Cross-Domain Adversarial Learning for Sea Surface Temperature Super-Resolution by Wenhui Li, Jingyi Wang, Dan Song, Zhengya Sun, Zhiqiang Wei, An-An Liu

“…High-resolution sea surface temperature (SST) data can provide more accurate information on ocean conditions, which plays a significant role for environmental monitoring and climate research. However, most existing super-resolution methods fail to account for geographical differences across oceanic domains, which hinders their ability to accommodate data diversity and reduces the model’s generalization capacity in reconstructing complex SST. …”
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Concerns regarding deployment of AI-based applications in dentistry – a review by Abhishek Lal, Ayesha Nooruddin, Fahad Umer

“…There are various AI-based applications for dental practitioners, however, their real-world evaluation through deployement studies is scarce, as most of the studies are validation studies. This review explores the potential pitfalls of focusing solely on technical performance metrics when evaluating AI-based applications in dentistry while overlooking the importance of clinical applicability. …”
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Rearing and marketing of livestock in the Hakaluki Haor: Impact on livelihood, food and nutrition security by M. A. Hashem

“…Farmers consumed 22 food items among which rice, potato; leafy vegetables, milk, meat and egg are the most important food items. Average daily per capita food, calorie and protein intake were 1172g, 2419 kcal and 86 g, respectively. …”
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Clinico-epidemiological Profile of Women with Non-venereal Vulval Diseases: A Hospital-based Observational Study by Smita Joshi, Shristi Shrestha, Anshumala Joshi

“…Conclusion: Itching is the most common presenting complaint and contrary to the popular belief, inflammatory disorders especially lichen sclerosus, rather than infections were common diagnoses in females with non-venereal vulval disorders. …”
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Vaginal Capsules: A Viable Alternative for the Delivery of <i>Lactobacillus</i> spp. by Leandra Sá de Lima, Lívia Custódio Pereira, Rosane Mansan Almeida, Yanna Karla de Medeiros Nóbrega

“…The recovery varied depending on the strains and dosage forms employed, with the most favorable outcomes for vaginal capsules. This highlights the need for standardized strains and excipients in magistral formulations. …”
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Zeta Potential of Supercritical CO2‐Water‐Sandstone Systems and Its Correlation With Wettability and Residual Subsurface Trapping of CO2 by Jan Vinogradov, Miftah Hidayat, Mohammad Sarmadivaleh, David Vega‐Maza, Stefan Iglauer, Lijuan Zhang, Dajiang Mei, Jos Derksen

“…Abstract Although CO2 geological storage (CGS) is thought to be one of the most promising technologies to sequester the anthropogenic CO2 to mitigate the climate change, implementation of the method is still challenging due to lack of fundamental understanding of controls of wettability, which is responsible for residual trapping of the gas and its flow dynamics. …”
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Exploring adenosine analogs for chondrosarcoma therapy: In vitro and in vivo insights by Marion Lenté, Juliette Aury-Landas, Mahdia Taieb, Benoît Bernay, Eva Lhuissier, Karim Boumédiene, Catherine Baugé

“…Apoptosis was measured and cell cycle analyzed. The most promising compounds were further tested in vivo using a xenograft CS model in nude mice. …”
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Scrotal Flaps for Penile Skin Reconstruction: A Systematic Review by Sorin V. Parasca, Andrei Dumitrescu, Florin R. Stanescu, Ruxandra D. Sinescu

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Infection, trauma, skin cancer, foreign substance injections and lymphedema are among the most frequent causes of penile skin defects. Scrotal flaps are a promising reconstructive option for penile resurfacing, offering improved functional and aesthetic outcomes; however, there is no clear consensus on their superiority. …”
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Strategic analysis of financing communicable diseases in Afghanistan by Enayatullah Hayat, Narges Neyazi, Hossein Dargahi, Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan, Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad

“…Increasing the government budget allocation, establishing health insurance system, implementing employees’ retention strategies, integrating all CDs funds, strategic purchasing, strengthening public–private partnership (PPP), implementing appropriate user fees, and raising public awareness about CDs were the most important solutions. Conclusion The financing system of CDs management should be strengthened in such a way that it collects scattered financial resources, aggregates and transparently manages them. …”
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Phenotypic Variation Patterns in <i>Oecomys catherinae</i> (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): Craniodental Morphometric Analysis and Its Relationship with Latitudinal Variation in the Atla... by Paola Santos da Mata, Thiago dos Santos Cardoso, Cibele Rodrigues Bonvicino, Roberto do Val Vilela

“…We identified bony palate length (BPL) as the most discriminating variable, with higher values in the Atlantic Forest, suggesting a possible dietary adaptation in response to ecological pressures. …”
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ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR OIL FLAX PROCESSING by E. V. Novikov, N. V. Basova, A. V. Bezbabchenko

“…(Conclusions) The authors have determined that the most effective is the pro-cessing of oil flax from an area of at least 1000 hectares, with a throughput capaci-ty of raw materials of at least 1000 kg/h and a distance of the transportation of straw rolls to a processing site of 50 km. …”
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Trade challenges at the World Trade Organization to national noncommunicable disease prevention policies: A thematic document analysis of trade and health policy space. by Pepita Barlow, Ronald Labonte, Martin McKee, David Stuckler

“…<h4>Background</h4>It has long been contested that trade rules and agreements are used to dispute regulations aimed at preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Yet most analyses of trade rules and agreements focus on trade disputes, potentially overlooking how a challenge to a regulation's consistency with trade rules may lead to 'policy or regulatory chill' effects whereby countries delay, alter, or repeal regulations in order to avoid the costs of a dispute. …”
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Toward a fair, gender-debiased classifier for the diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder- a Machine-Learning based classification study by Susanne Neufang, Feifei Li, Atae Akhrif, Oya D. Beyan

“…Abstract Background Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder. Gender disparities in the diagnosis of ADHD have been reported, suggesting that females tend to be diagnosed later in life than males are. …”
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Effects of varying weld speeds on the microstructure, mechanical properties, and corrosion behavior of clad rebars in a marine environment by Zecheng Zhuang, Weiping Lu, Zhe Gou, Lei Zeng, Xuehai Qian, Rifeng Wang, Erte Lin, Zhen Li, Yong Xiang, Jianping Tan

“…Combining the analysis of microstructure, mechanical characteristics, and corrosion resistance, it is found that the optimal welding speed among the four tested is 0.6 mm/s. Hence, selecting the most proper weld parameters is necessary, moreover, it offers a solid foundation for researching the subsequent weld process system of the clad steel bars.…”
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with tuberculosis and HIV coinfection in Iran: A multivariate firth logistic regression for rare events by Alireza Mirahmadizadeh, Mehdi Sharafi, Jafar Hassanzadeh, Mozhgan Seif

“… Introduction: Among the complications caused by HIV infection, tuberculosis (TB) is the most important challenge. The study aimed to determine the predictors of TB and HIV coinfection by using Firth logistic regression analysis. …”
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Nurse-led psychoeducational interventions in patients suffering from schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders and their families: A scoping review protocol. by Carla Gramaglia, Eleonora Gambaro, Lucia Bestagini, Erika Bassi, Alberto Dal Molin, Patrizia Zeppegno

“…<h4>Background</h4>Mental health conditions are one of the most significant public health issues. Psychoeducation is an organized, structured, and understanding transfer of knowledge about the disease and its treatment, incorporating inspirational and educational elements to allow patients to achieve better management of their disease and increased treatment adherence and effectiveness, especially for patients with schizophrenia. …”
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Geospatial modeling of pre-intervention nodule prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in Ethiopia as an aid to onchocerciasis elimination. by Himal Shrestha, Karen McCulloch, Shannon M Hedtke, Warwick N Grant

“…The modeled pre-intervention prevalence can be used as a guide for determining priorities for elimination mapping in regions of Ethiopia that are currently unmapped, most of which have comparatively low infection prevalence.…”
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White light-excited organic room-temperature phosphorescence for improved in vivo bioimaging by Lutong Zhang, Jisen Li, Yifan Zhang, Wenbo Dai, Yufan Zhang, Xue Gao, Miaochang Liu, Huayue Wu, Xiaobo Huang, Yunxiang Lei, Dan Ding

“…Abstract Organic phosphorescence materials offer significant advantages for bioimaging applications. However, most of these materials are excited exclusively by ultraviolet (UV) light, which poses risks to living organisms. …”
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Comprehensive assessment of the parameters of adaptive capacity and ecological stability of genotypes for winter garlic breeding by V. V. Skorina, Vit. V. Skoryna

“…The aim of the research is a comprehensive assessment of the genotypes of winter garlic according to the parameters of adaptability and the selection of the most stable samples among them.Materials and methods. …”
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Multi-scale extreme climate disaster prediction model integrated with ConvLSTM: taking rainstorm and flood disaster as an example by Lei He, Yunhao He, Yongqiang Xia, Yuxia Li, Bin Liu, Siqi Zhang, Cunjie Zhang

“…As one of the most influential and harmful disasters in extreme climate events, rainstorm and flood threaten people’s lives, property and social stability seriously. …”
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