Experimental investigation on the effect of concentration on the resonance frequency of lipid coated ultrasonically excited microbubbles by Hossein Haghi, Mahshid Yaali, Agata A. Exner, Michael C. Kolios

“…Our experimental findings confirm that larger MBs (≈2.1μm) demonstrate a more significant shift in resonance frequency (≈ 5 MHz, ≈ 40%) as a function of MB concentration. …”
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Predicting the spatio-temporal reproductive potential of Aedes aegypti by Mr Tarek Alrefae

“…Future research could construct more accurate global approximations by analysing more sites with greater climatic diversity. …”
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Mechanical feedback mechanisms in a multiscale sliding filament model of lymphatic muscle pumping by Peter Y. Xie, Christopher J. Morris, Christopher D. Bertram, Michael J. Davis, Samira Jamalian, Mohammad Jafarnejad, David C. Zawieja, James E. Moore, Jr

“…Lymph transport is important not only for fluid homeostasis, but also for immune function, as lymph is a carrier for immune cells. Lymphatic muscle cells exhibit both cardiac-like phasic contractions to generate flow and smooth-muscle-like tonic contractions to regulate flow. …”
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Efficient and Effective NDVI Time-Series Reconstruction by Combining Deep Learning and Tensor Completion by Ang Li, Menghui Jiang, Dong Chu, Xiaobin Guan, Jie Li, Huanfeng Shen

“…The ST-Tensor method is first used to generate high-quality seamless NDVI data as the label data to construct sample pairs, along with the original degraded observations. …”
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The Heavy‐Tailed Inverse Power Lindley Type‐I Model: Reliability Inference and Actuarial Applications by Amal S. Hassan, Diaa S. Metwally, Mohammed Elgarhy, Rokaya Elmorsy Mohamed

“…This distribution is derived by applying the generator of the Type‐I heavy‐tailed family to the inverse power Lindley model. …”
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Integrating the Prior Shape Knowledge Into Deep Model and Feature Fusion for Topologically Effective Brain Tumor Segmentation by Salma Asif, Ahmad Raza Shahid, Kiran Aftab, Syed Ather Enam

“…Deep learning techniques totally rely on the loss function optimization and due to the lack of explicit form of prior knowledge, they may struggle to generate the accurate tumor shapes. …”
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An IoT intrusion detection framework based on feature selection and large language models fine-tuning by Huan Ma, Wan Zhang, Dalong Zhang, Baozhan Chen

“…This algorithm utilizes the CMA-ES algorithm for feature search while also taking into account the mutual information and collinearity among features, thereby more effectively reducing redundancy features. Subsequently, we employ the selected representative features to fine-tune LLMs and generate additional attack samples. …”
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Few-Shot Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Based on Refined Bi-Directional Prototypical Contrastive Learning for Cross-Scene Hyperspectral Image Classification by Xuebin Tang, Hanyi Shi, Chunchao Li, Cheng Jiang, Xiaoxiong Zhang, Lingbin Zeng, Xiaolei Zhou

“…Furthermore, our framework introduces the class-balanced multicentric dynamic prototype strategy to generate more robust and representative prototypes. …”
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Statistical Analysis of Inverse Weibull based on Step-Stress Partially Accelerated Life Tests with Unified Hybrid Censoring Data by Amal Soliman Hassan, Abd ELwahab Hagag, Nader Metwally, Omar Hussein Sery

“…For the purpose of estimating the model parameters and acceleration factor, the maximum likelihood approach is applied along with the maximum product of the spacing procedure to generate point and interval estimates. The squared error loss function is used to calculate the Bayes point estimates based on the assumption of independent gamma priors. …”
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Insulin secretion deficits in a Prader-Willi syndrome β-cell model are associated with a concerted downregulation of multiple endoplasmic reticulum chaperones. by Erik A Koppes, Marie A Johnson, James J Moresco, Patrizia Luppi, Dale W Lewis, Donna B Stolz, Jolene K Diedrich, John R Yates, Ronald C Wek, Simon C Watkins, Susanne M Gollin, Hyun Jung Park, Peter Drain, Robert D Nicholls

“…To determine the collective roles of PWS genes in β-cell biology, we used genome-editing to generate isogenic, clonal INS-1 insulinoma lines having 3.16 Mb deletions of the silent, maternal- (control) and active, paternal-allele (PWS). …”
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A Novel Time-Varying P-III Distribution Curve Fitting Model to Estimate Design Floods in Three Gorges Reservoir Operation Period by Yuzuo Xie, Shenglian Guo, Sirui Zhong, Xiaoya Wang, Jing Tian, Zhiming Liang

“…The results indicate that: (1) The modified reservoir index used as a covariate can effectively capture the non-stationary characteristics of the flood series; (2) The Tv-P3/CF model emphasizes the fitness of historical information, yielding superior results compared to time-varying P-III distribution estimated by the maximum likelihood method; (3) Compared to the original design values, the 1000-year design peak discharge <i>Q</i>_m and 3-day and 7-day flood volumes in the TGR operation period are reduced by approximately 20%, while the 15-day and 30-day flood volumes are reduced by about 16%; (4) The flood-limited water level of the TGR can be raised from 145 m to 154 m, which can annually generate 0.32 billion kW h more hydropower (or increase by 6.8%) during flood season without increasing flood prevention risks.…”
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The pervasive effects of an antibiotic on the human gut microbiota, as revealed by deep 16S rRNA sequencing. by Les Dethlefsen, Sue Huse, Mitchell L Sogin, David A Relman

“…The use of pyrosequencing technology to generate large numbers of 16S rDNA sequence tags circumvents these limitations and has been shown to reveal previously unexplored aspects of the "rare biosphere." …”
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ELTrack: Events-Language Description for Visual Object Tracking by Mohamad Alansari, Khaled Alnuaimi, Sara Alansari, Sajid Javed

“…Additionally, we generate NL descriptions using a Visual-Language (VL) image-captioning module featuring BLIP-2 and GPT-4. …”
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Serum-free endothelial cell culture medium for vascular smooth muscle cells sheet formation by Jing Yang, Xuheng Sun, Hongjing Jiang, Jiandong Li, Jierong Liang, Zhanyi Lin

“…Methods This study systematically compared cell sheets generated under SFM and 10% FBS culture conditions in terms of structure, cellular phenotype, and functional properties. …”
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Integrated Reporting: Problems of Formation by N. A. Mislavskaya

“…The latter are interesting in the symbiosis of criticism and constructivism because against the lack of objective reasons for the introduction of integrated reporting in Russia, there are questions raised about the need to generate a unified theory that underlies the functioning of accounting systems as well as the economic consciousness development of our society and implementation of business ethics. …”
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Comparative evaluation of artificial intelligence models GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 in clinical decision-making in sports surgery and physiotherapy: a cross-sectional study by Sönmez Saglam, Veysel Uludag, Zekeriya Okan Karaduman, Mehmet Arıcan, Mücahid Osman Yücel, Raşit Emin Dalaslan

“…Participants evaluated 10 standardized clinical scenarios generated by GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 using a 5-point Likert scale. …”
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Seeking help for menstrual pain during adolescence: A mixed-methods retrospective survey of treatment experiences and preferences by Kayla M Wall, Marta C Erlandson, Michelle M Gagnon

“…Background: Menstrual pain can significantly impact adolescents’ well-being and functioning. Despite the prevalence of adolescent menstrual pain, information about adolescents’ experiences seeking treatment is limited. …”
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An overview of the synthesis of coumarins via Knoevenagel condensation and their biological properties by Idriss Tchoffo Tchoupou, Melody H. Manyeruke, Sodeeq A. Salami, Charles I. Ezekiel, Pantaleon Ambassa, Jacqueline V. Tembu, Rui W.M. Krause, Bathelemy Ngameni, Xavier Siwe Noundou

“…Coumarins and their derivatives have generated intensive scientific studies worldwide. Coumarins are an important type of naturally occurring and synthetically produced oxygen-containing heterocycles with vast medicinal properties, such as antiviral, anticancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant and antibacterial. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Mental Stress on Electrocardiological Signals through the Use of Virtual Reality by Penio Lebamovski, Evgeniya Gospodinova

“…The results show that the application of immersive VR generates higher mental stress levels than non-immersive VR, but in both cases, HRV changes (decreases), but more significantly in immersive VR. …”
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The Role of Inflammation in Diabetes: Current Concepts and Future Perspectives by Sotirios Tsalamandris, Alexios S Antonopoulos, Evangelos Oikonomou, George-Aggelos Papamikroulis, Georgia Vogiatzi, Spyridon Papaioannou, Spyros Deftereos, Dimitris Tousoulis

“…The role of obesity, adipose tissue, gut microbiota and pancreatic beta cell function in diabetes are under intensive scrutiny with several clinical trials to have been completed while more are in development. …”
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