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Open AccessSurrogate- and invariance-boosted contrastive learning for data-scarce applications in science
Deep learning techniques have been increasingly applied to the natural sciences, e.g., for property prediction and optimization or material discovery. A fundamental ingredient of such approaches is the vast qu...
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Analyzing Technical Debt by Map** Production Logs with Source Code
Poor coding practices, bad design decisions, and expedited software delivery can introduce technical debt. As software grows, manual detection and management of technical debt become increasingly difficult. To...
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Disciplinary Structure and Teacher Support in Chinese and Canadian Schools: Examining How Authoritative Disciplinary Practices Protect Youth Involved in Bullying at School
Bullying is a peer relational problem that can inflict psychological harm onto both those who are victimized and those who witness it occur. Fostering a positive classroom environment is an important protectiv...
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Duodenal Fossae
Duodenal fossae are thought to develop from malrotation of the mid-gut and abnormal peritoneal adhesions and formation of vascular folds during embryogenesis [1,2]. These fossae can become the sites of interna...
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Upper Extremity Variations
The median nerve originates from the lateral (C5–7) and medial cords (C8, T1) of the brachial plexus. The median nerve enters the arm lateral to the brachial artery, crosses anterior to the artery near the ins...
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Upper and Lower Extremity Vascular Variations
Vascular variations in the upper and lower extremities are common entities. Generally speaking, most common are variations in depth, number of vessels, size, takeoff point, branching patterns, persistence of e...
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DPP-4 Inhibitor Linagliptin is Neuroprotective in Hyperglycemic Mice with Stroke via the AKT/mTOR Pathway and Anti-apoptotic Effects
Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors have been shown to have neuroprotective effects in diabetic patients suffering from stroke, but less research has focused on patients with mild hyperglycemia below the...
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Open AccessTunable Superconducting Cavity using Superconducting Quantum Interference Device Metamaterials
Here we consider a tunable superconducting cavity that can be used either as a tunable coupler to a qubit inside the cavity or as a tunable low noise, low temperature, RF filter. Our design consists of an arra...
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Technological Solutions to Apply Magnesium Bulk Materials in Dynamic Bending and Axial Compression Load Cases
Typical magnesium bulk materials, like AZ31B, show high potential to reduce vehicle weight in automotive applications. Technical limitations are coming from the material behavior under crash loads, where a ris...
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Open AccessA rare diaphragmatic ureteral herniation case report: endoscopic and open reconstructive management
Ureteral herniations are a rare occurrence, generally found incidentally on cross sectional imaging or during surgical intervention for unrelated processes. Several locations of ureteral herniations can occur ...
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Open AccessA modified Park's stitch to correct aortic insufficiency for bioprosthetic valve at time of left ventricular assist device implant: a case report
Aortic valve insufficiency (AI) at the time of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) insertion needs to be corrected, however there is little known about how to manage bioprosthetic valvular AI.
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FRET-Based Measurement of GPCR Conformational Changes
The C-termini of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) interact with specific kinases and arrestins in an agonist-dependent manner suggesting that conformational changes induced by ligand binding within the tran...
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IEMOCAP: interactive emotional dyadic motion capture database
Since emotions are expressed through a combination of verbal and non-verbal channels, a joint analysis of speech and gestures is required to understand expressive human communication. To facilitate such invest...
