MSCH: Microbatch-Based Selective Activation Checkpointing With Recomputation Hidden for Efficient Training of LLM Models by Cheng Zhang, Minjun Yu, Li Yu, Pengyu Cong, Yuchao Yan, Jie Bao, Jian Jiang, Xiaozheng Wang, Xiaolong Ye, Tao Tang, Liang Xiao

“…To address this, we designed a novel multi-stage micro-batch recalculation schedule that hiding activation recalculation at each stage by the “bottleneck” stage thereby effectively improves model training efficiency. …”
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Human Schwann Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicle Isolation, Bioactivity Assessment, and Omics Characterization by Khan A, Oliveira J, Lee YS, Guest JD, Silvera R, Pressman Y, Pearse DD, Nettina AE, Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ, Al-Ali H, Williams I, Levi AD, Dietrich WD

“…The EVs were characterized with mass spectrometry to identify and quantify proteins, lipidomic analysis to assess lipid composition, and next-generation sequencing to confirm miRNA profiles. Each batch of EVs was assessed to ensure their therapeutic potential in promoting neurite outgrowth and cell survival.Results: High yields of SCEVs were consistently obtained with similar comprehensive molecular profiles across samples, indicating the reproducibility and reliability of the isolation method. …”
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In-situ gel bases ocular delivery system of Ganciclovir, in-vivo and in-vitro investigation by Susanta Paul, Subhabrota Majumdar, Mainak Chakraborty, Swarupananda Mukherjee, Nilanjan Sarkar, Bhupendra Prajapati, Nemat Ali, Abdullah F. AlAsmari, Shamama Nishat

“…The optimized in-situ gel formulation (Batch B5) contained 15% w/v poloxamer 407 and 1% w/v HPMC E-50 LV, achieving a viscosity of 64.81 cPs, with a gelation temperature of 39.0 °C and a gelation time of 183 s. …”
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CpG methylation changes associated with hyperglycemia in type 1 diabetes occur at angiogenic glomerular and retinal gene loci by Xiaojian Shao, Sophie Le Fur, Warren Cheung, Marie-Pierre Belot, Kevin Perge, Natacha Bouhours-Nouet, Candace Bensignor, Lucie Levaillant, Bing Ge, Tony Kwan, Mark Lathrop, Tomi Pastinen, Pierre Bougnères

“…Linear regressions with adjustment to age, sex, treatment duration, blood proportions and batch effects were employed to characterize the relationships between the dynamic changes of DNA methylation and average HbA1c levels. …”
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Identification of miR‐190a‐5p and miR‐26b‐5p as Potential microRNA Biomarkers for Psoriatic Arthritis by Omar F. Cruz‐Correa, Darshini Ganatra, Ameth N. Garrido, Rohan Machhar, Starlee Lively, Mohit Kapoor, Dafna D. Gladman

“…Differential expression was assessed by linear modeling with empirical Bayes moderation corrected for sequencing batch, age, sex, and duration of psoriasis. For validation, we measured the expression of >191 genes predicted to be targeted by the dysregulated miRNAs using a custom NanoString probe panel in an independent cohort of 144 patients with PsA and 88 patients with PsC. …”
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On assessing the viral safety of individual units of the substance "Human plasma for fractionation" by nucleic acid amplification by E. V. Elbert, V. V. Nozhko, R. A. Volkova, A. A. Movsesyants, V. A. Merkulov, V. V. Kosenko

“…In additional tests that were conducted in two samples considering the requirements of the European Pharmacopoeia for the detection of HCV RNA and parvovirus B19 DNA, a new batch of reagent kit I detected the HCV RNA IS at a concentration of 102 IU/mL only in one of three replicates, which did not correspond to the claimed sensitivity of the reagent kit. …”
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Adsorptive removal of organics and nutrients from septic tank effluent using oak wood chip biochar: Kinetic analysis and numerical modeling by Chimdi Muoghalu, Herbert Cirrus Kaboggoza, Swaib Semiyaga, Musa Manga

“…Additionally, machine learning tools for predicting the performance of biochar have not been applied in septic tank effluent treatment. We conducted batch adsorption tests to investigate the influence of pyrolysis temperature, time, and particle size on biochar’s efficiency in removing contaminants (chemical oxygen demand (COD) and nitrates (NO3--N)) from septic tank effluent. …”
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Exploring the application of the microbial pigment violacein as a sustainable probe molecule for recycled paper-based SERS substrates by Alessia Tropea, Donatella Spadaro, Dario Giuffrida, Sebastiano Trusso, Daniele Giuffrida, Tania Maria Grazia Salerno, Julio Montanez, Lourdes Morales-Oyervides, Luigi Mondello, Luigi Mondello, Rosina Celeste Ponterio

“…This study reports for the first time the implementation of the microbial dye violacein, obtained by Janthinobacterium lividum batch cultivation, as SERS probe, as a suitable substitutive to the most employed toxic chemical dye Rhodamine 6G (R6G). …”
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AER U-Net: attention-enhanced multi-scale residual U-Net structure for water body segmentation using Sentinel-2 satellite images by Naga Surekha Jonnala, Shaik Siraaj, Y. Prastuti, P. Chinnababu, B. Praveen babu, Shonak Bansal, Prashant Upadhyaya, Krishna Prakash, Mohammad Rashed Iqbal Faruque, K. S. Al-mugren

“…The architecture employs a contracting path consisting of convolutional layers, batch normalization, and activation layers to extract multi-scale features. …”
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Congo red adsorption in water using a novel nano zero-valent iron intercalated Zn–Al–CO3 layered double hydroxide: adsorption isotherm, kinetics and thermodynamics by Kofi Duodu, Gerheart Winfred Ashong, Tsoeke Roland Agbetsi, Jonah Wuloh, Ahmed Kangmennaa, Charity Ohemaa Agyapong, Nathaniel Owusu Boadi, Eric Selorm Agorku

“…The LDH’s composition, structural features and morphology were studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Zetasizer/potential (ZP) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with electron dispersive X-ray (EDX). Batch adsorption studies revealed that 5% nZVI/Zn–Al–CO3 LDH was most efficient in CR removal as compared to the other LDHs. …”
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Metabolomics insights into the protective molecular mechanism of Vaccinium myrtillus against oxidative stress in intestinal cells by Sara Novi, Vicky Caponigro, Maria Rosaria Miranda, Giovanna Aquino, Matteo Delli Carri, Emanuela Salviati, Silvia Franceschelli, Carla Sardo, Manuela Giovanna Basilicata, Vincenzo Vestuto, Mario Felice Tecce, Federico Marini, Giacomo Pepe, Pietro Campiglia, Michele Manfra

“…Chemometric approaches were applied to preprocess the data, explore variability, and identify systematic biases, ensuring the removal of batch effects and other experimental artifacts. A Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis classification model confirmed clear group stratifications with high accuracy (98.75 ± 2.31%), sensitivity, and specificity, aiding in the identification of significant metabolites for pathway enrichment analysis. …”
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Novel MOF-Derived carbon-embedded acicular mullite for efficient removal of bisphenol A and 17α-ethinylestradiol: adsorption mechanisms and thermodynamic studies by Liu Deyong, Xiong Guangcheng, Xiong Guangcheng, Xu Xingcan, Xu Qi, Xu Qi, Liu Lisheng, Wang Chu, Wang Chu, Zhou Qiuhong, Zhou Qiuhong

“…The adsorption performance of MOF-M-C for BPA and EE2 in aqueous solutions was systematically evaluated through batch experiments, investigating parameters such as contact time, temperature, pH, ionic strength, and coexisting anions. …”
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Organophosphorus pollutant degradation in wastewater using the microscale zero-valent iron/O3 process: optimization, performance, and mechanism by Zhenpeng Cai, Yujia Xiang, Boyi Cong, Yang Liu, Shuai Yang, Ningruo Wang, Heng Zhang, Yuzhong Wang, Bo Lai

“…., mZVI alone, O3 alone, Fe2+/O3, and Fe3+/O3). Moreover, batch experiments were conducted to optimize the key operational parameters (such as initial pH, mZVI dosage, O3 concentration, and stirring rate). …”
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Large dataset on Fourier transform near infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy of green and roasted specialty coffee: Preprocessed infrared spectra and sensory scores for machine learning-... by Andrés F. Bahamón-Monje, Ever M. Morales-Angulo, Gentil A. Collazos-Escobar, Nelson Gutiérrez-Guzmán

“…Furthermore, it also enables the prediction of roasted coffee sensory quality based on green coffee spectra, potentially reducing the need for roasting during quality evaluation and streamlining batch screening processes. This dataset enhances research on coffee quality, chemical marker identification, and roasting optimization, supporting both scientific and industrial applications. …”
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Correlation Between the Clinical and Histopathological Results in Experimental Sciatic Nerve Defect Surgery by Andrei Marin, Vlad Herlea, Alice Bancu, Carmen Giuglea, Dana Antonia Țăpoi, Ana Maria Ciongariu, Georgiana Gabriela Marin, Silviu Adrian Marinescu, Nicoleta Amalia Dobrete, Adrian Vasile Dumitru, Cristian Trambitaș, Dragoș Șerban, Maria Sajin

“…<i>Results</i>: Nerve regeneration was observed in all batches, both from the clinical and histopathological assessment; the two types of examinations correlated for each batch. …”
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MSF-GhostNet: Computationally Efficient YOLO for Detecting Drones in Low-Light Conditions by Maham Misbah, Misha Urooj Khan, Zeeshan Kaleem, Ali Muqaibel, Muhamad Zeshan Alam, Ran Liu, Chau Yuen

“…We also integrated autoanchor and batch size mechanisms to ensure efficient model training and avoid overfitting. …”
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Impacts of Natural Organic Matter and Dissolved Solids on Fluoride Retention of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer-Based Hollow Fiber Nanofiltration Membranes by Hussein Abuelgasim, Nada Nasri, Martin Futterlieb, Radhia Souissi, Fouad Souissi, Stefan Panglisch, Ibrahim M. A. ElSherbiny

“…Feed salinity was shown to significantly affect separation efficiency, with PEC layers undergoing swelling and certain structural changes as the ionic strength increased. During batch filtration experiments at varying recovery rates, the retention of monovalent anions further decreased, with F⁻ retention reducing to just ~10% at a 90% recovery rate. …”
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Adsorption potential of CuO-embedded chitosan bead for the removal of acid blue 25 dye by Ismaila Olalekan Saheed, Nuraliah Irdina Zairuddin, Syaza Atikah Nizar, Megat Ahmad Kamal Megat Hanafiah, Ahmad Faiz Abdul Latip, Faiz Bukhari Mohd Suah

“…In this work, the potential of an innovative and sustainable chitosan-copper oxide bead (CS-CuO) developed to adsorb AB25 from aqueous environment was assessed. The batch adsorption process was studied for significant operational variables, and the CS-CuO was methodically characterised using XRD, FTIR, TGA, SEM and EDX. …”
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More than just a pinch of salt? The impact of increasing salinity on maraena whitefish in different husbandry systems by Alexander Rebl, Frederike Schmachtl, Ronald M. Brunner, Carsten Kühn, Fabian Swirplies, Tom Goldammer

“…Over a period of 10 weeks, we compared maraena whitefish from the same batch of fertilised eggs that were kept in a freshwater-pond system and a net-cage facility in the southwestern Baltic Sea, where periodic saline intrusions from the North Sea occur. …”
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Deep-EFNet: An Optimized EfficientNetB0 Architecture With Dual Regularization for Scalable Multi-Class Brain Tumor Classification in MRI by Hussein Alshaari, Saeed Alqahtani

“…These enhancements include batch normalization layers for stable training, dropout and L2 regularization mechanisms for preventing overfitting, and a hierarchical dense layer structure for improved feature representation. …”
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