Comparing survival outcomes of anti-fibrotic therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with and without emphysema: a multi-center real-world study from Taiwan by Yu-Hung Fang, Yi-An Hsieh, Yen-Fu Chen, Yu-Chi Chiu, Yu-Ching Lin, Kuo-Tung Huang, Yung-Chia Huang, Yu-Feng Wei, Chien-Wen Huang, Pin-Kuei Fu, Taiwan Multi-Centre Interstitial Lung Disease Research Consortium

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Evaluation of Evaporative Degradation of Arc Torch Cathodes in Hydrocarbon-Containing Plasmas for Spraying, Thermal Protection Testing and Related Technologies by A. V. Gorbunov, V. A. Gorbunova, O. G. Devoino, G. Petraconi Filho, A. A. Halinouski

“…We theoretically estimated the evaporative degradation of the material for three variants of EAPT cathode with alkane-containing plasmas (“hot” thermochemical zirconium and thermionic tungsten, and “cold” copper) in equilibrium and quasi-equilibrium modes of “plasma gas + surface cathode material”-mixture, with use of generalized thermodynamic properties of the materials. …”
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Inspection of Defective Glass Bottle Mouths Using Machine Learning by Daiki Tomita, Yue Bao

“…Experimental results showed that the accuracy of the model trained using the image of the entire mouth was 98.0%, while the accuracy of the model trained using the image of the screw threads was 99.7%, indicating that the proposed method improves the accuracy by 1.7%. …”
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Modlitwa poranna Jezusa (Mk 1,35) by Lesław Daniel Chrupcała

“…The first part offers a general presentation of the theme of prayer in the Gospel of Mark, noting the similarities and differences with the other Synoptic Gospels. …”
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Identifying Key Prognostic Indicators for Relapse and Chronic Epilepsy in Autoimmune Encephalitis: Insights from a Multicenter Retrospective Study by Lai Q, Chen Y, Wang W, Lian Z, Liu T, Wen C

“…DCA confirmed that the predictive models provided significant net clinical benefit in assessing the risk of encephalitis relapse and chronic epilepsy. …”
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Sodium selenate as a disease-modifying treatment for progressive supranuclear palsy: protocol for a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial by Kelly L Bertram, Lucy Vivash, Dennis Velakoulis, Leonid Churilov, Thomas Kimber, David Darby, Terence J O’Brien, Charles B Malpas, Christopher M Hovens, Simon J G Lewis, Joanne Fielding, Andrew H Evans, Stephen Tisch, John D O’Sullivan, Ian H Harding, Meaghan Clough, Cassandra Marotta, Scott Kolbe, Meng Law

“…Analysis will be with a general linear model (GLM) with the MRI composite at 52 weeks as the dependent variable, treatment group as an independent variable and baseline MRI composite as a covariate. …”
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Sex differences in maturational timing of amygdala and prefrontal cortex volumes and white matter tract microstructure by Jamie Roeske, Xiangyu Long, Meaghan V Perdue, Madison Long, Bryce Geeraert, Mohammad Ghasoub, Keith Owen Yeates, Catherine Lebel

“…Using generalized additive mixed effects models, we evaluated the maturational timing of amygdala volume, four PFC subregion volumes, and fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity of the uncinate fasciculus and amygdala-PFC white matter tracts. …”
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Effective theory of collective deep learning by Lluís Arola-Fernández, Lucas Lacasa

“…Here we introduce a minimal model of interacting deep neural nets that condenses several recent decentralized algorithms by considering a competition between two terms: the local learning dynamics in the parameters of each neural network unit, and a diffusive coupling among units that tends to homogenize the parameters of the ensemble. …”
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Overlapping turbulent boundary layers in an energetic coastal sea by A. F. Valcarcel, A. F. Valcarcel, A. F. Valcarcel, C. L. Stevens, C. L. Stevens, J. M. O'Callaghan, J. M. O'Callaghan, S. H. Suanda

“…Combining observations with one-dimensional General Ocean Turbulence Model (GOTM) outputs, turbulence interactions in the interior were found to be modulated by wind, tides, and transient stratification fields, in turn influencing the vertical structure of sinks and sources of turbulent kinetic energy. …”
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Block-Wise Domain Adaptation for Workload Prediction from fNIRS Data by Jiyang Wang, Ayse Altay, Leanne Hirshfield, Senem Velipasalar

“…Predicting cognitive workload from fNIRS data has taken on a diffuse set of methods. To be applicable in real-world settings, models are needed, which can perform well across different sessions as well as different subjects. …”
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Genetic and linguistic coevolution in Northern Island Melanesia. by Keith Hunley, Michael Dunn, Eva Lindström, Ger Reesink, Angela Terrill, Meghan E Healy, George Koki, Françoise R Friedlaender, Jonathan S Friedlaender

“…We also found that, throughout the region, linguistic features have generally been less likely to diffuse across population boundaries than genes. …”
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Targeting RPLP2 Triggers DLBCL Ferroptosis by Decreasing FXN Expression by Jiaxing Guo, Bokang Yan, Lingshu Li, Yuanhao Peng, Weiwei Lai, Chanjuan Shen

“…However, its precise impact on diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) remains unknown. …”
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Laser Cutting of Titanium Alloy Plates: A Review of Processing, Microstructure, and Mechanical Properties by Ya Zhang, Chunyu Wang, Wentao Xu, Xianfeng Zhang, Kerong Ren, Shuai Wang, Qing Hua

“…Argon-assisted cutting generally results in better surface quality. Due to the rapid temperature change, the titanium alloy microstructure will undergo a non-diffusive martensitic phase transformation during laser cutting, producing a heat-affected zone. …”
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Simulating the Role of Biogeochemical Hotspots in Driving Nitrogen Export From Dryland Watersheds by Jianning Ren, Erin J. Hanan, Aral Greene, Christina Tague, Alexander H. Krichels, William D. Burke, Joshua P. Schimel, Peter M. Homyak

“…Modeled N export was sensitive to three major factors (a) the abundance of hotspots in a watershed: N export increased linearly and then reached an asymptote with increasing hotspot abundance; this occurred because carbon and N inputs eventually became limiting as hotspots displaced vegetation cover, (b) the soil moisture threshold required for subsurface flow from hotspots to reestablish: peak streamflow N export increased and then decreased with an increasing threshold due to tradeoffs between N accumulation and export that occur with increasingly disconnected hotspots, and (c) the rate at which water diffused out of hotspots as soils dried down: N export was generally higher when the rate was slow because more N could accumulate in hotspots over dry periods, and then be flushed more rapidly to streams at the onset of rain. …”
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Development of a repetitive traumatic brain injury risk function based on real-world accident reconstruction and wavelet packet energy analysis by Tao Xiong, Tao Xiong, Qinghang Luo, Qiuju Chen, Liangliang Shi, Aowen Duan, Shengxiong Liu, Kui Li

“…Therefore, this study aimed to collect data from 72 pedestrian collisions that were reconstructed using MADYMO and THUMS finite element head models (version 4.0.2). The evaluation metrics for rTBI were developed by integrating brain injury criteria based on time-domain features, including the head injury criterion (HIC), brain injury criterion (BrIC), diffuse axonal multi-axial general evaluation (DAMAGE), and maximum principal strain (MPS), with frequency-domain features obtained from wavelet packet transform energy analysis of head motion responses. …”
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Radiological distribution patterns in restrictive chronic lung allograft dysfunction: Impact on survival across all phenotypes by Taiki Fukuda, MD, PhD, Yusei Nakamura, MD, Shu-Chi Tseng, MD, Yuki Ko, MD, PhD, Staci M. Gagne, MD, Takeshi Johkoh, MD, PhD, Yi Li, PhD, David C. Christiani, MD, MPH, MS, Hiroya Ojiri, MD, PhD, Lynette Sholl, MD, Mizuki Nishino, MD, MPH, Hiroto Hatabu, MD, PhD

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Adult-onset Coats’ disease: a review by V. E. Tankovskiy, S. I. Ponomareva

“…Until today, the causes of the Coats’ disease (CD) has not been revealed and there is no generally accepted model of its pathogenesis. It was hypothesized that the condition could be caused by an infectious process or an inflammatory reaction, but there is no consensus about that. …”
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Investigation of two-proton decay using modified formation probability by N. P. Saeed Abdulla, A. Pavithran, M. K. Preethi Rajan, R. K. Biju

“…We proposed a linear formula for the formation probability using the linear relationship between log10S2p and A1/3d for the angular momentum state l = 0, 2 and 4. The model achieved the lowest standard deviation (σ = 1.09) using this linear formula compared to previous models and empirical formulas. …”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of ocean primary productivity in Bohai Sea estimated using improved DINEOF reconstructed MODIS data by Shuhan Jia, Linlin Bei, Yu Li, Quanhua Zhao

“…The scheme was integrated with a vertically generalized productivity model (VGPM) for estimating OPP. …”
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DIISC-V: Variations in Hα-to-FUV Star Formation Rate Ratios Across Star-forming Regions in Nearby Galaxies by Mansi Padave, Sanchayeeta Borthakur, Rolf A. Jansen, David A. Thilker, Jacqueline Monkiewicz, Rogier A. Windhorst

“…Our observed H α -to-FUV SFR ratios are also consistent with stochastic star formation model predictions. However, using larger apertures that include diffuse FUV emission results in an offset of 1 dex between SFR _H _α and SFR _UV , suggesting that the observed low H α -to-FUV SFR ratios in galaxies are likely caused by diffuse FUV emission, which can contribute ∼60%–90% to the total FUV flux.…”
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