Macroeconomic models for predicting indirect impacts of disasters: A review by Tinger Zhu, Charalampos Avraam, Jack W. Baker

“…Furthermore, we examine how the damage mechanisms posed by different types of disasters translate into model inputs and impact modeling processes. …”
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An Explainable Hybrid CNN–Transformer Architecture for Visual Malware Classification by Mohammed Alshomrani, Aiiad Albeshri, Abdulaziz A. Alsulami, Badraddin Alturki

“…Malware continues to develop, posing significant challenges for traditional signature-based detection systems. …”
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Enhancing Modern Distribution System Resilience: A Comprehensive Two-Stage Approach for Mitigating Climate Change Impact by Kasra Mehrabanifar, Hossein Shayeghi, Abdollah Younesi, Pierluigi Siano

“…Ensuring the resilient operation of distribution systems under these conditions poses a major challenge. This paper presents a comprehensive two-stage techno-economic strategy to enhance the resilience of modern distribution systems. …”
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Concepción de los derechos de autor relativos a la música: análisis desde su fundamentación by María Fernanda Jaimes Melgarejo, Carlos Fernando Morantes Franco, Johan Sebastian Lozano Parra, Sergio Andrés Caballero Palomino

“…Introducción: El presente artículo de investigación aborda la temática de los derechos de autor en la industria musical por medio de la conceptualización de diversas nociones que componen los espectros de los derechos de propiedad intelectual. …”
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Trials evaluating drug discontinuation: a scoping review sub-analysis focusing on outcomes and research questions by Nele Kornder, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Ina Staudt, Nina Grede, Annette Becker, Annika Viniol

“…The selection of outcomes poses a particular challenge. This scoping review addresses the methodological challenges of outcome selection in RCTs investigating drug discontinuation. …”
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XAI-MRI: an ensemble dual-modality approach for 3D brain tumor segmentation using magnetic resonance imaging by Ahmeed Suliman Farhan, Ahmeed Suliman Farhan, Muhammad Khalid, Umar Manzoor

“…Brain tumor segmentation from Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) presents significant challenges due to the complex nature of brain tumor tissues. …”
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Epidemiological dynamics of dengue in Peru: Temporal and spatial drivers between 2000 and 2022. by Katherine Susan Rufasto Goche, María Victoria Lizarbe Castro, Glenn Alberto Lozano Zanelly, Washington Melvin Lira Camargo, Elizabeth Yovana Ascayo Velasquez, Alexis G Murillo Carrasco, Daysi Diaz-Obregón

“…Dengue, a vector-borne disease driven by climate change, urbanization, and the adaptation of its vector, Aedes aegypti, poses a significant public health challenge. This study analyzed 23 years (2000-2022) of epidemiological data from Peru to examine the temporal and spatial drivers influencing dengue reported cases. …”
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Production of Cu0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 Nanostructures as a Hyperthermia Agent for Cancer Healing by Hashim Hamood Jabbar Al-Gburi, Sayed Ali Hassanzadeh-Tabrizi, Saeid Jabbarzare

“…Cancer is a pervasive and devastating disease affecting various parts of the body, posing significant challenges to human societies. …”
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COVID-19 and Cancer Therapy: Interrelationships and Management of Cancer Cases in the Era of COVID-19 by Simon N. Mbugua, Lydia W. Njenga, Ruth A. Odhiambo, Shem O. Wandiga, Martin O. Onani

“…The COVID-19 global epidemic poses this generation’s biggest worldwide public health challenge probably since the 1918 influenza epidemic. …”
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Hydrodynamic Modelling of Tidally-Influenced Fluvial Zone, a study case of Palembang, Indonesia by Alamsyah Kurniawan, Andi Egon, Karina Aprilia Sujatmiko, Ardi Iman Malakani

“…The development planning of a tidally-influenced fluvial zone poses a complex interaction between river discharge and its effect on the tidal patterns, especially in the dense population and high economic activity like Palembang located in South Sumatra Indonesia. …”
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Addressing Strategies for Accelerating Sustainable Development and Trade Integration after COVID-19: Agenda 2063 by Tshedza Tshivhasa Sikhwari, Stewart Lee Kugara

“…Resultantly, COVID-19 posed a challenge to African leaders in terms of how to get Africa back on track, even though African economic growth had been sluggish for some years. …”
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Detecting Malware C&C Communication Traffic Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques by Mohamed Ali Kazi

“…Banking malware poses a significant threat to users by infecting their computers and then attempting to perform malicious activities such as surreptitiously stealing confidential information from them. …”
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A comprehensive protocol for PDMS fabrication for use in cell culture. by Aisling J Greaney, Clíona M McCarthy, Jishnu Padacherri Vethil, Mannthalah Abubaker, Erin C Reardon, Frederick D Crowley, Eoghan M Cunnane, John J E Mulvihill

“…Additionally, PDMS's inherent hydrophobicity poses challenges for cell attachment, necessitating surface modifications to enhance adhesion. …”
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GIS modeling of radioecological criticality in Ukrainian Polissia: a foundation for sustainable regional planning by Liudmyla Raichuk, Tetiana Kuchma, Iryna Shvydenko, Hryhorii Chobotko, Iryna McDonald

“…The Russian military aggression has caused significant losses of Ukraine’s agricultural lands, posing threats to food security and sustainable regional development. …”
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La valoración paisajística en los Catálogos de Paisaje Urbano by Luca Períes, Silvina Barraud

“… El presente artículo afronta la valoración paisajística como fase de un proceso metodológico para la construcción de los catálogos de paisaje urbano cuya finalidad es determinar el tipo de valor que posee un paisaje y establecer consideraciones de calidad paisajística para delinear acciones que apunten al desarrollo sostenible y a la calidad de vida urbana. …”
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A giant angiomyolipoma arising from the hepatic round ligament: a case report and literature review by Hai-Bo Zheng, Xiang-Qian Wang, Xian-Ni Liu, Xiu-Min Han, Hai-Hong Zhu

“…A 22-year-old woman presented with a 41-month history of a painless abdominal mass that gradually enlarged. …”
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Effects of nickel sulphate and lead acetate trihydrate on heavy metal stress-related gene activities in forage pea (Pisum sativum ssp. arvense L.) in Türkiye by Seda Mesci, Muhammed İkbal Çatal

“…Researching heavy metal stress in plants is of paramount importance due to the increasing prevalence of heavy metal contamination in the environment, which poses significant risks to both plant, animal, and human health. …”
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Unsupervised Action Anticipation Through Action Cluster Prediction by Jiuxu Chen, Nupur Thakur, Sachin Chhabra, Baoxin Li

“…While existing works excel in constrained settings with fine-grained action ground-truth labels, the general unavailability of such labeling at the frame level poses a significant hurdle. In this paper, we present an innovative solution to anticipate future human actions without relying on any form of supervision. …”
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Analysis of the Influence of Image Resolution in Traffic Lane Detection Using the CARLA Simulation Environment by Aron Csato, Florin Mariasiu, Gergely Csiki

“…Computer vision is one of the key technologies of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), but the incorporation of a vision-based driver assistance system (still) poses a great challenge due to the special characteristics of the algorithms, the neural network architecture, the constraints, and the strict hardware/software requirements that need to be met. …”
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Gas pipeline leakage detection based on multiple multimodal deep feature selections and optimized deep forest classifier by Eddie Zhang, Evan Zhang

“…Gas pipeline leaks contribute to one-third of methane emissions annually, posing environmental damage and safety risks. However, accurate and timely detection of the leak presents several challenges, including remote and inaccessible environments, low accuracy and efficiency, and high hardware and labor costs. …”
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