Planning community-based intervention for speech for children with cleft lip and palate from rural South India: A needs assessment by Subramaniyan Balasubramaniyan, Vaidyanathan Raghunathan, B. Rajashekhar, B. W. C. Sathiyasekaran, Roopa Nagarajan

“…Velopharyngeal port functioning assessment was completed for 55/124 participants. …”
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TEMPO-Oxidized Spruce Galactoglucomannan–Biopolymer with Enhanced Antioxidant Activity and Selective Heavy-Metal Sorption by Vladislav A. Ionin, Yuriy N. Malyar, Valentina S. Borovkova, Dmitriy V. Zimonin, Aleksandr S. Kazachenko

“…Nevertheless, there are various ways to enhance its functionality via oxidative TEMPO/NaBr/NaOCl processing. …”
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Clinical outcomes of plate-haptic diffractive multifocal toric IOL in cataract eyes with long axial length and corneal astigmatism by Zhe Xu, Jingwen Wang, Ce Shi, Shuang Ni, Jingwei Xu, Sha Zhu, Jianxia Fang, Wen Xu

“…In summary, plate-haptic diffractive multifocal toric IOL improves distance and near visual functions and reduces refractive astigmatism in cataract patients with long axial length and corneal astigmatism. …”
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Self-assembled Fe3O4 nanoparticles on V2C MXene for enhanced supercapacitor and microwave absorption applications by Qixun Xia, Ranlu Miao, Wen Guo, Min Xia, Libo Wang, Qianku Hu, Aiguo Zhou

“…This composite material has broad application potential in modern electronic devices owing to its high energy storage capacity and effective electromagnetic wave absorption. This dual functionality improves device performance and offers a compact solution for energy storage and effective microwave absorption.…”
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Levels of chemokines and other inflammatory mediators in patients with mild cognitive impairment undergoing rehabilitation by I. K. Malashenkova, S. A. Krynskiy, D. P. Ogurtsov, N. A. Khailov, V. D. Melnikova, A. V. Andryushenko, V. B. Savilov, M. V. Kurmyshev, G. P. Kostyuk, N. A. Didkovsky

“…Assessment of cognitive functions was performed using international neuropsychological scales. …”
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Cheby-KANs: Advanced Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks for Applying Geometric Deep Learning in Quantum Chemistry Applications by Amgad Abdallah Mahmoud, Andreas Pester, Maha M. Muttardi, Frederic Andres, Shihori Tanabe, Nicolas Greneche, Hesham H. Ali

“…These results demonstrate the potential of Cheby-KAN in addressing the approximation of multi-variate and complex functions under high levels of uncertainty, while offering enhanced interpretability compared to traditional neural network models or KANs with B-splines.…”
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Structure-guided bispecific antibody engineering confers broad protection against KP.3.1.1 and sarbecoviruses by Yunping Ma, Qianying Liu, Palizhati Rehati, Zhaoyong Zhang, Yingdan Wang, Zhimin Liu, Jiali Chen, Xuezhou Bai, Aihua Hao, Yanqun Wang, Yumei Wen, Zhenguo Chen, Lu Lu, Jincun Zhao, Fan Wu, Lei Sun, Jinghe Huang

“…Bispecific antibodies (bsAbs) targeting two antigens show promise, but the impact of scFv sequence arrangement on functionality remains unclear. Using neutralizing mAbs 7F3 (Omicron XBB.1-specific) and GW01 (cross-neutralizing), we engineered four bsAbs with diverse scFv configurations. …”
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Aging assessment of silicone rubber materials under corona discharge accompanied by humidity and UV radiation by Mahmood Atif, Muneeb Ahmed, Saeed Usman, Alam Shahid, Al-Ammar Essam A., Kang Jee-Hyun, Zoubi Wail Al, Choi Dongwhi

“…Following aging of the test samples, diagnosis was conducted to assess their integrity. …”
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Reduced avoidance behaviour in Daphnia magna due to agrochemical-induced vulnerability by María Eugenia López-Valcárcel, Ana del Arco, Cristiano V.M. Araújo, Gema Parra

“…Additionally, agrochemically induced vulnerability and its effect on avoidance behaviour may affect ecosystem functioning through the altered spatial distribution of zooplankton populations.…”
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The Aquatic Metatron: A large‐scale experimental facility to study the combined effects of habitat fragmentation and climate change on aquatic meta‐ecosystems by Murielle Richard, Alexandre Garreau, Elvire Bestion, Julien Cucherousset, Jose M. Montoya, Simon Blanchet

“…Abstract Revealing the effects of multiple global change drivers on ecosystem dynamics and functioning is a crucial endeavour, which necessitates the use of appropriate tools. …”
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The effectiveness and safety of staged halo-pelvic traction combined with posterior spinal fusion in the treatment of severe rigid spine deformity: a prospective cohort study by Lijin Zhou, Honghao Yang, Jianqiang Wang, Yiqi Zhang, Yunsheng Wang, Yong Hai

“…Radiographic parameters, clinical information, pulmonary functions tests, and perioperative complications were recorded. …”
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Adjusting for seasonal harvest bias in the lactation index for white‐tailed deer management by Kamen L. Campbell, Bronson K. Strickland, Stephen Demarais, Phillip D. Jones, Guiming Wang, Chad M. Dacus, Christopher Cook, W. Matt Knox

“…For each population, we calculated distance of mean female harvest date from median parturition date, and included linear, quadratic, and cubic functions of mean harvest day as potential explanatory variables. …”
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Synthesis and Performance of Epoxy-Terminated Hyperbranched Polymers Based on Epoxidized Soybean Oil by Guang-Zhao Li, Qiuhong Wang, Chongyu Zhu, Shuai Zhang, Fumei Wang, Lei Tao, Youqi Jiang, Qiang Zhang, Wenyan Wang, Rui Han

“…They possess characteristics such as low viscosity, high functionality, and thermal stability, which endow them with broad application potential in materials science and chemical engineering. …”
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Constructing representative group networks from tractography: lessons from a dynamical approach by Eleanna Kritikaki, Matteo Mancini, Matteo Mancini, Diana Kyriazis, Natasha Sigala, Simon F. Farmer, Simon F. Farmer, Luc Berthouze

“…While we suggest that dynamics should be at least one of the criteria for representativeness, given that the brain has evolved under the pressure of carrying out specific functions, our results suggest that the question persists as to which of these criteria are valid and testable.…”
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Co-Formulation of Iron Oxide and PLGA Nanoparticles to Deliver Curcumin and IFNα for Synergistic Anticancer Activity in A375 Melanoma Skin Cancer Cells by Magdi Abobaker, Mershen Govender, Yahya E. Choonara

“…This study investigated the use of a co-nanoparticle approach of iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) surface-functionalized with curcumin (Cur-FeONPs) delivered with prolonged-release interferon alpha (IFNα)-loaded PLGA NPs (IFNα-PLGANPs) for the synergistic treatment of malignant melanoma tested in A375 cells. …”
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Dendrobium officinale polysaccharide promotes angiogenesis as well as follicle regeneration and hair growth through activation of the WNT signaling pathway by Yujin Zhang, Qing Tang, Bijun Zeng, Fengjiao Wang, Meijunzi Luo, Pan Huang, Ling Chen, Haizhen Wang

“…The promotional effects of DOP on the biological functions of DPCs and MVECs could be effectively reversed by the WNT signaling pathway inhibitor IWR-1. …”
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Modular Neural Network Model for Biometric Authentication of Personnel in Critical Infrastructure Facilities Based on Facial Images by Oleksandr Korchenko, Ihor Tereikovskyi, Ruslana Ziubina, Liudmyla Tereikovska, Oleksandr Korystin, Oleh Tereikovskyi, Volodymyr Karpinskyi

“…When developing the model, an approach was used in which the functionality of each module was defined in such a way as to correspond to a task traditionally solved by a separate neural network model. …”
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Computational fluid dynamics-multibody system dynamics bidirectional coupling calculation and flow-induced vibration evaluation of a high-speed pantograph-catenary system by Zhuojun Li, ChunJiang Chen, Huapu Song, Gang Yang, Jun Yang, Huadong Yao, Jiqiang Niu

“…This study proposes a bidirectional coupling method for the pantograph based on overset grids. The user-defined functions (UDF) in Fluent enable real-time data exchange between aerodynamic forces and structural displacements. …”
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Integrated metabolomics and intestinal microbiota analysis to reveal anti-post-weaning diarrhea mechanisms of Modified Yupingfeng Granule in Rex rabbits by Dongbo Li, Chao Li, Ning Liu, Hanzhong Liu, Zhiju Yu, Quanjin Liu, Gang Shu, Juchun Lin, Wei Zhang, Guangneng Peng, Ling Zhao, Huaqiao Tang, Haohuan Li, Funeng Xu, Hualin Fu

“…Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been widely used in animal due to its advantages of natural origin, diverse functions, safety, reliability, economy and environmental protection. …”
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Highly Available Li-Ion Batteries Sensors Readings Prediction Framework by Anas Tiane, Mohamad Alzayed, Chafik Okar, Safi Bamati, Hicham Chaoui

“…Numerous battery health monitoring systems (BHMS) have been developed to ensure the proper functioning of batteries. Current BHMS frameworks lack robust mechanisms to handle sensor data loss or corruption. …”
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