STUDY OF QUALITY INDICATORS AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LEAVES, STEMS AND FLOWERS OF <i>INULA VISCOSA </i>(L.) AS PROMISING RAW MATERIALS by R. Mussa, N. V. Sineva, V. V. Vandyshev, S. N. Suslina

“…The technological characteristics of the crushed raw materials are studied: bulk density, bulk mass, absorption coefficients of solvents with different ethanol content, based on the values of which 70% ethanol is selected as extractant for extraction. 70% ethanol is able to extract a multicomponent target complex of substances including phenolic acids, flavonoids, tannins, sesquiterpenoids. …”
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Exploring the extraction capabilities of natural cyclodextrin-nanosponges: The improvement moving from α- to γ-cyclodextrin-based polymers by Nina Felli, Davide Filardi, Riccardo Sergi, Luisa Maria Migneco, Massimo Giuseppe De Cesaris, Lorenzo Antonelli, Iolanda Francolini, Alessandra Gentili

“…Cyclodextrins (CD) are cyclic oligosaccharides known for their capability to form inclusion complexes with molecules of appropriate size. CDs can also be used as polyfunctional monomers in polymerization reactions to prepare specialised sorbents with characteristics of biodegradability. …”
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Determination of β-Agonist Residues in Animal-Derived Food by a Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometric Method Combined with Molecularly Imprinted Stir Bar Sorptive Extract... by Jiwang Tang, Jianxiu Wang, Shuyun Shi, Shengqiang Hu, Liejiang Yuan

“…Good linearities were obtained for six β-agonists with correlation coefficients (R2) higher than 0.994. These results indicated the superiority of the proposed method in the analysis of β-agonists in a complex matrix.…”
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Enhancing Maritime Navigation: A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Signal Quality Monitoring System for the North-Western Black Sea by Petrica Popov, Maria Emanuela Mihailov, Lucian Dutu, Dumitru Andrescu

“…This paper presents the implementation of a complex system for monitoring the quality of signals within the GNSS spectrum at the Maritime Hydrographic Directorate (MHD). …”
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Calibration-free picosecond LIPS for quantifying heavy metals in soils near Egyptian industrial sites by Mohamed El-Saeed, Walid Tawfik, Ahmed A. I. Khalil, Manal Mubarak, Mohamed Fikry

“…Abstract Excessive fertilizer and chemical usage have led to soil contamination by toxic heavy metals near the Abu-Zaabal industrial complex in Egypt. We introduce a groundbreaking calibration-free methodology using ultrafast Picosecond Laser-Induced Plasma Spectroscopy (CF-Ps-LIPS) for quantifying contaminant elements (Cd, Zn, Fe, Ni) in soils near Egypt’s Abu-Zaabal industrial complex. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemic as an Indicator of «Blank Spots» in Epidemiology and Infectious Pathology by M. V. Supotnitskiy

“…High transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 is possible because: the binding energy of S1 protein of the virus with its receptor ACE2 is higher than that of viruses of closely related species; the virus penetrates into the endosomes of the cells more efficiently; because of the work of the replication-transcription complex, which counteracts the innate protective response of cells. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of detailed anomaly ultrasound screening in the first trimester: a mixed-methods study by Jehan N Karim, Helen Campbell, Pranav Pandya, Edward C F Wilson, Zarko Alfirevic, Trish Chudleigh, Elizabeth Duff, Jane Fisher, Hilary Goodman, Lisa Hinton, Christos Ioannou, Edmund Juszczak, Louise Linsell, Heather L Longworth, Kypros H Nicolaides, Anne Rhodes, Gordon Smith, Basky Thilaganathan, Jim Thornton, Gillian Yaz, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Aris T Papageorghiou

“…Different types of cardiac anomalies were not equally amenable to detection, though first-trimester detection rates exceeded 70% for the following anomalies: complex cardiac defects, left and right hypoplastic syndromes, arterio-ventricular septal defects, tricuspid atresia, truncus arteriosus and heterotaxy syndromes. …”
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Determination of the metabolites, eicosanoids derived from polyunsaturated fatty acids in Drosophila tissue with high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry by TAN Liangliang, SHEN Lirong

“…Obtained results showed that the calibration curves were of good linearity for the 15 metabolites in the range of 2.5-100 ng/mL with the correlation coefficient (r) of 0.991. The limits of detection and quantitation were about 0.1-2.6 ng/g and 0.3-8.7 ng/g, respectively. …”
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Speech Databases, Speech Features, and Classifiers in Speech Emotion Recognition: A Review by G. H. Mohmad Dar, Radhakrishnan Delhibabu

“…Models like convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and long short-term memory (LSTM) networks have shown that they are better at capturing the complex temporal and spectral features of speech. …”
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Shannon entropy approach reveals relevant genes in Alzheimer's disease. by Alfonso Monaco, Nicola Amoroso, Loredana Bellantuono, Eufemia Lella, Angela Lombardi, Anna Monda, Andrea Tateo, Roberto Bellotti, Sabina Tangaro

“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia and affects millions of people worldwide. Since complex diseases are often the result of combinations of gene interactions, microarray data and gene co-expression analysis can provide tools for addressing complexity. …”
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Looking outside the box with a pathology aware AI approach for analyzing OCT retinal images in Stargardt disease by Parisa Khateri, Tiana Koottungal, Damon Wong, Rupert W. Strauss, Lucas Janeschitz-Kriegl, Maximilian Pfau, Leopold Schmetterer, Hendrik P. N. Scholl

“…In severely affected regions, identified by a box detection model, the total retina is segmented as a single layer to avoid errors. …”
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Network Security Situational Awareness Based on Improved Particle Swarm Algorithm and Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory Modeling by Peng Zheng, Yun Cheng, Wei Zhu, Bo Liu, Shuhong Liu, Shijie Wang, Jinyin Bai

“…Additionally, the fitting coefficient attains a value of 0.92. This indicates a high level of recognition and precision exhibited by the proposed model in detecting network security risk behaviors. …”
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Challenges and opportunities to integrate artificial intelligence in radiation oncology: a narrative review by Chiyoung Jeong, YoungMoon Goh, Jungwon Kwak

“…Through the analysis of large datasets to identify optimal treatment parameters, AI can automate complex tasks, reduce planning time, and improve accuracy. …”
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Nuevos modelos para la Caracterización, Detección y Diagnóstico de Fallas en Máquinas Eléctricas Rotativas by Jair Elías Araujo Vargas, Dilan Yesid Franklin Coronel, Victor Manuel Arias Ruiz

“…Physical methods and vibration analysis are currently used to detect problems, although these approaches present limitations in both accuracy and efficiency due to the subjectivity of each case and the loss of information in each case. …”
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A Review: The Application of Path Optimization Algorithms in Building Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Pipe Design by Ruijun Deng, Xiaoliang Li, Yuhua Tian

“…This review systematically integrates recent advancements in path optimization algorithms for the automated layout of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems within complex building environments. A hybrid optimization framework is introduced, combining the global search capability of Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) with the local refinement efficiency of the A* algorithm, enhanced by dynamic weight adjustment and context-aware mechanisms. …”
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Understanding the flowering process of litchi through machine learning predictive models by SU Zuanxian, NING Zhenchen, WANG Qing, CHEN Houbin

“…The machine learning algorithms can handle high-dimensional nonlinear data with complex interactions, outperform traditional statistical models in ecology, and have been effectively used for plant classification, phenology detection, crop growth detection, and yield prediction. …”
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Aircraft Measurements of Physicochemical Evolution of Atmospheric Aerosols in Air Pollution Plumes over a Megacity and Suburban Areas by Taehyun Park, Yongjoo Choi, Jinsoo Choi, Junyoung Ahn, Jinsoo Park, Yonghwan Lee, Jihee Ban, Gyutae Park, Seokwon Kang, Kyunghoon Kim, Beom-Keun Seo, Jongho Kim, Soobog Park, Hyunjae Kim, HaEun Jeon, Taehyoung Lee

“…This study highlights the necessity of understanding the complex vertical structures of particle layers, such as those identified in and around the SMA, in order to facilitate the adoption of efficient air quality control strategies and enhance air quality forecasting.…”
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Overview of Oncology: Drug-Induced Cardiac Toxicity by Nilima Rajpal Kundnani, Vincenzo Passini, Iulia Stefania Carlogea, Patrick Dumitrescu, Vlad Meche, Roxana Buzas, Daniel Marius Duda-Seiman

“…Conventional biomarkers alone can only indicate some degree of damage that has already occurred and, therefore, early detection is key. Novel methods like genetic profiling are being developed to detect individuals at risk, prior to the onset of clinical symptoms. …”
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Low-dimensional multiscale fast SAR image registration method by Jiamu Li, Wenbo Yu, Zijian Wang, Jiaxin Xie, Xiaojie Zhou, Yabo Liu, Zhongjun Yu, Meng Li, Yi Wang

“…Many existing SAR image registration methods major in describing detected features in a unique, identifiable, but maybe complex way. …”
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Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its Drug Resistance by Targeted Nanopore Sequencing Technology by Chen Tang, Feng Xu, Xiaoqun Zheng, Guangxin Xiang

“…The main causative agents of TB are known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), which exhibits a highly complex drug resistance profile. Traditional culture-based phenotypic drug susceptibility testing is time-consuming, and PCR-based assays are restricted to detecting known mutational hotspots. …”
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