Geometry-function relationships in meta-foils by Moser, H. O., Jian, L. K., Kalaiselvi, S. M. P., Virasawmy, S., Cheng, X. X., Banas, A., Banas, K., Heussler, S. P., Bahou, M., Chen, H. S., Wu, Bae-Ian, Hua, Wei, Yi, Zhu

“…Meta-foils are all-metal free-standing electromagnetic metamaterials based on interconnected S-string architecture. …”
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Development of New Gluten-Free Maize-Field Bean Bread Dough: Relationships Between Rheological Properties and Structure of Non-Gluten Proteins by Awatif Fetouhi, Agnieszka Sujak, Leila Bentallah, Agnieszka Nawrocka, Monika Szymańska-Chargot, Marta Tomczyńska-Mleko, Agnieszka Wójtowicz, Mohammed Nasreddine Zidoune

“…The relationships between viscoelastic characteristics, pasting properties of dough, and structure of non-gluten proteins analyzed using FT-Raman spectroscopy were investigated. All gluten-free doughs showed significantly higher values of the elastic modulus than SW dough. …”
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Moderate-intensity stepping in older adults: insights from treadmill walking and daily living by T. Yates, J Henson, P. McBride, B Maylor, L. Y. Herring, J. A. Sargeant, M. J. Davies, P. C. Dempsey, A. V. Rowlands, C. L. Edwardson

“…Conclusion A threshold as low as 70 steps/minute may be reflective of moderate-intensity stepping in older adults, with the vast majority of all bouted free-living stepping occurring above this threshold.…”
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Clinical Quality Control of MRI Total Kidney Volume Measurements in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease by Chenglin Zhu, Hreedi Dev, Arman Sharbatdaran, Xinzi He, Daniil Shimonov, James M. Chevalier, Jon D. Blumenfeld, Yi Wang, Kurt Teichman, George Shih, Akshay Goel, Martin R. Prince

“…Bias toward larger volume measurements on T2 sequences and smaller volumes on axial T1 sequences can also be mitigated by averaging data from all error-free sequences acquired.…”
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Cuckoo Search Algorithm with Lévy Flights for Global-Support Parametric Surface Approximation in Reverse Engineering by Andrés Iglesias, Akemi Gálvez, Patricia Suárez, Mikio Shinya, Norimasa Yoshida, César Otero, Cristina Manchado, Valentin Gomez-Jauregui

“…Then, a recent metaheuristics called Cuckoo Search Algorithm (CSA) is applied to compute all relevant free variables of this minimization problem (namely, the data parameters and the surface poles). …”
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Camostat mesilate, a serine protease inhibitor, exerts aquaretic effects and decreases urinary exosomal AQP2 levels by Yutaka Kakizoe, Terumasa Nakagawa, Yasunobu Iwata, Qinyuan Deng, Masataka Adachi, Yoshikazu Miyasato, Miyuki Nakagawa, Yu Nagayoshi, Kayo Nishiguchi, Yuki Narita, Yuichiro Izumi, Takashige Kuwabara, Kimio Tomita, Kenichiro Kitamura, Masashi Mukoyama

“…Serum vasopressin, potassium, and calcium levels and the osmolality in the renal medulla, which all affect free water reabsorption in the renal tubule, remained unchanged after CM administration. …”
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The Validation of the Free Fantasy Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents: From Imaginary Playmate to “Dreamtime” by Renato Donfrancesco, Claudio Vezzani, Giuliana Pinto, Lucia Bigozzi, Angela Dibenedetto, Maria Grazia Melegari, Paola Gregori, Elda Andriola, Francesca Di Roma, Alessia Renzi, Renata Tambelli, Michela Di Trani

“…As regards ADHD participants, the 40% of the group showed Perception-like experiences: the 21.66% of them reported a very high score in the dimension Reality/Unreality, have some dissociative symptoms, and the 3.33% presented a clear dissociative identity disorder. All were free from psychosis or neurologic disorders. …”
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Association between fat mass index, fat‐free mass index and hemoglobin A1c in a Japanese population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community‐based Cohort Study by Masato Takase, Tomohiro Nakamura, Takumi Hirata, Naho Tsuchiya, Mana Kogure, Fumi Itabashi, Naoki Nakaya, Yohei Hamanaka, Junichi Sugawara, Kichiya Suzuki, Nobuo Fuse, Akira Uruno, Eiichi N Kodama, Shinichi Kuriyama, Ichiro Tsuji, Shigeo Kure, Atsushi Hozawa

“…Results In multivariable models, a higher fat mass index was related to higher HbA1c levels in men and women in all fat‐free mass index subgroups (P < 0.001 for linear trend). …”
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Role of Fe/Co Ratio in Dual Phase Ce_0.8Gd_0.2O_2−δ–Fe_3−xCo_xO₄ Composites for Oxygen Separation by Liudmila Fischer, Ke Ran, Christina Schmidt, Kerstin Neuhaus, Stefan Baumann, Patrick Behr, Joachim Mayer, Henny J. M. Bouwmeester, Arian Nijmeijer, Olivier Guillon, Wilhelm A. Meulenberg

“…Microstructure analysis showed that all iron-free composites had a dual-phase structure after sintering. …”
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Properties of <i>Salvia officinalis</i> L. and <i>Thymus serpyllum</i> L. Extracts Free and Embedded into Mesopores of Silica and Titania Nanomaterials by Ana-Maria Brezoiu, Mioara Prundeanu, Daniela Berger, Mihaela Deaconu, Cristian Matei, Ovidiu Oprea, Eugeniu Vasile, Ticuța Negreanu-Pîrjol, Delia Muntean, Corina Danciu

“…The mesoporous MCM-41 silica and titania nanomaterials, prepared by the sol–gel method, were characterized by small- and wide-angle powder diffraction, FTIR spectroscopy, nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherms, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, while the materials containing embedded extracts were analyzed through Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, N₂ sorption measurements, and thermal analysis. All extracts free and embedded in mesoporous matrix exhibited high radical scavenger properties and good bactericidal activity against several reference strains. …”
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Global and regional right ventricular mechanics in repaired tetralogy of Fallot with chronic severe pulmonary regurgitation: a three-dimensional echocardiography study by Jurate Bidviene, Denisa Muraru, Attila Kovacs, Bálint Lakatos, Egle Ereminiene, Csilla Liptai, Jolanta-Justina Vaskelyte, Remigijus Zaliunas, Elena Surkova, Luigi P. Badano

“…However, looking at the regional RV deformation, the 3D CS was lower in rToF than in controls only in the basal RV free-wall segment (p < 0.01). 3D RV LS was reduced in all RV free-wall segments in rToF (p < 0.0001), but similar to controls in the septum (p > 0.05). …”
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Proton Therapy in the Treatment of Men with Breast Cancer by Julie A. Bradley, MD, MHCDS, Jayden Gracie, MD, Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, MD, MPH, Eric D. Brooks, MD, MHS, Tenna Burchianti, ARNP, Oluwadamilola T. Oladeru, MD, MA, MBA, Xiaoying Liang, PhD, Nancy P. Mendenhall, MD

“…Median heart dose was 1 GyRBE (range, 0–1.0), median 0.1-cm3 dose to the left anterior descending artery was 7.5 GyRBE (range, 0–14.2), and median follow-up was 2 years (range, 0.75–6.5); no patient experienced a new cardiac event, and all remain free from breast cancer recurrence and progression. …”
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Optimization in interstitial plasmonic photothermal therapy for treatment planning by Kannadorai, Ravi Kumar, Liu, Quan

“…To the best of our knowledge, there is no previous report on the optimization of interstitial plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) for all these free parameters simultaneously. The authors propose to develop a suitable optimization algorithm for interstitial PPTT to optimize these parameters and achieve complete damage to spherical tumors of different sizes with a damage margin width of 1 mm from the tumor boundary embedded deep inside a normal tissue model. …”
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Robot path planning using family of SOR iterative methods with laplacian behaviour-based control by Azali Saudi

“…Whilst, the goal point is assigned the lowest and no Laplacian potentials are assigned to all other free spaces. The Laplacian potentials for nodes on free spaces are then computed iteratively using numerical techniques. …”
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Associations of the metabolic syndrome and its components with cognitive impairment in older adults by Insa Feinkohl, Jürgen Janke, Daniel Hadzidiakos, Arjen Slooter, Georg Winterer, Claudia Spies, Tobias Pischon

“…Methods Baseline data from 202 participants (aged 65 to 87 years) of the BioCog study were used. All were free of clinical dementia (MMSE≥24/30). Cognitive impairment was defined as the lowest tertile of a cognitive summary score. …”
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Mechanical properties, elastic moduli, transmission factors, and gamma-ray-shielding performances of Bi2O3–P2O5–B2O3–V2O5 quaternary glass system by Tekin Huseyin Ozan, ALMisned Ghada, Rammah Yasser Saad, Susoy Gulfem, Ali Fatema T., Sen Baykal Duygu, Zakaly Hesham M. H., Issa Shams A. M., Ene Antoaneta

“…Our findings indicate that increasing the amount of Bi2O3 reinforcement decreased the exposure buildup factor and energy absorption buildup factor values for all mean free path values (0.5–40 mfp). All glasses recorded the minimum TF values at a thickness of 3 cm. …”
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Thermal manipulation modifies embryonic growth, hepatic free amino acid concentrations, and hatching performance in layer-type chicks by Guofeng Han, Guofeng Han, Sheng Li, Yansen Li, Phuong V. Tran, Mitsuhiro Furuse, Takashi Bungo, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Zongchun Bai, Chunmei Li

“…The concentrations of all hepatic free amino acids were significantly increased (P &lt; 0.01) with embryonic development. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF RUPIAH, INCREASE OF WAGES AND ELECTRICITY ON WORKING CAPITAL AND PROFITABILITY by Maman Sumantri, Bambang Juanda, Dwi Rachmina

“…The increase of wages and electricity would increase the ratio of net working capital, but fortunately it would also increase profitability due to the increase of employees’ productivity and efficient use of electricity. All the free variables insignificantly affect net working capital and profitability. …”
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Rapid Estimation of Decameter FPAR from Sentinel-2 Imagery on the Google Earth Engine by Yiting Wang, Yinggang Zhan, Donghui Xie, Jinghao Liu, Haiyang Huang, Dan Zhao, Zihang Xiao, Xiaode Zhou

“…Both methods were applied to the western Guanzhong area, Shaanxi Province, China, for FPAR estimation of all cloud-free Sentinel-2 images in 2021. The results show that the scaling-based method using five bands at 20 m resolution was the most accurate compared to the in situ measurements (RMSE = 0.076 and R² = 0.626), which outperformed the SNAP method at 10 m and 20 m resolutions and the scaling-based method using other strategies. …”
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On the complexity of counting homomorphisms under surjectivity constraints by Focke, J

“…</p> <p><b>- We give a complete complexity trichotomy for approximately counting retractions to all square-free graphs.</b> As a consequence, we present separations between the problem of approximately counting homomorphisms and that of approximately counting retractions, as well as between the problem of approximately counting retractions and that of approximately counting list homomorphisms.…”