A General Framework to Simulate Soil–Structure Interface Behaviour Using Advanced Constitutive Models by Michael Niebler, Stylianos Chrisopoulos, Roberto Cudmani, Daniel Rebstock

“…The proposed model was validated using interface shear tests from the literature on dry granular soils. …”
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Durability and stability performance of compressed earth blocks (CEB) made with sediment and FA by Mohamedou Brahim, Khadim Ndiaye, Salima Aggoun

“…Purpose – This study aims to evaluate the mechanical behavior and durability of sediment-based compressed earth blocks (CEB), linking the evaluation to the ability of CEB to resist weathering and physical attack while retaining the desired mechanical properties through compressive strength tests, behavior under drying-wetting cycles and the evolution of drying shrinkage. …”
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Drivers of spring migration phenology in Rocky Mountain elk by Storm Crews, Nathaniel D. Rayl, Mathew W. Alldredge, Eric J. Bergman, Charles R. Anderson, Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau

“…We did not find marked sub-strategies wherein some herds or individuals optimized a specific component of migration, but rather found that elk varied in their ability to optimize access to forage at all times analyzed. …”
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Rational development of an attenuated recombinant cyprinid herpesvirus 3 vaccine using prokaryotic mutagenesis and in vivo bioluminescent imaging. by Maxime Boutier, Maygane Ronsmans, Ping Ouyang, Guillaume Fournier, Anca Reschner, Krzysztof Rakus, Gavin S Wilkie, Frédéric Farnir, Calixte Bayrou, François Lieffrig, Hong Li, Daniel Desmecht, Andrew J Davison, Alain Vanderplasschen

“…Transmission experiments allowing water contamination with or without additional physical contact between fish demonstrated that the vaccine candidate has a reduced ability to spread from vaccinated fish to naïve sentinel cohabitants. …”
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The relationship between academic passions and critical thinking in a Chinese college student sample: a latent profile analysis by Shaojie Wang, Xizhen Fan, Hao Yu, Xing Yan, Jianmei Wang, Ying Liu, Yue Li

“…Third, colleges should help students develop harmonious passion, thereby improving their critical thinking ability.…”
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Comparative Analysis of Gene Expression in Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells Exposed to Biodentine and Bio-C Repair: Implications for Cementogenesis—An In Vitro Study by Mahmoud M. Bakr, Mahmoud Al Ankily, Mohammed Meer, Mohamed Shamel

“…A similar trend is emerging with root repair materials; however, there is a significant gap in the literature about cementogenic ability of bioceramic repair materials on the periodontal ligament cells. …”
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PENERAPAN LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE APPROACH DALAM PEMBELAJARAN KETERAMPILAN BERBICARA by Tati Sri Uswati, Itaristanti Itaristanti

“…Data collection techniques, including: questionnaires, observations, interviews, and skills test storytelling. The results showed that the implementation of LEA strategy can improve the storytelling skills. …”
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An Atmospheric Instability Perturbation Approach for Ensemble Forecasts and Its Application in Heavy Rain Cases by S. Wang, J. Min, X. Li, X. Qiao

“…Flow‐dependent characteristics of MPV amplitude perturbations are observed through single‐point tests, with the MPV2 perturbation enhancing the temperature gradient in the baroclinic instability area. …”
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Optimization and production of laccase enzyme by Bacillus cereus isolated from effluent of paint producing industry by B. A. Oyedeji, N. R. Oloye, S. O. Adebajo, M. O. Taiwo, B. T. Folarin, A. K. Akintokun

“…Laccase enzyme has been reported to have the ability to degrade heavy metals used in different industries. …”
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Fusarium blight of common buckwheat in Primorsky krai by N. V. Matsishina, S. A. Borovaya

“…Phytotoxicity of pathogens manifested itself not only in decrease in laboratory germination ability of buckwheat seeds, but also in inhibition of buckwheat sprout development. …”
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Attitudes and Familiarity of Hospital Administrative and Medical Staff Towards Artificial Intelligence: A cross-sectional study in Turkey by Beyza Büyükkaya, Selma Altındiş, Gazi Ünlü

“…In contrast, attitudes were divided regarding AI’s ability to reduce healthcare costs, minimize errors, offer a competitive advantage, assist in decision-making, and optimize healthcare resources. …”
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MosAIC: An annotated collection of mosquito-associated bacteria with high-quality genome assemblies. by Aidan Foo, Laura E Brettell, Holly L Nichols, 2022 UW-Madison Capstone in Microbiology Students, Miguel Medina Muñoz, Jessica A Lysne, Vishaal Dhokiya, Ananya F Hoque, Doug E Brackney, Eric P Caragata, Michael L Hutchinson, Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, David J Lampe, Edwige Martin, Claire Valiente Moro, Michael Povelones, Sarah M Short, Blaire Steven, Jiannong Xu, Timothy D Paustian, Michelle R Rondon, Grant L Hughes, Kerri L Coon, Eva Heinz

“…Mosquito microbiomes are critically important for the ability of mosquitoes to transmit disease-causing agents. …”
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A Photochemical Vapor Generation Method for the Determination of Hg and Pb in Imitation Jewelry by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry by Fernanda P. Braga, Jefferson Santos de Gois

“…The accuracy of the method was evaluated by recovery tests, which ranged from 88 to 102%. The detection limits ranged from 1 to 3 mg g⁻¹, allowing the monitoring of Hg and Pb in imitation jewelry.…”
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LWheatNet: a lightweight convolutional neural network with mixed attention mechanism for wheat seed classification by Xiaojuan Guo, Jianping Wang, Guohong Gao, Zihao Cheng, Zongjie Qiao, Ranran Zhang, Zhanpeng Ma, Xing Wang

“…However, some existing deep learning models encounter challenges, including long processing times, high computational demands, and low classification accuracy when analyzing wheat seed images, which can hinder their ability to meet real-time requirements.MethodsTo address these challenges, we propose a lightweight wheat seed classification model called LWheatNet. …”
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Design, Simulation and Experimental Validation of a Pneumatic Actuation Method for Automating Manual Pipetting Devices by Valentin Ciupe, Erwin-Christian Lovasz, Robert Kristof, Melania-Olivia Sandu, Carmen Sticlaru

“…This complete assembly is attached to an industrial collaborative robot, as an end effector, and a program is written to test and validate the functions of the complete device. …”
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Folic Acid-Targeted Liposome-Based Nanoparticle Loaded with Sorafenib for Liver Cancer Therapy by Liu S, Yi D, Ma R, Zhang W

“…However the weak targeting ability of SF for liver tumor tissues is the major problem in clinical therapy. …”
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Semantic-Aware Remote Sensing Change Detection with Multi-Scale Cross-Attention by Xingjian Zheng, Xin Lin, Linbo Qing, Xianfeng Ou

“…Second, a cross-attention module is introduced to enhance the model’s ability to comprehend semantic-level changes between bitemporal images. …”
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Face autistic classification based on thermal using image ensemble learning of VGG-19, ResNet50v2, and EfficientNet by Junidar Junidar, Melinda Melinda, Dinda D. Diannuari, Donata D. Acula, Zulfan Zainal

“…The methods employed involved training these CNN models on a balanced dataset of 4,120 thermal facial images and splitting them into training, validation, and test sets. Each model underwent extensive training to determine its ability to effectively classify autism and non-autism classes. …”
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An Efficient Methodology for the Categorization of Software Requirements Using Natural Language Processing and Similarity Analysis by Rahat Izhar, Kenneth Cosh, Lachana Ramingwon, Sakgasit Ramingwong, Shahid N. Bhatti

“…It showed significant improvements over traditional classification methods, particularly in its ability to dynamically adapt to new and evolving requirements. …”
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Machine Learning Approach to Model Soil Resistivity Using Field Instrumentation Data by Md Jobair Bin Alam, Ashish Gunda, Asif Ahmed

“…Different types of sensors were installed at multiple depths in the ET covers, and resistivity tests were conducted periodically at the same location. …”
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