Standardized freeze-dried FMT: is the ideal protectant out there? by Alix Pourrat, Vinciane Baillieu, Solene Ansel, Maxime Leonardi, Pierre Poiron, Samuel Bellais, Muriel Paul, Biba Nebbad

“…Viable preservation is a critical step in freeze-drying, yet no universal medium effectively protects both anaerobes and aerobes.ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate different protectants compared to trehalose 5% (T5) after confirming its efficacy.MethodsA mix of inulin and glucosamine (IG5) and a High-antioxidant Matrix with trehalose (HM) were tested. …”
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Detecting Anomalies in Hydraulically Adjusted Servomotors Based on a Multi-Scale One-Dimensional Residual Neural Network and GA-SVDD by Xukang Yang, Anqi Jiang, Wanlu Jiang, Yonghui Zhao, Enyu Tang, Zhiqian Qi

“…To address the issues of difficult fault diagnoses and the low maintenance efficiency of adjusted hydraulic servomotors, this study proposes a model for detecting abnormalities of hydraulically adjusted servomotors. …”
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Prediction of shrink lines in powder bed fusion of metals using a laser beam by means of a finite element simulation approach by Dominik Rauner, Niklas Eilers, Hannes Panzer, Lukas Frei, Michael F. Zaeh

“…In this study, a finite element approach for efficiently predicting the shrink line formation is presented. …”
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Parameter optimization of the chloride mediator-based electrochemical advanced oxidation process for the treatment of commercial azo dyes and actual dyeing effluent by Md. Dipu Malitha, Md. Tamzid Hossain Molla, Md. Rigan Islam Riyat, Dipesh Chandra, Md. Abul Bashar, Md Sabbir Ahmed, Md. Abu Hanif, Md. Shameem Ahsan

“…Under these conditions, the removal efficiency reached 95.6% within 60 min of operation. …”
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Liquid biopsy of colorectal cancer: a new approach to evaluation of aberrant methylation of the <i>SEPT9</i> gene by I. V. Botezatu, V. N. Kondratova, A. M. Stroganova, S. L. Dranko, A. V. Lichtenstein

“…The method was tested on the SEPT9 gene in liquid biopsy of colorectal cancer. Differences in SEPT9 methylation in healthy donors (n = 41) and cancer patients (n = 39) were statistically significant (p &lt;0.0001). …”
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Determination of Evapotranspiration and Optimum Irrigation Schedule for Cotton in Çukurova Region Using CROPWAT Model by Usman Muhammad Umar, Burak Şen, Zeynep Ünal

“…The dates, amounts, effective rainfall, net irrigation requirement (NIR), and yield decrease for rainfed and different irrigated conditions were all calculated using the CROPWAT 8.0 model. …”
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Innovation And Social Networks For Creating Social Value by Belen Suarez Lopez, Isabel Maria Santos Caetano, Antonio Vargas Alcaide

“…The proliferation of social media platforms coincides with the expansion of the open innovation paradigm and has demonstrated its efficiency in facilitating solutions in different fields such as science, statistics, engineering, production and the generation of social policies. …”
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Research progress on optimization strategies and applications of photocatalytic antibacterial activity of graphitic carbon nitride by Wenhui LI, Ruopeng WANG, Yuhe HAN, Sai WANG, Yumei ZHANG, Qiong LU, Jing AN

“…However, factors such as easy recombination of photogenerated electron(e-)-hole(h+) pairs, incomplete sunlight absorption, small specific surface area, and poor adsorption properties of g-C3N4 photocatalysts leaded to low photocatalytic efficiency, limiting their antibacterial effectiveness. …”
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Environmental and Energy Performances of the Nearly Net-Zero Energy Solar Decathlon House with Dynamic Facades: A Comparison of Four Climate Regions by Fangfang Gong, Yongchao Ma, Feng Shi, Chen Chen, Linlin Tian, Jingjing Huang

“…Among the five dynamic facades, the energy-saving efficiency of intelligent ventilation was highest, followed by exterior shading. …”
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Developing A Digital Twin of a TRUEX Extraction Process that Enables Non-proliferation and Safeguards Monitoring through Optical Spectroscopy and Machine Learning [version 1; peer... by Justin T. Cooper, Ramedy Flores, Addyson Barnes, Eduardo Trevino, Kathrine Jesse, Kolton Heaps, Adam J. Pluth, Ashley Shields, Jaren Brownlee

“…A change in any of these parameters could result in different extraction conditions of fissile material and lead to a process upset with potential safeguards and proliferation concerns. …”
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Multi-Frequency Microwave Sensing System with Frequency Selection Method for Pulverized Coal Concentration by Haoyu Tian, Feng Gao, Yuwei Meng, Xiaoyan Jia, Rongdong Yu, Zhan Wang, Zicheng Liu

“…The accurate measurement of pulverized coal concentration (PCC) is crucial for optimizing the production efficiency and safety of coal-fired power plants. Traditional microwave attenuation methods typically rely on a single frequency for analysis while neglecting valuable information in the frequency domain, making them susceptible to the varying sensitivity of the signal at different frequencies. …”
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Quantifying social presence in online-based learning: a statistical and didactical analysis of indicators from social network analysis by Lisa-Maria Norz, Éva Kaczkó, Michael Netzer, Elske Ammenwerth

“…This study aimed to identify and evaluate indicators derived from social network analysis, which could quantify social presence and provide didactically relevant information to teachers. 3,546 postings from different modules and study groups (n=49) of an online-based Master course were manually coded. …”
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Modeling the effectiveness of Esperanza window traps as a complementary vector control strategy for achieving the community-wide elimination of onchocerciasis by Shakir Bilal, Morgan E. Smith, Swarnali Sharma, Wajdi Zaatour, Ken Newcomb, Thomas R. Unnasch, Edwin Michael

“…The number of traps needed depends on factors such as trap efficiency, capture range, inter-trap distance, site size, and spatial heterogeneity of fly populations.DiscussionThese findings demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of EWT as a supplementary intervention to accelerate and sustain community-wide onchocerciasis elimination. …”
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Performance‐Emission Optimization of a Diesel Engine Blended With Biodiesel and Pentanol by Geetesh Goga, Deepam Goyal, Tarun Goyal, Krupakaran Radhakrishnan Lawrence, P. V. Elumalai, Sunil Kumar Mahla, Anil Singh Yadav, Subhendu Chakroborty, Nasim Hasan

“…In this article, an attempt has been made to bridge that gap by investigating fuel mixtures containing varying proportions (5%–20%) of Jatropha oil‐based biodiesel (JOBD) and Pentanol, evaluated across different Engine load (EL), JOBD, and Pentanol concentrations. …”
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BAM-SLDK: biologically inspired attention mechanism with spiking learnable delayed kernel synapses by Mario Chacón-Falcón, Alberto Patiño-Saucedo, Luis Camuñas-Mesa, Teresa Serrano-Gotarredona, Bernabé Linares-Barranco

“…Spiking neural networks are emerging as an alternative neural network model due to their biological plausibility, energy efficiency, and built-in ability to learn from temporal dynamics. …”
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Development of ELISA Using Phage-Displayed Stx2 Mini-Body for Detection of STEC Antigen in Field Farming Pig Samples by Jin Hur, Ho-Kyoung Jung, Jung-Ho Park, Anoth Maharjan, Seung-Won Park

“…The sensitivity of T1D2-ELISA was determined using five different stool samples, with a total of 25 stool samples. …”
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Reference Intervals for Echocardiography Parameters of Children Living in the Arkhangelsk Region and a Digital Application for Their Assessment by Aleksey A Karyakin, Igor’ S. Chub, Ol’ga E. Karyakina, Andrey M. Grjibovski, Aleksey V. Artemov, Ul’yana R. Zakharchenko

“…The values were automatically calculated in our digital application that allows one to increase the accuracy and efficiency of interpretation of cardiac ultrasound parameters. …”
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Towards eco-metabolomics: NADES-guided extraction enables semi-quantitative metabolomics for Melissa officinalisThe MZmine batch files have been uploaded to Zenodo for accessibilit... by Chiara Spaggiari, Isa Sara Aimee Hiemstra, Antoinette Kazbar, Gabriele Costantino, Laura Righetti

“…Interestingly, thymol-menthol NADES demonstrated the ability to efficiently extract a broad range of bioactive compounds, yielding a metabolome comparable to that obtained with conventional ethanolic. …”
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Water-exit dynamics and system identification for a hybrid aerial underwater vehicle by Zhitong Li, Wanting Zhang, Xincheng Huang, Xiufen Ye, Yunsai Chen, Qinghua Jiang

“…Firstly, the time-varying water-exit process is divided into four representative stages, each with different multiphase features, and the evolution of water surface and flow field surrounding HAUV is presented. …”
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Uncovering the Dynamic Drivers of Floods Through Interpretable Deep Learning by Yuanhao Xu, Kairong Lin, Caihong Hu, Xiaohong Chen, Jingwen Zhang, Mingzhong Xiao, Chong‐Yu Xu

“…The controlling effect of dominant factors is regional, and their impact on floods in time steps shows significant differences, challenging the traditional understanding that variables closer to the timing of flood event occurrence have a greater impact. …”
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