateral deformations to be compatible, with the goal of achieving the isotropy of the studied material. The method is experimentally validated by the prediction of the tensile stress–strain curve of a bi-phasic microstructure of the AlSi10Mg alloy. …”
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Describing the initial results of a pragmatic, cluster randomized clinical trial to examine the impact of a multifaceted digital intervention for the prevention of type 2 diabetes... by Sofía Mira-Martínez, Sofía Mira-Martínez, Sofía Mira-Martínez, Rocío Zamanillo-Campos, Rocío Zamanillo-Campos, Rocío Zamanillo-Campos, Narges Malih, Narges Malih, Narges Malih, Maria Antonia Fiol-deRoque, Maria Antonia Fiol-deRoque, Maria Antonia Fiol-deRoque, Maria Antonia Fiol-deRoque, Escarlata Angullo-Martínez, Rafael Jimenez, Rafael Jimenez, Maria Jesús Serrano-Ripoll, Maria Jesús Serrano-Ripoll, Maria Jesús Serrano-Ripoll, Maria Jesús Serrano-Ripoll, José Iván Oña, Aina M Galmes-Panades, Aina M Galmes-Panades, Aina M Galmes-Panades, Rocío Gómez-Juanes, Rocío Gómez-Juanes, Rocío Gómez-Juanes, Rocío Gómez-Juanes, Jadwiga Konieczna, Jadwiga Konieczna, Jerónima Miralles, Jerónima Miralles, Dora Romaguera, Dora Romaguera, María Clara Vidal-Thomasa, María Clara Vidal-Thomasa, María Clara Vidal-Thomasa, Joan Llobera-Canaves, Joan Llobera-Canaves, Joan Llobera-Canaves, Joan Llobera-Canaves, Mauro García-Toro, Mauro García-Toro, Mauro García-Toro, Mauro García-Toro, Elena Gervilla-García, Elena Gervilla-García, Catalina Vicens, Catalina Vicens, Catalina Vicens, Oana Bulilete, Oana Bulilete, Oana Bulilete, Oana Bulilete, Juan José Montaño, Juan José Montaño, Margalida Gili, Margalida Gili, Margalida Gili, Margalida Gili, Miquel Roca, Miquel Roca, Miquel Roca, Antoni Colom, Antoni Colom, Ignacio Ricci-Cabello, Ignacio Ricci-Cabello, Ignacio Ricci-Cabello, Ignacio Ricci-Cabello

“…Introductioni) to describe PREDIABETEXT, a novel digital intervention for the prevention of type 2 diabetes; ii) to examine the performance of a strategy for virtual recruitment of participants in a trial to assess its impact, and; iii) to determine the baseline characteristics of the enrolled participants.MethodsWe developed PREDIABETEXT in a multistage process involving systematic literature reviews and qualitative research with end users (primary care patients and professionals). …”
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Improving Discharge Predictions in Ungauged Basins: Harnessing the Power of Disaggregated Data Modeling and Machine Learning by Aggrey Muhebwa, Colin J. Gleason, Dongmei Feng, Jay Taneja

“…Abstract Current machine learning methods for discharge prediction often employ aggregated basin‐wide hydrometeorological data (lumped modeling) for parametric and non‐parametric training. …”
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A distance-aware approach for reliable out-of-distribution detection of wind turbine gearbox fault diagnosis by Jingxin Zhou, Yao Zhao

“…To address this, we introduce Spectral Normalization and Gaussian Process methods into Res2Net framework to enhance its ability to detect out-of-distribution data. …”
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Unravelling the temporal dynamics of community functions in protists induced by treated wastewater exposure using metatranscriptomics by Manan Shah, Guido Sieber, Aman Deep, Daniela Beisser, Jens Boenigk

“…This study employs metatranscriptomics to unravel the temporal dynamics of protist community functions in response to TWW exposure. Using mesocosm experiment, water samples were analyzed over a ten-day period to monitor shifts in metabolic pathways and community interactions. …”
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Urban Blue-Green Spaces and tranquility: a comprehensive review of noise reduction and sensory perception integration by Shengzhi Chu, Weizhen Xu, Danyin Zhang, Jingsong Lin, Jiang Liu, Shuhu Liu, Xin-Chen Hong

“…Through meticulous screening, 1504 articles were selected as the final research sample. We discuss both subjective and objective methods for assessing tranquility, and we categorize and thoroughly review the various factors influencing perceptions of urban tranquility. …”
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“A creature inside me”: perceptions and representations of HIV among adolescents living with HIV in Malawi by Nadine Ammon, Mark Limmer, Alex Kaley

“…The findings enhance the understanding of participants’ lived experiences and perceptions of HIV, and thus may contribute to new methods of holistic health education, tailored for adolescents to improve their emotional wellbeing and attitudes towards HIV through context-specific programmes.…”
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Asymmetric transfer between the learning of the complex stimulus by Yangyang Du, Hui Kou, Huijie Liu, Taiyong Bi

“…However, limited understanding exists regarding the plasticity of the representation of complex stimuli in visual working memory (VWM) and its specificity.MethodsTo address this question, we adopted a delayed match-to-sample task to train the working memory for faces and houses. …”
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