Isolation of Human Islets for Autologous Islet Transplantation in Children and Adolescents with Chronic Pancreatitis by Rita Bottino, Suzanne Bertera, Maria Grupillo, Patricia R. Melvin, Abhinav Humar, George Mazariegos, A. James Moser, R. Matthew Walsh, John Fung, Andres Gelrud, Adam Slivka, Kyle Soltys, Martin Wijkstrom, Massimo Trucco

“…Chronic pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas that causes permanent changes in the function and structure of the pancreas. It is most commonly a complication of cystic fibrosis or due to a genetic predisposition. …”
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High Step-up DC-DC Converter Using Voltage Lift Techniques for Renewable Applications by Saed Mahmoud Alilou, Mohammad Maalandish, Ataollah Samadian, Pouya Abolhassani, Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Mohammad-Hassan Khooban

“…This paper presents a non-isolated DC-DC boost converter using voltage lift techniques. The proposed structure offers continuous input current. Substantial voltage gain along-side low voltage stress across semiconductors in this topology contribute to utilizing an MOSFET with lower <tex>$R_{\text{DS-ON}}$</tex> and devices with low nominal voltage values. …”
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Fact or Fake? How News Title, Sentiment and Writing Style help AI to detect COVID-19 Fake News? by Chen-Shu Wang, Bo-Yi Li, Kai-Wen Wang, Zhi-Chi Lin

“…The model employs an ensemble model of machine learning techniques, such as SVM, LSTM, BiLSTM, and BERT, along with a diverse array of input features including news structure, sentiment, and writing stylistic elements. …”
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A Study on High-Speed Rail Pricing Strategy in the Context of Modes Competition by Enjian Yao, Qirong Yang, Yongsheng Zhang, Xun Sun

“…It starts with the theoretical analysis of relationship between market share and ticket fare, and then disaggregate choice models with nested structure based on stated preference (SP) data are established to obtain the market share of HSR under specific ticket fare. …”
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Fault Diagnosis Method of Rolling Bearing Based on 1D Multi-Channel Improved Convolutional Neural Network in Noisy Environment by Huijuan Guo, Dongzhi Ping, Lijun Wang, Weijie Zhang, Junfeng Wu, Xiao Ma, Qiang Xu, Zhongyu Lu

“…By introducing BiLSTM, an attention mechanism and a local sparse structure of a two-channel Convolutional Neural Network, the feature information of the noisy timing signal is fully extracted at different scales while reducing the computational parameters. …”
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The Thermal Properties of Gliadins and Glutenins Fortified with Flavonoids and Their Glycosides Studied via Thermogravimetry (TGA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) by Magdalena Krekora, Karolina Halina Markiewicz, Agnieszka Zofia Wilczewska, Agnieszka Nawrocka

“…The thermal behavior of gliadins enriched in polyphenols depended on the structure and size of the added compound. The weight loss of glutenin did not change in the presence of the studied polyphenols. …”
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An Energy-Efficient Multipath Routing Algorithm Based on Ant Colony Optimization for Wireless Sensor Networks by Mengjun Tong, Yangli Chen, Fangxiang Chen, Xiaoping Wu, Guozhong Shou

“…EAMR has improvement and innovation in the ant packet structure, pheromone update formula, pheromone update mode, and the mechanism of multipath. …”
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Experimental Analysis of Mechanical Properties and Durability of Cement-Based Composite with Carbon Nanotube by Yubing Du, Peiwei Gao, Jianming Yang, Feiting Shi, Mohammad Shabaz

“…The average compressive strength is 84.09 MPa, the average flexural strength is 16.9 MPa, and the crack resistance index is 22.5. In addition, the structure and diffusion coefficient of the sample also change in different degrees after the solution immersion and freeze-thaw treatment. …”
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Providing a Model for Setting Priorities in KM for Improving Customer Relationship Management (Case study: Sepah Bank) by narges Rezaei-malek, reza Radfar

“…Bank Sepah was chosen as the sample. For data analysis, structure equation model and lisrel software are used.…”
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Polarization-Independent and Angle-Insensitive Metamaterial Absorber Using 90-Degree-Rotated Split-Ring Resonators by Jia-Qi Feng, Wei-Dong Hu, Qing-Le Zhang, Hua Zong, Hui Huang, Yu-Ting Jin, Yu-Ming Wu, Zhan Xu, Xin Lv, Li-Ming Si

“…The electric field distributions are numerically investigated, which confirm the polarization-insensitive property of the MA, as expected from the symmetric nature of the structure. When the incident angles vary from 0 to 45 degrees, the MA remains at full width at half maximum of 0.4 GHz (0.5 GHz) with peak absorptions of 99.9% (95.2%) at 10.27 GHz (10.3 GHz) by simulations (measurements).…”
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Ambiguous genitalia in a male patient misidentified as female, leading to inappropriate circumcision: A rare case report by Mohamed Osman Dahir Alasow, Mehmet Uz, Khalid Ali Mohamed, Faisal Abdi Osoble Osman, Shuayb Moallim Ali Jama, Abdikadir Mohamed Dirie, Abdinasir Mohamed Elmi

“…A 12-year-old child from Somalia was initially assigned female due to ambiguous genitalia, including an enlarged clitoral structure and scrotal sac that the family mistakenly thought was a labia majora. …”
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Synthesis and Spectroscopic Studies of some Divalent Metall Ion Complexes of 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(3-(4-nitrobenzoyl) thioureido) propanoic acid by Basima M. Sarhan, Ban Z. Neema

“…The results measured showed the formula of six prepared complexes were [M (HNP)2] (M+2 = Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel, Znic, Cadmium and Mercury),from the obtained data tetrahedral structure suggested for all complexes, except Copper complex has a square planer geometry…”
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Calendar of Roman Berzins, the priest and missionary of Pskov mission (1942) by Nun Evfrosinia (Sedova G.)

“…The Calendar was included in the criminal case of the priest, who was accused of serving in the Orthodox Pskov (external) mission as an agent of the German intelligence structure (SD). The publication is based on the documents of Клировые ведомости and the criminal case of Roman Berzins, the priest and missionary, dated 1947.…”
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The S-matrix bootstrap with neural optimizers. Part I. Zero double discontinuity by Mehmet Asım Gümüş, Damien Leflot, Piotr Tourkine, Alexander Zhiboedov

“…Neural networks provide an efficient parameterization for scattering amplitudes, offering a flexible toolkit to describe the details of their nonperturbative structure. Combined with the bootstrap approach based on the dispersive representation of the amplitude and machine learning’s gradient descent algorithms, they offer a new method to explore the space of consistent S-matrices. …”
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MODELS OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE STATE OF ORIGIN AND THE DIASPORA by Cristina CHIRVAS

“…The given article aims to summarize the ways of interaction of the states of origin with the diasporas, to identify the opportunities and challenges of the various policies implemented in the field of the diaspora and to structure examples of good practices applied at the international and national level.…”
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PIANO PEDAGOGY IN MUSIC SCHOOL THROUGH THE LENS OF UKRAINIAN PRACTICE AND EUROPEAN APPROACHES by Igor RIABOV, Yaroslav YARMAK, Olena SIKALOVA, Serhii RIABOV, Olena SPOLSKA

“…Particular attention is paid to issues of repertoire policy, class structure, the role of related disciplines, and the integration of national traditions into the educational process. …”
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Feedback driven autonomous cycles of assembly and disassembly from minimal building blocks by Antara Reja, Sangam Jha, Ashley Sreejan, Sumit Pal, Subhajit Bal, Chetan Gadgil, Dibyendu Das

“…Mathematical modelling of the reaction network establishes that the oscillations are transient for this network structure and helps to predict the relative contribution of the feedback loop to the ability of the system to exhibit such transient oscillation. …”
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Etiological characteristics and practical lessons of a major outbreak of acute intestinal infection among migrant workers by A. A. Yakovlev, M. N. Pogromskaya, I. P. Fedunyak, V. B. Musatov, V. N. Kutuzov, I. V. Gorbova, L. A. Kaftyreva, Yu. N. Korzhaev, L. V. Petrova

“…Acute intestinal infection disease incidence in the structure of infectious pathology steadily ranks the 2nd place after acute virus respiratory infections. …”
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Predictors of Cognitive Defects and Its Prevention Capabilities in Premature Infants by Irina A. Belyaeva, Alexander A. Baranov, Leyla S. Namazova-Baranova, Kamilla E. Efendieva, Polina S. Arimova, Alexey I. Molodchenkov, Elena P. Bombardirova, Georgiy A. Karkashadze, Tatiana V. Turti, Elena A. Vishnyova

“…The data of longitudinal researches of the premature infants’ development until reaching their adulthood is presented. The structure of cognitive defects in this population is studied. …”
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A Terahertz Polarizer Based on Multilayer Metal Grating Filled in Polyimide Film by Hong-Yan Mao, Liang-Ping Xia, Xian-Hua Rao, Hong-Liang Cui, Si-Jiang Wang, Yun-Sheng Deng, Dong-Shan Wei, Jun Shen, Hong-Mei Xu, Chun-Lei Du

“…In theory, THz polarization transmittance and PER of single-layer and multilayer polarizers at different THz frequencies were simulated, and their variations with the layer number of the metallic grating structure were discussed. With the increase in the layer number, PER increases prominently due to the evanescent wave coupling between different layers. …”
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