Unsupervised machine learning for automated corrosion staging using optical microscopy images by Ashwin RajKumar, Naveen Paluru, Raji Susan Mathew, Prathamesh Shenai, Dana Abdeen, Nicholas Laycock, Phaneendra K. Yalavarthy

“…Abstract Corrosion poses a substantial economic burden, and machine learning is increasingly being explored for its potential in staging, predictive maintenance, and data-driven decision making. …”
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Visible light-enhanced GO/MoS2 nanozyme for biofouling control in hospital wastewater by Qin Gao, Qi Pan, Youzhi Cao, Yingping Chen, Sixue Zhai, Haijing Qiu, Beibei Fan, Yanyan Yang, Chunhai Luo

“…Hospital wastewater poses significant public health risks due to the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and other pathogens. …”
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The Challenge of Diagnosing Labyrinthine Stroke—A Critical Review by Alexander A. Tarnutzer, Sun-Uk Lee, Ji-Soo Kim, Diego Kaski

“…Acute vertigo or dizziness that is accompanied by a sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) often poses a diagnostic challenge. While a combined audiovestibular deficit makes an inner ear pathology most likely, this does not necessarily exclude a vascular pathology that may be a harbinger of future sinister events. …”
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Heavy metal alarm of marine fish consumption surrounding Qiongzhou Strait, the South China Sea by Peng Zhang, Zijun Ye, Liping Huang, Xuefeng Wang, Wei Zhang

“…Heavy metal pollution presents a significant concern in marine ecosystems, posing a serious threat. …”
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Room-temperature defluorination of PTFE and PFAS via sodium dispersion by Taichi Araki, Hibiki Ota, Yusuke Murata, Yuji Sumii, Jin Hamaura, Hiroaki Adachi, Takumi Kagawa, Hisao Hori, Jorge Escorihuela, Norio Shibata

“…However, their disposal poses a significant environmental challenge. Conventional methods for degrading PTFE either require high temperatures or rely on complex reagents and often neglect efficient fluorine recovery. …”
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Fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli strains in animal and poultry feed from Ukrainian feed-producing enterprises by N. V. Kuryata, O. M. Chechet, O. I. Gorbatyuk, O. V. Pishchanskyi, L. V. Balanchuk, N. Y. Mekh, O. M. Zhovnir

“…The article presents the results of studying the sensitivity of Escherichia coli strains isolated from animal and poultry feed samples to fluoroquinolones of the second (ofloxacin, norfloxacin), third (levofloxacin) and fourth (moxifloxacin) generations. …”
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Short-Term Highway Traffic Flow Prediction via Wavelet–Liquid Neural Network Model by Yongjun Wu, Hongyun Kang, Weipin Wang, Shuli Zhao, Xuening He, Jingyao Chen

“…However, traffic flow series present nonlinear, heterogeneous, and stochastic characteristics, posing significant challenges to precise prediction. …”
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Consensus guidelines for the management of primary supra-tentorial intraventricular tumour for low- and middle-income countries by Hafiza Fatima Aziz, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Rabeet Tariq, Muhammad Waqas Saeed Baqai, Mohammad Hamza Bajwa, Kaynat Siddiqui, Zanib Javed, Ahsan Ali Khan, Muhammad Shakir, Pakistan Brain Tumour Consortium: (Authors list at the end of the supplement), Syed Ather Enam

“…The diversity in potential diagnoses, combined with their deep and complex locations, poses significant management challenges. This paper aims to delineate optimal management strategies, underscoring the importance of multidisciplinary care, especially in settings with limited resources, to effectively navigate the complexities associated with treating intraventricular brain tumours. …”
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MicrocrackAttentionNext: Advancing Microcrack Detection in Wave Field Analysis Using Deep Neural Networks Through Feature Visualization by Fatahlla Moreh, Yusuf Hasan, Bilal Zahid Hussain, Mohammad Ammar, Frank Wuttke, Sven Tomforde

“…This extreme class imbalance poses a challenge for deep learning models with different microscale cracks, as the network can be biased toward predicting the majority class, generally leading to poor detection accuracy for the under-represented class. …”
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Exposure to mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls affects the thyroid function of an Australian seabird (Ardenna carneipes) by Dayanthi Nugegoda, Stephen Raison, Ana F. Miranda, Jason Lu, Chantel S. Foord, Damien Nzabanita, Jennifer L. Lavers

“…This is a significant step towards better understanding the threat posed by Hg and PCBs to the health of seabirds.…”
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Using malware for software-defined networking–based smart home security management through a taint checking approach by Ping Wang, Kuo-Ming Chao, Chi-Chun Lo, Wen-Hui Lin, Hsiao-Chung Lin, Wun-Jie Chao

“…In the proposed model, Android programs perform dynamic taint propagation to analyse the spread of risks posed by suspicious apps connected to the centralised gateway in a smart home system. …”
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Applications and insights from continuous dengue virus infection in a stable cell line by M. Jane Morwitzer, Ying Yi Zheng, Heather Friberg, Jeffrey R. Currier

“…Dengue is caused by the four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV-1-4) and poses a significant global public health challenge, with an estimated 100–400 million infections annually. …”
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Cross-Contamination via Stone Tool Use: A Pilot Study of Bifacial Butchery Tools by Alexander Whitehead, Anthony Sinclair, Christopher Scott

“…Here, we use experimental archaeology and microscopic analysis to present and support a novel hypothesis on the pathogenic properties of bifacial butchery tools during the Middle Pleistocene. …”
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“Like Fidel at a Rally in Havana”: Warsaw’s Exhibition of Cuban Painting with a Global Political Crisis in the Background (1962) by Gabriela Świtek

“…Its closing date (October 28, 1962) coincided with the end of the so-called Cuban Missile Crisis (October 16–28, 1962) – the greatest political crisis in post-World War II history between superpowers in possession of nuclear weapons, caused by the secret deployment of medium-range ballistic missiles by the Soviet Union in Cuba, which posed a threat to US territory. The article seeks to interpret the reception of the exhibition of Cuban art in the Polish People’s Republic, organized within the framework of official international cultural exchange (in the Polish press, the event received several dozen reviews and mentions, which often underlined that the show presented the “art of a fighting island”), against the background of the international crisis during the Cold War. …”
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Border Collision Bifurcations in a Generalized Model of Population Dynamics by Lilia M. Ladino, Cristiana Mammana, Elisabetta Michetti, Jose C. Valverde

“…In the more general case the feasibility of the system has been preserved by posing opportune formulas for the piecewise map defining the model. …”
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The epigenetic circle: feedback loops in the maintenance of cellular memory by Marko Tomljanović, Cita Hanif Muflihah, Dejan Rajkovski, Pawel Mikulski

“…Such memory is maintained through cell division as a cornerstone of epigenetics. Cell division poses a threat to the stability of epigenetic memory as memory-encoding factors become diluted between daughter cells. …”
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Analysis of Chemical Process Response to the Deviation of Single and Multiple Input Parameters by Nonlinear Measures by Juraj Myšiak, Juraj Labovský, Ludovít Jelemenský

“…Modern technological progress leads to increased complexity of engineering systems, processes, and products, posing significant challenges in proper design, analysis, control, safety, and production management. …”
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Environmental pollution monitoring system based on gas water quality sensors and visual recognition by Guolei Wang

“…With the development of industrialization and urbanization, environmental pollution is becoming more and more serious, which poses a serious threat to human health and ecosystem. …”
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FUNCTIONING OF THE CAR PARKING PLACES NEAR HOUSES: FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM OF THE ROAD CITY NETWORK by I. E. Agureev, D. A. Yurchenko

“…Financial transparency: the authors have no financial interest in the presented materials or methods. There is no conflict of interest.…”
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Prospects for Comprehensive Screening and Treatment of Cervical Cancer by S. A. Begliarzade, R. R. Mukhametova, B. Zhao

“…Cervical cancer, the second most common malignancy in women, poses a serious problem, especially for less developed countries. …”
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