The Controlling Role of Geological Structures in Rock Slope Failure Mechanisms in Fold-and-Thrust Belts: An Example from the Ergetu Open-Pit Coal Mine, China by Jiewei Zhan, Biao Feng, Peng Cai, Quanli Zhao, Changle Pu, Jianbing Peng

“…The initiation–instability processes of the western pit slope were simulated using the discrete element software 3DEC, which showed the controlling role of geological structures in the initiation and movement process of rock slope failure. …”
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A Pre-Column Derivatization Method for the HPLC-FLD Determination of Dimethyl and Diethyl Amine in Pharmaceuticals by Georgios Kamaris, Maria Tsami, Georgiana-Roxana Lotca, Sofia Almpani, Catherine K. Markopoulou

“…In recent years, the detection of nitrosamine precursors has become an important issue for regulatory authorities such as the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). …”
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Analysis of Metro Station Ultra-deep Diaphragm Wall Trench Wall Stability in Soft Soil Stratum by YE Ru, WANG Yi, CAO Yu, LEI Yu, XIANG Longsheng, ZHOU Junhong

“…［Method］ The PLAXIS 3D finite element software is used to simulate the diaphragm wall trenching process, investigating the stability characteristics of trench walls in soft soil stratum and their key influencing factors. …”
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Determination of Organochlorine Pesticides in Green Leafy Vegetable Samples via Fe3O4 Magnetic Nanoparticles Modified QuEChERS Integrated to Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextractio... by Ling Yu, Guiquan Guo, Jun Zhao, Linnan Zhao, Aiqing Xia, Xu He, Cuijuan Xing, Lili Dong, Fang Wang

“…The factors involved in the purification by QuEChERS and concentration by DLLME were optimized. In the QuEChERS process, Fe3O4 MNPs were used as a new impurity adsorbent after the sample extraction procedure by acetonitrile, which achieved phase separation rapidly. …”
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A novel robust network construction and analysis workflow for mining infant microbiota relationships by Wei Jiang, Yue Zhai, Dongbo Chen, Qinghua Yu

“…Understanding the relationships within the microbiota is essential to linking its maturation process to these outcomes. Several network-based methods have been developed to analyze the developing patterns of infant microbiota, but evaluating the reliability and effectiveness of these approaches remains a challenge. …”
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Electrochemical Study and Determination of Homovanillic Acid, the Final Metabolite of Dopamine, Using an Unmodified Disposable Electrode by Mihaela Buleandră, Lavinia Georgiana Voica, Dana Elena Popa, Irinel Adriana Badea, Emilia Elena Iorgulescu, Mihaela Carmen Cheregi

“…The interpretation of the voltammetric signals and the correlation of the acquired information were the key to addressing the electrode process undergone by HVA at the PGE. The outcomes of the pH and scan rate studies led to the conclusion that two electrons and two protons were involved in the diffusion-controlled process. …”
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CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF PROCALCITONIN LEVELS IN VICTIMS OF SEVERE CONCOMITANT INJURY by Yu. S. Polushin, A. A. Afanasyev, L. P. Pivovarova, M. E. Malyshev

“…Some hopes for its reduction are associated with the timely detection of infectious complications. In this case an important role is, in terms of early diagnosis, attached to the calcitonin prohormone procalcitonin that is positioned itself as a marker for the progression of a bacterial infectious process. …”
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Non-Invasive and Long-Term Electrophysiological Monitoring Sensors for Cerebral Organoids Differentiation by Yan Jin, Yixun Guo, Qiushi Li, Lei Wu, Yuqing Ge, Jianlong Zhao

“…However, the differentiation and maturation of stem cells into cerebral organoids is a long, slow, and error-prone process. Hence, it is vitally crucial to establish a non-invasive method of monitoring the process over a long period of time. …”
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Failure analysis of 3Cr oil pipe body fracture by Jinzhi Wang, Yan Li, Xianren Kuang, Yaqin Ma, Jinheng Luo, Yan Long

“…In addition, corrosion pits and stress corrosion cracks are generated in the service process of the oil tube, which makes the bearing capacity of the oil tube decrease, and plastic fracture of the oil tube occurs under large axial load.…”
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Genetically engineered secretory horseradish peroxidase is a sensitive, stable, and affordable non-lytic reporter gene system for real-time promoter activity management by Mu-Shen Chang, Chia-Yi Lee, Yu-Yen Chang, Pin-Jie Li, Hsin-Yu Wu, En-Shuo Liu, Hsin-Kai Huang, Wen-Wei Lin

“…Compared to other secretory luciferases, Cypridina luciferase (CLuc) coupled with vargulin emits the brightest signal; however, the signal half-life suffers constantly from the fast oxidation process of the substrate, resulting in a rapid signal depletion, which makes the detection signal short and unstable. …”
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From Farm to Slaughter: Tracing Antimicrobial Resistance in a Poultry Short Food Chain by Andrea Laconi, Roberta Tolosi, Claudia Chirollo, Cristiana Penon, Giacomo Berto, Francesco Galuppo, Alessandra Piccirillo

“…The slaughtering process emerged as a critical step for ARG dissemination via intestinal bacteria, such as genus <i>Lactobacillus</i>. …”
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Unraveling the Mechanisms of Light-induced Hemolysis by First Transition Metal Phthalocyanines by Franklin R. Vargas

“…Its primary advantages include straightforward detection of the photohemolytic process through UV-VIS spectroscopy and insight into the phototoxic mechanisms that these molecules develop. …”
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Electrochemical Behaviour and Sensing of Chlorpromazine at Polymer‐Free Kaolin‐Based Nanosodalite and Nanosodalite‐Graphene Foam Film modified Glassy Carbon Electrodes by Firmin Parfait Tchoumi, Cyrille Ghislain Fotsop, Guy Bertrand Tamne, Henrietta W. Langmi, Justin Claude Kemmegne‐Mbouguen, Emmanuel Ngameni

“…It appeared that (i) CPZ's electrochemical oxidation was a two‐step one‐electron process at SOD/GCE and a one‐step two‐electron process at SOD‐GF/GCE and (ii) the electrochemical reaction mechanism was an EEC mechanism at SOD/GCE while at SOD‐GF/GCE the mechanism was EEC at pH<4 and EC for greater pH. …”
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Dynamic microwave-assisted extraction combined with liquid phase microextraction based on the solidification of a floating drop for the analysis of organochlorine pesticides in gra... by Guijie Li, Xu Zhang, Tingting Liu, Hongxiu Fan, Hongcheng Liu, Shangyu Li, Dawei Wang, Lan Ding

“…The n-hexadecane drops containing the analytes were solidified and transferred for determination by gas chromatography-electron capture detector without any further filtration or cleaning process. Limits of detection for organochlorine pesticides were 0.97–1.01 μg/kg and the RSDs were in the range of 2.6%–8.5%. …”
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Dynamic changes of heart structural and functional condition in patients with acute myocarditis by S. V. Сherniuk

“…It was found that the debut of AM was characterized by the presence of active inflammatory process according to the cardiac MRI - edema and hyperemia of the myocardium were detected in 54.0 % and 70.2 % of cases, respectively, followed by LV dilation and systolic dysfunction as well as by a significant decrease in longitudinal and circumferential LV global systolic strain. …”
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RESULTS OF DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT OF ADRENOCORTICAL CANCER by P. N. Romashchenko, N. A. Maistrenko, R. V. Orlova, A. I. Babich

“…It allowed identifying ACC on early stages of oncological process and staging of oncological process preoperatively in order to justify a rational treatment option. …”
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Microbubble-based fabrication of resilient porous ionogels for high-sensitivity pressure sensors by Ziwei Yang, Jingxiao Wang, Xiao Wan, Hongcheng Xu, Chuanyu Zhang, Xiaoke Lu, Weixuan Jing, Chuanfei Guo, Xueyong Wei

“…Here, we report a microbubble-based fabrication process that enables microporous and resilient-compliance ionogels for high-sensitivity pressure sensors. …”
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Design and motion analysis of a coal mine robot with variable wheel diameter by Liguo Han, Fei Ding, Lijuan Zhao, Peng Li, Chuanzong Li, Mingjun Liu, Liangliang Ren, Yuhao Li

“…Based on RecurDyn software, the robot turning, wheel diameter change process and obstacle surmounting process were simulated. …”
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Impact of hospitalization on nutritional status in persons aged 65 years and over (NUTRIFRAG Study): Protocol for a prospective observational study. by Cristina Carretero-Randez, María Isabel Orts-Cortés, Margarita Rodríguez-Pérez, Víctor Manuel Gonzalez-Chordá, Eva María Trescastro-López, Joan Blanco-Blanco, Jordi Martínez-Soldevila, Aránzazu Ruiz-Heras-Hera, Pedro Raúl Castellano-Santana, Amando Marquez-Sixto, Manuela Domingo-Pozo, Antonia Inmaculada Zomeño-Ros, Jesica Montero-Marco, Marta Charlo-Bernardos, Joaquín Moncho, Ángel Luís Abad-González, María Trinidad Castillo-García, Ana Belén Sánchez-García, Ana María De Pascual Y Medina, Rosa Ana Clement-Santamaría, Ascensión Franco-Bernal, Rafaela Camacho-Bejarano

“…Variables included are related to the care process, functionality, cognition and comorbidity, risk profile, nutritional status and dysphagia; as well as frailty, dietary quality and contextual variables. …”
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FTG: Score-based black-box watermarking by fragile trigger generation for deep model integrity verification by Heng Yin, Zhaoxia Yin, Zhenzhe Gao, Hang Su, Xinpeng Zhang, Bin Luo

“…The whole watermarking process does not affect the performance of the target classifier. …”
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