Hydraulic conductivity over a wide suction range of loess with different dry densities by Xiaokun Hou, Shengwen Qi, Yan Li, Fangcui Liu, Tonglu Li, Hua Li

“…To address this gap, this study employs an innovative filter-paper-based column method, which can measure the HCC over a wide suction range (e.g. 0−105 kPa), to capture the HCCs of both intact and compacted specimens with varying dry densities. …”
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Habitat radiomics based on CT images to predict survival and immune status in hepatocellular carcinoma, a multi-cohort validation study by Kun Chen, Chunxiao Sui, Ziyang Wang, Zifan Liu, Lisha Qi, Xiaofeng Li

“…The prognostic power of the habitat radiomic model was partly attributed to the distinct immune status captured in the CT images.…”
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Variability and Source Characterization of Regional PM of Two Urban Areas Dominated by Biomass Burning and Anthropogenic Emission by Christian Mark G. Salvador, Jhon Robin dR. Yee, Iara Chantrelle V. Coronel, Angel T. Bautista, Raymond J. Sugcang, Mark Anthony M. Lavapiez, Rey Y. Capangpangan, Preciosa Corazon B. Pabroa

“…Overall, the reanalysis of satellite data captured the long-term variability and origins of surface PM in two vital urban regions in the Philippines. …”
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The Equator Project Research School and Mentoring Network: Evaluated Interventions to Improve Equity in Geoscience Research by Natasha Dowey, Anya Lawrence, Munira Raji, Christopher Jackson, Rebecca Williams, Ben Fernando, Sam Giles, Jenni Barclay, Louisa Brotherson, Ethny Childs, Jacqueline Houghton, Anjana Khatwa, Keely Mills, George Jameson, Francisca Rockey, Steven Rogers, Catherine Souch

“…Evaluation of these interventions took the form of surveys to capture thoughts and reflections before, during and after interventions. …”
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Enhancing chemotherapy response prediction via matched colorectal tumor-organoid gene expression analysis and network-based biomarker selection by Wei Zhang, Chao Wu, Hanchen Huang, Paulina Bleu, Wini Zambare, Janet Alvarez, Lily Wang, Philip B. Paty, Paul B. Romesser, J. Joshua Smith, X. Steven Chen

“…The matched tumor-organoid data approach proved effective in capturing relevant biomarkers, enhancing prediction reliability. …”
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High-throughput evaluation of half-metallicity of Co2MnSi Heusler alloys using composition-spread films and spin-integrated hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy by Ryo Toyama, Shunsuke Tsuda, Yuma Iwasaki, Thang Dinh Phan, Susumu Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Yamane, Koichiro Yaji, Yuya Sakuraba

“…Our experimental results demonstrate that high-throughput evaluation of half-metallicity is possible even with spin-integrated HAXPES by capturing systematic changes in the electronic structures through the measurements on the composition-spread film. …”
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Differential diversity and structure of autotrophs in agricultural soils of Qinghai Province by Lianyu Zhou, Xuelan Ma, Qiaoyu Luo, Feng Qiao, Huichun Xie, Longrui Wang, Wenjuan Sun, Yu Liu, Yun Ma

“…Some soil properties had significant relationships with the autotrophic bacterial community composition.IMPORTANCEAgricultural soil plays important roles in carbon fixation during carbon capture and storage. Autotrophic bacteria that utilize inorganic compounds as electron donors for growth fix CO2 photosynthetically or chemo-autotrophically in diverse ecosystems and affect soil organic carbon sequestration. …”
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Macrofaunal biopores: Diversity and regeneration rates across diverse pedoclimatic conditions studied with repacked soil cores by Charlotte Védère, Hanane Aroui Boukbida, Yvan Capowiez, Sougueh Cheik, Guillaume Coulouma, Rinh Pham Dinh, Séraphine Grellier, Claude Hammecker, Thierry Henry Des Tureaux, Ajay Harit, Jean Louis Janeau, Pascal Jouquet, Jean Luc Maeght, Pascal Podwojewski, Cornelia Rumpel, Stéphane Sammartino, Norbert Silvera, Siwaporn Siltecho, Lotfi Smaili, Bounsamay Soulileuth, Nicolas Bottinelli

“…However, the involvement of macrofauna other than earthworms in biopore formation still remains to be unraveled. To capture their contribution to biopore formation, improvements of the repacked soil core approach and complementary laboratory experiments were suggested.…”
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Identifying barriers and potential solutions to improve equitable access to community eye services: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study protocol by Min Kim, David Macleod, Michael Gichangi, Andrew Bastawrous, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Oathokwa Nkomazana, Sailesh Mishra, Shalinder Sabherwal, Luke Nelson Allen, Abhishek Roshan, Sarah Karanja, Ari Ho-Foster, Keneilwe Motlhatlhedi, Nigel Bolster, Mohd Javed, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Bakgaki Ratshaa, John Tlhakanelo

“…Space will be made for the inductive identification of themes that are not necessarily captured in the framework. Sample size will be determined by thematic saturation. …”
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Cohort profile: the Viral load Cohort North-East Lesotho (VICONEL) from 2016 to 2023 – cohort description, test volumes, predictors of viraemia and the road ahead by Tracy Glass, Frédérique Chammartin, Jochen Ehmer, Thomas Klimkait, Alain Amstutz, Josephine Muhairwe, Irene Ayakaka, Blaise Lukau, Jennifer Anne Brown, Lipontso Motaboli, Malebanye Lerotholi, Maurus Kohler, Kathrin Haenggi, Moliehi Mokete, Makobefo Gladys Chakela, Mpho Kao, Mathebe Kopo, Moleboheng Mokebe, Lorena Urda, Bienvenu Lengo Nsakala, Anna Klicpera, Nadine Tschumi, Niklaus Daniel Labhardt

“…Specifically, VICONEL allows for the monitoring of HIV treatment outcomes and health system performance, encompasses a biobank for further research with routinely collected blood plasma samples of consenting participants and provides a valuable framework for nested observational and interventional studies.Participants VICONEL captures routine viral load test results alongside associated demographic and treatment information among people in care for HIV in Lesotho, southern Africa. …”
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NeuTox 2.0: A hybrid deep learning architecture for screening potential neurotoxicity of chemicals based on multimodal feature fusion by Xudi Pang, Xuejun He, Ying Yang, Ling Wang, Yuzhen Sun, Huiming Cao, Yong Liang

“…The ablation experiments indicated that NeuTox 2.0 can learn the deeper structural differences of molecules from various feature extractions and capture complex interactions and mapping relationships between various modalities, thereby improving performance for neurotoxicity prediction. …”
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Childhood BMI trajectories and sociodemographic factors in an Italian pediatric population by Erich Batzella, Joaquin Gutierrez de Rubalcava Doblas, Gloria Porcu, Silvia Bressan, Elisa Barbieri, Carlo Giaquinto, Anna Cantarutti, Cristina Canova

“…This study highlighted a considerable heterogeneity in BMI trajectories in pediatric age, emphasizing the effect of sociodemographic inequalities on growth patterns with models capable of capturing the dynamic nature of the phenomenon.…”
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Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) for transforming health data collection and surveillance in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: tool development protocol... by Farah Seedat, Bouchra Assarag, Kolitha Wickramage, Sally Hargreaves, Ana Requena-Mendez, Dominik Zenner, Anna Deal, Stella Evangelidou, Oumnia Bouaddi, Moudrick Abdellatifi, Hassan Edries, Eman Elafef, Taha Maatoug, Anissa Ouahchi, Sara Arias, Adel Abdelkhalek, Ibrahim Ahmed Bani, Kenza Hassouni, Mahmoud Hilali, Mohamed Khalis, Wejdene Mansour, Ali Mtiraoui, Hassan Chrifi, Mohamed Douagi, Abdedayem Khelifi

“…The revised indicators will be entered into an electronic data capture system and the tool will be pilot-tested by applying a mixed-methods process evaluation to examine its relevance, comprehensiveness, comprehensibility and other practical issues, such as completion time and ease of responding. …”
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Extraction of tree branch skeletons from terrestrial LiDAR point clouds by Jimiao Gao, Liyu Tang, Honglin Su, Jiwei Chen, Yuehui Yuan

“…Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) has been widely applied to capture the 3D structural information of individual trees. …”
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dyphAI dynamic pharmacophore modeling with AI: a tool for efficient screening of new acetylcholinesterase inhibitors by Yasser Hayek-Orduz, Dorian Armando Acevedo-Castro, Dorian Armando Acevedo-Castro, Juan Sebastián Saldarriaga Escobar, Brandon Eli Ortiz-Domínguez, María Francisca Villegas-Torres, Paola A. Caicedo, Álvaro Barrera-Ocampo, Natalie Cortes, Edison H. Osorio, Andrés Fernando González Barrios

“…In this study, we developed and employed dyphAI, an innovative approach integrating machine learning models, ligand-based pharmacophore models, and complex-based pharmacophore models into a pharmacophore model ensemble. This ensemble captures key protein-ligand interactions, including π-cation interactions with Trp-86 and several π-π interactions with residues Tyr-341, Tyr-337, Tyr-124, and Tyr-72. …”
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Comparison and verification of detection accuracy for late deceleration with and without uterine contractions signals using convolutional neural networks by Ikumi Sato, Ikumi Sato, Yuta Hirono, Yuta Hirono, Eiri Shima, Hiroto Yamamoto, Kousuke Yoshihara, Chiharu Kai, Chiharu Kai, Akifumi Yoshida, Fumikage Uchida, Naoki Kodama, Satoshi Kasai

“…Since obstetricians evaluate potential LD signals only from the FHR signal when the UC signal quality is poor, we hypothesized that LD could be detected by capturing the morphological features of the FHR signal using Artificial Intelligence (AI). …”
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Organ-specific immune-related adverse events and prognosis in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors by Xinyue Han, Yingcui Chen, Hong Xie, Yuekai Zhang, Yu Cui, Yaping Guan, Weiwei Nie, Qi Xie, Jisheng Li, Baocheng Wang, Bicheng Zhang, Jun Wang

“…The identification of organ-specific irAEs is useful for stratifying patients who actually respond to and benefit from ICIs across different cancer types.…”
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Enhancing safety with an AI-empowered assessment and monitoring system for BSL-3 facilities by Yi-Ling Fan, Ching-Han Hsu, Ju-Yu Wu, Ying-Ying Tsai, Wei J. Chen, Min-Shi Lee, Fang-Rong Hsu, Lun-De Liao

“…Methods: An external system captured images of personnel entering a laboratory, which were then analyzed by an AI-based system to verify their compliance with personal protective equipment (PPE) regulations, thereby introducing an additional layer of protection. …”
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The MyFlex-ζ Foot: A Variable Stiffness ESR Ankle-Foot Prosthesis by Johnnidel Tabucol, Vera G. M. Kooiman, Marco Leopaldi, Ruud Leijendekkers, Giacomo Selleri, Marcello Mellini, Nico Verdonschot, Magnus Oddsson, Raffaella Carloni, Andrea Zucchelli, Tommaso M. Brugo

“…Overall, these findings suggest MyFlex-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\zeta $ </tex-math></inline-formula> offers adaptability and performance improvements over traditional ESR feet. With further actuation and control system development, MyFlex-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\zeta $ </tex-math></inline-formula> could mark significant progress in prosthesis technology.…”
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A study of impulsivity and adverse childhood experiences in a population health setting by Robert W. Read, Karen A. Schlauch, Gai Elhanan, Iva Neveux, Stephanie Koning, Takesha Cooper, Takesha Cooper, Joseph J. Grzymski, Joseph J. Grzymski

“…As complex mental health traits and life histories are often poorly captured in hospital systems, the utility of using the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS) and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) for assessing adult disease risks is unknown. …”
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