Differential infectivity by the oral route of Trypanosoma cruzi lineages derived from Y strain. by Cristian Cortez, Rafael M Martins, Renan M Alves, Richard C Silva, Luciana C Bilches, Silene Macedo, Vanessa D Atayde, Silvia Y Kawashita, Marcelo R S Briones, Nobuko Yoshida

“…The efficiency to infect target cell is the same because gp82 and gp30 strains have similar invasion-promoting properties. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Various Low Carbon Footprint Diets on the Growth Parameters of Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus) (Col. Tenebrionidae) as a Climate-Friendly P... by Narges Chenarian Nakhaei, Kamal Ahmadi, Mahdieh Asadi

“…Furthermore, the protein efficiency ratio (PER) and lipid efficiency ratio (LER) were favorable in the control (S), LS, and GS treatments. …”
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Effect of nano-hydroxyapatite filling on masticatory function and gingival sulcular fluid inflammatory factor levels in periapical inflammation by Honghui Xie, Aihong Tan, Zhijian Su, Chao Pan, Shuangjiang Li, Haibo Xiao

“…At the time of enrollment and 3 months after surgery, patients were monitored for bite force, masticatory efficiency, and clinical efficacy. Results In this study, compared to the control group, the experimental group treated with nano-HA filling showed significantly better improvement in bite force and masticatory efficiency, with the difference being statistically significant (P < 0.01). …”
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Effect of natural carbonates on microbially induced calcite precipitation process by Shaivan H. Shivaprakash, Valerie R. Yanez, Charles M. R. Graddy, Michael G. Gomez, Jason T. DeJong, Susan E. Burns

“…Generated cementation also resulted in a linear increase in Vs with increases in precipitated calcite contents for MICP treated carbonate-rich soil, consistent with past results for silica sands. Lastly, differences in yeast extract concentrations applied in treatment solutions were also found to significantly impact the development of ureolytic microbial capacity and the efficiency of the MICP process in the considered soils.…”
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A preliminary study of further attempt at the development, testing and application of an auxiliary equipment for electronic colonoscopy by Yonghong Zhang, Xiaodan Lu, Siyu Li, Yan Li, Jianan Wang, Xiaxi Fan

“…To reduce labor, optimize resource utilization, and enhance efficiency, this preliminary study aimed to develop and evaluate an adjunctive pressurized removable lap band for colonoscopy. …”
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Valine deficiency has a greater impact on broiler growth and bone health than isoleucine deficiency by Doyun Goo, Woo Kyun Kim

“…The -ILE group showed no difference in d 14 and 18 BW; however, they showed significantly reduced BW and BWG at d 21 and feed efficiency from d 7 to 21 compared to the CON group (P < 0.001). …”
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Multi-level quality assessment of United States COVID-19 epidemiological surveillance. by Megan S Irgens, Riley M O'Neill, John M Ruiz

“…Most same-day comparisons of state-specific counts reported by the CDC differed from respective state health departments (cases: 84.3% differed; deaths: 68.6% differed). …”
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Android malware detection based on improved random forest by Hong-yu YANG, Jin XU

“…Aiming at the defect of vote principle in random forest algorithm which is incapable of distinguishing the differences between strong classifier and weak classifier,a weighted voting improved method was proposed,and an improved random forest classification (IRFCM) was proposed to detect Android malware on the basis of this method.The IRFCM chose Permission information and Intent information as attribute features from AndroidManifest.xml files and optimized them,then applied the model to classify the final feature vectors.The experimental results in Weka environment show that IRFCM has better classification accuracy and classification efficiency.…”
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Electrical modelling of a grid-connected battery energy storage system via EMS and BMS data by Mirko Ledro, Jan Martin Zepter, Morten Paludan, Mattia Marinelli

“…The obtained efficiency curves differ by approx. 2% from the ones reported in the converters’ data sheet.…”
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Heterogeneous Integrated III-V-on-SOI Photodetector Using Micro-transfer Printing Method by WANG Zhaocong, QUAN Zhiheng, ZHENG ShiGuanqing, ZHU Yan, YE Nan, LU Liangjun, ZHOU Linjie, SONG Yingxiong

“…The large lattice mismatch and the difference in thermal expansion coefficient make it hard to achieve large-scale integration through epitaxial growth technology. …”
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Effects of Partially Replacing the Commercial Soybean Meal, With A Soaked and Boiled Raw Full-Fat Soybean in Broiler Diets by Mammo Mengesha Erdaw, Alemayehu Guteta

“…A test ingredient (RFFSB) was differently soaked (0, 6 or 12 hrs), drained, boiled (25 or 35 min) and sundried. …”
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Exposure to high temperature and sleep in preadolescents from two European birth cohorts by Esmée Essers, Laura Granés, Núria Botella, Sami Petricola, Llúcia González-Safont, Ane Arregi, Oscar Vegas, Martine Vrijheid, Carmen Iñiguez, Hanan El Marroun, Henning Tiemeier, Mònica Guxens

“…These results suggest potential cross-country differences in the relationship between ambient temperature and adolescent sleep, though comparisons should be made cautiously due to differences in climate, acclimatization, population characteristics, and sample size. …”
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Clinicians’ Perceptions and Potential Applications of Robotics for Task Automation in Critical Care: Qualitative Study by Jiafeng Song, Rishika Iytha Sridhar, Darlene Marie Rogers, Cheryl Hiddleson, Carolyn Davis, Tina Lynn Holden, Shanna Ramsey-Haynes, Lisa Reif, Julie Swann, Craig S Jabaley, Mary Gullatte, Rishikesan Kamaleswaran

“…Statistical analysis revealed no significant difference in how nurses, physicians, and advanced practice providers perceived these tasks (P=.22). …”
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A channel selection methodology for enhancing volcanic SO₂ monitoring using FY-3E/HIRAS-II hyperspectral data by X. Li, L. Zhu, H. Sun, J. Li, X. Lv, C. Qi, H. Yan

“…A sensitivity study shows that the difference in brightness temperature between the experimentally selected SO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span>-sensitive channels and the background channels' efficiency removes interference signals from surface temperature, atmospheric temperature, and water vapor during SO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> detection and inversion. …”
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Solutions of First-Order Volterra Type Linear Integrodifferential Equations by Collocation Method by Olumuyiwa A. Agbolade, Timothy A. Anake

“…It is also observed that the absolute errors obtained are very low establishing convergence and computational efficiency.…”
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Modeling and Simulation of On-board ATP Controlling Module for Train Operation Control System by ZHANG Xu, LIU Hao, LUO Liyan

“…The transform relationship of ATP modules was studied and a modeling development method was proposed which differs from traditional hand coding one. It can realize modeling, simulation and integration testing of the controlling module in ATP system, and efficiently solve the problems existing in traditional software development methods, such as huge workload, error prone and testing difficulty, etc. …”
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MANAGEMENT OF EUROPEAN FUNDS. CASE STUDY: NEAMȚ AND CONSTANȚA COUNTIES, ROMANIA by Cristina COPĂCEANU, Silvia MAZĂRE

“…The present research aims to investigate and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the management of European funds in two distinct counties of Romania: Neamț County and Constanța County. …”
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SOFTWARE TESTING USING THE CODE REVIEW TECHNIQUE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY by Juan Pablo Ucán Pech, Raúl Antonio Aguilar Vera, Julio César Díaz Mendoza, Antonio Armando Aguileta Güemez

“…With respect to the types of roles, the results of the experiment do not show significant differences either in the efficiency index obtained by the subjects in the testing process, or with the confusion index of failures. …”
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An Accurate Approximate-Analytical Technique for Solving Time-Fractional Partial Differential Equations by M. Bishehniasar, S. Salahshour, A. Ahmadian, F. Ismail, D. Baleanu

“…In addition and to demonstrate the efficiency of the method, it compares with two finite difference methods including a nonstandard finite difference (NSFD) method and standard finite difference (SFD) technique, which are popular in the literature for solving engineering problems.…”
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Experimental Study on Vortex-Induced Vibration Force Characteristics of Side-by-Side Double Free-Hanging Water Transmission Pipes Under Uniform Flow by ZHAO Guangyi, ZHANG Mengmeng, FU Shixiao, XU Yuwang, REN Haojie, BAI Yingli

“…This paper investigates vortex-induced vibration (VIV) characteristics of double free-hanging water transmission pipes, which are crucial for temperature difference energy harvesting platforms. Compared to a single pipe, double pipes could offer higher transport efficiency and cost-effectiveness. …”
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