A droplet digital PCR assay to measure pilin antigenic variation frequency in Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Sarah J. Quillin, Di Luo, Aoife Gavagan, Arthur Prindle, H Steven Seifert

“…We developed a quick and precise method for measuring pilin antigenic variation (Av) frequency using droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) technology. …”
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Activated Sawdust-Based Adsorbent for the Removal of Basic Blue 3 and Methylene Green from Aqueous Media by Najeeb Ur Rahman, Wasim Bahadar, Sultan Alam, Muhammad Zahoor, Ivar Zekker, Farhat Ali Khan, Riaz Ullah, Essam A. Ali, H. C. Ananda Murthy

“…The prepared adsorbent was characterized by SEM and FTIR, whereas the surface area was estimated through an already reported method in literature. Batch experiments were performed to determine the isothermal and kinetic parameters of the selected dyes adsorption on activated sawdust. …”
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Research on Heat Transfer Coefficient Prediction of Printed Circuit Plate Heat Exchanger Based on Deep Learning by Yi Su, Yongchen Zhao, Jingjin Wu, Ling Zhang

“…The PCHE, as an efficient heat exchanger, plays a crucial role in the storage and regasification of LNG. …”
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Coral reef detection using ICESat-2 and machine learning by Gabrielle A. Trudeau, Kim Lowell, Jennifer A. Dijkstra

“…This research establishes a new application of ICESat-2 data combined with advanced machine learning techniques as a promising method for efficient and cost-effective coral reef monitoring. …”
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Calculation and Forecast of Glacial Feeding in River Basins by V. G. Konovalov

“…A two-stage method has been developed for calculating and forecasting the annual volumes of glacial runoff feeding mountainous rivers. …”
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On the utility of immobilized phenylarsine oxide in the study of redox sensitive cardiac proteins by Asvi Arora Francois, Xiaoke Yin, Shinichi Oka, Junichi Sadoshima, Manuel Mayr, Philip Eaton

“…As increasing numbers of thiol redox proteins are identified, PAO-Sepharose binding is an efficient method to determine if they change their oxidation state during interventions relevant to health and disease.…”
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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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Effects of Iron-Calcium and Organic Matter Matrix on Cadmium Detection in Soil by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy by Aosong JIANG, Longhua WU, Tong ZHOU, Zhu LI, Jingjing WANG, Yujuan HUANG

“…This study demonstrates that the application potential of EDXRF technology in different types of soil through reasonable correction measures can be significantly improved, and an efficient, convenient and accurate detection method for environmental monitoring can be established.…”
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JUSTIFICATION OF THE DESIGN OF THE DENTURE WITH CLASPLESS FIXATION AT THE MESIO-DISTAL INCLINATION OF THE TEETH. by I.M. Tkachenko, S.A. German, E.O. Berezhna, K.U. Andrienko, A.O. Izotova

“… The aim of the study was to improve the effectiveness of orthopedic treatment for patients with dentition defects by method of making a removable denture with claspless fixation, taking into account the mathematical modelling of the teeth and undercut inclination. …”
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Optimal Design of Linear Quadratic Regulator for Vehicle Suspension System Based on Bacterial Memetic Algorithm by Bala Abdullahi Magaji, Aminu Babangida, Abdullahi Bala Kunya, Péter Tamás Szemes

“…The outcomes reveal that the LQR-BMA effectuates efficient and highly stable control system performance compared to the LQR-GA and LQR-VEGA methods. …”
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Meta Analysis of the effect of acupoint sticking application for rheumatoid arthritis (穴位贴敷疗法治疗类风湿性关节炎疗效的Meta分析) by GUO Yali (郭亚丽), LI Haiting (李海婷), JIA Sansan (贾伞伞), WEN Caoli (文曹丽), ZHANG Yun (张云)

“…Objective To systematically evaluate the effect of acupoint sticking application for rheumatoid arthritis, and to provide clinical evidence-based. Methods Literatures were available by searching the database including CNKI, Wanfang Data, VIP, CBM, PubMed, Embase and Cochrane library, and then two independent researchers respectively screened and determined the final inclusion literatures in the study. …”
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Aircraft Multi-stage Altitude Prediction Under Satellite Signal Loss by Mengchan HUANG, Qiang MIAO

“…This study proposes a multi-stage altitude prediction model using attention mechanisms and temporal convolutional neural networks (TCNs).Methods The aircraft’s flight stages are determined to facilitate targeted altitude prediction for different flight phases. …”
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Profiling of driver mutations in lung adenocarcinoma patients identifies rare compound EGFR mutations sensitive to second-generation EGFR-TKIs by Jun Li, Cuiyun Zhang, Yuping Guan, Siyu Wang, Jiawen Zheng, Junnan Feng, Sile Han, Ruijuan Ma, Pengfei Ren, Shasha Li, Harry J. M. Groen, Klaas Kok, Anke van den Berg, Bing Wei, Jie Ma, Hongle Li, Yongjun Guo

“…Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the factors associated with presence of these mutations. …”
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Effect of Solvent and Grain Color on the Biological Activities of Maize Grain by Yolanda Salinas-Moreno, Miguel Ángel Martínez-Ortiz, Eduardo Padilla-Camberos, José Luis Ramírez-Díaz, Alejandro Ledesma-Miramontes, Ivone Alemán de la Torre, Alberto Santillán-Fernández

“…The color of maize grain, ranging from pink to purple, is related to the presence of phenolic compounds whose efficient extraction is affected by the solvent used. …”
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Alpha 2 agonists for sedation to produce better outcomes from critical illness (A2B Trial): protocol for a multicentre phase 3 pragmatic clinical and cost-effectiveness randomised... by John Norrie, Stephen Morris, Daniel Francis McAuley, Bronagh Blackwood, Paul Dark, Matt P Wise, Anthony C Gordon, Kalliopi Kydonaki, Timothy Simon Walsh, David Hope, Christopher Weir, Gavin Perkins, Nazir I Lone, Benedict Creagh-Brown, Julia Boyd, Michael Reade, Richard Anthony Parker, Leanne M Aitken, Valerie J Page, Alasdair MacLullich, Cathrine A McKenzie, Alix Macdonald, Annabel Giddings, Lydia Emerson, Robert Glen

“…The alpha 2 agonists for sedation to produce better outcomes from critical illness (A2B) trial aims to determine whether clonidine or dexmedetomidine (or both) are clinically and cost-effective in MV ICU patients compared with usual care.Methods and analysis Adult ICU patients within 48 hours of starting MV, expected to require at least 24 hours further MV, are randomised in an open-label three arm trial to receive propofol (usual care) or clonidine or dexmedetomidine as primary sedative, plus analgesia according to local practice. …”
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Optimization of chlorophyll extraction from mulberry leaves using response surface methodology by CHEN Shao-yuan, LÜ Zhen-er, DONG Feng-li, MAO Bi-zeng

“…The statistical analysis indicated that the three variables (Table 4) and the quadratic of extraction time (C) and ratio of liquor to material (A) (Fig. 6) had significant effects on the yields, and there had the significant interaction effects between the variables of extraction temperature (B) and extraction time (C) (Fig. 7). A high determination co-efficient mathematical model was gained that could be used to optimize chlorophyll extraction. …”
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Effects of Succinate-Based Antioxidant on in vitro Conversion of Methemoglobin in Oxyhemoglobin by A. M. Chernysh, E. K. Kozlova, V. V. Moroz, V. A. Sergunova, O. E. Gudkova, E. A. Manchenko, A. P. Kozlov

“…The purpose of the study — to determine the feasibility of using the succinate-based antioxidant for the in vitro reduction of excessive methemoglobin to oxyhemoglobin in blood.Materials and Methods. …”
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A cloud-edge collaborative optimization control strategy for voltage in distribution networks with PV stations by Guoqing Li, Wei Wang, Dan Pang, Zhipeng Wang, Weixian Tan, Zhenhao Wang, Jinming Ge

“…Case analysis and comparative verification show that the method proposed in this paper is accurate and highly efficient.…”
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Efficacy and safety of antipsychotics in adolescents with an acute psychotic episode in relation to the activity of CYP3A and CYP2D6 isoenzymes by D. V. Ivashchenko, A. S. Osipov, E. V. Nazarova, M. A. Ovchinnikova, N. I. Buromskaya, V. V. Smirnov, P. V. Shimanov, R. V. Deitch, T. A. Fainshtein, E. N. Shagovenko, K. A. Akmalova, A. A. Kachanova, E. A. Grishina, L. M. Savchenko, Yu. S. Shevchenko, D. A. Sychev

“…The CGAS, PANSS, UKU SERS, SAS, and BARS scales were used to evaluate the efficiency and safety of the therapy on day 14. The activity of CYP3A and CYP2D6 isoenzymes was measured by determining the metabolic ratios of the concentrations of endogenous substrates of the isoenzymes and their metabolites in a morning urine sample on days 1 and 14 of the study. …”
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Integrated ultrasensitive metabolomics and single-cell transcriptomics identify crucial regulators of sheep oocyte maturation and early embryo development in vitro by Bo Pan, JianPeng Qin, KunLin Du, LuYao Zhang, GongXue Jia, JiangFeng Ye, QiuXia Liang, QiEn Yang, GuangBin Zhou

“…Objectives: To enhance the developmental competence of sheep oocytes, this study aimed to identify and supplement essential metabolites that were deficient in the culture systems. Methods: The metabolic characteristics of oocytes and embryos were determined using ultrasensitive metabolomics analysis on trace samples and single-cell RNA-seq. …”
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