Patient-specific 3D tibial model: transforming meniscal allograft transplantation and surgical planning by Paula Andrea Sarmiento Riveros, Alejandro Jaramillo Quiceno, Rubén Darío Arias Pérez

“…Abstract Background Meniscal allograft transplantation (MAT) restores knee function by replacing a damaged or absent meniscus with a healthy allograft, helping to preserve joint stability, distribute the load, and reduce cartilage degeneration. …”
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An Evaluation of Ovine Shelters and Hovels in terms of Settlement and Rural Housing in Dosemealti District of Antalya by İhsan Bulut, Berna Özoğul, Burak Manav, Metehan Kurtlu

“…The study aims to reveal the functional features of the sheepcote settlements in the region, the factors affecting the selection of the establishment site, the materials used, and the actions in the sheepcotes. …”
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Generation and Collision of High-energy Vortex Particles: Advances, Prospects and Challenges by GUO Rentong1, MAMUTJAN Ababekri1, LU Zhiwei1, XU Zhongfeng1, LI Jianxing1, 2

“…These vortex states carry intrinsic orbital angular momentum along their mean propagation direction, endowing their wave functions with a spiral phase structure akin to whirlpool-like water flows or spinning tops. …”

Genome-wide analysis clarifies the population genetic structure of wild gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata). by Francesco Maroso, Konstantinos Gkagkavouzis, Sabina De Innocentiis, Jasmien Hillen, Fernanda do Prado, Nikoleta Karaiskou, John Bernard Taggart, Adrian Carr, Einar Nielsen, Alexandros Triantafyllidis, Luca Bargelloni, Aquatrace Consortium

“…Gilthead sea bream is an important target for both recreational and commercial fishing in Europe, where it is also one of the most important cultured fish. Its distribution ranges from the Mediterranean to the African and European coasts of the North-East Atlantic. …”
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Polyethylene terephthalate track etched membrane for recovery of helium from helium-nitrogen system by Bipin Chandra Nailwal, Nitesh Goswami, Jayprakash P. Nair, Biju Keshavkumar, Puthiyedath Surendran, Anit Kumar Gupta, Soumitra Kar, Asis Kumar Adak

“…Monte Carlo simulations were carried out using the FLUKA code to evaluate the dose deposited by the ions in the PET film and the displacement per atom (DPA). The distribution of absorbed dose in the film as a function of thickness, the mean absorbed dose as a function of ion energy, and DPA at various depths in the film was determined using these simulations. …”
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Regional Logistics Network Design in Mitigating Truck Flow-Caused Congestion Problems by Mi Gan, Xinyuan Li, Fadong Zhang, Zhenggang He

“…The models determine not only the facility location, initial distribution planning, roadway construction, and expansion decisions but also offer an optimal solution to the logistics network service level and truck-type selections. …”
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Nitrate-Nitrogen Leaching and Modeling in Intensive Agriculture Farmland in China by Ligang Xu, Hailin Niu, Jin Xu, Xiaolong Wang

“…Three typical intensive agriculture farmlands in Jiangyin City in China are selected as a case study for NO3-N leaching and modeling in the soil profile. …”
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Predictive Model of Type 2 Diabetes Remission after Metabolic Surgery in Chinese Patients by Yufang Luo, Zi Guo, Honghui He, Youbo Yang, Shaoli Zhao, Zhaohui Mo

“…In general, East Asian patients with T2D have a lower body mass index and worse islet function than westerners. We aimed to look for clinical predictors of T2D remission after metabolic surgery in Chinese patients, which may provide insights for patient selection. …”
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Quantitative comparison between single-photon emission computed tomography and positron emission tomography imaging of lung ventilation with 99mTc-technegas and 68Ga-gallgas in pat... by Enrique Gustavo Cuna, Juan Pablo Gambini, Liliana Servente, Eduardo Savio, Henry William Engler, Gabriel Adrián González, Omar Alonso

“…Quantitative measurements revealed different tracer distribution in both techniques. These results suggest that tracer distribution patterns may depend on the cause of the pulmonary obstruction. …”
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Energy Trading in Local Energy Markets: A Comprehensive Review of Models, Solution Strategies, and Machine Learning Approaches by Sania Khaskheli, Amjad Anvari-Moghaddam

“…This classification examines various algorithms for energy transactions considering the agent type, learning methods, policy, state space, action space, and action selection for state, action, and reward function outputs. …”
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Advancing soil biology research: Empowering European databases with ontological frameworks for enhanced data integration of soil biodiversity data by José F. Aldana-Martín, David J. Russell, Carlos A. Martínez-Muñoz, Christine Driller, Stephan Lesch, Ismael Navas-Delgado

“…There is a pressing need to integrate taxonomic data with functional traits to understand the functional significance of soil biodiversity and its distribution across various environmental contexts. …”
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Biomechanical analysis of All-on-4 implant supported framework using different materials across various clinical practice by Xiaoxuan Chen, Zhengyi Xu, Kuo Gai, Xibo Pei, Ruyi Li, Qianbing Wan

“…All-on-4 implant restoration can greatly recovery masticatory function in edentulous patients. This study aims to determine the effect of framework material and cantilever length on the stress distribution in All-on-4 implant components using three-dimensional finite element analysis, thereby providing clinicians with insights into the design of All-on-4 superstructures to improve patient outcomes. …”
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Effects of intercropping potato with maize on soil and crop by WEI Changhui, LIU Yajun, YE Xiuxiang, LI Yue, MA Kun

“…The strip-intercropping system with 3∶2 potato and maize, the monoculture of maize were selected as treatment, the change of soil nutrient content, soil microbial community structure, function and potato yield were separately studied.The results showed that potato intercropped with maize had significant influence on the soil physical-chemical properties, the total number of soil microbial communities was enhanced and the proportion of bacteria in soil microbial communities was increased. …”
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Assessing the accuracy of ancestral protein reconstruction methods. by Paul D Williams, David D Pollock, Benjamin P Blackburne, Richard A Goldstein

“…This suggests that ancestral reconstruction studies require greater care to come to credible conclusions regarding functional evolution. Inferred functional patterns that mimic reconstruction bias should be reevaluated.…”
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A Prediction Method for Postconstruction Settlement of Pile-Soil Composite Subgrade Based on Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation by Hao Shan, Guanghui Jiang, Yajing Chang, Junli Cheng, Baoning Hong, Shengcheng Wang

“…Secondly, each factor index was standardized, and the normal distribution function in the form of exponential was used to construct the standard membership function for the first and second factor indexes. …”
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Integrating parental genomes to reduce reference bias and identify intramuscular fat genes in Qinchuan Black pigs by Guangquan Lv, Peiyu Yang, Ao Guo, Minghao Cao, Dong Li, Zhe Liu, Mingyu Wang, Jingchun Sun, Rongrong Ding, Taiyong Yu

“…The uniformity of variant distribution and genome functional annotation remained consistent before and after integration, while the ratio of non-reference/non-reference genotypes was also improved. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors of Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry in adult in plateau: A Cross-Sectional Study. by Junjie Xia, Yu Qiu, Ling Huang, Wenjun Li, Xingxiong Zou, Xiaoqian Wang, Xiaoli Hou, Yuting Chen, Haishi Xue, Runjiao Chen, Lingna Li, Ke Yi, Jincheng Wang, Wenying Xie

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The adult residents of Hongyuan County were selected by random sampling method, and the lung function tests, questionnaires, blood tests were conducted. …”
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Dynamical Properties of a Stochastic Tumor–Immune System with Impulsive Perturbations and Regime Switching by Junfeng Zhao, Bingshuo Wang, Wei Li, Dongmei Huang, Vesna Rajic

“…This paper presents a stochastic tumor–immune model to discover the role of the regime switching in microenvironments and analyze tumor evolution under comprehensive pulse effects. By selecting an appropriate Lyapunov function and applying Itô’s formula, the ergodicity theory of Markov chains, and inequality analysis methods, we undertake a systematic investigation of a tumor’s behavior, focusing on its extinction, its persistence, and the existence of a stationary distribution. …”
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Prediction for Various Drought Classes Using Spatiotemporal Categorical Sequences by Rizwan Niaz, Mohammed M. A. Almazah, Xiang Zhang, Ijaz Hussain, Muhammad Faisal

“…In MBCSTCS, the suitable order K of the components is selected by Bayesian information criterion (BIC). In MBCSTCS, the estimated mixing proportions and the posterior probabilities are used to compute probability distribution associated with the future steps of transitions. …”
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Predicting and Mapping of Soil Organic Matter with Machine Learning in the Black Soil Region of the Southern Northeast Plain of China by Yiyang Li, Gang Yao, Shuangyi Li, Xiuru Dong

“…The estimation of soil organic matter (SOM) content is essential for understanding the chemical, physical, and biological functions of soil. It is also an important attribute reflecting the quality of black soil. …”
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