Experimental and Numerical Modelling of Nonlinear Flow Behavior in Single Fractured Granite by Xiaopeng Su, Lei Zhou, Honglian Li, Binwei Xia, Zhonghui Shen, Yiyu Lu

“…The average embedded depth increases rapidly under low-loading stress (less than 8 MPa) and slowly under high-loading stress (higher than 8 MPa). …”
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At the Traffic Intersection, Stopping, or Walking? Pedestrian Path Prediction Based on KPOF-GPDM for Driving Assistance by Xudong Long, Weiwei Zhang, Bo Zhao, Shaoxing Mo

“…Next, we extracted pedestrian optical flow information and human joint point information in parallel, among which we trained four human key point models suitable for traffic intersections. …”
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Advanced GPU Techniques for Dynamic Remeshing and Self-Collision Handling in Real-Time Cloth Tearing by Jong-Hyun Kim, Jung Lee

“…Most existing approaches perform remeshing through low-resolution simulations to maintain real-time performance or use pre-divided patterns, which cannot be considered dynamic remeshing and result in low-quality torn surface patterns. …”
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Limited transmission of avian influenza viruses, avulaviruses, coronaviruses and Chlamydia sp. at the interface between wild birds and a free-range duck farm by Chloé Le Gall-Ladevèze, Benjamin Vollot, Julien Hirschinger, Laëtitia Lèbre, Rachid Aaziz, Karine Laroucau, Jean-Luc Guérin, Mathilde Paul, Julien Cappelle, Guillaume Le Loc’h

“…Wild birds were found to shed AIV and Chlamydia only, with a low prevalence (< 3%). The seroprevalence rates were less than 10% for AIV and less than 4.5% for NDV. …”
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Trajectories of mental health across the primary to secondary school transition by Caitlyn Donaldson, Jemma Hawkins, Frances Rice, Graham Moore

“…Conclusions Young people from low SES backgrounds, those with SEN and those who have experienced two or more NLEs are more likely to exhibit trajectories with elevated mental health difficulties through the transition to secondary school. …”
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The Influence of Psyllium Husk Utilized as a Carbohydrate Substitute on Textural Characteristics of Chicken Sausage and Consumer Preference by Tulay Elal Mus, Tulay Ozcan, Hakan Ustuner, Figen Cetinkaya, Tugçe Necla Selvi, Gokce Keser, Nursen Senturk

“…Furthermore, during storage, there was a slight decrease in brightness in parallel with the psyllium husk replacement rate, but yellowing indexes increased. …”
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Multifactor transcriptional profiling of potato during 2,4-D-induced resistance to common scab disease by Matthew L. Fabian, Hien P. Nguyen, John R. Stommel, Christopher R. Clarke

“…Foliar application of low-dose 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) has been demonstrated to reduce potato common scab disease caused by phytopathogenic Streptomyces. …”
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Aligned Hollow Silicon Nanorods Containing Ionic Liquid Enhanced Solid Polymer Electrolytes with Superior Cycling and Rate Performance by Xinglong Gao, Zhong Zheng, Yifan Pan, Shuyi Song, Zhen Xu

“…Abstract The low lithium‐ion conductivity of polyethylene oxide (PEO)‐based polymer electrolytes limits their application in solid‐state lithium batteries and related fields. …”
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Time-Related Alteration in Flow- (Shear Stress-) Mediated Remodeling in Resistance Arteries from Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats by Odile Dumont, Gilles Kauffenstein, Anne-Laure Guihot, Nathalie C. Guérineau, Pierre Abraham, Laurent Loufrani, Daniel Henrion

“…Low flow induced progressive inward remodeling until 24 weeks in both strains with excessive hypertrophy in SHRs. …”
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Experimental Investigation on a Novel Particle Polymer for Enhanced Oil Recovery in High Temperature and High Salinity Reservoirs by Yang Liu, Jian Zhang, Xingcai Wu, Xiaodong Kang, Baoshan Guan, Xianjie Li, Yinzhu Ye, Peiwen Xiao, Xiaocong Wang, Shichao Li

“…After 6 months of high temperature and high salinity aging, there is no hydration and hydrolysis of submillimeter-scale SMG as the traditional polymers under high temperature and high salinity. The parallel two-core flooding experiments indicate that the submillimeter-scale SMG has a better effect of profile control and oil displacement, which increases the fraction flow rate(fw) of low-permeability core from 5.12% before SMG-flooding to 85.29% and the total increase of recovery as high as 14.07%. …”
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Perioperative safety evaluation of intersphincteric resection combined with rectal eversion and total extra-abdominal resection: a prospective randomized controlled trial by Zhanpeng Yang, Aizhen Wang, Hong Liang, Qingwen Fan, Shuaipeng Li, Fuqiang Yao, Mengzhe Li, Xi Wang, Chao Zhang

“…Abstract Background Colorectal cancer remains a significant global health burden, with low rectal tumors posing unique surgical challenges due to their proximity to the anal verge. …”
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Feasibility of an at-home telerehabilitation programme for upper limb impairment post-stroke by Louise van Wyk, Maatje Kloppers, Lee-Ann J. Jacobs-Nzuzi Khuabi

“…Setting: Bishop Lavis, South Africa, a low-income area. Methods: A single-site parallel randomised feasibility study was conducted. …”
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Piloting the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Pediatric Oncology Telehealth Education Program in Western Kenya: Implementation Study by Tyler Severance, Gilbert Olbara, Festus Njuguna, Martha Kipng'etich, Sandra Lang'at, Maureen Kugo, Jesse Lemmen, Marjorie Treff, Patrick Loehrer, Terry Vik

“… Abstract BackgroundChildhood cancer has an annual incidence of 150‐160 cases per million children worldwide but remains vastly underdiagnosed in low- to middle-income countries such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Research on the evolution and influencing factors of the spatial form of typical tourist towns: a case study of Wulingyuan district, China by Tengzhe Long, Bincheng Luo, Jinlin Wu, Jinlin Wu, Jing Yang, Jing Yang, Yunzhe Wang, Yunzhe Wang

“…In this study, the urban area of Wulingyuan District, China, a Natural World Heritage Site, is taken as the research object.MethodsBased on Landsat remote sensing images at five time nodes between 2000 and 2022, the spatial and temporal characteristics and evolutionary patterns of urban expansion in Wulingyuan are quantitatively investigated and the driving factors are explored using fractal theory, the equal sector analysis method, partial least squares regression (PLSR), and the standard deviation ellipse.ResultsThe results reveal the following. (1) From 2000 to 2022, urban expansion has undergone four clear stages, namely, medium-speed, low-intensity, low-speed, low-intensity, medium-speed, medium-intensity, and medium-speed, high-intensity. …”
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Evaluation of a Smartphone-Based Weight Loss Intervention with Telephone Support for Merchant Women With Obesity in Côte d'Ivoire: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Rui Usui, Maki Aomori, Shogo Kanamori, Setsuko Watabe, Bi Tra Jamal Sehi, Kei Kawano, Yuka Kanoya

“…MethodsThe intervention will run for 6 months, and its efficacy will be assessed in an unblinded, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial with 108 participants per group. …”
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Effects of hydromorphone-based patient-controlled intravenous analgesia on postoperative hypoxaemia: a randomised controlled non-inferiority clinical trial by Xuan Yang, Ziyu Zheng, Yumei Ma, Zhuomin Deng, Xiangying Feng, Jialin Luo, Yang Meng, Jingjing Lin, Xiaoxiao Mu, Huang Nie, Hailong Dong, Nong Yan, Jiejuan Du

“…Objective This study aimed to compare the effects of patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) with and without low-basal infusion on postoperative hypoxaemia.Design A randomised parallel-group non-inferiority trial.Setting The trial was conducted at a grade-A tertiary hospital from December 2021 to August 2022.Participants 160 adults undergoing gastrointestinal tumour surgery and receiving postoperative PCIA.Interventions Participants randomly received a low-basal (0.1 mg/hour of hydromorphone) or no-basal infusion PCIA for postoperative 48 hours.Primary and secondary outcome measures Primary outcome was area under curve (AUC) per hour for hypoxaemia, defined as pulse oxygen saturation (SpO2) &lt;95%. …”
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Unveiling the metabolic roles: how lead exposure elevates uric acid levels by Wanlu Liu, Yaotang Deng, Guoliang Li, Zhiqiang Zhao, Xinyu Zhu, Jiazhen Zhou, Mushi Yi, Simin Xian, Yue Hu, Youyi Wu, Qiaoyuan Yang, Lili Liu, Yansen Bai

“…Metabolites and eGFR played no parallel mediation roles but played serial mediating effects on Pb exposure-UA associations (Pb → wqs index → eGFR → UA, mediation proportion = 40.7%). …”
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Evaluation of the performance of a multiplex PCR assay for the etiological diagnosis of central nervous system infections at a diagnostic laboratory in South Africa by Dr Lutfiyya Moti, Prof Mohamed Said, Dr Fatimatu-Azahraa Harrar, Dr Yahyaa Moti, Dr Roxanne Rule

“…This was probably due to low numbers of organisms beyond the threshold of culture. …”
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Comparative Study of Structural and Functional Rearrangements in Skeletal Muscle Mitochondria of SOD1-G93A Transgenic Mice at Pre-, Early-, and Late-Symptomatic Stages of ALS Progr... by Natalia V. Belosludtseva, Anna I. Ilzorkina, Mikhail V. Dubinin, Irina B. Mikheeva, Konstantin N. Belosludtsev

“…Results: Based on the behavioral phenotyping data, specific age groups were identified: postnatal day 56 (P56) (n = 10–11), 84 (P84) (n = 10–11), and 156 (P154) (n = 10–12), representing the pre-symptomatic, early-symptomatic and late-symptomatic stages of ALS progression in SOD1-G93A/low mice, respectively. Electron microscopy showed mosaic destructive changes in subsarcolemmal mitochondria in fibers of the quadriceps femoris from 84-day-old SOD1-G93A/low mice. …”
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A cutting-edge ensemble model for enhanced underwater image restoration and quality improvement by A. Sarala, C. Vinoth kumar

“…The model operates in two ways: sequentially, by first applying DCPDN for haze removal followed by Pyramid-based CNNs for multi-scale feature refinement, or in parallel, with outputs from both models fused using a weighted average or learned fusion mechanism. …”
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