Study on Hydrogen Combustion Flame Acceleration Mechanism and Prediction Method During Severe Accidents in Nuclear Power Plants by Ran Liu, Jingyi Yu, Xiaoming Yang, Yong Liu, Rubing Ma, Yidan Yuan

“…The ultra-high-pressure loads generated almost instantaneously will pose serious risks to containment integrity and equipment or instrument functionality within nuclear facilities. This paper investigates the flame acceleration mechanism and criterion, which is crucial for precise hydrogen risk assessment. …”
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Current State of Knowledge, Impact on Work Productivity and Treatment Methods by Aleksandra Dudek, Aleksandra Sadowska, Aleksandra Welkier, Adam Sobiński, Joanna Miśkiewicz, Patrycja Pietrusińska, Jakub Moder, Anna Dziewierz, Paula Kwaśniewska, Patrycja Śliwa-Tytko

“…At a societal level, OSA leads to a reduced productivity levels caused by impaired cognitive functions and absenteeism and an increased risk of motor vehicle accidents. …”
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Taxon-Dependent Community Assembly of Bacteria and Protists in River Ecosystems: A Case Study from the Yujiang River by Yusen Li, Wenjian Chen, Yaoquan Han, Jianjun Lei, Bo Huang, Youjie Qin, Feng Lin, Caijin Li, Dapeng Wang, Lei Zhou

“…River ecosystems are under growing pressure from human disturbances, jeopardizing their ecological functions. Here, we investigated bacterial and protistan communities along the Yujiang River using environmental DNA metabarcoding. …”
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Genome-wide identification of lipid transfer proteins in Sorghum bicolor and discovery of flower-specific promoters by Leandro Andrés Cossio, Alejandra Estefanía Melgar, Laura Moyano, Gustavo Enrique Schrauf, Alicia Mercedes Zelada

“…Their promoters were functionally tested in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana, revealing distinct spatial and stress-responsive expression profiles. …”
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Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement via Femtosecond Laser-Textured Inclined Microfeatures by Frederik Mertens, Thomas Ponnet, Balasubramanian Nagarajan, Senthil Kumar Parimalanathan, Johan Steelant, Sylvie Castagne, Maria Rosaria Vetrano

“…This work addresses enhancing flow boiling heat transfer via the use of engineered surfaces possessing specific novel geometries created via femtosecond laser texturing. Surface functionalization can result in improved, more controlled, and denser nucleation as well as controlled surface rewetting, leading to reduced incipient superheats, higher heat transfer coefficients, reduced flow instabilities, and increased critical heat fluxes with respect to a non-modified reference surface. …”
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The impact of early life experiences on inhibitory control and working memory by Eva Dydenkova, Francis McGlone, Larisa Mayorova, Larisa Mayorova, Elena Nikolaeva

“…Dramatic environmental events during this period, such as history of institutionalisation, can disrupt optimal developmental pathways, leaving biological scars for life.MethodsThe focus of this study was to investigate the impact of institutionalisation on the development of inhibitory control and working memory in three groups of children matched for age (n = 130; 7.1 ± 2.0 years): (1) early institutionalised (n = 35; age of placement: 6.9 ± 10.6 months; duration of placement: 14.6 ± 10.4 months); (2) late institutionalised (n = 29; age of placement: 49.3 ± 30.6 months; the duration of placement: 16.0 ± 19.4 months); (3) never institutionalised (n = 66).ResultsResults showed that the early institutionalised group had the lowest scores on tests of inhibitory control (p = 0.03), working memory (p = 0.03) and retrieval-based learning (p = 0.04), while the results of the group of late institutionalised children do not differ significantly from never institutionalised.DiscussionThe existence of a sensitive period during the first 18 months of a child’s life is discussed, which determines the formation of the retrieval-based learning mechanism and of inhibiting ineffective experience, for which executive functions are responsible.…”
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Work-related stress among primary healthcare workers by Ilić Radovan, Popović Jovana, Marković Vladan, Nemec Vesna, Milošević Miloš

“…The second part of the survey was based on the Behavioral Health Concepts (BHC) stress test, which is used to estimate the adaptation to stress across four dimensions: overall assessment, quality of life assessment, symptomatology, and level of functioning. …”
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Small-Gauge Pars Plana Vitrectomy for the Management of Symptomatic Posterior Vitreous Detachment after Phacoemulsification and Multifocal Intraocular Lens Implantation: A Pilot St... by Rodrigo M. Navarro, Leonardo M. Machado, Ossires Maia, Lihteh Wu, Michel E. Farah, Octaviano Magalhaes, J. Fernando Arevalo, Mauricio Maia

“…Ultrasonography and aberrometry were performed. The Visual Functioning Questionnaire 25 (VFQ-25) was administered preoperatively and at 30 days postoperatively. …”
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Genetic variation, structural analysis, and virulence implications of BimA and BimC in clinical isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Thailand by Charlene Mae Salao Cagape, Rathanin Seng, Natnaree Saiprom, Sarunporn Tandhavanant, Claire Chewapreecha, Usa Boonyuen, T. Eoin West, Narisara Chantratita

“…We found that all isolates retained these functions. These findings enhance our understanding of the prevalence of BimABp and BimC variants and their implications for B. pseudomallei virulence.…”
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Virtual Choirs in Care Homes: The Development and Early Assessment of a New Virtual Reality Choir Intervention by Helena Daffern, Helen Weatherly, Pedro Saramago, Kim Steele, Dana Greaves, Maeve Kavanagh, Lucy Cooney, Jake Spreadborough, Stephen Honnan, Daniel Johnston, Ross Toomer

“…Co-designed with Alzheimer Scotland, the intervention was tested in two care homes for functionality and to develop an approach towards assessing feasibility. …”
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Rice seed integrity evaluation: Developing a rapid onsite system to check seed fraud using a portable NIR spectroscopic device coupled with smartphone technology by Ernest Teye, Charles Lloyd Yeboah Amuah, Vida Gyimah Boadu, Kwadwo Anokye Dompreh, Maxwell Darko Asante, Francis Padi Lamptey, Stephen Narh, Daniel Dzorkpe Gamenyah, George Oduro Nkansah, Selorm Akaba

“…After applying various pre-processing techniques and principal component analysis (PCA), linear discriminant functions 1 and 2 successfully revealed distinct clustering patterns for both the varieties and categories (rice seed and paddy). …”
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Predominant T-cell epitopes of SARS-CoV-2 restricted by multiple prevalent HLA-B and HLA-C allotypes in Northeast Asia by Yu Zhao, Min Peng, Chengtao He, Min Li, Min Li, Xuelian Han, Xuelian Han, Qiang Fu, Yandan Wu, Fangping Yue, Chunguang Yan, Guangyu Zhao, Guangyu Zhao, Chuanlai Shen

“…These data will facilitate the design of T-cell-directed vaccines and SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cell detection tools tailored to the Northeast Asian population. The herd test of functionally validated T-cell epitopes, and the competitive peptide binding assay onto cell line array expressing prevalent HLA allotypes may serve as an additional criterion for selecting T-cell epitopes used in vaccine.…”
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Collagen-based porous aerogel with high adsorption, excellent antibacterial properties, and structural stability for specific uranium capture in seawater by Taotao Qiang, Tian Wang, Xiaonan Ruan, Xiancheng Zhang, Ruilong Li, Longfang Ren

“…In the present investigation, an anti-biofouling amino oxime-functionalized collagen/sodium alginate aerogel (CF-AO/SA) was fabricated using leather waste-derived collagen. …”
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Accuracy and Usability of Smartphone-Based Distance Estimation Approaches for Visual Assistive Technology Development by Giles Hamilton-Fletcher, Mingxin Liu, Diwei Sheng, Chen Feng, Todd E. Hudson, John-Ross Rizzo, Kevin C. Chan

“…<italic>Conclusions:</italic> We provide key information that helps design reliable smartphone-based visual assistive technologies to enhance the functionality of PBLV.…”
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Pancytopenia and Progressive Breathlessness in a 48-Year-Old Man With a Reversed Halo Sign on Imaging by Rakesh Kodati, MD, DM, Narendra Kumar Narahari, MD, Shantveer G. Uppin, MD, Umabala Pamidimukkala, MD, Sukanya Sudhaharan, MD, Bhaskar Kakarla, MD, Paramjyothi Gongati, MD

“…Routine blood investigation findings (complete blood count and kidney and liver functions tests) were normal. He was advised to undergo a lung biopsy for definite diagnosis, but he declined to do so. …”
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Control of Wastewater Treatment Processes Using a Fuzzy Logic Approach by Jaloliddin Eshbobaev, Adham Norkobilov, Komil Usmanov, Bakhodir Khamidov, Orifjon Kodirov, Toshtemir Avezov

“…Based on these data, the membership functions (MFs) of the parameters were formed, and the model of controlling the process through the fuzzy logic controller was developed. …”
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Knocking down glycoprotein nonmetastatic melanoma protein B suppresses the proliferation, migration, and invasion in bladder cancer cells by Yi-xiang Zhang, Cai-peng Qin, Xue-qi Zhang, Qing-rong Wang, Chu-biao Zhao, Ye-qing Yuan, Jiang-gen Yang

“…Due to its potential responsibility in cancer aggressiveness, the main objective of this work was to investigate its expression in bladder cancer and the biological functions in bladder cancer cells. Using immunohistochemistry, western blot, and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, we analyzed the expression of glycoprotein nonmetastatic melanoma protein B in bladder cancer tissues and bladder cancer cell lines. …”
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Development of fully-resorption replacement paste-like organic/inorganic artificial bones compatible with bone remodeling cycles by Yuki Kamaya, Shiori Kato, Kazuaki Nakano, Masaki Nagaya, Hiroshi Nagashima, Mamoru Aizawa

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The Analysis of Driving Factors of Farm Land Equipment to Sprinkler Irrigation Systems (Case Study: the Villages of Ravansar Township) by Jafar Tavakoli, Davoud Jamini

“…Besides, the recognition of driving factors equipping agricultural lands to the sprinkler systems in the area indicates that, supportive policies, strong educational-promotive system, active participation of farmers, functionality and efficiency of agricultural lands and background factors are considered as the most important factors. …”
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Prevalence of cognitive impairment and metabolic syndrome among older adults in calabar metropolis and the associated risk factors by Idongesit KokoAbasi Isong, Kingsley John Emmanuel, Iya Eze Bassey, Mercy Etim Jackson, Unwana Paul Obadare, Ifure Uwem KokoAbasi, Glory Okoi Abam

“…Cognitive impairment (CI) impacts various brain functions, affecting daily activities and quality of life. …”
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