Study of moisture-induced temperature evolution in an engineered barrier system for a HLW repository by Manish Kumar Jha, Amit Jaiswal, A.K. Verma, Trilok Nath Singh

“…A numerical model has also been developed to assess temperature evolution in radial and longitudinal directions at different moisture content in compacted bentonite. …”
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Design of Silicide-Strengthened Nb–Si–Cr–(Mo) alloys for additive manufacturing by Alice Perrin, Patxi Fernandez-Zelaia, Chris Ledford, Yan-Ru Lin, Ellen Berry, Ryan Dehoff, Michael Kirka, Ying Yang

“…One alloy was found to be qualitatively the least brittle while also attaining a hardness of 13 GPa and was therefore identified as a good candidate for additive manufacturing.…”
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Study of the application prospects of film detectors for estimation of α-radiation density by Dana S. Yerimbetova, Marina Konuhova, Artem L. Kozlovskiy, Umitali N. Tuichiyev

“…This paper presents the results of experiments on detecting the daughter products of radon decay - α-particles in a room on various floors for a fairly long time (within 6 months), the choice of which made it possible to determine not only the concentration dependences (growth in the density of registered α-particles) over time, but also to determine the lower limit for recording changes in the optical spectra of film detectors used to register α-particles. …”
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Spi-VSTL: Image data collection platform using off-the shelf hardware for vertically supported crops in state-of-the-art glasshouses by Namal Jayasuriya, Malith Weerasekara, Oula Ghannoum, Yi Guo, Wen Hu

“…Other use cases and room for further development are also discussed.…”
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Digital trophies: using social media to assess wildlife crime in Lebanon by André F. Raine, Jason Gregg, Lloyd Scott, Axel Hirschfeld, Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi, Filippo Bamberghi

“…Protected mammals were also posted as trophies, including the Near Threatened striped hyaena Hyaena hyaena. …”
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Why PD-L1 expression varies between studies of lung cancer: results from a Bayesian meta-analysis by Preston Ngo, Wendy A. Cooper, Stephen Wade, Kwun M. Fong, Karen Canfell, Deme Karikios, Marianne Weber

“…Although the underlying prevalence of PD-L1 expression varies in the lung cancer population based on tumour-related factors, controllable differences in testing parameters also account for variations in PD-L1 prevalence.…”
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Influence of multi-point laser shock peening process on surficial mechanical properties in gear steels by XUE Cheng, LEI Duncai, YAN Xueyuan, ZANG Shunlai, DONG Hongtao, YOU Zhiwei

“…With the increase of laser energy and impact times，the surface residual stress and micro-hardness also increase，but the increase magnitude will decrease，showing a certain saturation trend.…”
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The helper strategy in vector-transmission of plant viruses by Di Mattia, Jérémy, Zeddam, Jean-Louis, Uzest, Marilyne, Blanc, Stéphane

“…Recently, however, HCs have also been reported in viruses transmitted circulatively, where the virus particles are internalized in gut cells and cycle within the body to reach the salivary glands. …”
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Experience of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for those with mild traumatic brain injury (ACTion mTBI): A qualitative descriptive study. by Josh W Faulkner, Jason Chua, Amabelle Voice-Powell, Deborah L Snell, Maree Roche, John Moffat, Suzanne Barker-Collo, Alice Theadom

“…Within these overarching themes, our analysis also identified two subthemes: 1) helpful aspects of the intervention which included education and ACT processes (i.e., being present and being able to step back) and 2) "contextual factors that enabled intervention effectiveness" which included being equipped with tools, cultural and spiritual responsiveness, the therapeutic connection, and the intervention having a structured yet flexible approach to order of delivery to meet individual needs. …”
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Searching for the best post-land abandonment management to enhance long-term carbon storage in Mediterranean mountain areas by Melani Cortijos-López, Teodoro Lasanta, Erik Cammeraat, Estela Nadal-Romero

“…Focusing on soil environment and its growing importance in a climate change scenario, it is of great interest to study how land management and landscape changes can affect, not only the soil carbon storage process, but also its dynamics. A study was conducted in La Rioja (Iberian System, Spain), comparing three post-abandonment management strategies: secondary succession, forest management, and shrub clearing and extensive grazing. …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1986-2018): AUTO-REGRESSIVE DISTRIBUTED LAG APPROACH by Isiaka Kareem JIMBA, Rosemary Bukola AJALA

“…The study revealed that private domestic investment and economic growth moves in a long run. It also found that in the short run, GFCF has a negative and significant effect on economic growth, CPCS and EXR have negative and insignificant effects on economic growth, while FDI and INF have positive and insignificant effects on economic growth. …”
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Stability and neurotoxic impact of organophosphate pesticides in aqueous environments by Vladan J. Anićijević, Tamara Tasić, Vedran Milanković, Radovan M. Karkalić, Tamara D. Lazarević Pašti

“…Their oxo-analogs can also be found in the environment due to oxidation. …”
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Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescription Generation Model Based on Search Enhancement by ZHAO Zijuan, REN Xueting, SONG Kai, QIANG Yan, ZHAO Juanjuan, ZHANG Junlong

“…In addition, the proposed model can recommend herbs that do not appear on the prescription label but are useful for relieving symptoms, which shows that the model can learn some interactions between herbs and symptoms. This research also lays a foundation for the future research on intelligent query and prescription generation of TCM.…”
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Study and application on the size effect and end effect of red sandstone mechanical properties by Feng Chen, Jinyang Du, Yanhong Du, Ruxuan Li, Chun’an Tang, Yishan Pan, Gen Li

“…The results indicate that the compressive strength of specimens increases with their size, and specimens of different sizes exhibit notable differences in failure modes. This paper also designs a novel "enhance strength and reduce rockburst" negative Poisson’s ratio material pad based on the "cyclo-hoop effect" induced by the end effect, aiming to improve the strength of compressed components and reduce the intensity of energy release during failure. …”
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New options for targeting TRPV1 receptors for cancer treatment: odorous Chinese herbal medicine by Minghui Zhang, Minghui Zhang, Zongao Wang, Zongao Wang, Shaojun Liu, Shaojun Liu, Yuxuan Li, Yuxuan Li, Yanting Gong, Yanting Gong, Min Liu, Min Liu

“…Vanilloid1 (TRPV1), a subfamily of transient receptor channels, is one of the non-selective calcium channels, which is a bridge between cellular response and extracellular environmental networks, and is involved in a variety of pathophysiological processes. It is also involved in the process of cancer occurrence and progression, and researchers are revealing its role in cancer. …”
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Detrimental effects of cadmium on male infertility: A review by Nebojša Zečević, Jovana Kocić, Milan Perović, Aleksandar Stojsavljević

“…This review strongly implies that Cd levels were notably higher in seminal plasma of infertile cases than controls. The review’s data also indicate that exposure to tobacco smoke is a major source of elevated seminal and blood Cd levels in infertile men. …”
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Mpox gastrointestinal manifestations: a systematic review by Rahul Ramakrishnan, Atira Shenoy, Ranganathan Madhavan, Damon Meyer

“…The authors selected English language papers that discussed the GI symptoms in mpox patients. A manual search was also conducted in the reference sections of these publications for other relevant papers.Results 33 papers involving 830 patients were selected for this review. …”
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Transformer-based malware detection using process resource utilization metrics by Dimosthenis Natsos, Andreas L. Symeonidis

“…We compare the proposed Transformer-based architecture with the leading LSTM model in terms of accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score and training time, focusing on performance across varying sample sizes and validate our results with rigorous statistical methodologies. …”
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Impact of integration time steps of rain drop size distribution on their double-moment normalization: a case study in northern Benin by Moumouni, Sounmaïla, Akponi, Fulgence Payot, Zahiri, Eric-Pascal, Lawin, Agnidé Emmanuel, Gosset, Marielle

“…As results, the analysis highlighted the dependence of the shape function parameters on the DSD integration time step. It is also noted that the three DSD models are well adapted to the data used. …”
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Quantifying soil surface erosion by Philippe, Pierre, Benahmed, Nadia

“…While this loss of solid matter induced by all kinds of fluid flows on the surface of soils is often a source of beauty in the landscapes that surround us, it also constitutes a major risk and poses growing threats in the context of global change as loss of agricultural soil fertility, decline in coastal ecosystems or increase in safety standards for flood protection structures. …”
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