Towards a theory of urban fragmentation: A cross-cultural analysis of fear, privatization, and the state by Setha Low

“…This paper employs a cross-cultural analysis to explore regional and national variations in residential gating and enclosure as a first step in developing an integrated theory of urban fragmentation. …”
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Effects of licorice extract on Paraclostridium bifermentans spore growth and quality changes in ready-to-eat chicken breast during storage by Jichao Huang, Zimu Li, Mengmeng Song, Yang Lei, Kairan Sheng, Tianran Huang, Kaichen Zhang, Ming Huang

“…The Ratkowsky model provided a more detailed elucidation of the relationships among temperature, maximum growth rate, and lag phase across varying concentrations of licorice extract. …”
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Multi-modal remote sensory learning for multi-objects over autonomous devices by Aysha Naseer, Naif Almudawi, Hanan Aljuaid, Abdulwahab Alazeb, Yahay AlQahtani, Asaad Algarni, Ahmad Jalal, Ahmad Jalal, Hui Liu, Hui Liu, Hui Liu

“…The assessment findings show a remarkable recognition rate of around 97.90% and 98.90%, on the AID and the UC Merced Land datasets, respectively.…”
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Immune-related adverse events of neoadjuvant immunotherapy in patients with perioperative cancer: a machine-learning-driven, decade-long informatics investigation by Yuan Meng, Rong Hu, Song-Bin Guo, Deng-Yao Liu, Zhen-Zhong Zhou, Hai-Long Li, Wei-Juan Huang, Xiao-Peng Tian

“…During the past decade, the amount of research in the field of NAI safety has displayed a positive trend (annual growth rate: 30.2%), and it has achieved good global collaboration (international coauthorship: 17.43%). …”
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Lipidomic analyses reveal the dysregulation of oxidized fatty acids (OxFAs) and acyl-carnitines (CARs) in major depressive disorder: a case-control study by Lei He, Na Duan, Chong Wang, Ru Shan, Jing Li, Lin Wang, Qiuli Liu, Junwei Tao, Li Liu, Xiaoliang Ma, Bing Cao

“…Results Based on the filtering criteria of false discovery rate (FDR) -adjusted P < 0.05, variable importance in projection (VIP) > 1.5, and fold change (FC) > 2.0 or < 0.5, a total of 40 lipids were identified as significantly different. …”
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Emotional Interactive Simulation System of English Speech Recognition in Virtual Context by Dan Li

“…The experiments of feature extraction and pattern recognition of speech samples prove that Hidden Markovian has higher recognition rate and better recognition effect in speech emotion recognition. …”
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Prevention of fetal brain injury in category II tracings by Masahiro Nakao, Michael G. Ross, Shoichi Magawa, Satoshi Toyokawa, Kiyotake Ichizuka, Naohiro Kanayama, Shoji Satoh, Nanako Tamiya, Akihito Nakai, Keiya Fujimori, Tsugio Maeda, Akira Oka, Hideaki Suzuki, Mitsutoshi Iwashita, Tomoaki Ikeda

“…Cases included those presumed to have an intrapartum onset of hypoxic–ischemic insult based on the fetal heart rate pattern evolution from reassuring to an abnormal pattern during delivery, in association with category II tracings marked by recurrent decelerations and an umbilical arterial BDecf ≥ 12 mEq/L. …”
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Effects of different exercise modalities on blood pressure and endothelial function in prehypertension individuals: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Yingtian Yang, Qianyu Lv, Xinzheng Hou, Yanfei Lv, Xirui Zhang, Qian Wu, Xuejiao Ye, Chenyan Yang, Mingyu Huang, Shihan Wang

“…The surface underneath the cumulative ranking curve data was utilized to rate interventions. Confidence was evaluated using the CINeMA framework.ResultsA total of 18 articles with 2,592 individuals were included in the NMA. …”
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Identification of a multiple DAMP scavenger mimicking the DAMP-binding site of TLR4 to ameliorate lethal sepsis by Takuya Murao, Gaifeng Ma, Atsushi Murao, Alok Jha, Jingsong Li, Yongchan Lee, Mian Zhou, Ping Wang, Ping Wang, Monowar Aziz, Monowar Aziz

“…Endogenous molecules released from stressed or damaged cells, known as damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), exacerbate inflammation, organ injury, and mortality in sepsis. …”
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Protocol for Rhapsody: a longitudinal observational study examining the feasibility of speech phenotyping for remote assessment of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders by Allan H Young, Rebecca Strawbridge, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Dag Aarsland, Aleksandra Podlewska, Ray Chaudhuri, Elliot Hampsey, Marton Meszaros, Caroline Skirrow, Rosie H Taylor, Lazarus Chok, Jack Weston, Emil Fristed, Olabisi Awogbemila

“…Acoustic features analysed include mel-frequency cepstrum coefficients, formant frequencies, intensity and loudness, whereas text-based features such as number of words, noun and pronoun rate and idea density will also be used.Ethics and dissemination The study received ethical approval from the Health Research Authority and Health and Care Research Wales (REC reference: 21/PR/0070). …”
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Prospective Study of the Association Between Frailty and Health Care Utilization in Patients With Advanced CKD by Alice L. Kennard, Alice M. Richardson, Suzanne Rainsford, Kelly L. Hamilton, Nicholas J. Glasgow, Kate L. Pumpa, Angela M. Douglas, Girish S. Talaulikar

“…Frailty independently predicted ED presentation (incidence rate ratio [IRR]: 1.25, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.09–1.43), hospitalization (IRR: 1.22, 95% CI: 1.08–1.37), and total days of hospitalization (IRR: 1.29, 95% CI: 1.06–1.57) independent of demographics, comorbidity, disability, and inflammation. …”
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Watching live performances enhances subjective and physiological emotional responses compared to viewing the same performance on screen by Damien Gabriel, Julie Devos, Sandrine Chapuis, Alexandre Comte, Pierre-Edouard Billot

“…Heart rate increased with musical intensity in both conditions, while EEG data showed reduced arousal levels during the live performance, possibly reflecting deeper cognitive absorption. …”
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Systematic Review of Hospital Readmissions in Stroke Patients by Ahsan Rao, Emily Barrow, Sabine Vuik, Ara Darzi, Paul Aylin

“…Common risk factors associated with the change of readmission rate were also examined. Methods. The literature search was conducted from 15 February to 15 March 2016 using various databases, such as Medline, Embase, and Web of Science. …”
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Stomata as the Main Pathway for the Penetration of Atmospheric Particulate Matter Pb into Wheat Leaves by Ke Zhang, Yujing Liang, Chuang Ma, Haopeng Guo, Fuyong Liu, Aihua Gao, Nan Liu, Hongzhong Zhang

“…Compared to the control group (CK), the treatment of T1 and T2 significantly increased Pb concentration in both leaves and grains, as well as the Pb accumulation rate in grains (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM-EDS) technology visually confirmed the distribution of particulate Pb in the stomatal region, demonstrating that solid-state Pb can penetrate the leaves through stomata. …”
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Mechanism Analysis and Establishment of a Prediction Model for the Total Pressure Loss in the Multi-Branch Pipeline System of the Pneumatic Seeder by Wei Qin, Cheng Qian, Yuwu Li, Daoqing Yan, Zhuorong Fan, Minghua Zhang, Ying Zang, Zaiman Wang

“…This study aims to clarify the nonlinear pressure loss patterns of the pneumatic system in a pneumatic seeder under varying pipeline structures and airflow parameters, and to develop a rapid prediction equation for the main pipe’s pressure loss. …”
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Estimation and Forecasting of Nigeria&#x2019;s Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Electricity Demands by Prosper O. Ugbehe, Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke, Daniel O. Aikhuele, Kenneth E. Okedu, Gauri Kalnoor

“…Suppressed electric energy demand arises from inadequate energy access accounting for unmet electricity needs such as electricity capacity utilization, access rate, outages, and transmission and distribution (T&#x0026;D) losses. …”
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Anemia in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis is Not Associated with an Increase of Arterial Stiffness and Intima-Media Thickness (Results of a Single-Center Cross-Sectional Stud... by K. N. Safarova, V. I. Makhina, K. D. Dorogoykina, A. P. Rebrov

“…The BASDAI index and C-reactive protein (CRP)-based ASDAS score were measured, the hemogram, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and the level of CRP were studied. Parameters of arterial stiffness were studied by oscillography and photoplethysmography, intima-media thickness (IMT) was evaluated by B-mode ultrasound according to standard protocols.Results. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Antibiogram of Nontyphoidal Salmonella from Beef in Ambo and Holeta Towns, Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Endrias Zewdu Gebremedhin, Gezahegn Tafesse Soboka, Bizunesh Mideksa Borana, Lencho Megersa Marami, Edilu Jorga Sarba, Nega Desalegn Tadese, Hirut Abebe Ambecha

“…The Salmonella detection rate in abattoirs, butchers, and restaurants was 4.2% (5/118), 8.5% (10/118), and 4.2% (5/118), respectively. …”
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Scalable Clustering of Complex ECG Health Data: Big Data Clustering Analysis with UMAP and HDBSCAN by Vladislav Kaverinskiy, Illya Chaikovsky, Anton Mnevets, Tatiana Ryzhenko, Mykhailo Bocharov, Kyrylo Malakhov

“…Each dataset includes 153 ECG and heart rate variability (HRV) features, including both conventional and novel diagnostic parameters obtained using a Universal Scoring System. …”
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Evaluation of lung cancer early detection offered by the German Social Accident Insurance for formerly asbestos-exposed employees using low-dose computed tomography – setting and s... by Felix Greiner, Jan Heidrich, Helena Keller, Dirk Taeger, Thorsten Wiethege, Volker Harth

“…Primary endpoints are participation patterns, the rate of findings requiring further diagnostic investigation, the detection of lung cancer including tumour stage and characteristics, and the notification and recognition of asbestos-related occupational diseases. …”
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