Thermal deformation compensation scheme to the sub-nanometre level of a piezoelectric offset mirror for MHz repetition rate free-electron laser by Baoning Sun, Qinming Li, Chuan Yang, Kai Hu, Zhongmin Xu, Xiaohao Dong, Weiqing Zhang, Xueming Yang

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Comparative Study of Protein Expression Levels of Five Plaque Biomarkers and Relation with Carotid Plaque Type Classification in Patients after Carotid Endarterectomy by Konstantinos Kyriakidis, Pavlos Antoniadis, Sohail Choksy, Rigini M. Papi

“…The gender and age effect was also examined. MMP-1, MMP-9, and IL-6 were expressed in higher levels compared to OPN and TNFa as well as in symptomatic (with type II and III carotid plaque classification) than asymptomatic (type IV) patients with differences considered statistically significant (P values <0.05). …”
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Phantom-based investigation of block sequential regularised expectation maximisation (BSREM) reconstruction for zirconium-89 PET-CT for varied count levels by Lara M. Bonney, Matthew D. Walker, Daniel R. McGowan

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Long-Term Environmental Enrichment Relieves Dysfunctional Cognition and Synaptic Protein Levels Induced by Prenatal Inflammation in Older CD-1 Mice by Zhe-Zhe Zhang, Li-Ping Zeng, Jing Chen, Yong-Fang Wu, Ya-Tao Wang, Lan Xia, Qi-Gang Yang, Fang Wang, Gui-Hai Chen

“…Our findings revealed that long-term environmental enrichment improved the expression levels of synaptic proteins in CD-1 mice and that this effect was linked to the dysfunctional cognition caused by prenatal inflammation; this process may also be involved in the reduction of hippocampal Arc and Syt1 gene expression.…”
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Exploring the underlying mechanisms behind poor faecal integrity in yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi): The role of dietary starch level and amylase supplementation by Peter Horstmann Zuther, Roel M. Maas, Tijmen Blok, Jeroen Kals, Marit A.J. Nederlof, Satya Prakash, Henk A. Schols, Thomas W.O. Staessen, Yaqing Zhang, Fotini Kokou, Johan W. Schrama

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Synergist effect of thermosonication and NaCl on inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella flexneri in lettuce: The effect of acoustic field and reaction kinetics by Reza Roohi, Seyed Mohammad Bagher Hashemi, Mohammad Reza Zarrinpour Balaei

“…The study aimed to investigate the effect of thermosonication (TS; 37 KHz, 300 W; 30, 40, 50, and 60 °C for 10 min) and NaCl (12 % w/v) on the inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella flexneri in lettuce, as well as to examine the kinetics of inactivation and the thermodynamic behaviors of the process. …”
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RESOURCE-TARGET ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPANY’S ACTIVITIES EFFECTIVENESS by V. Busov

“…A significant place in the article is the disclosure of the structure of the system of relations in the company, their content and role in the effectiveness of its activities. An attempt to find indicators of the level of use of resources and methods of their calculation acceptable from the author’s point has been done. …”
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Effects of Certain Personal Attributes on Food Waste by Ákos Bartha, Bálint Horváth

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Integrating Individual-Based Indices of Contaminant Effects by Christopher L. Rowe, William A. Hopkins, Justin D. Congdon

“…Habitat contamination can alter numerous biological processes in individual organisms. Examining multiple individual-level responses in an integrative fashion is necessary to understand how individual health or fitness reflects environmental contamination. …”
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Digital Literacy Level and English Language Proficiency of College Students in Banjarmasin to Support Independent Learning Campus in the Technological Era 4.0 by Isnaniah Isnaniah, Rahma Pitria Ningsih

“…According to the finding of the research, it illustrates that the distribution of digital literacy levels and the distribution of students' English skills in Banjarmasin is almost evenly distributed.In this digital era, it is essential for individuals to be literate and to be able to communicate effectively in English as the international language. …”
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SP-Loc: A crowdsourcing fingerprint based shop-level indoor localization algorithm integrating shop popularity without the indoor map by Jie Wei, Fang Zhao, Haiyong Luo

“…Naturally utilizing the Wi-Fi, GPS, and time-stamp fingerprints collected from the smartphone when user paid as the crowdsourcing fingerprint, we avoid the requirement for indoor map and get rid of both devices cost and manual signal collecting process. Moreover, a shop-level hierarchical indoor localization framework is proposed, and high robustness features based on Wi-Fi sequences variation pattern in the same shop analysis are designed to avoid the received signal strength fluctuations. …”
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Expert Comment Generation Considering Sports Skill Level Using a Large Multimodal Model with Video and Spatial-Temporal Motion Features by Tatsuki Seino, Naoki Saito, Takahiro Ogawa, Satoshi Asamizu, Miki Haseyama

“…Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method effectively generates expert comments, overcoming the limitations of existing methods and offering valuable guidance for athletes across various skill levels.…”
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Evaluation of Anxiety and Depression Levels in High-Risk Pregnancies During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Approaches to Vaccination: A Case-Control Study by Seval Yilmaz Ergani, Huriye Guvenc Sacinti, Mujde Can Ibanoglu, Kadriye Yakut Yucel, Caner Kose, Nazan Vanli Tonyali, Elif Gulsah Diktas, Rahmi Sinan Karadeniz, Can Tekin Iskender, Yaprak Ustun

“… OBJECTIVE: Anxiety and depression are associated with the interaction of many social factors, but pregnancy and puerperium are periods when patients are particularly sensitive to depression and anxiety. Assessing the level of anxiety and depression in high-risk pregnancies during the pandemic process and their attitudes toward vaccination. …”
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Protecting the American dream for socially vulnerable families: An evaluation of state-level policies to improve housing security and protect mobile home communities by Morgan Clennin, Denise Hartsock, Olivia Goodman, Stacie Daugherty, Cheryl Kelly

“…Among mobile home park residents, fear of retaliation from property owners, park management, and oversight agencies remained a significant barrier to policy effectiveness despite the new protections offered by the state-level policies. …”
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Newly graduate nurses&apos; experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic process and factors affecting their experiences: A mixed method study by Yeter Durgun Ozan, Ozlem Cicek, Esra Anus Topdemir

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Formability Assessment Based on Q-Value for Optimizing the Deep Drawing Process of Automotive Parts Made from Aluminum Alloys Sheet by Jidapa Leelaseat, Aekkapon Sunanta, Surasak Suranuntchai

“…This paper presents a novel Q-value-based formability assessment for optimizing deep drawing processes. The Q-value, derived from thinning limit diagrams (TLDs), uses offset thinning and wrinkling limit curves to define severity levels. …”
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An Assessment of City Council Performance in Improving Urban Management and Development Process from Citizen\'s Perspective: Case Study Tabriz Metropolitan by Abolfazl Ghanbari

“…Therefore, the purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of city council performance in improving the process of sustainable urban management and development from the perspective of citizens in Tabriz metropolis. …”
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Divergent response of grassland aboveground net primary productivity and precipitation utilization efficiency to altered precipitation patterns by process-based model by Chen Cheng, Lu Wu, Lu Wu, Hongyan Liu, Boyi Liang, Xinrong Zhu, Feiyun Yang

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Fusarium Head Blight in Argentina, a Profile of Produced Mycotoxins and a Biocontrol Strategy in Barley During Micro-Malting Process by María Silvina Alaniz-Zanon, Marianela Bossa, Lorenzo Antonio Rosales Cavaglieri, Juan Manuel Palazzini, Michael Sulyok, Sofía Noemí Chulze, María Laura Chiotta

“…Quantification of <i>F. graminearum</i> ss by real-time PCR during the micro-malting process showed that application of the biocontrol agent before the germination stage was the most effective treatment, with a 45% reduction in fungal DNA levels. …”
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Research on Intelligent Evaluation Model of Railway Internationalized Earthquake Emergency Rescue Talents Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process and Fuzzy Theory by Jin Jing, Yang Yu, Jiang Yuxin

“…How to reasonably deal with the earthquake disaster to carry out emergency rescue work is becoming increasingly urgent; the ability level of earthquake disaster emergency rescue personnel is directly related to the follow-up relief effect. …”
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