Optimization of Bandwidth Allocation and UAV Placement in Active RIS-Assisted UAV Communication Networks with Wireless Backhaul by Thi-Thuy-Minh Tran, Binh-Minh Vu, Oh-Soon Shin

“…The resulting optimization problem is highly non-convex, posing significant challenges. To tackle this, we decompose the problem into three interrelated sub-problems and apply inner approximation (IA) techniques to handle the non-convexities within each sub-problem. …”
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Liability of legal persons for criminal offenses against the environment by Kurtović Mišić Anita, Sokanović Lucija, Mladinić Nina

“…Conscious of the dangers posed by organized environmental crime, the legislature has expressly regulated the punishability of legal persons, prosecution for participation in criminal organizations, and the protection of the environment through specific criminal offenses. …”
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Has Demographic Revolution Come to a Halt? An Approximation to Successful Aging and the Need for Socio-Educational Action in the New Normal by Pilar Moreno-Crespo, Coral I. Hunt-Gómez, Nieves Martín-Bermúdez

“…This study examines demographic revolution and the different implications that it poses for quality of live and successful aging. A revision of the main aging theories and recommendations to achieve successful aging are provided. …”
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An activity-based parametric cost analysis for upcycling machining chips to produce feedstock for sustainable additive friction stir deposition by Sweta Baruah, Joshua Hoekstra, Tony Schmitz

“…Estimating these costs poses challenges due to the complexity of the upcycling process and its associated variables. …”
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Simulation Based Study of Ground Mobile Robots for Inspection and Control of the Bridge Assembly Process by Pierluigi Rea, Erika Ottaviano, Lucia Figuli

“…Nowadays, the inspection of bridges poses a significant challenge for safeguarding critical infrastructures. …”
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Waste to Wealth: Electrochemical Innovations in Hydrogen Production From Industrial Wastewater by Tesfaye Alamirew Dessie, Lemlem Seyoum Seifu, Woldesenbet Bafe Dilebo

“…Abstract The increasing demand for energy and the environmental challenges posed by fossil fuel consumption prompts the exploration of clean and sustainable energy solutions. …”
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High-Speed Adaptive Waveform Generation System for Multi-Material Surface Printing by Qiuming Luo, Yanming Lei, Kunzhong Wu, Xuan Wei

“…This paper presents an FPGA-based configurable drive waveform generation system for industrial inkjet printheads, targeting the need for real-time adaptability in printing across heterogeneous materials. …”
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Biomedical waste of Serbia through the prism of circular economy by Ugrinov Dragan, Nikolić Magdalena, Markov Miloš

“…Although biomedical waste poses unique challenges, integrating CE principles into Serbia's healthcare sector could help mitigate its ecological impact, enhance the efficiency of waste management systems, and promote a more sustainable healthcare model.…”
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A Review of SiC Sensor Applications in High-Temperature and Radiation Extreme Environments by Quanwei Zhang, Yan Liu, Huafeng Li, Jue Wang, Yuan Wang, Fabin Cheng, Haijun Han, Peng Zhang

“…This review presents the current status and research progress of SiC sensors in high-temperature and radiation extreme environments. …”
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Tocilizumab combined with cyclophosphamide for the treatment of rapidly progressive refractory systemic sclerosis with predominant cardiac involvement: a case report by Zhong-Chao Fu, Jing Ji, Xiao-Gui Cheng, Ran-Geng Shi, Xiao-Feng Mo, Zhi-Zhu Yang

“…Systemic sclerosis (SSc) with multi-organ involvement poses significant therapeutic challenges. We present a case of rapidly progressive, refractory SSc with cardiac, musculoskeletal, and skin manifestations that was successfully managed with a combination of cyclophosphamide (CYC) and tocilizumab (TCZ). …”
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Lignin and colour removal of pulp and papermill wastewater by enzymatic action of different fungal strains by Ashima Srivastava, Vivek Sharma, Pratibha Singh, Nupoor Srivastava

“…Wastewater from pulp and paper mill industries poses a major risk to the water and soil components of the ecosystem due to high concentration of organic as well as inorganic contaminants. …”
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Multimodal hate speech detection: a novel deep learning framework for multilingual text and images by Furqan Khan Saddozai, Sahar K. Badri, Daniyal Alghazzawi, Asad Khattak, Muhammad Zubair Asghar

“…Detecting multimodal hate speech in low-resource multilingual contexts poses significant challenges. This study presents a deep learning framework that integrates bidirectional long short-term memory (BiLSTM) and EfficientNetB1 to classify hate speech in Urdu-English tweets, leveraging both text and image modalities. …”
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Heat stress induces phage tolerance in Enterobacteriaceae by Fan Zhang, Hao-Ze Chen, Bo Zheng, Liang Huang, Ye Xiang, Jing-Ren Zhang, Jia-Feng Liu

“…Antibiotic resistance and tolerance present significant challenges in global healthcare, necessitating alternative strategies such as phage therapy. …”
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Machine learning in modeling, analysis and control of electrochemical reactors: A tutorial review by Wenlong Wang, Zhe Wu, Dominic Peters, Berkay Citmaci, Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Panagiotis D. Christofides

“…The complexity of these systems – arising from coupled electrochemical reactions with mass, heat and charge transport phenomena – poses significant challenges in modeling, analysis, and control. …”
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Adaptive RFID Data Scheduling Using Proximal Policy Optimization for Reducing Data Processing Latency by Guowei Guo, Xinsen Yang, Ziwei Liang, Zeli Xi, Ximei Zhan, Peisong Li

“…However, efficiently offloading the large volume of data generated by RFID tags to readers poses significant challenges, particularly in dynamic environments where static or rule-based offloading methods fall short. …”
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Inflammatory breast cancer, best practice in the community setting by Yoko Takahashi, Nithya Sridhar, Toshiaki Iwase, Ashley Marumoto, Jami Fukui, Aiesha Pradhan, Yee Chung Cheng, Naoto T. Ueno

“…Despite advancements in treatment, IBC poses unique challenges, particularly in community healthcare settings, where implementation of current guidelines is often limited by disease complexity and evidence gaps. …”
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Neonatal pneumothorax management with Foley catheter in the low-resource settings: a case report by Bahtiar Ahmad, Nancy Margarita Rehatta, Arie Utariani, Kohar Hari Santoso, Taufik Saputra

“…Neonatal pneumothorax is a serious condition that occurs when air accumulates in the pleural space, posing a potential threat to life. Neonatal pneumothorax is particularly prevalent among newborns, especially within the first three days of life. …”
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Haspin kinase inhibition dampens pseudorabies virus infection in vitro by Lei Tan, Lei Tan, Lei Tan, Yong Yang, Xiaojiu Huang, Youqing Yuan, Kaixin Wang, Xiaoye Peng, Yiyan He, Yijin Wang, Lei Lei, Yingyi Chen, Deyong Duan, Naidong Wang, Yi Yang, Feiyan Dai, Cuiqing Huang, Aibing Wang

“…Pseudorabies virus (PRV) represents a considerable infectious threat to the swine industry in China and poses potential health risks to humans. However, there is a notable lack of specific antiviral agents aimed at combating PRV. …”
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Epileptological service in current Russia by V. A. Karlov, S. G. Burd, M. B. Mironov, N. V. Kukina, Yu. V. Rubleva

“…The questionnaire data are presented as diagrams and expressed as a percentage.Results. …”
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Death to bite: a case report of dead snake envenoming and treatment by Susmita Thakur, Surajit Giri, Gaurav Choudhary, Hemen Nath, Robin Doley

“…The victim recovered and was discharged after 43 h of hospitalization.ConclusionThese instances of envenoming by dead or decapitated snakes highlight the potential danger posed by venomous snakes even after death, emphasizing the necessity of extreme caution while handling them.…”
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