Chemical Recycling of Catalytic Glycolysis of Polyethylene Terephthalate with Potassium-Rich Biomass by Zhe Bai, Zhixian Bao, Haoquan Hu

“…Chemical degradation has emerged as one of the most effective methods for recovering and reusing waste PET. This article introduces a catalytic glycolysis strategy for efficient and environmentally sustainable PET recycling using potassium-rich biomass, specifically banana peels. …”
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Competencies Required to Deliver a Primary Healthcare Approach in the Occupational Therapy: A South African Perspective by Deshini Naidoo, Jacqueline Marina Van Wyk

“…The approach was to ensure equitable, efficient, and quality health services for consumers in private and public healthcare sectors. …”
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Ectopic expression of vaccinia virus E3 and K3 cannot rescue ectromelia virus replication in rabbit RK13 cells. by Erin S Hand, Sherry L Haller, Chen Peng, Stefan Rothenburg, Adam R Hersperger

“…In this study, we observed that ectromelia virus (ECTV) does not replicate efficiently in cultured rabbit RK13 cells. Conversely, vaccinia virus (VACV) replicates well in these cells. …”
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Design and Modellingof a Pneumatic Vice Machine by Talemwa, Prosper

“…The general objectives of this project were to design and simulate an efficient and easy-to-operate pneumatic Vice and specific objectives were to determine the design parameters of the pneumatic vice, design using 3D modeling software (DS SOLIDWORKS), sizing, and select the components of the pneumatic vice, the design the layout of the pneumatic vice, simulation using ANSYS software and fabricating the system using suitable selected materials and techniques basing on design specifications. …”
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Grain Amaranth Is Associated with Improved Hepatic and Renal Calcium Metabolism in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus of Male Wistar Rats by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Namubiru, Sarah, Safiriyu, Abass Alao, Ninsiima, Herbert Izo, Nakimbugwe, Dorothy, Namayanja, Monica, Valladares, Miriela Betancourt

“…Materials and Methods. This was an experimental study in which 30 male Wistar rats were kept for 5 weeks (6 groups, N =5). …”
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Proposed New Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening Criteria: Evidence for Including Older and Heavier Filipino Premature Babies by Kristine Corpus, MD, Jose Melvin Jimenez IV, MD, Rachelle Anzures, MD, Rena Ivy Bascuna, MD, Ricardo Ventura, MD, Macario Reandelar Jr., MD, MSPH

“…Objective: (1) To determine if preterm babies with ROP are missed with the existing Philippine Pediatric Society-Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology 2005 screening criteria of ≤32 weeks gestational age (GA) and ≤1,500 grams birth weight (BW), (2) to determine the incidence (missed-out rate) of these babies with ROP (>32 weeks GA, >1,500 grams BW), (3) to describe their profile, and (4) to determine the appropriate upper limit for GA and BW that can provide safe and efficient screening for severe ROP. …”
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Enhancing Power Quality in Standalone Microgrids Powered by Wind and Battery Systems Using HO Algorithm Based Super Twisting Sliding Mode Controllers by Sana Sahbani, Oumnia Licer, Hassane Mahmoudi, Abdennebi Hasnaoui, Mustapha Kchikach

“…To mitigate these issues, a control strategy utilizing Super Twisting Sliding Mode (STSM) controllers tuned by the Hippopotamus Optimization Algorithm (HOA) is proposed. The HOA algorithm efficiently determines optimal STSM controller parameters, leading to improved system performance and stability. …”
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Would Integrating Inspiratory Muscle Training Into Pulmonary Rehabilitation of Adults With Burn Injuries Have Any Advantageous Effects? A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled... by Nabil Mahmoud Abdel-Aal, Maged A. Basha, Saleh M. Aloraini, Alshimaa R. Azab, FatmaAlzahraa H. Kamel

“…Methods A randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled study. …”
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Optimizing the Spatial Layout of Agricultural Irrigation Sprinklers Using Remote Sensing Data: An Adaptive Incremental <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$K$</tex-math></in... by Jing Geng, Shangxian Zhao, Yifei Wang, Qi Li

“…The layout of sprinklers is crucial in agricultural irrigation systems, and agricultural remote sensing technology plays a key role in extracting plant distribution data for designing efficient sprinkler layouts. However, traditional manual methods struggle to handle the complexity and scale of plant distribution data. …”
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Labeling Human Melanoma Cells With SPIO by Daniel Spira MD, Rüdiger Bantleon PhD, Hartwig Wolburg PhD, Fritz Schick MD, PhD, Gerd Groezinger MD, Jakub Wiskirchen MD, Benjamin Wiesinger MD

“…Materials and Methods: Human SK-Mel28 melanoma cells were incubated with Resovist (±liposomal transfection agent DOSPER). …”
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Optimizing Thermal Performance of Mini Heat Exchangers: An Experimental Analysis Using a Full Factorial Design by Sergio da Silva Franco, Álvaro Augusto Soares Lima, Alvaro Antonio Villa Ochoa, José Ângelo Peixoto da Costa, Gustavo de Novaes Pires Leite, Márcio Vilar, Kilvio Alessandro Ferraz, Paula Suemy Arruda Michima

“…The innovation of this study resides in the development and analysis of a mini heat exchanger optimized using chemometric methods to achieve efficient thermal dissipation. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of Sulfide Solid-State Electrolytes: Properties, Synthesis, Applications, and Challenges by Bin Man, Yulong Zeng, Qingrui Liu, Yinwen Chen, Xin Li, Wenjing Luo, Zikang Zhang, Changliang He, Min Jie, Sijie Liu

“…Additionally, we explore preparation methods for sulfide SSEs and analyze their potential applications in next-generation ASSBs. …”
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DTASUnet: a local and global dual transformer with the attention supervision U-network for brain tumor segmentation by Bo Ma, Qian Sun, Ze Ma, Baosheng Li, Qiang Cao, Yungang Wang, Gang Yu

“…These results demonstrate that DTASUnet has utility in assisting clinicians with determining the location of gliomas to facilitate more efficient and accurate brain surgery and diagnosis.…”
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Predicting pile bearing capacity using gene expression programming with SHapley Additive exPlanation interpretation by Adil Khan, Majid Khan, Waseem Akhtar Khan, Muhammad Ali Afridi, Khawaja Atif Naseem, Ayesha Noreen

“…Machine learning (ML) methods offer a promising alternative to traditional modeling techniques for assessing pile-bearing capacity, providing a more robust and efficient approach to estimating pile-bearing capacity. …”
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Multiscale evolution of human-water relationship and its influencing factors in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River by RAN Zhao, LIU Yansui, GAO Jianhua

“…[Conclusion] In view of the tense relationship between humans and water in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, it is urgent to develop a water-saving and efficient modern agricultural system, implement the development strategy of “determining production by water”, and effectively coordinate the conflicts between humans and water through landscape planning.…”
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DualPlaqueNet with dual-branch structure and attention mechanism for carotid plaque semantic segmentation and size prediction by Lili Deng, Xingyu Duan, Yongxiang Sun, Yunling Wang, Dongmei Song, Xiaokai Duan

“…However, ultrasound images suffer from high noise, low contrast, and blurred edges, making it difficult for traditional image processing methods to accurately extract plaque information.ObjectiveTo establish a deep learning-based DualPlaqueNet model for semantic segmentation and size prediction of plaques in carotid ultrasound images, thereby providing comprehensive and accurate auxiliary information for clinical risk assessment and personalized diagnosis and treatment.MethodsDualPlaqueNet uses a dual-branch architecture combined with attention mechanisms and joint loss functions to optimize segmentation and regression. …”
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Measurement of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the soil samples of Taleghan region and investigation of the presence of biological agents capable of removing PCBs by Alireza Zakeri, Nastaran Akbarian, Kamand Hedayat

“…Microbial degradation of PCBs has been considered as one of the cost effective and efficient methods to the remove these contaminants from the environment.The aim of the present study was to measure the concentration of poly- chlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in the soil around power transformers in Taleghan region of Karaj. …”
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Effect of Relative Isometric Strength on Countermovement Jump Performance in Professional and Semi-Professional Soccer Players by Nicholas Joel Ripley, Jack Fahey, Nabil Hassim, Paul Comfort

“…A series of one-way Bayesian independent <i>t</i>-tests were performed to determine the difference between strong and weak groups. …”
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Experiences and Expectations of Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Older Adults Regarding eHealth Services: Qualitative Interview Study by Maedeh Ghorbanian Zolbin, Sari Kujala, Isto Huvila

“… BackgroundThe emergence of eHealth services could contribute to improving individuals’ quality of life by optimizing effective and efficient care. However, various challenges might limit some older adults’ use of eHealth services. …”
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Providing a Robust Dynamic Pricing Model and Comparing It with Static Pricing in Multi-level Supply Chains Using a Game Theory Approach by Sara Mehrjoo, Hanan Amoozad Mahdirji, Jalil Heidary Dahoei, Seyyed Hossein Razavi Haji Agha, Mahnaz Hosseinzadeh

“…Objective Designing a multi-level supply chain network with efficient product flow management is an important issue in supply chain management. …”
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