K-Means Clustering Machine Learning Approach Reveals Groups of Homogeneous Individuals With Unique Brain Activation, Task, and Performance Dynamics Using fNIRS by Manob Jyoti Saikia

“…In this work, a portable wearable fNIRS system (WearLight) developed by the author was upgraded, and an experimental protocol was designed to image the prefrontal cortex (PFC) area of the brain of 25 healthy homogeneous participants in a naturalistic environment while participants performed n-back working memory (WM) tasks with four difficulty levels. …”
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68Ga-PSMA PET/CT evaluation in men enrolled in prostate cancer Active Surveillance by Pietro Pepe, Ludovica Pepe, Marinella Tamburo, Giulia Marletta, Michele Pennisi, Filippo Fraggetta

“…During the follow up 48/200 (24%) men were upgraded and 10/200 (5%) decided to leave the AS protocol. …”
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A systematic study on thermo-mechanical behavior, processing maps and recrystallization mechanism of Incoloy825 superalloy during hot compression by Yinghao Tian, Peng Zhang, Guanghui Zhao, Huaying Li, Lifeng Ma, Juan Li

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Improvement of Biogas Production Utilizing a Complex Anaerobic Digestion Model and Gradient-Based Optimization by Tina Kegl, Breda Kegl, Marko Kegl

“…The obtained results confirm the usefulness of the proposed approach, which can easily be adapted or upgraded for other bioreactor types.…”
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Life’s Essential 8 is associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease but not venous thromboembolism in men: a prospective cohort study by Nzechukwu M. Isiozor, Jari A. Laukkanen, Ari Voutilainen, Isabela M. Bensenor, Setor K. Kunutsor

“…The American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7 (LS7), which included seven health and behavioural factors for CVD prevention, has recently been upgraded to Life’s Essential 8 (LE8) score. We aimed to examine the prospective association between LE8 and the risks of ASCVD and VTE in Finland.Methods: We utilized data based on 1899 men aged 42–61 years in the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease (KIHD) prospective study. …”
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Effect of fluoride on oral health status among general population residing in high- and low-level fluoride blocks in Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India: A cross-sectional study by V Gousalya, D Prabu, M Raj Mohan, Dinesh Dhamodhar, V V Bharathwaj, R Sindhu, S Sathiyapriya

“…Conclusion: This study's contradictory finding emphasizes the importance of drinking water; sanitation staff should monitor and report water fluoridation data on a monthly basis in accordance with the Water Fluoridation Reporting System, and CGWB should plan and organize a team for the upgradation of water quality in India. The National Program for Prevention and Control of Dental Diseases should look on to the endemic areas for the prevention of dental fluorosis, which should be assessed, implemented, and monitored by the public health dentist who should be recruited as oral health program officers in both central and state governments.…”
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Aromatic and aliphatic production of catalytic pyrolysis of lignin using ZSM-5/Al-SBA-15 catalyst derived from high-calcium fly ash by Supawan Vichaphund, Panida Wimuktiwan, Chakrit Soongprasit, Viboon Sricharoenchaikul, Duangduen Atong

“…In this work, lignin was utilized as biomass feedstocks to study the feasibility of fuels and chemical production, while fly ash was used for synthesizing ZSM-5 (FA-ZSM-5) and SBA-15 (FA-SBA-15) catalysts for upgrading pyrolysis products. The use of fly ash offers several benefits such as reducing the fly ash disposal cost, solving environmental problems, and significantly increasing high valued products. …”
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THREADS TO BIODIVERSITY AND ECONOMIC APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT OF LAND USE AS ITS PROTECTION by L. G. Demydenko

“…Eliminating the shortcomings of the national economic and environmental models of biodiversity management and environmental land use, finding ways of upgrading will become an effective instrument for the adaptation of the European model of sustainable use and conservation of all components of biological diversity. …”
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Investigating Characteristics and Influence Mechanism of Value-Added Trade Network of Producer Services by Xuehan Liang, Yan Li, Xiaojing Jin, Qingbo Huang

“…The process of economic globalization and the deepening of industrial division of labor increases the flow frequency of producer services between countries and regions, which affects the industrial upgrading and economic system construction. Producer services industry is an important engine of future world economic development. …”
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Calculation and Optimization of Resistive Wall and RF Cavity Impedance in Medium Energy Diffraction Limit Storage Ring by WANG Meng;ZHANG Wenzhi;TIAN Shunqiang;CAI Chuanbing;LIU Xinzhong

“…In the medium energy diffraction limit storage ring, the transverse impedance of the resistance wall will cause the transverse coupled multi beam instability, the impedance of the RF cavity and the third harmonic cavity will not cause the longitudinally coupled multi beam instability, and will not become a limiting factor for the improvement of the beam intensity in the subsequent light source upgraded. Meanwhile, effective control measures are put forward to solve the problems of beam instability. …”
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Intelligent technology and engineering practice of backfilling mining in Xingdong Mine by ZHANG Jianzhong, WANG Yunbo, YANG Junhui, YANG Yinchao, WU Honglin, CHEN Feng, ZHANG Jian

“…In order to solve this problem, with the core of intelligent upgrading of solid backfilling mining faces, the primary goal of intelligent control of backfilling rate, and the goal of building intelligent backfilling mines, the key technologies of intelligent backfilling mining are systematically studied. …”
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Selection of maize (Zea mays) hybrids for plant density tolerance by ABD EL-ATY M S, M A EL-HITY, E A AMER, T T EL- MOUSLHY

“…These hybrids can be upgraded to other stages of evaluation in the maize breeding program, especially for plant density tolerance.…”
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Influence of Microwave Radiation on Pollutant Removal and Biomethane Production Efficiency in Anaerobic Treatment of High-Load Poultry Wastewater by Marcin Zieliński, Marcin Dębowski, Paulina Rusanowska, Joanna Kazimierowicz

“…The current push towards biogas upgrading and out-of-plant use necessitates new, competitive ways of heating digesters. …”
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Digitalizing Sculptures: A Photogrammetry Implementation Towards Ancient Mataram Statuaries in Central Java, Indonesia | Digitalisasi Arca: Implementasi Fotogrametri Terhadap Patun... by Atina Winaya, R. Ahmad Ginanjar Purnawibawa, Brahmantara [n/a], Dian Effendi, Ashar Murdihastomo, Dimas Seno Bismoko, Titi Surti Nastiti, Agustijanto Indradjaja, Panji Syofiadisna, Sukawati Susetyo, Probo Santoso, Dian Rahayu Ekowati, Bambang Budi Utomo, Aris Banindro

“…In some other countries, iconographic documentation is upgraded to advanced methods, such as recording objects in 3D form and archiving it into secure digital data, thus making the data more natural and realistic in three-dimensional documentation. …”
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Future of coal in rural household energy mix in China by Shuyan CAO, Qinfei XU, Dongwei ZHANG, Lan HUANG, Fei LONG, Wei ZHANG

“…Before rural green energy market fully developed, coal is still the “ballast” for rural energy security. ③ In accordance with regional differences, it is wise to resort to five sub-path combinations belonging to three coal phaseout paths, that is, coal neutrality (improved stove technology and let the coal be), coal substitution (including coal replacement of primary biomass; clean coal upgrading) and coal substituted (inclusive of voluntary and mandatory phaseout of coal). …”
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Weather data analysis and building performance assessment during extreme climate events: A Canadian AMY weather file data set by Milad Rostami, Santinah Green-Mignacca, Scott Bucking

“…To ensure the resilience of buildings which serve as primary shelters for occupants, resilient strategies are being developed to improve their ability to withstand these extreme events (e.g., building upgrades and renewable energy generators and storage). …”
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Statute of limitations under the penal law of Bulgaria by Anton Tonev Girginov

“…These laws are the 1896 Penal Law (repealed), the 1951 Penal Law upgraded to the 1956 Penal Code, after the full codification of this branch of law in Bulgaria (also repealed), and the existing Penal Code of 1968.  …”
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A profile of perceived stress factors among nursing staff working with intellectually disabled in-patients at the Free State Psychiatric Complex, South Africa by Maria Conradie, Danelle Erwee, Isabel Serfontein, Maré Visser, Frikkie J.W. Calitz, Gina Joubert

“…Conclusion: Most of the respondents experienced personal and occupational stress that influenced their health, which poses serious challenges for the management of the FSPC. Security should be upgraded, medical and psychological support for the staff and care facilities for their dependants should be provided, and financial problems experienced by these staff members should be addressed. …”
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Pyrolytic Conversion of Plastic Waste to Value-Added Products and Fuels: A Review by Sadegh Papari, Hanieh Bamdad, Franco Berruti

“…The quality of pyrolysis plastic oil, before and after upgrading, is compared to conventional diesel fuel. …”
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Prevalence and perinatal mortality associated with preterm births in a tertiary medical center in South East Nigeria by Iyoke CA, Lawani OL, Ezugwu EC, Ilechukwu G, Nkwo PO, Mba SG, Asinobi IN

“…An urgent improvement in prenatal and newborn care is therefore needed in the study center in order to improve the capacity to prevent or abate preterm labor, and preterm premature rupture of membranes; and to reduce avoidable stillbirths. Further upgrading of personnel and facilities in the newborn special care unit is also required to minimize early neonatal deaths.Keywords: preterm birth, prevalence, mortality, pattern, Nigeria…”
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