Structural characterization and immunostimulatory activity of a water-soluble polysaccharide from abalone (Haliotis discus hannai Ino) muscle by Linfan Shi, Gengxin Hao, Jun Chen, Junling Wang, Wuyin Weng

“…High-performance liquid chromatography analysis indicated that AMPP was homogeneous and had an average molecular weight of approximately 3.2 kDa. The main monosaccharides of AMPP were glucose (Glc) and mannose with a molar ratio of 99.7:0.3. …”
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Psychosocial Factors of Different Health Behaviour Patterns in Adolescents: Association with Overweight and Weight Control Behaviours by Susana M. Veloso, Margarida G. Matos, Marina Carvalho, José A. Diniz

“…The 3069 adolescents of both genders (average of 14.8 years old) from the 2010 Portuguese survey of Health Behaviour School-Aged Children (HBSC) answered the 2010 HBSC self-reported questionnaire. It used the cluster k-means (nonhierarchy method), qui-square, one-way ANOVA, and logistic regression. …”
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Development of a UPLC-MS/MS Method for the Quantification of VS-5584 and Its Application in Pharmacokinetic Studies in Rats by Chunling Zhou, Xiaoxin Li, Aiping He, Tianzhu Liu, Jinmiao Tian, Meihua Jiang, Lina Fang

“…VS-5584 is a small-molecular compound that showed equivalent activity against mTOR and all class I PI3K isoforms and demonstrated preclinical activity in diverse cancer cell lines and xenograft tumor model, and rational combination of VS-5584 and other target therapies achieved promising outcomes in oncology. …”
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Purification and Characterization of a New Lectin from Loach Skin Mucus by Peng-peng Sun, Yuan-yuan Ren, Jie Zheng, Ai-jun Hu

“…LML was a kind of glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 245 kDa. Also, the monosaccharide composition suggested that its carbohydrate chain was composed of rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, mannose, glucose, and galactose with a molar ratio of 2.02 : 11.66 : 2.06 : 1.00 : 14.09 : 6.00. …”
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Study on the performance and mechanism of aging asphalt with organic–inorganic composite rejuvenator by Benan Shu, Guodong Zeng, Leifeng Li, Maocong Zhu, Yunlong Ma

“…The unrecoverable creep compliance was decreased by 58% under shear stresses of 0.3 kPa. The optimal content of modified graphene oxide was identified as 0.1%. …”
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Purification, structural elucidation, and in vitro antitumor effects of novel polysaccharides from Bangia fuscopurpurea by Jingna Wu, Xiaoting Chen, Kun Qiao, Yongchang Su, Zhiyu Liu

“…Moreover, the weight-average molecular weight of BFP-3 was estimated to be approximately 333 kDa. The backbone of BFP-3 was primarily composed of repeating 5-α-l-Araf-1→(4-α-d-Glcp-1)4→4,6-β-d-Manp-1 units, and the side chains consisted of repeating β-d-Galp-1→(4-β-d-Galp-1)4→4,6-β- d-Galp-1→3,4-α-l-Rhap, β-l-Arap-1→(3-β-d-Galp-1)3, and β-l-Arap-1 units. …”
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Study on Distribution Law of Ground Stress in Main Coal Seam of Qinshui Coalfield by Feng Youliang, Wu Longyun

“…The relationship between the average horizontal principal stress ratio (k) and vertical principal stress at different depths within the measured area follows Hawke-Brown’s general law for this relationship curve. …”
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Classification of Silicon (Si) Wafer Material Defects in Semiconductor Choosers using a Deep Learning ShuffleNet-v2-CNN Model by Rajesh Doss, Jayabrabu Ramakrishnan, S. Kavitha, S. Ramkumar, G. Charlyn Pushpa Latha, Kiran Ramaswamy

“…This proposed model identifies and classifies the defects based on the wafer map images from the WM-811K dataset. The proposed model is composed of a pretrained deep transfer learning model called ShuffleNet-v2 with convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture. …”
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Two-Echelon Location-Routing Problem with Time Windows and Transportation Resource Sharing by Yong Wang, Yaoyao Sun, Xiangyang Guan, Yanyong Guo

“…A two-stage hybrid algorithm composed of k-means clustering and extended multiobjective particle swarm optimization algorithm is proposed for 2E-LRPTWTRS optimization. …”
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A Versatile SERS Sensor for Multiple Determinations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Its Application Potential in Analysis of Fried Foods by Shi Wang, Jie Cheng, Caiqin Han, Jianchun Xie

“…The binary linear regression was optimized as the fitting model for all PAHs except for benzo(k)fluoranthene, with the linear correlation coefficient ranging from 0.9889 to 0.9997. …”
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Equilibrium Studies of Fluoride Adsorption onto a Ferric Poly−mineral from Kenya by EW Wambu, CO Onindo, W Ambusso, GK Muthakia

“…This indicated that FPM is composed of a heterogeneous surface consisting of sites which, during adsorption, filled-up with F ions in succession. …”
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Optimization of Identification and Zoning Method for Landscape Characters of Urban Historic Districts by Hong YUN, Zixuan HU, Zehao HU

“…Then the research utilizes K-means clustering algorithm to optimize the zoning method for historic landscape characters. …”
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Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Using Plant Leaf Extract of Catha edulis and Its Antibacterial Activity by Worku Wubet Andualem, Fedlu Kedir Sabir, Endale Tsegaye Mohammed, Hadgu Hailekiros Belay, Bedasa Abdisa Gonfa

“…Accordingly, the result showed that the highest zone of inhibitions measured were for CuO NPs synthesized using 1 : 2 ratios at 40 mg/ml solution concentration and observed to be 22 ± 0.01 mm, 24 ± 0.02 mm, 32 ± 0.02 mm, and 29 ± 0.03 mm for S. aureus, S. pyogenes, E. coli, and K. pneumonia, respectively.…”
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Influence of boriding treatment on the mechanical properties of Monel 400 by Christian Pacheco, Jefferson Luiz Jeronimo, Anael Preman Krelling, Cesar Edil da Costa, Júlio Cesar Giubilei Milan

“…In this study, a powder composed of 90 wt% B4C and 10 wt% KBF4 was used to boride Monel 400 samples at three different temperatures and treatment times, resulting in varying layer thicknesses. …”
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FusionScan: accurate prediction of fusion genes from RNA-Seq data by Pora Kim, Ye Eun Jang, Sanghyuk Lee

“…We specifically search for split reads composed of intact exons at the fusion boundaries. …”
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Purification and characterization of lipase from Bacillus subtilis kubt4 for biodiesel production by Parveen Nadaf, Shridhar Ghagane, Rubeen Dadakalandar Nadaf, Shivasharana Chandrabanda Timmappa

“…SDS‒PAGE analysis revealed a molecular mass of 30 kDa, while MALDI-TOF MS and Mascot search analysis confirmed that the purified protein was a lipase. …”
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Investigation on Derailment of Empty Wagons of Long Freight Train during Dynamic Braking by Xin Ge, Kaiyun Wang, Lirong Guo, Min Yang, Kaikai Lv, Wanming Zhai

“…The simulaiton model composed of 3 C80-type gondolas, and two RFC-type drawbars is established, the accuracy of which is validated by the field experimental test. …”
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Robust Forest Sound Classification Using Pareto-Mordukhovich Optimized MFCC in Environmental Monitoring by Ahmad Qurthobi, Robertas Damasevicius, Vytautas Barzdaitis, Rytis Maskeliunas

“…As a complex ecosystem composed of flora and fauna, the forest has always been vulnerable to threats. …”
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Condensed tannin from Caragana korshinskii extraction and protection effects on intestinal barrier function in mice by Xiaoyu Niu, Wei Qu, Zhiyu Chen, Hui Li, Peinan Liu, Mei Sun, Jing Yang, Yuanyuan Xing, Dabiao Li

“…The CKT has a typical polyphenol peak with a molecular weight of 8.662 kDa and is composed of epigallocatechin, catechin, epigallocatechin gallate, epicatechin, gallocatechin, epicatechin-3-o-gallate and catechin gallate with a molar ratio of 1:8.88:2.65:1.55:1.92:0.49:0.14. …”
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