OrthoSNAP: A tree splitting and pruning algorithm for retrieving single-copy orthologs from gene family trees. by Jacob L Steenwyk, Dayna C Goltz, Thomas J Buida, Yuanning Li, Xing-Xing Shen, Antonis Rokas

“…OrthoSNAP is useful for increasing the number of markers used in molecular evolution data matrices, a critical step for robustly inferring and exploring the tree of life.…”
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Characteristics of business models for innovation clusters in decarbonation projects by Matthias Haase, Emilia Motoasca

“…Uncertainties in the supportive measures for the application of DER makes it difficult to develop new business models for the utilities.…”
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Leveraging machine learning techniques for image classification and revealing social media insights into human engagement with urban wild spaces by Haider Khalid, Marcus J. Collier

“…The study follows a two-step methodology: first, scraping image data from Instagram, Facebook, and Flickr using hashtag-based techniques focused on urban wild spaces; second, developing an experimental pipeline using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (DBSCAN), and Convolutional Autoencoders (CAE) to classify and evaluate the scrapped social media data. …”
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Autonomous learning and creative cognition: the mediating effect of gifted students’ self-efficacy by Şenol Orakcı

“…IntroductionIn today’s world, it is of great importance to raise qualified learners whose creative thinking skills and self-efficacy are developed and who can make various choices and take responsibility for their choices as well as implementing them by making their own decisions. …”
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First Human Use of a Radiopharmaceutical Prepared by Continuous-Flow Microfluidic Radiofluorination: Proof of Concept with the Tau Imaging Agent [F]T807 by Steven H. Liang, Daniel L. Yokell, Marc D. Normandin, Peter A. Rice, Raul N. Jackson, Timothy M. Shoup, Thomas J. Brady, Georges El Fakhri, Thomas L. Collier, Neil Vasdev

“…Despite extensive preclinical imaging with radiotracers developed by continuous-flow microfluidics, a positron emission tomographic (PET) radiopharmaceutical has not been reported for human imaging studies by this technology. …”
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Mutational pressure by host APOBEC3s more strongly affects genes expressed early in the lytic phase of herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) and human polyomavirus (HPyV) infection. by Maxwell Shapiro, Laurie T Krug, Thomas MacCarthy

“…We extend this model to two-step infections, such as those of polyomavirus, and find that the same pattern holds for over 25 human Polyomavirus (HPyVs) genomes. …”
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B<sc>ambda</sc>: A Real-Time Verification Framework for Serverless Computing by Changhee Shin, Bom Kim, Seungsoo Lee

“…Specifically, we introduce a multi-step verification process that distinguishes between direct calls, event-driven calls, and API calls, effectively preventing unauthorized attacks without requiring additional security configurations from developers. …”
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A voice-based algorithm can predict type 2 diabetes status in USA adults: Findings from the Colive Voice study. by Abir Elbéji, Mégane Pizzimenti, Gloria Aguayo, Aurélie Fischer, Hanin Ayadi, Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, Jean-Pierre Riveline, Vladimir Despotovic, Guy Fagherazzi

“…This study investigates the potential of using a voice-based algorithm to predict T2D status in adults, as the first step towards developing a non-invasive and scalable screening method. …”
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Effect of Green Additives in Copper Electrorefining Bath: Current Efficiency and Surface Characterization Investigation by F. M. A. Abouzeid, S. Alshammery

“…There is a reduction in the limiting current values via developing plant extract concentration while there is a growth in limiting current values via temperature boosting (293–313 K). …”
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Composing only by thought: Novel application of the P300 brain-computer interface. by Andreas Pinegger, Hannah Hiebel, Selina C Wriessnegger, Gernot R Müller-Putz

“…Showing very positive results with healthy people in this study, this was the first step towards a music composing system for severely disabled people.…”
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rDock: a fast, versatile and open source program for docking ligands to proteins and nucleic acids. by Sergio Ruiz-Carmona, Daniel Alvarez-Garcia, Nicolas Foloppe, A Beatriz Garmendia-Doval, Szilveszter Juhos, Peter Schmidtke, Xavier Barril, Roderick E Hubbard, S David Morley

“…Identification of chemical compounds with specific biological activities is an important step in both chemical biology and drug discovery. …”
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Hartmann’s operation: 100 years in surgery by A. A. Kurygin, V. V. Semenov, I. S. Tarbaev

“…A two-stage operation under this name was developed and practiced by the American surgeon F.W. …”
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Simulation of Natural Gas Pipeline Networks Based on Roughness Optimization Algorithm and Global Mesh Refinement by Yi Yang

“…These numeric results show that the developed method has the advantages of stability, computation efficiency, and convergence, which provide a technical basis for the subsequent simulation of the national pipeline network.…”
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A novel olfactory threshold test for screening cognitive decline among elderly people. by Sun Mi Kim, Hye Ri Kim, Hyun Jin Min, Kyung Soo Kim, Jae-Chan Jin, Doug Hyun Han

“…Olfactory impairment is associated with dementia and is a potential early biomarker of cognitive decline. We developed a novel olfactory threshold test called Sniff Bubble using rose odor-containing beads made with 2-phenylethyl alcohol. …”
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Ultimate Strength of Fixed Offshore Platforms Subjected to Near-Fault Earthquake Ground Vibration by Hesam Sharifian, Khosro Bargi, Mohamad Zarrin

“…Furthermore, according to the findings from this study, some practice recommendations are presented to be devised within the design step.…”
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The Spectrum Dip of Deck Mounted Systems by R.J. Scavuzzo, G.D. Hill, P.W. Saxe

“…In this paper, a detailed model of a ship deck and attached dynamic systems was developed and subjected to dynamic studies using two different shock inputs: a triangular shaped velocity pulse and the vertical motion of the innerbottom of the standard Floating Shock Platform (FSP). …”
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MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF FLOW PARAMETERS FOR SINGLE WIND TURBINE by S. V. Strijhak

“…The method of large eddy simulation developed within the direction of computational hydrodynamics allows to reproduce unsteady structure of the flow in details and to determine various integrated values. …”
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Construction of Hierarchical CuCo2O4-Ni(OH)2 Core-Shell Nanowire Arrays for High-Performance Pseudocapacitors by Ilham Azmy*, Jun Wang

“…The hierarchical CuCo2O4-Ni(OH)2 core-shell nanowire arrays on Ni foam were fabricated using facile and cost-effective two-step hydrothermal synthesis. The growth of CuCo2O4 nanowires was developed on Ni foam as the apposite basis of the conductive scaffold, and the ultrathin Ni(OH)2 nanowires were subsequently immobilized to form CuCo2O4-Ni(OH)2 core-shell nanowire arrays (NWAs). …”
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Effects of electric fields on the release and content of extracellular vesicles by Yihua Wang, Gregory A. Worrell, Hai‐Long Wang

“…We established a three‐step EV purification protocol to achieve high‐density production of EVs. …”
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A State-of-Health Estimation Method for Lithium Batteries Based on Incremental Energy Analysis and Bayesian Transformer by Yanmei Li, Liang Tu, Chaolong Zhang

“…Finally, an accurate estimation model of battery health was developed using the Bayesian-transformer model by plotting the relationship between health characteristics and battery health. …”
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