Effects and Persistence of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BL-99 and Fructooligosaccharides on Older Adults with Functional Constipation: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo... by Meina Li, Qi Zhang, Wen Zhao, Juan Chen, Yinghua Liu, Limian Zhou, Yihui Liu, Langrun Wang, Yiran Guan, Jian He, Qiuyue Jiang, Zhaozhong Zeng, Xinmei Guo, Can Liu, Liwei Zhang, Yong Zhang, Jie Luo, Wei-Lian Hung, Jingjing He, Ran Wang

“…Research on effects of synbiotics in older adults with functional constipation (FC) is limited. This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluated a 4-week synbiotic (Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BL-99 and fructooligosaccharides [FOS]) intervention in 67 participants ≥60 years old meeting Rome IV FC criteria. …”
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Evaluation of the effects of Keratinase-treated feather meal as a replacement for fishmeal on growth performance, liver function, and intestinal health in juvenile largemouth bass... by Yi-Huan Xu, Li-Han Zhang, Min Liu, Mei-Yan Li, Xue-Dan Fang, Hui Xia, Ran Guo, Fazhan Hanafiah, Waiho Khor, Guang Chen, Xin Hao

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A centerline symmetry and double-line transformation based algorithm for large-scale multi-objective optimization by Xiangjuan Wu, Yuping Wang, Ziqing Wang

“…With the two strategies, more widely distributed potential search areas are provided and the optimal solutions can be found easier. …”
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Private-preserving scientific computation of the rational numbers by Xuhong LIU, Chen SUN

“…As a fundamental part of cryptography, secure multiparty computation (SMC) is a building block of various cryptographic protocols, and it is also a hot topic in the international cryptographic community.In recent years, many SMC problems, such as secret information comparison, secret set problems and secure multiparty computational geometry, have been widely studied.As many practical problems need to be described by rational numbers, it is both theoretically and practically important to study the SMC problems in the rational number field.However, most of the existing researches focus on integers and the studied data are mainly one-dimensional data.There are few researches on secure multiparty computation of multi-dimensional data in the rational number field, but they can’t be generalized.Based on the fractional representation of rational numbers, the new encoding schemes about rational numbers and rational number vectors were proposed, which could encode multi-dimensional data in the rational number field and provided new solutions for other SMC problems in the rational number field.Based on the encoding scheme and one-way hash function, some protocols were designed for equality problems and set problems in the rational number field.These protocols used basic arithmetic operation and hash operation to guarantee efficiency than existing related protocols.And these protocols didn’t limit the range of research data and they were more widely applicable.It proves that these protocols are secure in the semi-honest model using simulation paradigm, and demonstrates the efficiency and the applicability of these protocols by theoretical analysis and experiment.A practical example was also given to illustrate that approaches are more versatile, and they could also be directly used to solve some secure multiparty computational geometry problems in the rational number field.…”
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Creep failure characteristics and damage creep model of red layer soft rock based on Perzyna viscoplastic theory by Lei Chen, Jinchi Han, Shuguang Zhang, Jiaxu Jin, Baoxin Jia, Jiashun Liu, Jupeng Tang

“…The critical point damage variable is defined by dividing the creep stage, so that the acceleration creep start time can be determined more accurately. The results show that: (1) The model curves in this paper fit well with the test data, indicating that Weibull distribution function is feasible to describe rock creep damage, and the accuracy and rationality of the model in this paper are verified. (2) Based on Perzyna viscoplastic theory, a more accurate viscoplastic strain expression was established to describe accelerated creep. (3) By defining the critical point damage variables of different creep stages, the relationship between rock creep deformation and damage can be better reflected, which makes up the shortcoming that Nishihara model cannot describe accelerated creep, and enriches the creep constitutive theory of rock materials.…”
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Study protocol for the BRAIN Training Trial: a randomised controlled trial of Balance, Resistance, And INterval training on cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive i... by Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Ulrik Wisløff, Maria Fiatarone Singh, Yorgi Mavros, Perminder S Sachdev, Ryan S Falck, Dorthe Stensvold, Jeff S Coombes, Trinidad Valenzuela, Nicole Kochan, Wei Wen, Jeffrey Hausdorff, Jiyang Jiang, Emily C Smith, Matthew Hollings, Tess C Hawkins, Nicholas J Ashley, Natan Feter, Guy C Wilson, Isabel Hui En Shih, Yareni Guerrero, Tom Bailey

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Comparative effectiveness of pristine and H3PO4-modified biochar in combination with bentonite to immobilize cadmium in a calcareous soil by Hamid Reza Boostani, Mahdi Najafi-Ghiri, Dariush Khalili

“…The M + B2 treatment reduced EDTA-desorbed Cd by 18.7% and exhibited the slowest release rate according to the power function kinetic model. This was due to Cd transfer from bioavailable form (WsEx) to more stable fractions like iron-manganese oxides and residual forms, through increased soil pH and phosphorus levels. …”
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Study on Response Probability of Meteorological and Hydrological Drought Characteristics during Drought Recovery Period in Upper Hanjiang River by ZHU Fang, WANG Haiyu, YANG Shaokang, BO Huijuan

“…For example, when the meteorological drought recovery lasts more than two, three, four, five, and six months, the probability of hydrological drought recovery lasting more than four months is 34.8%, 38.5%, 42.8%, 47.0%, and 50.7%, respectively. …”
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Study on Response Probability of Meteorological and Hydrological Drought Characteristics during Drought Recovery Period in Upper Hanjiang River by ZHU Fang, WANG Haiyu, YANG Shaokang, BO Huijuan

“…For example, when the meteorological drought recovery lasts more than two, three, four, five, and six months, the probability of hydrological drought recovery lasting more than four months is 34.8%, 38.5%, 42.8%, 47.0%, and 50.7%, respectively. …”
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CAPTURE PROBABILITY ASSESSMENT OF A POINT OBJECT WHEN CONDUCTING DETAILED OPTOELECTRONIC RECORDING IN THE STAFFING MODE by Vitallii V. Zuiko

“…These calculations are capable of plane a space recording more efficiently.…”
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STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL STATE OF THE MYOCARDIUM AND SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN THE PRESENCE OF ARTERIAL H... by Rostyslav Kovalchuk, Uliana Bahan

“…In the dynamics of observation, the left ventricular ejection fraction in this category of patients, which was significantly reduced at the time of admission to the hospital (48,50±9,00 %, p<0,001), and also slightly lower than in patients with arterial hypertension (p=0,43), increased to 51,00±9,80 % (p=0,20); C-reactive protein values were normalized, decreasing from 8,20 (5,30;14,30) tо 2,25 (1,30;2,60) IU/mL (p=0,006); the blood content of NT-proBNP, which at hospitalization significantly exceeded the norm and the corresponding values in patients with hypertension (p=0,039), statistically significantly decreased (from 061 (0,30;1,30) to 0,55 (0,40;0.80) ng/ml, p=0,021), indicating a more significant recovery of myocardial function in the presence of COVID-19 compared with such a risk factor as hypertension. …”
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Hazard and Lag Effect of Compound Heat-Drought Events in Southeastern Coastal China under Climate Change Scenarios by An Aohua, Chen Jie, Gao Guoping

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Pain Neuroscience with exercise versus Biomedical Education with Exercise for treatment of Rotator Cuff-related Shoulder Pain: A Randomised Clinical Trial by Sidhant Silan, Bhawna Verma, Umesh Yadav, Kusum Yadav

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Rough decision rules extraction and reduction based on granular computing by Hong-can YAN, Feng ZHANG, Bao-xiang LIU

“…Rule mining was an important research content of data mining,and it was also a hot research topic in the fields of decision support system,artificial intelligence,recommendation system,etc,where attribute reduction and minimal rule set extraction were the key links.Most importantly,the efficiency of extraction was determined by its application.The rough set model and granular computing theory were applied to the decision rule reduction.The decision table was granulated by granulation function,the grain of membership and the concept granular set construction algorithm gener-ated the initial concept granular set.Therefore,attribute reduction could be realized by the distinguish operator of concept granule,and decision rules extraction could be achieved by visualization of concept granule lattice.Experimental result shows that the method is easier to be applied to computer programming and it is more efficient and practical than the existing methods.…”
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Occluded building height estimation from single HR SAR image based on an iterative model matching technique by Li-bing JIANG, Zhuang WANG, Lin LEI, Wen-xian YU

“…Second, a likelihood function for SAR building signature evaluation was formulated. …”
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Ophiocordyceps zhenxingensis sp. nov. and its microbiota during sexual and asexual stages in nature by Huiling Tian, Gangxiang Fei, Jingqiang Guan, Zhongshun Xu, Jiaojiao Qu, Yongdong Dai, Xiao Zou

“…The microbial co-occurrence network of O. zhenxingensis was more complex during the asexual stage; it exhibited greater metabolic activity during the asexual stage. …”
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THE IMPORTANCE OF HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF RITUXIMAB IN PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS by O. A. Koneva, O. V. Desinova, L. P. Ananyeva, N. V. Kovaleva

“…The time course of changes in these parameters and PFT results was separately assessed in patients with less and more than 20% of lung tissue injury in Group A (n=13 (31%) and in Group B (n=29 (69%).Results and discussion. …”
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Security control of Boolean control networks against periodic DoS attacks by Bowen Bai, Jinhuan Wang, Linying Xiang

“…Firstly, the control Lyapunov function (CLF) for the BCNs under PDoS attacks is defined, and it is shown that the BCNs can achieve global stabilization if and only if there exists a CLF. …”
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Jump amplitude inference in SDEs with cosine kernel by Wuchen Li, Luwen Zhang, Jian Xu, Linghui Li, Liping Bai

“…This paper introduces a novel kernel density estimation method based on cosine functions for jump amplitude estimation. Our approach addresses these systematic errors, especially under large sample conditions, enabling more accurate statistical inference for the jump amplitude in stochastic differential equations with jumps. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Winding Structures in Dynamic Wireless Power Transmission in Electric Vehicle Applications by M. Rafinejad, A. Ghayebloo

“…In this paper, the winding function method is used for more accurate modeling of coils in terms of spatial harmonics and calculation of their self and mutual inductances by changing the location of the vehicle. …”
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