Effect of cholesterol on distribution, cell uptake, and protein corona of lipid microspheres at sites of cardiovascular inflammatory injury by Lingyan Li, Xingjie Wu, Qianqian Guo, Yu'e Wang, Zhiyong He, Guangqiong Zhang, Shaobo Liu, Liping Shu, Babu Gajendran, Ying Chen, Xiangchun Shen, Ling Tao

“…Then, the slow cellular uptake rate observed for CH@LM contributed to a prolonged duration of drug efficacy. …”
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Leveraging U-Net and ASPP for effective fault detection in photovoltaic modules by Khalfalla Awedat, Masoud Alajmi, Mustafa Elfituri

“…Additionally, the U-Net-ASPP_Cent and U-Net-ASPP_Diag configurations provided IoU gains of 1.18% and 1.96%, respectively, while also reducing false positive rates. These results highlight the effectiveness of incorporating region-specific dilation strategies, enhancing the model’s ability to detect diverse and challenging fault patterns in complex thermal imagery. …”
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Comparison of Microbiological Profiles of Primary Hip and Knee Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infections Treated at Specialist Centers Around the World by Emin Suha Dedeogullari, Pablo Slullitel, Isabel Horton, Bulent Atilla, Saif Salih, Paul Monk, Ahmet Mazhar Tokgozoglu, Michael Goplen, Bonita Tsang, Martin Buljubasich, Hesham Abdelbary, Simon Garceau, George Grammatopoulos

“…However, most studies are limited to single-center or intra-country multicenter analyses, often including mixed cohorts of primary and revision PJI cases, with limited data regarding global antibiotic resistance patterns. This study compared the microbiological characteristics, polymicrobial culture rates, prevalence of culture-negative infections, and antibiotic resistance patterns in PJI cases across five referral centers from five continents. …”
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Legacy Pipes Unearthed: Decrypting the Enigma of Pressure Dynamics and Burst Events in Limburg, The Netherlands by Mohamad Zeidan, Bram Hillebrand, Mirjam Blokker

“…The results indicate a consistent pattern of higher real positive percentages compared to random detection rates across the years tested. …”
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From School to School: Examining the Contours of Within-Field Switching in the Special Education Teacher Labor Market by Andrew Pendola, Frank Perrone

“…Results show that SETs switch schools at much higher rates, associated with experience, salary, and student demographics, yet generally transfer shorter distances than their peers. …”
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High-Pressure Cylinder Failure under Fire Conditions – Investigation of the Consequences by Vojtech Jankuj, Petr Lepik, Miroslav Mynarz, Stefan Spitzer, Ales Bernatik

“…Hydrogen cylinders failed at pressures significantly lower than their rated destruction pressure due to thermal stress, generating fewer but substantial fragments and a fireball. …”
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Experimental Reconstruction of a Nineteenth Century Lower Limb Prosthetic Peg Leg – The Box Leg by Charlotte Waller-Cotterhill

“…However, that all societies (past and present) follow a single technological trajectory just at different rates of progress would be an inaccurate assumption (Pfaffenberger, 1992). …”
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Decoding Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the new age of change by Silvia I. RONDON

“…Scenarios of climate variation have increased the possibility of changes in pests' biological and ecological patterns by increasing or reducing overwintering length, changes in population growth rates, number of generations, crop-pest relationship, and therefore affecting their expansion. …”
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Enhancing AI-driven forecasting of diabetes burden: a comparative analysis of deep learning and statistical models by Rasool Esmaeilyfard, Mohsen Bayati

“…LSTM effectively captured short-term patterns but struggled with long-term dependencies, while GRU, though computationally efficient, exhibited higher error rates. …”
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Parsimonious and explainable machine learning for predicting mortality in patients post hip fracture surgery by Fouad Trad, Bassel Isber, Ryan Yammine, Khaled Hatoum, Dana Obeid, Mohammad Chahine, Rachid Haidar, Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ali Chehab

“…Abstract Hip fractures among the elderly population continue to present significant risks and high mortality rates despite advancements in surgical procedures. …”
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Evaluating the Effects of Mitigating Urban Heat Islands of Green Infrastructure on Increasing the Productivity of Light and Heavy Work (Case Study: Tabriz Metropolitan) by Mahdi Herischian, Hassan Mahmoudzadeh, Rasoul Ghorbani

“…The primary inputs for the model included a land use/land cover raster map, a reference evapotranspiration (ET0) raster map, a biophysical table containing details about each land use/land cover class, a vector map of city buildings, and an energy consumption rate table categorized by building type and air temperature. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of the Implementation and Impact of Nikshay Poshan Yojana in India’s National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme by Sethuraman Sivaraman, Saurabh Kumar Banerjee

“…Key aspects analysed include coverage and enrolment rates, disbursement processes, awareness and utilisation patterns, implementation challenges, and the scheme’s impact on treatment outcomes and nutritional status. …”
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Indirect exposure to insect growth disruptors affects honey bee (Apis mellifera) reproductive behaviors and ovarian protein expression. by Julia D Fine, Leonard J Foster, Alison McAfee

“…Curiously, eggs laid by queens exposed to pyriproxyfen exhibited increased hatching rates, and those larvae developed into worker progeny with increased responsiveness to their queens. …”
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Link-State-Aware Proactive Data Delivery in Integrated Satellite–Terrestrial Networks for Multi-Modal Remote Sensing by Ranshu Peng, Chunjiang Bian, Shi Chen, Min Wu

“…By integrating satellite cache states, user cache states, and multi-modal data attributes (including imagery, metadata, and temporal request patterns) into a unified Markov decision process (MDP), our approach pioneers the application of the multi-actor-attention-critic with parameter sharing (MAPPO) algorithm to ISTNs push tasks. …”
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Integrating Metabolomics and Machine Learning to Analyze Chemical Markers and Ecological Regulatory Mechanisms of Geographical Differentiation in <i>Thesium chinense</i> Turcz by Cong Wang, Ke Che, Guanglei Zhang, Hao Yu, Junsong Wang

“…Redundancy analysis demonstrated Anhui samples exhibited significantly higher antioxidant activity (DPPH and hydroxyl radical scavenging rates) than other regions, strongly correlating with stable low-temperature environments (annual mean temperature) and precipitation patterns. …”
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Intravesical BCG: A Double-Edged Sword? The Untold Story of Infection Risks by Orçun Barkay, Ercüment Keskin

“…<i>Background and Objectives:</i> Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy remains a cornerstone in the treatment of non-muscle-invasive bladder carcinoma due to its efficacy in reducing recurrence and progression rates. However, its use is associated with various complications—including urinary tract infections (UTIs)—which necessitates further exploration. …”
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Is there evidence for changes in antibiotic resistance of microorganisms causing postcataract surgery endophthalmitis: a systematic review by Justine R Smith, Nieraj Jain, Maureen G Maguire, Leo A Kim, Christina J Flaxel, Steven Yeh, Stephen Jae Kim, Christina Y Weng

“…Reviewed studies were rated based on the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine grading system. …”
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Genetic diversity and antifungal resistance in Candida albicans from VVC cases in Indian women by Binaya Krushna Sahu, Utkalika Mallick, Rashmi Hegde, Jyotirmayee Turuk, Mahesh Chandra Sahu, Sujogya Kumar Panda

“…Aim This study investigates the genetic diversity and antifungal resistance patterns of C. albicans isolated from VVC patients. …”
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Deterioration of Thermal Barrier Coated Turbine Blades by Erosion by Rohan Swar, Awatef Hamed, Dongyun Shin, Nathanial Woggon, Robert Miller

“…The experimental results show that the erosion rates increase with increased impingement angle, impact velocity, and temperature. …”
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Parasite spatial distribution shapes parasite aggregation on host populations, but not at high parasite density by Chris Wojan, Allison K. Shaw, Meggan E. Craft

“…Our work suggests that fine‐scale spatial patterns of parasites can play a strong role in shaping how hosts are parasitized, particularly when parasite density is low‐to‐moderate and recovery rates are slow.…”
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