Testing silicone digit extensions as a way to suppress natural sensation to evaluate supplementary tactile feedback. by Leonard F Engels, Leonardo Cappello, Anke Fischer, Christian Cipriani

“…Dexterous use of the hands depends critically on sensory feedback, so it is generally agreed that functional supplementary feedback would greatly improve the use of hand prostheses. …”
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Can ploidy changes propel the evolution of allogamy in a selfing species complex? by Ana García-Muñoz, Camilo Ferrón, Celia Vaca-Benito, Carlos Olmedo-Castellanos, María Nazaret Martínez-Gómez, Tatiana López-Pérez, Mohammed Bakkali, Sílvia Castro, Mariana Castro, João Loureiro, A. Jesús Muñoz-Pajares, Mohamed Abdelaziz

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Adolescent Emoji Use in Text-Based Messaging: Focus Group Study by Matt Minich, Bradley Kerr, Megan Moreno

“…These findings suggest that emoji use serves similar pragmatic functions for both adolescents and adults, but that adolescents see their emoji use as more complex than adult emoji use. …”
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An Ultra‐Fast Rolling Double‐Helical Robot Driven by Constant Humidity by Chuhan Xu, Jiayao Ma, Lei Fu, Xinmeng Liu, Lei Zhang, Yan Chen

“…This work is envisaged, and more generally the structural design and theoretical modeling principle, will open a new avenue for the development of advanced soft robotics with diverse functionalities.…”
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Identification of S-1-propenyl-L-cysteine as the catalytic product of AfGGT1 and a key intermediate in isoalliin biosynthesis in Allium fistulosum. L by Mingzhao Zhu, Huanhuan Xu, Zhili Deng, Menglu Hou, Lecheng Liu, Yongqin Wang

“…Our findings reveal that pyruvic acid content is generally higher in Allium fistulosum than in A. cepa. …”
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Neurophysiological Correlates of Central Fatigue in Healthy Subjects and Multiple Sclerosis Patients before and after Treatment with Amantadine by Emiliano Santarnecchi, Simone Rossi, Sabina Bartalini, Massimo Cincotta, Fabio Giovannelli, Elisa Tatti, Monica Ulivelli

“…In ten healthy subjects and in ten patients suffering from Multiple Sclerosis (MS), we investigated the cortical functional changes induced by a standard fatiguing repetitive tapping task. …”
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Decision-Making with Fermatean Neutrosophic Vague Soft Sets Using a Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution by Najla Althuniyan, Abedallah Al-shboul, Sarah Aljohani, Kah Lun Wang, Kok Bin Wong, Khaleed Alhazaymeh, Suhad Subhi Aiady

“…To overcome these limitations, we propose the Fermatean neutrosophic vague soft set (FNVSS), an advanced extension that integrates the concepts of neutrosophic sets with Fermatean membership functions into the framework of vague sets. The FNVSS model enhances the representation of truth, indeterminacy, and falsity degrees, providing greater flexibility and resilience in capturing ambiguous and imprecise information. …”
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Improving the quantification of peak concentrations for air quality sensors via data weighting by C. Frischmon, J. Silberstein, A. Guth, E. Mattson, J. Porter, M. Hannigan

“…Leveraging two different weighting functions, a sigmoidal and a piecewise weighting regime, we explored the impacts of the base model choice (multilinear regression, MLR, vs. random forest, RF, models), the sensitivity of weighting functions, and the ability of data weighting to improve high-concentration pollution measurements. …”
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Tribochemistry of organic friction modifiers in lubrication of bio-hydrogenated diesel by Paweekan Hansungnoen, Ekarong Sukjit, Anawat Phatthanaphon, Atthaphon Maneedaeng

“…A clear hierarchical ranking of functional group effectiveness in reducing friction and wear was established: COOH > –CONH2 > –OH > –COOR, with polar head group chemistry playing a more dominant role than hydrocarbon tail configuration. …”
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Deciphering key parameters enhancing lentiviral vector producer cells yields: Vector components copy number and expression by Ana S. Formas-Oliveira, Mariana Valentim Ferreira, Ana Sofia Coroadinha

“…However, Pol and reverse transcriptase expressions were shown to be better indicators of potential functional titers. Envelope and transfer vector expression levels were key to attaining high functional particles yields. …”
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Comparative study of the effects of Tartary buckwheat seed and sprout consumption on the physiological indices and gut microbiota of C57BL/6J mice by Guohui Nan, Haixia Zhao, Qiong Wu, Lisong Liu, Zichao Guan, Chenglei Li, Huala Wu, Dabing Xiang, Qi Wu

“…Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) is a well-known pseudocereal for its health and economic value.However, abundant antinutritional factors (ANFs) reduces its health benefits.As reported, germination can improve the nutritional prof ile of grains.In this study, we systematically evaluate the safety of Tartary buckwheat seeds (TB) and Tartary buckwheat sprouts (TBS) used as high active ingredients.After evaluating nutrition levels, bioactive compounds and ANFs in TBS during germinating, 5th-day TBS were selected as the raw material.C57BL/6J mice were gavaged daily with distilled water, TB, or TBS for 6 weeks.The physiological indices related to ANFs were determined.Results showed that the TB intake tends to generate negative effects on the gut microbiota, and organs.Additionally, upon TB intake, the Fe3+ content in serum, trypsin activity in pancreas and jejunum decreased, while the cytokine, IgE, and histamine levels in serum, water content in faeces, cytokine levels in liver and jejunum increased.Conversely, TBS did not induce any obvious negative effects on the above relevant indices and showed better lipid-lowering effect.Altogether, TBS are safer and more effective as a raw material to produce the functional food for long-term consumption with the intention of preventing and treating hyperlipidaemia.…”
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A Study on an Experimental System of Wiper–Windshield Friction Vibration and Noise by Ningning Liu, Yansong Wang, Hui Guo, Zhian Mao, Shuai Zhang, Shuang Huang, Tao Yuan

“…This study develops an experimental system with functions for working condition adjustment, data acquisition, and analysis of wiper–windshield frictional vibration and noise. …”
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Electro-spun piezoelectric PLLA smart composites as a scaffold on bone fracture: A review by Melika Mirghaffari, Asal Mahmoodiyan, Shahram Mahboubizadeh, Atefeh Shahbazi, Yaser Soleimani, Sana Mirghaffari, Zahra Shahravi

“…The intrinsic ability of these scaffold materials to generate piezoelectric currents presents a major proposition for increasing the complexity of the scaffold and facilitating tissue healing. …”
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Research on a traffic flow statistical algorithm based on YBOVDT and SAM2 by Yuanyuan Wang, Zheng Ding, Jiange Liu, Kexiao Wu, Md Sharid Kayes Dipu, Tingmei Ma, Yonghao Ma, Haiyan Zhang

“…To address these challenges, this paper proposes a traffic flow statistical method based on YBOVDT(YOLO-World and BOT-SORT-Open Vocabulary Detection and Tracking)and SAM2.Specifically, in the method, this paper proposes a “Traffic Flow Data Processing and Analysis” module, aiming to optimize and supplement the five core functions required for traffic flow statistics tasks, thereby making the functions of the entire solution more comprehensive.In addition, this paper combines the latest open set object detection and tracking algorithms to enhance the recognition ability and tracking stability of traffic objects. …”
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An inorganic-rich but LiF-free interphase for fast charging and long cycle life lithium metal batteries by Muhammad Mominur Rahman, Sha Tan, Yang Yang, Hui Zhong, Sanjit Ghose, Iradwikanari Waluyo, Adrian Hunt, Lu Ma, Xiao-Qing Yang, Enyuan Hu

“…Here, we use CsNO3 as a dual-functional additive to form stable interphases on both electrodes. …”
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DNA methylation differences between cord and adult white blood cells reflect postnatal immune cell maturation by Meaghan J. Jones, Chaini Konwar, Rebecca Asiimwe, Louie Dinh, Hamid Reza Razzaghian, Olivia de Goede, Julia L. MacIsaac, Alexander M. Morin, Kurt P. Kolsun, Kristina Gervin, Robert Lyle, Raymond T. Ng, Devin C. Koestler, Janine F. Felix, Pascal M. Lavoie, Wendy P. Robinson, Sara Mostafavi, Michael S. Kobor

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Efficient spectrally-resolved electron transport for thermal property prediction by Jackson R. Harter, Shuxiang Zhou, Sebastian Schunert, Andrea Jokisaari, P. Alex Greaney

“…We rely on density functional theory calculations to provide material properties such as electron density of states, energy, wavevector, mean free path, and more. …”
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miR-276 and miR-182013-5p modulate insect metamorphosis and reproduction via dually regulating juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase by Jiasheng Song, Wanwan Li, Lulu Gao, Qiang Yan, Xinyan Zhang, Mingzhi Liu, Shutang Zhou

“…In nymphs, miR-276 binds more to Jhamt, while in adults, miR-182013-5p dominates. …”
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patter: Particle algorithms for animal tracking in R and Julia by Edward Lavender, Andreas Scheidegger, Carlo Albert, Stanisław W. Biber, Janine Illian, James Thorburn, Sophie Smout, Helen Moor

“…With perfect information, the particle filter reconstructs the true (unobserved) movement path (Example One). More generally, particle algorithms represent an individual's possible location probabilistically as a weighted series of samples (‘particles’). …”
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Metamodels of Educational and Methodological Activity in the University by S. M. Shcherbakov, K. K. Kalugyan, I. I. Miroshnichenko

“…A set of metamodels of educational and methodological activities was built, including metamodels for the following stages: state educational standards of the first generation, second generation, federal state educational standards or the third generation, generation 3+, generation 3 ++. …”
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