Bioaugmentation of Industrial Wastewater and Formation of Bacterial–CaCO₃ Coupled System for Self-Healing Cement by Olja Šovljanski, Vesna Bulatović, Tiana Milović, Jovana Grahovac, Tamara Erceg, Miroslav Dramićanin, Ana Tomić

“…This system demonstrated a 92% recovery in compressive strength after 180 days, highlighting its ability to autonomously repair microcracks in cement-based materials. …”
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Estimating vegetation indices and biophysical parameters for Central European temperate forests with Sentinel-1 SAR data and machine learning by Daniel Paluba, Bertrand Le Saux, Francesco Sarti, Přemysl Štych

“…A key advantage of the SAR-based vegetation metrics is the ability to detect abrupt forest changes with sub-weekly temporal accuracy, providing up to 240 measurements per year at a 20 m resolution.…”
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Evaluation of multimodal imaging guided multifunctional bio-targeted reactive oxygen species production synergists: a preliminary study by Xia Ou, Xia Ou, Yu Tang, Haiyan Yang, Haiyan Yang, Yan Du, Zhong Zhang, Li Lin, Qi Wang, Jianzhong Zou

“…The synergistic therapy and antitumor therapy of B.bifidum@PC-CLs with PFUS were analyzed in vivo.MethodsStudies validated that PC-CLs have excellent abilities of multimodal imaging, ROS-producing and SDT-enhancing. …”
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DistB-Condo: Distributed Blockchain-Based IoT-SDN Model for Smart Condominium by Anichur Rahman, Md. Jahidul Islam, Ziaur Rahman, Md. Mahfuz Reza, Adnan Anwar, M. A. Parvez Mahmud, Mostofa Kamal Nasir, Rafidah Md. Noor

“…These technologies provide a robust, and secured platform to meet all kinds of challenges, such as safety, confidentiality, flexibility, efficiency, and availability. This work suggests a distributed, scalable IoT-SDN with Blockchain-based NFV framework for a smart condominium (DistB-Condo) that can act as an efficient secured platform for a small community. …”
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The role of large language models in improving the readability of orthopaedic spine patient educational material by Melissa Romoff, Madison Brunette, Melanie K. Peterson, Sohaib Z. Hashmi, Michael S. Kim

“…Few studies have assessed the readability of orthopaedic materials such as American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) OrthoInfo articles, and no studies have suggested efficient methods to improve readability. This study assessed the readability of OrthoInfo spine articles and investigated the ability of large language models (LLMs) to improve readability. …”
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DNA extraction protocols for animal fecal material on blood spot cards. by Ann-Katrin Llarena, Thomas H A Haverkamp, Wenche Støldal Gulliksen, Kristin Herstad, Arne Holst-Jensen, Eystein Skjerve, Lisbeth Rannem, Sabrina Rodriguez-Campos, Øivind Øines

“…Further, the suitability of Illumina shotgun metagenomic sequencing at 20 million paired-end (PE) read depth per sample was assessed on its ability to successfully characterize the taxonomic and functional aspects of the resulting fecal microbiome.…”
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Low-Intensity Ultrasound Causes Direct Excitation of Auditory Cortical Neurons by Xiaofei Qi, Kexin Lyu, Long Meng, Cuixian Li, Hongzheng Zhang, Lili Niu, Zhengrong Lin, Hairong Zheng, Jie Tang

“…Although the neural modulation ability of low-intensity US has been demonstrated in the human primary somatosensory cortex and primary visual cortex, whether low-intensity US can directly activate auditory cortical neurons is still a topic of debate. …”
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In Vivo TLR9 Inhibition Attenuates CpG-Induced Myocardial Dysfunction by O. Boehm, P. Markowski, M. van der Giet, V. Gielen, A. Kokalova, C. Brill, A. Hoeft, G. Baumgarten, R. Meyer, P. Knuefermann

“…This suppressive ODN was the most efficient inhibitor of the tested substances.…”
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WCS-YOLOv8s: an improved YOLOv8s model for target identification and localization throughout the strawberry growth process by Sheng Gao, Sheng Gao, Gongpei Cui, Qiaohua Wang

“…The self- developed SE-MSDWA module is integrated into the backbone network to improve the model’s feature extraction capability while suppressing redundant information, thereby achieving efficient feature extraction. Additionally, the neck network is enhanced by incorporating the CGFM module, which employs a multi-head self-attention mechanism to fuse diverse feature information and improve the network’s feature fusion performance.Results and discussionThe model’s Precision (P), Recall (R), HYPERLINK "mailto:mAP@0.5" mAP@0.5, and mAP@0.5:0.95 of detection were 83.4%, 86.7%, 87.53%, and 60.48%, respectively, and the detection speed was 45.9 FPS(21.8 ms/per image, which significantly improved on the detection accuracy and generalization ability of with the YOLOv8s benchmark model. …”
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Performance of the comprehensive nutrition screening index in predicting mortality after cardiac surgery by Jaeyeon Chung, Jinyoung Bae, Seyong Park, Dong Hyouk Kim, Youn Joung Cho, Karam Nam, Yunseok Jeon, Jae-Woo Ju

“…Implementing the SNUH-NSI for automated preoperative malnutrition screening could be an efficient and cost-effective approach.…”
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Urban Toponyms as Linguistic Markers of “Owning” the Space by Natalia Vasiljeva

“…An important feature implying that an urban object is fixed on the mental map of a local community is its ability to be a reference point in everyday city life and communication. …”
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BED-YOLO: An Enhanced YOLOv10n-Based Tomato Leaf Disease Detection Algorithm by Qing Wang, Ning Yan, Yasen Qin, Xuedong Zhang, Xu Li

“…In recent years, object detection algorithms have gained widespread application in tomato disease detection due to their efficiency and accuracy, providing reliable technical support for crop disease identification. …”
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A New [PMo₁₂O₄₀]³⁻-Based Ni^II Compound: Electrochemical and Photocatalytic Properties for Water Pollutant Removal by Guoqing Lin, Shufeng Liu, Dai Shi, Ying Yang, Fangle Yu, Tong Lu, Xiao-Yang Yu, Yuguang Zhao

“…Photocatalytic studies reveal that compound <b>1</b> functions as a bifunctional photocatalyst, which not only achieves efficient degradation of organic dyes but also demonstrates remarkable reduction efficiency for toxic Cr(VI). …”
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A method of identification and localization of tea buds based on lightweight improved YOLOV5 by Yuanhong Wang, Yuanhong Wang, Jinzhu Lu, Jinzhu Lu, Qi Wang, Qi Wang, Zongmei Gao

“…The Fuding white tea bud image dataset was established by collecting Fuding white tea images; then the lightweight network ShuffleNetV2 was used to replace the YOLOV5 backbone network; the up-sampling algorithm of YOLOV5 was optimized by using CARAFE modular structure, which increases the sensory field of the network while maintaining the lightweight; then BiFPN was used to achieve more efficient multi-scale feature fusion; and the introduction of the parameter-free attention SimAm to enhance the feature extraction ability of the model while not adding extra computation. …”
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Lightweight Detection Algorithm for Breast-Mass Features in Ultrasound Images by Taojuan Li, Wen Liu, Mingxian Song, Zheng Gu, Ling Hai

“…First, we introduce an efficient multiscale convolutional (EMSC) module to improve feature extraction from complex backgrounds and enhance multiscale representation. …”
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Utilizing recycled glass powder in reinforced concrete beams: comparison of shear performance by Memduh Karalar, Boğaçhan Başaran, Ceyhun Aksoylu, Özer Zeybek, Essam Althaqafi, Alexey N. Beskopylny, Sergey A. Stel’makh, Evgenii M. Shcherban’, Osman Ahmed Umiye, Yasin Onuralp Özkılıç

“…The results presented indicate that the efficient WGP percentage might be considered as 10% of the partial replacement of cement. …”
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Bilateral Geiger mode avalanche in InSe Schottky photodiodes by Dongyang Zhao, Yan Chen, Tao Hu, Hechun Cao, Xuefeng Zhao, Yu Jia, Xudong Wang, Hong Shen, Jing Yang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Xiaodong Tang, Wei Bai, Jianlu Wang, Junhao Chu

“…This study provides alternative strategies for developing energy-efficient and high-gain avalanche photodiodes.…”
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Comparison of Image Preprocessing Strategies for Convolutional Neural Network-Based Growth Stage Classification of Butterhead Lettuce in Industrial Plant Factories by Jung-Sun Gloria Kim, Soo Chung, Myungjin Ko, Jihoon Song, Soo Hyun Shin

“…The increasing need for scalable and efficient crop monitoring systems in industrial plant factories calls for image-based deep learning models that are both accurate and robust to domain variability. …”
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Making the Case for Uniformity in Professional State Licensure Requirements by Janice A. Brannon, Ellen R. Cohn, Jana Cason

“…</p><p>At the heart of all licensure requirements is the ability to determine who should be granted the authority to practice in a particular profession.…”
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Renal-targeting bioinspired curcumin framework nanozyme for regulating inflammatory and oxidative stress homeostasis in acute kidney injury by Xinyue Hou, Mingyao Hu, Jie Zhang, Zhou Li, Tingting Wu, Haowei Zhu, Yi Feng, Di Zhang, Wei Jiang, Zhigang Wang, Wei Wang, Wenjun Shang

“…The natural affinity of platelets endows PL@Cur-MnZn with efficient renal targeting ability, leveraging the homing properties of platelets. …”
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