X-point radiator control and its dynamics in ASDEX Upgrade and JET deuterium–tritium discharges by T.O.S.J. Bosman, M. Bernert, L. Ceelen, B. Sieglin, J.T.W. Koenders, T. Ravensbergen, O. Kudlác̈ek, P. Fox, D. Brida, H. Reimerdes, C. Lowry, M. Lennholm, L. Piron, H. Sun, P. Jacquet, K. Kirov, N. Vianello, C. Ashe, A. Parrott, D. Valcarcel, M. van Berkel, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, JET Contributors, the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team

“…The controllers are designed using a model-based design procedure. The required models are obtained experimentally using perturbative (system identification) experiments. …”
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Self-Supervised Pretraining and Quantization for Fault Tolerant Neural Networks: Friend or Foe? by Rosario Milazzo, Sophie M. Fosson, Lia Morra, Luca Sterpone

“…Consequently, various techniques have been proposed to enhance DNN fault tolerance by modifying the network structure or training procedure, thereby reducing the need for costly hardware redundancy. …”
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Attitude of Healthcare Professionals: A Major Limiting Factor in Organ Donation from Brain-Dead Donors by Maciej Kosieradzki, Anna Jakubowska-Winecka, Michal Feliksiak, Ilona Kawalec, Ewa Zawilinska, Roman Danielewicz, Jaroslaw Czerwinski, Piotr Malkowski, Wojciech Rowiński

“…Physicians from LDR were twice more reluctant to start diagnostic procedure when clinical signs of brain death were present (14% versus 5.5% physicians from HDR who would not diagnose death, resp.). …”
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Degradable polymer bone adhesives by Zijian Bao, Ran Yang, Binggang Chen, Shifang Luan

“…Highly comminuted fractures and bone defects pose a significant challenge for orthopedic surgery. Current surgical procedures commonly rely on metal implants (such as bone plates, nails and pins) for fracture internal and external fixations, but they are likely to result in problems, such as stress shielding and poor bone healing. …”
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Applications and Effectiveness of 3D Printing in Various Ankle Surgeries: A Narrative Review by Jeong-Jin Park, Jun Young Choi, Jung-Min Lee, Hyun-Gyu Seok, Chul Hyun Park

“…Custom implants and patient-specific instrumentation in total ankle arthroplasty procedures guarantee a tailored fit and accurate alignment. …”
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StingReady: A Novel Device for Controlled Insect Sting Challenge—From Field Capture to Clinical Application by Xesús Feás, Margarita Armisén, Sara López-Freire, Manuela Alonso-Sampedro, Carmen Vidal

“…Using StingReady, nine patients underwent SCTs with no need for direct insect handling during the hospital procedure. The process improved patient safety and comfort while preserving the insect’s natural stinging behavior, thereby enhancing test reliability. …”
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Analysis of the Utilization of Machine Learning to Map Flood Susceptibility by Ali Pourzangbar, Peter Oberle, Andreas Kron, Mário J. Franca

“…The critical aspects of ML‐based FSM are identified, including data considerations, the model's development procedure, and employed algorithms. A comparative analysis of different ML models, alongside their practical applications, is made. …”
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Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically-Ill Term and Preterm Newborns: A Single-Center Study in Belgrade by Snezana Rsovac, Katarina Milosevic, Brankica Spasojevic, Mirjana Cvetkovic, Gordana Milosevski Lomic, Biljana Medjo, Mina G. Cobeljic, Nadja Vukasinovic, Vesna Selakovic, Dusan Todorovic, Masa Petrovic, Davor Plavec, Jasna Kalanj

“…Background/Objectives: Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is an important treatment method that is becoming a commonly-used procedure in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), especially in critically-ill neonates. …”
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Study on Safety Culture Following the Implementation of a Near-Miss Management System in the Traditional Manufacturing Industry by Maria H. Pedrosa, Ana K. Salazar, Carla Cardoso, Joana C. Guedes

“…Although limited by the small sample size and sector focus, the results show that even a simplified NMS procedure adapted to the company and adequate training provided to the workforce significantly impacts the company′s safety culture and workers′ safety behaviour.…”
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Transvertebral magnetic neuromodulation for the treatment of overactive bladder: 6 months follow-up by G V. Kovalev, D. D. Shkarupa, N. D. Kubin, A. O. Zaitseva, I. V. Borodulina, P. E. Musienko

“…The treatment course consisted of 15 procedures (3 times a week for 5 weeks). Before and after treatment at 1, 3 and 6 months, complaints were assessed using the ICIQ-SF and OAB-q SF questionnaires. …”
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Estimation of Longitudinal and Transverse Elastic Moduli of Native Brazilian Woods by Static Bending Tests by Fabricio da Silva Aguiar, Guilherme dos Santos Silva, Herisson Ferreira dos Santos, Elvys Dias Reis, Francisco Antonio Rocco Lahr, André Luis Christoforo

“…However, the estimation of G for native Brazilian species still lacks standardized experimental procedures, with the simplified normative relation G = E/16 being commonly adopted. …”
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A Fuzzy-Immune-Regulated Single-Neuron Proportional–Integral–Derivative Control System for Robust Trajectory Tracking in a Lawn-Mowing Robot by Omer Saleem, Ahmad Hamza, Jamshed Iqbal

“…The conventional fixed-gain proportional–integral–derivative (PID) control procedure lacks the flexibility to deal with the environmental indeterminacies, coupling issues, and intrinsic nonlinear dynamics associated with the aforementioned nonholonomic system. …”
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Analysis of Damage to Shipping Container Sides During Port Handling Operations by Sergej Jakovlev, Tomas Eglynas, Valdas Jankunas, Mindaugas Jusis, Miroslav Voznak

“…The research prioritises two critical scenarios: side impacts during stacking operations with reach stackers and rear impacts during trailer loading procedures. Impact events are meticulously recorded and analysed to ascertain the magnitudes of acceleration across multiple axes. …”
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Adaptations of lipid metabolism in low-grade clear cell renal cell carcinoma are linked to cholesteryl ester accumulation by Olatz Fresnedo, Jose Antonio Lopez-Gomez, Carlos Ceniceros, Gorka Larrinaga, Alberto Saiz, Lorena Mosteiro, Hiart Navarro-Imaz, Yuri Rueda

“…To elucidate metabolic alterations leading to extensive lipidomic changes in grade 2 human nephrectomies, we applied a dual lipidome-transcriptome analytical procedure that allows performing correlational studies of the two datasets. …”
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Dynamics of Acute Local Inflammatory Response after Autologous Transplantation of Muscle-Derived Cells into the Skeletal Muscle by Anna Burdzinska, Kamila Gala, Cezary Kowalewski, Radosław Zagozdzon, Zdzisław Gajewski, Leszek Pączek

“…Tissue samples were collected 1, 3, and 7 days after the procedure. Our analysis revealed the peak increase of the gene expression of all evaluated cytokines (Il-1α, Il-1β, Il-6, Tgf-β, and Tnf-α) at day 1. …”
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Preparation, characterisation and enhanced fungistatic properties of silicone rubber with different concentrations of CMIT/MIT by Shifang Yang, Zexuan Zhang, Qianpeng Hou, Yunpeng Liu, Chi Gong

“…The antimicrobial mechanism of isothiazolinone in preventing microbial growth was interpreted as the apoptosis and necrosis procedures of Aspergillus niger cells, which were verified by flow cytometry results. …”
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Evaluating Risk in Kidney Living Donors by Fernanda Ortiz, Lorna Marson, Rachel Thomas, Andreas Kousios, Elvana Rista, Carmen Lefaucheur, Sanem Cimen, David Cucchiari, Gianluigi Zaza, Lucrezia Furian, Baris Akin

“…Kidney donation is a safe procedure for carefully screened donors. The growing shortage of organs and improved survival rates among recipients of living donor transplants have broadened the criteria for acceptable living donors, including older individuals and those with pre-existing health conditions. …”
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Advancing Lignin Extraction Recovery from Natural Lignocellulosic Biomass into Biochemicals by Mohammad Siddique, Suhail Ahmed Soomro, Shaheen Aziz, Saadat Ullah Khan Suri, Muhammad Asif

“…In this article, the proximate and final analyses are performed on the lignin separation using a pretreatment procedure. The characterization methods such as Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) are performed. …”
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Perforated small intestine in a patient with T-cell lymphoma; a rare cause of peritonitis by Petrişor Banu, Vlad D. Constantin, Florian Popa, Mihaela F. Nistor

“…The nonspecific clinical manifestations of intestinal lymphomas make from diagnosis a difficult procedure. Due to the fact that surgery does not have a definite place in the treatment of the small intestinal lymphomas (for cases complicated with perforation), and beyond the morbidity associated with the surgery performed in emergency conditions, prognosis of these patients is finally given by the possibility to control the systemic disease through adjuvant therapy.…”
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In vivo generation of human CD19‐CAR T cells results in B‐cell depletion and signs of cytokine release syndrome by Anett Pfeiffer, Frederic B Thalheimer, Sylvia Hartmann, Annika M Frank, Ruben R Bender, Simon Danisch, Caroline Costa, Winfried S Wels, Ute Modlich, Renata Stripecke, Els Verhoeyen, Christian J Buchholz

“…Notwithstanding, CAR T‐cell manufacturing requires complex procedures impeding the broad supply chain. Here, we provide evidence that human CD19‐CAR T cells can be generated directly in vivo using the lentiviral vector CD8‐LV specifically targeting human CD8+ cells. …”
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