Efficiency simulation and coincidence-summing correction for HPGe detector by ZHANG Ruiqin, LI Qi, FAN Yuanqing, ZHAO Yungang, ZHANG Xinjun, JIA Huaimao, NIU Yazhou, LI Ruiying, WANG Shilian

“…BackgroundIn order to enhance the detection sensitivity of HPGe detectors for measuring the low-level activity of radionuclides, samples are usually measured as close to the detector as possible to improve the detection efficiency, which inevitably leads to serious coincidence-summing effects in return and affects the accuracy of measured activity.PurposeThis study aims to conduct efficiency simulation and coincidence-summing correction for HPGe detectors.MethodsFirst of all, the peak efficiency of the HPGe detector was simulated by Geant4 and the internal geometry of the HPGe detector was optimized by comparing the simulated results with the experimental results of the mixed standard calibration source. …”
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A multidisciplinary and structured approach for comprehensive evaluation of functional outcomes, adverse events, psychosocial outcomes and health-related quality of life after loca... by Leonie G. Tigelaar, Lianne M. Haveman, Willem P. Bekkering, Irene L. B. Oude Lansink, Christel D. Rohrich, Hinke Van der Hoek, Laura R. Beek, Jennifer Van Dijk, Marjolein E. M. Langemeijer, Relinde W. Slooff-Lentink, Alied M. Van der Aa-Van Delden, Heleen Maurice-Stam, Annemarie M. L. Peek, Helena J. H. Van der Pal, Maria M. W. Koopman, Leontien C. M. Kremer, Stijn J. Westerbos, Harm Van Tinteren, Jos A. M. Bramer, Jos A. M. Bramer, Michiel A. J. Van de Sande, Michiel A. J. Van de Sande, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Hendrik W. B. Schreuder, Hendrik W. B. Schreuder, Johannes H. M. Merks, Johannes H. M. Merks

“…Standard of care clinical assessments serve as the primary data source for this study. Furthermore, additional research assessments are performed to further expand our knowledge. …”
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Research on Habitat and Species Diversity of Spontaneous Plants in the Dujiangyan Canal Corridors by Rui HAN, Qingjuan YANG

“…Studying the composition and diversity characteristics of spontaneous plants in different habitats within the canal corridor of the Dujiangyan Essence Irrigation Area is beneficial for biodiversity conservation and the optimization of canal corridor landscape.MethodsThis research conducts a comprehensive survey of spontaneous plants in spring, collecting data from 81 sample points and 167 quadrats. …”
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Research on Pedestrians’ Visual Perception Characteristics Based on USGGS: A Case Study of the Six Inner-City Districts of Tianjin by Hanwen YANG, Shang’en TSOU, Yike HU

“…The core objective of the research is to propose strategies to optimize the greening structure of urban streets by analyzing the correlation between USGGS and visual perception of pedestrians, so as to enhance the quality of the visual environment of street pedestrians, improve the urban human settlement environment and promote the organic integration of the urban ecological and humanistic environments, thus providing a new way of thinking for urban planning and construction, and promoting the high-quality and sustainable development of urban street space.MethodsThe research selects the six inner-city districts of Tianjin City as the research area, utilizes Baidu street view image (SVI) as data source, and collect SVIs and their coordinates in the six districts in 2019 by calling Baidu API, with a total of 17,326 points selected and 13,281 valid samples obtained after screening. …”
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First Report on the Artificial Cultivation Techniques of <i>Buchwaldoboletus xylophilus</i> (Boletales, Boletaceae, <i>Buchwaldoboletus</i>) in Southwest China by Tianwei Yang, Hongjun Mu, Liming Dai, Jing Liu, Xinjing Xu, Feng Gao, Yiwei Fang, Sipeng Jian, Mingxia He, Chunxia Zhang

“…The results show that the optimal carbon source, nitrogen source, and inorganic salt for the mycelium growth of <i>B. xylophilus</i> were maltose, ammonium tartrate, and magnesium sulfate, respectively. …”
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Influence of low-intensity artificial light on the fatty acid profile of the biotechnologically important culinary mushroom Pleurotus eryngii in vitro by Oksana Mykchaylova, Aleksander Besarab, Anatoliy Negriyko, Margarita Lomberg, Natalia Poyedinok

“…This study aimed to compare and evaluate the fatty acid profile and fat quality indices of lipids from the mycelial mass of Pleurotus eryngii under various light-emitting diode (LED) and laser light irradiation regimes. Methods To determine the effect of artificial light on the biosynthetic activity of P. eryngii, an artificial lighting system based on LED matrices with wavelengths of 470 nm (blue), 530 nm (green), and 650 nm (red), as well as an argon gas laser as a coherent visible light source at 488 nm, was used. …”
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Regional disparities and influencing factors of health production efficiency: evidence from China by Hongwei Li, Ruixin Wang, Hongliang Wang

“…Intra-regional disparities remain the primary source of the overall differences in health production efficiency across China. …”
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Enhancing patient education on the role of tibial osteotomy in the management of knee osteoarthritis using a customized ChatGPT: a readability and quality assessment by Stephen Fahy, Stephan Oehme, Danko Dan Milinkovic, Benjamin Bartek

“…Two ChatGPT-4 models were compared: a native version and a fine-tuned model (“The Knee Guide”) optimized for readability and source citation through Instruction-Based Fine-Tuning (IBFT) and Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF). …”
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Adapting the Motion Algorithm of a Smart Building Facade Shade to the Behavioral Pattern of Oxalis Plant for Daylight Control (Case Study: Shiraz City) by Zahra Yarmahmoodi, Tahereh Nasr, Hamed Mozterzadeh

“…Considering that nature has always been a source of inspiration for humans and has sustainably operated over time, plants were selected as the inspiration source for designing the smart shade in this study. …”
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Transcriptional fingerprinting of regulatory T cells: ensuring quality in cell therapy applications by Zhang Cheng, Li-Jie Wang, Yuchi Honaker, Steven A. Cincotta, Claire E. Page, Sydney Vollhardt, Victor Yuan, S. Alice Long, Yuanyuan Xiao, Joshua N. Beilke, Joseph R. Arron, Jeffrey A. Bluestone

“…Commonly used methods to identify Treg, including assessment of FOXP3 expression and demethylation of the Treg-specific demethylated region (TSDR), may not be sufficient on their own to ensure that Treg cell therapy drug products have an optimal identity and phenotype prior to infusion into patients.MethodsTo address this critical need, we developed a robust framework to molecularly characterize Treg products using next-generation sequencing. …”
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Origin Traceability of Chinese Mitten Crab (<i>Eriocheir sinensis</i>) Using Multi-Stable Isotopes and Explainable Machine Learning by Danhe Wang, Chunxia Yao, Yangyang Lu, Di Huang, Yameng Li, Xugan Wu, Weiguo Song, Qinxiong Rao

“…The Chinese mitten crab (<i>Eriocheir sinensis</i>) industry is currently facing the challenges of origin fraud, as well as a lack of precision and interpretability of existing traceability methods. Here, we propose a high-precision origin traceability method based on a combination of stable isotope analysis and interpretable machine learning. …”
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Hybrid thermoelectric generator system for enhanced waste heat recovery from diesel generators using HVAC condenser airflow by Chadi Nohra, Rassol Hamed Rasheed, Ahmed Mohsin Alsayah, Mohammed J. Alshukri, Jalal Faraj, Samer Ali, Mahmoud Khaled

“…The suggested system presents a new architecture that makes simultaneous use of condenser air and diesel exhaust, two easily accessible but infrequently coupled thermal sources and sinks. Compared to conventional setups, this method greatly increases TEG efficiency by taking advantage of high temperature differentials and passive sink flow. …”
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Comparison of genotyping assays for detection of targeted CRISPR/Cas mutagenesis in highly polyploid sugarcane by Eleanor J. Brant, Eleanor J. Brant, David May, David May, Ayman Eid, Ayman Eid, Fredy Altpeter, Fredy Altpeter

“…While DNA sequencing provides direct evidence of targeted mutagenesis, it is cost-prohibitive as a primary screening method in sugarcane and most other methods of identifying mutant lines have not been optimized for use in highly polyploid species. …”
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Impact of Techno-Economic Breakthroughs in Photovoltaic LCOE on Green Hydrogen Costs by Hongyu ZHANG, Hongning XU, Dan LI, Junliang LI, Jie WANG, Deming WANG, Haichao ZHAO, Chongli ZHEN, Hong ZHAO

“…Within this cost range, green hydrogen will show a competitive advantage in production cost compared with traditional grey hydrogen and is expected to become the mainstream hydrogen source. This paper provides a quantitative basis for the industrialization of photovoltaic hydrogen production technology, and has an important reference value for optimizing the transformation path of energy structure and realizing the coordinated development of environmental benefits and economic benefits.…”
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Using pelleted lateral buds of sugarcane stalk as seeds with an approach to improve sugarcane yield components by Zahra Ajribzadeh, Salim Farzaneh, Mahmoud Shomeili, Hamidreza Balouchi, Raouf Seyed Sharifi

“…The research problem focuses on developing a sustainable and mechanize approach in sugarcane cultivation, optimizing seed quality and planting technique to address challenges such as high production costs, labor-intensive practices, and inefficient resource use in current traditional methods. …”
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Impact of Passive Modifications on the Efficiency of Darrieus Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Utilizing the Kline-Fogleman Blade Design at the Trailing Edge by Farzad Ghafoorian, Hui Wan

“…Various passive modification methods have been developed to enhance efficiency and optimize the aerodynamic performance of the rotor through blade modifications. …”
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Medical Marijuana Documentation Practices in Patient Electronic Health Records: Retrospective Observational Study Using Smart Data Elements and a Review of Medical Records by Donielle Beiler, Aanya Chopra, Christina M Gregor, Lorraine D Tusing, Apoorva M Pradhan, Katrina M Romagnoli, Chadd K Kraus, Brian J Piper, Eric A Wright, Vanessa Troiani

“…Improving the adoption and fidelity of SDE data collection may present a valuable data source for future research on patient MMJ use, treatment efficacy, and outcomes.…”
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A Framework for Autonomous UAV Navigation Based on Monocular Depth Estimation by Jonas Gaigalas, Linas Perkauskas, Henrikas Gricius, Tomas Kanapickas, Andrius Kriščiūnas

“…With this work, we propose a framework and scenarios in three different open-source virtual environments, varying in complexity, to test and compare autonomous UAV navigation methods based on vision. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Fusion of Landsat and MODIS Data for Monitoring of High-Intensity Fire Traces in Karst Landscapes: A Case Study in China by Xiaodong Zhang, Jingyi Zhao, Guanzhou Chen, Tong Wang, Qing Wang, Kui Wang, Tingxuan Miao

“…Moreover, in our karst landscape study area, our proposed Hybrid Strategy selection framework can dynamically optimize the fusion process of multi-source satellite data, which is significantly better than a single fusion strategy. (3) The dNBR-based extraction achieved 90.00% producer accuracy, 69.23% user accuracy, and a Kappa coefficient of 0.718 when validated against field data. …”
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Study on the growth characteristics of Pinus yunnanensis seedlings based on hormonal regulation and chlorophyll metabolism by Ruilian Li, Qibo Wang, Sunling Li, Lin Chen, Nianhui Cai, Yulan Xu

“…These findings can provide valuable references for cultivating high-quality seedlings, optimizing seed source selection, and improving afforestation techniques.…”
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