Online survey exploring researcher experiences of research funding processes in the UK: the effort and burden of applying for funding and fulfilling reporting requirements by Katie Meadmore, Kathryn Fackrell, Amanda Blatch-Jones, Alejandra Recio-Saucedo, Hazel Church, Ksenia Crane

“…Possible solutions to increase efficiency and enhance value in these processes were identified.…”
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River total dissolved gas prediction using a hybrid greedy-stepwise feature selection and bidirectional long short-term memory model by Khabat Khosravi, Salim Heddam, Changhyun Jun, Sayed M. Bateni, Dongkyun Kim, Essam Heggy

“…Model performance was compared using multiple quantitative and qualitative metrics, including the Nash–Sutcliffe Efficiency and uncertainty coefficient. Additionally, Friedman and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests confirmed statistically significant differences between models. …”
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Unobstructive and safe-to-wear watt-level wireless charger by Sangjun Kim, Jonathan Wells, Sarnab Bhattacharya, Hamsi Nathan, Jiaming He, Isabella Tubilla, Heeyong Huh, Pooja Kakani, Ali Farshkaran, Praveenkum Pasupathy, Jianshi Zhou, Emily Porter, Nathan Lazarus, Nanshu Lu

“…Abstract A wearable microgrid that centralizes and distributes harvested energy across different body regions can optimize power utilization and reduce overall battery weight. …”
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Breast Tumor-Like-Masses Segmentation From Scattering Images Obtained With an Ultrahigh-Sensitivity Talbot-Lau Interferometer Using Convolutional Neural Networks by Ionut-Cristian Ciobanu, Nicoleta Safca, Elena Anghel, Dan Popescu

“…The research aims to improve tumor segmentation accuracy and efficiency by leveraging phase contrast imaging. The experimental setup utilized an ultrahigh-sensitivity Talbot-Lau interferometer operated with a conventional X-ray tube to generate scattering images, which were processed using a Fourier Transform-based algorithm. …”
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Effects of six teaching strategies on medical students: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Hong Gong, Lian Wang, Shuailong Zhang, Dongmei Zhu, Xiaqing Wang, Tianyao Liu, Xiaotang Fan

“…Randomised controlled trials which evaluated the different teaching methods and meet the eligibility criteria will be included. …”
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Saturated flow boiling frictional pressure drop inside smooth macro and mini/micro channels: a new predictive tool using CatBoost and XGBoost by Francisco A. Ramírez-Rivera, Alison E. Sánchez-García, Vrindarani Núñez-Ramírez, Néstor F. Guerrero-Rodríguez

“…Hence, frictional pressure drop is a critical parameter for improving the efficiency of the evaporator. The main constraints of the empirical or semi-empirical predictive tools, updated using non-linear statistical regression techniques, lie in their reduced predictive effectiveness when applied to unseen data. …”
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Effects of 10 keV Electron Irradiation on the Performance Degradation of SiC Schottky Diode Radiation Detectors by Jinlu Ruan, Liang Chen, Leidang Zhou, Xue Du, Fangbao Wang, Yapeng Zhang, Penghui Zhao, Xiaoping Ouyang

“…In this paper, the performance degradation of the SiC SBDs irradiated by 10 keV electrons at different fluences was investigated. After the irradiation, the forward current of the SiC SBDs increased, and the turn-on voltage decreased with the irradiation fluences until 1.6 × 10¹⁶ cm⁻². …”
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Machine Learning-Enhanced Discrimination of Gamma-Ray and Hadron Events Using Temporal Features: An ASTRI Mini-Array Analysis by Valentina La Parola, Giancarlo Cusumano, Saverio Lombardi, Antonio Alessio Compagnino, Antonino La Barbera, Antonio Tutone, Antonio Pagliaro

“…This profound signal-to-background imbalance necessitates sophisticated discrimination techniques that can effectively isolate genuine gamma-ray events while maintaining high rejection efficiency for cosmic-ray backgrounds. The most common method involves the parametrization of the morphological feature of the shower images. …”
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Inhibition of SOD1 trimerization is a novel drug target for ALS disease by Tae-Gyun Woo, Jin Han, Yuju Kim, Young jun Hwang, Mua Lee, So-mi Kang, Soyoung Park, Yeongseon Ji, Yeon-Ho Chung, Songyoung Baek, Eunbyeol Shin, Minju-Kim, Hyewon Jang, Yun-Jeong Shin, Yonghoon Kwon, Bae-Hoon Kim, Bum-Joon Park

“…About 90% of ALS cases are sporadic, and 10% of ALS cases are of the inherited type with a genetic cause. About 150 different gene mutations have been reported so far. …”
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Impacts of Light Quality on the Growth and Development of Pyropia kinositae Conchocelis by Yuqi DUAN, Zhourui LIANG, Hui XU, Xiaoping LU, Yanmin YUAN, Wenjun WANG

“…This suggests that blue light significantly enhances the photosynthetic efficiency of conchocelis and improves its electron transfer activity and phototolerance under high light conditions. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of single-cell and bulk RNA sequencing data unveils antigen-presenting and processing fibroblasts and establishes a predictive model in gastric cancer by Chenggang Zhang, Fangqi Chen, Jie Li, Yixuan He, Juan Sun, Zicheng Zheng, Guanmo Liu, Yihua Wang, Weiming Kang, Xin Ye

“…The prognosis was significantly different between the two risk groups and was validated using GEO datasets. …”
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Clinical results of using a silver-containing preparation as part of an antimicrobial spacer in the treatment of periprosthetic hip joint infection by Svetlana A. Bozhkova, Magomed Sh. Gadzhimagomedov, Rashid M. Tikhilov, Vasily A. Artyukh, Alexander P. Antipov, Alexander V. Afanasyev, Sergey S. Toropov, Yulia V. Muravyeva

“…The differences were considered significant at p < 0.05. …”

Optimization and Stability Evaluation of Simulating Milk Fat Globule Membrane Delivery Systems for DHA-rich Algal Oil by Bo WANG, Shiwei LIU, Jianfeng SUN, Shenglin DUAN, Youqiang YU, Xishan MA, Jia LIU, Peng YUAN, Wenxin WANG, Yuanyuan LIU, Xiaoyang ZHENG

“…Objective: To enhance the bioavailability of functional substances and the stability of reprocessed products, the development of different algal oil product forms and the application of simulated milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) embedding systems in food research and development were investigated. …”
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Alkaline phosphatase is associated with vascular depression in patients with severe white matter hyperintensities by Xi Tao, Xi Tao, Xi Tao, Yuqi Yin, Yi Zhang, Chen Yang, Siyuan Wu, Wenjing Tang, Chen Li, Chen Li, Tao Song, Tao Song, Tao Song, Juan He

“…In contrast, erythrocyte counts (p = 0.024), hemoglobin (Hb, p = 0.011), hs-CRP (p = 0.002), and ALP (p = 0.021) displayed differential expression in patients with sWMHs across different HAMD scores. (2) ALP and hs-CRP combined with APOA1 or Hb can improve the diagnostic efficiency of positive VDe in sWMHs [AUC = 0.849, 95% CI (0.753, 0.946), p &lt; 0.001] or mWMHs [AUC = 0.718, 95% CI (0.603, 0.834), p = 0.002] patients, respectively. (3) Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) [OR = 1.016, 95% CI (1.003, 1.028), p = 0.016] is correlated with VDe in patients with sWMHs, a relationship that persisted even following adjustments for age and sex.ConclusionThe amalgamation of multiple markers enhances the diagnostic efficacy of VDe through WMHs classification. …”
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Machine learning to identify suitable boundaries for band-pass spectral analysis of dynamic [ $$^{11}$$ 11 C]Ro15-4513 PET scan and voxel-wise parametric map generation by Zeyu Chang, Colm J. McGinnity, Rainer Hinz, Manlin Wang, Joel Dunn, Ruoyang Liu, Mubaraq Yakubu, Paul Marsden, Alexander Hammers

“…Parametric maps applying different boundaries for different ROIs were generated. …”
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Securing Electric Vehicle Performance: Machine Learning-Driven Fault Detection and Classification by Mahbub Ul Islam Khan, Md. Ilius Hasan Pathan, Mohammad Mominur Rahman, Md. Maidul Islam, Mohammed Arfat Raihan Chowdhury, Md. Shamim Anower, Md. Masud Rana, Md. Shafiul Alam, Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Shohanur Islam Sobuj, Md. Babul Islam, Veerpratap Meena, Francesco Benedetto

“…They function by converting electrical energy into mechanical energy using different types of motors, which aligns with the sustainable principles embraced by smart cities. …”
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Identification of key enzymes in lignocellulose biosynthesis from dynamic observations in maize stalks by Xiaoxu Zhan, Fanlei Kong, Qinlin Liu, Tianqiong Lan, Fan Liu, Xinglong Wang, Xia Du, Xiang Chen, Jichao Yuan

“…Maize stalk lignin and cellulose contents are linked to lodging resistance, disease resistance, feed quality and ethanol conversion efficiency. After the six-leaf stage of maize (V6), these constituents are biosynthesized and accumulated under the control of related enzymes and genes. …”
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Evaluating reproduction traits in a crossbreeding program between indigenous and exotic sheep in semi-arid lands by E. Oyieng, J.M.K. Ojango, M. Gauly, R. Mrode, R. Dooso, A.M. Okeyo, C. Kalinda, S. König

“…All the traits significantly (P < 0.05) differed across breeds and season of birth of the ewe. …”
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Large Dark Matter Content and Steep Metallicity Profile Predicted for Ultradiffuse Galaxies Formed in High-spin Halos by José A. Benavides, Laura V. Sales, Mario. G. Abadi, Mark Vogelsberger, Federico Marinacci, Lars Hernquist

“…We identify metallicity profiles in UDGs as a potential avenue to distinguish between different formation paths for these galaxies, where gentle formation as a result of high-spin halos would present well-defined declining metallicity radial profiles while powerful-outflows or tidal stripping formation models would lead to flatter or constant metallicity as a function of radius due to the inherent mixing of stellar orbits.…”
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Characterization of Elovl2/5 in abalone Haliotis discus hannai Ino by Mingli Shao, Wei Chen, Lina Zhu, Shikai Liu, Óscar Monroig, Juan Carlos Navarro, Chunnuan Zhao, Junsong YangLi, Mingzhu Li, Xiaotong Wang

“…And no significant differences were found in the expressions of 0 % FO, 25 % FO and control groups. …”
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