Study on Heat Transfer of Fluid in a Porous Media by VOF Method with Fractal Reconstruction by Shuai Liu, Qingyong Zhu, Wenjun Xu

“…Through numerical simulation, the influence of the evaporation coefficient on the flow and heat transfer rate can be determined. Key findings from numerical simulations reveal the following: (1) Heat transfer rates decrease with increasing fractal dimension (surface complexity) and evaporation coefficient; (2) As the thermal Rayleigh number increases, the influence of the Marangoni number on heat transfer diminishes; (3) The coupling of buoyancy and Marangoni effects in porous media with complex evaporation surfaces significantly alters flow and heat transfer patterns compared to smooth-surfaced porous media. …”
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Macroevolutionary processes in turtles (Testudines): a view from biomic specialization and historical climatic changes by Juan S. Thomas, Sara Gamboa, Manuel Hernández Fernández, Manuel Hernández Fernández, Oscar Murillo, Jonathan S. Pelegrin

“…Vrba suggests that lineages display varying tendencies toward generalism or specialization in biome occupancy, with a tendency towards the accumulation of specialists due to their higher rate of speciation through vicariance. It also posits differences in biome occupancy patterns driven by the environmental characteristics of biomes, with a higher presence of biome specialist species in biomes that are placed in the extremes of the global climatic gradients. …”
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A Lower Energy Balance is Associated With Higher Severity and Odd of Depression Based on the Beck Depression Inventory‐13 (BDI‐13) in a Retiring Age Population: A Population‐Based... by Mohammad Reza Shadmand Foumani Moghadam, Mostafa Shahraki Jazinaki, Zohre Hosseini, Fatemeh Rajabi, Sharif Etemdi, Melika Hadizadeh, Parnian Pezeshki, Mohammad Amushahi, Reza Rezvani

“…Energy balance was calculated by subtracting energy intake from Total Energy Expenditure (TEE) and Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) which was calculated using Bio‐Electrical Impedance Analysis and Mifflin and St‐Jeor formula. …”
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Ultrasound Stimulations Induce Prolonged Depolarization and Fast Action Potentials in Leech Neurons by Francesca Dedola, Francesco Paolo Ulloa Severino, Nicolo Meneghetti, Theo Lemaire, Andrea Cafarelli, Leonardo Ricotti, Arianna Menciassi, Annarita Cutrone, Alberto Mazzoni, Silvestro Micera

“…Moreover, we found that APs induced by US differ in smaller amplitude and faster repolarization from those induced by electrical stimulation in the same cell but display the same repolarization rate. <italic>Conclusions:</italic> These results shed light on the mechanism by which spikes are induced by US and pave the way for designing more efficient US stimulation patterns.…”
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Biomimetic Computing for Efficient Spoken Language Identification by Gaurav Kumar, Saurabh Bhardwaj

“…The proposed technique integrates speech preprocessing, which encompasses pre-emphasis, windowing, and frame blocking, followed by feature extraction utilizing pitch, energy, Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT), and Zero crossing rate (ZCR). Further, the selection of features is performed by DBO algorithm, which removes redundant features and helps to improve efficiency and accuracy. …”
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Epidemiology and molecular characterisation of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from chicken meat. by Hamida Khanom, Chandan Nath, Philip P Mshelbwala, Md Ridoan Pasha, Ricardo Soares Magalhaes, John I Alawneh, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan

“…AMR profiling revealed high resistance rates to sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (88.84%), tetracycline (86.78%), and ampicillin (82.23%). …”
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Effect of daily thinning on biweekly increment of growth and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) in mountainous agroecosystem by Muhammad Arshad, Rab Nawaz, Sajjad Ahmad, Muhammad Atif Irshad, Ali Irfan, Mir Muhammad Nasir Qayyum, Khalid S. Almaary, Muhammad Afzaal, Zulkfil Ahmed, Mohammed Bourhia

“…Increase in growth variables, dry matter distribution, absolute growth rate (AGR), yield and SYI was the greatest where maize was established with 1% daily thinning. …”
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Multivariate Evaluation of Flash Drought Across the United States by Jason A. Otkin, Yafang Zhong, Trent W. Ford, Martha C. Anderson, Christopher Hain, Andrew Hoell, Mark Svoboda, Hailan Wang

“…The FDII method uses the rate of intensification (FD‐INT) and subsequent drought severity (DRO‐SEV) to determine when a flash drought occurred and the strength of the event. …”
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Study on Spatiotemporal Variation in Internal Temperature Field in Quartz Flexible Accelerometer by Zhigang Zhang, Fangxiang Tang, Ziwei Zhao, Zhao Zhang, Lijun Tang

“…The temperature gradient between the shell and the meter head first increases and then decreases, and the rate of temperature change in the upper part of the accelerometer is faster than that in the lower part. …”
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Challenges in germination of Neltuma caldenia in semi-arid regions: optimization of germination protocols, influence of saline stress and seed quality by Daniela Dalzotto, Sandra Sharry, Lucrecia Piñuel, Patricia Boeri

“… • Temperature significantly influences germination capacity, with optimal rates achieved at 30–35°C, aligning with the precipitation patterns of the region…”
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A Study on the Spatial Perception and Inclusive Characteristics of Outdoor Activity Spaces in Residential Areas for Diverse Populations from the Perspective of All-Age Friendly Des... by Biao Yin, Lijun Wang, Yuan Xu, Kiang Chye Heng

“…With the transformation of urban development patterns and profound changes in population structure in China, outdoor activity spaces in residential areas are facing common issues such as obsolete infrastructure, insufficient barrier-free facilities, and intergenerational conflicts, which severely impact residents’ quality of life and hinder high-quality urban development. …”
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On the acoustic reality of “toneless” morphemes in Thai: Preliminary investigations from sequence-internal final particles by Ratanon Jiamsundutsadee

“…Interestingly, cases such as Tone 2 and L% FPs do not pattern with the general trend in terms of rates of change; regardless, difference in pitch still functions as a cue to their distinction. …”
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A spatiotemporal model for urban taxi Origin–Destination prediction based on Multi-hop GCN and Hierarchical LSTM by Jiang Rong, Wangtu Xu, Yanjie Wen

“…HLSTM unit incorporates a standard LSTM gate to manage cell state updates, enabling selective access to the internal memory. …”
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Evaluation of the implementation of the EWARS Mobile epidemiological surveillance tool in Sudanese refugee camps in Eastern Chad: a retrospective and population-based surveillance... by Stephane Tewo, Balde Thierno, Freddy M. Banza, Idriss M. Mahamat, N'dri K. Eric-Didier, Djinguebey N. Raoul, John Otokoye Otshudiema, Castilla Echenique Jorge, Moussa Brahimi, Djoumbarina Maina, Evers Egmond, Marcel Woung, Kazuki Shimizu, Boris I. Pavlin, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Charles S. Wiysonge, Charles S. Wiysonge, Blanche-Philomene Melanga Anya

“…Case reporting, alert recording, and weekly reporting were completed successfully at all levels (camps, district, zone, and province) (≥80% completion rate). In contrast, the timeliness of alert reporting, weekly reporting, and probable outbreaks did not perform well across levels (≥80% timeliness rate). …”
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Renal hyperfiltration as risk factor of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with acute myocardial infarction by Jin Sug Kim, Weon Kim, Hyo-jin Lee, Kyung Hwan Jeong, Su Jin Jeong, Myung Ho Jeong, Jin-Yong Hwang, Seung Ho Hur, Hyeon Seok Hwang

“…A total of 9561 AMI patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 were enrolled from a large nationwide cohort. …”
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Geochemical and hydrocarbon generation evolution characteristics of marine-continental transitional facies shale: a case study of the Lower Permian Shanxi Formation in the Daning-J... by Yangyang ZHANG, Yong LI, Xueying ZHANG, Liyuan LUO, Qingbo HE, Shuxin LI, Xiangjun LIU, Xiang LI, Xingtao LI, Qiang YANG, Shijia CHEN, Jungang LU, Nan ZHANG, Zhe LIU, Ruiyang YU, Haichuan MA

“…For C1-5, the two peaks of activation energy were 56 kcal/mol (28.45%) and 61 kcal/mol (19.18%), with a frequency factor of 2.2×1011 S-1. (4) The variation trend between cumulative gas production rate and Ro for the marine-continental transitional facies shale in the Shanxi Formation followed the pattern of a logistic function described by y=1/(1+e-x). …”
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Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Colorectal Neoplasms: Clinical Experience in a Tertiary Medical Center in Taiwan by Mei-Yu Tseng, Jung-Chun Lin, Tien-Yu Huang, Yu-Lueng Shih, Heng-Cheng Chu, Wei-Kuo Chang, Tsai-Yuan Hsieh, Peng-Jen Chen

“…The en bloc resection rate was 90.2% and the R0 resection rate was 89.1%. …”
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Central line-associated bloodstream infection trend in Brazilian adult intensive care units: an ecological study by Alexsandra Gomes Resende de Souza da Silva, Sergiane Bisinoto Alves, Elisângela Eurípedes Resende Guimarães, Jessyca Rodrigues Braga, Heliny Carneiro Cunha Neves, Silvana de Lima Vieira dos Santos, Maria Auxiliadora Carmo Moreira

“…The aim of this study was to analyze the historical trend of central line-associated bloodstream infections in patients in intensive care units, the rate of infection, central venous catheter utilization ratio, type of pathogen and their antimicrobial resistance pattern. …”
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Vertical Breast Reduction Mammaplasty in the Adolescent Population by Ashley E. Rogers, MD, Alexandra Junn, MD, Esperanza Mantilla-Rivas, MD, Haley S. Oh, Nakul Ganju, BS, Athena Zhang, MD, Md Sohel Rana, MBBS, MPH, Monica Manrique, MD, Albert K. Oh, MD, Gary F. Rogers, MD, JD, LLM, MBA, MPH

“…Our study supports the safety of this approach in adolescents, although larger resection (≥1000 g) and higher body mass index trend toward higher complication rates.…”
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Research on automatic identification method for pipeline girth weld defects based on X-ray images and sparse representation by Shaohui JIA, Yaping LI, Weixin GAO, Yunchao PENG, Xinjian ZHANG, Yuxia WANG

“…To ensure a high success rate of image recognition after segmentation, judging whether an X-ray SDR image represents a defect was treated as a pattern recognition process. …”
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