Object classification based on impulse response analysis using vibration propagation by Tomohiro Nozawa, Hideyuki Sawada

“…In a verification experiment, we compared the well-known classification methods using machine learning, and verified that the support vector classifier performed the best recognition with a successful rate of 95% for 8 different objects. The proposed system detects not only the characteristics of the object’s surface but also its internal properties. …”
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Ammonia plasma-treated carbon nanotube/epoxy composites and their using in sensing applications by Ruhan Benlikaya, Petr Slobodian, Pavel Riha, Harinarayanan Puliyalil, Uros Cvelbar, Robert Olejnik

“…The ammonia plasma treatment generated amine and oxygenated groups on the carbon nanotube surface, which facilitated its interaction with the epoxy ring and restricted the slippage of epoxy from the carbon nanotube surface. …”
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Unveiling the Spatial Variation in Ecosystem Services Interactions and Their Drivers Within the National Key Ecological Function Zones, China by Tingjing Zhang, Quanqin Shao, Haibo Huang

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Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli in urban and peri-urban garden ecosystems in Bangladesh. by Pritom Kumar Pramanik, M Nazmul Hoque, Md Liton Rana, Md Saiful Islam, Md Ashek Ullah, Fahim Haque Neloy, Srinivasan Ramasamy, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Ricardo Oliva, Md Tanvir Rahman

“…In urban areas (DNCC and DSCC), the prevalence rates were 44.70% and 80.0%, respectively, with surface gardens showing higher contamination rates (70.83%) than rooftop gardens (46.57%). …”
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Spatial Dynamics and Ecological Risk Assessment of Microplastics in Littoral Sediments of the Sea of Marmara, Türkiye by Esra Billur Balcıoğlu İlhan

“…This is the first study to examine MPs in both the surface sediments of the entire shorelines of the SoM, which have not been previously reported, and in the surface sediments of Çanakkale Strait. …”
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Effect of enamel pretreatment on the fluoride remineralization of artificial white spot lesions by Diana Ferreira Gadelha Araújo, Fernanda Sandes de Lucena, Maria Cristina Carvalho de Almendra Freitas, Larissa Vasconcellos Nunes, Marília Mattar de Amoedo Campos Velo, Ana Carolina Magalhães, Linda Wang

“…It is assumed that increasing its retention in the surface can favor remineralization. Therefore, previous treatments of the enamel surface are purposed to optimize its efficacy. …”
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Rabbit carcasses as important vectors of multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecalis, but not E. faecium: prevalence and molecular characterization from a study in Poland by Przemysław Knysz, Krzysztof Szkucik, Michał Gondek

“…E. faecium was not detected on the surface of any of the rabbit carcasses tested. …”
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Investigating the extent of PFAS contamination in the Upper Danube Basin across environmental compartments by Meiqi Liu, Ernis Saracevic, Thomas J. Oudega, Ali A. A. Obeid, Zsuzsanna Nagy-Kovács, Balázs László, Steffen Kittlaus, Ottavia Zoboli, Jörg Krampe, Julia Derx, Matthias Zessner

“…This study investigates PFAS contamination across multiple environmental compartments in the Upper Danube Basin, including surface water, groundwater, wastewater, landfill leachate, surface runoff, and atmospheric deposition. …”
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Interactions of socioecological factors on the supply–demand balance of ecosystem services in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China by Zhiming Zhang, Fengman Fang, Xiaojing Cheng, Chenbo Huang

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Conjunctival Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Clinical Assessment in Early Ocular Graft versus Host Disease by Luigi Berchicci, Emanuela Aragona, Alessandro Arrigo, Alessandro Marchese, Elisabetta Miserocchi, Francesco Bandello, Giulio Modorati

“…The positive expression of MMP-9 in GVHD may be interpreted as the consequence of a T-cell aggression against self-antigens and may be considered a reliable biomarker to detect ocular surface inflammation in GVHD, even in early stages of the disease.…”
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Evaluation of the roughness, color match, and color stability of two monochromatic composite resins: a randomized controlled laboratory study by Iara Campos Santana, Sabrina Sobral de Oliveira, Karolina Pena Botelho, Renan Leonardi de Oliveira Rigotti, José Cristiano Ramos Glória, Adriana Maria Botelho, Dhelfeson Willya Douglas-de-Oliveira, Karine Taís Aguiar Tavano

“…Both resins showed low surface roughness.…”
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Analysing Time Series of Land Subsidence in the West of Tehran Province (Shahriar Plain) and its Relation to Groundwater Discharge by InSAR Technique by Ramin Papi, ُSara Attarchi, Masoud Soleimani

“…This process leads to the downward movement of the ground surface and so-called land subsidence. Surface deformation is often measured using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) technique. …”
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Occurrence and ecological risks of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in three National Aquatic Germplasm Resources Reserves in the South China Sea by Chong Chen, Huadong Yi, Shaopeng Xu, Yutong Zhang, Qihui Zhao, Ruolan Jia, Chengcheng Bu, Xian Qin, Sheng Bi, Limin Ma, Guifeng Li, Kenneth Mei Yee Leung, Yuefei Ruan

“…The highest cumulative concentrations in the dissolved phase, suspended particulate matter (SPM) phase, and surface sediment were recorded at 280.59 ng/L in the dry season, 192.89 ng/L in the wet season, and 411.89 ng/g dry weight in the dry season, respectively. …”
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Harmonic clutter recognition and suppression for automotive radar sensors by Jae-Eun Lee, Hae-Seung Lim, Seong-Hee Jeong, Hyun-Chool Shin, Seong-Wook Lee, Seong-Cheol Kim

“…In this article, we propose a novel harmonic clutter recognition and suppression method to overcome the deterioration of a target- or vehicle-detection performance due to harmonic clutters. Although several studies have been performed on the reflection and diffraction on road surfaces for automotive radar sensors, most of them did not consider the case where metallic structures such as iron tunnels with greater reflection are densely distributed. …”
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Role of Toll-like receptors polymorphisms in the development of extremely severe COVID-19 by Lyudmila A. Ashchina, N. I. Baranova, O. A. Kulieva, A. I. Bolgova

“…Antiviral toll-like receptors, including TLR3, TLR7, and TLR9, can activate the TRIF-dependent pathway, induce the production of proinflammatory cytokines, chemokines, and type I and type III interferons, participate in recognition of dsRNA and detection of unmethylated CpG DNA. In addition, an important role of TLR2 in COVID-19, which recognizes peptide glycans on the surface of gram-positive bacteria, and TLR4, which recognizes gram-negative bacteria lipopolysaccharide and plays a role in hyperinflammation in COVID-19, has been shown. …”
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Design and Demonstration of MOCVD-Grown <italic>p</italic>-Type Al_xGa_1-xN&#x002F;GaN Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector by Alireza Lanjani, Benjamin McEwen, Vincent Meyers, David Hill, Winston K. Chan, Emma Rocco, Shadi Omranpour, F. Shahedipour-Sandvik

“…Sample characterizations including atomic force microscopy (AFM) show uniform surface morphology with RMS roughness &#x223C;0.5 nm. …”
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Post-pandemic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater bodies using integrated molecular analysis by Gayatri Gogoi, Rashmi Rani Boro, Sarangthem Dinamani Singh, Emon Kalyan, Akib Ali, Keshab Nath, Hridoy Jyoti Mahanta, Pankaj Bharali

“…Notably, positive samples in the second session were detected only during the rainy season. Furthermore, we identified eight (8) distinct lineages, such as XAA, XAB, XAC, BA.2.38.2, BA.2.66, B, XBB.1, and XAJ and among which XAA, XAB, and XAJ have not been detected in routine epidemiological studies in India. …”
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Advances in preparation and application of coal-based functional nanomaterials by Shenyong LI, Shenjun QIN, Changquan MEN, Jiajia HOU, Dawei LYU, Xue ZHENG, Wei PANG, Longlong HAO, Daoyuan ZHAO, Shaozhuo ZHANG

“…It provides a comprehensive review of preparation technologies for coal-derived nanomaterials and their applications in lithium battery anodes, electrocatalysis, and pollutant detection. Furthermore, the study elucidates the phase evolution mechanisms of silicon-aluminum components in coal-based solid waste and their conversion into nanoporous materials, while exploring their potential in CO2 capture and heavy metal adsorption. …”
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Exploratory Research for HIF-1&alpha; Overexpression Tumor Antigen in the Activation of Dendritic Cells and the Potent Anti-Tumor Immune Response by Zhao J, Zhang H, Zhao Y, Lin Z, Lin F, Wang Z, Mo Q, Lu G, Zhao G, Wang G

“…The apoptotic tumor cells were detected through annexin V/PI staining following coculture with dendritic cells (DCs) stimulated by HIF-1α enriched antigens. …”
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Epidemiological investigation of a suspected outbreak of healthcare-associated infection with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a geriatric emergency ward by CHEN Yue, QIAN Ziyu, ZHANG Jinghao, LIU Zhiyong, WANG Kaiyue, YU Yayan, DAI Xujuan, JIA Minglei, CHEN Yuehuo

“…A total of 46 samples were collected from the environmental surfaces and the hands of healthcare workers, of which 7 samples tested positive for CRKP and were identical to the strains from the 2 healthcare-associated infection cases and the 1 community-associated infection case, originating from the bedrails, bedside tables, surface of non-invasive ventilator, bed curtains and panels of monitoring equipment, with a detection rate of 15.22%. …”
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