Melatonin attenuates thiocyanate-induced vasoconstriction in aortic rings by Alexander M. Prusa, Christian A. Plass

“…There is also evidence that atherosclerotic disease progression is much more rapid when serum SCN− levels are increased. …”
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New electrical method for obtaining graphic information on the evaluation of the uniformity of ZrO2-3 mol% and Y2O3 coatings deposited by electrophoresis. Application in protection... by Jesús M. Rodríguez-Rego, Antonio Macías-García, Laura Mendoza-Cerezo, Antonio Díaz-Parralejo, Alfonso C. Marco-Romero

“…ZrO2-3mol% Y2O3 ceramic solutions serve as precursors in the fabrication of functional materials such as solid oxide fuel cells and biomedical applications. …”
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The effect of microstructure engineering on the pseudoelastic and elastocaloric enhancement of a Ni-rich Ti–Ni alloy by Simin Kheirabadi, Maryam Mohri, Mahmoud Nili-Ahmadabadi

“…The DIC analysis and microstructural study demonstrated that single-oriented strain bands with the lower Strain Localization Factor (SLF), because of fine grains and uniform cohesive interface between matrix and Ni4Ti3 precipitates, facilitated more effective reverse transformation and generated a greater elastocaloric response compared to crossed strain bands. …”
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Monte Carlo-Based Strategy for Assessing the Impact of EEG Data Uncertainty on Confidence in Convolutional Neural Network Classification by Pierre Sedi Nzakuna, Vincenzo Gallo, Vincenzo Paciello, Aime Lay-Ekuakille, Angelo Kuti Lusala

“…We introduce robust evaluation metrics, including the proportion of area under the curve (AUC) of probability density functions (PDFs) <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\geq 70$ </tex-math></inline-formula>% accuracy, overlap coefficients, and percentile-based thresholding, which provide a more comprehensive assessment of model performance, capturing not only accuracy but also confidence and ambiguity in predictions. …”
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Integrating transcriptome and metabolomics revealed the key metabolic pathway response of Amaranthus retroflexus L. to the resistance to fomesafen. by Weifeng Song, Qinghui Wei, Zhenghao Shi, Yaqing Pan, Zhiyong Li, Fangyuan Wang

“…This study detected 76 cases of DEMs and 139 cases of DEMs in the CK, RY, and SY control groups, respectively. More metabolites were detected in the CK and SY control groups. …”
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Eco-friendly synthesis of copper sulphide nanoparticles using rice starch water and their photocatalytic application for Congo red dye degradation by Nitin Mishra, U.P.S. Gahlaut, Y.C. Goswami

“…The response addresses the optimisation of the synthesis conditions to create the structural and functional properties of nanoparticles to attain enhanced photocatalytic activity.…”
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BIM-Based Automatic Extraction of Daily Concrete and Formwork Requirements for Site Work Planning by Van-Hoan Pham, Po-Han Chen, Quan Nguyen, Diep-Thuy Duong

“…Presently, with the popularity of Building Information Modelling (BIM), in BIM-based projects, using inbuilt quantity takeoff functions, quantities of work can be generated automatically from BIM models to aid the quantity takeoff. …”
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Data linkage of German statutory health insurance claims data and care needs assessments preceding a population-based cohort study on nursing home admission by Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Dominik Domhoff, Kathrin Seibert, Susanne Stiefler, Dirk Peschke

“…The resulting dataset contains relevant information from both health services provision and functional status of care dependent people and is suitable for further analyses with critical reflection of representativity.…”
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Reverse mutational scanning of SARS-CoV-2 spike BA.2.86 identifies epitopes contributing to immune escape from polyclonal sera by Najat Bdeir, Tatjana Lüddecke, Henrike Maaß, Stefan Schmelz, Ulfert Rand, Henning Jacobsen, Kristin Metzdorf, Upasana Kulkarni, Anne Cossmann, Metodi V. Stankov, Markus Hoffmann, Stefan Pöhlmann, Wulf Blankenfeldt, Alexandra Dopfer-Jablonka, Georg M. N. Behrens, Luka Čičin-Šain

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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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A New Type Iterative Ridge Estimator: Applications and Performance Evaluations by Aydın Karakoca

“…In this study, a new type iterative ridge estimator is proposed based on a modified form of the estimated mean square error function. Furthermore, a novel search algorithm is provided to achieve the estimations. …”
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