Laboratory heat transport experiments reveal grain-size- and flow-velocity-dependent local thermal non-equilibrium effects by H. Lee, M. Gossler, K. Zosseder, P. Blum, P. Bayer, G. C. Rau

“…The fluid temperature simulated by the LTE and LTNE models for small grain sizes (5–15 <span class="inline-formula">mm</span>) showed similar fits to the experimental data, with the RMSE values differing by less than 0.01. …”
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Predictors of adverse postoperative course of cholecystectomy in mini-incision access and laparoscopic cholecystectomy by V. N. Klimenko, D. V. Syvolap, S. M. Kravchenko, V. V. Vakulenko, A. V. Zakharchuk

“…New methods of minimally invasive interventions introduction have generated a number of legitimate questions relating to the desirability, safety, possible range of applications, the effectiveness of interventions. However, no studies in the literature devoted to the development of criteria for predicting the likely complications of surgical data and adverse postoperative course. …”
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Prevalence of suboptimal blood pressure, glycemic control, and associated factors among patients with diabetes and hypertension in primary health care facilities in Ghana: a multic... by Thomas Hinneh, Bernard Mensah, Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, Jonathan Bayuo, Emmanuel Timmy Donkoh, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah

“…Clinical trial number Not applicable.…”
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Efficacy of interferon inducers against Chikungunya virus <i>in vitro</i> by E. V. Otrashevskaja, K. V. Kaa, T. G. Samartseva, A. S. Oksanich, G. M. Ignatyev

“…The statistical analysis of the resulting data used Microsoft Office Excel 2016 and StatTech.Results. …”
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Image quality improvement in head and neck angiography based on dual-energy CT and deep learning by He Zhang, Lulu Zhang, Juan Long, He Zhang, Xiaonan Sun, Shuai Zhang, Aiyun Sun, Shenman Qiu, Yankai Meng, Tao Ding, Chunfeng Hu, Kai Xu

“…Edge rise distance (ERD) and edge-rise slope (ERS) were measured on the right common carotid artery to reflect spatial resolution. Quantitative data are summarized as the mean ± SD. The subjective image quality scores using a 5-point Likert scale were obtained for the following: overall image quality, edge sharpness of vessels, image noise, and artifacts. …”
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Stress Reduction in Perioperative Care: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial by Haridimos Kondylakis, Irene Alice Chicchi Giglioli, Dimitrios Katehakis, Hatice Aldemir, Paul Zikas, George Papagiannakis, Santiago Hors-Fraile, Pedro L González-Sanz, Konstantinos Apostolakis, Constantine Stephanidis, Francisco J Núñez-Benjumea, Rosa M Baños-Rivera, Luis Fernandez-Luque, Angelina Kouroubali

“…The intervention program also makes use of advanced data-driven techniques to deliver tailored patient education and lifestyle support. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Oral Nutritional Supplements in Malnourished or at Risk of Disease-Related Malnutrition Cancer Patients in North Macedonia by Kapedanovska Nestorovska A, Sterjev Z

“…Only direct supportive care costs, estimated from publicly available data, were considered. Quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) gained per patient and associated costs were calculated, with outcomes and costs discounted at 3.0% annually. …”
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Ultra-Wideband Analog Radio-over-Fiber Communication System Employing Pulse-Position Modulation by Sandis Migla, Kristaps Rubuls, Nikolajs Tihomorskis, Toms Salgals, Oskars Ozolins, Vjaceslavs Bobrovs, Sandis Spolitis, Arturs Aboltins

“…To enhance the reliability of transmitted reference PPM (TR-PPM) signals, the transmission system integrates Gray coding and Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS)-standard-compliant Reed-Solomon (RS) error correcting code (ECC). …”
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BUB1 an Overexpressed Kinase in Sarcoma: Finding New Target Therapy for Osteosarcoma, Liposarcoma, Synovial Sarcoma, and Leiomyosarcoma by Mercedes Olvera-Valencia, Fernando Luna-Maldonado, Joselyn Juarez-Reyes, Alejandro Lopez-Saavedra, Jossimar Coronel-Hernandez, Oliver Millan-Catalan, Daniel Guzman-Gomez, Frida Rodríguez-Izquierdo, Luis A. Herrera, David Francisco Cantú-De León, Carlos Perez-Plasencia, Eloy-Andres Pérez-Yepez

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Orchestrators of innovation networks in the city level: the case of Pacto Alegre by Julhete Mignoni, Bruno Anicet Bittencourt, Silvio Bitencourt da Silva, Aurora Carneiro Zen

“…In addition to these actors, the network counts on financial and development institutions as sponsors, with media partners, with design partners, with an advisory board (composed of five professionals considered references in different themes) and composed by more than 100 companies, associations and institutions from different areas (Pacto Alegre, 2019). Data were collected from 09/20/2020 to 11/30/2020 through in-depth interviews, documentary research and non-participant observation. …”
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Plasticity responses of two sympodial bamboo species to nitrogen levels by LI Wei-cheng, WANG Shu-guang, WU Zhi-zhuang, ZHOU Yan, WANG Shu-dong, ZHONG Zhe-ke

“…Bamboo has very wide applications such as construction materials, fibre production, biological energy, food and traditional Chinese medicines, etc. …”
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Influence of Co2+ ions doping in Ni0.7-xCoxZn0.3Fe2O4 nanoferrites: A study of structural, morphological, optical, and magnetic properties by Baye Zinabe Kebede, Deepshikha Rathore, Khalid Mujasam Batoo, Paulos Taddesse Shibeshi

“…In the last few years, there has been a notable focus on the synthesis of soft magnetic nanoferrites with different properties for different applications. Highly efficient Cobalt (Co) assisted Ni0.7-xCoxZn0.3Fe2O4 (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5) nanoferrites were prepared via citrate gel combustion technique. …”
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Effect of close-up metabolizable protein supply on colostrum yield, composition, and immunoglobulin G concentration and associations with prepartum metabolic indicators of Holstein... by T.A. Westhoff, A. Abuelo, T.R. Overton, M.E. Van Amburgh, S. Mann

“…Cows were retrospectively grouped based on the typical volume of colostrum needed for 2 colostrum meals (<6 or ≥6 kg), IgG concentration (<100 or ≥100 g/L), as well as the median concentrations of fat (<4.4% or ≥4.4%), protein (<16.5% or ≥16.5%), Ca (<0.21% or ≥0.21%), and total colostrum ME (<8.65 or ≥8.65 Mcal). Data were analyzed using mixed effects ANOVA, with repeated measures where applicable. …”
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What drives the development of digital rural life in China? by Chunlin Xiong, Yaling Wang, Zhenyu Wu, Fen Liu

“…Methods: Using the top 100 counties in China's 2020 Rural Life Digitization Index ranking as case studies, this research collected the necessary data through industry research reports and official statistical sources. …”
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Robust Higher-Order Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Control of Unknown Nonlinear Dynamic Systems by Quanmin Zhu, Jianhua Zhang, Zhen Liu, Shuanghe Yu

“…In contrast to the majority of model-based terminal sliding mode control (TSMC) approaches that rely on the plant physical model and/or data-driven adaptive pointwise model, this study treats the unknown dynamic plant as a total uncertainty in a black box with enabled control inputs and attainable outputs (either measured or estimated), which accordingly proposes a model-free (MF) nonsingular terminal sliding mode control (MFTSMC) for higher-order dynamic systems to reduce the tedious modelling work and the design complexity associated with the model-based control approaches. …”
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Improvement of myocardial fibrosis injury by Shengmai injection in ischemia-induced heart failure in a rat model by Yurong Ding, Junying Wei, Enhui Ji, Menglan Wang, Yue Wu, Mengli Chang, Yi Zhang, Jing Xu

“…This study provides a promising perspective on translating omics data to clinical applications, as well as an appealing approach to investigating the precise intervention of a multicomponent drug.…”
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Ensemble deep learning and anomaly detection framework for automatic audio classification: Insights into deer vocalizations by Salem Ibrahim Salem, Sakae Shirayama, Sho Shimazaki, Kazuo Oki

“…By incorporating advanced machine learning models into environmental monitoring, we have paved the way for more data-driven approaches in wildlife research.…”
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The research beamlines at the Dresden proton therapy facility: available infrastructure and experimental capabilities by Felix Horst, Felix Horst, Elisabeth Bodenstein, Elisabeth Bodenstein, Michael Baumann, Michael Baumann, Elke Beyreuther, Elke Beyreuther, Jozef Bokor, Wolfgang Enghardt, Wolfgang Enghardt, Sebastian Gantz, Martin Hejzlar, Fritz Kurth, Markus Meyer, Stefan Pieck, Stefan Pieck, Stefan Pieck, Christian Richter, Christian Richter, Christian Richter, Jörg Pawelke, Jörg Pawelke

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Properties and sensory acceptability of creatine-fortified foods using ultra-micronized creatine monohydrate – the KREAFOOD Project by Julián Quintero-Quiroz, Sebastian Botero-Ramirez, Simon Jaramillo-Caro, Natalia Zuluaga, Diego A. Bonilla

“…Background Creatine, widely recognized for its benefits in sports nutrition, is being explored in food applications to diversify its use and develop functional products. …”
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Schriftliche Sprachmittlung in Zeiten Künstlicher Intelligenz – eine empirische Erhebung mit Spanischlernenden der Sekundarstufe I by Johanna Lea Korell, Maximilian Irion, Roland Ißler

“…This article aims to analyse the concrete processing and reflection practices of secondary-level learners of Spanish in the context of written mediation tasks, drawing on empirical data to identify potential applications of AI in this domain. …”
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