Engineering Performance and Mechanism of Alkali-Activated Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag–Zeolite Powder Grouting Materials by Longni Wang, Hongyuan Fu, Qianfeng Gao, Jintao Luo, Jing Tang, Jianping Song, Youjun Li, Guangtao Yu

“…This study develops a new grouting material using industrial byproducts to overcome these limitations while optimizing performance for reinforcing silty mudstone slopes. …”
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Hybrid AI-Based Framework for Renewable Energy Forecasting: One-Stage Decomposition and Sample Entropy Reconstruction with Least-Squares Regression by Nahed Zemouri, Hatem Mezaache, Zakaria Zemali, Fabio La Foresta, Mario Versaci, Giovanni Angiulli

“…The framework uses a one-stage decomposition strategy, applying variational mode decomposition and an improved empirical mode decomposition method with adaptive noise. This process effectively extracts meaningful components while reducing background noise, improving data quality, and minimizing uncertainty. …”
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Comparative Diagnostic Efficacy of Four Breast Imaging Modalities in Dense Breasts: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Danka Petrović, Bojana Šćepanović, Milena Spirovski, Zoran Nikin, Nataša Prvulović Bunović

“…Based on the exclusion criteria, the final number of women who were screened with all four imaging methods was 156. The reference standard for checking the diagnostic accuracy of these methods is the result of a histopathological examination, if a biopsy is performed, or a stable radiological finding in the next 12–24 months. …”
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A Modified Arthroscopic Approach for Localized Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis in the Posterior Knee Compartment by Kengo Harato, M.D., Ph.D., Shu Kobayashi, M.D., Ph.D., Tasuaki Matsumoto, M.D., Ph.D., Kazuya Kaneda, M.D., Ph.D.

“…This technique allows simultaneous use of the arthroscope and surgical instruments within the same portal, optimizing maneuverability and precision. The procedure involves careful portal placement, strategic use of a 70° arthroscope, and a combination of curettage, shaving, and radiofrequency ablation to achieve complete resection while minimizing iatrogenic injury. …”
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Prediction of Survival in Patients With Esophageal Cancer After Immunotherapy Based on Small-Size Follow-Up Data by Yuhan Su, Chaofeng Huang, Chen Yang, Qin Lin, Zhong Chen

“…Esophageal cancer (EC) poses a significant health concern, particularly among the elderly, warranting effective treatment strategies. While immunotherapy holds promise in activating the immune response against tumors, its specific impact and associated reactions in EC patients remain uncertain. …”
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Stochastic Port Selection Under Correlated Arc Disruptions: Improving Defence Supply Lines in the Nordics by Torstein Takvam, Stein W. Wallace, Falko Müller

“…This study offers a method for comparing and optimizing the selection of SPOD locations for inbound supplies and equipment, while accounting for regional attributes such as road network and weather conditions. …”
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Causal Unit Selection using Tractable Arithmetic Circuits by Haiying Huang, Adnan Darwiche

“…While early studies focused mainly on bounding a specific class of counterfactual objective functions using data, more recent work allows one to find optimal units exactly by reducing the causal objective to a classical objective on a meta-model, and then applying a variant of the classical Variable Elimination (VE) algorithm to the meta-model---assuming a fully specified causal model is available. …”
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Evaluation of a novel contrast‐enhanced fluoroscopy protocol for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in a phantom model (with video) by Takaoki Hayakawa, Masayasu Horibe, Eisuke Iwasaki, Fateh Bazerbachi, Yuki Suno, Tsubasa Sato, Haruka Okada, Yuki Nakajima, Yosuke Mizukami, Atsuto Kayashima, Takashi Seino, Shintaro Kawasaki, Takanori Kanai

“…We compared the CE protocol with the conventional standard protocol to assess its potential for reducing radiation exposure while improving image visibility. Methods The study utilized a multidirectional fluoroscopy unit and phantoms to evaluate the new CE protocol against the conventional protocol. …”
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The Algorithm for the Study of Deep Femoral Vessels Using Ultrasound Duplex Angioscanning by R. E. Kalinin, I. A. Suchkov, E. A. Klimentova, I. N. Shanayev, R. M. Khashumov

“…Next, a convex probe is used, and in the middle and lower third of the thigh, it is drawn along a line located 2 cm medially to the projection line of the femoral vessels, while the probe itself deviates posteriorly by ~ 15°.CONCLUSION The research algorithm helps increase the length of the areas of the deep femoral artery and vein available for research and help the physician choose the optimal method of treating the patient.…”
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Assessment of interradicular areas and cortical bone thickness for orthodontic mini-implant placement: a cone-beam computed tomography study by Sanjay Prasad Gupta, Deepa Niroula, Nisha Budha Magar

“…Hence, these factors must be considered while assessing the optimal sites for mini-implant placement. …”
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Durability performance of concrete incorporating carbonated recycled coarse aggregates: a review by Zhidong Zhang, Ueli Angst, Viacheslav Troian, Bingbing Guo, Qiang Zeng

“…Optimized carbonation methods (i.e., adjusting moisture content and using biomaterials) are suggested to improve the quality of carbonated RAs further.…”
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Rootstock impacts on ‘USDA-ARS-Pawnee’ pecan growth, physiological traits, and soil microbial communities by Xinwang Wang, Keith Kubenka, Warren Chatwin, Angelyn Hilton, Braden Tondre, Tingying Xu, Lu Zhang

“…This study investigates the impact of 12 different rootstocks on the growth and physiological characteristics of the ‘USDA-ARS-Pawnee’ scion to provide insights into optimal rootstock choices for pecan orchards.MethodsThe study was conducted over multiple years, assessing key traits including budbreak timing, tree morphology, leaf size, leaf retention, photosynthesis, leaf nutrient composition, and soil microbial community structure. …”
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DIAGNOSTIC AND SURGICAL TACTICS IN PSEUDOTUMOROUS VOLUMINOUS HEART FORMATIONS by M. A. Nechaenko, L. M. Kuznetsova, D. G. Podolyak, A. Yu. Kiprensky

“…To study clinical and diagnostic, surgical and morphological properties of pseudotumorous heart formations, possibilities for early diagnostics and to invent optimal treatment strategy.Material and methods. Petrovsky Centre for Surgery has the heart tumours treatment experience of 326 patients during the time from December 1962 till December 2010. …”
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Finite Element Simulation of Interstitial–Lymphatic Fluid Flow and Nanodrug Transport in a Solid Tumor: An Intratumoral Injection Approach by Gobinda Debnath, Buddakkagari Vasu, Rama Subba Reddy Gorla

“…Smaller NPs (~10 nm) diffuse faster but undergo rapid degradation, while larger particles (>30 nm) exhibit prolonged retention at the injection site. …”
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Optimasi Proses Klasterisasi di MySQL DBMS dengan Mengintegrasikan Algoritme MIC-Kmeans Menggunakan Bahasa SQL dalam Stored Procedure by Issa Arwani

“…While, the average value of the coefficient SQL-Kmeans method is 0.68 and categorized as medium structure (value ranges from 0.5 to 0.7). …”
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A double-layer model for improving the estimation of wheat canopy nitrogen content from unmanned aerial vehicle multispectral imagery by Zhen-qi LIAO, Yu-long DAI, Han WANG, Quirine M. KETTERINGS, Jun-sheng LU, Fu-cang ZHANG, Zhi-jun LI, Jun-liang FAN

“…The accurate and rapid estimation of canopy nitrogen content (CNC) in crops is the key to optimizing in-season nitrogen fertilizer application in precision agriculture. …”
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High-Pressure Microfluidic Homogenization Improves the Stability and Antioxidant Properties of Coenzyme Q10 Nanoliposomes by Xinyu Li, Xingyu Zhao, Jing Wang, Baoshun Xu, Jin Feng, Wuyang Huang

“…Liposomes were prepared using the ethanol injection method and homogenized by high-pressure microfluidics to optimize their physicochemical properties. …”
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Temporal Pyramid Alignment and Adaptive Fusion of Event Stream and Image Frame for Keypoint Detection and Tracking in Autonomous Driving by Peijun Shi, Chee-Onn Chow, Wei Ru Wong

“…Experimental results on the DSEC dataset demonstrate that the proposed method achieves a 36.9% mAP and 40.1% tracking success rate, particularly effective in extreme lighting and fast motion scenarios, surpassing existing approaches by 1.8% mAP and 1.6% SR, while maintaining real-time efficiency at 13.1 FPS. …”
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Underwater Image Enhancement Using a Diffusion Model with Adversarial Learning by Xueyan Ding, Xiyu Chen, Yixin Sui, Yafei Wang, Jianxin Zhang

“…To address these issues, we introduce a diffusion model-based underwater image enhancement method using an adversarial learning strategy, referred to as adversarial learning diffusion underwater image enhancement (ALDiff-UIE). …”
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Effect of skipping and box jump exercises on leg muscle explosiveness: badminton amateur athletes by Thesya Alda Nia, Ahmad Nasrulloh, Sigit Nugroho, padli padli, Ali Munir, Fiky Zarya

“…Judging from the average final test, skipping practice was 44.50 while box jump practice was 39.75. So it can be concluded that the two exercises have a significant impact, but it is recorded that skipping exercises provide more optimal results compared to box jump exercises in supporting the quality of leg muscle explosiveness. …”
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