Noncontact Palm Vein ROI Extraction Based on Improved Lightweight HRnet in Complex Backgrounds by Fen Dai, Ziyang Wang, Xiangqun Zou, Rongwen Zhang, Xiaoling Deng

“…Based on the keypoints and corresponding ROI extraction, the equal error rate (EER) of palm vein recognition was 0.000362%, 0.014541%, and 0.005951% and the false nonmatch rate was 0.000001%, 11.034725%, and 4.613714% (false match rate: 0.01%) in the self-built dataset, TJU-PV, and CASIA, respectively. …”
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High Prevalence of Low Back Pain in College Rifle Athletes by Bailey Urbach, Cody Mansfield, Mica Harr, Matthew S. Briggs, James Onate, Laura Boucher

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, 60% were unable to receive the same level of medical care while 69% experienced equal or greater pain levels. An association between sex and LBP was statistically significant (p<0.001)…”
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Prospering the ASEAN Community: How Micro-Region Becomes a Driving Force Prosperity in Indonesia’s Border Area? by Fitrisia Munir, Yanyan Mohammad Yani, Rendi Prayuda, Artha Yudilla, Dini Tiara Sasmi

“…This research strengthens the existing literature by discovering that the collaboration of sub-state actors between countries in the border region has played a big role in encouraging the border community to advance and compete in the international arena, and ASEAN has become an institution encouraging and guaranteeing equal development for people in the border areas.…”
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Quercetin Zinc and Iron Metal Complexes Protect against Sodium Arsenite Intoxication in the Hepato-Renal System of Wistar Rats via the Oxidative Stress Pathway by Oluwatoyin O. Ojo, Deborah I. Fatokun, Ikechukwu P. Ejidike, Rachel U. Awolope, Saheed O. Sanni

“…Furthermore, twenty male Wistar rats were obtained and equally divided into four groups, treated orally and daily for 28 days with 10 mg/kg NaAr, 30 mg/kg quercetin, quercetin-zinc, and quercetin-iron separately. …”
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Basic reproduction number for certain infectious porcine diseases: estimation of required level of vaccination or depopulation of susceptible animals by V. M. Gulenkin, F. I. Korennoy, A. K. Karaulov

“…The necessary conditions for wild boar depopulation aimed to prevent new African swine fever outbreaks are identified, namely, the elimination of at least 75% of the wild boar population living in the risk zone within the period of time equal to one infectious period.…”
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Features of diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors by N. I. Bogomolov, T. V. Burdinskaya, M. A. Goncharova, A. G. Goncharov, N. N. Tomskikh

“…Histological investigation of tumors revealed the mixed type in 8,62% of patients, and approximately equal proportion for spindle-cell and epithelioid (46,4 and 44,8%) variants. …”
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PreMevE‐MEO: Predicting Ultra‐Relativistic Electrons Using Observations From GPS Satellites by Yinan Feng, Yue Chen, Youzuo Lin

“…Abstract Ultra‐relativistic electrons with energies greater than or equal to two megaelectron‐volt (MeV) pose a major radiation threat to spaceborne electronics, and thus specifying those highly energetic electrons has a significant meaning to space weather communities. …”
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A Study to Assess the Carrying Angle in Children Aged between 8 to 16 Years of Age by Pradip Patil, Umesh D. Jain, Amol Gowaikar, Salim A. Lad, Shivaji Kolli

“…A total of 1000 children who belonged to aged group of 8 to 16 years of age were evaluated for the measurement of carrying angle during the study period by probability sampling with equal distribution of subjects in both the gender and in the age group of 8-16years. …”
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Vascular Pathology in Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficient Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Emphysema Patients: Case Reports by Gordon M, Gangemi AJ, Sandwith EL, Kumaran M, Kueppers F

“…Matthew Gordon,1,&ast; Andrew J Gangemi,1,&ast; Eric L Sandwith,2,&ast; Maruti Kumaran,3,&ast; Friedrich Kueppers1,&ast; 1Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 2HCA Florida Heart and Lung, Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, Wright, FL, USA; 3Department of Radiology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Friedrich Kueppers, Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Email friedrich.kueppers@tuhs.temple.eduAbstract: Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) is a genetic condition that results from mutations in the SERPINA1 gene, which can lead to deficient or dysfunctional Alpha 1 Antitrypsin (AAT) protein production. …”
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Unequal loss protection scheme using a quality prediction model in a Wi-Fi broadcasting system by Dong Hyun Kim, Jong Deok Kim

“…In this scenario, allocating equal forward error correction packets to compressed frames is not an effective method for recovering broadcast packet loss. …”
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Islamic boarding schools and human rights enforcement transmission of cultural values for disabilities by Suwarno Suwarno, Uswatun Chasanah

“…However, it is more critical as a form of application, essence, and religion, the theological substance that teaches the equality of human rights, tolerance, and respect for others in all aspects of life. …”
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The Optimization of UAV-Assisted Downlink Transmission Based on RSMA by Lin Huang, Daiming Qu, Jianguo Zhou, Jialin Zhang

“…The optimization algorithm is further enhanced by incorporating dynamic step size and visual strategies, as well as memory behaviors to improve convergence speed and optimization accuracy. To address linear equality constraints, we introduce a correction factor to modify the behavior of the artificial fish. …”
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The impact of emotional distress on suicidal ideation in head and neck cancer patients: A review by Priya Baluni, Ravindra Singh, Rishima Bhutani, Anushka Mishra

“…In conclusion, the treatment of cancer-associated distress is equally crucial as the treatment of the physical illness. …”
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Communication Culture as a Matrix for Graduate's “Soft Skills” Development by N. G. Chevtaeva, A. S. Nikitina, A. V. Vishnevskaya

“…The authors outline the ways of restructuring the patterns of teacher and student behavior, which require them to adopt an educational paradigm based on a model of equal interaction of all participants (stakeholders) of educational process. …”
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Zoning and analysis of pervasive rainfall in rainy areas of Iran In the statistical period of 30 years (1987-1987) by Maryam saghafi, Gholamreza Barati, Bohloul Alijani, Mohammad Moradi

“…In order to investigate the durability of Iran's precipitation and to define a precipitation day as " a day with equal precipitation or greater than 0.5 mm", used from daily precipitation data of 80 synoptic stations of the country during the 6 cold months of the year from October to March in a period of 30 years (2016 - 1987). …”
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Synovial Fluid Alpha-defensin Lateral Flow Assay is Specific but Not Sensitive for Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Revision Arthroplasty: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis by Sze Hon Yu, Chiu Kwong Yuen, Constance Wong, Cheung Amy, Cheung Man Hong, Chan Vincent Wai Kwan, Luk Michelle Hilda, Chan Ping Keung, Henry Fu

“…Thus, ADLFA was less sensitive for revision arthroplasty but equally specific for both primary and revision cases. …”
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Towards better and unlinkable protected biometric templates using label‐assisted discrete hashing by Kiran Raja, R. Raghavendra, Christoph Busch

“…The proposed approach results in a high genuine match rate (≈100% at a false accept rate of 0.01%) and low equal error rate (EER ≈ 0%) and outperforms traditional approaches while satisfying other requirements of biometric template protection when the closed enrolment set is known. …”
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When the East Meets the West: the Future of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the 21st Century by Jin QIU

“…TCM and Western medicine are equally important, which is the significant characteristic of the Chinese healthcare system and is the key feature of Chinese style solution for healthcare reform. …”
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<i>Allosaurus europaeus</i> (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) Revisited and Taxonomy of the Genus by André Burigo, Octávio Mateus

“…A detailed cranial description and specimen-based phylogeny were performed and resolved many of the open questions: (1) The diversity of <i>Allosaurus</i> is limited to three named species: <i>A. fragilis</i>, <i>A. europaeus</i>, and <i>A. jimmadseni</i>. (2) Nine autapomorphies were found in <i>A. europaeus</i>, confirming the validity of the species. (3) Phylogenetic analyses place both Portuguese specimens in the genus <i>Allosaurus</i>, based on the following synapomorphies: jugal bone lateral view, relative heights of quadratojugal prongs, the dorsal prong is equal in height, the jugal bone in lateral view shows shallow accessory pneumatization of the antorbital fossa, the palatine pneumatic recess shape is small, and lacrimal horn morphology has a triangular horn. (4) The Andrés specimen is placed with the <i>A. europaeus</i> and they are considered here to be the same species, which is paleo-geographically and biochronologically congruent. (5) <i>A. europaeus</i> and <i>A. jimmadseni</i> are sister taxa and closer to each other than to <i>A. fragilis</i>. …”
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White adipose tissues and skeletal muscles as a target of chrysin during the treatment of obesity in rats by Omar S. Hassan, Magda A. Megahed, Nesma A. Ghazal

“…Rats were classified into two groups: the control group and the obese group, which was subdivided into 4 subgroups (8 rats each); an untreated obese group; a chrysin-treated group (oral dose of 100 mg/kg/day); swimming-treated groups (swimming for 1 h/day, five days/week with a constant overload equal to 5% of their weight); and combination-treated groups (chrysin and swimming). …”
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