Combination of suspect and nontarget screening with exposure assessment for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance prioritization in Chinese municipal wastewater by Hongxin Mu, Ling Chen, Rong Zhou, Luyao Gu, Yue Yu, Jin Tang, Houhu Zhang, Hongqiang Ren, Bing Wu, Yuanqing Bu

“…Through a risk prioritization method integrating toxicity and exposure data, ten legacy and five emerging PFASs were flagged as high-priority substances requiring additional attention. …”
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Application of attention mechanism-based LSTM neural network in stratigraphy identification by Cunde Jia, Xiangdong Kong, Minghui Wang, Zhuowei Yu, Haipeng Li, Yunhong Jiang, Jianliang Hu, Chao Ai

“…To improve prediction accuracy, an advanced data cleaning method is also developed to eliminate invalid data. …”
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Day-Ahead Electricity Price Forecasting Based on Hybrid Regression Model by Ali Najem Alkawaz, Abdallah Abdellatif, Jeevan Kanesan, Anis Salwa Mohd Khairuddin, Hassan Muwafaq Gheni

“…This work proposes a new hybrid machine learning method for a day-ahead EPF, which involves linear regression Automatic Relevance Determination (ARD) and ensemble bagging Extra Tree Regression (ETR) models. …”
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DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF ULTRASOUND COLOR DOPPLER MAPPING IN EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER by E. A. Busko, V. V. Semiglazov, A. V. Mishchenko, A. S. Shishova, V. O. Smirnova, E. V. Kostromina, A. V. Chernaya, A. S. Artemieva, P. V. Kryvorotko

“…The purpose of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of cDM in determining the type of vascularization of malignant and benign breast tumors, as well as to detect their statistically significant Doppler characteristics by comparing with histological findings. material and methods. …”
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Deficiency of myeloid NPC1 exacerbates liver injury and fibrosis by impairing macrophage efferocytosis by Dongwei Guan, Pengju Huang, Xinlei Liu, Qing Li, Xiaoxun Zhang, Nan Liu, Yong Wang, Ying Wan, Jin Chai, Shiying Cai, Rui Chen, Zhijia Ye

“…Introduction: Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1), a lysosomal cholesterol transport protein, is required for efficient efferocytosis. Patients with Npc1 mutation are frequently accompanied with hepatic symptoms, including hepatomegaly, elevated liver transaminases, or even acute liver failure, but the pathogenic mechanism remains unknown. …”
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A solution to the Single-School school bus routing problem considering accessibility and economy by Zizhan Jiang, Jiying Wang, Siyuan Huang, Hua Daniel Xu

“…In the third stage, Dijkstra’s algorithm is combined with GIS to optimize the bus routes, with a focus on accessibility and economy.Experimental results demonstrate that the THGO method can efficiently find the global optimal solution while satisfying constraints such as time windows, bus capacity, and road directionality. …”
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PIDLF+: A Novel Adaptive PIDLF for Forestry Height Mapping Based on Single-Baseline PolInSAR Data by Dandan Li, Hailiang Lu, Mercedes E. Paoletti, Juan M. Haut, Juntao Gu, Chao Li, Weipeng Jing

“…Meanwhile, the lack of training samples imposes additional constraints on the efficacy of supervised DL-based methods. Given this context, an unsupervised framework for forest height inversion that can be used with several existing DL models and does not require previous knowledge from LiDAR data is very appealing. …”
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Neuroblastoma response to RAS-MAPK inhibitors and APR-246 (eprenetapopt) co-treatment is dependent on SLC7A11 by Vid Mlakar, Ina Oehme, Ina Oehme, Laurence Lesne, Sara Najafi, Sara Najafi, Sara Najafi, Marc Ansari, Marc Ansari, Fabienne Gumy-Pause, Fabienne Gumy-Pause

“…BackgroundWe previously demonstrated that APR-246 (eprenetapopt) could be an efficient treatment option against neuroblastoma (NB), the most common pediatric extracranial solid tumor. …”
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Assessing the economic performance of agrivoltaic systems in vineyards – framework development, simulated scenarios and directions for future research by Larissa Strub, Maximilian Wittke, Max Trommsdorff, Max Trommsdorff, Manfred Stoll, Claudia Kammann, Simone Loose

“…Focused on the geographic and climatic conditions of Geisenheim, Germany—home to the first AVS installation in viticulture in Germany—the framework highlights the need to explore economic and operational parameters to assess AVS feasibility.MethodsThe study operationalized its framework by simulating various scenarios based on key variables such as capital expenditures (CAPEX), operational expenditures (OPEX), and revenue streams from grape and energy production. …”
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Correlation between quality traits of kernels, hard semolina, pasta of durum winter wheat by N. E. Samofalova, N. P. Ilichkina, T. S. Bezuglaya, N. S. Kravchenko, A. S. Ivanisova, N. V. Kabanova, О. А. Dubinina

“…Correlation analysis, which makes it possible to identify practically positive and negative factors, minimize the most unfavorable ones, accelerate, and increase the efficiency of the breeding process, is one of them.The purpose of the current work was to study the correlation between quality traits of winter durum wheat and to determine the most accessible and informative ones as selection criteria in the breeding process.The field and laboratory (determination of grain quality parameters, rheological properties of dough and pasta) study was carried out on the basis of the FSBSI “ARC “Donskoy”, from 2014 to 2020. …”
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In vivo antiviral efficacy of LCTG-002, a pooled, purified human milk secretory IgA product, against SARS-CoV-2 in a murine model of COVID-19 by Viraj Mane, Rikin Mehta, Nadine Alvarez, Vijeta Sharma, Steven Park, Alisa Fox, Claire DeCarlo, Xiaoqi Yang, David S. Perlin, Rebecca L. R. Powell

“…Presently, SARS-CoV-2 was utilized as a model mucosal pathogen, and methods were developed to efficiently extract human milk sIgA from donors who were naïve to SARS-CoV-2 or had recovered from infection that elicited high-titer anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike sIgA in their milk (pooled to make LCTG-002). …”
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PD1 blockade enhances K+ channel activity, Ca2+ signaling, and migratory ability in cytotoxic T lymphocytes of patients with head and neck cancer by Laura Conforti, Edith M Janssen, Hannah S Newton, Vaibhavkumar S Gawali, Ameet A Chimote, Maria A Lehn, Sarah M Palackdharry, Benjamin H Hinrichs, Roman Jandarov, David Hildeman, Trisha M Wise-Draper

“…The purpose of this study was to elucidate the effects of pembrolizumab on potassium (K+) channel (KCa3.1 and Kv1.3) activity, Ca2+ fluxes, and chemotaxis in the cytotoxic T cells of patients with HNSCC and to determine their correlation with treatment response.Methods Functional studies were conducted in CD8+ peripheral blood T cells (PBTs) and tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) from patients with HNSCC treated with pembrolizumab. …”
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A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography-Based Assessment of Safe Zones for Orthodontic Mini-Implant Placement in the Lateral Maxilla: A Retrospective Morphometric Study by Iva Jakovljevic, Pavle Milanovic, Milica Vasiljevic, Jovana Milanovic, Momir Z. Stevanovic, Nemanja Jovicic, Milos Stepovic, Vladimir Ristic, Dragica Selakovic, Gvozden Rosic, Aleksandra Arnaut

“…Accordingly, this study aims to assess the anatomical conditions for orthodontic mini-implant (MI) insertion in the posterior maxilla using CBCT as the gold standard. <b>Methods:</b> This retrospective study included 62 patients (37.1% male, 62.9% female) aged 11 to 50 years. …”
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A Survey of Physicians and Patients in Pakistan Assessing the Improvement of Visualization of the Cervix, Ease of Use, and Patient Comfort Using a Newly Designed Vaginal Speculum:... by Khan S, Waters-Kellar L, Barsh E, Shannon A, Clark S, Ryznar RJ, Trawick A, Payton M, Bouquet J

“…It may result in a more cost-effective and efficient exam. Finally, it may reduce the stigma and trauma from the often difficult and painful vaginal speculum exam. …”
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Student Manual Kabale University by Kabale University

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Re-use of Building Products in the Netherlands by Loriane Icibaci

“…Although the challenges to develop methods to efficiently process (remanufacture, resize, recondition) used components into new products while securing quality standards, safety requirements and economic viability exist; cascading reuse can help to overcome barriers related to public perception and consumption of used products. …”
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The Effectiveness of Digital Literacy in Economic Learning by P. Eko Prasetyo, Oki Anggraeni

“…The results further showed that the digital literacy method was not always able to improve student learning and performance effectively and efficiently.…”
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Estimation of parameters for 3D geomechanical modeling from triaxial test results by Artem Kukhtinskii

“…This paper presents a novel method for determining strength parameters by incorporating the dependence of uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) on P-wave velocity into the Hoek-Brown criterion. …”
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Ethanol consumption during gestation promotes placental alterations in IGF-1 deficient mouse placentas [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not appr... by Mario Bermúdez De León, Diego Rodríguez-Mendoza, Carolina Zertuche-Mery, Inma Castilla-Cortázar, Oscar R Fajardo-Ramírez, Fabiola Castorena-Torres, Marcela Galindo-Rangel, Patricio Gómez-Álvarez, Irene Martín-Estal, Andrea Leal López

“…Methods Wild type (WT, Igf1 +/+) and heterozygous (HZ, Igf1 +/-) female mice were given 10% ethanol in water during 14 days as an acclimation period and throughout pregnancy. …”
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Evaluating spectral indices for water extraction: Limitations and contextual usage recommendations by Chuanwu Zhao, Haishuo Wei, Gudina Legese Feyisa, Thiaggo de Castro Tayer, Gelilan Ma, Hanyi Wu, Yaozhong Pan

“…Currently, various technologies have been applied to water information monitoring, with remote sensing-based spectral index methods being widely used due to their simplicity, low cost, and large-scale observation capabilities. …”
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