Effects of Elevated Ambient Temperature on Reproductive Outcomes and Offspring Growth Depend on Exposure Time by Huda Yahia Hamid, Md Zuki Abu Bakar Zakaria, Goh Yong Meng, Abd. Wahid Haron, Noordin Mohamed Mustapha

“…The rats were divided equally into four groups as group 1 (control), group 2 (exposed to elevated temperature following implantation), group 3 (exposed to elevated temperature during pre- and periimplantation), and group 4 (exposed to elevated temperature during pre- and periimplantation and following implantation). …”
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The Effect of Galaxy Interactions on Starbursts in Milky Way-mass Galaxies in FIRE Simulations by Fei Li, Mubdi Rahman, Norman Murray, Dušan Kereš, Andrew Wetzel, Claude-André Faucher-Giguère, Philip F. Hopkins, Jorge Moreno

“…We calculate the correlation between the torque and the SFR across the simulations for various mass ratios. For near-equal-stellar-mass-ratio interactions in the galaxy sample, occurring between z = 1.2−3.6, there is a positive and statistically significant correlation between the torque from nearby galaxies on the gas of the central galaxies and the SFR. …”
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The changing demographics and severity in hospitalized patients across COVID-19 variants: A national cohort study by Priyanka Parajuli, Lara A.C. Phipps, Roy Sabo, Rasha Alsaadawi, Amanda Robinson, Evan French, Richard K. Sterling, N3C. consortium

“…Although with each subsequent wave, the sex distribution remained equal and constant, there was an increase in rates of diabetes, liver disease, and respiratory disease amongst patients hospitalized with COVID-19 over the COVID waves despite the decreasing 30-day mortality and mechanical ventilation. …”
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Lateral flow assay as radiological prognosis factor of pulmonary cryptococcosis: a single center retrospective study in China by Jiejun Shi, Jianhua Chen, Qianjiang Ding, Guoqing Qian, Zeqin Zhang, Qifa Song

“…Patients with a decrease in LFA after therapy had significantly better radiological outcomes compared to those with equal or increased LFA(linear-by-linear association, P = 0.014, Spearman correlation coefficient = 0.188; γ = 0.371, P = 0.012). …”
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Comparison of the Infectivity and Transmission of Contemporary Canine and Equine H3N8 Influenza Viruses in Dogs by Heidi L. Pecoraro, Susi Bennett, Kristina Garretson, Ayshea M. Quintana, Katharine F. Lunn, Gabriele A. Landolt

“…To determine whether equine H3N8 viruses have equally lost the ability to infect, cause disease, and spread among dogs, we evaluated the infectivity and transmissibility of a recent Florida sublineage EIV isolate in dogs. …”
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The Problem of Spurious Emissions in 5G FR2 Phased Arrays, and a Solution Based on an Upmixer With Embedded LO Leakage Cancellation by Arun Paidimarri, Yujiro Tojo, Caglar Ozdag, Alberto Valdes-Garcia, Bodhisatwa Sadhu

“…These two independent LO outputs then provide 2-D phase and amplitude control and can combine to create an equal and opposite LO signal at the output of the upmixer. …”
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Modeling and Analysis of Quasi-3D Equivalent Magnetic Network of Direct-Drive Inner Boost Permanent Magnet Motor by Jiacheng Wu, Shuai Wang, Yan Hu, Bingyi Zhang, Xuefeng Xu

“…To address the problems of low space utilization and weak overload capacity of traditional dual-stator permanent magnet motors with equal-length cores, a kind of inner boost permanent magnet motor (IBPMM) with unequal-length cores is proposed. …”
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Chronic Gastritis in Dermatitis Herpetiformis: A Controlled Study by Anna Alakoski, Teea T. Salmi, Kaisa Hervonen, Hannu Kautiainen, Maarit Salo, Katri Kaukinen, Timo Reunala, Pekka Collin

“…Small-bowel villous atrophy was seen in 76% of the DH patients, equally in patients with and without chronic gastritis. …”
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Effect of Bodyweight Squat Exercise With Blood Flow Restriction on Sprint and Jump Performance in Collegiate Soccer Players by Okan Kamiş, Hadi Nobarı, Christopher Macdonald, Robert Blaisdell, Muhammet Kurt

“…Twenty-four male collegiate soccer players (age: 19.3±1.0 years; height: 178.8±5.8 cm; body mass: 73.5±10.7 kg) were randomly divided equally into BFR or control groups. The BFR group performed BWS with BFR, while the Control group performed BWS without BFR 3x/week for eight weeks on nonconsecutive days. …”
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Regime switching on the propagation speed of travelling waves of some size-structured myxobacteria population models* by Calvez Vincent, El Abdouni Adil, Estavoyer Maxime, Madrid Ignacio, Olivier Julien, Tournus Magali

“…When the ratio is less or equal than θ*, the propagation speed of the population is constant with respect to the ratio. …”
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Potentialities and critical issues of liquid biopsy in clinical practice: An umbrella review by Nicola Veronese, Claudio Luchini, Stefano Ciriminna, Katia Spinelli, Santo Fruscione, Paola Mattiolo, Miriam Belluzzo, Veronica Messina, Lee Smith, Mario Barbagallo, Walter Mazzucco

“…We found that 75/211 had an excellent accuracy (AUC >0.90), with one comparison with an AUC equal to 1, i.e., Cell-Free Human Papillomavirus DNA (cfHPV-DNA) for HPV-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. …”
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A bibliometric analysis of smallholder farmers’ climate change adaptation challenges: a SADC region outlook by Dumisani Shoko Kori, Walter Musakwa, Clare Kelso

“…Originality/value – It is equally important to document adaptation challenges. …”
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Landscape risk analysis of the 2003 Barkal-Rangamati (5.7 Mw) earthquake in Bangladesh using geospatial techniques and people’s perceptions by Biswajit Nath, Tania Sultana Shifa, Sumon Miah, Bo Zhong, Junjun Wu, Aixia Yang, Shukla Acharjee, Ramesh P. Singh

“…Planning and urban sustainability depend equally on understanding land use and land cover (LULC) change, variability, and landscape risk (LR) assessment in earthquake-prone areas. …”
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Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with (PVDF-HFP)-KI-EC-PC Electrolyte and Different Dye Materials by M. M. Noor, M. H. Buraidah, S. N. F. Yusuf, M. A. Careem, S. R. Majid, A. K. Arof

“…A plasticized polymer electrolyte system composed of PVDF-HFP, potassium iodide (KI), and equal weight of ethylene carbonate (EC) and propylene carbonate (PC) has been used in a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). …”
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Anthropomorphism Index of Mobility for Artificial Hands by Immaculada Llop-Harillo, Antonio Pérez-González, Verónica Gracia-Ibáñez

“…The AIM was also compared with other indexes in the literature with more cumbersome computation, ranking equally different artificial hands. As the index was primarily proposed for prosthetic hands, normally used as nondominant hands in unilateral amputees, the grasp types selected for the human grasp experiment were the most relevant for the human nondominant hand to reinforce bimanual grasping in activities of daily living. …”
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Neuroplastic Effects of Combined Computerized Physical and Cognitive Training in Elderly Individuals at Risk for Dementia: An eLORETA Controlled Study on Resting States by Charis Styliadis, Panagiotis Kartsidis, Evangelos Paraskevopoulos, Andreas A. Ioannides, Panagiotis D. Bamidis

“…Seventy seniors meeting the clinical criteria of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) were equally divided into 5 groups: 3 experimental groups engaged in eight-week cognitive and/or physical training and 2 control groups: active and passive. …”
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One-Step Synthesis of TiO2/Perlite Composites by Flame Spray Pyrolysis and Their Photocatalytic Behavior by M. Giannouri, Th. Kalampaliki, N. Todorova, T. Giannakopoulou, N. Boukos, D. Petrakis, T. Vaimakis, C. Trapalis

“…The best photocatalytic activity of the composites was connected to almost equal anatase-rutile ratio and possible synergetic effect of the two TiO2 phases.…”
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Studying the effect of processing parameters on the microstructure, strength, hardness, and corrosion characteristics of friction stir dissimilar welded AA5083 and AA7075 aluminum... by Noha M. Abdeltawab, Mohamed Elshazly, Ahmed Y. Shash, M. El-Sherbiny

“…Maximum strength takes place under conditions of 50 % SiC in Al-SiC matrix, 900 rpm rotational speed, and 40 mm/min transverse speed of value 209.8 MPa, which is equal to 90 % strength of the base metal AA5083, and the maximum strain takes place at 25 % SiC in Al-SiC matrix, 900 rpm rotational speed, and 20 mm/min transverse speed, with improved strain by 2 % than the softer alloy AA5083. …”
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Effects of mosquito-proofing storm drains on adult and larvae mosquito abundance: Protocol of the IDAlErt storm drAin randomiSed controlled trial (IDEAS) by Marina Treskova, Tomás Montalvo, Joacim Rocklöv, Charles Hatfield, Frederic Bartumeus, Shouro Dasgupta, João Encarnação, Rachel Lowe, Jan C. Semenza, Pascale Stiles, Jordi Noya, Andrea Valsecchi, Till Bärnighausen, John R.B. Palmer, Aditi Bunker

“…It is a parallel-arm RCT with equal randomization of 44 drains to receive mosquito-proofing modifications (intervention) or not (control). …”
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HandSegNet: Hand segmentation using convolutional neural network for contactless palmprint recognition by Koichi Ito, Yusei Suzuki, Hiroya Kawai, Takafumi Aoki, Masakazu Fujio, Yosuke Kaga, Kenta Takahashi

“…Comparing the performance of palmprint recognition using three conventional methods and HandSegNet for palm region extraction, the proposed method has the lowest equal error rate of 4.995%, demonstrating its effectiveness in palm region extraction for contactless palmprint recognition.…”
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