Enhancing Diabetic Foot Ulcer Classification Through Fine-Tuned Multilevel CNN by Elineide Silva Dos Santos, Rodrigo de Melo Souza Veras, Francisco Das Chagas Torres Dos Santos, Marcia Ito, Andrea Gomes Campos Bianchi, Kelson Romulo Teixeira Aires, Joao Manuel R. S. Tavares

“…Transfer learning was used and the adopted multilevel design includes fully connected layers with varying numbers of neurons and batch normalization. Data augmentation techniques were applied to a dataset comprising 8,242 images to deal with the class imbalance problem, mitigate the overfitting possibility, and enhance the approach’s performance. …”
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Synergistic removal of organic and nutrients from landfill leachate using photobioreactor-cultivated microalgae-bacteria consortium by N. Emalya, Y. Yunardi, E. Munawar, S. Suhendrayatna, T. Tarmizi

“…The two glass photobioreactors were operated batch-wise, where the first was provided with a combination of air and carbon dioxide, and the other was solely exposed to air. …”
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Repurposing of propane oxidative-dehydrogenation catalysts to deoxygenation of vegetable oils for green diesel production by S. Lucantonio, G. Di Vito Nolfi, C. Courson, K. Gallucci, A. Di Giuliano, L. Rossi

“…., catalyst synthesis scalability, switch from batch to continuous production), the ease (cost-effectiveness) of the catalytic synthesis and process performances seem promising for their scalability.…”
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Distribution Characteristics and Ecotoxicity Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Hydrothermal Carbonization Products of Corn Stalks by Hongyu Si, Ming Wang, Chao Xiao, Xiaomei Xie, Junhua Gong, Lijun Yang, Lizeng Peng, Arthur Ernest Koschany, Xiuxiu Chen, Hewei Yu, Qiang Yao, Jikai Lu

“…To systematically evaluate PAHs formation mechanisms, single-factor experiments were carried out by treating corn straw under varying temperatures (180 to 300 °C) and durations (2 to 6 h) in a closed batch reactor. PAHs were quantified via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) with deuterated internal standards. …”
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Detection of litchi fruit maturity states based on unmanned aerial vehicle remote sensing and improved YOLOv8 model by Changjiang Liang, Changjiang Liang, Dandan Liu, Dandan Liu, Weiyi Ge, Weiyi Ge, Wenzhong Huang, Wenzhong Huang, Yubin Lan, Yubin Lan, Yubin Lan, Yongbing Long, Yongbing Long, Yongbing Long, Yongbing Long

“…The study predicted the optimal harvest period for litchis, providing scientific support for orchard batch harvesting and fine management.…”
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Controllable synthesis of alumina nanofibers with tunable crystal phases via a facile and cost-effective dealloying process by Qianwen Sun, Zhenying Huang, Wenqiang Hu, Haozheng Han, Weici Zhuang, Xue Li, Youbo Wu, Xinkang Li, Ziqiang Zhu, Yang Zhou

“…This work explores a feasible and straightforward dealloying strategy for the batch synthesis of Al2O3 nanofibers. When a binary Al‒Li alloy is immersed in alcohol, the alkoxide nanofibers spontaneously grow following the mechanism of boundary strain energy minimization. …”
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Enhanced neurological anomaly detection in MRI images using deep convolutional neural networks by Ahmed Mateen Buttar, Zubair Shaheen, Abdu H. Gumaei, Mogeeb A. A. Mosleh, Mogeeb A. A. Mosleh, Indrajeet Gupta, Samah M. Alzanin, Muhammad Azeem Akbar

“…The model employs Rectified Linear Unit (ReLU) activation functions, the Adam optimizer, and a random search strategy to fine-tune hyper-parameters like learning rate, batch size, and the number of neurons in fully connected layers. …”
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Enriching 1,8-Cineole Content in <i>Eucalyptus camaldulensis</i> D. Raw Essential Oil: An Investigation on Optimizing Vacuum Fractional Distillation Process by Tien Xuan Le, Minh Nhat Nguyen, Trung Minh Le, Minh Chau Vu Pham

“…While previous research has explored distillation methods for essential oils, this study is the first to systematically investigate the effects of key operational parameters on cineole enhancement using batch vacuum fractional distillation. The optimization process was carried out using a single–factor method focusing on operating pressures (60, 80, 100, 120, 140, and 160 mmHg), column types (Vigreux and Hempel), packing materials (wire mesh, large strings, small strings), and column heights (300, 400, 500, and 600 mm). …”
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New anti-friction aluminum alloys for cast monometallic plain bearings. Bench tests by A. E. Mironov, G. G. Antyukhin, E. I. Gershman, P. A. Podrabinnik, E. V. Kuznetsova, N. Yu. Peretyagin

“…Aluminum alloys are 6 times smaller than bronze, wear a steel counterbody; the load of the seizure of aluminum alloys is 2.5 times the load of the seizure of bronze; the wear rate of aluminum alloys is 2 times less than the wear rate of bronze. A pilot batch of monometallic plain bearings was manufactured from the new alloy and bench tests were carried out for comparison with bronze bearings. …”
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Non-invasive detection of pesticide residues in freshly harvested olives using hyperspectral imaging technology by Diego Manuel Martínez Gila, David Bonillo Martínez, Silvia Satorres Martínez, Pablo Cano Marchal, Javier Gámez García

“…This period ensures that the batch of olives will comply with the maximum residue level allowed. …”
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Leveraging ultrasonic-derived phenotypes and estimated breeding value to improve abdominal fat weight prediction in chickens throughout the egg laying period by Penghao Li, Zhengda Li, Fan Ying, Dan Zhu, Dawei Liu, Xianyi Song, Jie Wen, Guiping Zhao, Bingxing An

“…Consistent protocols were applied to all phenotypic measurements to minimize batch effects across five laying stages (8 traits: abdominal fat thickness (AFT), keel length (KL), breast width (BW), pubic bone width (PBW), body slope length (BSL), live weight (LW), keel-pubic length (KPL), and abdominal fat weight (AFW). …”
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<span style="font-variant: small-caps">d</span>-Xylitol Production from Sugar Beet Press Pulp Hydrolysate with Engineered <i>Aspergillus niger</i> by Melanie Knesebeck, Marcel Rüllke, Veronika Schönrock, J. Philipp Benz, Dirk Weuster-Botz

“…In this study, we investigated the production of <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-xylitol from<span style="font-variant: small-caps;"> l</span>-arabinose derived from sugar beet press pulp (SBPP) hydrolysate using an engineered <i>Aspergillus niger</i> strain. Initial batch studies applying stirred tank bioreactors demonstrated <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-xylitol production of 4.6 g L⁻¹ with a yield of 0.37 g <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">d</span>-xylitol g⁻¹ <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">l</span>-arabinose with a synthetic medium. …”
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Investigation of radiation resistance of adsorbents using the 90Sr – source by O. Ya. Sych, Yu. M. Kilivnik, M. M. Pop, H. V. Vasylyeva, V. Yu. Lazur, O. H. Okunev

“…The adsorption of Ba2+ cations was investigated under batch conditions with neutral pH of the solution. …”
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A new method for flow cytometry-based detection of ABO antigen expression levels by ZHANG Yuyu, LIU Xi, XIE Junhua, CAO Bin, ZHENG Jiewei, ZHU Xinyi, WANG Zhongying, XIANG Dong

“…Comparing the average antigen expression levels of homozygotes and heterozygotes, both methods showed that A/B homozygotes had higher antigen levels than heterozygotes, with AA being 1.17 to 1.18 times that of AO and BB being 1.15 to 1.16 times that of BO. Comparing the inter batch differences in the three test results of two methods, the new method showed no significant difference in the three test results for four genotypes (P>0.05). …”
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High-throughput mesoscopic optical imaging data processing and parsing using differential-guided filtered neural networks by Hong Zhang, Zhikang Lu, Peicong Gong, Shilong Zhang, Xiaoquan Yang, Xiangning Li, Zhao Feng, Anan Li, Chi Xiao

“…Constrained by the imaging field of view, the image strips obtained by such technologies typically require further processing, such as cross-sectional stitching, artifact removal, and signal area cropping, to meet the requirements of subsequent analyse. However, obtaining a batch of raw array mouse brain data at a resolution of $$0.65 \times 0.65 \times 3 \,\upmu \hbox {m}^{3}$$ 0.65 × 0.65 × 3 μ m 3 can reach 220TB, and the cropping of the outer contour areas in the disjointed processing still relies on manual visual observation, which consumes substantial computational resources and labor costs. …”
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Adsorptive removal of heavy metal ions from model aqueous media using titanium metal-organic framework and its polyvinyl chloride functionalized composite by Abdul Naeem, Naila Masood, Tooba Saeed, Bashir Ahmad, Muhammad Farooq, Tabassum Malik, Gul-e-Rana Jamil

“…The synthesized adsorbent materials were then analyzed via different techniques that include the FTIR, XRD, SEM and EDX analysis along with TGA and point of zero charge (PZC). Batch experiments were conducted for nickel (Ni) and copper (Cu) metal ions sorption from water, using the synthesized adsorbents, under different experimental conditions like initial metal ions concentration, pH, adsorbent’s dosage, time of contact and temperature. …”
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SLC3A2 as a key anoikis−related gene for prognosis and tumor microenvironment remodeling in melanoma by Xiaojin Liu, Jiaheng Xie, Yingying Xiao

“…Methods We integrated single-cell RNA sequencing data from the GEO dataset GSE215120 and transcriptomic profiles from multiple melanoma cohorts, including TCGA, GSE19234, GSE22153, and GSE65904. Batch effects in single-cell data were corrected using the Harmony algorithm. …”
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Investigation and analysis of Burkholderia gladioli contamination in the whole process of production and sales of fresh wet rice noodles by LEI Lei, ZHAO Lingguo, SUN Jian, CHEN Qingliang, MA Zhifeng, ZHEN Zhen, LIU Yong, ZHOU Haitao

“…The cluster analysis showed that positive strain from the rice slurry pipeline were highly homologous to the strains from the same batch of rice slurry.ConclusionRice may be the source of contamination in fresh wet rice noodles products enterprises. …”
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Mycelial mass, microbial lipids and γ-linolenic acid (GLA) by Cunninghamella elegans cultivated on agro-industrial residues by Gabriel Vasilakis, Afef Gamraoui, Dimitris Karayannis, Nikos Giannakis, Abdelwaheb Chatti, Ioannis Politis, Panagiota Diamantopoulou, Seraphim Papanikolaou

“…Initially, the compositions of stalks and lettuce roots were analysed, and the fungus was batch-flask cultivated on six different commercial semi-defined substrates containing different sugars detected in stalks and roots to evaluate its catabolic ability. …”
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Identification and validation of HOXC6 as a diagnostic biomarker for Ewing sarcoma: insights from machine learning algorithms and in vitro experiments by Yonghua Pang, Jiahui Liang, Jiahui Liang, Yakai Deng, Weinan Chen, Yunyan Shen, Jing Li, Xin Wang, Zhiyao Ren

“…This study aimed to identify potential gene expression-based biomarkers for the diagnosis of ES.MethodsWe selected the GSE17679, GSE45544, and GSE68776 datasets from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. After correcting for batch effects, we combined ES and normal tissue samples from the GSE17679 and GSE45544 datasets to create a combined cohort. …”
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