Rethinking the Bebras Challenge in Virtual Reality: Implementation and Usability Study of a Computational Thinking Game by Jelena Nakić, Ivana Rogulj, Lada Maleš

“…The overall usability rating was classified as “good”, suggesting that ThinkLand holds promise as a platform for supporting computational thinking education. …”
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Effective defense against physically embedded backdoor attacks via clustering-based filtering by Mohammed Kutbi

“…In such attacks, adversaries embed malicious behaviors triggered by specific patterns in the training data, causing models to misclassify whenever the trigger is present. …”
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Modeling and Prediction of the Impact of Climate Change on Flooding in Aguata Agricultural Zone, Anambra State, Nigeria by H. I. Ifeanyichukwu, L. C. Orakwe, J. I. Ubah, J. I. Awu

“…Key hydrological factors, including rainfall intensity, topography, soil infiltration rates, and vegetation cover, were analyzed. The study shows a total flow accumulation of 2,823,864.50 m² and average flow accumulation of 13.81 m², a current mean flood risk of 10.98 mm and total flood risk of 2,244,474.11 mm, and a predicted mean flood risk of 22.12 mm and a total flood risk of 4,523,622.06 mm for the next ten years due to intensified rainfall patterns. …”
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Formation of microfluidic droplets and jets in a solvent-rich oil phase by Victoria Joseph, Thomas Cubaud

“…Typical flow patterns include dripping and jetting droplets, phase inversion and dynamic wetting and conjugate jets. …”
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Enhancing ESG practices in STEAM and engineering education by Veronika Vadimovna Abduazizova, Gulnoza Tashmukhamedova

“…Additionally, the research points out connections between ESG efforts and improved retention rates in engineering programs. Overall findings indicate that a strong focus on ESG practices not only creates an inclusive educational environment but also equips students for future challenges in a rapidly changing job market. …”
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Efficiency of pantraps for monitoring bees diversity in Brazilian acerola orchards: the role of color diversity by MÁRCIA S. COELHO, LÚCIA HELENA P. KIILL, CELSO F. MARTINS

“…The study evaluated the influence of pantrap color on bee attraction and the difference in seasonal patterns of these insects. Collections were carried out in commercial plantations of Malpighia emarginata in the Northeast region of Brazil, using yellow, blue and white pantraps. …”
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Data Analysis using Business Intelligence and Tableau for Visualizing Indonesia's Poverty Line by Fabianus Kevin Senduk, Retno Waluyo, Khairunnisak Nur Isnaini

“…The dashboard offers in-depth insights into regional poverty shifts, including the identification of high-poverty areas and analysis of poverty line growth rates. It also serves as a strategic data-driven decision support tool. …”
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Conventional KPCA Approach Applied to Detect Simulated Faults in PV Systems Using Simulated Data by Charlène Bernadette Lema, Steve Perabi Ngoffe, Francelin Edgar Ndi, Grégoire Abessolo Ondoua, Salomé Ndjakomo Essiane

“…The proposed method employs KPCA, a machine learning technique adept at identifying patterns in complex data. By utilizing statistical metrics in a feature space generated by KPCA, potential faults in PV system performance data are flagged. …”
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Eradication of Helicobacter pylori for prevention of aspirin-associated peptic ulcer bleeding in adults over 65 years: the HEAT RCT by CJ Hawkey, Anthony J Avery, Carol AC Coupland, Colin J Crooks, Jennifer S Dumbleton, FD Richard Hobbs, Denise Kendrick, Michael Moore, Clive Morris, Gregory Rubin, Murray Smith, Diane Stevenson

“…Limitations and future work Studying subjects already established on aspirin probably contributed to the low event rate. A future study should investigate subjects starting on aspirin when the event rate is higher. …”
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Analysis of single-cell and spatial transcriptomics in TNBC cell-cell interactions by Yan Xin, Qiji Ma, Qiang Deng, Tielin Wang, Dongxu Wang, Gang Wang

“…Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly malignant tumor in women, characterized by high morbidity, mortality, and recurrence rates. Although surgical treatment, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy are the mainstays of current treatment methods, the high heterogeneity of TNBC results in unsatisfactory outcomes with low 5-year survival rates. …”
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Diagnosis of Power Transformer On-Load Tap Changer Mechanical Faults Based on SABO-Optimized TVFEMD and TCN-GRU Hybrid Network by Shan Wang, Zhihu Hong, Qingyun Min, Dexu Zou, Yanlin Zhao, Runze Qi, Tong Zhao

“…The decomposed components undergo dual-stage temporal processing: A Temporal Convolutional Network (TCN) extracts multi-scale dependencies via dilated convolution architecture, followed by Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) layers capturing dynamic temporal patterns. …”
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Malware-SeqGuard: An Approach Utilizing LSTM and GRU for Effective Detection of Evolving Malware in Android Environments by Muhammad Usama Tanveer, Kashif Munir, Abdulatif Alabdulatif, Anas R. Najdawi, Rutvij H. Jhaveri

“…In this study, we introduce a state-of-the-art scheme for Android malware detection that combines the strengths of Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) networks. These advanced deep learning architectures are particularly adept at capturing sequential dependencies within data making them well-suited for analyzing complex time-series information, such as user behaviour patterns system logs and network traffic. …”
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Language-Based Engineering Considering the Trade-off among Words in Design Reflecting User’s Emotion by Nobuhisa KATSUMATA, Sonosuke HARADA, So FUKUHARA, Masao ARAKAWA, Shogo NAKAO, Masahiko FUJIWARA

“…We analyzed the relationship between user ratings and design elements using Quantification Theory Type I and created a database of these relationships. …”
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Diphtheria and its prevention by Ryabenko Yu.N., Ryabenko E.B.

“…The article analyzes statistical data on the incidence of diphtheria in the Russia at the end of the XX and the beginning of XXI century, provides absolute and relative intensive incidence rates in the country level, examines the patterns of the epidemic process, and defines the role of population antitoxic postvaccination immunity in the prevention of this infection. …”
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Pleural mesothelioma incidence and use of systemic treatment decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic in The Netherlands by Illaa Smesseim, Li-Anne H. Douma, Jacobus A. Burgers, Ronald A. M. Damhuis

“…Incidence, treatment patterns, and survival rates were analyzed using statistical methods, including Kruskal–Wallis and log-rank tests. …”
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Molecular epidemiology of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> in intensive care units by Demet Timur, Mustafa Ömür Parkan, Esma Gündüz Kaya

“…It was found that antibiotic susceptibility patterns of some clonally related isolates were similar. …”
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Features of the functioning of regional airports in the context of the development of the Russian air transportation market by I. N. Rykova, A. A. Alaev, R. S. Gubanov

“…The applied methods of monographic and economic-statistical analysis, rating assessment provided the identification of patterns of changes in the results of airport operations. …”
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Does rail transit access affect firm dynamics? Analysis of firm births and closures in Maryland, USA by Basheer Saeed, Hiroyuki Iseki

“…From 1991 to 2009, areas within close proximity to passenger rail stations in Maryland experienced a wide range of rates of growth in firm density, depending on the year of station opening. …”
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A dynamic early warning model based on LSTM-AM for property-based elderly care resource shortages in urban-rural integrated counties in China by Qingheng Sun

“…Traditional early warning models struggle to dynamically capture the supply-demand fluctuation patterns of property-based elderly care resources. …”
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The thermal stress response of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus when exposed to rapid temperature changes by Hunter O. Covey, Randall Wilson, Yaizeth Gurrola-Mares, Joseph R. McMillan, Corey L. Brelsfoard

“…Respiration rates as a measure of thermal stress varied with rearing conditions and exposure temperatures, with notable declines observed as exposure temperatures increased. …”
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