Applications of pre- and intraoperative eAEP like eABR in cochlear implant candidacy by Polterauer Daniel, Neuling Maike, Mandruzzato Giacomo, Polak Marek, Müller Joachim, Hempel John-Martin

“…A reliable response often avoids eAEP under general anesthesia. eAEP under general anesthesia should be performed as rarely as possible preoperatively to avoid unnecessary intraoperative eAEP, performed usually directly before cochlear implantation. …”
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Different properties of the hemodynamic response and its relation to trait mental fatigue and proactive cognitive control by Simon Skau, Lina Bunketorp-Käll, Birgitta Johansson, Hans-Georg Kuhn

“…Method: 30 healthy adults answered the Mental Fatigue Scale (MFS), performed the AX-Continuous Performance Task (AX-CPT), a test of proactive cognitive control which generates the proactive behavioral index (PBI), and underwent functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure functional activity in the frontal and parietal cortex while being tested on the AX-CPT. …”
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Mobile malware detection method using improved GhostNetV2 with image enhancement technique by Yao Du, CaiXia Gao, Xi Chen, MengTian Cui, LiLi Xu, AoJi Ning

“…Second, we make three improvements to GhostNetV2 to more effectively identify malicious code, including introducing channel shuffling in the Ghost module, replacing the squeeze and excitation mechanism with a more efficient channel attention mechanism, and optimizing the activation function. …”
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Performance Study of Non-Contact Membrane Distillation Engineering Prototype for Treatment of Radioactive Wastewater by Bao-lin WANG, De-tao XIAO, Zheng-zhong HE, Xing-feng YANG, Cheng-lin LI

“…The non-contact MD method, however, minimizes the direct interaction between the membrane and feed solution, thereby markedly extending the membrane’s functional lifespan and enhancing its flux stability, rendering it more suitable for long-term, large-scale deployment. …”
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Features and Transformation Mechanism of Online and Offline Popularity in Digital Era Tourism of Ancient Towns: A Case Study of Lijiang Dayan Ancient Town by Chen Xiaokui, Mao Zhirui, Yi Chun, Gao Yujie

“…The top 10% of the space unit's online popularity contributed to more than 90% of the traffic and attendance, showing clear power-law attenuation characteristics. …”
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First-principles investigations on the conducting photocatalytic behaviour in SrZrxGe1−xO3 (x = 1, 0.96, 0.92 and 0.88) by Ajoy Kumer, Khondaker Afrina Hoque, Unesco Chakma, Bikram Dhara, Taha Alqahtani, Humood Al Shmrany, Ali Alqahtani, Mustafa. M. Mundu, Daniel E. Uti

“…Abstract Strontium Zirconate (SrZrO₃) is a well-known perovskite-type material that has generated significant interest in materials research due to its unique structural and functional features. …”
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Stabilization of diastolic calcium signal via calcium pump regulation of complex local calcium releases and transient decay in a computational model of cardiac pacemaker cell with... by Alexander V Maltsev, Victor A Maltsev, Michael D Stern

“…In our simulations the faster SR Ca pumping accelerates action potential-induced Ca transient decay and quickly clears Ca under the cell membrane in diastole, preventing premature releases. Then the SR generates an earlier, more synchronized, and stronger diastolic LCR signal activating an earlier and larger inward NCX current. …”
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MERCURY CONCENTRATION IN MARGIN SOIL OF THE MADEIRA RIVER by Déborah Pereira Linhares, Joiada Moreira da Silva, Tatiane Rodrigues Lima, Ronaldo Cavalcante de Oliveira, João Paulo de Oliveira Gomes, Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos, Ene Glória da Silveira

“…The increase of values of clay makes the function of organic matter in the superficial horizon better (from 20,2 to 19.0 %). …”
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Lightweight Multi-Head MambaOut with CosTaylorFormer for Hyperspectral Image Classification by Yi Liu, Yanjun Zhang, Jianhong Zhang

“…Following this, one branch employs a linear transformer, CosTaylorFormer, to extract global spectral information. More specifically, we propose CosTaylorFormer with a cosine function, adjusting the weights based on the spectral curve distribution, which is more conducive to establishing long-distance spectral dependencies. …”
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Influence of Rib Cage on Static Characteristics of Scoliotic Spine by Liying Lin, Shaowei Jia, Hufei Yang, Ye Li, Shunxin Zhang, Jie Fan, Li Han

“…Under the common postures, intervertebral discs of scoliotic segments are more susceptible to generate stress concentrations compared with the normal spine. …”
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Fibrogenic and fibrolytic potential of differently activated human macrophages by A. A. Maksimova, L. V. Sakhno, A. A. Ostanin

“…One way to perform this function is through the production of profibrotic and fibrolytic factors including fibronectin, laminin, collagen, and extracellular matrix proteases. …”
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NF-κB inactivation in myeloid cell leads to reprogramming of whole-body energy metabolism in response to high-fat diet by Xianghong Wang, Zhe Yang, Xin Ye, Owen P. McGuinness, Hengwen Yang, Hongyun Lu, Jianping Ye

“…Abstract Energy metabolism is subject to reprogramming in the body upon bacterial or virus infection. It is generally believed that immune cells sense the stress signals of infection to mediate the reprogramming of whole-body energy metabolism. …”
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COMPARISON OF H-INFINITY AND ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER FOR ESTIMATING MOTION OF MIDDLE FINGER by Teguh Herlambang, Hendro Nurhadi, Fajar Annas Susanto, Berny Pebo Tomasouw

“…The simulation results show that both methods had almost the same accuracy, and the simulation by generating 800 ensembles was more accurate than that by generating 400 ensembles with an accuracy difference of about 10% above the accuracy rate of 98%.…”
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Empirical Therapy of Complicated Pyelonephritis by V. A. Beloborodov, V. A. Vorobev, P. V. Opanasyuk

“…It is advisable to refrain from the use of monotherapy with fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins until more information is available about the resistance of uropathogens in the population of the Irkutsk region. …”
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INFLUENCE OF ACTIVE GAMES AND PLAY ON CHILDREN’S COGNITION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW by Tárcio Amancio do Nascimento, Juliane Camila de Oliveira Ribas, Isabela Almeida Ramos, Vinicius de Oliveira Damasceno, André dos Santos Costa

“…It is concluded that active games and play can generate a positive effect on the attention and executive functions of children. …”
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Capacity analysis for MISO-UWOC systems over GGD weak turbulence with zero boresight pointing error by Yueheng LI, Yining XU, Meiyan JU, Ping HUANG

“…Generalized Gamma distribution (GGD) was chosen to describe the weak oceanic turbulence, and a new hybrid fading channel model that integrated the GGD weak turbulence, the zero boresight pointing error, and the implicit path loss plus multipath propagation characterized by the fading free impulse response (FFIR) was proposed.Subsequently, mathematical expressions for the ergodic capacity and outage capacity of the multiple-input single-output underwater wireless optical communication (MISO-UWOC) systems were derived through the Meijer-G function under a selective transmission (ST) diversity scheme especially while inter-symbol interference (ISI) effects were considered or not.Finally, the correctness of the theoretical formulas derived above was verified by some numerical results.The simulation results show that with the introduction of the ST diversity, the ergodic capacity of the MISO-UWOC systems, taking the transmission ports N=2 as an example, is at least 1.3 times better than that of the conventional point-to-point (P2P) transmission under the same channel condition and system parameters, while the maximum outage capacity decreases is also more than 60% compared with the conventional P2P one.However, the introduction of the ISI will severely reduce this performance improvement.…”
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Integrating humans into pace-of-life studies: The Big Five personality traits and metabolic rate in young adults. by Patrick Bergeron, Ariane Pagé, Maxime Trempe

“…Our results yielded equivocal support for the POLS and emphasized the need for more research on human to test the generality of this conceptual framework and further assess its validity.…”
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Capacity analysis for MISO-UWOC systems over GGD weak turbulence with zero boresight pointing error by Yueheng LI, Yining XU, Meiyan JU, Ping HUANG

“…Generalized Gamma distribution (GGD) was chosen to describe the weak oceanic turbulence, and a new hybrid fading channel model that integrated the GGD weak turbulence, the zero boresight pointing error, and the implicit path loss plus multipath propagation characterized by the fading free impulse response (FFIR) was proposed.Subsequently, mathematical expressions for the ergodic capacity and outage capacity of the multiple-input single-output underwater wireless optical communication (MISO-UWOC) systems were derived through the Meijer-G function under a selective transmission (ST) diversity scheme especially while inter-symbol interference (ISI) effects were considered or not.Finally, the correctness of the theoretical formulas derived above was verified by some numerical results.The simulation results show that with the introduction of the ST diversity, the ergodic capacity of the MISO-UWOC systems, taking the transmission ports N=2 as an example, is at least 1.3 times better than that of the conventional point-to-point (P2P) transmission under the same channel condition and system parameters, while the maximum outage capacity decreases is also more than 60% compared with the conventional P2P one.However, the introduction of the ISI will severely reduce this performance improvement.…”
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The impact of ride hailing on parking (and vice versa) by Alejandro Henao, Wesley E. Marshall

“…The results suggest that: i) ride-hailing is replacing driving trips and could reduce parking demand, particularly at land uses such as airports, event venues, restaurants, and bars; ii) parking stress is a key reason respondents chose not to drive; and iii) respondents are generally willing to pay more for reduced parking time and distance. …”
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Evaluation of Fatigue Behavior of Asphalt Layers Containing Nanosilica Modified Tack Coat by Behrang Rohani, Mahdi Akbari, Sayyed Ali Hosseini

“…Rutting and cracking cause extensive damage to asphalt pavements, although fatigue cracks are more common in asphalt pavements. Adhesion and bonding between asphalt layers are among the factors that affect the durability of asphalt pavement and play a major function in maintaining the integrity of the pavement. …”
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