Adaptive structural design of river monitoring systems: Enhancing environmental monitoring capabilities and sustainability by Wayne Woo, Yao Wen, Tan, Lit Ken, Yutaka, Asako, Lai, Kok Yee, Tan, Yu Feng, Chuan, Zun Liang, Gan, Yee Siang, Shahirah, Abu Bakar, Muhammad Thalhah, Zainal, Muhammad Idris, -, Wee, Liang Jun, Cheah, Wei Ern, Liang, Zuo How

“…Our methodology integrates advanced 3D Drawing Software for structural design, Fusion 360 for weight analysis, and a combination of manual calculations and simulations for vibration analysis. The findings reveal that Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) are the optimal material choice, offering an excellent balance of performance and cost-efficiency. …”
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Initial development and validation of physical, psychosocial and fatigue level questionnaire by Alya Nadhirah, Ismail, Widia, Mirta, Ezrin Hani, Sukadarin

“…Items with content validity of 0.7 and above was maintained, therefore, the questionnaire ended with 87-items. Findings indicates that the questionnaire is valid for assessing the physical and psychosocial risk factors associating with the fatigue levels. …”
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Can an Emoji a Day Keep the Doctor Away? An Explorative Mixed- Methods Feasibility Study to Develop a Self-Help App for Youth With Mental Health Problems by Van Dam, Levi, Rietstra, Sianne, Van der Drift, Eva, Jan J. M. Stams, Geert, Van der Mei, Rob, Mahfoud, Maria, Popma, Arne, Schlossberg, Eric, Pentland, Alex, G. Reid, Todd

“…While adolescents receiving mental health care are positive about future applications, these findings also highlight some caveats, such as possible drawback of inaccurate representation and incorrect predictions of emotional states. …”
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Modulating Cardiac Hemodynamics Using Tunable Soft Robotic Sleeves in a Porcine Model of HFpEF Physiology for Device Testing Applications (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/2024) by Rosalia, Luca, Ozturk, Caglar, Wang, Sophie X., Quevedo‐Moreno, Diego, Saeed, Mossab Y., Mauskapf, Adam, Roche, Ellen T.

“…The feasibility of the proposed model in preclinical testing is demonstrated by evaluating the hemodynamic response of the model post-implantation of an interatrial shunt device, which is found to be consistent with findings from in silico studies and clinical trials. …”
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Recycled melanoma-secreted melanosomes regulate tumor-associated macrophage diversification by Parikh, Roma, Parikh, Shivang, Berzin, Daniella, Vaknine, Hananya, Ovadia, Shai, Likonen, Daniela, Greenberger, Shoshana, Scope, Alon, Elgavish, Sharona, Nevo, Yuval, Plaschkes, Inbar, Nizri, Eran, Kobiler, Oren, Maliah, Avishai, Zaremba, Laureen, Mohan, Vishnu, Sagi, Irit, Ashery-Padan, Ruth, Carmi, Yaron, Luxenburg, Chen, Hoheisel, Jörg D, Khaled, Mehdi, Levesque, Mitchell P, Levy, Carmit

“…In melanoma patients, macrophages that are co-localized with AKT1 are correlated with disease aggressiveness, and immunotherapy non-responders are enriched in macrophages containing melanosome markers. Our findings suggest that interactions mediated by second-hand extracellular vesicles contribute to the formation of the metastatic niche, and that blocking the melanosome cues of macrophage diversification could be helpful in halting melanoma progression.…”
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An Exploratory Study of Large-Scale Brain Networks during Gambling Using SEEG by Taylor, Christopher, Breault, Macauley Smith, Dorman, Daniel, Greene, Patrick, Sacré, Pierre, Sampson, Aaron, Niebur, Ernst, Stuphorn, Veit, González-Martínez, Jorge, Sarma, Sridevi

“…Specifically, participants with higher connectivity between and within these networks had higher earnings. Our preliminary findings suggest that connectivity and activity between these networks are essential during decision-making.…”
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Characterization of Nile Red-Stained Microplastics through Fluorescence Spectroscopy by Prasad, Suparnamaaya, Bennett, Andrew, Triantafyllou, Michael

“…In this study, seven plastic samples stained with acetone-based NR were analyzed using a fluorescent spectrometer to identify optimal emission peaks across UV-Vis excitation wavelengths. These findings aid in selecting appropriate excitation wavelengths and optical filters for future detection systems. …”
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Quantification of Historical Riverbank Erosion and Population Displacement Using Satellite Earth Observations and Gridded Population Data by Islam, Md S., Mitra, Juthi R.

“…The analysis also revealed that over three decades, more than 11% of transects experience continuous erosion, with the central region being the most affected (44%). Additionally, findings indicate that thousands of individuals have been displaced due to severe erosion. …”
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The Response Regulator OmpR Negatively Controls the Expression of Genes Implicated in Tilimycin and Tilivalline Cytotoxin Production in Klebsiella oxytoca by Varela-Nájera, Ramón G., De la Cruz, Miguel A., Soria-Bustos, Jorge, González-Horta, Carmen, Delgado-Gardea, Ma Carmen E., Yáñez-Santos, Jorge A., Cedillo, María L., Hirakawa, Hidetada, Fox, James G., Sánchez-Ramírez, Blanca, Ares, Miguel A.

“…Our research highlights the pivotal role of OmpR, a key regulator within the EnvZ/OmpR two-component system, in controlling the virulence factors associated with K. oxytoca. Our findings strongly indicate that OmpR is a repressor of the aroX and npsA genes, the first genes of aroX and NRPS operons, respectively, which are indispensable for producing these enterotoxins. …”
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Sitetack: a deep learning model that improves PTM prediction by using known PTMs by Gutierrez, Clair S, Kassim, Alia A, Gutierrez, Benjamin D, Raines, Ronald T

“…Moreover, knowing PTM locations can increase the predictability of a different PTM. Our findings highlight the importance of PTMs for the installation of additional PTMs. …”
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A new method for the control of size of pellets in the melt pelletization process with a high shear mixer by Heng, Paul Wan Sia, Wong, Tin Wui, Shu, Jian Jun, Wan, Lucy Sai Cheong

“…The predictions of pellet growth by the mathematical model are in agreement with the experimental findings.…”
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Arbitrary-shape object localization using adaptive image grids by Yuan, Junsong, Zhou, Chunluan

“…First, a test image is partitioned into n×n grids and the object is localized by finding a set of connected grids which maximize the classifier's response. …”
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Dynamics of localized waves in one-dimensional random potentials : statistical theory of the coherent forward scattering peak by Lee, Kean Loon, Miniatura, Christian, Grémaud, Benoît

“…This is in perfect agreement with recent findings based on the nonlinear sigma model. In the stationary regime, the width of the CFS peak in momentum space is inversely proportional to the localization length, reflecting the exponential decay of the eigenfunctions in real space, while its height is exactly twice the background, reflecting the Poisson statistical properties of the eigenfunctions. …”
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Consistent effects of biodiversity loss on multifunctionality across contrasting ecosystems by Fanin, Nicolas, Gundale, Michael J., Farrell, Mark, Ciobanu, Marcel, Baldock, Jeff A., Nilsson, Marie-Charlotte, Kardol, Paul, Wardle, David A.

“…However, the context-dependency of biodiversity effects also worked in opposing directions for different individual functions, meaning that similar multifunctionality values across contrasting ecosystems could potentially mask important differences in the effects of biodiversity on functioning among ecosystems. Our findings highlight that an understanding of the relative contribution of species or functional groups to individual ecosystem functions among contrasting ecosystems and their interactions (that is, complementarity versus competition) is critical for guiding management efforts aimed at maintaining ecosystem multifunctionality and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services.…”
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Understanding critical variables contributing to competitive advantages of international high-speed railway contractors by Niu, Yanliang, Deng, Xiaopeng, Zhang, Limao, Duan, Xiaochen

“…The case study indicated that the factor framework was suitable and tractable for the application. The findings of this paper could (1) assist international HSR contractors in obtaining a better understanding of the deeper determinates of competitive advantages and (2) serve as a valuable reference for developing their competitive advantages in the international HSR market.…”
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Membrane reconstitution of monoamine oxidase enzymes on supported lipid bilayers by Wang, Liulin, Kabir H. Biswas, Yoon, Bo Kyeong, Kawakami, Lisa M., Park, Soohyun, Groves, Jay T., Li, Lin, Huang, Wei, Cho, Nam-Joon

“…Taken together, our findings establish that the membrane association of MAOs is highly dependent on membrane surface charge, and we outline an experimental platform to support the in vitro reconstitution of monoamine oxidases on synthetic membranes, including the evaluation of pharmacological drug candidates.…”
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Targeting the cytochrome oxidases for drug development in mycobacteria by Lee, Bei Shi, Sviriaeva, Ekaterina, Pethe, Kevin

“…The identification of small-molecule inhibitors of the cytochrome bcc-aa3 under numerous experimental conditions reflects the essentiality of the pathway for the optimum growth of M. tuberculosis. Recent findings on the biology of the cytochrome bcc-aa3 as well as the report of the first high-resolution structure of a mycobacterial cytochrome bcc-aa3 complex will help in the characterization and further development of potent inhibitors. …”
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Atomic-scale mechanisms of defect- and light-induced oxidation and degradation of InSe by Kistanov, Andrey A., Cai, Yongqing, Zhou, Kun, Dmitriev, Sergey V., Zhang, Yong-Wei

“…Moreover, under ambient conditions, the splitting of O2 enables the formation of substitutional (apical) oxygen atomic species, which further cause the trapping and subsequent rapid splitting of H2O molecules and ultimately the formation of hydroxyl groups. Our findings uncover the causes and underlying mechanisms of InSe surface degradation via defect-photo-promoted oxidations. …”
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Nanoplasmonic ruler for measuring separation distance between supported lipid bilayers and oxide surfaces by Abdul Rahim Ferhan, Spackova, Barbora, Jackman, Joshua A., Ma, Gamaliel J., Sut, Tun Naw, Homola, Jiri, Cho, Nam-Joon

“…The results indicate that there is a larger separation distance between SLBs and titania surfaces than silica surfaces, and the trend was consistent across three tested lipid compositions. We discuss these findings within the context of the interfacial forces underpinning bilayer–substrate interactions, and the nanoplasmonic ruler strategy provides the first direct experimental evidence comparing SLB separation distances on titania and silica surfaces.…”
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RoboTSP - a fast solution to the robotic task sequencing problem by Suárez-Ruiz, Francisco, Lembono, Teguh Santoso, Pham, Quang-Cuong

“…We discuss the relationship between RTSP and other Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) variants, such as the Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem (GTSP), and show experimentally that our method finds motion sequences of the same quality but using several orders of magnitude less computation time than existing approaches.…”
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