Use of whole body PET scan in patients with infective endocarditis may impact care of those with intravascular devices: results from a comparative retrospective cohort study by Jason Park, Kaitlyn Simpson, Megan Neils, James Riddell

“…The WBP group was significantly more likely to have end-stage renal disease, intracardiac prostheses, and cardiac devices, while the non-WBP group was more likely to have flail leaflet or paravalvular abscesses. …”
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The Comparison and Selection of a Warm Mix Agent for Asphalt Based on Fuzzy Hierarchical Analysis by Haowu Wang, Shengkai Sun, Sen Hu

“…Warm mix asphalt pavements can effectively reduce construction energy consumption and control environmental pollution compared to conventional asphalt pavements. …”
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Effect of adding different organic acids for fermentation on the quality of Sichuan Paocai by HUANG Yuli, GE Lihong, GUO Caifu, YANG Menglu, MEI Yuan, LAI Haimei, ZHAO Nan

“…The total acid content and organic acid composition of the citric acid group changed greatly, while the organic acid composition of the lactic acid group was more abundant. Lactic acid group and citric acid group have more similar volatile flavor compounds, which were more conducive to the production of ester volatile flavor components. …”
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Evaluation of Laboratory Toxicities and Field Application of Plant Spray Oil and Its Mixture with <i>Metarhizium anisopliae</i> Against <i>Diaphorina citri Kuwayama</i> (Hemiptera:... by Dasong Chen, Jiaqi Suo, Jianquan Yan, Lijia Chen, Fenghao Chen, Jianying Huang, Haitao Duan, Gecheng Ouyang, Xiang Meng

“…The results showed that the control effect of plant spray oil and <i>M. anisopliae</i> on <i>D. citri</i> became more pronounced as the concentration increased. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Force-Sensitive Resistors and Triaxial Accelerometers for Sitting Posture Classification by Zhuofu Liu, Zihao Shu, Vincenzo Cascioli, Peter W. McCarthy

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Mechanism of managing expenses and earnings of the industrial enterprise in current market conditions by G. L. Andryuk

“…It is also recommended to cut costs of material resources at the expenses of suppliers selling necessary for production resources at lower prices and to take managerial, technical and technological steps, which can raise efficiency of the available raw material basis and cut a proportion of rejects. In order to optimize the value of fixed assets and improving efficiency of their use it is necessary to reduce the volumes of unnecessary raw material and component purchase, to optimize the structure of stocks at storages and the need in certain material and technical items, as well as to take steps aimed at building the system of accounts receivable control.…”
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Intelligent Torque Vectoring Approach for Electric Vehicles with Per-Wheel Motors by Alberto Parra, Asier Zubizarreta, Joshué Pérez, Martín Dendaluce

“…Results show that the proposed intelligent Torque Vectoring system is able to increase the efficiency of the vehicle by 10%, thanks to the optimal torque distribution and the use of a neuro-fuzzy vertical tire forces estimator which provides 3 times more accurate estimations than analytical approaches.…”
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Skin‐Conformal Myography for Real‐Time Hand Tracking Using a Laser‐Induced Graphene Strain Sensor Array by Vinay Kammarchedu, Monther AlSiyabi, Aida Ebrahimi

“…The findings show that the sensors placed closer to actuation‐specific anatomical features contribute more toward the high accuracy. The sensor array is also integrated with a wearable readout system that wirelessly transmits the data in real time in order to control a robotic arm as a proof of concept for human–robot interaction applications. …”
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A theoretical and computational dynamical analysis of a deformed biological population due to prolongation in internally emitted toxicants by Digvijai Singh, Joydip Dhar, Alok Kumar Agrawal

“…In this process, the critical threshold for delays is determined. • Additionally, with the help of the optimal control method and using Pontryagin's maximum principle, we minimize the cost of control strategies. • Provided the numerical authentication of our theoretical findings, using MATLAB simulations.…”
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Influence of thymodepressine on the course of autoimmune process in MRL/1 female mice by V A Nassonova, G N Pleskovskaya, S G RadenskaLopovok, Y V Muravjov, A V Novikova, I. S. Didikina, V A Deygin

“…Additional examinations are needed to determine optimal dose and scheme of treatment.…”
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Nudging epidemic policy compliance: experimental insights into message framing by Biao Xu, Patiman Yidilisi, Hailing Xi, Shuyan Gu

“…Participants (N = 391) were randomly assigned to one of these conditions or a no-framing control group. Compliance willingness was assessed through self-reported intentions to adhere to recommended preventive behaviors.ResultsFramed messages significantly increased compliance intentions compared to the control condition. …”
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Mathematical model of the process for diagnosing defects in aircraft structure elements made of composite materials by I. A. Davydov

“…The developed model combines methods of statistics, mathematical modeling and data analysis, which provides more accurate and reliable results. The findings obtained from the study may be of great value in improving diagnostic and quality control methods in aircraft manufacturing and operation. …”
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Intelligent analysis algorithm for power engineering data based on improved BiLSTM by Yuanyuan Xu, Jiapeng Yang, Xin Cai

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Precision Agriculture: Leveraging GPS and IoT for Enhanced Crop Management by Al-Farouni Mohammed, Abed Z., venkatraman Akila

“…This method allows exact control of agricultural conditions, therefore optimizing productivity and resource economy .Current approaches abound in constraints such as inadequate real-time data, too large human expenditures, and inefficient resource allocation. …”
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Analytical framework for household energy management: integrated photovoltaic generation and load forecasting mechanisms by Zhenping Xie, Yansha Li

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Relationship between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and diabetes mellitus (review) by G. M. Artykbaeva, T. S. Saatov

“…The AGEs and their receptors (RAGE) are of high significance in the host-cell’s virus invasion. Consequently, more strict glucose control is necessary for optimal outcome and reduction in mortality. …”
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Analysis of microstructure properties of Ni-Fe MOFs and their influence on selective recognition of single and binary dye systems by Dan Xu, Xiaolin Cao, Jie Zhou, Zhihao Lin, Jing Wang, Jiatong Han, Ge Chen, Guangyang Liu, Xiaomin Xu, Yanguo Zhang, Donghui Xu

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Patient-centered integration of the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the community: a digital intelligence exploration by Zhaoyuan Zhou, Xiaotong Gao, Meichen Jiang, Jiachun Wang, Qiang Zhang, Zhen Wang, Zhe Yan, Kai Yu, Xinyue Chen, Xiaoqing He, Shuang Wang

“…The blood glucose compliance rate (50.30% preintervention vs. 62.43% postintervention) and the optimal risk factor control rate (3.85% preintervention vs. 8.88% postintervention) were significantly improved (P &lt; 0.05). (2) Regarding physiological indicators, fasting blood glucose (7.44 ± 2.37 mmol/L preintervention vs. 6.99 ± 2.15 mmol/L postintervention), cholesterol (5.56 ± 1.3 mmol/L preintervention vs. 5.20 ± 1.22 mmol/L postintervention), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels significantly decreased (P &lt; 0.05). (3) The proportions of patients with good medication adherence scores for hypoglycemic (6.76 ± 1.76 preintervention vs. 7.19 ± 1.24 postintervention), lipid-lowering (6.80% preintervention vs. 15.09% postintervention), and antiplatelet (4.73% preintervention vs. 7.69% postintervention) drugs significantly increased (P &lt; 0.05). (4) The activation score and the proportion of the highest activation level significantly improved (P &lt; 0.05). (5) Regarding major adverse cardiovascular events, 2 (0.59%) and 13 (3.85%) patients experienced myocardial infarction and cerebral vascular ischemia events, respectively. (6) Univariate analysis revealed that employment status, per capita monthly family income, hypertension status, diabetes status, family history of stroke, and hypoglycemic and lipid-lowering treatment had significant effects on the optimal risk factor control rate (P &lt; 0.05). …”
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Network centrality in perishable food distribution networks in the United States by Michelle Miller, Megan Konar, Hikaru Hanawa Peterson, Christa Court, Sumadhur Shakya, Andrew Stevens

“…This analysis quantifies the network dynamics, geographic concentration, and disparities in perishable food supply networks for temperature-controlled food shipments in the United States. The United States forms the core of global food systems and produces more high-quality data for network analysis than most other countries. …”
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Combination of reverse shock index and simplified motor score as a strong discriminator of trauma outcomes by Meng-Yu Wu, Giou-Teng Yiang, Ding-Kuo Chien, Sy-Jou Chen, Chi-Ming Chu, Jui-Yuan Chung, Hon-Ping Ma, Mau-Roung Lin

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