Multimodal Communication in Virtual and Face-to-Face Settings: Gesture Production and Speech Disfluency by Burcu Arslan, Can Avcı, Demet Özer

“…In this study, we examined individuals’ rates and patterns of speech disfluency and gesture use across face-to-face and online videoconferencing settings as they described their daily routines (N = 64). …”
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Experimental Study on the Uplift Correction of Raft Foundations in Saturated Silty Clay by Tengyue Cui, Yingguang Shi, Feng Huang

“…The maximum surface uplift displacement decreased by 20.6% and 8.9% with increasing grouting rates, respectively. The dissipation time of excess pore water pressure exhibited a negative correlation with the grouting rate, and grouting efficiency declined as excess pore water pressure dissipated. …”
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Binaural masking of amplitude modulation by M. Kordus, A. Sęk, J. Kociński

“…The character of this dependence confirms the existence of some form of a frequency selectivity in the modulation rate domain similarly to the audible frequency domain. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of Radiologic Cancer-Free Status through Various Treatment Approaches in Advanced-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Keisuke Koroki, Sadahisa Ogasawara, Ryo Izai, Takuya Yonemoto, Teppei Akatsuka, Chihiro Miwa, Sae Yumita, Masanori Inoue, Kazufumi Kobayashi, Soichiro Kiyono, Masato Nakamura, Naoya Kanogawa, Takayuki Kondo, Shingo Nakamoto, Shinichiro Nakada, Nozomu Sakai, Masayuki Yokoyama, Masayuki Ohtsuka, Naoya Kato

“…Analysis of stage progression patterns revealed varying background characteristics at the time of advanced-stage diagnosis, with discrepancies in rCF rates. …”
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Wildlife roadkill hotspots on roads crossing Conservation Units in the State of Sergipe, Brazil by D. A. S. Bomfim, C. M. Melo, R. R. Madi

“…On BR-235, 63 roadkills were recorded and an average mortality rate of 0.0652 individuals/Km/day, while on the Adil Dantas do Amor Cardoso highway, which has implemented mitigating measures, 15 occurrences were recorded with an average mortality rate of 0.1430 individuals/Km/day. …”
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Effect of water-saving irrigation on the seasonal emission of CH₄ from paddy field by PENG Shi-zhang, LI Dao-xi, JIAO Xi-yun, HE Yan, YU Jin-yuan

“…There is no statistically significant difference on the mean emission rates of CH₄ between two kinds of irrigation patterns during the ponding to the peak tillering stage of rice (0.05<P=0.87); while CH₄ emission rate from PFCI is significantly lower than that from PFFI during the later tillering to ripening stage of rice (0.00=P<0.05). …”
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Handling Sensor Faults in Hydroponics: A Deep Learning Imputation Technique for Accurate Tomato Yield Prediction by Viji Venugopal, Paresh Tanna, Ramesh Karnati

“…DLPIM introduces a feature encoder-based generator with a 4-headed self-attention mechanism and a Crop Growth Rate (CGR) guided temporal processor to capture complex time-series patterns while maintaining physiological consistency. …”
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Hybrid salp swarm maximum power point tracking algorithm for photovoltaic systems in highly fluctuating environmental conditions by Mohd Nasrul Izzani Jamaludin, Mohammad Faridun Naim Tajuddin, Tarek Younis, Sudhakar Babu Thanikanti, Mohammad Khishe

“…Once a high rate of change in irradiation is detected, the SSA mode is activated. …”
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Long-Term Trends in Respiratory Syncytial Virus A Infections (2007–2024) in Korea by Jeong Su Han, Sung Hun Jang, Jae-Sik Jeon, Jae Kyung Kim

“…Infants (0 years) exhibited the highest infection rate (18.5%, 95% CI: 17.3–19.6), whereas adults aged 20–64 years and older adults showed significantly lower rates (0.7% and 0.9%, respectively). …”
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The prognosis prediction value of CD69+ CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cell as a novel indicator of pathologic complete response heterogeneity following different neoadjuvant therap... by Ao Liu, Defeng Liu, Xiuli Liu, Yuxiang Chi, Longxiang Guo, Dianxing Li, Qiankun Wang, Yuanlin Li, Yi Li, Guiwen Zheng, Haiqun Lin, Qiuan Yang, Yaru Tian, Jinming Yu, Minghuan Li

“…Propensity score matching ensured group comparability. We assessed pCR rates and their associations with overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), and recurrence patterns. …”
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Beyond Equal Rights: The Persistence of Ethno-Racial Inequalities in America by Olivier Richomme

“…This study explores how in spite of forty years of somewhat successful affirmative action policies and institutional reforms, every socio-economic indicator, every demographic study, every political study shows that wealth, poverty, unemployment, education, spatial segregation, rates of incarceration and voting patterns are still correlated to race. …”
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High nutrient loads amplify carbon cycling across California and New York coastal wetlands but with ambiguous effects on marsh integrity and sustainability. by Elizabeth Burke Watson, Farzana I Rahman, Andrea Woolfolk, Robert Meyer, Nicole Maher, Cathleen Wigand, Andrew B Gray

“…While high nutrient exposure marshes had high rates of decomposition and soil respiration rates, high nutrient exposure was also associated with increased belowground production, and reduced levels of sulfides, which should lead to greater marsh sustainability. …”
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Performance Assessment of the Concepta Automated ANA Detection System in Routine Clinical Samples by Kübra Evren, Ayşe Nur Ceylan, Mehmet Akif Durmuş

“…The sensitivity and specificity were found to be 99.08% and 97.61%, respectively, with positive and negative predictive values of 87.96% and 99.83%. High concordance rates were observed for homogeneous (95.7%), centromere (92.3%), and nucleolar (92.1%) patterns, while lower rates were noted for speckled (60%) and cytoplasmic (44.4%) patterns.Conclusion: The Concepta automated system demonstrated very high accuracy in ANA positive and negative discrimination, comparable to other automated systems. …”
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Status and serological features of occult hepatitis B virus infection among blood donors in Xuzhou by LIU Jiahui, WANG Bei, ZHOU Liling

“…[Results] Among the 545 292 blood donors, there were 388 OBI donors were identified, with a positive rate of 0.07%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that male gender, age >45 years, education below college level, and occupation as a farmer were associated risk factors for OBI infection. …”
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Analysis of Sulawesi Earthquake Data from 2019 to 2023 using DBSCAN Clustering by Ody Octora Wijaya, Rushendra

“…The primary aim of this research is to identify spatial earthquake occurrence patterns, classify regions with similar earthquake occurrence rates, describe the characteristics of the resulting spatial clusters, and identify seismic gap areas. …”
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The role of soil surface in a sustainable semiarid ecosystem. by Swadesh Pal, Malay Banerjee, Roderick Melnik

“…The energy lost as it moves from one trophic level to the next, the potential for diversity to exacerbate species extinction rates, and the role of water flow in driving the system towards more robust stripe pattern formations are all significant factors. …”
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Memcapacitive Spiking Neurons and Associative Memory Application by S. J. Dat Tran

“…The findings demonstrate that memcapacitive neurons can produce 23 firing patterns similar to Izhikevich neurons but at significantly higher firing rates. …”
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Evaluating anti-MRSA antibiotic stewardship with a focus on trends in consumption and resistance in a tertiary hospital in Alexandria, Egypt from 2019 to 2023 by Ehab Elmongui, Adel Zaki, Amel Elsheredy, Asmaa Abd Elhameed

“…The study compared these consumption patterns with resistance rates in Staphylococcus spp., including MRSS, from January 2020 to December 2023. …”
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Unequal trends in coronary heart disease mortality by socioeconomic circumstances, England 1982-2006: an analytical study. by Madhavi Bajekal, Shaun Scholes, Martin O'Flaherty, Rosalind Raine, Paul Norman, Simon Capewell

“…However, this concealed contrasting patterns in underlying age-specific rates. From 2000, mortality rates levelled off in the youngest groups but accelerated in middle aged and older groups. …”
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Physician referrals of patients with neck and low back pain for physical therapy in outpatient clinics: a cross-sectional study by Amira Daher, Gali Dar

“…We measured the prevalence rates of physicians’ referral patterns for neck and low back pain according to age and sex, as well as therapeutic interventions prescribed by physical therapists. …”
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