The effects of step-wise improvement of forage combination in total mixed rations on fatty acid profile in the rumen and milk of Holstein cows by Sarvvl BAI, Zhi-jun CAO, Xin JIN, Ya-jing WANG, Hong-jian YANG, Sheng-li LI

“…The step-wise improvement increased the transfer efficiencies from feed to milk for C18:2n-6 from 11.8 to 14.2% and for C18:3n-3 from 19.1 to 22.3%. …”
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Dysregulation of immune cells and platelet-monocyte aggregates in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension by Lu Sun, Haobo Li, Xincheng Li, Yuhan Li, Min Liu, Han Tian, Jixiang Liu, Ran Miao, Yu Zhang, Qiang Huang, Zhu Zhang, Ximei Niu, Shuai Zhang, Wanmu Xie, Shiqing Xu, Peiran Yang, Zhenguo Zhai

“…Conclusion Immune cell subpopulations in CTEPH can be efficiently analyzed using the low blood volume flow cytometry approach. …”
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Singleplex real-time PCR and duplex PCR platform for the rapid detection of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae by Jiaqi Wang, Jiaqi Wang, Jiaqi Wang, Yishuai Wu, Yishuai Wu, Yishuai Wu, Liying Zhao, Liying Zhao, Liying Zhao, Liying Zhao, Mengran Xing, Mengran Xing, Mengran Xing, Mengran Xing, Yangyang Huang, Yangyang Huang, Yangyang Huang, Shengjie Peng, Shengjie Peng, Shengjie Peng, Chunyan Xu, Chunyan Xu, Chunyan Xu, Hong Yao, Hong Yao, Hong Yao, Chenglong Li, Chenglong Li, Chenglong Li, Xiang-Dang Du, Xiang-Dang Du, Xiang-Dang Du

“…To improve the efficiency and reduce the cost of diagnostic testing, SYBR Green I-based duplex PCR melting curve assays were developed with average melting temperatures of 85.0, 87.5, 76.0 and 78.5°C for iroB, iucA, peg-344 and plasmid-borne rmpA, respectively. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Dynamic Response of Slab-Column Structures under Fire-Explosion Coupled Effects by LIU Jingbo, YANG Qiong, WU Lei, WANG Chengquan, YU Xiongfei, FANG Mingyu, DONG Tengfang

“…The blast load was simulated efficiently using the integrated CONWEP (Conventional Weapons Effects Program) algorithm, which applies empirical pressure-time histories without modeling the surrounding air medium. …”
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The Circular Kitchen by Bas Jansen

“…Slowing loops means to extend the lifespan of a building, a building component (such as a façade or roof), subcomponent (such as a window frame including glazing) or part (such as glazing); narrowing loops is to reduce resource use or enhance resource efficiency; closing loops is to recycle materials from end-of-life back to production (Bocken et al., 2016). …”
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Optimising neonatal services for very preterm births between 27+0 and 31+6 weeks gestation in England: the OPTI-PREM mixed-methods study by Thillagavathie Pillay, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Natalie Armstrong, Sarah E Seaton, Miaoqing Yang, Victor L Banda, Kelvin Dawson, Abdul QT Ismail, Vasiliki Bountziouka, Caroline Cupit, Alexis Paton, Bradley N Manktelow, Elizabeth S Draper, Neena Modi, Helen E Campbell, Elaine M Boyle

“…Discussions and reviews of how resources are employed in neonatal units are required to optimise efficiency of staff working, and improve experiences of neonatal care for babies, parents and families. …”
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High-flow nasal cannula therapy versus continuous positive airway pressure for non-invasive respiratory support in paediatric critical care: the FIRST-ABC RCTs by Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Alvin Richards-Belle, Karen Thomas, Laura Drikite, Zia Sadique, Silvia Moler Zapata, Robert Darnell, Carly Au, Peter J Davis, Izabella Orzechowska, Julie Lester, Kevin Morris, Millie Parke, Mark Peters, Sam Peters, Michelle Saull, Lyvonne Tume, Richard G Feltbower, Richard Grieve, Paul R Mouncey, David Harrison, Kathryn Rowan

“…The CEA used multilevel linear regression models that allowed for clustering of patients at site. …”
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Integrated transportation system planning with gravitational search algorithm approach based on fuzzy mutant controller by Alireza Hosseinzadeh Kashani, Seyed Ahmad Shayannia, Mohammad Mehdi Movahedi, Soheila Sardar

“…In functions F1, F2, F15, the best results are observed in the gravitational particle population algorithm, while for functions F13, F14, the best results are observed in the particle population optimizer algorithm, and in F9, the real inheritance algorithm has better performance. The efficiency of the gravity search algorithm and the mutated gravity search algorithm is better in functions F4, F7, F11, F21. …”
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Secure latent Dirichlet allocation by Thijs Veugen, Thijs Veugen, Vincent Dunning, Michiel Marcus, Bart Kamphorst

“…Next to the secure LDA protocol, we introduce two new cryptographic building blocks that are of independent interest; a way to efficiently convert between secret-shared- and homomorphic-encrypted data as well as a method to efficiently draw a random number from a finite set with secret weights. …”
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Features of the Computational Implementation of the Algorithm for Estimating the Lyapunov Exponents of Systems with Delay by Vladimir E. Goryunov

“…It is known that for such systems, as well as for boundary value problems, it is not possible to prove the well-known Oseledets theorem which allows us to calculate the required parameters very efficiently. Therefore, we can only talk about the estimates of the characteristics in some sense close to the Lyapunov exponents. …”
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Cas9 endonuclease: a molecular tool for in vitro cloning and CRISPR edit detection by Xingliang Ma, Xingliang Ma, Dhouha Kthiri, Dhouha Kthiri, Manpartik S. Gill, Manpartik S. Gill, Curtis J. Pozniak, Sateesh Kagale

“…Traditional restriction resistance methods can identify CRISPR-induced mutants efficiently, but CRISPR target sites rarely contain suitable restriction motifs. …”
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Bioremediation of heavy metals in palm oil mill effluent (POME) using Chlorella vulgaris: A biological approach by Hemen Emmanuel Jijingi, Sara Kazemi Yazdi, Yousif Abdalla Abakr, Azalea Dyah Maysarah Satya

“…Under optimum PSC (2:1) culture conditions, maximum removal efficiencies were achieved, reaching 98.99 % for Cu, 99.24 % for Cd, 99.29 % for Fe, and 99.92 % for Zn within 14 days, significantly outperforming the PC (1:1) setup. …”
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PySCP: A Multiple-Phase Optimal Control Software Using Sequential Convex Programming by Daxi Zhang, Yulin Zhang

“…The convexification of the first-order differential dynamic equation is implemented using successive linearization. Six discretization methods, including zero-order hold, first-order hold, Runge-Kutta, and three hp pseudospectral collocation methods, are implemented so that different types of optimal control problems can be tackled efficiently. …”
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High-Level Implicit Enumerations for Quadratic Periodic Train Timetabling with Prioritized Cross-Line Operations by Congcong Zou, Hongxia Lv, Miaomiao Lv, Shaoquan Ni, Qinglun Zhong

“…The results demonstrate that our proposed method can efficiently achieve flexible while recoverable operational times for the cross-line services and the proposed implicit enumeration algorithms significantly outperform the direct linearization, which increases the search space significantly due to the considerable dimensionality of the periodic decision variables involved. …”
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Design and Optimization of a Large-Air-Gap Voice Coil Motor with Enhanced Thermal Management for Magnetic Levitation Vibration Isolation in a Vacuum by Junren Mu, He Zhang

“…Finite element analysis was applied to refine the motor geometry and obtain high thrust, low ripple, and strong linearity. To mitigate the severe thermal conditions of a vacuum, a heat pipe-based cooling strategy was introduced to efficiently dissipate heat from the coil windings. …”
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Self-healing of low-velocity impact and mode-I delamination damage in polymer composites via microchannels by M. U. Saeed, B. B. Li, Z. F. Chen, S. Cui

“…Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) study revealed that self-healing agent (SHA), stored in HGTs placed within carbon- epoxy composites, effectively healed both LVI and M1D damage with excellent healing efficiencies.…”
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Multi-time Scale Voltage-Reactive Power Control for Distribution Network with Distributed Generation by LIU Haotian, ZHENG Chuyu, LENG Yang, LI Qin, ZHANG Hua, CHEN Shidu, LI Jiayong

“…In day-ahead stage, an optimization model is established to minimize the network loss and voltage deviation, by controlling traditional equipment like tap changers and capacitor banks, which is efficiently solved by linearization and second-order cone algorithm. …”
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Model Predictive Control of Nonlinear System Based on GA-RBP Neural Network and Improved Gradient Descent Method by Youming Wang, Didi Qing

“…In the online optimizing stage, a multistep-ahead GA-RBP neural network predictor and an improved gradient descent method (IGDM) are proposed to efficiently solve the online optimization problem of nonlinear MPC by minimizing a modified quadratic criterion. …”
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Development of a Time Domain Identification Algorithm with a Spectral Objective Function by Oleg N. Korsun, Moung Htang Om

“…A modified Newton’s method is employed to efficiently minimize the objective function in frequency domain, yielding optimal estimates for the lateral aerodynamic derivatives and delays. …”
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A 3D DC Electric Field Meter Based on Sensor Chips Packaged Using a Highly Sensitive Scheme by Pengfei Yang, Xiaolong Wen, Xiaonan Li, Zhaozhi Chu, Chunrong Peng, Shuang Wu

“…Moreover, the integrated design and wireless transmission efficiently eradicate the impact of ground potential on detection results. …”
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