In Vitro and In Situ Evaluation of Fermented High Moisture Corn and Ear Corn as Alternative Feedstuffs for Feedlot Calves by H. Rajaei-Sharifabadi, D. Villalba, J. Mora, G. de la Fuente, J. Balcells, A. R. Seradj

“…HMG demonstrated the highest gas production rate and metabolizable energy content (12.2 MJ/kg), significantly higher than HME (10.1 MJ/kg). …”
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Altered brain dynamics in chronic neck and shoulder pain revealed by hidden Markov model by Zhiqiang Qiu, Tianci Liu, Chengxi Zeng, Maojiang Yang, Libing He, Hongjian Li, Jia Ming, Xiaoxue Xu

“…In this study, we applied HMM to rs-fMRI data from CNSP patients and healthy controls to explore brain activity dynamics and state transition patterns. We identified five distinct brain states, revealing significant differences in functional occupancy, lifetime, switching rate, and state transition probabilities between CNSP patients and controls. …”
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The Influence of Biogeographic Diversity, Climate and Wildlife on the Incidence of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Croatia by Josip Bago, Linda Bjedov, Marko Vucelja, Kristijan Tomljanović, Nataša Cetinić Balent, Sanja Zember, Josip Margaletić, Oktavija Đaković Rode

“…The mean acute TBE incidence rate was 1.1/100,000 population with significant regional differences: 1.7/100,000 in the continental vs. 0.2/100,000 and 0.5/100,000 in the Mediterranean and Alpine regions, respectively. …”
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Biomimetic Computing for Efficient Spoken Language Identification by Gaurav Kumar, Saurabh Bhardwaj

“…The proposed technique integrates speech preprocessing, which encompasses pre-emphasis, windowing, and frame blocking, followed by feature extraction utilizing pitch, energy, Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT), and Zero crossing rate (ZCR). Further, the selection of features is performed by DBO algorithm, which removes redundant features and helps to improve efficiency and accuracy. …”
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Study on Spatiotemporal Variation in Internal Temperature Field in Quartz Flexible Accelerometer by Zhigang Zhang, Fangxiang Tang, Ziwei Zhao, Zhao Zhang, Lijun Tang

“…The temperature gradient between the shell and the meter head first increases and then decreases, and the rate of temperature change in the upper part of the accelerometer is faster than that in the lower part. …”
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Co-detection of various viruses in SARS-CoV-2 in children with respiratory infections by I-Hsin Tai, Chiung-Tzu Hsiao, Chi-Hsiang Chu, Wan-Jane Tsai, Ying-Ju Chen, Han-Ping Wu

“…The overall detection rate was 84.2% (1670/1983) among 1,983 pediatric patients. …”
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A Study on the Spatial Perception and Inclusive Characteristics of Outdoor Activity Spaces in Residential Areas for Diverse Populations from the Perspective of All-Age Friendly Des... by Biao Yin, Lijun Wang, Yuan Xu, Kiang Chye Heng

“…With the transformation of urban development patterns and profound changes in population structure in China, outdoor activity spaces in residential areas are facing common issues such as obsolete infrastructure, insufficient barrier-free facilities, and intergenerational conflicts, which severely impact residents’ quality of life and hinder high-quality urban development. …”
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Analysis of off-label drug use and its influencing factors in pediatric patients undergoing otolaryngology, head, and neck surgery by Zichao Ji, Xin Wang, Jiawei Wang

“…Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were employed to analyze the factors associated with off-label drug use.ResultsIn total, 22,487 prescriptions were included, of which 2,269 were off-label, resulting in an incidence rate of off-label drug use of 10.09%. Among 2,269 off-label prescriptions, the most common type was off-label population use (2,090 instances), accounting for 92.11%. …”
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Pancreatic islet β-cell subtypes are derived from biochemically-distinct and nutritionally-regulated islet progenitors by Monica E. Brown, Verda E. Miranda, Simone Nevills, Ruiying Hu, Prasanna K. Dadi, Alan J. Simmons, Yanwen Xu, Yilin Yang, Mahircan Yagan, Sadia Najam, Leesa L. Sampson, Mark A. Magnuson, David A. Jacobson, Ken S. Lau, Emily Hodges, Guoqiang Gu

“…We show that islet progenitors with distinct gene expression and DNA methylation patterns produce β-cell subtypes of different secretory function, proliferation rate, and viability in male and female mice. …”
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Flow and Mass Transfer Performance in Short Pin-Fin Channels with Different Fin Shapes by R. J. Goldstein, S. B. Chen

“…The performance of the pin-fin arrays is analyzed under two different constraints: the mass[heat transfer rate at fixed pumping power, and the mass/heat transfer area and pressure loss to fulfill fixed heat load at a fixed mass flow rate. …”
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Effect of breast milk olfactory experience on physiological indicators in very low birth weight infants: a randomized clinical trial by Ling Yu, Yibo Tao, Pin Jia, Liling Li, Tianchan Lv, Li Wang, Qinqin Song, Xia Huan, Chan Liu, Yalan Dou, Yan Xuan, Xiao-jing Hu

“…A narrower range of fluctuation was observed across all physiological indicators in the intervention group, indicating a more stable pattern compared to the control group. Although no significant difference was found in heart rate variability (50.35 ± 9.61 vs. 48.03 ± 10.2, t=-1.320, P = 0.187), a significant difference was noted in the average heart rate between the two groups (155.65 ± 6.80 vs. 153.58 ± 4.22, t=-2.141, P = 0.032). …”
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Experience with Tetanus in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sudan: A Retrospective Review by Mumen Abdalazim Dafallah, Esraa Ahmed Ragab, Omer Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elawad

“…Tetanus is still a major health issue, especially in rural areas, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality rate. This study was conducted to describe the pattern of presentation and treatment outcome among adult patients infected with tetanus in our environment. …”
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Effectiveness of using a slider-crank mechanism for waffle background milling by I. N. Drozdov, A. Yu. Popov

“…The drive design presented in the work provides feed rate up to 43 m/min with cutting speed up to 942 m/min. …”
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A new model for predicting characteristics of the near-field leakage in high-pressure CO2 pipelines by Yan Shang, Xiaoling Chen, Peilu Wu, Zhanjie Li, Ming Yang, Xiaokai Xing, Jian Jiao, Xinze Li

“…A comparison of the predicted values with experimental data shows that these formulas can accurately predict the characteristic dimensions of the normal shock wave, with a maximum error rate of 5.5%.…”
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The Study of Three-Dimensional Granular Stream Flowing through the Test Hopper-Shaped Target by Chengwen Qiang, Weifeng Yang, Long Li, Fei Wang, Weiping Deng, Qiang Zhao, Cong Liu, Xueying Zhang

“…Variation of the flow rate with elevated frequency of the screw conveyor is further studied. …”
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Numerical simulation study on oxygen transport in the natural circulation process of liquid lead–bismuth eutectic by Xiangdong Wang, Wentao Guo, Shengfei Wang, Haicai Lv, Fang Liu, Zhangpeng Guo

“…In order to study the oxygen transport characteristics of LBE in natural circulation circuit, this article uses FLUENT software to conduct CFD simulation using the oxygen transport model. The mass flow rate of natural circulation under different power conditions in the cold and hot sections was discussed. …”
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Protein abundance of AKT and ERK pathway components governs cell type‐specific regulation of proliferation by Lorenz Adlung, Sandip Kar, Marie‐Christine Wagner, Bin She, Sajib Chakraborty, Jie Bao, Susen Lattermann, Melanie Boerries, Hauke Busch, Patrick Wuchter, Anthony D Ho, Jens Timmer, Marcel Schilling, Thomas Höfer, Ursula Klingmüller

“…Second, downstream regulators of both pathways have differential effects on proliferation, suggesting that protein synthesis is rate‐limiting for faster cycling cells while slower cell cycles are controlled at the G1‐S progression. …”
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Reliability Prediction of Thick Film Hybrid Integrated Circuits by Rumen Pranchov, Veneta Athanassova, Ruslan Georgiev, Stefan Pomakov

“…Six types of Test Pattern Circuits were designed and tested and a model for estimating thick film Hybrid Integrated Circuits failure rate is proposed. …”
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Testis in Postvasectomy Case – A Clinico-Pathological Study of 50 Cases by Prabha Bastian, Sara Varghese, P. A. Thomas, Ramakrishnan K. Nair

“…The different histological findings noted are normal histology, sloughing and disorganisation with active spermatogenesis, hypospermatogenesis, Leydig cell hyperplasia, focal atrophy of tubules, peritubuler thickening. extravasation of spermatozoa spermatogenic maturation arrest and sertoli cell only pattern (Table II). Surgical success was 94.8%, and pregnancy rate, 63.2%. …”
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Two-Phase Flow Measuring with Ultrasonic Tomography by Omid QORBANI, Esmaeil Najafi AGHDAM

“…In the existing methods, flow rate measurement depends on the fluid flow pattern. …”
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