A Comparative Study of Supervised and Self-Supervised Denoising Techniques for Defect Segmentation in Industrial CT Imaging by Virginia Florian, Jiayang Shi, Willem Jan Palestijn, Daniël M. Pelt, K. Joost Batenburg, Thomas Lang, Christoph Heinzl, Christian Kretzer, Stefan Kasperl, Dominik Wolfschläger, Robert H. Schmitt

“…In this work, three state-of-the-art denoising techniques, namely BM3D, a supervised UNet and Noise2Inverse are compared with a novel approach based on a set of CNNs applied at different stages of the CT data acquisition pipeline. …”
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Body Composition and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Characteristics Among Female University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mădălina-Gabriela Coman, Andreea Maria Adam, Carmen Gheorghe, Mircea Dan Mocanu, Leonard Stoica, Daniel-Andrei Iordan, Ilie Onu, Dragoș Florin Teodor

“…This study examines obesity levels and body composition parameters in female university students, hypothesizing that they exhibit elevated body fat percentages compared to health standards, likely due to a sedentary lifestyle. A secondary hypothesis posits a correlation between physical activity levels and body composition, anticipating higher fat mass in students with low physical activity levels. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Beam Strengthened by a Steel Plate with Different Strengthening Schemes by Huang Tang, Jianxin Peng, Linfa Xiao, Xinhua Liu, Jianren Zhang

“…This paper proposes 3D nonlinear finite element (FE) models to predict the response of corroded reinforced concrete (RC) beam strengthened using a steel plate. Five FE models are developed based on the tests carried out by the authors in a previous investigation, in which three models are used to simulate the corroded RC beams with different schemes. …”
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Cultivating a thriving agricultural sector: Unveiling the drivers of farmer participation in agricultural development interventions in Ghana by Magdalene Aidoo, Stephen Prah, Irene Serwaa Asante, Charles Kwame Sackey, Bright Owusu Asante

“…However, agricultural productivity has been low and characterized by a lack of access to improved production technologies and agricultural services. …”
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Physical Activity Protects the Human Brain against Metabolic Stress Induced by a Postprandial and Chronic Inflammation by Leo Pruimboom, Charles L. Raison, Frits A. J. Muskiet

“…While much focus has been given to sedentary lifestyle as a cause of chronic inflammation, it is less often appreciated that chronic inflammation may also promote a sedentary lifestyle, which in turn causes chronic inflammation. …”
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Advancing Passwordless Authentication: A Systematic Review of Methods, Challenges, and Future Directions for Secure User Identity by Mohd Imran Md Yusop, Nazhatul Hafizah Kamarudin, Nur Hanis Sabrina Suhaimi, Mohammad Kamrul Hasan

“…This paper provides a comprehensive review of passwordless authentication techniques, analysing their application in user identity verification across multiple platforms. …”
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On the Positive Almost Periodic Solutions of a Class of Nonlinear Lotka-Volterra Type System with Feedback Control by Ni Hua, Tian Li-Xin, Yao Hong-Xing

“…With the help of the variable substitution and applying the fixed point theorem, we derive the sufficient conditions which guarantee the existence of the positive almost periodic solutions for a class of Lotka-Volterra type system. The main results improve and generalize the former corresponding results.…”
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Potential of hazard mapping as a tool for facing COVID-19 transmission: the geo-COVID cartographic platform by María Jesús Perles Roselló, Juan Francisco Sortino Barrionuevo, Francisco José Cantarero Prados, Hugo Castro Noblejas, Ana Laura De la Fuente Roselló, José María Orellana-Macías, Sergio Reyes Corredera, Jesús Miranda Páez, Matías Mérida Rodriguez

“…After the analysis, it has been concluded that the proposed methodology, and thus, the maps included in the Geo-Covid Cartographic Platform allow a realistic and rigorous analysis of the spatial distribution of the epidemic in real-time. …”
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High Performance Damage-Resistant Seismic Resistant Structural Systems for Sustainable and Resilient City: A Review by Junhua Wang, Hua Zhao

“…This paper presents a review of high performance damage-resistant seismic resistant structural (DRSRS) systems for the sustainable and resilient city. …”
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Simulation of Software Development Team Productivity Incorporating Social and Human Factors: A System Dynamics Model by Luz Marcela Restrepo-Tamayo, Gloria Piedad Gasca-Hurtado, Johnny Valencia-Calvo

“…From a systems perspective, software development is a complex system. …”
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Positive Solutions for a Class of Discrete Mixed Boundary Value Problems with the p,q-Laplacian Operator by Cuiping Li, Zhan Zhou

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Relationship Between the Level of Vitamin D3 Deficiency and Successful Osseointegration: A Prospective Clinical Study by Ahmed Fadhel Al-Quisi, Firas A. Jamil, Auday M. AL-Anee, Salah Jassim Muhsen

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Using the modified frailty index as a predictor of complications in adults undergoing transforaminal interbody lumbar fusion by Momin M. Mohis, Simon G. Ammanuel, Cuong P. Luu, James A. Stadler

“…Objective: To correlate the operative characteristics and complications of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) to patient frailty status for the first time in a multicenter study. Methods: Using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement (ACS-NSQIP) database, all patients who underwent TLIF in 2015–2020 were filtered for their demographics, operative characteristics, and 30-day complication outcomes. …”
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Sql injection detection using Naïve Bayes classifier: A probabilistic approach for web application security by Lu Zhexi

“…Using the Naive Bayes classifier, a probabilistic model specifically developed for text classification tasks, this work introduces a novel method for detecting SQL injection vulnerabilities.The process begins by collecting and organizing a comprehensive dataset, which includes both harmful and non-malicious SQL queries. …”
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Accuracy of acetabular cup positioning in robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty: a CT-based evaluation by Singh Ashish, Kumar Purushotam, Kalyan Kanukuntla, Gundalli Akash Chandrashekar, Mane Sudhir Shankar, Swarnkar Himanshu, Singh Lavanya

“…However, anteversion showed a significant increase from planned (19.4 ± 1.5°) to postoperative CT scan (28.7 ± 7.0°; p < 0.001). …”
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The communicative and organisational competencies of the librarian in networked learning support: a comparative analysis of the roles of the facilitator and the librarian. by Trine Schreiber, Camilla Moring

“…Secondly, a case study of a facilitation proces is presented. …”
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Spinal pain prevalence and associated determinants: A population‐based study using the National Survey for Wales by David C. Byfield, Benjamin S. Stacey, Hywel T. Evans, Ian W. Farr, Leon Yandle, Lora Roberts, Teresa Filipponi, Damian M. Bailey

“…The NSWD is a large‐scale cross‐sectional, representative sample of adults across Wales, UK. …”
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A Novel Energy-Efficient -Coverage Algorithm Based on Probability Driven Mechanism of Wireless Sensor Networks by Chuanfeng Li, Zeyu Sun, Huihui Wang, Houbing Song

“…In the process of fulfilling k -coverage over target nodes, a large quantity of redundant data may be produced, which will cause network congestion, reduce communication efficiency, impair coverage quality, and exhaust network energy quickly. …”
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Aproximación a la interpretación de tutela correcta desde Robert Alexy: análisis de caso by Nelson Jair Cuchumbé Holguín, Sergio Molina Hincapié

“…El análisis de la información recogida, mediante la reconstrucción del caso a partir del expediente1 y la reseña crítica, se realizó utilizando herramientas del enfoque metodológico reconstructivo conceptual en consonancia con el ordenamiento jurídico colombiano.…”
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Is End-Stage Ankle Arthrosis Best Managed with Total Ankle Replacement or Arthrodesis? A Systematic Review by Robert W. Jordan, Gurdip S. Chahal, Anna Chapman

“…End-stage ankle osteoarthritis is a debilitating condition. Traditionally, ankle arthrodesis (AA) has been the surgical intervention of choice but the emergence of total ankle replacement (TAR) has challenged this concept. …”
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