Facile synthesis of Fe-doped ZIF-8 and its adsorption of phosphate from water: Performance and mechanism. by Zhijia Miao, Xueqiang Song, Xiaolei Wang, Hao Wang, Shuoyang Li, Zhen Jiao

“…The Fe-doped ZIF-8 was fully characterized using different characterization techniques and it was found that the as-prepared Fe-doped ZIF-8 (denoted as ZIF-(2Zn:1Fe)) showed a polyhedral morphology with a large specific surface area of 157.64 m2/g and an average pore size of 3.055 nm. Analyses using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction showed that Fe atoms were successfully incorporated into the ZIF-8 skeleton. …”
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Whole genome sequencing and structural variations provide insights into the body size traits of Hu sheep by Xin Xiang, Yujiao Guo, Liran Zhao, Wei Gao, Mao Li, Pengju Zhao, Zhengguang Wang

“…In this study, whole genome sequencing was conducted on 300 Hu sheep with an average depth of 16.51X. A total of 9.53 T of high-quality sequencing data was generated. …”
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Is Native Joint Line More Accurately Restored with Robotic Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty than with Conventional Instruments? by Pramod Bhor, Sawankumar Pawar, Dnyanada Kutumbe, Arvind Vatkar, Sachin Kale, Rahul Jagtap

“…Materials and Methods: In a prospective cohort study trial, trained fellows performed radiographic analyses on patients receiving RA-TKA (group-1) and c-TKA (group-2) to quantify joint line using the adductor tubercle method. …”
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Application of dynamic enhanced scanning with GD-EOB-DTPA MRI based on deep learning algorithm for lesion diagnosis in liver cancer patients by Bo Liu, Jinhua Yang, Yifei Wu, Xi Chen, Xueru Wu

“…On average, 25 false positives and 0.6 real positives were found in the test instances. …”
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“If you prick us, do we not bleed?” Antisemitism and psychosocial health among Jews in Germany by Maor Shani, Dana Goldberg, Maarten H. W. van Zalk

“…The LPA revealed three distinct groups, with the high-identity, high-antisemitism group (53% of the sample) reporting significantly higher anxiety levels than those with average identification and more rare experience with antisemitism.DiscussionThese findings underscore the pervasive nature of antisemitism and its detrimental effects on the well-being of Jewish individuals. …”
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Correlation analysis of craniomandibular index and gothic arch tracing in patients with craniomandibular disorders by Todić Jelena, Lazić Dragoslav, Radosavljević Radiovoje

“…The aim of this work was to assess the value of clinical and instrumental functional analyses in diagnosing of this type of disorders. Methods. …”
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Contribution of age-related effects to differences in crude fatality ratios due to COVID-19 in two Argentine provinces between March and August 2020 by Octavio Nicolas Bramajo, Maria Florencia Bathory

“…Results: After the decomposition we observed that, while overall CFR differences between provinces are slight on average, the magnitude of structure and rate effects tends to go into different directions across age groups, indicating more premature mortality in Jujuy due to COVID-19. …”
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A Bus Rapid Transit Timetable Design Method Integrating All-Stop, Short-Turn and Limited-Stop Strategies by Xinyu LIU, Xinbiao ZHAO

“…The method is validated through a real-world case study of the Fengpu Express BRT route in Shanghai, China. Sensitivity analyses are made in response to changes in OD profiles, average boarding and alighting time and maximum total mileage. …”
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Neuropsychological and Emotional Functioning in Patients with Cushing’s Syndrome by Sabrina Na, Mary A. Fernandes, Adriana G. Ioachimescu, Suzanne Penna

“…Patients exhibited on average significantly reduced initial learning following first exposure to visual and verbal stimuli but intact retention of information learned. …”
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BH4-deficient hyperphenylalaninemia in Russia. by Polina Gundorova, Irina A Kuznetcova, Galina V Baydakova, Anna A Stepanova, Yulia S Itkis, Victoria S Kakaulina, Irina P Alferova, Lidya V Lyazina, Lilya P Andreeva, Ilya Kanivets, Ekaterina Y Zakharova, Sergey I Kutsev, Aleksander V Polyakov

“…Family diagnostics and biochemical urinary pterin spectrum analyses were carried out. HPABH4A is shown to be the prevalent type, 83.3% of all HPABH4 cases. …”
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Quality of regular waves experimentally generated by plunger-type wavemakers with mean flow by Stephanie Lowell, Rishad A. Irani

“…This paper experimentally studies the quality of regular waves generated by a plunger-type wavemaker with a triangular wedge, as analyses on wave quality in such systems remain limited and often lack quantitative assessment. …”
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Individual Variability in Cognitive Engagement and Performance Adaptation During Virtual Reality Interaction: A Comparative EEG Study of Autistic and Neurotypical Individuals by Aulia Hening Darmasti, Raphael Zender, Agnes Sianipar, Niels Pinkwart

“…Sixteen autistic and sixteen neurotypical participants engaged with various VR interactions while their neural activity was recorded using a Muse S EEG. Correlational analyses showed distinct group-specific patterns: higher IQ correlated with elevated average alpha and theta power in autistic participants, while tech fluency significantly influenced performance outcomes only in neurotypical group. …”
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Using Entrustable Professional Activity Scores For Ward Round Performance Assessment of Internists in Internal Medicine: A Comparative Study of Two Medical Training Models by Sirayut Waramit

“…EPA assessments were based on Thai Medical Council criteria and scored on a five-level scale. Statistical analyses were performed to compare group differences in EPA performance. …”
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Research on SOC Prediction of Lithium-Ion Batteries Based on OLHS-DBO-BP Neural Network by Genbao Wang, Yejian Xue, Yafei Qiao, Chunyang Song, Qing Ming, Shuang Tian, Yonggao Xia

“…This overcomes the drawback of a single BP neural network being prone to local optimum and accelerates the convergence rate. Simulation analyses on the experimental data of NCM and A123 lithium batteries were conducted in Matlab R2022a. …”
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Trichoderma species from China by ZHANG Chu-long, XU Tong

“…Seventeen species of Trichoderma, isolated from soil or tree bark from China are identified based on morphological and physiological characters, and from their phylogenetic position inferred from parsimony analyses of nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer regions of the rDNA cluster (ITS1 and 2) and partial sequences of translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tefl). …”
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Maternal Education, Economic Empowerment and Infant Mortality in Burkina Faso by Lamissa Barro, Aïcha Tiendrebeogo, Issa Nana, Landry Paul Armand Mawuvi Ky

“…At the same time, the infant mortality rate in Burkina Faso is higher than the average for sub-Saharan Africa. This study analyses the combined effect of education level and women’s economic empowerment on infant mortality in Burkina Faso. …”
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Taxonomic revision on the Gobio group in the Yellow River drainage, with discussion on the validity of the genus Acanthogobio (Cypriniformes, Gobionidae) by Yutian Fang, Zhixian Sun, Yahui Zhao

“…Morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses indicated that G. tchangi is a junior synonym of G. huanghensis, while G. meridionalis is a junior synonym of G. rivuloides. …”
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Cracking Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Beams Made of Waste Sand by Jacek Domski, Joanna Laskowska-Bury, Anna Dudzińska

“…It follows that the average percentage error was 38.4%, indicating the safe use of this method.…”
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Scenario Analysis in Intensively Irrigated Semi-Arid Watershed Using a Modified SWAT Model by Pratikshya Neupane, Ryan T. Bailey

“…Over 90% of precipitation is consumed by evapotranspiration. The average watershed water yield comprises 19% surface runoff, 39% groundwater return flow, and 42% lateral flow. …”
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Forecast of sugar demand in retail using SARIMA and decomposition models case study: a retail store in Indonesia by Titi Sari, Sekar Sakti

“…This study uses a stationary test and ACF pattern analyses to prepare the data, a residual test to avoid forecast bias, cross-validation to check the forecast model performance, and MAPE as the performance indicator. …”
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