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Open AccessTribological evaluation of thermoplastic polyurethane-based bearing materials under water lubrication: Effect of load, sliding speed, and temperature
Polymers are widely used in bearing applications. In the case of water-lubricated stern tube bearings, thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)-based composites are used due to their excellent wear resistance, corrosi...
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Open AccessExploring factors associated with health literacy and the underlying mechanism among primary school children
A better understanding of health literacy (HL) within a local context is needed before develo** and implementing interventions in Hong Kong. The current study aimed to explore factors associated with HL and ...
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Prediction of post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation trajectory using a growth mixture model in preterm infants
Early intervention for post-hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD), guided by ventricular size measurements from cranial ultrasound (cUS), is associated with improved neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm ...
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Cancer cell extravasation requires iplectin-mediated delivery of MT1-MMP at invadopodia
Invadopodia facilitate cancer cell extravasation, but the molecular mechanism whereby invadopodia-specific proteases such as MT1-MMP are called to invadopodia is unclear.
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Slee** Site Selection, Sleep-related Positional Behavior, and Social System of Philippine Tarsiers (Carlito syrichta) Inhabiting a Protected Forest Fragment in Mindanao Island, Philippines
Sleep and sleep-related behaviors are integral components of primate behavior and ecology that are linked to various habitat-specific factors and often are modified in response to environmental fluctuations an...
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Comparative Analysis of Direct Method and Fast Multipole Method for Multirotor Wake Dynamics
The rapid growth of urban air mobility (UAM) and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft has spurred the demand for designing efficient next-generation urban transport. Distributed electric pro...
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In-situ electrokinetic remediation of salt-impacted soil at a decommissioned well site
Chemical spills are common at oil and gas facilities and traditionally remediation occurs by excavating and removing the contaminated soil, which is environmentally destructive and financially expensive. Elect...
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Open AccessImpaired GK-GKRP interaction rather than direct GK activation worsens lipid profiles and contributes to long-term complications: a Mendelian randomization study
Glucokinase (GK) plays a key role in glucose metabolism. In the liver, GK is regulated by GK regulatory protein (GKRP) with nuclear sequestration at low plasma glucose level. Some GK activators (GKAs) disrupt ...
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Open AccessMeasurements of electroweak W±Z boson pair production in association with two jets in pp collisions at \( \sqrt{s} \) = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Measurements of integrated and differential cross-sections for electroweak W±Z production in association with two jets (W±Zjj) in proton-proton collisions are presented. The data collected by the ATLAS detector a...
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Open AccessFinancial information and diverging beliefs
Standard Bayesians’ beliefs converge when they receive the same piece of new information. However, when agents initially disagree and have uncertainty about the precision of a signal, their disagreement might ...
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Open AccessGlobal burden, risk factors, and temporal trends of ureteral cancer: a comprehensive analysis of cancer registries
Ureteral cancer is a rare cancer. This study aimed to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis on the global trends of ureteral cancer incidence and its association with lifestyle and metabolic risk fa...
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Stress-resilience impacts psychological wellbeing as evidenced by brain–gut microbiome interactions
The brain–gut microbiome (BGM) system plays an influential role on mental health. We characterized BGM patterns related to resilience using fecal samples and multimodal magnetic resonance imaging. Data integra...
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R2ROC: an efficient method of comparing two or more correlated AUC from out-of-sample prediction using polygenic scores
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) enable early prediction of disease risk. Evaluating PRS performance for binary traits commonly relies on the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). However, ...
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Open AccessValidation of a Machine Learning Algorithm, EVendo, for Predicting Esophageal Varices in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Treatment with atezolizumab and bevacizumab has become standard of care for advanced unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) but carries an increased gastrointestinal bleeding risk. Therefore, patients are...
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Open AccessAmplitude analysis of the \( {\Lambda}_{\textrm{b}}^0\to {\textrm{pK}}^{-}\upgamma \) decay
The resonant structure of the radiative decay Λ b 0 ...
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Open AccessTerminalia catappa leaf extract as a bio-reducing agent to synthesize Cu2O nanoparticles for methylene blue photodegradation
The large tree species Terminalia catappa is a member of the Combretaceae family and is mainly found in tropical climates. They are commonly cultivated for shade because they have huge, dense foliage. Numerous po...
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Open AccessGastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST): British Sarcoma Group clinical practice guidelines
British Sarcoma Group guidelines for the management of GIST were initially informed by those published by the European Society of Clinical Oncology. This update was written by a group of experts to includes a ...
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Tribological Properties of EP Composites Reinforced with Short Glass Fiber, Graphite, PTFE and B4C Under Oil Lubrication
Tribological performance of epoxy (EP) composites reinforced with short glass fibers (SGF), graphite, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and B4C nanoparticles was investigated under oil lubrication. The effects of d...
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Past and future annual droughts in the five agro-ecological zones of Cameroon
This paper studies the past and future annual droughts in the five agro-ecological zones (AEZs) of Cameroon. Station data and model outputs from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 were used to c...
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Bacteriophages in the fish mucosa: updates on their biology, interactions, and applications
The alarming increase in resistance of several pathogenic bacteria that infect humans resulted in existing antibiotics losing efficacy. Similarly, the aquaculture industry is facing the same problem with antib...
