Virtual avatar communication task eliciting pseudo-social isolation and detecting social isolation using non-verbal signal monitoring in older adults by Ayumi Takemoto, Ayumi Takemoto, Miyuki Iwamoto, Miyuki Iwamoto, Haruto Yaegashi, Shan Yun, Risa Takashima

“…To develop a virtual avatar conversation cyberball task to evoke pseudosocial isolation in older adults and, 2. to identify non-verbal indicators that replace social isolation in older adults. To achieve these objectives, 22 older men were recruited as participants. …”
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Mask shortage during epidemics and pandemics: a scoping review of interventions to overcome limited supply by Matthew Yau, Abirami Kirubarajan, Shawn Khan, Tiffany Got, Jennifer M Bryan, Steven Marc Friedman

“…Objective To characterise published evidence regarding preclinical and clinical interventions to overcome mask shortages during epidemics and pandemics.Design Systematic scoping review.Settings All healthcare settings relevant to epidemics and pandemics.Search strategy English peer-reviewed studies published from January 1995 to June 2020 were included. …”
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Alternative herbicides to paraquat in pre-harvest desiccation of soybean plants by Leandro Paiola Albrecht, Alfredo Junior Paiola Albrecht, Juliano Bortoluzzi Lorenzetti, André Felipe Moreira Silva, Andressa Sayuri Yokoyama, Rogerio Kosinski, Rafael Milleo, Marcelo Katakura

“…This work was developed with the objective of evaluating the efficacy of paraquat, diquat, and glufosinate alone or at mixtures of carfentrazone or saflufenacil in pre-harvest desiccation of soybean. …”
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Investigation into the Feasibility of a Synergistic Photocatalytic Degradation Process for Fracturing Flowback Fluid Streams Utilizing O₃ and Ti/Ni Composite Materials by Huohai Yang, Yeqi Gong, Xin Chen, Renze Li, Yuhang Chen, Mingjun Li, Xinrui Tang

“…The ecological impact linked to hydraulic fracturing, namely with the usage of water and the energy-intensive disposal of flowback fluids, has led to a thorough evaluation of alternative treatment approaches that are more environmentally friendly. The objective of this work was to create coralline-like anatase TiO₂/α-Ni(OH)₂ particles using a hydrothermal approach. …”
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Synthesis of new alkyl derivatives of N(1)-(2’-bromo-1’,1’-difluoro-2’-chloroethyl)uracil with potential antitumor activity by O. V. Velchynska

“…Antimetabolites of pyrimidine metabolism are one of the objects of the most successful and promising areas of search for highly effective antitumor drugs. …”
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Integrated development of LNG import and new power systems in China by Xuguang XIE

“…Objective China's LNG import sector is facing challenges arising from low reserve capacities, limited capabilities in balancing market supply and demand, and elevated import costs. …”
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Ecocritical Study of the Chornobyl Disaster (Based on Materials of Contemporary Literature of Fact) by Nataliia Rozinkevych

“…The image of Ukraine as a hazard area has gradually been replaced in world consciousness. When Russia, the aggressor country, started to intimidate the world with nuclear and thermonuclear weapons and to take the nuclear power plants in Ukraine under fire, the danger of radioactive materials came up once again. …”
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Image guidance in trans-sphenoidal surgery for giant pituitary adenomas: Luxury or necessity? by Deepak Agrawal

“…On the other hand, the high mortality and morbidity for giant pituitary adenomas is mainly due to inadequate tumor removal. Aims and Objectives The objective of this study was to study to utility of image guidance in trans-sphenoidal surgeries for optimizing tumor removal in giant pituitary adenomas. …”
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DESIGN OF BAND-PASS FILTERS WITH NON-EQUIRIPPLE FREQUENCY RESPONSES by Evgeniy N. Chervinskiy

“…The number of circuit elements with values different from standard can be reduced to zero by solving an additional system of equations that connects parameters of designed and reintroduced non-equiripple frequency responses. Objective. The objective of this work is to develop a calculation method of band-pass ladder filters with values of circuit elements corresponding to standard ones. …”
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Post-Concussion Syndrome and Functional Neurological Disorder: Diagnostic Interfaces, Risk Mechanisms, and the Functional Overlay Model by Ioannis Mavroudis, Foivos Petridis, Eleni Karantali, Alin Ciobica, Sotirios Papagiannopoulos, Dimitrios Kazis

“…The Functional Overlay Model helps to identify cases where functional symptomatology coexists with or replaces an initial organic insult—particularly in patients with incongruent symptoms and normal objective testing. …”
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Personnel localization method for low-visibility environments based on improved YOLOv3 by LU Xiaoya, LI Haifang

“…Next, Darknet53 in YOLOv3 was replaced with the lighter Darknet-19, and CIoU was introduced as the loss function to optimize personnel target identification in the enhanced video. …”
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Full-Waveform Inversion of Two-Parameter Ground-Penetrating Radar Based on Quadratic Wasserstein Distance by Kai Lu, Yibo Wang, Heting Han, Shichao Zhong, Yikang Zheng

“…The Wasserstein distance derived from the optimal transport problem is defined as the mismatch function in the FWI objective function, replacing the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> norm. …”
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Sensory acceptability of chocolate with inulin by Terezija GOLOB, Elizabeta MIČOVIĆ, Jasna BERTONCELJ, Mojca JAMNIK

“…The objective of this research was to study the influence of inulin on the sensory characteristics of chocolate. …”
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Time History Analysis of Frame Structure Systems by State-space Representation Method by Barham H. Ali, Brwa Ahmad Saeed, Twana A. Hussein

“…In this paper, a SSR was formulated to replace differential equation with two coupled first-order linear differential equations. …”
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Surface Reconstruction from SLAM-Based Point Clouds: Results from the Datasets of the 2023 SIFET Benchmark by Antonio Matellon, Eleonora Maset, Alberto Beinat, Domenico Visintini

“…The rapid technological development that geomatics has been experiencing in recent years is leading to increasing ease, productivity and reliability of three-dimensional surveys, with portable laser scanner systems based on Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) technology, gradually replacing traditional techniques in certain applications. …”
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Digestibility of different sources and particle sizes of calcium in diets for laying hens during the laying phase by Loirana Lehmkuhl da Rosa Rodrigues, Lays Mayara de Oliveira Ferreira, Marcelo Suzuki Suyama, Clóvis Eliseu Gewehr

“…Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate the digestibility of different calcium sources and particle sizes in diets for commercial laying hens during the laying phase. …”
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Television Time among Brazilian Adolescents: Correlated Factors are Different between Boys and Girls by Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Mark Stephen Tremblay, Eliane Cristina de Andrade Gonçalves, Roberto Jerônimo dos Santos Silva

“…Objective. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of excess television time and verify correlated factors in adolescent males and females. …”
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Use of Artificial Intelligence on Imaging and Preoperatory Planning of the Knee Joint: A Scoping Review by Luca Bertolino, Marta Bianca Maria Ranzini, Alberto Favaro, Elena Bardi, Flavio Lorenzo Ronzoni, Tommaso Bonanzinga

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: This scoping review explores the current state of the art of AI-based applications in the field of orthopedics, focusing on its implementation in diagnostic imaging and preoperative planning of knee joint procedures. …”
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Benign fibro-osseous lesions: A retrospective study of sixty-four cases from a single institute, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Asma Almazyad, Adwaa Alhumaidan, Manal AlSheddi

“…Objective: Benign fibroosseous lesions (BFOLs) encompass a heterogenous collection of bone conditions characterized by replacing normal bone with fibro-collagenous tissue with osteoid or woven bone, and cementicles. …”
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Preventive-Corrective Control for Static Voltage Stability Under Multiple <tex>$N-1$</tex> Contingencies Considering Wind Power Uncertainty by Yuerong Yang, Shunjiang Lin, Qiong Wang, Mingbo Liu, Qifeng Li

“…An optimal preventive-corrective control model for static voltage stability under multiple <tex>$N-1$</tex> contingencies considering the wind power uncertainty is established in this paper. The objective is to minimize the control variable adjustment cost including the load shedding cost of each contingency. …”
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