PM21-particle stimulation augmented with cytokines enhances NK cell expansion and confers memory-like characteristics with enhanced survival by Jeremiah L. Oyer, Tayler J. Croom-Perez, Md Faqrul Hasan, Javier A. Rivera-Huertas, Sarah B. Gitto, Joanna M. Mucha, Xiang Zhu, Deborah A. Altomare, Robert Y. Igarashi, Alicja J. Copik

“…This is typically done by ex vivo stimulation with cytokines to enhance functionality or expansion for 10-14 days to increase both their activity and quantity. …”
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Implications of thermal stratification and radiative heat flux in blood-based ternary and dihybrid nanomaterial flow through a stretchable cylinder by Muzher Saleem, Ghada A. Khouqeer, Fazal Haq, Naglaa AbdelAll, Arshad Hussain, Mohammed Sallah

“…Non-dimensional mathematical model representing the physical phenomenon is solved through NDSolve function of Mathematica. Behavior of micropolar THNF and HNF velocity and thermal field versus influential variables are investigated. …”
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Transcriptome profiling of Hyacinthus orientalis L. cultivars in floral pigmentation by Kwan-Ho Wong, Hoi-Yan Wu, Cheryl Wood-Yee Shum, Jerome Ho-Lam Hui, Pang-Chui Shaw, David Tai-Wai Lau

“…In addition, the usability of the dataset was demonstrated by the identification of differentially expressed genes, functional annotation and functional enrichment analysis. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Quality Control Measures in Project Management: A Study of Construction Companies in Lusaka by Mwanza Jacob, Chimbomba Kelvin

“…A solid positive relationship appeared between how well technology supports quality control and general quality control practices (Pearson coefficient = 0.893). Quality control measures improve the efficiency of construction projects, but they should be further improved as many projects still get delayed as a result of quality issues. …”
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Antigenic characterization of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein precursor incorporated into nanodiscs. by Kristen C Witt, Luis Castillo-Menendez, Haitao Ding, Nicole Espy, Shijian Zhang, John C Kappes, Joseph Sodroski

“…These results indicate that Env-NDs represent a potentially useful platform for investigating the structural, functional and antigenic properties of the HIV-1 Env trimer in a membrane context.…”
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Order assignment mechanism based on hierarchical decomposition and element matching by ZHANG Xinyue, LYU Weimin, WEI Dingjiang, YANG Dongsheng

“…This integrates and coordinates operational tasks, ensures no resource conflicts, and provides alternatives for responding to battlefield variables. The approach employs a planning network model to illustrate the logical interrelationships among operations. …”
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Long-term evolution of the calibration constant on a mobile water vapour Raman lidar by P. Chazette, J. Totems, F. Laly

“…We note that the use of ground-based measurements does not introduce any more uncertainty in the lidar calibration coefficient than vertical profiles obtained by radiosondes or airborne means. …”
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Deletion of genes linked to the C1-fixing gene cluster affects growth, by-products, and proteome of Clostridium autoethanogenum by Ugochi Jennifer Nwaokorie, Kristina Reinmets, Lorena Azevedo de Lima, Pratik Rajendra Pawar, Kurshedaktar Majibullah Shaikh, Audrey Harris, Michael Köpke, Kaspar Valgepea

“…However, our understanding of the functionalities of the genes involved in the C1-fixing gene cluster and its closely-linked genes is incomplete. …”
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Advanced microfluidic strategies for core-shell nanoparticles: the next-generation of polymeric and lipid-based drug nanocarriers by Giuseppe Nunziata, Alessandro Borroni, Filippo Rossi

“…Microfluidic technology has transformed the synthesis of core-shell nanoparticles (CSNPs), providing an unprecedented level of control over their structural and functional properties. This review critically evaluates recent advancements, highlighting the superiority of microfluidic methods over conventional batch techniques, which often suffer from variability and scalability issues. …”
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Exploring the Impact of School-Based Physical and Perceived Environments on Students’ Physical Activity During Recess: A Case Study of Four Schools in Xi’an, China by Qing Wang, Yan Wang, Lan Zhou, Yong Nan

“…The study’s results confirmed previous findings from a social–ecological perspective and provide a comprehensive assessment framework that includes the spatial organization/spatial quality of the school and the perceived variables of safety, comfort, aesthetics, accessibility and functionality. …”
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Development of Speech Therapy Application for Children with Stuttering (STACS) by Janith Raj Jayaraju, Amudhu Sankar

“…Conclusion: Most parents found this prototype app easy to use, efficient in training their children, and highly functional. …”
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Importance Analysis of Vegetation Change Factors in East Africa Based on Machine Learning by Zhang Xiumei, Ma Bo, Zhang Yijie

“…The independent treatment variables were two climatic factors and five human activity factors affecting vegetation changes in East Africa. …”
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Beyond Spirometry: Linking Wasted Ventilation to Exertional Dyspnea in the Initial Stages of COPD by J. Alberto Neder, Giles Santyr, Brandon Zanette, Miranda Kirby, Marina Pourafkari, Matthew D. James, Sandra G. Vincent, Carrie Ferguson, Chu-Yi Wang, Nicolle J. Domnik, Devin B. Phillips, Janos Porszasz, William W. Stringer, Denis E. O’Donnell

“…Pulmonary function tests estimating the extension of the wasted ventilation and selected cardiopulmonary exercise testing variables can, therefore, shed unique light on the genesis of patients’ out-of-proportion dyspnea. …”
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Hybrid Approach of Finite Element Method, Kigring Metamodel, and Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm for Computational Optimization of a Flexure Elbow Joint for Upper-Limb Assistive D... by Duc Nam Nguyen, Thanh-Phong Dao, Ngoc Le Chau, Van Anh Dang

“…The optimization problem considers three design variables and two objective functions. An efficient hybrid optimization approach of central composite design (CDD), finite element method (FEM), Kigring metamodel, and multiobjective genetic algorithm (MOGA) is developed. …”
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Development of Sub-channel Program and Multi-objective Optimization Method Research for Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger by CHEN Liqin, HUO Honglei, XIE Renyao, YANG Yi

“…The results of sensitivity analysis show that as the flow channel width and height of the cold side flow channel increase, the sensitivity of the objective function to the variables continues to decrease, the optimization effect gradually becomes worse, and there are optimal design points, which are 4 mm and 1 mm respectively. …”
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Fuzzy Controller Design Optimized by the Grasshopper Algorithm to Realize Maximum Power in Photovoltaic Systems by Kamran Safaei, Aida Esmaeilian-Marnani, Hossein Emami, Amir Hossein Zaeri

“…In this paper, the ISE evaluation index is employed as the cost function of algorithm to verify the obtained results. …”
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Land-Cover Semantic Segmentation for Very-High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery Using Deep Transfer Learning and Active Contour Loss by Miguel Chicchon, Francisco James Leon Trujillo, Ivan Sipiran, Ricardo Madrid

“…We assessed the U-Net-scSE, FT-U-NetFormer, and DC-Swin architectures, incorporating transfer learning and active contour loss functions to improve performance on semantic segmentation tasks. …”
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Providing a Roadmap for the Adaption of Agricultural Sector to Water Scarcity Conditions (Case Study: Selected Crops of Tajan Basin, Iran) by H. Fouladi, H. Amirnejad, S. Shirzadi Laskookalayeh

“…For this reason, the void of using an efficient model that can provide all economic and environmental aspects at the same time was completely felt. …”
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Cross-sectional associations between physical activity and sedentary time with cardiovascular health in children from the ALSPAC study using compositional data analysis by K. M. Sansum, B. Bond, R. M. Pulsford, A. McManus, A. O. Agbaje, A. M. Skinner, A. R. Barker

“…Abstract This study adopted a compositional framework to cross-sectionally examine the associations between physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST) with vascular structure and function and clustered cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in 4277 children (2,226 girls), aged 10.6±0.2 years. …”
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Study on a Quantitative Evaluation Method of Goaf Instability Risk of Phosphate Deposits in Layered Rock Mass by Dongfang CHEN, Mengke WANG, Dingping XU, Haiwang YE, Qizhou WANG, Jian LIU, Bin XIANG

“…The Hermite random polynomial coefficients between the input field of c and <italic>ϕ</italic>_j and the output field of the FAI are solved by the probability collocation method, establishing an explicit function expression between the probability collocation point and the FAI. …”
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