Residual NAPL Architectures in Fractures: Insights From Microfluidic Experiments by Kun Xing, Xiaoqing Shi, Amalia Kokkinaki, Zhibing Yang, Liangchao Zou, Jichun Wu

“…Three distinct residual NAPL architectures were identified, Pools Pattern (PP), Ganglia Pattern (GP), and Mixed Pattern (MP), affected by aperture heterogeneities and flow rates. …”
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Study on the Propagation Law of CO₂ Displacement in Tight Conglomerate Reservoirs in the Mahu Depression, Xinjiang, China by Long Tan, Jigang Zhang, Jing Zhang, Ruihai Jiang, Jianhua Qin, Yan Dong, Zhenlong Deng, Ping Song, Chenguang Cui, Wenya Zhai, Fengqi Tan

“…Finally, the three-dimensional pore-throat model was combined with microscopic utilization patterns to quantitatively characterize the reservoir utilization rate of the CO₂ displacement oil and guide on-site dynamic analysis. …”
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Outpatient acute kidney disease detection by national and institutional health data by Hsiu-Yin Chiang, Hung-Chieh Yeh, Zi-Han Lin, Bradley Chen, David Ray Chang, I-Wen Ting, Jie-Sian Wang, Yun-Lun Chang, Hung-Lin Chen, Yu-Chih Liu, Mei-Chuan Hsieh, Tzu-Ling Karen Tzeng, Chin-Chi Kuo

“…The criteria for AKDOPT were a >50% change in maximum and minimum serum creatinine levels or a >35% change in corresponding estimated glomerular filtration rate values within the 180 days before an appointed outpatient visit. …”
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Stomatal–Hydraulic Coordination Mechanisms of Wheat in Response to Atmospheric–Soil Drought and Rewatering by Lijuan Wang, Yanqun Zhang, Hao Li, Xinlong Hu, Pancen Feng, Yan Mo, Shihong Gong

“…We investigated wheat’s hydraulic transport (leaf hydraulic conductance, <i>K</i>_leaf) and gas exchange (stomatal conductance, <i>g_s</i>; photosynthetic rate, <i>A</i>_n) responses to combined drought stress from atmospheric and soil conditions at the heading stage, as well as rewatering 55 days after treatment initiation. …”
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The state of cancer care in Russia: breast cancer. Epidemiology and survival of patients. The impact of the SARS-CoV-2-beta-coronavirus epidemic (clinical and population study) by V. M. Merabishvili, V. F. Semiglazov, A. V. Komiakhov, T. Yu. Semiglazova, P. V. Krivorotko, А. M. Belyaev

“…The one-year and five-year survival rate of breast cancer patients continues to grow.…”
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Dual Task Interference in Young, Middle-Age and Older Adults During Different Functional Mobility Tasks: A Cross Sectional Study by Tamara R. L. P. Tolotti, Ana Paula O. Barbosa, João Vítor E. H. Szortyka, Adriana T. de Lemos, Felipe de S. Stigger

“…The time taken to complete the mobility tasks was measured, while performance on secondary tasks was assessed based on the CTT rate, number of errors (SCWT and DST), and rate of recalled words (SVFT). …”
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Efficacy of Tuina Versus the Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) Technique in Patients With Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Kaiqi Fan, Aicheng Wang, Hainan Gao, Ting Yu, Xiangyu Zhu

“… BackgroundNonspecific chronic neck pain (NCNP), characterized by a long course, a high recurrence rate, and a young age of onset, causes a huge economic burden. …”
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Three‒Dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Breaching Process of Landslide Dams with Heterogeneous Structures by HU Xianrui, PENG Ming, FU Xiaoli, YANG Ge, ZHU Yan, SHI Zhenming, ZHANG Gongding

“…The middle layer (V2) governed vertical incision rates: fine-grained layers accelerated downward erosion, whereas coarse layers formed headcuts that restricted further deepening. …”
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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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Global assessment of current extinction risks and future challenges for turtles and tortoises by Chuanwu Chen, Jiang Wang, Marcel Holyoak, Liu Lin, Yanping Wang

“…Furthermore, the projected rates of climatic and environmental changes across species’ distributions are significantly higher than the rates of evolution for traits linked to resilience to climate change and altered environments. …”
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Multistage Training of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to Predict Preeclampsia and Fetal Growth Restriction by William Hoyos, Rodrigo Garcia, Jose Aguilar

“…The application of these models in healthcare settings holds promise as a valuable tool for the early detection of PE and FGR, contributing to the reduction of morbidity and mortality rates.…”
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How the pandemic shaped presenteeism trends between healthcare and non-healthcare workers using the Korean working conditions surveys (2010–2023) by Ari Min, Yoonjung Ji, Wonhee Baek

“…Healthcare workers exhibited high presenteeism rates prior to the pandemic; however, during and after the pandemic, these rates decreased rapidly and ultimately became lower than those of non-healthcare workers. …”
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Factors contributing to doctoral student attrition in higher education institutions in Namibia by Esther Nuuyoma, Sing Nevensha, Chika T Sehoole

“…Guided by Tinto’s student integration theory, this study explores factors driving high dropout rates among doctoral candidates at two Namibian universities. …”
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Analysis of Spatio-temporal change of Carbon Emissions and Carbon Sinks and Carbon Balance partition in the Poyang Lake Ecological Economic Region by Yang Yunsong

“…The results were as follows: ① From 2000 to 2021, the total carbon emission of PYLEER continued to rise but the growth rate was declining, showing an overall convergence trend, but not reaching the peak carbon emission, and the spatial pattern of carbon emission was stable. …”
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Wind Power Forecasting Based on Multi-Graph Neural Networks Considering External Disturbances by Xiaoyin Xu, Zhumei Luo, Menglong Feng

“…Meanwhile, real-time performance analysis confirms the model’s operational viability as it maintains excellent prediction accuracy (RMSE < 15) even at high data arrival rates (100 samples/second) while ensuring processing latency below critical thresholds (10 ms) under typical system loads.…”
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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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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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Heat and Mass Transfer of Boundary Layer Jeffrey Ternary Hybrid Nanofluid Flow Over Porous Wedge With Surface-Catalysed Chemical Reactions: An ANFIS Model by M. Shanmugapriya, A. S. Ashwinth Jeffrey, R. Sundareswaran

“…It is found that, on increasing φAg, φCuO,φSWCNT, the heat transfer and mass transfer rate gets enhanced in THNF than the hybrid nanofluid (HNF) and nanofluid (NF). …”
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Rational strategies for improving the efficiency of design and discovery of nanomedicines by Xiaoting Shan, Ying Cai, Binyu Zhu, Lingli Zhou, Xujie Sun, Xiaoxuan Xu, Qi Yin, Dangge Wang, Yaping Li

“…This transition facilitates the enhancement of efficiency in the preclinical discovery pipeline of nanomaterials, particularly in improving the hit rate of nanomaterials and the optimization efficiency of promising candidates. …”
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Social determinants and follow-up care after emergency department discharge for traumatic intracranial hemorrhage by Meghan M. Dillan, Joseph Piktel, Adam Perzynski, Mary Jo Roach, Kristen K. Curtis, Yasir Tarabichi, Lance Wilson, Michael L. Kelly

“…Only 16 % of Black patients saw a TBI specialty provider visit within 180 days compared to 36 % of White patients (p = .03). ED recidivism rate was 18 %, with 25 % of patients overall having an unscheduled TBI visit. …”
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