European Efficiency Schemes for Domestic Gas Boilers: Estimation of Savings in Heating of Settlements by Dejan Brkić

“…These improved boilers produce lower greenhouse gas emissions and offer annual fuel savings of approximately 10% to 30%, depending on the boiler’s age, system design, and usage patterns. The results also confirm the direct correlation between seasonal efficiency and annual fuel consumption, validating the use of efficiency-based cost comparisons. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON COMMUNICATION PRACTICES IN THE DIGITAL AGE by Musawer Hakimi, Ahmad Jamy Kohistani, Abdul Shakoor Azimy, I Made Ardi Sudestra

“…The instrument consisted of demographic items, technology use patterns and Likert-style questions to depict users’ perception of if their communication changed and about their attitude toward technology.  …”
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Design and evaluation of a problem-based learning VR module for apparel fit correction training. by Aditi Galada, Fatma Baytar

“…The current study explored the effects of PBL-based virtual reality (VR) training on learning how to correct two-dimensional (2D) apparel patterns to improve consequent 3D garment fit. Results indicated that the training module significantly improved spatial visualization and fit correction skills. …”
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Exploring Growth-Stage Variations in Home Use of Positioning and Mobility Assistive Technology for Children with GMFCS IV Cerebral Palsy: Parental Insights and Challenges by Hsin-Yi Kathy Cheng, Shun-Yin Hu, Yan-Ying Ju, Yu-Chun Yu

“…Data from 10 parents, collected through descriptive statistics and qualitative interviews, covered device types, usage patterns, and family impacts across developmental stages from preschool to adulthood. …”
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Assessing protein immunogenicity with a dendritic cell line-derived endolysosomal degradome. by Matthias Egger, Alexander Jürets, Michael Wallner, Peter Briza, Silke Ruzek, Stefan Hainzl, Ulrike Pichler, Claudia Kitzmüller, Barbara Bohle, Christian G Huber, Fátima Ferreira

“…Three groups of structurally related antigen variants differing in their ability to elicit immune responses in vivo (Bet v 1.0101 and Bet v 1.0401, RNases A and S, holo- and apo-HRP) were subjected to in vitro simulated endolysosomal degradation. Kinetics and patterns of generated proteolytic peptides were evaluated by gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry.…”
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Into the Cauldron of the Variant Soup: Insights into the Molecular Epidemiology and Transition to Endemicity of SARS-CoV-2 in Cyprus (November 2022–February 2024) by Andreas C. Chrysostomou, The COMESSAR Network, Leondios G. Kostrikis

“…These findings suggest that the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Cyprus has reached endemicity, with new variants gradually replacing previously circulating variants irrespective of seasonal patterns. …”
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Moving from Studies to Streams: A More Radical Way to Avoid Floods of Evidence by Channeling Evaluative Efforts in Conditions of Complexity by Tom Ling

“…This cannot be achieved by ‘one off’ improvements to individual evaluations but requires a coherent response that would support effective and meaningful retroductive realist syntheses that reveal the patterns found in evaluations of heterogeneous interventions. …”
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Investigation on Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Bars in Concrete Beams by Trupti Amit Kinjawadekar, Shantharam Patil, Gopinatha Nayak, Saish Kumar

“…The use of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars is an innovative approach to replace traditional reinforcement of steel into concrete structures. …”
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Broiler Behavior Detection and Tracking Method Based on Lightweight Transformer by Haixia Qi, Zihong Chen, Guangsheng Liang, Riyao Chen, Jinzhuo Jiang, Xiwen Luo

“…Detecting the daily behavior of broiler chickens allows early detection of irregular activity patterns and, thus, problems in the flock. In an attempt to resolve the problems of the slow detection speed, low accuracy, and poor generalization ability of traditional detection models in the actual breeding environment, we propose a chicken behavior detection method called FCBD-DETR (Faster Chicken Behavior Detection Transformer). …”
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Engineering transverse cell deformation of bamboo by controlling localized moisture content by Tian Bai, Jie Yan, Jiqing Lu, Jie Zhou, Hang Yao, Xiuwen He, Shaohua Gu, Zhihan Tong, Sheldon Q. Shi, Jian Li, Wanli Cheng, Dong Wang, Guangping Han, Chaoji Chen

“…Abstract Bamboo’s native structure, defined by the vertical growth pattern of its vascular bundles and parenchyma cell tissue, limits its application in advanced engineering materials. …”
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Fitting Penalized Estimator for Sparse Covariance Matrix with Left-Censored Data by the EM Algorithm by Shanyi Lin, Qian-Zhen Zheng, Laixu Shang, Ping-Feng Xu, Man-Lai Tang

“…Estimating the sparse covariance matrix can effectively identify important features and patterns, and traditional estimation methods require complete data vectors on all subjects. …”
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Regioselective Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution: Theoretical and Experimental Insights into 4-Aminoquinazoline Synthesis as a Privileged Structure in Medicinal Chemistry by Maria Letícia de Castro Barbosa, Pedro de Sena Murteira Pinheiro, Raissa Alves da Conceição, José Ricardo Pires, Lucas Silva Franco, Carlos Mauricio R. Sant’Anna, Eliezer J. Barreiro, Lídia Moreira Lima

“…To provide guidance for the structural confirmation of 4-amino-substituted product formation when multiple regioisomers are possible, we employed 2D-NMR methods to verify the 4-position substitution pattern in synthesized bioactive 2-chloro-4-aminoquinazolines. …”
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Assessing the evolutionary impact of amino acid mutations in the human genome. by Adam R Boyko, Scott H Williamson, Amit R Indap, Jeremiah D Degenhardt, Ryan D Hernandez, Kirk E Lohmueller, Mark D Adams, Steffen Schmidt, John J Sninsky, Shamil R Sunyaev, Thomas J White, Rasmus Nielsen, Andrew G Clark, Carlos D Bustamante

“…After accounting for these demographic effects, we find strong evidence for great variability in the selective effects of new amino acid replacing mutations. In both populations, the patterns of variation are consistent with a leptokurtic distribution of selection coefficients (e.g., gamma or log-normal) peaked near neutrality. …”
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The effect of different water types commonly applied during laser diffraction measurement on the particle size distribution of soils by Viktória Labancz, Hilda Hernádi, Gyöngyi Barna, Zsófia Bakacsi, Tamás Szegi, Mihály Kocsis, András Makó

“…It is expected in the future that soil particle size distribution (PSD) measurements by laser diffraction method (LDM) may replace sieve-pipette sedimentation methods (SPM) as they are faster, require less sample, and are accurate and reproducible. …”
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The Diagnostic Value of Thermography in Oncology: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives by Anna Bioły, Piotr Marcjasz, Patryk Dryja, Agata Boczar, Agnieszka Buliszak, Monika Babczyńska

“… Introduction and Purpose: Thermography – imaging heat patterns via infrared (IR) cameras – offers a noninvasive, radiation-free approach to detect the increased regional skin temperature associated with tumors’ hypermetabolism and angiogenesis [3]. …”
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<i>Acanthoscelides atrocephalus</i> (Pic, 1938) and Its Potential for Biological Control of Two Weed Species by Mayara Guelamann da Cunha Espinelli Greco, Enrique Soratto Correia, Geoffrey Morse, Edilson Caron, Dirceu Agostinetto, Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia

“…In order to replace chemical herbicides, which harm the environment and health, we seek sustainable methods to control weeds. …”
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From Emergence to Evolution: Dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Florida by Sobur Ali, Marta Giovanetti, Catherine Johnston, Verónica Urdaneta-Páez, Taj Azarian, Eleonora Cella

“…Variants such as BA.1, BA.2, BA.4, and BA.5 exhibited distinct transmission patterns, with BA.2 showing the ability to reinfect individuals previously infected with BA.1. …”
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Electron–phonon coupling and coherent energy superposition induce spin-sensitive orbital degeneracy for enhanced acidic water oxidation by Yanfeng Shi, Lupeng Wang, Miao Liu, Zuozheng Xu, Peilin Huang, Lizhe Liu, Yuanhong Xu

“…Different from traditional nanostructuring, here we employ an innovative microwave-mediated electron–phonon coupling technique to assemble specific Ru atomic patterns (instead of random Ru-particle depositions) on Mn0.99Cr0.01O2 surfaces (RuMW-Mn1-xCrxO2) in RuCl3 solution because hydrated Ru-ion complexes can be uniformly activated to replace some Mn sites at nearby Cr-dopants through microwave-triggered energy coherent superposition with molecular rotations and collisions. …”
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Comparison of IMU-Based Knee Kinematics with and without Harness Fixation against an Optical Marker-Based System by Jana G. Weber, Ariana Ortigas-Vásquez, Adrian Sauer, Ingrid Dupraz, Michael Utz, Allan Maas, Thomas M. Grupp

“…The negligible differences between harness-mounted IMUs and the optical system after REFRAME revealed that the IMU-based system was capable of capturing the same underlying motion pattern as the optical reference. In contrast, obvious differences between the skin-mounted IMUs and the optical reference indicated that the use of a harness led to fundamentally different joint motion being measured, even after accounting for reference frame misalignments. …”
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Nestin down-regulation of cortical radial glia is delayed in rats submitted to recurrent status epilepticus during early postnatal life Atraso no desaparecimento da nestina na glia... by Carla Alessandra Scorza, Ricardo Mario Arida, Fulvio Alexandre Scorza, Esper Abrão Cavalheiro, Maria da Graça Naffah-Mazzacoratti

“…This study was delineated to analyze the temporal pattern of nestin expression in cortical radial glial cells of rats during normal development and of rats submitted to recurrent status epilepticus (SE) in early postnatal life (P). …”
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