Microstructure evolution and high-temperature tensile properties of Ti-22Al-25Nb alloy joint by electron beam welding by Shiqing WANG, Yi ZHANG, Guodong WEN, Qiang ZHANG, Junlei QI, Wang GAO, Wei QIANG

“…The fracture morphology of the joint is composed of cleavage steps and river-like patterns.…”
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A deep learning approach to detect diseases in pomegranate fruits via hybrid optimal attention capsule network by P. Sajitha, A. Diana Andrushia, N. Anand, M.Z. Naser, Eva Lubloy

“…In 2022, the production rate of pomegranate is estimated at approximately 4.8 million metric tons. …”
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Spatial occurrence-intensity modeling of dengue incidence in southernmost provinces of Thailand. by Apiradee Lim, Lumpoo Ammatawiyanon, Haris Khurram, Phattrawan Tongkumchum, Don McNeil

“…The overall average occurrence rate was 28.3% while the average intensity was 419 per 100,000 population. …”
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Sports data analysis of track and field athletes based on IID-OPK and NonIID-OPK algorithms by Xiaofeng Chen

“…Overall, the NonIID-OPK algorithm can effectively explore potential patterns in athletic data of track and field athletes, providing reliable support for scientific training.…”
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Assessing the relationships among the initial conditions, PSD and SWCC of compacted soil by Lincui Li, Xi-An Li, Yong Li, Yonghong Li, Cheng Li, Li Wang, Yiping He, Chaowei Yao

“…Water drained from these soils at a relatively constant rate from a more homogeneous and uniform pore system. …”
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Changes in Heart Rhythm and Breathing in Acute Systemic Injury Due to Cold by D. Yu. Konnov, T. Yu. Konnova, S. A. Lukyanov, K. G. Shapovalov

“…Objective: to reveal the patterns of a change in heart rhythm and breathing in patients with acute systemic injury due to cold in hypothermic and early posthypothermic periods.Subjects and methods. …”
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CIDNP study of photoinduced electron transfer in His-Glu-Tyr-Gly peptide and its conjugate His-Gln(BP)-Tyr-Gly by Natalya N. Fishman, Kevin Herr, Olga B. Morozova, Ivan V. Zhukov, Maksim P. Geniman, Martin Brodrecht, Till Wissel, Gerd Buntkowsky, Alexandra V. Yurkovskaya

“…Low-field CIDNP spectra showed strong emissive polarization patterns, with pH-dependent exchange interaction and biradical geometry. …”
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Effects of extreme air pollution and El Niño Southern Oscillation on insufficient sleep: a cross-sectional study by Haris Majeed, Daniyal Zuberi

“…Abstract Background While there are many well understood clinical risk factors on sleep patterns, the associations of environmental factors, specifically air pollution on insufficient sleep remains understudied. …”
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The Motivational Level of Performance Swimmers and Its Impact on the Risk of Sports Dropout by Valentina Brat, Aura Bota, Georgeta Mitrache, Silvia Teodorescu

“…The conclusions of this research can serve as a foundation for developing coaching strategies aimed at supporting continuity in performance swimming and reducing the dropout rate among competitive swimmers. Our findings confirm similar studies emphasizing the role of the training patterns and coach influence not just on the performing athlete, but also on his psychosocial individual development.…”
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The influence of exercise self-efficacy and gender on the relationship between exercise motivation and physical activity in college students by Jiazhi Sheng, Indang Ariati Binti Ariffin, Jacquline Tham

“…Abstract This study examined the relationships among exercise motivation, exercise self-efficacy, and physical activity rating, as well as the role of exercise self-efficacy in the above relationship. …”
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Efficient and Accurate Zero-Day Electricity Theft Detection from Smart Meter Sensor Data Using Prototype and Ensemble Learning by Alyaman H. Massarani, Mahmoud M. Badr, Mohamed Baza, Hani Alshahrani, Ali Alshehri

“…Smart meter data is compressed using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and K-means clustering to extract representative consumption patterns, i.e., prototypes, achieving a 92% reduction in dataset size while preserving critical anomaly-relevant features. …”
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A Survay on the Inhabitants View on the Relocation Plan of Islamieh Village by seyd Skandar Seydai, Yunes Azadi, Mohammad Reza Bosshaq

“…In this study, several indexes including housing conditions and funds, villagers’ access to some services, evaluation of the rate of participation in the execution of project, the effects of relocation on livelihood, and other factors  have been considered. …”
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Optimizing HVAC energy efficiency in low-energy buildings: a comparative analysis of reinforcement learning control strategies under Tehran climate conditions by Mohammad Anvar Adibhesami, Amir Hassanzadeh

“…This indicates enhanced adaptability to consistent daily trends and irregular periodicities, such as weather patterns. The proposed reinforcement learning method achieved energy savings of 10–15 percent compared to both rule-based and model predictive control and approximately 10 percent improvement over rule-based control, while employing fewer building features than existing state-of-the-art control systems.…”
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Study of the population genetic structure of Opisthorchis-like eggs in northern Thailand using mitochondrial genes. by Picha Suwannahitatorn, Mathirut Mungthin, Ittisak Subrungruang, Lakhanawan Charoensuk, Nithikoon Aksorn, Saiwasan Buathong

“…The results showed that the prevalence of O. viverrini and Haplorchis taichui was 10.5% and 38.2%, respectively, and the co-infection rate was 37.2%. To determine the genetic structure of O. viverrini and H. taichui using cox1 and nad1 genes, genetic analysis was performed using 30 randomly chosen fecal samples for Opisthorchis-like eggs. …”
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Learning deep forest for face anti-spoofing: An alternative to the neural network against adversarial attacks by Rizhao Cai, Liepiao Zhang, Changsheng Chen, Yongjian Hu, Alex Kot

“…Our experiments show that the CNN or ViT models could have at least an 8% equal error rate (EER) increment when encountering adversarial examples. …”
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Impact of surgical parathyroidectomy on chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) - A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Mugurel Apetrii, David Goldsmith, Ionut Nistor, Dimitrie Siriopol, Luminita Voroneanu, Dragos Scripcariu, Marc Vervloet, Adrian Covic

“…Eligible studies evaluated patients reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR), below 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 (CKD 3-5 stages) with hyperparathyroidism who underwent sPTX. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of the most common multimorbidity among Canadian adults. by Obed Mortey, Gerald Mugford, Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Hensley H Mariathas, Ugochukwu Odimba, Zhiwei Gao

“…The identification of the most prevalent patterns and associated risk factors in this study provides fresh insights into the etiology, progression, and possible prevention of the MCM among Canadian adults.…”
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Prolonged application of high fluid shear to chondrocytes recapitulates gene expression profiles associated with osteoarthritis. by Fei Zhu, Pu Wang, Norman H Lee, Mary B Goldring, Konstantinos Konstantopoulos

“…Confirmation of the expression patterns of select genes was obtained by qRT-PCR. Using significance analysis of microarrays with a 5% false discovery rate, 71 and 60 non-redundant transcripts were identified to be ≥2-fold up-regulated and ≤0.6-fold down-regulated, respectively, in sheared chondrocytes. …”
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Optical Coherent Tomography-Angiography in the Research of Myopia Complicated by Choroidal Neovascularization by E. A. Drozdova, O. V. Zhiliaeva

“…Two mCNV phenotypes were established: glomerular (44.83 %) and flat (55.17 %) as regularized (18.75 %) and tangled (81.25 %) vascular network patterns. Hypointensive peripheral halo during the entire period of the neovascular complex activity was visualized regardless of the phenotype. …”
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Trajectory, drivers, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from urban water system in China during 1980–2030 by Shiyu Pei, Zonghan Li, Yi Liu, Chunyan Wang, Hao Wu, Shuming Liu, Yujun Huang

“…To explore the long-term patterns of GHG emissions from the UWS, we developed a systematic accounting framework encompassing four energy-related subsystems: water extraction, water supply, residential water use, and wastewater treatment. …”
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