Influence of Roughness on Isothermal Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Roller Enveloped Worm Drive by Yan Qi, Honghui Liao, Xudong Wang, Zaixin Liu, Jinkuan Li

“…The Newton-Raphson method is used to solve its numerical calculation， the conjugate teeth of the new transmission pair are studied， and the analysis of the line contact between the conjugate teeth is completed. …”
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Exploring Virulence Characteristics of Clinical <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolates from Greece by Lazaros A. Gagaletsios, Elisavet Kikidou, Christos Galbenis, Ibrahim Bitar, Costas C. Papagiannitsis

“…In conclusion, an important percentage (87%) of the <i>E. coli</i> isolates had a significant ability to form biofilm. Biofilms, due to their heterogeneous nature and ability to make microorganisms tolerant to multiple antimicrobials, complicate treatment strategies. …”
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Credit Scoring on Cash Flow Table with Machine Learning: XGBoost Approach by Güner Altan, Server Demirci

“…In this context, banks put companies through a credit evaluation process before loaning to them, and the most important leg of this process is undoubtedly the credit score analysis. Considering that one of the most important risks banks carry is credit risk, the importance of correctly, reliably, and quickly completing the balanced scorecard study during the credit evaluation process cannot be denied. …”
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Global Feature Focusing and Information Enhancement Network for Occluded Pedestrian Detection by ZHENG Kaikui, JI Kangyou, LI Jun, LI Qiming

“…Finally, conducted a visualization analysis of the detection boxes and central heatmaps. …”
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Diverse fox circovirus (Circovirus canine) variants circulate at high prevalence in grey wolves (Canis lupus) from the Northwest Territories, Canada by Canuti, Marta, King, Abigail V.L., Franzo, Giovanni, Cluff, H. Dean, Larsen, Lars E., Fenton, Heather, Dufour, Suzanne C., Lang, Andrew S.

“…Different clades of viruses were identified in the same areas and over multiple years (2007-2019), indicating the co-existence of multiple endemic lineages in the investigated area. Phylogenetic analysis of all available complete fox circovirus genomes (32 from foxes and 15 from wolves from North America and Europe) demonstrated four lineages, each including sequences from this study. …”
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Does the perceived utility of rubrics boost speaker confidence? A study in business organization courses by Domingo Verano-Tacoronte, Alicia Bolívar-Cruz

“…To analyse data, component analysis with varimax rotation, correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were applied. …”
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Formation of Competences in the Field of Information Security for Future Bachelors of Applied Informatics by I. V. Gavrilova, M. V. Romanova, E. V. Chernova

“…The pedagogical search is not completed, but it has acquired the necessary boundaries, unique centers of crystallization around which the academic discipline is designed.Conclusion. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Danish SDM-Q-9 questionnaire for shared decision-making in patients with pelvic floor disorders and low back pain: item response theory modelling by Mette Hulbaek, Sofie Ronja Petersen, Charlotte Ibsen

“…Methods After treatment decisions, Danish patients with pelvic floor disorders or low back pain rated the level of SDM by completing the SDM-Q-9 questionnaire. Iitem response theory (the Graded Response Model by Samejima) was applied to assess each item’s psychometric performance and the questionnaire’s generic applicability (among others discriminative ability, precision and item differential functioning). …”
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The novel mouse mutation Oblivion inactivates the PMCA2 pump and causes progressive hearing loss. by Sarah L Spiden, Mario Bortolozzi, Francesca Di Leva, Martin Hrabé de Angelis, Helmut Fuchs, Dmitry Lim, Saida Ortolano, Neil J Ingham, Marisa Brini, Ernesto Carafoli, Fabio Mammano, Karen P Steel

“…Obl/Obl mutants were small, showed severe vestibular dysfunction by 2 weeks of age, and were completely deaf from birth; sensory hair cells were completely degenerate in the basal turn of the cochlea, although hair cells appeared normal in the apex. …”
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Exopolysaccharide production by seven basidiomycetous fungi and their antioxidant and immunomodulatory activities against Salmonella infection by Thanawut Chotmanee, Thanawut Chotmanee, Nakarin Suwannarach, Nakarin Suwannarach, Nakarin Suwannarach, Jaturong Kumla, Jaturong Kumla, Jaturong Kumla, Rewat Phongphisutthinant, Rewat Phongphisutthinant, Supakit Chaipoot, Supakit Chaipoot, Pairote Wiriyacharee, Arishabhas Tantibhadrasapa, Songbo Li, Parameth Thiennimitr, Parameth Thiennimitr, Saisamorn Lumyong, Saisamorn Lumyong, Saisamorn Lumyong

“…The obtained crude EPs showed water solubilization ability. The Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy spectra exhibited typical carbohydrate patterns in all crude EPs. …”
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Model Optimization for High-Yield Biocrude in Co-Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Municipal Sludge by Botian HAO, Yunfei DIAO, Ya WEI, Donghai XU

“…This study introduces a novel dual-model comparative analysis framework, integrating response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network (ANN). …”
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Biogenic CuO nanoparticles from Camellia sinensis and Pimpinella anisum plant extracts and their role as antimicrobial agents by André Paganotti, Carolina Cunha de Freitas, Roney H. Pereira, Vitor Gonçalves Vital, Giovanna S.M. Paiva, Lucas F. de Lima, Leonardo Longuini da Silva, Elizabeth Teodorov, Ricardo A. Galdino da Silva, Suzan Pantaroto de Vasconcellos, Amedea Barozzi Seabra

“…At the MIC concentration the nanoparticles inhibited 30 % of the bacterial cells of P. aeruginosa biofilm, and at higher concentrations, the CuO NPs achieved complete inhibition, i.e. more than 99 % of the cells. …”
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Prognostic Value of Combined HBV pgRNA and MELD Score for Mortality in HBV‐Related Acute‐on‐Chronic Liver Failure: A Single‐Center Retrospective Study by Fenlan Chen, Xiongle Zhang, Chaohui Liu, Wen Lin, Shizhong Lin, Qinqi Wang, Jun Huang, Liping Chen

“…Clinical data collected within 24 h of diagnosis included HBV pgRNA levels, complete blood counts, C‐reactive protein, biochemical profiles, coagulation parameters, and MELD scores. …”
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Integrated weed control (chemical & mechanical) in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under Shoushtar conditions by adel modhej, zahra alikhani galeh

“…Weed samples were taken by randomly throwing a quadrate of 0.25 m2 area. Analysis of variance was performed using the SAS Ver 9.1 software and treatment means were compared using LSD (Least significant difference) at 5% of probability. …”
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Mosquito-based detection of retroviruses and arboviruses in Senegal: expanding the scope of xenosurveillance by Marie Henriette Dior Ndione, El Hadji Ndiaye, Madeleine Dieng, Babacar Diouf, Safietou Sankhé, Diawo Diallo, Mouhamed Kane, Ndeye Marie Sene, Maimouna Mbanne, Faty Amadou Sy, Seynabou Mbaye Ba Souna Diop, Serge Freddy Moukaha Doukanda, Amadou Alpha Sall, Ousmane Faye, Ndongo Dia, Scott C. Weaver, Oumar Faye, Mawlouth Diallo, Gamou Fall, Alioune Gaye, Moussa Moise Diagne

“…A JSRV-related sequence was confirmed in a pool from Barkedji (2019) and clustered phylogenetically with endogenous JSRV. A nearly complete ENTV-2 genome, closely related to pathogenic Chinese strains, was recovered from the same pool. …”
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Research on Hybrid Architecture Neural Networks for Time Series Prediction by Fujin Zhuang, Xiao Chen, Punyaphol Horata, Khamron Sunat

“…The importance of the attention mechanism was further verified through ablation experiments, with the complete model&#x2019;s R2 value improving by 87.04% and MSE decreasing by 87.18% compared to using TCN alone, confirming the effectiveness of the multi-module collaborative design. …”
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Improving the Nutrient Absorption and Yield of Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum) and Barley (Hordeum vulgare) under Row Inter-cropping with Foliar Application of Plant Growth Regulators... by A Talebi, M. R Owji, F Mohajeri, M. R Baziar

“…Materials and MethodsA split plot experiment was conducted in the form of a randomized complete block design with three replications during the growing seasons of 2021 and 2022. …”
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Comparing a Guideline-Based Mobile Health Intervention Versus Usual Care for High-Risk Adolescents With Asthma: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial by Tamara T Perry, Jessica H Turner, Ariel Berlinski, Larry A Simmons, Rita H Brown, Kaymon Neal, Sarah A Marshall, Xing He, Simon Chung, Andrew Brown, Horace J Spencer 3rd, Jiang Bian

“… BackgroundMobile health (mHealth) technology has the ability to integrate personalized health management into patients’ daily routines. …”
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Evaluation of Yield, Yield Component and Usefulness Indices of Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and Maize (Zea mays) Intercropping under Inoculation with Rhizobium phaseoli by Ebrahim Zolfagari Kotbehsara, Peyman Sharifi, Mohammad Hossein Ansari

“…This shift indicates that maize had a lower competitive ability compared to beans in inoculated conditions within the mixed cropping system.  …”
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Prediction of basal glycaemia dynamics during treatment with 6-month lipid-lowering therapy in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease by Olga A. Koshelskaya, Anastasiya S. Sushkova, Olga A. Zhuravleva, Irina V. Vinnizkaya, Nataliya G. Brazovskaya, Elena S. Kravchenko, Tatyana E. Suslova, Rostislav S. Karpov

“…Background. A major meta-analysis has confirmed the ability of statins to exert both diabetogenic and hyperglycaemic effects. …”
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