A trace metal cleaning protocol for laboratory equipment to enhance the repeatability of methanotroph cultures by Marie Noguer, Sandrine Chifflet, Sylvain Davidson, Florian Haitz, Bernard Angeletti, Jean Borgomano, Bernard Ollivier, Alain Dolla, Yannick Combet-Blanc

“…Microbial metabolism relies on metal-dependent enzymes, making trace metal contamination in liquid cultures a critical factor in biotechnological processes. This is particularly relevant for aerobic methanotrophs such as Methylotuvimicrobium alcaliphilum 20Z, a promising bacterium for methane valorization. …”
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Proximal optical sensing for vineyard control and management: a review by Alessio Tugnolo, Hugo M. Oliveira, Valentina Giovenzana, Roberto Beghi, Davide Bianchi, Alessia Pampuri, Andrea Casson, Lucio Brancadoro, Joao Piteira, Natacha Fontes, Antonio Graca, Paulo Freitas, Riccardo Guidetti

“…Moreover, technological evolution is now driving the development of smart strategies to support winegrowers in the decision-making process. This comprehensive review delineates the utilization of non-invasive optical proximal sensing methodologies, encompassing spectroscopy, multispectral and hyperspectral imaging, and thermography. …”
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Effect of C/N ratio on the denitrifying enzymes activity and global warming potential by Yin Zhou, Peifang Wang, Bin Hu, Dingxin Li, Tianming Zheng, Ting Chen

“…The greenhouse gases generated in the wastewater treatment process based on heterotrophic denitrification technology have become a dilemma between water environment protection and carbon emission reduction. …”
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Design of an Electronic Nose System with Automatic End-Tidal Breath Gas Collection for Enhanced Breath Detection Performance by Dongfu Xu, Pu Liu, Xiangming Meng, Yizhou Chen, Lei Du, Yan Zhang, Lixin Qiao, Wei Zhang, Jiale Kuang, Jingjing Liu

“…At the same time, the control module realizes automation of the experiment process, including control of the gas path state, signal transmission, and data storage. …”
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Platform trials—an emerging methodology for perioperative medicine: a narrative review by Tom E. F. Abbott, Sarah-Louise Watson, Salma Begum, Priyanthi Dias, Joanne S. Haviland, James Glasbey, Lawani Ismail, Sharon Love, Rupert M. Pearse

“…However, these are often inefficient, time-consuming and expensive, which can be barriers to the timely improvement of clinical care. This is a particular issue for anaesthesia and perioperative medicine where funding for large clinical trials is often scarce. …”
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Experimental and numerical study of ammonia addition effects on combustion characteristics of Coke Oven Gas (COG) in a premixed flame by Yuseon Jeon, Phearun Sok, Halam Hwang, Tae Young Kim, Seungro Lee

“…This study investigated the fundamental combustion characteristics of Coke Oven Gas (COG) emitted in steel making process and established database to support its use as a recycled fuel. …”
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Delineating Hot Zone and Lineaments within Vredefort Crater in South Africa through Aeromagnetic Data Inversions by Muhammad B Atif, Yongzhi Wang, Muhammad P Akhter, Bello Y Ayoola, Lawal K Muideen, Fahad Hameed, Kateryna Hlyniana, Bo Wen, Zubair Nabi, Dong Yuhao, Yakubu M Bashir

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Relation Learning Using Temporal Episodes for Motor Imagery Brain-Computer Interfaces by Xiuyu Huang, Shuang Liang, Yuanpeng Zhang, Nan Zhou, Witold Pedrycz, Kup-Sze Choi

“…For practical motor imagery (MI) brain-computer interface (BCI) applications, generating a reliable model for a target subject with few MI trials is important since the data collection process is labour-intensive and expensive. In this paper, we address this issue by proposing a few-shot learning method called temporal episode relation learning (TERL). …”
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Participants’ and caregivers’ experiences of a multidisciplinary programme for healthy lifestyle change in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a qualitative, focus group study by Yvonne C Anderson, Cameron C Grant, Tami L Cave, Cervantée E K Wild, José G B Derraik, Wayne S Cutfield, Paul L Hofman, Esther J Willing, Ken J Taiapa, Tania Domett

“…Across these domains, four key themes emerged from the focus groups for participants and their caregivers relating to their experience: knowledge-sharing, enabling a family to become self-determining in their process to achieve healthy lifestyle change; the importance of connectedness and a family-based programme; the sense of a collective journey and the importance of a nonjudgemental, respectful welcoming environment. …”
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Remaining Useful Life Estimation of Used Li-Ion Cells With Deep Learning Algorithms Without First Life Information by I. Sanz-Gorrachategui, Y. Wang, A. Guillen-Asensio, A. Bono-Nuez, B. Martin-del-Brio, P. V. Orlik, P. Pastor-Flores

“…These features are automatically processed by deep learning algorithms, including Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks. …”
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Mechanism of virulence polymorphism in CR-hvKP strains from the same source by Jianhua Fang, Hongyi Lai, Miao Deng, Yanfang Mei, Dehua Chen, Tieying Hou, Tianxin Xiang

“…ABSTRACT Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) has become a major public health issue worldwide due to its high case fatality rate and transmissible nature. …”
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Contemporary Views on Development of Excess Body Weight and Obesity in Children. Part I by M. V. Khodzhiyeva, V. A. Skvortsova, T. E. Borovik, L. S. Namazova-Baranova, T. V. Margieva, O. K. Netrebenko, T. V. Bushuyeva, N. G. Zvonkova, S. V. Nekrasova

“…The most active growth and maximum plasticity of metabolic processes is observed within 1,000 post-conceptual days, which cover the period of intrauterine development and the first 2 years of a child’s life. …”
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Integrating experimental-based vulnerability mapping with intelligent identification of multi-aquifer groundwater salinization by Mohamed A. Yassin, Sani I. Abba, A.G. Usman, Syed Muzzamil Hussain Shah, Isam H. Aljundi, Shafik S. Shafik, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…Groundwater salinization is a pressing global issue, threatening water security and sustainable development in many regions. …”
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The Use of Authentic Materials in English-medium Instructed Business Classes in Higher Education to Improve Learning by Bilel Elmotri, Mubarak Altwaiji, Mohamed Desoky Rabeh, Mustafa Ahmed Al-humari, Farid Amri, Yasir M. Elyasa, Muna Telha

“…Furthermore, teachers' involvement in the process is limited due to a lack of empowerment, and most materials need to be more authentic, leading to comprehension issues and negatively impacting students' examination performance. …”
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A knowledge graph attention network for the cold‐start problem in intelligent manufacturing: Interpretability and accuracy improvement by Ziye Zhou, Yuqi Zhang, Shuize Wang, David San Martin, Yongqian Liu, Yang Liu, Chenchong Wang, Wei Xu

“…To address this issue, we propose a knowledge graph attention neural network for steel manufacturing (SteelKGAT). …”
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Resolution dependence of interlinked Southern Ocean biases in global coupled HadGEM3 models by D. Storkey, P. Mathiot, M. J. Bell, D. Copsey, C. Guiavarc'h, H. T. Hewitt, J. Ridley, M. J. Roberts

“…This suggests that the fundamental issue in the eddy-permitting model may be to do with unresolved eddy processes and/or the representation of bathymetric drag on the flow. …”
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The effects of specimens geometry on solidification conditions and microstructure formation in laser powder bed fusion fabricated Ti–6Al–4V alloys by Rijie Zhao, Ronghui Kou, Haoliang Wang, Chenghao Song, Chuan Li, Zhenzhong Sun

“…Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) excels at creating intricately shaped parts, which will result in variations in solidification conditions, microstructure formation and mechanical properties. To address this issue, three distinct shapes: cubic, pyramidal and inversed pyramidal Ti–6Al–4V alloy specimens were fabricated using LPBF technology. …”
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Automatic magnetic resonance imaging series labelling for large repositories by Armando Gomis-Maya, Leonor Cerdá-Alberich, Diana Veiga-Canuto, Salvatore Claudio-Fanni, Amadeo Ten-Steve, Gloria Ribas-Despuig, Pedro José Mallol-Roselló, Joan Vila-Frances, Luis Marti-Bonmati

“…Abstract Large medical image repositories present challenges related to unstructured data. A data enrichment process allows the storage of additional information for fast identification of the content and properties of medical imaging studies. …”
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Web-Based Real-Time Alarm and Teleoperation System for Autonomous Navigation Failures Using ROS 1 and ROS 2 by Nabih Pico, Giovanny Mite, Daniel Morán, Manuel S. Alvarez-Alvarado, Eugene Auh, Hyungpil Moon

“…However, camera latency is higher, suggesting the need for potential optimizations in image data processing. Additionally, the platform supports the integration of additional sensors or applications based on user requirements.…”
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Evaluating Large Cardamom Agriculture Practices: A Case Study from Panchthar, Nepal by Sarina Basnet, Anup Bhatt, Saugat Gautam, Sajan Danji, Sujan Amgai

“…Farmers predominantly used jute bags for packaging. Major issues identified included plant wilt, furkey, rhizome rot, and stem borer infestations. …”
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