Influence of increasing chromium content on additively manufactured tool steels: Microstructural and mechanical evolution before and after heat treatment by Nicole Ofner, Sabine Carmen Bodner, Peter Kunnas, Atacan Asci, Kevin Kutleša, Andreas Stark, Philipp Höbenreich, Christin Aumayr, Liang Wu, Christoph Turk, Jozef Keckes, Michael Meindlhumer

“…An in situ synchrotron experiment identified the body-centered cubic-Fe phase in the alloys exclusively as δ-ferrite. …”
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An Actor-Oriented and Architecture-Driven Approach for Spatially Explicit Agent-Based Modeling by Eric Fotsing, Severin Vianey Tuekam Kakeu, Eric Desire Kameni, Marcellin Julius Antonio Nkenlifack

“…We have designed an Agent Global Experiment framework incorporating a meta-model built from actor, agent architecture, and spatial concepts to produce an initial model from specifications provided by domain experts and system analysts. …”
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Experimental and theoretical study on ceiling temperature distributions in mountain tunnel with a lateral open shaft by Yuchun Zhang, Xinyu Liu, Rui Tan, Wei Hou, Longfei Chen, Shaoshuai Xing, Zhisheng Li, Yunhai Guo, Xiaoqing Han

“…Abstract A series of fire experiments in a 1/10 scale model tunnel with a lateral open shaft were conducted. …”
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Assessment of sugar beet agricultural practices for sustainable production under semi-arid environments by Lamy Mamdoh Mohamed Hamed, Mohamed Mohamed Mahmoud El-Manhaly, Mohamed Saeed El-Kady, Mohamed Mohamed El-Mogy, Hossam Saad El-Beltagi, Eman Ibrahim Refaie Emara

“…Two experiments were conducted over two growing seasons (2021/2022 and 2022/2023) in the South of Alamein Region (Moghra), Matrouh Governorate, Egypt, to evaluate the effects of soil covering, planting methods and sugar beet varieties on growth, yield, quality traits and water use efficiency (WUE). …”
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Uncertainty Inspired Early Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening via Contrastive Image-Viewing Paradigm by Ying Zhang, Yaping Huang, Jiansong Qi, Sihui Zhang, Mei Tian, Yi Tian, Fanchao Meng, Lin Guan, Tianyi Chang

“…Besides, by synthesizing two images with the opposite semantic representations and recruiting ASD and TD subjects aged 2-6, we construct a new CI4ASD dataset, which offers a novel contrastive image-viewing paradigm for better diagnosis of ASD in children. Comprehensive experiments are conducted and results have evidenced the effectiveness of the proposed UASN and eye-tracking paradigm.…”
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Effects of a synthetic analog of the bovine appeasing pheromone on the overall welfare of dairy calves from birth through weaning by J. Garcia-Alvarez, E. Teruel, A. Cozzi, E. Harris, S.M. Rutter, A. Beaver

“…To operationalize stress, calves were fitted with triaxial accelerometers on the hind leg after birth, and activity levels were monitored throughout the experiment. Data on live weight gain (ADG) and cortisol levels in saliva and hair were also obtained. …”
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Adsorption of iron by using hybrid Akar Putra and commercialized chicken eggshells as bio-sorbents from aqueous solution by H.M. Nasir, A. Azmi, A.Z. Aris, S.M. Praveena

“…Therefore, in current study, commercialized chicken eggshells and hybrid Akar Putra chicken eggshells were conducted in batch experiment to testify the capabilities of bio-sorbent materials in iron (II) ion removal from aqueous solution at optimized level of dosage and equilibrium contact time. …”
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Immobilization of Lead and Nickel Ions from Polluted Yam Peels Biomass Using Cement-Based Solidification/Stabilization Technique by Ángel Villabona-Ortiz, Candelaria Tejada-Tovar, Ángel Gonzalez-Delgado, Adriana Herrera-Barros, Gina Cantillo-Arroyo

“…Adsorption results were adjusted to kinetic and isotherm models to determine adsorption mechanism. Desorption experiments were also performed to determine the appropriate desorbing agent as well as its concentration. …”
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FFDL: Feature Fusion-Based Deep Learning Method Utilizing Federated Learning for Forged Face Detection by Vinay Gautam, Gaganpreet Kaur, Meena Malik, Ankush Pawar, Akansha Singh, Krishna Kant Singh, S. S. Askar, Mohamed Abouhawwash

“…These features were then combined into a feature vector using Canonical Correlation Analysis, and Convolutional Neural Networks were trained on these features to identify manipulated images and videos. The experiments were carried out with publicly available datasets and involved changing several parameters. …”
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Multi-active phlorotannins boost antimicrobial peptide LL-37 to promote periodontal tissue regeneration in diabetic periodontitis by Cancan Li, Luowen Du, Yingying Xiao, Lei Fan, Quanli Li, Chris Ying Cao

“…The addition of PL significantly enhanced the antimicrobial properties, stability, and safety of LL-37. Vitro experiments confirmed that PL/LL-37 had good biocompatibility and promoted osteogenic differentiation of bone. …”
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Consensus representation of multiple cell–cell graphs from gene signaling pathways for cell type annotation by Yu-An Huang, Yue-Chao Li, Zhu-Hong You, Lun Hu, Peng-Wei Hu, Lei Wang, Yuzhong Peng, Zhi-An Huang

“…Conclusions scMCGraph represents a significant advance in cell type annotation. The experiments have demonstrated that introducing pathway information significantly improves the learning of cell–cell graphs, with their resulting consensus graph enhancing the predictive performance of cell type prediction. …”
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Effect of integrative NPK soil and foliar nutrition on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) productivity in irrigated arid lands by Komolitdin Sultonov, Guzal Kholmurodova, Jamoliddin Eshonkulov, Kholik Allanov, Obidjon Sindarov, Kholmurod Khayitov, Jamila Khaitbaeva, Shavkat Salomov, Sabirjan Isaev, Altingul Djumanazarova, Risolatxon Imyaminova, Nodirakhan Jurayeva, Mavluda Karimova, Lobar Khayrullaeva, Nodirakhon Yakubjonova, Normat Durdiev, Rano Yuldasheva, Botir Khaitov

“…The effects of chemical fertilizers on crop growth and grain yield are relatively well-known, but little is known about their synergistic effects with foliar nutrition. The factorial experiment was conducted using a strip-plot design. …”
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Hypoxia signature derived from tumor-associated endothelial cells predict prognosis in gastric cancer by Ruiheng Wang, Ruiheng Wang, Guijun Liu, Guijun Liu, Ke Wang, Zhanglei Pan, Zhanglei Pan, Zhihua Pei, Xijiao Hu, Xijiao Hu

“…EPAS1 was a VWF trans-regulated gene and highly positively correlated with VWF in expression. Knockdown experiments demonstrated that siVWF reduced the expression of VWF, EPAS1, and HIF1A, as well as the synthesis of lactate and adenosine which are indicators of hypoxic metabolism. …”
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Study on Test‐Mass Charging for Taiji Gravitational Wave Observatory by Ruilong Han, Minghui Cai, Tao Yang, Liangliang Xu, Qing Xia, Xinyu Jia, Dawei Gao, Mengyao Li, Longlong Zhang, Hongwei Li, Jianwei Han

“…Finally, the charging rates of a TM imitation are tested on ground by the 30–50 MeV proton irradiation experiment, and the experimental results show good consistence with the simulation results with the error <10%.…”
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PZS‐Net: Incorporating of Frame Sequence and Multi‐Scale Priors for Prostate Zonal Segmentation in Transrectal Ultrasound by Jianguo Ju, Qian Zhang, Pengfei Xu, Tiange Liu, Cheng Li, Ziyu Guan

“…The MSF module is placed at the bottleneck layer to dynamically fuse multi‐scale context information from high‐level features. Extensive experiments on TRUS image datasets show that the PZS‐Net achieves higher accuracy in both the transitional zone (dice coefficient [Dice]: 68.90% ± 1.73%, mean intersection over union [mIoU]: 59.19% ± 2.09%, 95% Hausdorff distance [HD95]: 5.02 ± 0.83 mm) and the peripheral zone (Dice: 63.99% ± 3.16%, mIoU: 54.60% ± 3.35%, HD95: 5.28 ± 1.12 mm) and demonstrates the effectiveness and competitiveness of its key components via comprehensive ablation studies.…”
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Multiscale Attention Feature Fusion Based on Improved Transformer for Hyperspectral Image and LiDAR Data Classification by Aili Wang, Guilong Lei, Shiyu Dai, Haibin Wu, Yuji Iwahori

“…The efficacy of the proposed approach is validated using three standard datasets (Huston2013, Trento, and MUUFL) in the experiments. The classification results indicate that the proposed framework, by fully utilizing spatial context information and effectively integrating feature information, significantly outperforms state-of-the-art classification methods.…”
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AFP shields hepatocellular carcinoma from macrophage phagocytosis by regulating HuR-mediated CD47 translocation in cellular membrane by Yinglian Pan, Qiushi Yin, Zhaoliang Wang, Gang Wu, Kun Liu, Xiaowei Li, Jinchen Liu, Jiangzheng Zeng, Bo Lin, Wei Li, Mingyue Zhu, Mengsen Li

“…The effect of AFP on regulating the level of CD47 in cellular membrane and growth of tumor in vivo was performed by animal experiment. The association of AFP and CD47 in HCC cells was detected by single cell analysis. …”
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Impact of gas flaring on acute respiratory distress among pregnant women and newborn babies in Delta State Central Senatorial District, Nigeria by Omatseye Alero Akuirene, John Esimaje Moyegbone, Charity Omoikhekpen Chukumah, Mercy Ebiyemi Kalaroo, Josiah Obaghwerhievwo Adjene, Emmanuel Agbonomhen Agege, Joseph Onyedenyifa Odoko, Ezekiel Uba Nwose

“…Using a multi-stage random sampling technique, a structured survey questionnaire was used to collect respondents’ RDS experiences and that of their new borne. Data were statistically analysed with the use of SPSS. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a accessory protein is a water-permeable channel that induces lysosome swelling by Antonio Michelucci, Luigi Sforna, Riccardo Focaia, Maria Vittoria Leonardi, Angela Di Battista, Giorgia Rastelli, Simone Vespa, Simona Boncompagni, Manlio Di Cristina, Luigi Catacuzzeno

“…Conversely, videoimaging experiments demonstrate that ORF3a mediates the transmembrane transport of water. …”
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Therapeutic potential and mechanisms of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells differentiating into tendon cells and promotion of rotator cuff tendon-bone healing by Youliang Shen, Yuelei Wang, Yidan Xu, Jie Wang, Chuqiang Yin, Zengshuai Han, Feng Shen, Ting Wang

“…Therefore, it is particularly urgent to explore new treatment methods. In vitro experiments were performed to explore the mechanism of differentiation of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (UCMSCs) to tendon cells and to evaluate their potential in promoting rotator cuff injury repair. …”
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