On improving Kaiwa (会話) assessment: Incorporating JF Standard descriptors and MFRM by Rina Supriatnaningsih, Ahmad Yulianto, Lispridona Diner

“…The result revealed that: (1) 29 biases were found in rater-student interaction and rater-component interaction; (2) different patterns of rating behaviour were discovered. Rater 1 was more lenient than rater 2 but rater 2 was more consistent; (3) pronunciation and fluency are components that contributed the most to bias while structure was the most objective component being scored. …”
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Force fluctuations regulation and the role of neurophysiological mechanisms throughout different isometric contraction intensities by João H. Oliveira, João S. Gomes, Philipp Bauer, Pedro Pezarat-Correia, João R. Vaz

“…We demonstrated a trend for an inverted U-shaped relationship between force complexity and contraction intensity, with SampEn at ETT and 150%ETT being significantly higher than at 50%ETT and 75%ETT (all p < 0.05). This pattern was accompanied by an increase in motor unit actions potentials and firing rate as the intensity increased up to 150%ETT (all p < 0.05). …”
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Mathematical Analysis of Inclusion Removal from Liquid Steel by Gas Bubbling in a Casting Tundish by H. Arcos-Gutierrez, J. de J. Barreto, S. Garcia-Hernandez, A. Ramos-Banderas

“…Nevertheless, in a real casting tundish the inclusion removal rate employing argon bubbling is efficient; is mainly due to the fluid flow pattern changes rather than bubble attachment. …”
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Convolutional Neural Decoder for Surface Codes by Hyunwoo Jung, Inayat Ali, Jeongseok Ha

“…The numerical results show that the proposed decoding algorithm effectively improves the decoding performance in terms of logical error rate as compared to the existing algorithms on various quantum error models.…”
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The regulatory role of ZmSTOMAGEN1/2 in maize stomatal development is elucidated via gene editing and metabolic profiling. by Juan-Juan Xu, Qing-Yun Chen, Li-Fang Qin, Yuan Liu, You-Zhi Li, Xian-Wei Fan

“…The mutant displayed a lower stomatal density and index, leading to reduced net photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, and stomatal conductance but increased water-use efficiency (WUE). …”
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FEATURES OF ADOLESCENTS TUBERCULOSIS AT A REFERRAL TB'S HOSPITAL IN TEHRAN, IRAN by Ferial Lotfian, Mohammad Reza Bolursaz, soheila Khalilzadeh, Noshin Baghaie, Maryam Hassanzad, Aliakbar Velayati

“…CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents with the high rate of positive sputum smear results and the high treatment default rate are more likely to increase risk for TB transmission to the community. …”
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Study on the spatio-temporal coupling and drivers of agricultural carbon emission efficiency and food security by Anzhi Liu, Shuguo Yang

“…The economic status and rural human capital will facilitate the integrated and harmonious development of the two systems, while the agricultural disaster rate will impede this integrated and harmonious development. …”
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Diet-induced obesity dampens the temporal oscillation of hepatic mitochondrial lipids by Rashi Jain, Rajprabu Rajendran, Sona Rajakumari

“…Also, our data emphasized that acrophase of mitochondrial lipids synchronized with increased oxygen consumption rate and Parkin levels at ZT16 in chow-fed mice. …”
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Approximate Thermal Calculation of the Superheated Steam Condenser of Heat Pumps by V. I. Volodin, S. V. Zditovetskaya

“…In the first approach, the flow rate and temperature of the heated water are limited by the saturation temperature of the condensing refrigerant, regardless of the flow pattern of the working media. …”
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Analysis of factors, associated with the probability of antihypertensive medication in the population of patients with arterial hypertension by V. S. Kaveshnikov, V. N. Serebryakova, I. A. Trubacheva

“…The highest medication rate was found at very high CVR. Men with high CVR have showed lower medication rate than expected. …”
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Tumor Area Positivity (TAP) score of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1): a novel visual estimation method for combined tumor cell and immune cell scoring by Chunyan Liu, Fang Fang, Ying Kong, Ehab A. ElGabry

“…TAP score had high concordance rate at 1% and 5% cutoff compared with CPS at cutoff 1: positive percent agreement, negative percent agreement, and overall percent agreement were all above 85%. …”
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Infant rat ultrasonic vocalizations in the neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia by Agnieszka Potasiewicz, Zuzanna Mincikiewicz, Piotr Popik, Agnieszka Nikiforuk

“…Unlike controls, which showed an increasing USV rate associated with proper vocal development, MAM-exposed pups displayed a stable emission rate across days and emitted fewer USVs on the 12th PND. …”
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The epidemic trend of rhinovirus in children from 2013 to 2023: a large sample study in China by Ting Shi, Yiwen Ni, Weiming Li, Linlin Huang

“…It was significant that the positive rate of HRV was gradually increasing with time(P<0.05). …”
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Idiopathic Atrial Flutter Associated with Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a Preterm Newborn: A Case Report by Nitin Unde, Mahmoud ElHalik, Arif Faquih

“…The physical examination showed heart rate &#x3e;220/min, and ECG showed “saw tooth pattern” after intravenous adenosine boluses confirming diagnosis of AF (2-3:1). …”
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Crop yield and water productivity modeling using nonlinear growth functions by Iman Hajirad, Khaled Ahmadaali, Abdolmajid Liaghat

“…Furthermore, the absolute growth rate followed a bell-shaped pattern in the Logistic model and a right-skewed distribution in the Gompertz model. …”
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Mechanistic computational modeling of sFLT1 secretion dynamics. by Amy Gill, Karina Kinghorn, Victoria L Bautch, Feilim Mac Gabhann

“…Comparison between simulation predictions and additional experimental data of the outcomes of chemical inhibitors and genetic perturbations suggest that intermediate values of the secretion rate constant best match the simulation with experiments, which would completely constrain the model. …”
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Seroprevalence of scrub typhus among patients with acute febrile illness: A study from northern districts of West Bengal by Santanu Hazra, Arpita P. Dutta, Sumana Moitra, Shampa Das, Sanjoy K. Mallick, Arunabha Sarkar, Binita Pradhan, Ayan Chakraborty, Debapriya Bhowmick, Arnab Saha

“…Background: Scrub typhus is a re-emerging acute febrile illness with a high case fatality rate. Early clinical features are nonspecific and resemble any acute febrile illness, with or without skin rash creating clinical dilemmas. …”
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Influence of bulking materials on the organic matter degradation during composting of cattle manure by Md. Mukhlesur Rahman

“…This study aimed to understand the degradation pattern of cattle manure with different types of bulking materials during composting. …”
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A Parameter-Optimized DBN Using GOA and Its Application in Fault Diagnosis of Gearbox by Jingbo Gai, Junxian Shen, He Wang, Yifan Hu

“…After several tests with the remaining samples, the diagnosis rate of the model could reach over 99.5%, which is far better than the traditional fault diagnosis method based on feature extraction and pattern recognition. …”
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Complex Hemodynamic Responses to Trans-Vascular Electrical Stimulation of the Renal Nerve in Anesthetized Pigs by Filippo Agnesi, Lucia Carlucci, Gia Burjanadze, Fabio Bernini, Khatia Gabisonia, John W Osborn, Silvestro Micera, Fabio A. Recchia

“…Pulse pressure and heart rate only showed transient responses, then they returned to baseline values despite constant stimulation. …”
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