Effects of forest structure and harvest‐induced edges on predation risk by Jenny R. Foggia, Scott A. Rush, Darren A. Miller, T. Bently Wigley, James A. Martin

“…ABSTRACT Managed forest systems have implications for wildlife conservation because of their direct influence on condition and distribution of forest patches on the landscape. Spatial arrangement, structure, and composition of patches can influence reproductive outcomes for breeding birds by mediating nest site selection, survival, and predator–prey dynamics. …”
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Advancing Tissue Engineering Through a Portable Perfusion and Incubation System by Angie Zhu, Emmett Reid, Tilak Jain, Amatullah Mir, Usmaan Siddiqi, Olivia Dunne, Narutoshi Hibino

“…Perfusion also facilitated enhanced spatial organization within tissue patches, reducing the inter-spheroids distance. Furthermore, perfusion strengthened the tissue matrix and reduced the degradation rate of the hydrogel scaffold. …”
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Giemsa-stained wet mount based method for reticulocyte quantification: a viable alternative in resource limited or malaria endemic settings. by Wenn-Chyau Lee, Bruce Russell, Yee-Ling Lau, Mun-Yik Fong, Cindy Chu, Kanlaya Sriprawat, Rossarin Suwanarusk, Francois Nosten, Laurent Renia

“…The specialist 'subvital' stains, New Methylene Blue (NMB) and Brilliant Crésyl Blue are often difficult to procure, toxic, and show inconsistencies between batches. Here we demonstrate the utility of Giemsa's stain (commonly used microbiology and parasitology) in a 'subvital' manner to provide an accurate method to visualize and count reticulocytes in blood samples from normal and malaria-infected individuals.…”
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Approach to deep Web data acquiring based on circular strategy and dynamic knowledge by Xue-feng XIAN, Zhi-ming CUI, Peng-peng ZHAO, Yin-hong LIANG, Li-gang FANG

“…Concerning on the acquisition problems on deep Web data integration such as high cost and low efficiency of query selecting,a novel deep Web data acquiring method was proposed based on circular strategy and dynamic knowledge.According to the relationship between deep Web data sources from the same domain,the circulation strategic acquisition of data source in batches was applied in such method,as well as a designed method of query selecting on dynamic knowledge based on integrated systematic.Compared with current,the method reduces the acquisition cost and with more accuracy.Experimental results show that the method can raise the acquisition efficiency of deep Web data integration.…”
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Real-time processing technology,platform and application of streaming big data by Chun CHEN

“…According to its timeliness,big data processing systems can be categorized into two groups,namely batching big data processing and streaming big data processing.Both systems mentioned above are unable to meet the real-time requirement for censoring and query analysis tasks.To this end,the “stream cube” real-time data analysis technology and platform were presented,which can perform timely query with low lag.Currently,this technology has been applied to many fields,including financial risk management,anti-fraud as well as web bots defense,and offers promising prospects for further applications.…”
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Impact of Temperature and Depth of Discharge on Commercial Nickel Manganese Oxide and Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries After Three Years of Aging by Matthieu Dubarry, Andrew Pearson, Keiran Pringle, Youssof Shekibi, Steven Pas

“…This work provides the analysis of three years of aging, both cycling and calendar, for two batches of commercial cells of different chemistries. …”
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Lawn Caterpillars by Eileen A. Buss, Robert Meagher

“…Mature caterpillars eat a lot before they pupate and consume patches of turfgrass down to the crown. Because the turf looks scalped so quickly, people think that the damage occurs “overnight.” …”
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Electrochemical Sensors for Animal Welfare by Ilaria Sorrentino, Claire Verplanck, Yohann R. J. Thomas

“…From this perspective, the development of new sensors for assessing the kinetics of physiological variables of interest (Na⁺, K⁺, pH) in animals’ interstitial fluid (ISF) by microneedle patches will be a valuable aid for farmers to monitoring AW states and various stressors.…”
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Screening and diagnosis of atrial fibrillation using wearable devices by Yoon Jung Park, Myung Hwan Bae

“…Such devices include 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), photoplethysmography systems, and single-lead ECG and ECG patches. This review outlines several studies that have focused on the feasibility and efficacy of such devices for AF screening, and summarizes the risks and benefits involved in the initiation of anticoagulant therapy after early detection of AF. …”
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Effect of Partial Cladding Pattern of Aluminum 7075 T651 on Corrosion and Mechanical Properties by E. Rendell, A. Hsiao, J. Shirokoff

“…After corrosion exposure, severe to moderate exfoliation corrosion was observed on the unprotected medium sized test panel, light general corrosion was observed on the partially clad panel, and patches of corrosion not penetrating the clad layer were observed on the fully clad panel. …”
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A metapopulation model for sylvatic T. cruzi transmission with vector migration by Britnee Crawford, Christopher Kribs-Zaleta

“…This study presents a metapopulation model for the sylvatic transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas' disease, across multiple geographical regions and multiple overlapping host-vector transmission cycles.Classical qualitative analysis of the model and several submodels focuses on the parasite's basic reproductive number, illustrating how vector migration across patches and multiple transmission routes to hosts (including vertical transmission) determine the infection's persistence in each cycle.Numerical results focus on trends in endemic [equilibrium] persistence levels as functions of vector migration rates, and highlight the significance of the different epidemiological characteristics of transmission in each of the three regions.…”
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Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk After Quitting Smoking: The Latest Evidence by Koji Hasegawa, Maki Komiyama, Yuko Takahashi

“…Pharmacological treatment with medications such as nicotine patches and varenicline is useful to suppress weight gain during smoking cessation. …”
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Critical Community Pratice: An Introduction to the Special Section by Scotney D. Evans, Natalie Kivell, Miryam Haarlammert, Krithika Malhotra, Adam Rosen

“…How do counselors, psychologists, social workers, community development workers, and other human service practitioners get beyond patching up the wounded and sending them back to contend with the toxic conditions in communities and society? …”
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Kaposi’s sarcoma in AIDS patients: a case series by Małgorzata Dominiak, Julia Domurad-Falenta, Aleksandra Lesiak, Joanna Narbutt

“…Lesions typically appear as patches, plaques, or hemorrhagic nodules. Kaposi’s sarcoma occurs in four main forms: classic, endemic African, iatrogenic (linked to immunosuppressive therapy), and epidemic (associated with HIV infection). …”
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Optimising Palm Olein-Based Betamethasone 17-Valerate Emulsions for Scalable Manufacturing and Stability by Thazin Win, Mohd. Rushdi Abu Bakar, Farahidah Mohamed, Muhammad Taher, Md. Zaidul I. Sarker

“…Methods: This research work established and optimised the manufacturing process parameters for the production of cream and lotion formulations containing betamethasone 17-valerate, utilising palm olein as the vehicle, with scale-up from lab-scale 5 kg batches to pilot-scale 80 kg batches. Design of experiments (DoE) where response surface methodology as well as three-level, two-factors (32) full factorial design were used to develop statistical models for representing the possible relationships between factors: homogenisation time and speed, and responses: particle size and phase separation. …”
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A Comprehensive Quality Evaluation System for Medicinal Leeches by Integrating Macromolecular Protein Analysis and Small-Molecule Marker Detection as Well as Quantitative Bioassays by Wenduan Wang, Yufei Liu, Wenjiao Lou, Liangmian Chen, Tianze Xie, Zhimin Wang, Yue Ma, Huimin Gao

“…This strategy combines chemical characterization of small and macromolecular components with bioassays relevant to its clinical functions. A total of 28 batches of samples were analyzed, comprising 23 genuine and 5 counterfeit batches. …”
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Red blood cell lipid distribution in the pathophysiology and laboratory evaluation of chorea-acanthocytosis and McLeod syndrome patients by Anne-Sophie Cloos, Marine Ghodsi, Amaury Stommen, Steffen M. Recktenwald, Steffen M. Recktenwald, Lars Kaestner, Lars Kaestner, Adrian Danek, Adrian Spranger, Andreas Hermann, Andreas Hermann, Andreas Hermann, Andreas Hermann, Kevin Peikert, Kevin Peikert, Kevin Peikert, Donatienne Tyteca

“…The abundance of cholesterol-enriched domains and the proportion of RBCs with ceramide-enriched patches were also increased while phosphatidylserine surface exposure was slightly decreased. …”
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Non-Invasive Painting Pigment Classification Through Supervised Machine Learning by Michal Piotr Markowski, Solongo Gansukh, Mateusz Madry, Robert Borowiec, Jaroslaw Rogoz, Boguslaw Szczupak

“…A dataset was constructed by extracting 32 × 32 pixel patches from pigment samples, resulting in 200 classes representing 40 unique pigments with five preparation variants each. …”
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Hybrid Wavelet-Attention Model for Detecting Changes in High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images by Lhuqita Fazry, MGS M. Luthfi Ramadhan, Alif Wicaksana Ramadhan, Muhammad Febrian Rachmadi, Aprinaldi Jasa Mantau, Lukito Edi Nugroho, Chi-Hung Chi, Wisnu Jatmiko

“…Although ViT can capture long-range interactions between image patches, its computational complexity increases quadratically with the number of patches. …”
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Multispectral Integrated System with Discrete Light Sources for Material Classification by Anju Manakkakudy Kumaran, Federica Mitri, Emanuele Maiorana, Andrea De Iacovo, Lorenzo Colace

“…The proposed model achieved an identification accuracy of up to 98% using different input features and training batches. This efficient and cost-effective solution provides an innovative approach to waste management.…”
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