Palladium nanoparticles immobilized on magnetic MCM-41 surface modified with aminomethylpyridine: As a recyclable palladium nanocatalyst for carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions by Zeinab Shirvandi, Amin Rostami

“…These particles exhibited a high BET surface area (127.62 m2 g−1), an average pore size of 1.48 nm, and a significant pore volume (0.143 cm3 g−1). …”
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Assessment of Radionuclide Concentration in Surface Soil and Human Health Risk Associated with Exposure in Two Higher Institutions of Esan land, Edo State, Nigeria by F.A. Popoola, O.D. Fakeye, Q.B. Basiru, D.A. Adesina, M.A. Sulola

“…These values were found to be lower than the global average values. Hence, there is no radiation induced health threat to the students and members of staff in the study area. …”
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Evaluating Morphology of the Peritalar Joints Using Surface Mapping Based 3D Remodeling Technique: A Large Sample Sized Cadaveric Study by Conor Wallace BS, Mingjie Zhu DAOM, MPH, Michael Nocek BA, Jingdian Huang BA, Charles Nolte BS, Stephen Wittels MD, Catherine Alder BS, Ariyani Challapalli BS, Todd Baldini MS, Caley M. Orr PhD, Mark Myerson MD, Shuyuan Li MD, PhD

“…Results: Detailed information of the articular surfaces is summarized in Table 1. The average articular area on both sides of the joint matched each other well in the posterior facets of the subtalar joint (5% difference), and calcaneocuboid joint (6% difference) without significant statistical difference, but not in the anterior & middle facets of the subtalar joint, nor the talonavicular joint. …”
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Preliminary Study on Near-Surface Air Temperature Lapse Rate Estimation and Its Spatiotemporal Distribution Characteristics in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Mountainous Region by Qichen Lv, Mingming Sui, Shanyou Zhu, Guixin Zhang, Yuxin Li

“…The near-surface air temperature lapse rate (SATLR) is a crucial parameter in climate, hydrology, and ecology research conducted in mountainous regions. …”
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Predicting Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Occurrence Using Three-Dimensional Anthropometric Body Surface Scanning Measurements: A Prospective Cohort Study by Ming-Kuo Ting, Pei-Ju Liao, I-Wen Wu, Shuo-Wei Chen, Ning-I Yang, Tzu-Yu Lin, Kuang-Hung Hsu

“…The cohort was followed up to the end of 2013, over an average of 8.87 years. At recruitment, participants completed a questionnaire related to basic demographics, lifestyle variables, personal disease history, and family disease history. 3D body surface scanning was used to obtain 35 anatomical measurements. …”
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Additive friction stir deposition vs. friction surfacing: Comparison of friction stir-based approaches for groove repair of high strength aluminum alloys by Zina Kallien, Victor A. Rojas, Pietro Aspes, Adam N. Swinney, Trevor J. Fleck, J. Brian Jordon, Paul G. Allison, Benjamin Klusemann

“…., additive friction stir deposition (AFSD) and friction surfacing (FS), for the groove repair on the example of high strength aluminum alloys. …”
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Mapping the air temperature in China from time-normalized MODIS land surface temperature data via zone-based stacking ensemble models by Yan Xin, Yongming Xu, Xudong Tong, Yaping Mo, Yonghong Liu, Shanyou Zhu

“…High-resolution near-surface air temperature (Ta) data are important for studies on human life and plant. …”
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A Hybridization of Machine Learning and NSGA-II for Multi-Objective Optimization of Surface Roughness and Cutting Force in ANSI 4340 Alloy Steel Turning by Anh-Tu Nguyen, Van-Hai Nguyen, Tien-Thinh Le, Nhu-Tung Nguyen

“…The objective functions are a simultaneous minimum of average surface roughness (Ra) and cutting force under the cutting parameter constraints of cutting speed, feed rate, depth of cut, and tool nose radius in a range of 50 – 375 m/min, 0.02 – 0.25 mm/rev, 0.1 – 1.5 mm, and 0.4 – 0.8 mm, respectively. …”
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Ecofriendly Extraction of Polyphenols from <i>Ampelopsis grossedentata</i> Leaves Coupled with Response Surface Methodology and Artificial Neural Network–Genetic Algorithm by Xubo Huang, Chen Li, Yanbin Wang, Jinrong Jiang, Weizhi Wu, Shifeng Wang, Ming Lin, Liang He

“…This study aimed to optimize a novel deep eutectic solvents (DESs)-assisted extraction process for polyphenols in the leaves of <i>Ampelopsis grossedentata</i> (AGPL) with response surface methodology (RSM) and a genetic algorithm–artificial neural network (GA-ANN). …”
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Loading diltiazem onto surface-modified nanostructured lipid carriers to evaluate its apoptotic, cytotoxic, and inflammatory effects on human breast cancer cells by Vahid Pouresmaeil, Marwa Mawlood Salman Al-zand, Aida Pouresmaeil, Seyedeh Samira Saghravanian, Masoud Homayouni Tabrizi

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Solución a un problema estático en un área con topografía abrupta usando una velocidad de reemplazamiento variable by Castillo López Luis Antonio, Pedraza Carlos

“…As input data ones considered: a) the surface topography ofthe seismic line, b) the first breaks and c) the geometry data. …”
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High-resolution surface soil moisture retrieval: A hybrid machine learning framework integrating change detection and downscaling for precision water management by Zihao Wang, Qi Gao, Michele Crosetto, Maria Jose Escorihuela

“…This study presents an innovative high-resolution surface soil moisture (SSM) retrieval framework combining machine learning (ML), change detection and downscaling (CD-DS) methods. …”
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PSE-Based Aerodynamic Flow Transition Prediction Using Automated Unstructured CFD Integration by Nathaniel Hildebrand, Meelan M. Choudhari, Fei Li, Pedro Paredes, Balaji S. Venkatachari

“…By accounting for the effects of mean-flow nonparallelism as well as the surface curvature, this approach lays the foundation for improved <i>N</i>-factor correlations for transition onset prediction in a broad class of flows. …”
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Estimation of chlorophyll-a in uncrewed aircraft systems imagery using autonomous surface vessel data with machine learning algorithms and feature selection techniques by Mohammad Shakiul Islam, Padmanava Dash, Abduselam M. Nur, Hafez Ahmad, Rajendra M. Panda, Jessica S. Wolfe, Gray Turnage, Lee Hathcock, Gary D. Chesser, Jr, Robert J. Moorhead

“…Field data for Chl-a algorithm development were collected simultaneously using an Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV), a hand-held radiometer, and a UAS in the Western Mississippi Sound (WMS). …”
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Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Clinical Laboratory Evidence to Advance Mobile Health Applications in Ophthalmology: Taking the Ocular Surface Disease as a Case Study by Mini Han Wang, Yi Pan, Xudong Jiang, Zhiyuan Lin, Haoyang Liu, Yunxiao Liu, Jiazheng Cui, Jiaxiang Tan, Chengqi Gong, Guanghui Hou, Xiaoxiao Fang, Yang Yu, Moawiya Haddad, Marion Schindler, José Lopes Camilo Da Costa Alves, Junbin Fang, Xiangrong Yu, Kelvin Kam‐Lung Chong

“…However, most remote artificial intelligence (AI) systems for ocular surface disease detection are predominantly based on self‐reported data collected through interviews, which lack the rigor of clinical evidence. …”
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Ecological Security Patterns Based on Ecosystem Service Assessment and Circuit Theory: A Case Study of Liaoning Province, China by Bingyi Wang, Yufei Zhang, Hanlong Gu, Zhenxing Bian

“…The InVEST model was employed to assess ESs, and the ordered weighted average (OWA) method was utilized to identify ecological sources. …”
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Evaluation of Radiation Dose to the Thyroid Gland on Infant Patients Undergoing Anteroposterior Chest X-Ray at a Tertiary Hospital in North-Western Nigeria by U. Abubakar, M. M. Ahmad, U. A. Al-Amin, A. A. Sadiq, A. Mohammed, D. Mohammed, I. Y. Izge, M. Sidi, A. Mohammed

“… The study aims at measuring the entrance surface dose (ESD) of the thyroid gland of infant patients undergoing anterior-posterior (AP) chest x-ray in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital Sokoto (UDUTHS). …”
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Performance of an L-Shaped Duct OWC-WEC Integrated into Vertical and Sloped Breakwaters by Using a Free-Surface RANS-Based Numerical Model by Eric Didier, Paulo R. F. Teixeira

“…The main objective of this study is to investigate different configurations of L-shaped duct OWC devices inserted into vertical and sloped (2:3) impermeable breakwaters for different lengths of the lip by using a numerical model based on the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The ANSYS FLUENT^® software (2016) is used in 2D numerical simulations by adopting the volume of fluid method to consider the two-phase free surface flow (water and air). …”
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Clinical advantages of cad-cam-fabricated full-arch fixed implant-supported monolithic zirconia dental prosthesis with digital modelling of the occlusion surfaces by R. A. Rozov, V. N. Trezubov, A. Pozzi

“…The number of supports for one prostheses was from 6 to 10, which averaged 7.64±1.08. ZICERAM, PRETTAU ZIRCONIA were used for creating CAD-CAM full-arch fixed implant-supported monolithic zirconia dental prostheses. …”
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Effect of a CO2 Laser on the Inhibition of Root Surface Caries Adjacent to Restorations of Glass Ionomer Cement or Composite Resin: An In Vitro Study by L. C. Daniel, F. C. Araújo, B. R. Zancopé, F. S. Hanashiro, M. Nobre-dos-Santos, M. N. Youssef, W. C. Souza-Zaroni

“…At 140 and 220 μm, G2, G3, and G4 = G1. The averages obtained using QFL in groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 were 0.637, 0.162, 0.095, and 0.048, respectively. …”
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