The effect of intermittent fasting 5:2 on IL-6 levels in obese male employees in Jakarta by Diva Octavia Sarah, Karima Yudhistina, Erfi Prafiantini, Lily Indriani Octovia, Novi Silvia Hardiany

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Effects of an Intermittent Fasting 5:2 Plus Program on Body Weight in Chinese Adults with Overweight or Obesity: A Pilot Study by Junren Kang, Xiaodong Shi, Ji Fu, Hailong Li, Enling Ma, Wei Chen

“…To retrospectively review the efficacy of intermittent fasting 5:2 plus program (30% of energy requirements on fast days and 70% of energy requirements on nonfasting days) in Chinese patients with overweight or obesity. …”
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Effect of intermittent fasting 5:2 on body composition and nutritional intake among employees with obesity in Jakarta: a randomized clinical trial by Fiastuti Witjaksono, Erfi Prafiantini, Anni Rahmawati

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Fast 5-minute shoulder MRI protocol with accelerated TSE-sequences and deep learning image reconstruction for the assessment of shoulder pain at 1.5 and 3 Tesla by Judith Herrmann, You-Shan Feng, Sebastian Gassenmaier, Jan-Peter Grunz, Gregor Koerzdoerfer, Andreas Lingg, Haidara Almansour, Dominik Nickel, Ahmed E. Othman, Saif Afat

“…No difference was found concerning qualitative diagnostic confidence, assessability of anatomical structures (p>0.05), and quantitative diagnostic performance for shoulder lesions when comparing the two sequences. Conclusions: A fast 5-minute TSEDL MRI protocol of the shoulder is feasible in routine clinical practice at 1.5 and 3 T, with interchangeable results concerning the diagnostic performance, allowing a reduction in scan time of more than 50% compared to the standard TSES protocol.…”
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Evaluation of the Luminex xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel FAST v2 assay for detection of multiple respiratory viral pathogens in nasal and throat swabs in Vietnam by Thi Ty Hang, V, Thi Han Ny, N, My Phuc, T, Thi Thanh Tam, P, Thao Huong, D, Dang Trung Nghia, H, Tran Anh Vu, N, Thi Hong Phuong, P, Van Xang, N, Dong, N, Nhu Hiep, P, Van Hung, N, Tinh Hien, T, Rabaa, M, Thwaites, G, Baker, S, Tan, L, Van Doorn, H

“…We evaluated the diagnostic performance of the Luminex xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel FAST v2 against viral specific PCR as reference assays for ARI in Vietnam.…”

Evaluation of the Luminex xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel FAST v2 assay for detection of multiple respiratory viral pathogens in nasal and throat swabs in Vietnam by Thi Ty Hang, V, Thi Han Ny, N, My Phuc, T, Thi Thanh Tam, P, Thao Huong, D, Dang Trung Nghia, H, Tran Anh Vu, N, Thi Hong Phuong, P, Van Xang, N, Dong, N, Nhu Hiep, P, Van Hung, N, Tinh Hien, T, Rabaa, M, Thwaites, G, Baker, S, Van Tan, L, van Doorn, H

“…We evaluated the diagnostic performance of the Luminex xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel FAST v2 against viral specific PCR as reference assays for ARI in Vietnam. …”

Litter eco-hydrological function characteristics of three typical plant communities in the area of Karst peak-cluster depressions from Guizhou, China. by Jianli Zhang, Ting Zhang, Lihua Pu, Lingbin Yan, Guojun Cai, Pengli Chen, Tao Yang, Chen Zhang

“…To reveal the characteristics of the hydrological function of the litter layer of the plant community in the area of Karst peak-cluster depressions around FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope), three typical plant community litter layers of the broad-leaved forest, coniferous forest, and shrub were selected as research objects, and the hydrological function of the litter layer of different plant community types was studied using the immersion method. …”
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Study on tiered storage algorithm based on heat correlation of astronomical data by Xin-Chen Ye, Xin-Chen Ye, Xin-Chen Ye, Hai-Long Zhang, Hai-Long Zhang, Hai-Long Zhang, Hai-Long Zhang, Jie Wang, Jie Wang, Ya-Zhou Zhang, Ya-Zhou Zhang, Xu Du, Xu Du, Han Wu, Han Wu

“…Similarly, utilizing 802.2 GB data from FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope) observations for pulsar search data processing tests, the tiered storage approach demonstrated a maximum reduction of 29.00% in data processing time. …”
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An X-Ray-dim “Isolated” Neutron Star in a Binary? by Jie Lin, Chunqian Li, Weiyang Wang, Heng Xu, Jinchen Jiang, Daoye Yang, Shahidin Yaqup, Abdusamatjan Iskanda, Shuguo Ma, Hubiao Niu, Ali Esamdin, Shuai Liu, Gavin Ramsay, Jose I. Vines, Jianrong Shi, Renxin Xu

“…Alternatively, we propose a scenario wherein the dark companion is a neutron star, but we have not detected radio pulsations or a single pulse from the system with the FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope), which hints at a radio-quiet compact object. …”
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Comparative analysis of fasting effects on the cecum microbiome in three guinea pig breeds: Andina, Inti, and Peru by Hugo Frias, Hugo Frias, Nilton Luis Murga Valderrama, Nilton Luis Murga Valderrama, Gary J. Flores Durand, Victor G. Cornejo, Ana C. Romani, William Bardales, William Bardales, William Bardales, G. T. Segura, G. T. Segura, Richard C. Polveiro, Dielson da S. Vieira, Dielson da S. Vieira, Eduardo M. Ramos Sanchez, Eduardo M. Ramos Sanchez, Rainer M. Lopez Lapa, Rainer M. Lopez Lapa, Rainer M. Lopez Lapa, Jorge Luis Maicelo Quintana, Jorge Luis Maicelo Quintana

“…The study involved twenty-eight guinea pigs, which were divided into the following groups: Andina-fed (five), Andina-fasting (five), Inti-fed (four), Inti-fasting (five), Peru-fed (five), and Peru-fasting (four). …”
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Flexible and efficient handling of nanopore sequencing signal data with slow5tools by Hiruna Samarakoon, James M. Ferguson, Sasha P. Jenner, Timothy G. Amos, Sri Parameswaran, Hasindu Gamaarachchi, Ira W. Deveson

“…Slow5tools uses multi-threading, multi-processing, and other engineering strategies to achieve fast data conversion and manipulation, including live FAST5-to-SLOW5 conversion during sequencing. We provide examples and benchmarking experiments to illustrate slow5tools usage, and describe the engineering principles underpinning its performance.…”
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Ultrafast energy transfer in a diatom photosystem II supercomplex by Akhtar, Parveen, Feng, Yue, Jana, Sanjib, Wang, Wenda, Shen, Jian-Ren, Tan, Howe-Siang, Lambrev, Petar H.

“…Energy transfer between FCPII and PSII occurred remarkably fast (<5 ps), emphasizing the efficiency of FCPII as a light-harvesting antenna. …”
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Dynamic Modeling of an Offshore Floating Wind Turbine for Application in the Mediterranean Sea by Lorenzo Cottura, Riccardo Caradonna, Alberto Ghigo, Riccardo Novo, Giovanni Bracco, Giuliana Mattiazzo

“…The flexible and accessible <i>in-house</i> model developed for this purpose is compared with the reference model FAST v8.16 for verifying its reliability. Then, a simulation campaign is carried out to estimate the wind turbine LCOE (Levelized Cost of Energy). …”
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The two-flight low risk helicopter transportation problem under the split pickup scenario by Hans Kellerer, Vitaly A. Strusevich

“…We also develop a fully polynomial-time approximation scheme and a fast 5/4-approximation algorithm. The results of computational experiments with our algorithms are reported.…”
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Deep-Learning-Based Pitch Controller for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Systems with Compensation for Delay of Hydraulic Actuators by Chan Roh

“…The performance of the proposed pitch controller was analyzed using the Fatigue, Aerodynamics, Structures, and Turbulence (FAST) v8 model developed by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory and was compared against that of the ideal pitch controller and the pitch controller that reflects the response delay. …”
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The acoustic emissions from single-bubble sonoluminescence by Matula, T, Hallaj, I, Cleveland, R, Crum, L, Moss, W, Roy, R

“…Signals obtained with the needle hydrophone show a fast (5.2 ns), probably bandlimited rise time and relatively large pulse amplitude <math altimg="eq-00001.gif" overflow="scroll"><mtext>(≈1.7 </mtext><mi mathvariant="normal">bar</mi><mi>).…”

Neonatal outcomes according to different glucose threshold values in gestational diabetes: a register-based study by Kaisa Kariniemi, Marja Vääräsmäki, Tuija Männistö, Sanna Mustaniemi, Eero Kajantie, Sanna Eteläinen, Elina Keikkala, the Finnish Gestational Diabetes [FinnGeDi] study group

“…Finnish diagnostic cut-offs for GDM were fasting ≥ 5.3, 1 h ≥ 10.0 or 2-h glucose ≥ 8.6 mmol/L. …”
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Analysis of Adaptive Individual Pitch Control Schemes for Blade Fatigue Load Reduction on a 15 MW Wind Turbine by Manuel Lara, Sebastiaan Paul Mulders, Jan-Willem van Wingerden, Francisco Vázquez, Juan Garrido

“…They are applied to a 15 MW wind turbine simulated with OpenFAST v3.5 software. The controller parameter tuning is addressed as an optimization that reduces blade fatigue load based on the damage equivalent load (DEL) and is resolved through genetic algorithms. …”
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Cationisation of Cotton with Natural Source Based Gelatin for Salt-Free Reactive Dyeing of Cationised Cotton by Mohammed Ahmed, Nachiappan Sukumar, Arega Yusuf, Yasin Awol

“…Color fastness of treated dyed fabric was equal to the untreated dyed fabric and obtained 4/5 washing fastness, 5 rubbing fastnesses, and 4/5 perspiration fastness. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of the Characteristics of Platform Motion of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Based on Pitch Controllers by Chan Roh, Yoon-Jin Ha, Hyeon-Jeong Ahn, Kyong-Hwan Kim

“…The floating offshore wind turbine system developed in this study consists of an NREL 5-MW class wind turbine and an OC4 semi-submersible floating platform; the pitch controller is evaluated using FAST-v8 developed by NREL. The results of this study demonstrate that the pitch controller reduces the platform motion of the floating offshore wind power generation system, considering both the individual pitch control and the negative damping phenomenon. …”
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