Three-dimensional ultrasound for carotid vessel wall volume measurement by Ying-An Chen, Pei-Ya Chen, Shinn-Kuang Lin

“…Gray-scale 3D images from the distal common carotid artery (CCA) to internal carotid artery on both sides were acquired using a single-sweep 3D transducer and analyzed offline by using the vascular plaque quantification function of the Philips QLAB software. Then, the 3D IMT(QLAB intima–media thickness [QIMT]), total plaque volume (TPV), and VWV were measured by a neurologist and a technician, and the interobserver variability was assessed. …”
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Impact of Wall Material Composition (Maltodextrin vs. Inulin vs. Nutriose) and Emulsion Preparation System (Nano- vs. Microemulsion) on Properties of Spray-Dried Linseed Oil by Dorota Ogrodowska, Iwona Zofia Konopka, Grzegorz Dąbrowski, Beata Piłat, Józef Warechowski, Fabian Dajnowiec, Małgorzata Tańska

“…For these independent variables, the properties of the prepared emulsions (flow curves and viscosity) and the resulting powders (encapsulation efficiency, particle size distribution, water activity, bulk and tapped density, Carr’s index, color parameters, and thermal stability) were determined. …”
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Assessment of the Potential of Decentralized Dinance (DeFi) as an Alternative to Traditional Financial Services in the Context of the Development of the Digital Economy and Web3 by Manoilenko Oleksandr V., Kuznetsova Svitlana O., Pysakovskyi Anton O.

“…An analysis of the main characteristics of DeFi protocols, their functional capabilities, and differences from centralized financial institutions has been conducted. …”
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Research on Design and Energy-Saving Performance of Gate Rudder by Chunhui Wang, Qian Gao, Lin Li, Feng Gao, Zhiyuan Wang, Chao Wang

“…The sensitivity of these design variables to propulsion performance is analyzed, and the optimal GRS design is selected to predict and evaluate its energy-saving effects. …”
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Changes in AXL and/or MITF melanoma subpopulations in patients receiving immunotherapy by M. Willemsen, J. Bulgarelli, S.K. Chauhan, R.R. Lereim, D. Angeli, G. Grisendi, G. Krebbers, I. Davidson, J.A. Kyte, M. Guidoboni, R.M. Luiten, W.J. Bakker

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Long-Term Performance Analysis of Direct Photovoltaic Thermal-Assisted Heat Pump Water Heater Using Computational Model by Demiss Alemu Amibe, Alemayehu Tenaw Eneyaw

“…Besides, the effect of hot water consumption patterns (variability effect in three dissimilar cases constant, restaurant, and motel) on the system performance was examined. …”
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Discrete Dynamic Berth Allocation Optimization in Container Terminal Based on Deep Q-Network by Peng Wang, Jie Li, Xiaohua Cao

“…The results show that DQN outperforms these methods significantly, achieving superior efficiency and effectiveness, particularly under high variability in ship arrivals and load conditions. …”
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DSFA-SwinNet: A Multi-Scale Attention Fusion Network for Photovoltaic Areas Detection by Shaofu Lin, Yang Yang, Xiliang Liu, Li Tian

“…However, due to the variability in scale and shape of PV installations in complex environments, the detection results often fail to capture detailed information and struggle to scale for multi-scale PV systems. …”
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Concomitant generation of hydrogen during carbon dioxide storage in ultramafic massifs- state of the art with implications to decarbonization strategies by Mahmoud Leila, Randy Hazlett, Paul Mathews George, Isabelle Moretti, Zhaksylyk Kabashev, Milovan Fustic

“…Mineral trapping of CO₂ recently emerged as one of the most efficient and lowest-risk approaches for long-term CO₂ sequestration. …”
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Stem Cell Therapies in Canine Cardiology: Comparative Efficacy, Emerging Trends, and Clinical Integration by Ahmed Farag, Hanan Hendawy, Mahmoud H. Emam, Mizuki Hasegawa, Ahmed S. Mandour, Ryou Tanaka

“…Challenges such as low cell retention, differentiation efficiency, and variability in therapeutic responses are also discussed. …”
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Development of blood-brain barrier-penetrating antibodies for neutralizing tick-borne encephalitis virus in the brain by Mizuki Fukuta, Sayo Fukano, Naoya Maekawa, Shintaro Kobayashi, Shunsuke Okamoto, Minato Hirano, Junko Nio-Kobayashi, Hiroaki Kariwa, Shigeru Kawakami, Satoru Konnai, Kentaro Yoshii

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Molecular and immune landscape of melanoma: a risk stratification model for precision oncology by Miao Sun, Junliang Wu

“…Knockdown efficiency was confirmed by qRT-PCR. Functional assays revealed that KIR2DL4 silencing significantly reduced cell proliferation, as assessed by MTT assay, and impaired migratory capacity, as demonstrated by wound healing assay. …”
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Cumulative Distribution-Based Method for Pavement Performance Modeling by Chenhao Tu, Wenya Ye, Rui Zhang, Xudong Qian, Qun Yang

“…However, limited to the instability and variability in pavement condition data collection, deterministic models are not always reliable for all pavement situations. …”
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Monitoring Abiotic Stressors in Rainfed Vineyards Involves Combining UAV and Field Monitoring Techniques to Enhance Precision Management by Federico Valerio Moresi, Pasquale Cirigliano, Andrea Rengo, Elena Brunori, Rita Biasi, Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, Mauro Maesano

“…A fine-scale characterization, based on the spatial variability of soil’s physical–chemical and hydrological traits combined with temporal variability of vine canopy temperature extracted from UAV thermal images has been adopted in a rainfed vineyard of central Italy, for better understanding the impact of soil and climate abiotic factors in the vineyard for planning precision adaptation strategies encouraging sustainable resource use. …”
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Integrated transportation system planning with gravitational search algorithm approach based on fuzzy mutant controller by Alireza Hosseinzadeh Kashani, Seyed Ahmad Shayannia, Mohammad Mehdi Movahedi, Soheila Sardar

“…The efficiency of the gravity search algorithm and the mutated gravity search algorithm is better in functions F4, F7, F11, F21. …”
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Elucidating the role of mind–body connection profiles in emotional reactivity and regulation amongst typically developed adults by Kristen Van Bael, Jessica Scarfo, Emra Suleyman, Michelle Ball

“…Abstract Background Adaptive emotional functioning necessitates a strong mind–body connection. …”
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Effects of electron beam irradiation on microbial loads, physicochemical properties, stability of active ingredients, and antioxidant activity in Angelica sinensis Radix by Yunxia Hu, Haijun Wang, Zhijun Xin, Wensheng Gou, Zhuanzi Wang, Xiao Liu, Xihong Lu, Aimei Yang, Xuehu Li, Libin Zhou

“…Orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) coupled with variable importance in projection (VIP) scores identified potential biomarkers for discriminating irradiation doses. …”
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Androgen receptor co-regulation in prostate cancer by Dhirodatta Senapati, Sangeeta Kumari, Hannelore V. Heemers

“…Considerable molecular and clinical variability has been found in AR's interaction with its ligands, DNA binding motifs, and its associated coregulators and transcription factors. …”
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HEE-SegGAN: A holistically-nested edge enhanced GAN for pulmonary nodule segmentation. by Yong Wang, Seri Mastura Mustaza, Mohammad Syuhaimi Ab-Rahman, Siti Salasiah Mokri

“…However, this task remains challenging due to the complex morphological variability of pulmonary nodules in CT images and the limited availability of well-annotated datasets. …”
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Selection of Superior Lentil (Lens esculenta M.) Genotypes by Assessing Character Association and Genetic Diversity by U. K. Nath, Santona Rani, M. R. Paul, M. N. Alam, B. Horneburg

“…However, discriminant function analysis revealed a progressive increase in the efficiency of selection and BM-70 ranked as the best followed by the genotypes BM-739, BM-680, BM-185, and BM-513. …”
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