LabID-base/OpenAlex-Afillation huggingface dataset:
Professional barriers to adult cochlear implantation: a systematic review of literature
Year: 2025
Type: review
Language: en
Topic: Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
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raw_author_name: Richard B. Anderson
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raw_author_name: Jaime Leigh
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raw_author_name: Colleen Psarros
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raw_author_name: Bojana Šarkić
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Ozone Treatment of SnO <sub>2</sub> from Oxidating DC-Sputtered Metallic Tin (Sn) for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Perovskite Materials and Applications
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Southwest University
raw_author_name: Jiancheng You
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Southwest University
raw_author_name: Haimao Zhu
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Southwest University
raw_author_name: Zezhuan Jiang
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Southwest University
raw_author_name: Zhongjun Dai
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Southwest University
raw_author_name: Xiaofeng He
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Southwest University
raw_author_name: Chengxi Zhang
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Southwest University
raw_author_name: Haiqin Ma
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Southwest University
raw_author_name: Gaobo Xu
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Southwest University
raw_author_name: Han Jiang
raw_affiliation_strings: Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, School of Materials and Energy
Southwest University
raw_author_name: Min Wang
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Southwest University
raw_author_name: Qunliang Song
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Southwest University
Bystander interventions and their impact on road injury outcomes: a scoping review
Year: 2025
Type: review
Language: en
Topic: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
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Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK
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University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Cyber-resilient machine learning framework for accurate individual load forecasting and anomaly detection in smart grids
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Electricity Theft Detection Techniques
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Electrical Power and Machines Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, P.O. 44519, Zagazig, Egypt
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Computer and Systems Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, P.O. 44519, Zagazig, Egypt
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raw_author_name: M. Elgamal
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raw_author_name: Tomonobu Senjyu
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raw_author_name: Dongran Song
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Interdisciplinary Research Center for Smart Mobility and Logistics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
Efficient synthesis of novel Thio-acyclic nucleoside analogs carrying hexahydroquinazoline moieties as robust and efficient antimicrobial agents
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Quinazolinone synthesis and applications
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Validity at Risk? the Future of Generative AI Use by Candidates in Assessments
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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raw_author_name: Roderick Bronzwaer
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Dual-functional 3D-printed hydrogels for pH-responsive wound monitoring and on-demand therapy
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Wound Healing and Treatments
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raw_author_name: Tatiya Siripongpreda
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raw_author_name: Karl Albright Tiston
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raw_author_name: Pawinee Rerknimitr
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raw_author_name: Benjaporn Narupai
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Energy‐Efficient Scheduling of Multi‐Shuttle Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems Considering Heterogeneous Unit Loads
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
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raw_author_name: Peiran Tao
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Institution of Data and Information, Shenzhen International Graduate School Tsinghua University  Shenzhen China
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Institution of Data and Information, Shenzhen International Graduate School Tsinghua University  Shenzhen China
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Institution of Data and Information, Shenzhen International Graduate School Tsinghua University  Shenzhen China
raw_author_name: Yeming Gong
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Leading across boundaries: adaptive leadership and employee well-being in Thailand’s hybrid workplace
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
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raw_author_name: Wallapa Suengkamolpisut
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raw_author_name: Saifon Singhatong
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Numerical analysis of blast-induced dispersion of chaff fibers using CFD–DEM coupling framework
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
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raw_author_name: Uk Jin Jung
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Interdisciplinary Major of Ocean Renewable Energy Engineering, Korea Maritime & Ocean University, Busan, 49112, Republic of Korea
raw_author_name: Donghyun Kim
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Interdisciplinary Major of Ocean Renewable Energy Engineering, Korea Maritime & Ocean University, Busan, 49112, Republic of Korea
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raw_author_name: Dong-Wook Seo
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Interdisciplinary Major of Maritime AI Convergence, Korea Maritime & Ocean University, Busan, 49112, Republic of Korea
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Interdisciplinary Major of Ocean Renewable Energy Engineering, Korea Maritime & Ocean University, Busan, 49112, Republic of Korea
Exercise-induced hypoalgesia in temporomandibular disorders—a narrative review of literature
Year: 2025
Type: article
Topic: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
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raw_author_name: Amritpreet Kaur
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raw_author_name: Gurinder Singh Sodhi
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Grazing Intensity Shapes Vegetation Structure and Soil Characteristics in High‐Elevation Rangelands of Nepal
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
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raw_author_name: Tulasa Chaudhary
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raw_author_name: Uttam Babu Shrestha
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raw_author_name: Uma Dhungel
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raw_author_name: Nishan Baral
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raw_author_name: Bharat Babu Shrestha
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raw_author_name: Shikui Dong
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Axial Compressive Performance of Confined Concrete Columns Reinforced with FRP Grid Cage Stirrups
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
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raw_author_name: Chen Chen
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raw_author_name: Hai Fang
raw_affiliation_strings: Nanjing Tech Univ
raw_author_name: Yun Mook Lim
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raw_author_name: Laiyun Yang
raw_affiliation_strings: Jinling Institute of Technology
raw_author_name: Zhong Zhang
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raw_author_name: Juan Han
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Variation of Engineering Properties of Kenaf Fiber with Maturity Day
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
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raw_author_name: Abdul-Manan Mohammed
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Responding to current and future challenges in the health and care workforce: linking innovative research, policies, and practices
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Global Health Workforce Issues
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Department of Public Health, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University , Cluj-Napoca,
Babeș-Bolyai University Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, , Cluj-Napoca,
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European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Brussels, Belgium
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WHO Collaborating Center for Health Workforce Policies and Planning, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa , Lisbon,
WHO Collaborating Center for Health Workforce Policies and Planning, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Institute for Economics, Labour and Culture (IWAK), Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Associate Laboratory in Translation and Innovation Towards Global Health, LA-REAL, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Portugal
Stand density modulates drought sensitivity via physiological trait plasticity in co-occurring <i>Eucalyptus</i> species
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
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Botany Department, Rhodes University, PO BOX 94, Makhanda 6140, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Investigation of the effects of aerators in reducing cavitation damage on spillways using two-phase numerical modeling
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Hydraulic flow and structures
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raw_author_name: Mahnaz Ghaeini-Hessaroeyeh
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Clinical outcomes of living kidney transplantation from donors aged 70 years and older: a Japanese multicenter study
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Organ Donation and Transplantation
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