A Review of Upper Aerodigestive Emergencies Managed at Two Tertiary-level Hospitals in Semi-urban Cameroon by Emmanuel Choffor-Nchinda, Ngwane Ntongwetape, Ngomba Divine Martin Mokake, Nkeng Zifack

“…Background: Upper aerodigestive emergencies (UADEs) pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. We sought to define the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients presenting with UADEs, describe the causes of emergencies, and report treatment and outcomes in our setting. …”
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Adaptive control strategies for button motor actuated insect scale flapping wing MAV mechanisms by Spoorthi Singh, Meet Hitesh Jain, Kanishk Kaushal, Mohammad Zuber, Ernnie Illyani Basri, Kamarul Arifin Ahmad, Sharul Sham Dol, Vishnu G. Nair

“…These actuators offer advantages in size, weight, and power efficiency but pose challenges in achieving continuous and controlled motion due to mechanical, control, and durability constraints. …”
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VIRUSES OF NEPOVIRUS GENUS (PICORNAVIRALES, SECOVIRIDAE) IN THE SOUTH OF THE FAR EAST: RESULTS OF LONGITUDINAL MONITORING by Nadezhda N. Kakareka, Zinaida N. Kozlovskaya, Yuryi G. Volkov, Tatyana I. Pleshakova, Mikhail V. Sapotsky, Mikhail Yu. Shchelkanov

“…Nepovirus genus is one of the most adapted for circulation in the phytocenoses of midlatitudes having natural reservoir among wild plants and pose serious threat for crops. On the basis of ecological features of nepoviruses the scientifically based list of preventive and protective actions against epiphytoties with nepovirus nature is provided. …”
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Effects of fixed orthodontic lingual retainers on PDL stress, root resorption risk, and tooth displacement by Mehrnaz Moradinejad, Marzieh Mazhari, Mohsen Mazhary, Alireza Hashemi Ashtiani, Marzie Yazdi, Vahid Rakhshan

“…CAD/CAM retainers in cases with both crestal and root resorptions might pose a considerably high risk of additional root resorption. …”
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Soil variability effect on the indices of potentially toxic elements pollution under the coffee (Coffea arabica)-enset (Ensete ventricosum) agroforestry systems of Southern Ethiopi... by Abdelaali Ait Saghir, Ali Boularbah, Fisseha Asmelash, Fassil Kebede

“…Abstract Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in agricultural soils pose serious environmental and health risks, necessitating accurate hazard assessments. …”
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Monte carlo simulation for evaluating spatial dynamics of toxic metals and potential health hazards in sebou basin surface water by Hatim Sanad, Rachid Moussadek, Latifa Mouhir, Majda Oueld Lhaj, Houria Dakak, Khadija Manhou, Abdelmjid Zouahri

“…MCS results revealed that Cu and Cr pose potential risks, with Cu exceeding the safety threshold for ingestion in both adults and children. …”
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Microglia determine an immune-challenged environment and facilitate ibuprofen action in human retinal organoids by Verena Schmied, Medina Korkut-Demirbaş, Alessandro Venturino, Juan Pablo Maya-Arteaga, Sandra Siegert

“…Abstract Prenatal immune challenges pose significant risks to human embryonic brain and eye development. …”
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Confidence-Based Knowledge Distillation to Reduce Training Costs and Carbon Footprint for Low-Resource Neural Machine Translation by Maria Zafar, Patrick J. Wall, Souhail Bakkali, Rejwanul Haque

“…This could pose a challenge for translation service providers (TSPs), as they may have limited budgets for training. …”
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Lightweight Deep Learning Model for Fire Classification in Tunnels by Shakhnoza Muksimova, Sabina Umirzakova, Jushkin Baltayev, Young-Im Cho

“…Tunnel fires pose a severe threat to human safety and infrastructure, necessitating the development of advanced and efficient fire detection systems. …”
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Predicting the Evolution of Extreme Water Levels With Long Short‐Term Memory Station‐Based Approximated Models and Transfer Learning Techniques by Samuel Daramola, David F. Muñoz, Paul Muñoz, Siddharth Saksena, Jennifer Irish

“…Abstract Extreme water levels (EWLs) resulting from cyclones pose significant flood hazards and risks to coastal communities and interconnected ecosystems. …”
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Influence of Talc Substitution with Starches from Different Botanical Origins on Rheological and Absorption Properties of Stiff Zinc Oxide Paste Formulations by Dragana Zaklan, Nikola Davidović, Jovana Milutinov, Dejan Ćirin, Veljko Krstonošić, Nebojša Pavlović

“…However, prolonged use of talc, usually present in zinc oxide pastes, may pose health risks due to potential contamination with asbestos and quartz, highlighting the need for alternative excipients. …”
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Deeply supervised two stage generative adversarial network for stain normalization by Zhe Du, Pujing Zhang, Xiaodong Huang, Zhigang Hu, Gege Yang, Mengyang Xi, Dechun Liu

“…Abstract The color variations present in histopathological images pose a significant challenge to computational pathology and, consequently, negatively affect the performance of certain pathological image analysis methods, especially those based on deep learning techniques. …”
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YED-Net: Yoga Exercise Dynamics Monitoring with YOLOv11-ECA-Enhanced Detection and DeepSORT Tracking by Youyu Zhou, Shu Dong, Hao Sheng, Wei Ke

“…Future work aims to integrate 3D pose estimation to develop a closed-loop biomechanical analysis system, thereby advancing sports science toward intelligent decision-making paradigms.…”
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DRLinSPH: an open-source platform using deep reinforcement learning and SPHinXsys for fluid-structure-interaction problems by Mai Ye, Hao Ma, Yaru Ren, Chi Zhang, Oskar J. Haidn, Xiangyu Hu

“…Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems are characterized by strong nonlinearities arising from complex interactions between fluids and structures. These pose significant challenges for traditional control strategies in optimizing structural motion, often leading to suboptimal performance. …”
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De Hegel à Sartre : la question du sens de l’histoire et ses enjeux by Benjamin EYOUNGA

“…Résumé : Dans un monde où les actes humains constituent la matière qui anime le processus historique temporel (le passé, le présent et le futur), on se demande si l’humanité n’a pas toujours été au cœur de l’histoire. …”
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Nocardia otitidiscaviarum meningitis in an immunocompetent patient diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report by Ping Chen, Juan Li, Ping-Xian Liu, Hui Gou, Ming Yu, Lin-Lin Li, Luwen Huang

“…This opportunistic infection may also pose life-threatening risks to immunocompetent individuals. …”
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Detection of calcium deficiency in indoor-grown lettuce under LED lighting using computer vision by Zhian Li, Saeed Karimzadeh, Alise Chavanapanit, Ali Moghimi, Md Shamim Ahamed

“…Calcium deficiency and its associated physiological disorders, such as tip burn, pose considerable challenges for indoor hydroponic lettuce production, impacting both yield and quality. …”
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Recommendations for the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management of Gestational and Congenital Toxoplasmosis in Brazil by Lara Ferreiro Cassemiro, Igor Rosa Meurer, Karolayne Helena Capistrano Andrade, Lauren Hubert Jaeger

“… Toxoplasmosis is a zoonosis caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. It presents severity in patients of certain risk groups, such as pregnant women, fetuses, newborns, and immunocompromised patients. …”
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Spontaneous transient size reduction of a solitary pulmonary metastasis from a leiomyosarcoma by Nao Ito, Shuhei Iizuka, Kanji Sasaki, Yoshiro Otsuki, Toru Nakamura

“…Abstract Background A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) poses a diagnostic challenge, which includes both a benign and malignant etiology. …”
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Septic pulmonary embolism at a tertiary care hospital in Bahrain: clinical features and treatment outcomes by Amit Panjwani, Husain Kadhem, Subhi Isa Akleh, Jalila Sayed Mohamed, Sornali Roy, Layal Omaruddin

“…Introduction Septic pulmonary embolism (SPE) is a type of nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism that poses a clinical challenge due to its rarity of occurrence, varied presentation, and need for distinctive diagnostic and management options. …”
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