Developing a New System Based on Membranes for Ammonia Recovery from the Atmosphere: Effect of Operation Time and Manure Temperature by Paula Calvo-de Diego, María Cruz García-González, Mercedes Sánchez-Báscones, Beatriz Molinuevo-Salces

“…The optimal arrangement was a GPM system with recirculation of the generated NH₃ and without recirculation of the acidic trapping solution, yielding a nitrogen (N) recovery rate of up to 237 g m⁻² d⁻¹. …”
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Meta-Transcriptomic Response to Copper Corrosion in Drinking Water Biofilms by Jingrang Lu, Ian Struewing, Nicholas J. Ashbolt

“…When combined with our previous identification of biofilm community differences, our studies reveal how microbial biofilms adapt to Cu plumbing conditions by fine-tuning gene expression, altering metabolic pathways, and optimizing their structural organization. …”
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PEDAGOGICAL VALUE OF THE COMMUNICATION AS A PROFESSIONAL ETHICAL PHENOMENON IN THE EDUCATION OF DENTISTS STUDENTS by R.M. Khopta

“…The specificity of the latest learning technologies in higher educational establishments of medical profile provides great saturation of the educational process with elements of medical thinking, improving of different practical skills and abilities with consistent analysis and interpretation of results that in total is based on the use of different methodological approaches. …”
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Forecasting motion trajectories of elbow and knee joints during infant crawling based on long–short-term memory (LSTM) networks by Jieyi Mo, Qiliang Xiong, Ying Chen, Yuan Liu, Xiaoying Wu, Nong Xiao, Wensheng Hou

“…It experimentally explores how different input and output time-frames affect prediction accuracy and sets the stage for future research focused on optimizing models and developing effective control strategies to improve assistive crawling devices.…”
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Identification of key interactive genes and their potential biological functions in type 2 diabetes and Sjögren’s syndrome by Yibing Wang, Huilin Zeng, Xiangjie Hu, Guangzhao Zhang, Liangliang Zhou, Xingyuan Yu, Yuchun Zhang

“…Thereafter, we used gene set variation analysis to assess the differences in gene sets among various samples. LASSO regression analysis was performed to determine the optimal diagnostic genes, and predictive models for T2D and SS were constructed. …”
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Active tokens and crypto-asset valuation by Konstantinos Pantelidis

“…The results are used in optimized ARIMA-GARCH models to analyze the first differences between the variables; the out-of-sample forecasts were assessed with performance metrics. …”
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Effect of natural carbonates on microbially induced calcite precipitation process by Shaivan H. Shivaprakash, Valerie R. Yanez, Charles M. R. Graddy, Michael G. Gomez, Jason T. DeJong, Susan E. Burns

“…MICP column experiments were performed with a range of treatment formulations to optimize and understand the MICP process in carbonate-rich soil. …”
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Plant Dominant Low-Protein Diet, Nutritional Status (Phase Angle) and Progression of Renal Failure: Case-Report Study by Danijela Ristic-Medic, Snjezana Petrovic, Biljana Pokimica, Marija Paunovic, Vesna Vucic

“…Phase angle (PhA) as a nutritional evaluation parameter is a reliable marker for estimating muscle health and quality of life scale in CKD patients. …”
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Equivalence of ELISpot assays demonstrated between major HIV network laboratories. by Dilbinder K Gill, Yunda Huang, Gail L Levine, Anna Sambor, Donald K Carter, Alicia Sato, Jakub Kopycinski, Peter Hayes, Bridget Hahn, Josephine Birungi, Tony Tarragona-Fiol, Hong Wan, Mark Randles, Andrew Raxworthy Cooper, Aloysius Ssemaganda, Lorna Clark, Pontiano Kaleebu, Steven G Self, Richard Koup, Blake Wood, M Juliana McElrath, Josephine H Cox, John Hural, Jill Gilmour

“…This study also provides valuable and unprecedented information for future vaccine candidate evaluations on the comparison and pooling of ELISpot results generated by the CTC-VIMC central core laboratories.…”
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KAN-Based Tool Wear Modeling with Adaptive Complexity and Symbolic Interpretability in CNC Turning Processes by Zhongyuan Che, Chong Peng, Jikun Wang, Rui Zhang, Chi Wang, Xinyu Sun

“…The proposed KAN-based framework generates interpretable mathematical expressions for tool wear, enabling transparent decision-making. …”
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Creating Chemiluminescence Signature Arrays Coupled with Machine Learning for Alzheimer’s Disease Serum Diagnosis by Biyue Zhu, Yanbo Li, Shi Kuang, Huizhe Wang, Astra Yu, Jing Zhang, Jun Yang, Johnson Wang, Shiqian Shen, Xuan Zhai, Jiajun Xie, Chongzhao Ran

“…On this basis, we developed a simple, cost-effective, and versatile platform termed UNICODE (UNiversal Interaction of Chemiluminescence echOes for Disease Evaluation). The UNICODE platform consists of a “bat” probe, which generates different chemiluminescence intensities upon interacting with various substrates, and a panel/array of “flag” molecules that are selected from library screening. …”
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Financial efficiency of Mexican WUOs: A DEA approach by Lizárraga Gilberto Niebla, Somoza Ríos Jesús Alberto, Lizárraga Bernal Rosa del Carmen, Mares Galindo Rosa Penélope

“…In general, most WUOs show increasing returns to scale. Finally, WUOs must generate strategies that optimize their operational and financial efficiency, improve revenue management and adopt good practices.…”
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The Calprotectin Fragment, CPa9-HNE, Is a Plasma Biomarker of Mild Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Mugdha M. Joglekar, Jannie M. B. Sand, Theo Borghuis, Diana J. Leeming, Morten Karsdal, Frank Klont, Russell P. Bowler, Barbro N. Melgert, Janette K. Burgess, Simon D. Pouwels

“…COPD is a heterogeneous disease, and serological biomarkers can be used to sub-categorize COPD patients for targeted treatments and optimal recruitment in clinical trials. This study evaluated fragments of calprotectin, collagen type VI, and versican, generated by neutrophil elastase and matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-) 2 and 12, respectively, as potential biomarkers of COPD disease, severity, and endotypes. …”
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Predictive Value of a Noninvasive Serological Hepatic Fibrosis Scoring System in Cirrhosis Combined with Oesophageal Varices by Feiyue Zhang, Tong Liu, Pan Gao, Sujuan Fei

“…A ROC curve was generated to compare the area under the curve of the three groups and to obtain the corresponding optimal prediction value. …”
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Comparative analysis of library preparation approaches for FFPE gene expression profiling and related recommendations by Sara Pignatta, Marcella Tazzari, Valentina Indio, Maria Maddalena Tumedei, Francesco Limarzi, Francesca Tauceri, Michela Tebaldi, Dalila Fanelli, Jenny Bulgarelli

“…Both kits generated high-quality RNA-seq data, yet important differences emerged. …”
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Sound-Based Unsupervised Fault Diagnosis of Industrial Equipment Considering Environmental Noise by Jeong-Geun Lee, Kwang Sik Kim, Jang Hyun Lee

“…Furthermore, data were augmented using generative adversarial networks to prevent overfitting. …”
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Revealing Patient Dissatisfaction With Health Care Resource Allocation in Multiple Dimensions Using Large Language Models and the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revi... by Jiaxuan Li, Yunchu Yang, Chao Mao, Patrick Cheong-Iao Pang, Quanjing Zhu, Dejian Xu, Yapeng Wang

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to assessing dissatisfaction with allocation of health care resources from the perspective of patients with different diseases that can help optimize resource allocation and better achieve several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as SDG 3 (“Good Health and Well-being”). …”
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Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Heterogeneity Parameters Combined with Inflammatory Cells to Predict the Value of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Patients Post Myocard... by Yu-jiao Song, Xiao-ying Zhao, Lu-jing Wang, Ting Ning, Ming-tian Chen, Pei Liu, Si-wen Chen, Xin-xiang Zhao

“…Time-dependent ROC curves were generated to evaluate the efficacy of each parameter in predicting HFpEF, the AIC values of each parameter and the final model were calculated to evaluate the predictive performance. …”
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Transition zone-based prostate-specific antigen density for differentiating clinically significant prostate cancer in PI-RADS score 3 lesions by Yongming Jin, Fei Chen, Gang Xu, Chaogang Wei, Congsong Dong

“…The best cutoff value was determined by the Youden index, and differences between diagnostic performances were compared with the Delong test. …”
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Impact of Bobath Based Rehabilitation Program and Conventional Physiotherapy: Children with Hydrocephalus by Tanpreet Kaur Bakshi, Jaspreet Singh Vij, Ashish Chhabra

“…These subjects were randomly divided into two equal groups using computer generated table: group A (n = 10) and group B (n = 10). …”
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