Purification of amorphous boron powder by using the soluble transformation of acid-insoluble boron magnesium compounds by Lv S.-X., Cao Z., Wu J.-J.

“…At present, amorphous boron powder is considered to be the best fuel for solid fuel-rich propellants due to its extremely high volume calorific value and mass calorific value. …”
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Flat-band based high-temperature ferromagnetic semiconducting state in the graphitic C4N3 monolayer by Chaoyu He, Yujie Liao, Tao Ouyang, Huimin Zhang, Hongjun Xiang, Jianxin Zhong

“…Half-filled isolated flat-band paves a new way to realize high-temperature ferromagnetic semiconductor for spintronics applications, but it is extremely rare in lattice models and lacking in realistic materials. …”
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Design and experimental study of piezoelectric energy harvester integrated in rotating vehicle tire using end-cap system by Muhammad Ikbal, Muhammad Rizal, Nurdin Ali, Teuku Edisah Putra

“…Therefore, this research aimed to design and develop a PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride)-based piezoelectric energy harvester integrated into a vehicle tire using a TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) end-cap system resistant to high deformation and extreme heat. The harvester was designed to convert mechanical energy into electrical from tire deformation during rotation, enabling the operation of wireless sensors. …”
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Left-Right Brain-Wide Asymmetry of Neuroanatomy in the Mouse Brain by Andrew Silberfeld, James M. Roe, Jacob Ellegood, Jason P. Lerch, Lily Qiu, Yongsoo Kim, Jong Gwan Lee, William D. Hopkins, Joanes Grandjean, Yangming Ou, Olivier Pourquié

“…By establishing a signature of anatomical brain asymmetry in mice, we aim to provide a foundation for future studies to probe the mechanistic underpinnings of brain asymmetry seen in humans – a feature of the brain with extremely limited understanding.…”
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Identification and expression of the target gene slc24a2 of oar-mir-377 and its novel snps effects on wool traits in sheep by Huaqian ZHOU, Hua YANG, Wenhua FAN, Hanyulu YANG, Zongsheng ZHAO, Qian YU, Yonglin YANG, Wenzhe ZHANG

“…A SNP (276T>C) of oar-miR-377 upstream sequences was identified and extremely significant associated with the coefficient of variation of wool fiber diameter in Chinese Merino sheep (P<0.01). …”
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Functional Outcome by Evaluation of DASH Score on Drop Hand Patient Treated with Jones’ Tendon Transfer: A Retrospective Study by Tito Sumarwoto, Seti Aji Hadinoto, Adhitya Indra Pradhana

“…The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) score measures functional outcomes in patients with upper extremity injuries. This study aimed to assess the functional outcome and evaluate the DASH score in drop hand patients who underwent Jones tendon transfer surgery at Prof. …”
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Many winners, few losers: stable bird populations on an Afrotropical mountain amidst climate change by Mwangi Wambugu, Mwangi Wambugu, Laura Martínez-Íñigo, Bernard Amakobe, Bernard Amakobe, Mwangi Githiru, Mwangi Githiru

“…Organisms in mountainous areas are frequently exposed to climatic extremes and are among the most vulnerable to climate change. …”
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Ultra-sparse reconstruction for photoacoustic tomography: Sinogram domain prior-guided method exploiting enhanced score-based diffusion model by Zilong Li, Jiabin Lin, Yiguang Wang, Jiahong Li, Yubin Cao, Xuan Liu, Wenbo Wan, Qiegen Liu, Xianlin Song

“…To mitigate these constraints, a novel sinogram-domain priors guided extremely sparse-view reconstruction method for photoacoustic tomography boosted by enhanced diffusion model is proposed. …”
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Orbital Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Alessandro Moro, Paolo De Angelis, Giulio Gasparini, Sandro Pelo, Gianluigi Petrone, Emanuela Lucci Cordisco, Umberto Garagiola, Giuseppe D’Amato, Gianmarco Saponaro

“…The orbital location is extremely rare, especially in the pediatric population. …”
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Diagnostic and Surgical Challenges in Recurrent Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans: A Case Report by Yogesh Manek, Swati Deshpande, Darshana Tote, Suhas Jajoo, Bhagyesh Sapkale

“…DFSP can involve any area of the body; however, it predominantly favours the trunk and extremities. The mainstay of management is wide local excision, which should achieve negative margins, as inadequate margins have a propensity to recur. …”
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SYMBOLIC ANALYSIS OF CLASSICAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR DEEP LEARNING by Vladimir Milićević, Igor Franc, Maja Lutovac Banduka, Nemanja Zdravković, Nikola Dimitrijević

“…This cannot be done manually because the system response is extremely complex. With the symbolic expression of outputs obtained from inputs and parameters, including pure symbolic activation functions, many other properties can be derived in closed form, such as classification with respect to a single system parameter, activation function, or inputs. …”
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Modeling Canopy Height of Forest–Savanna Mosaics in Togo Using ICESat-2 and GEDI Spaceborne LiDAR and Multisource Satellite Data by Arifou Kombate, Guy Armel Fotso Kamga, Kalifa Goïta

“…We tested four methods: Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) and Deep Neural Network (DNN). …”
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Leveraging advanced deep learning and machine learning approaches for snow depth prediction using remote sensing and ground data by Haytam Elyoussfi, Abdelghani Boudhar, Salwa Belaqziz, Mostafa Bousbaa, Karima Nifa, Bouchra Bargam, Abdelghani Chehbouni

“…The models evaluated include two ML approaches: Support Vector Regression (SVR) and eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) and four DL models: 1-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network (1D-CNN), Long Short-Term Memory Networks (LSTM), Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), and Bi-directional Long Short-Term Memory Network (Bi-LSTM). …”
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Advancing allergic rhinitis research through phenome-wide association studies: Insights from known genetic loci by Xingling Tan, MD, Zhouyouyou Xiao, MB, Yao Wen, MD, Han Liu, MD, Wei Yu, MD

“…Additionally, potential associations were observed with ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, chalazion, pernicious anemia, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, prostate cancer, varicose veins of lower extremities, and heart attack. LDSC analysis showed that only asthma, eczema, and nasal polyps have significant positive genetic correlations with AR. …”
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Maximal mouth opening in infants and toddlers with spinal muscular atrophy: a prospective controlled study by Jana Zang, Deike Weiss, Charlotte Dumitrascu, Julia Glinzer, Marie Wegner, Anna Strube, Jonas Denecke, Almut Niessen, Christina Pflug

“…Abstract Background Bulbar function is frequently impaired in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Although extremely important for the patient’s quality of life, it is difficult to address therapeutically. …”
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Developing a multivariate drought index to assess drought characteristics based on the SWAT-Copula method in the Poyang Lake basin, China by Liping Guo, Fusheng Chen, Bin Wang, De Li Liu, Xiulong Chen, Hongsheng Huang, Hua Bai, Kaitao Liao, Zhiming Xia, Keyu Xiang, Linchao Li, Taihui Zheng, Qiang Yu

“…We found that (1) The SWAT can simulate monthly streamflow well with NS being 0.76–0.92 for validation data over the sub-basins in the PLB. (2) The MSDI index indicated that there were more drought events during 1960–1979 and 2000–2019, highlighting a cyclical pattern of drought events in the PLB. (3) The Xiushui River Basin encountered the most extreme drought conditions since 2000, indicating the basin faced a high risk of dry conditions. …”
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Case Series of Brittle Cornea Syndrome by Taher Eleiwa, Mariam Raheem, Nimesh A. Patel, Audina M. Berrocal, Alana Grajewski, Mohamed Abou Shousha

“…Three cases presented with bluish sclera and extremely thin cornea. Genetic workup was performed and confirmed the diagnosis of Brittle Cornea Syndrome, a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by corneal thinning and blue sclera. …”
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Interpretable flash flood susceptibility mapping in Yarlung Tsangpo River Basin using H2O Auto-ML by Fei He, Suxia Liu, Xingguo Mo, Zhonggen Wang

“…The flash flood susceptibility map generated by the best-performing eXtreme Randomized Trees (XRT) model showed that 8.92%, 12.95%, 15.42%, 31.34%, and 31.37% of the study area exhibited very high, high, moderate, low, and very low flash flood susceptibility, respectively, with approximately 74.9% of the historical flash floods occurring in areas classified as moderate to very high susceptibility. …”
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Inverse Agonist of Retinoid-Related Orphan Receptor-Alpha Prevents Apoptosis and Degeneration in Nucleus Pulposus Cells via Upregulation of YAP by Tongzhou Liang, Jincheng Qiu, Shaoguang Li, Zhihuai Deng, Xianjian Qiu, Wenjun Hu, Pengfei Li, Taiqiu Chen, Zhancheng Liang, Hang Zhou, Bo Gao, Dongsheng Huang, Anjing Liang, Wenjie Gao

“…Intervertebral disc degenerative disease (IDD) is the most common degenerative spine disease, which leads to chronic low back pain and symptoms in the lower extremities. In this study, we found that RORα, a member of the retinoid-related orphan receptor family, is significantly elevated in nucleus pulposus tissue in IDD patients. …”
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Protein C deficiency with recurrent systemic thrombosis associated with compound heterozygous PROC missense variants by Mikio Shiba, Shuichiro Higo, Yu Morishita, Yasuhiro Ichibori, Yoshihiro Kin, Yasushi Sakata, Yoshiharu Higuchi

“…The patient's protein C activity and antigen levels were extremely low (<10 % and 5 %, respectively). Exome sequencing analysis revealed two rare missense variants (c.76G>A:p.Val26Met in exon 3 and c.1000G>A:p.Gly334Ser in exon 9), both confirmed to be associated with protein C deficiency and one synonymous variant (c.423G>T:p.Ser141Ser in exon 6) in PROC. …”
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