GPS tracking methods for spatiotemporal air pollution exposure assessment: comparison and challenges in study implementation by Kalliopi Kyriakou, Benjamin Flückiger, Danielle Vienneau, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Ayoung Jeong, Medea Imboden, Aletta Karsies, Oliver Schmitz, Derek Karssenberg, Roel Vermeulen, Gerard Hoek, Kees de Hoogh

“…Results In Switzerland, participants were recruited from the COVCO-Basel cohort (33% recruitment rate; 489 of 1,475). In the Netherlands, -random recruitment was unsuccessful (1.4% rate; 41 of 3,000). …”
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Global directions of change in moral norms: a test of the moral argument theory by Pontus Strimling, Kimmo Eriksson, Irina Vartanova, Joel Krueger, Isabela Hazin

“…We test this theory in a preregistered study of the arguments for both sides of 33 moral issues for which the global directions and rates of norm change were estimated in available longitudinal survey data from 94 societies. …”
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Grain Dehydration and Grain-Filling Characteristics of Different Maize Varieties in Heilongjiang by Deguang Yang, Yaxin Lin, Jingdu Li, Hao Zheng, Yumeng Zhang, Yanci Zhou, Xiaonan Guo, Yufei Wang, Jiahao Zhang, Jingwen Zhang, Shuang Yang

“…The results demonstrated the following: (1) The filling rate of all varieties followed a single-peak curve, peaking at 20–25 days after pollination (DAP); BN308 and CH6 exhibited the highest peak filling rates (1.77 g/(100 kernels·d) and 1.67 g/(100 kernels·d), respectively). (2) Dehydration displayed a clear biphasic pattern. …”
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EFFECT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN THE BRAIN ON THE FORMATION OF THE DISEASE CLINICAL PICTURE IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS by L. N. Prakhova, Ye. P. Magonov, A. G. Ilves, A. A. Bogdan, G. V. Kataeva, Ye. S. Malakhova, Zh. I. Savintseva, I. D. Stolyarov, T. N. Trofimova

“…Neurodegenerative changes of brain structures evolve with different rates, have different intensity and determine the set of symptoms of neurological impairment and severity of disability, which indicates the presence of certain patterns of the process of atrophy in the brain, forming the clinical picture of the disease.…”
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Verification of a Probabilistic Model and Optimization in Long-Range Networks by José Luis Romero Vázquez, Abel García-Barrientos, José Alberto Del-Puerto-Flores, Francisco R. Castillo Soria, Roilhi F. Ibarra-Hernández, Ulises Pineda Rico, Ernesto Zambrano-Serrano

“…The proposed model integrates multiple critical factors, including packet arrival rates, transmission power levels, and the distance between transmitting nodes and the gateway. …”
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Surveillance and evaluation of vector control in Fuyang District, Hangzhou for the 19th Asian Games by XU Jie, PAN Wenjin, TANG Renyu, DU Liqun

“…The positive detection rates of adult flies and cockroach traces showed no significant pattern, with the highest rate of 7.00% and 8.33%, respectively. …”
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Cancelable Multi-Branch Deep Learning Framework for Privacy-Preserving ECG Biometric Authentication by Mohamed Hammad, Ali Abdullah S. AlQahtani, Mohammed ELAffendi, Abdelhamied A. Ateya, Nebojsa Bacanin

“…We evaluate the framework on two publicly available ECG datasets (PTB and ECG-ID) achieving high authentication performance with accuracies of 96.25% and 96.43%, respectively, and Equal Error Rates (EER) of 3.55% and 3.6%. The system meets critical privacy-preserving criteria, including irreversibility, unlinkability, diversity, and revocability. …”
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Evolutionary trajectory estimation via replication simulation of coronavirus spike gene based on random mutation and similarity-based selection by Min Chan Kim, Hye Ji Jung, Seong Sik Jang, Van Thi Lo, Hye Kwon Kim

“…Simulations tracking the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan-Hu-1 toward the Omicron variant (BA.1) displayed plateau-like similarity trajectories, where increased substitution rates resulted in a more rapid attainment of the plateau stage. …”
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Insights from the Biorepository and Integrative Genomics pediatric resource by Silvia Buonaiuto, Franco Marsico, Akram Mohammed, Lokesh K. Chinthala, Ernestine K. Amos-Abanyie, Regeneron Genetics Center, Pjotr Prins, Khyobeni Mozhui, Robert J. Rooney, Robert W. Williams, Robert L. Davis, Terri H. Finkel, Chester W. Brown, Vincenza Colonna

“…We observe ancestry-specific rates of novel genetic variants, which are enriched for functional or clinical relevance. …”
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A neuronal imaging dataset for deep learning in the reconstruction of single-neuron axons by Liya Li, Liya Li, Ying Hu, Ying Hu, Xiaojun Wang, Pei Sun, Tingwei Quan

“…Our results demonstrate significantly improved axon detection rates across both state-of-the-art and traditional methodologies. …”
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Deep Learning Approach for Classifying DDoS Attack Traffic in SDN Environments by Mohd Nadeem, Shweta Dwivedi, Rizwan Akhtar, Shameem Ahmad Ansari, Saumya Singh, Eram Fatima Siddiqui, Rajeev Kumar

“…A neural network classifier analyzes this data to identify complex patterns and behaviors associated with DDoS attacks. …”
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First Molecular Characterization and Antibiogram of Bacteria Isolated From Dairy Farm Wastewater in Bangladesh by Md. Shamsul Islam, Md. Arif-Uz-Zaman Polash, Md. Hakimul Haque

“…Moreover, several antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) including penA, blaTEM, blaCTX−M, tetA, tetB, tetC, and ermB were detected across the bacterial species, with high prevalence rates in P. aeruginosa and A. junii, suggesting the potential for horizontal gene transfer and further spread of resistance. …”
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Disparities in Gastrointestinal Cancer Incidence in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander Groups by Vicki Tang, Cynthia W. Ko

“…The aim of this study was to examine patterns and trends in incidence of common gastrointestinal cancers in AANHPI groups compared to the non-Hispanic White (NHW) population. …”
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Usefulness of Pre-operative CT Scan to Assess Lateral Wall Instability in Trochanteric Fractures by Sandeep T George, R Ravikumar, Sabari Arasu, Prasanna Chandiralingam, Jeevithan Shanmugam

“…While its statistical significance remains inconclusive, CT remains a valuable adjunct for improving surgical planning, optimizing fixation strategies, and potentially reducing failure rates in IT fractures.…”
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Association of Paternal Diabetes With Hemorrhagic Stroke in Bangladeshi Women: The MAGPIE Study by Md. Abdullah Yusuf, Redoy Ranjan, Dipannita Adhikary, Adneen Moureen, Maliha Hakim

“…Although males had significantly higher rates of hypertension (p < 0.001), diabetes (p = 0.008), chronic constipation (p = 0.03), and systolic blood pressure (p < 0.001), females were found to have significantly higher body mass index (23.1 ± 3.1 vs. 21.4 ± 2.9; p < 0.001) and paternal diabetes (9.6% vs. 4.8%; p = 0.004) compared to male. …”
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Diversification, loss, and virulence gains of the major effector AvrStb6 during continental spread of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. by Ana Margarida Sampaio, Sabina Moser Tralamazza, Faharidine Mohamadi, Yannick De Oliveira, Jérôme Enjalbert, Cyrille Saintenac, Daniel Croll

“…Across Europe, we found the strongest differentiation of the effector consistent with high rates of Stb6 deployment. The AvrStb6 locus showed also a remarkable diversification in transposable element content with specific expansion patterns across the globe. …”
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Four-party evolutionary game of collaborative recycling and management of takeaway packaging waste by JIA Yajuan, JI Yuexin

“…This study aims to explore the evolutionary game patterns among multiple stakeholders in the recycling and management process and identify key influencing factors and their effects. …”
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Intervention of machine learning in bladder cancer research using multi-omics datasets: systematic review on biomarker identification by Blessy Kiruba, P. S. Athul Narayan, Badhari Raj, S. Rohieth Raj, Sam George Mathew, Sudhakaran Sajitha Lulu, Vino Sundararajan

“…BC is characterized by its highly heterogeneous and dynamic nature, with significantly higher morbidity and mortality rates in men compared to women. Diagnosing BC requires traditional methods, such as cystoscopy, which can be invasive and costly. …”
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Global burden of viral skin diseases from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021 by Deng Li, Ming Chen, Wei Li, Xuewen Xu, Qingfeng Li

“…BackgroundThe scarcity of knowledge regarding the epidemiology and temporal patterns of viral skin diseases worldwide poses significant challenges to their control and management.MethodsWe analyzed the global incidence, prevalence, and age-standardized rates (ASR) of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for viral skin diseases in 2021. …”
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Graph Neural Network With Hessian-Based Locally Linear Embedding for Cancer Metastasis Analysis in Lymph Nodes Using DeepLab Segmentation by Senthil Jayapal, R. Annamalai

“…In clinical settings, where whole-slide images of histological lymph nodes are involved, it is crucial to identify and detect breast cancer metastases. Patient survival rates increase significantly with early detection. …”
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