A Semantic Communication and VVC Based Hybrid Video Coding System by Prabhath Samarathunga, Yasith Ganearachchi, Thanuj Fernando, Adhuran Jayasingam, Indika Alahapperuma, Anil Fernando

“…Requirements of next-generation video applications are becoming a challenge for conventional video coding systems, although they have evolved over decades to accommodate the most demanding of current video applications. Semantic communications, built on the concept of transmitting just the semantics of a message and allowing the receiver to reconstruct the message based on a shared context, is a non-conventional approach being considered to overcome these challenges and improve performance of video coding systems. …”
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Immune factors and their role in tumor aggressiveness in glioblastoma: Atypical cadherin FAT1 as a promising target for combating immune evasion by Manvi Arora, Archismita Kundu, Subrata Sinha, Kunzang Chosdol

“…Abstract Immune evasion is one of the hallmarks of cancers, including glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of primary brain tumors. Multiple mechanisms are employed by tumor cells and its microenvironment to evade immune detection and foster tumor growth and progression. …”
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Morphological identification, prevalence, and infestation rate of Varroa destructor in Apis dorsata in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan by Ayesha Haleem Shah, Asma Saeed, Sanaullah Khan, Abdul Haleem Shah, Jawad Ullah Shah

“…Background: Apis dorsata is one of the most economically important bees. The A. dorsata colonies are rapidly declining in Pakistan due to multiple factors. …”
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The role of the neurophysiological intraoperative monitoring to prevention of postoperative neurological complication in the surgical treatment of scoliosis by M. A. Khit, S. V. Kolesov, D. A. Kolbovskiy, N. S. Morozova

“…Bearing in mind that the technique of surgical treatment of scoliosis and skills are high enough, iatrogenic spinal cord injury is still one of the most feared complication of scoliosis surgery. It is well known that the function of the spinal cord may be estimated by combining somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) and motor evoked potentials (MEP). …”
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Increasing the use of skilled health personnel where traditional birth attendants were providers of childbirth care: a systematic review. by Claudia Vieira, Anayda Portela, Tina Miller, Ernestina Coast, Tiziana Leone, Cicely Marston

“…However, three of the studies evaluate the village midwife programme in Indonesia, which limits the generalizability of conclusions. Most studies report on a main intervention, despite other activities, such as community mobilization or partnerships with traditional birth attendants. …”
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Shell Model Reconstruction of Thin-Walled Structures from Point Clouds for Finite Element Modelling of Existing Steel Bridges by Tomoya Nakamizo, Mayuko Nishio

“…There are some studies that show finite element (FE) models from point cloud data. While most of those approaches focus on modelling by solid elements, modelling of some civil structures, such as bridges, requires various uses of beam and shell elements. …”
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Heterogeneity of the capsular warning syndrome; experiences of a single centre by Sena Boncuk Ulaş, Türkan Acar, Bilgehan Atılgan Acar, Oğuzhan Turhan, Ayşe Kristina Polat, Yeşim Güzey Aras, Esra Ünal, Halil Alper Eryılmaz, Ayşe Polat Zafer, Hakan Saçlı

“…The NIHSS and the 3-month-mRS of the patients were evaluated to determine their prognosis.Results A total of 27 CWS cases were included, with an average age of 71.25 and 74.1% male. The most common lesion location was the internal capsule(51.8%), followed by the corona radiata. …”
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Epidemiological Profile of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Single Tertiary Center in Basrah, Iraq by Ola Murtadaa Albattat, Raheem Sharhan Balasim, Ammar Saleh Abbood, Warkaa Shamkhani

“…Results: The study population were mostly middle-aged to elderly individuals (57.47% aged 50-69 years; mean age 59.11 years), predominantly male (70.6%). …”
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Synthesis of Zn3(PO4)2 and Mn3(PO4)2 nanoparticles from aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Mentha aquatica and Mentha spicata by Benjamín Valdez-Salas, Karen Guillén-Carvajal, Ernesto Beltrán-Partida, Jorge Salvador-Carlos, Mario Curiel-Alvarez, Ivone Wong-Miramontes, Nelson Cheng

“…In the case of ZnPNPs, the most important factor was the type of solvent, obtaining a sheet arrangement and spike-shaped using aqueous and ethanolic extract respectively. …”
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A Large Pure Uterine Lipoma: Its Diagnosis by Pelvic MRI and Histopathology by Giannina Calongos, Yoshihiro Ito, Yoko Kubota, Masafumi Handa, Akinori Ida, Yoshiyuki Tsuji

“…Pelvic MRI revealed no ovarian enlargement; however, a mass in the uterine body was appreciated with a high signal on T1 and T2 images and signal dropout in the fat suppression images, a finding most consistent with a uterine lipoma. A total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was performed, and histopathological examination confirmed the preliminary diagnosis. …”
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The effect of crude protein in the diet on the quantity and composition of milk in Alpine goats by Darija Bendelja Ljoljić, Neven Antunac, Tomislav Mašek, Antun Kostelić, Jasna Pintar

“…Optimizing nutrition in terms of a more rational protein intake as the most expensive components of a meal, balance of the energy and protein, as well as defining the limit value of urea concentration in milk are a prerequisite for intensive production of goat’s milk.…”
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Real-time lost circulation estimation and mitigation by Abo Taleb T. Al-Hameedi, Husam H. Alkinani, Shari Dunn-Norman, Ralph E. Flori, Steven A. Hilgedick

“…The best lost circulation strategy to the Dammam formation is concluded and summarized depending on a comprehensive statistical work, the most important courses of the international oil companies, technical papers, textbooks, and economic evaluation to determine the successful remedies for each type of losses. …”
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Chaos control and sensitivity analysis of climate change under green gases and carbon omission utilizing caputo fractional operator by Aqeel Ahmad, Muhammad Suleman Khan, Dilber Uzun Ozsahin, Hijaz Ahmad, Arshad Munir, Taha Radwan

“…Sensitivity analysis was developed to identify the most sensitive parameters and examine how altering these variables affects the outcomes in different situations. …”
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Recreational Use of Nitrous Oxide as a Source of Frostbite Injuries to the Skin: A Review of the Literature and a Case Report by Sebastian Holm, Reza Tabrisi, Johann Zdolsek

“…These injuries are mostly observed in young adults, with a female dominance, and are typically localized to the inner thighs. …”
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ANKRD22 participates in the proinflammatory activities of macrophages in the colon cancer tumor microenvironment by Xiaoying Wang, Keqing Yang, Bin Yang, Rui Wang, Yongliang Zhu, Tianhui Pan

“…Abstract Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are among the most common types of immune cells in the colon cancer microenvironment. …”
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Dual PHY Layer for Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Transceiver in 5G Networks by Sobia Baig, Muneeb Ahmad, Hafiz Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Naeem Shehzad, Mujtaba Hussain Jaffery

“…WOFDM in NOMA (WNOMA) outperforms OFDM-based conventional NOMA (CNOMA) with reference to interference mitigation, bandwidth efficiency, spectral confinement, and multi-user capacity. Most of the fourth generation (4G) networks are based on OFDM and its variants. …”
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Advanced Optimization of Flowshop Scheduling with Maintenance, Learning and Deteriorating Effects Leveraging Surrogate Modeling Approaches by Nesrine Touafek, Fatima Benbouzid-Si Tayeb, Asma Ladj, Riyadh Baghdadi

“…The first strategy uses a Kriging model to dynamically guide the selection of the most effective search operator at each stage of the employed bee phase. …”
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The Influence of Previous Treatment of Wheat Straw from Bales on the Intensity of Biogas Outlet by Zablodskiy M., Klendiy P., Shvorov S., Trokhaniak V., Dudar O.

“…This goal is achieved by solving the following problems: determining the physical-chemical properties and component composition of winter wheat straw from packs; obtaining chopped straw by grinding on a laboratory grinder to a fraction of 5–25 mm in length; processing soaked straw in water in an extruder to form 15 pre-treatment samples; calculation the carbon-nitrogen ratio for mixture of straw of certain pretreatment option and inoculum; determination the specific energy intensity of the extrusion process; conducting fermentation experiments and studies of the biogas output process for 42 days for various options for pre-treatment of winter wheat straw from packs, in particular the option with the simultaneous action of constant magnetic field. The most important results of the research are: experimental proof of the effectiveness of the method of preliminary mechanical-magnetic treatment of winter wheat straw from bales in the production of biogas, which forms a synergetic effect; with a one-time extrusion of straw and treatment with constant magnetic field of 1.8 mT, the biogas output increases, which makes it possible to obtain the same amount of biogas as with 5-fold extrusion, but with energy costs for extrusion reduced by 4.28 times. …”
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The Effects of Potato Golden Cyst Nematode Pathotype 2/3 On Plant Development in Clones and Varieties by Gülten Kaçar Avcı, Halil Toktay, Mustafa İmren, G.Badel Akyol, Ramazan Canhilal

“…Varieties were affected by nematicide application at varying rates in terms of plant height and tuber maturation time. The most significant increase in tuber size and tuber weight was observed as a result of nematicide application in the field infested with Potato Golden Cyst nematode.…”
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The Evolutionary Loss of Paternal Care Is Associated With Shifts in Female Life‐History Traits by Colby Behrens, Sarah Young, Eric Arredondo, Anne C. Dalziel, Laura K. Weir, Alison M. Bell

“…Here, we capitalize on the divergence of parental care between ecotypes of three‐spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) to test for associations between parental care and life‐history traits. While males from most stickleback populations provide care, an unusual “white” ecotype has recently lost paternal care. …”
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