Photon sensor-based monitoring of spatial variations in canopy FIPAR for crop growth assessment by Jian Wang, Zhenggui Zhang, Xin Li, Lu Feng, Xiaofei Li, Minghua Xin, Shiwu Xiong, Yingchun Han, Shijie Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhi, Beifang Yang, Guoping Wang, Yaping Lei, Zhanbiao Wang, Yabing Li

“…The technology was developed to provide reasonably accurate crop growth information while balancing cost requirements for applications in both scientific research and agricultural production, offering high potential for guiding smart crop management to enhance agricultural productivity.…”
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MODELING AND SIMULATION OF A DUAL CHANNEL ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR POWER TRANSFORMER USING FXLMS ALGORITHM by ADETONA SUNDAY, SALAWU RAIFU, ALABI MORUF

“…The results of the simulation using FXLMS on both scANC and dcANC showed that the performance of the dcANC is comparatively better in term of the stated performance metrics. …”
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Blood-based biomarkers in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint blockade by Yo-Ting Tsai, Jeffrey Schlom, Renee N. Donahue

“…These investigations have unveiled compelling correlations between the peripheral immune status of patients both before and during ICI therapy and patient outcomes, which include response rates, progression-free survival, and overall survival. …”
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Optimizing Photovoltaic Panel Performance: A Comparative Study of Meta-Heuristic Algorithms by M. Sundar Rajan

“…Various optimization techniques exist, including intelligent methods that incorporate functions, constraints, contributions, mathematical models, and analysis methods. Both contemporary and traditional generation techniques are analyzed, with hybrid algorithms gaining popularity due to their reduced computational time. …”
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Waste ceramic powder for sustainable concrete production as supplementary cementitious material by Yasin Onuralp Özkılıç, Yasin Onuralp Özkılıç, Alireza Bahrami, Yusuf Güzel, Ali Sinan Soğancı, Memduh Karalar, Essam Althaqafi, Ali İhsan Çelik, Özer Zeybek, P. Jagadesh

“…This is very significant because it represents one of the key issues in calculating the optimal quantity of WCP in relation to both the strength and the amount of WCP utilized. …”
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Exploring cognitive and neuroimaging profiles of dementia subtypes of individuals with dementia in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Jean Ikanga, Jean Ikanga, Saranya Sundaram Patel, Saranya Sundaram Patel, Megan Schwinne, Caterina Obenauf, Caterina Obenauf, Emmanuel Epenge, Guy Gikelekele, Nathan Tshengele, Immaculee Kavugho, Samuel Mampunza, Lelo Mananga, Charlotte E. Teunissen, Julio C. Rojas, Brandon Chan, Argentina Lario Lago, Joel H. Kramer, Adam L. Boxer, Andreas Jeromin, Emile Omba, Alvaro Alonso, Alden L. Gross

“…Individuals were stratified into one of four dementia subtypes—AD only, non-AD vascular, non-AD other, or mixed – based on combinations of abnormalities in these markers.ResultsAmong the 45 individuals with dementia, mixed dementia had the highest prevalence (42.4%), followed by AD-only (24.4%), non-AD other dementia (22.2%), and non-AD vascular dementia subtypes (11.1%). Both cognitive and neuroimaging profiles aligned poorly with biomarker classifications in the full sample. …”
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Angiopoietin-2 and D-dimer add prognostic information to clinical risk in pulmonary arterial hypertension by Heather L. Clark, Daniel Lachant, Allison N. Light, Deborah Haight, Samia Lopia, Nigel Mackman, R. James White

“…We assessed treatment response with Reveal Lite 2 scores (all patients had N-terminal-pro-brain natriuretic peptide, 6-minute walk, and functional class assessment at both visits) and followed clinical outcomes for 3 years. …”
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Examining the relationship between incidence and mortality for commonly diagnosed cancers in the USA: an observational study using population-based SEER database by H Gilbert Welch, Adewole S Adamson, Vishal R Patel

“…We also examined the 10 year risk of death, both from the diagnosed cancer and other causes.Results County-level incidence and mortality were strongly correlated in some cancers, yet uncorrelated in others. …”
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Stability analysis of three-dimensional slope reinforced by natural fiber include wheat straw and bamboo by Jiahua Zhang, Yunjun Wei, Yuanlei Zhu, Daobing Zhang, Biao Zhang

“…When the width-to-height ratio is B / H  ≥ 5, the three-dimensional stability analysis of reinforced slopes can be simplified to two-dimensional plane strain problems. Both safety and economy of reinforced slope are considered, the reasonable design slope angle of reinforced slope is 30° to 60°, where β  = 30° is the ideal design slope angle. …”
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Transformasi Kota Cerdas dalam Mitigasi Banjir: Pemodelan Curah Hujan DKI Jakarta dengan Pendekatan Spatial Vector Autoregressive (SpVAR) dan Pemetaan Bobot Queen Contiguity by Rinda Lolita Melanwati, Eni Sumarminingsih, Henny Pramoedyo

“…Therefore, a Spatial Vector Autoregressive (SpVAR) model has been developed considering both spatial and temporal dimensions. Queen contiguity weighting is used for more accurate representation. …”
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A risk prediction score to identify patients at low risk for COVID-19 infection by Wui Mei Chew, Chee Hong Loh, Aditi Jalali, Grace Shi En Fong, Loshini Senthil Kumar, Rachel Hui Zhen Sim, Russell Pinxue Tan, Sunil Ravinder Gill, Trilene Ruiting Liang, Jansen Meng Kwang Koh, Tunn Ren Tay

“…Two prediction models were derived, the first based on age, presence of sore throat, dormitory residence, blood haemoglobin level (Hb), and total white blood cell counts (TW), and the second based on presence of headache, contact with infective patients, Hb and TW. Both models had good diagnostic performance with areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.934 and 0.866, respectively. …”
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Morphological features of autoimmune gastritis by Ye. A. Losik, L. S. Selivanova, M. Yu. Konkov, T. L. Lapina, A. S. Tertychnyi, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Clinical symptoms in the study group varied and included both severe В12-deficient anemia and normal levels of pepsinogen I, gastrin-17 and cyanocobalamine. …”
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Research on Lexical Usage and Lexicographical Practice by Vilma Zubaitienė

“…The research in the Soviet era is mainly associated with the lexicographical activities of Jonas Kruopas and Kazys Ulvydas and the editorial work on both the (historical) “Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language” and the “Dictionary of the Present Lithuanian Language”. …”
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Body mass index in relation to dental maturation of 10 to 14 years old school children in Erbil city. A cross-sectional prospective study by Omar Fawzi Chawshli, Yara Ismael Ameen

“…For the sample to be representative the city was divided in to six geographic areas according to the municipalities, the samples randomly selected school children of 10 to 14 years old from both genders. The height and the weight of each participant had been recorded in the college of dentistry / Hawler Medical University in order to calculate the body mass index of the following the guidelines of centers of disease control (CDC), at the same time an orthopantomography radiograph had been used to investigate the stage of the dental maturation using the Demirjian method, finally, the relationship between BMI and dental maturation were investigated using chi square test with P value of ≤ 0.05 was considered significant difference. …”
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Estimation of cytoprotective effect of bismuth tripotassium dicitrate on gastric mucosa at <i>H. pylori</i> eradication and long-term drug intake by A. V. Kononov, S. I. Mozgovoi, L. B. Rybkina, S. S. Bunova, A. G. Shimanskaya

“…No correlation between neutrophilic infiltration of SM and р53-positive cells quantity in generative zone (–0,14≤r≤0,08) was revealed in both groups. Comparison of cumulative scores of P53 label in generative zones epithelium after treatment demonstrated no significant difference between groups. …”
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Metabolomics approach reveals key plasma biomarkers in multiple myeloma for diagnosis, staging, and prognosis by Xiaoxue Wang, Longhao Cheng, Aijun Liu, Lihong Liu, Lili Gong, Guolin Shen

“…Moreover, 14 differential metabolites were identified in both MM cell lines and MM patients. Among these, intracellular levels of lactate and leucine significantly decreased in vitro, aligning with the plasma results. …”
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Improving the Quality of History Teaching in Non-Historical Specialties and Training Programmes through Systematic Implementation of the Historicism Principle by Elena N. Dyatlova

“…The positive impact on the quality of students' acquisition of historical knowledge was achieved through the systematic implementation of the principle of historicism both in constructing educational material and in the process of teaching historical knowledge. …”
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Interactions between ABC gene polymorphisms and processing speed in predicting depression severity by Meijiang Jin, Lei Ji, Maojia Ran, Yan Bi, Hang Zhang, Yuanmei Tao, Hanmei Xu, Shoukang Zou, Hong Zhang, Tao Yu, Li Yin

“…While rs28401781 (t = 2.78, p = 0.006) and rs4148739 (t = 3.08, p = 0.003) were associated with the TOH test. And both rs1109866 and rs1109867 interacted with TMT results to influence depression severity in MDD patients. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: clinical guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological Association by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. V. Okhlobystin, S. A. Alekseyenko, Ye. V. Beloborodova, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, T. L. Lapina, A. S. Trukhmanov, I. B. Khlynov, M. V. Chikunova, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

“…The starting dose of pancreatic enzymes for adults is 25 000 units of lipase per meal, which should be subsequently increased up to achievement of complete response confirmed by both clinical and laboratory scores. Digestive enzymes should be taken at the beginning of food intake, to increase treatment efficacy PERT should be accompanied by prescription of proton pump inhibitors. …”
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Using micro:bit for building distributed sensor networks in robotic systems by Roman Duban, Yurii Yurko

“…This is a technical note with both experimental and theoretical elements, explor-ing the issues of integrating micro:bit into distributed systems. …”
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