Flexural Wave Propagation and Defect States of Periodic Slab Track Structure in High-Speed Railway by Qiang Yi, Zeyu Wu, Lei Zhao, Zhiheng Li, Shuguo Wang

“…Moreover, local defects inevitably occur in the ballastless track structure, disrupting its periodicity and leading to the generation of defect states. An analytical model for infinite periodic slab track structure was established using the Floquet transform and supercell method, accounting for local defects, to clarify the propagation of flexural waves in slab tracks. …”
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Enhanced Object Detection in Thangka Images Using Gabor, Wavelet, and Color Feature Fusion by Yukai Xian, Yurui Lee, Te Shen, Ping Lan, Qijun Zhao, Liang Yan

“…Ablation studies validate the individual and synergistic contributions of each proposed component. Our method provides a robust and interpretable solution for fine-grained object detection in complex heritage images.…”
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Dasatinib-Loaded Topical Nano-Emulgel for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Formulation Design and Optimization by QbD, In Vitro, Ex Vivo, and In Vivo Evaluation by Mahipal Reddy Donthi, Ranendra Narayan Saha, Gautam Singhvi, Sunil Kumar Dubey

“…The quality by design (QbD) approach was employed to optimize DTB-loaded nano-emulgel using a central composite design (CCD). Emulgel was prepared using the hot emulsification method, and then the particle size (PS) was reduced using the homogenization technique. …”
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The characteristics and functional significance of disulfidptosis-related genes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Haiqian Zhu, Chifeng Zhao, Haoran Zhu, Xuhui Xu, Conglin Hu, Zhenxing Zhang

“…The Nonnegative Matrix Factorization (NMF) method classified The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) patients into two clusters according to the expression of disulfidptosis-related genes. …”
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Analysis of Coupling Co-Ordination between Intensive Sea Use and the Marine Economy in the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt of China by Xuefei Liu, Lina Ke, Hanyue Zhuang, Xiaoyu Yang, Nanqi Song, Song Wang

“…The set pair analysis method is used to obtain comprehensive results, and the coupling coordination degree model is employed to carry out an in-depth analysis of the spatiotemporal characteristics of the interaction between intensive sea use and the marine economy. …”
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Socioeconomic disparities in HPV vaccine uptake: multivariable analysis of vaccination data from Tianjin (2018–2023) by Jing Xiang, Xuan Sun

“…ObjectivesAs the first socio-demographic profiling of HPV vaccines in Chinese cities, this study assesses equity implications through compositional analysis of covered populations, with multilevel examination of vaccine-type selection determinants.MethodUtilizing HPV vaccination data obtained from the Jinnan Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spanning from 2018 to 2023, we conducted a retrospective analysis. …”
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Development and Application of a Dual-Robot Fabrication System in Figuring of a 2.4 m × 4.58 m CFRP Antenna Reflector Surface by Qiang Xin, Haitao Liu, Jieli Wu, Liming Lu, Xufeng Hao, Zhige Zeng, Yongjian Wan

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Design and Analysis of Compatible Platform Screen Door Structure by HE Dongshan, PENG Jiantao, RAO Meiwan, ZHAO Jun

“…To better meet the safety, efficiency, and convenience requirements of passenger boarding/alighting in interoperability scenarios, it is necessary to conduct in-depth research on PSD compatibility schemes and structural performance, taking into account the train-type characteristics and load environments of intercity railways, city (suburban) railways, and urban rail transit vehicles. [Method] Taking the cross-line operation of Type-D and CRH6 trains as the research object for the through operation scenario, and based on the characteristics of passenger compartment door positions and parameters for through-operation trains, a side-hinged and telescoping composite compatible PSD typical structure and a full-side compatible PSD layout scheme are proposed. …”
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Biochar supported photocatalyst (mangrove biochar-TiO2) for organic pollutants removal via synergetic adsorption-photocatalytic process by Dessy Ariyanti, Nadya Ummi Azizah, Dina Lesdantina, Erwan Adi Saputra, Vimal Chandra Srivastava

“…Mangroves were converted into biochar via hydrothermal carbonization process and combined with TiO2 by a sol-gel method. The composite was then characterized by SEM-EDX, FTIR, and XRD. …”
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Removal of chromium from synthetic wastewater by electrocoagulation and using natural coagulant (blend of hen eggshell powder with lime): optimization of response surface methodolo... by Werkne Sorsa Muleta, Firomsa Bidira Abdi, Endrias Adane Bekele

“…The findings of this study suggest that using this natural coagulant, synthetic wastewater can be treated in a more cost-effective and simple way than other existing method.…”
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Impact of family socio-economic status on the prognosis of heart transplantation in children by Shun Liu, Han Mo, Yiqi Zhao, Xiao Chen, Weiteng Wang, Yijing Li, Ningning Zhang, Mengni Bao, Zeyu Cui, Qian Zhao, Jun Yan, Xiumeng Hua, Jiangping Song

“…The Cox proportional hazards model and the Kaplan-Meier method were utilized for this analysis. …”
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Maternal Metabolic Health and Mother and Baby Health Outcomes (MAMBO): Protocol of a Prospective Observational Study by Sarah A L Price, Digsu N Koye, Alice Lewin, Alison Nankervis, Stefan C Kane

“…A multivariable logistic regression analysis will be conducted to identify candidate predictors of poor pregnancy outcomes due to metabolic disease. From this model, model coefficients and the associated 95% CIs will be extracted to derive the risk score for predicting the delivery of LGA/SGA offspring (primary outcome) and composites of adverse neonatal outcomes and maternal outcomes (secondary outcomes). …”
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Spatio-temporal Coupling of Ecological Service Value and Human Activity Intensity in the Central Urban Area of Lhasa City by Jiarui ZHANG, Wangdwei MIGMAR, Li CHENG, Liyuan QIAN

“…ESV is calculated using a dynamic model based on the improved equivalence factor method developed by Xie Gaodi and colleagues in 2015, integrating net primary productivity (NPP), precipitation, land cover, vegetation type, and environmental productivity. …”
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Panoramic spatial enhanced resolution proteomics (PSERP) reveals tumor architecture and heterogeneity in gliomas by Ziyan Xu, Yunzhi Wang, Tao Xie, Rongkui Luo, Heng-Li Ni, Hang Xiang, Shaoshuai Tang, Subei Tan, Rundong Fang, Peng Ran, Qiao Zhang, Xiaomeng Xu, Sha Tian, Fuchu He, Wenjun Yang, Chen Ding

“…We demonstrated the utility of this method for determining the streamlined large-scale spatial proteomic features of gliomas. …”
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Benchmarking Differential Abundance Tests for 16S microbiome sequencing data using simulated data based on experimental templates. by Eva Kohnert, Clemens Kreutz

“…However, the statistical interpretation of microbiome data is challenged by inherent sparsity and compositional nature, necessitating tailored DA methods. …”
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Synthesis and investigation of optical properties and enhancement photocatalytic activity of TiO2–SnO2 semiconductor for degradation of organic compounds by Wagih Sadik, Abdelghaffar M. El-Demerdash, Adel William Nashed, Amr Ahmed Mostafa, Elsayed Lamie

“…Abstract Industrial wastewater treatment using UV irradiation in combination with oxidants or catalysts (TiO2) has attracted attention as a promising substitute for conventional methods. Studying the preparation and characterization of TiO2–SnO2 nanocomposites with different ratios, as well as their use in the enhanced photocatalytic degradation of acid red 37 dye in aqueous solution under UV irradiation as a model pollutant, are the goals of the research. …”
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Assessment of Tunnel Explosion Mitigation Techniques for Fire Scenarios Involving Hydrogen Tank Rupture by Volodymyr Shentsov, Luisa Giuliani, Wenqian Liu, Frank Markert

“…This paper outlines how coupled computational fluid dynamics–finite element method (CFD–FEM) simulations can evaluate these mitigation methods, and we discuss design considerations (e.g., optimising barrier placement and tunnel geometry) for enhanced safety. …”
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Double-diffusive magnetoconvection in a tilted porous parallelogrammic domain with discrete heated-cooled segments: Leveraging machine learning and CFD approach by P. Ravindra, M. Sankar, Suresh Rasappan, Wardah Abdullah Al Majrafi, Pugalarasu Rajan, S. Sanal Kumar

“…Through comprehensive and methodical numerical simulations, the effects of all parameters are thoroughly captured. …”
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Personalized decision making for coronary artery disease treatment using offline reinforcement learning by Peyman Ghasemi, Matthew Greenberg, Danielle A. Southern, Bing Li, James A. White, Joon Lee

“…Our findings indicate that RL-guided therapy decisions outperformed physician-based decision making, with RL policies achieving up to 32% improvement in expected rewards based on composite major cardiovascular events outcomes. Additionally, we introduced methods to ensure that RL CAD treatment policies remain compatible with locally achievable clinical practice models, presenting an interpretable RL policy with a limited number of states. …”
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A Feasibility Study of Debonding Detection in Multi-Layered Marine Thin-Wall Structures Using a Non-Destructive Vibration-Based Approach by Yona Dawit, Zima Beata, Krata Przemysław

“…Based on the results, the experimental methods demonstrate strong agreement with the numerical approaches for determining natural frequencies, despite the unexpected results for the fundamental frequency of vibrations in the theoretical approaches. …”
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