Seeing red..? Co-design of a culturally tailored uterine cancer awareness intervention for Asian and Black ethnic minority groups by A. Chitrakar, N. Darko, E.L. Moss

“…Objective: There is a lack of public awareness of the signs and symptoms of uterine cancer, and common misconceptions can lead to delays in diagnosis. Methods: A three-step co-design principle was undertaken to iteratively develop a culturally- tailored uterine cancer awareness animated video for Asian and Black ethnic minority populations. …”
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Highly Stretchable, Self‐Healable, and Conductive Gelatin Methacryloyl Hydrogel for Long‐Lasting Wearable Tactile Sensors by Zhikang Li, Bin Wang, Jijian Lu, Yumeng Xue, Jiaxiang Wang, Boqing Jia, Gengyu Han, Yihe Zhao, Muhammad Afzal Khan Qureshi, Lan Yu, Kang Zhao, Min Li, Ping Yang, Dejiang Lu, Libo Zhao

“…Herein, a highly stretchable, self‐healing, and conductive gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogel is developed by incorporating polyvinyl alcohol, N‐(2‐amino‐2‐oxoethyl)‐2‐propenamide, sodium tetraborate, and sodium chloride into GelMA, followed by a two‐step polymerization process. …”
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An effective and facile approach for the determination of bioactive components of Rheum ribes in the Kurdish state of Iraq and Siirt region in Turkey by Tegin İbrahim, Fattah Bakhtiyar Mahmood Fattah, Fidan Mehmet, Acar Orhan, Yabalak Erdal

“…Developing a streamlined and accessible method for identifying the bioactive components of Rheum ribes (rhubarb) holds significant promise in unlocking its therapeutic potential and advancing research in natural medicine. …”
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A Co-Created Workplace Intervention to Promote Recovery in Office Workers with Flexible Work by Johanna Edvinsson, Terry Hartig, Svend Erik Mathiassen, Sophie Pagard, Helena Jahncke, David M. Hallman

“…This study examined the effects of a co-created two-step workplace intervention that introduced new work strategies to facilitate psychological detachment and promote recovery in office workers with FWAs. …”
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Optimizing Pre-Trained Code Embeddings With Triplet Loss for Code Smell Detection by Ali Nizam, Ertugrul Islamoglu, Omer Kerem Adali, Musa Aydin

“…In addition, standard methods for improving code embedding are essential to develop more effective embedding-based systems, similar to augmentation techniques in the image processing domain. …”
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Tongue-LiteSAM: A Lightweight Model for Tongue Image Segmentation With Zero-Shot by Daiqing Tan, Hao Zang, Xinyue Zhang, Han Gao, Ji Wang, Zaijian Wang, Xing Zhai, Huixia Li, Yan Tang, Aiqing Han

“…Objective: Tongue image segmentation is a crucial step in the intelligent recognition of tongue diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). …”
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Methodology of adipose tissue type detection in mammals by I. M. Chernukha, N. V. Kupaeva, J. A. Smirnova, A. G. Akhremko, V. A. Pchelkina, E. A. Kotenkova

“…In this connection, the aim of this research was to develop a methodological approach allowing rapid and effective detection of an adipose tissue type. …”
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Automatic Filtering of Sugarcane Yield Data by Eudocio Rafael Otavio da Silva, José Paulo Molin, Marcelo Chan Fu Wei, Ricardo Canal Filho

“…This study proposes an automatic filtering technique for sugarcane harvesting data to automate the process. A three-step automated filtering algorithm based on a sliding window was developed and further evaluated with four configurations of the maximum variation factor <i>f</i> and six SW sizes. …”
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Prediction of Sea Surface Chlorophyll-a Concentrations by Remote Sensing and Deep Learning by Qingfeng Ruan, Delu Pan, Difeng Wang, Xianqiang He, Fang Gong, Qingjiu Tian

“…In this study, the performance of ChlaPM in single-step and multistep predictions was evaluated using monthly average Chl-a remote sensing data spanning 1998–2023. …”
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Approaches for the measurement of lateral dimensions of graphene oxide flakes using scanning electron microscopy by Giovanni Chemello, Konstantinos Despotelis, Keith R Paton, Charles A Clifford, Andrew J Pollard, Jörg Radnik, Vasile-Dan Hodoroaba

“…The sample preparation is a decisive step to obtain a homogeneous distribution of flakes on a substrate, which is suitable for image analysis. …”
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Is There a Key Primer for Amplification of Core Land Plant DNA Barcode Regions (rbcL and matK)? by Leonardo C. J. Corvalán, Amanda A. deMelo‐Ximenes, Larissa R. Carvalho, Carlos de M. e Silva‐Neto, José A. F. Diniz‐Filho, Mariana P. de C. Telles, Rhewter Nunes

“…In this technique, the selection of primers is a fundamental step for the success of amplification. Then, we aim to evaluate the primer amplification capability for the DNA barcode regions rbcL and matK. …”
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Poultry–carnivore conflict in Chile: Are we advancing toward effective co‐existence for small wild carnivore conservation? by Carolina S. Ugarte, Camila J. Stuardo, Javier Fernández, Constanza Napolitano

“…Addressing poultry predation by native and non‐native carnivores (dog and mink) is a crucial step toward advancing human–mesocarnivore coexistence in Chile.…”
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Interventions for reaching men to improve HIV Testing Services in sub-Saharan Africa: A narrative review by Lebogang G. Matonyane, Andrew Ross, Sandra Qolesa, Zandile Sibeko

“…Conclusion: The limited number of studies highlights the need for more research into developing and testing interventions to encourage men to utilise HTS. …”
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In Situ Electropolymerizing Toward EP‐CoP/Cu Tandem Catalyst for Enhanced Electrochemical CO2‐to‐Ethylene Conversion by Chao Wang, Yifan Sun, Yuzhuo Chen, Yiting Zhang, Liangliang Yue, Lianhuan Han, Liubin Zhao, Xunjin Zhu, Dongping Zhan

“…These findings mark a significant step forward in developing a tandem catalyst system for the effective electrochemical production of ethylene.…”
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Detection of <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> in Veterinary and Food Matrices Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification by Icía Bermúdez-Fornos, Alberto Cepeda, Alejandro Garrido-Maestu, Alexandre Lamas

“…Due to the importance of the rapid identification of infection-causative agents, a novel method for the rapid identification of <i>K. pneumoniae</i> was developed in the present work. This novel method was based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and evaluated in real-time LAMP, as well as in end-point colorimetric LAMP. …”
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The prevalence of hyperglycemia, as a component of the metabolic syndrome, in men of an open population of Siberian city (epidemiological study) by E. V. Akimova, M. Yu. Akimov, E. Yu. Frolova, V. V. Gafarov, V. A. Kuznetsov

“…In order to conduct a single-step epidemiological study using the “random numbers” method, a representative sample of 1000 people was formed among men 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64 years of Tyumen, the response was 85,2%. …”
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Determining dual-task costs and exploring interindividual responsiveness to an opponent using virtual reality by S. Pastel, A. Schwadtke, A. Krahmer, K. Altrogge, D. Bürger, F. Heilmann, K. Witte

“…The reaching involved three tasks: walking a 4-m track, standing while reacting to popping balls, and a combination of both. Parameters such as step length, gait time, and reaction were measured. …”
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Purification of Human Immunoglobulin G with Bathophenanthroline–Zn²⁺, –Fe²⁺, or –Cu²⁺ Complexes by Thisara Jayawickrama Withanage, Ron Alcalay, Olga Krichevsky, Ellen Wachtel, Ohad Mazor, Guy Patchornik

“…Background/Objectives: Pharmaceutical companies are aware of the ongoing effort to satisfy the increasing global demand for therapeutic-grade monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), an especially difficult challenge for poor and developing countries. We present a simple, economical, single-step purification approach at neutral pH for polyclonal human IgG (hIgG), which does not require any expensive ligands, chromatography columns, polymers, or membranes. …”
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The Enzymatic Synthesis of Perdeuterated D- and L-Lactic Acid-<i>d</i>₄ and Polymerization of Their Lactides to Polylactic Acid by Anna E. Leung, Andreas Raba, Klaus Beckerle, Jürgen Allgaier, Hanna P. Wacklin-Knecht

“…For the conversion of the perdeuterated lactic acid monomers to the corresponding lactide dimers, we developed a process for generating these compounds in the high purity needed for the final anionic ring-opening polymerization step. …”
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A novel interpreted deep network for Alzheimer’s disease prediction based on inverted self attention and vision transformer by Wardah Ibrar, Muhammad Attique Khan, Ameer Hamza, Saddaf Rubab, Omar Alqahtani, M. Turki-Hadj Alouane, Sokea Teng, Yunyoung Nam

“…Similarly, a new inverted bottleneck self-attention model is developed. The designed models are trained on the augmented dataset, and extracted features are fused using a novel search-based approach. …”
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