A Mimetic Assay of Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Degradation Using YOYO-1-Stained DNA-Histone Surface Webs by Katherine H. Nguyen, Midori L. Wasielewski, Srilakshmi Yalavarthi, Xianggui Qu, Jason S. Knight, Shuichi Takayama

“…In vitro NET degradation assays can reveal mechanisms and degradation efficiency differences in diseased serum samples. There is a need for more convenient assays to increase the speed of NET degradation studies. …”
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Measuring the Carboxypeptidase and γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase Activities of Lager and Ale Yeasts to Assess Their Impact on the Release of Odorant Polyfunctional Thiols Through Fermen... by Coraline Calicis, Romain Christiaens, Natacha Loquet, Margaux Simon, Sonia Collin

“…Measuring transport efficiency and β-lyase activities individually on the three possible intermediates emerges here as more promising for future flavor potential screening.…”
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A development study for liquid- and vapor-fed anode zero-gap bioelectrolysis cells by Nils Rohbohm, Largus T. Angenent

“…The liquid-fed anode system did not show considerable differences in volumetric CH4 production rates compared to vapor-fed anode systems. …”
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Detection of false data injection in electric energy metering platforms using gradient lifting decision trees and MLP neural networks by Yakui Zhu, Yangrui Zhang, Chao Zhang, Bingyu Zhang, Hongying Wang, Shaokang Feng

“…The discriminator used a multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural network, combined with difference analysis between the predicted and actual values, to determine false data injection. …”
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Changes in the landscape of field epidemiology by Ehsan Allah Kalteh, Mohammad Hassan Lotfi, Fatemeh Shakeri Shamsi, Hossein Akhondi

“…A comparative table is utilized to describe differences. Result While secondary data improves efficiency and cost-effectiveness, direct field investigation remains irreplaceable in managing emerging diseases, chronic conditions, and environmental threats. …”
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SIMMER-III Analyses of Local Fuel-Coolant Interactions in a Simulated Molten Fuel Pool: Effect of Coolant Quantity by Songbai Cheng, Ken-ichi Matsuba, Mikio Isozaki, Kenji Kamiyama, Tohru Suzuki, Yoshiharu Tobita

“…In this study, to further understand this interaction, interaction characteristics including the pressure buildup as well as mechanical energy release and its conversion efficiency are investigated using the SIMMER-III, an advanced fast reactor safety analysis code. …”
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A simple and effective catalyst recovery protocol for H2-PEMFCs by Marc Ayoub, Rohit Rajendran Menon, Simon Thiele, Matthew Brodt

“…Catalyst degradation in the cathode electrode for H2-PEM (hydrogen proton-exchange membrane) fuel cells is a crucial topic to tackle to achieve high durability and efficiency. Despite ongoing research, a concurrently fast, easy-to-adapt, and effective recovery protocol is still missing. …”
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Dominant height growth modeling of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) in Beni Imloul forest, northern Algeria by Dalila Kherchouche, Mostefa Goubi, Tahar Sghaier, Abdallah Bentouati, Khedidja Zeghichi, Said Slimani

“… To predict the quality site-index for stands of the Aleppo pine forest of Beni Imloul (Algeria), six algebraic and generalized algebraic difference equations (ADA/GADA) derived from the three base functions of Hossfeld, Bertalanffy-Richards and Lundqvist-Korf were adjusted and compared using cross-sections collected from 51 cut trees based on the stem-analysis method. …”
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Weak One-Dimensional Field Confinement Silica Waveguides by Chenming Zhao, Lin Chen, Lei Xu, Liying Liu

“…A novel weak one-dimensional field confinement silica waveguide (WCSW) with a large horizontal and vertical aspect ratio and low refractive index difference is proposed and fabricated via sol-gel technique. …”
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Design and test of steam-injected continuous scrambled egg device by Liangyu Xue, Xiaojia Hu, Bo Qi, Yibing Yuan, Wensong Wei, Ping Yang, Xin Ai, Fangting Fu, Chunhui Zhang

“…Moreover, the differences between the scrambled eggs produced by this device and the traditional frying pan were not significant in terms of color, taste and sensory evaluation (p > 0.05). …”
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How low can we go? The effect of acquisition duration on cardiac volume and function measurements in free-running cardiac and respiratory motion-resolved five-dimensional whole-hea... by Robert J. Holtackers, Augustin C. Ogier, Ludovica Romanin, Estelle Tenisch, Isabel Montón Quesada, Ruud B. van Heeswijk, Christopher W. Roy, Jérôme Yerly, Milan Prsa, Matthias Stuber

“…Finally, acquisition efficiency was reported for both imaging techniques, which was defined as the time required for data sampling divided by the total scan time. …”
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Computer-Aided Intra-Operatory Positioning of an MRgHIFU Applicator Dedicated to Abdominal Thermal Therapy Using Particle Swarm Optimization by Yacine M'Rad, Caecilia Charbonnier, Marcelo Elias de Oliveira, Pauline Coralie Guillemin, Lindsey Alexandra Crowe, Thibaud Koessler, Pierre-Alexandre Poletti, Sana Boudabbous, Alexis Ricoeur, Rares Salomir, Orane Lorton

“…<italic>Results:</italic> As compared to the manual EP, the rotation difference with the TOP was on average &#x2212;3.1 &#x00B1; 7.1&#x00B0; and the distance difference was on average &#x2212;7.1 &#x00B1; 5.4 mm. …”
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MDS-Net: An Image-Text Enhanced Multimodal Dual-Branch Siamese Network for Remote Sensing Change Detection by Tao Wang, Tiecheng Bai, Chao Xu, Erlei Zhang, Bin Liu, Xining Zhao, Hongming Zhang

“…Remote sensing change detection (RSCD), which aims to identify differences between bitemporal images, has made great progress through the application of deep learning methods. …”
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Bioavailability of Tryptophan Biomass for Laying Hens by Stéphane Cristyne O. Estevão, Gabriel Henrique Nacamura da Silva, Livia Rastoldo R. Oliveira, Larissa Oliveira dos Santos, Erikson Kadoshe M. Raimundo, Rita Brito Vieira, Tiago A. Rodrigues, Bernardo Rocha F. Nogueira, Eliane Aparecida da Silva, Lizandra Amoroso, Michele Bernardino de Lima, Edney Pereira da Silva

“…The results obtained via the direct comparison method showed no significant difference (<i>p</i> > 0.05) between the L-tryptophan sources when using ANOVA. …”
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Rhizosphere soil bacterial community composition in soybean genotypes and feedback to soil P availability by Tao ZHOU, Li WANG, Yong-li DU, Ting LIU, Shu-xian LI, Yang GAO, Wei-guo LIU, Wen-yu YANG

“…This study provided a strategy for rhizosphere management through soybean genotype selection and breeding to increase P use efficiency, or upgrade middle or low yield farmland.…”
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Single-cell eQTL mapping in yeast reveals a tradeoff between growth and reproduction by James Boocock, Noah Alexander, Leslie Alamo Tapia, Laura Walter-McNeill, Shivani Prashant Patel, Chetan Munugala, Joshua S Bloom, Leonid Kruglyak

“…The effects of eQTLs can differ among tissues, cell types, and cellular states, but these differences are obscured by gene expression measurements in bulk populations. …”
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A Framework to Calibrate a Semianalytic Model of the First Stars and Galaxies to the Renaissance Simulations by Ryan Hazlett, Mihir Kulkarni, Eli Visbal, John H. Wise

“…Additionally, the total metal-enriched stellar mass only differs from Renaissance by about 10% at z ∼ 11. For regions that are either more overdense or rarefied and not included in the calibration, we produce metal-enriched SFRDs that agree with Renaissance within a factor of ∼2 at high- z but eventually differ by higher factors for later times. …”
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The Role of Intraprostatic Injection of Epinephrine in Reducing Perioperative Blood Loss during Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP) in Patients with Benign Prostatic Hyp... by Cecilia Noviyanti Salim, Akhmad Raumulfaro Akbar, Nicholas Andrian Singgih, Raden Honggo Pranowo Sampurno Secodiningrat, William Adipurnama, Egi Edward Manuputty

“…However, no significant differences were observed in perioperative blood loss (MD: -96.58 mL, p = 0.36) or the volume of resected tissue (MD: 3.71 g, p = 0.46). …”
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Removal of the Active Pharmaceutical Substance Entecavir from Water via the Fenton Reaction or Action by the Cyanobacterium <i>Microcystis novacekii</i> by Cléssius Ribeiro de Souza, Gabriel Souza-Silva, Carolina Paula de Souza Moreira, Olívia Maria S. R. Vasconcelos, Kenia Pedrosa Nunes, Cíntia Aparecida J. Pereira, Marcos Paulo Gomes Mol, Micheline Rosa Silveira

“…Although entecavir exposure did not affect cyanobacterial cell growth, a gradual reduction in drug content was observed starting on the fourth day of exposure, with maximum removal of 28.9% at the lowest exposure concentration (1.2 mg/L), without, however, showing a significant difference. Statistically significant differences in drug removal were identified only after 14 days of exposure and at specific concentrations. …”
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Broadband Photonic Microwave Signal Processor With Frequency Up/Down Conversion and Phase Shifting Capability by Tao Li, Erwin Hoi Wing Chan, Xudong Wang, Xinhuan Feng, Bai-Ou Guan, Jianping Yao

“…Beating between the two sidebands at a photodetector generates an RF&#x002F;IF signal with a phase equal to the optical phase difference between the IF&#x002F;RF signal and LO sidebands. …”
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