Challenging a paradigm: Staggered versus single-pulse mass dog vaccination strategy for rabies elimination. by Brinkley Raynor Bellotti, Elvis W Díaz, Micaela De la Puente-León, Maria T Rieders, Sergio E Recuenco, Michael Z Levy, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra

“…But implementing mass vaccination campaigns in large populations within a short period poses many challenges. For example, in Arequipa, Peru, sweeping mass vaccination campaigns conducted yearly over a single weekend have failed to achieve the required 'herd immunity' to halt canine rabies transmission. …”
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Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy Using a Multi-Decision Inception-ResNet-Blended Hybrid Model by Santosh Kumar Henge, Nikhil Reddy Viraati, Musaed Alhussein, Ajay Shriram Kushwaha, Khursheed Aurangzeb, Ravleen Singh

“…Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a severe complication of diabetes that affects the retinal structures and can lead to significant visual impairment or even blindness. …”
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A Hybrid Artificial Neural Network and Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm for Detecting COVID-19 Patients by Alla Ahmad Hassan, Tarik A Rashid

“…To begin, we preprocessed data from a Brazilian dataset consisted primarily of early-stage symptoms. …”
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Endoscopic Management of Gastric Variceal Bleeding with Cyanoacrylate Glue Injection: Safety and Efficacy in a Canadian Population by Jaber Al-Ali, Monika Pawlowska, Alan Coss, Sigrid Svarta, Michael Byrne, Robert Enns

“…BACKGROUND: Gastric variceal bleeding (GVB) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with portal hypertension. …”
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An unusual case of diabetic ketoacidosis following salbutamol ingestion in a nondiabetic 13-year-old child by Mai Mustafa, Salma A. Ali

“…We present a case of a 13-year-old boy with mild asthma who developed DKA after ingesting a salbutamol solution. …”
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Effect of a black garlic extract combined with ascorbic acid on the colour and lipid oxidative stability of patties by Nuria Fernández Fernández-Valladares, Irma Caro, Javier Mateo, Mauricio Fernando Mariño Almache

“…In this study, the antioxidant effect of an aqueous extract of black garlic, as a natural ingredient rich in polyphenols, was evaluated in pork patties. 20 ml of extract, obtained from a homogenate prepared with one-part garlic and three parts water, was used per kg of patty in combination with three levels of ascorbic acid (from 0.125 to 0.5 g/kg). …”
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Numerical Simulation on Non-Darcy Flow in a Single Rock Fracture Domain Inverted by Digital Images by Jianli Shao, Qi Zhang, Wenbin Sun, Zaiyong Wang, Xianxiang Zhu

“…This study is aimed at developing a model for inversion of rock fracture domains based on digital images and further study of non-Darcy flow. …”
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Exact Partial Solution in a Form of Convex Tetragons Interacting According to the Arbitrary Law for Four Bodies by Yulianna V. Perepelkina

“…On the basis of the methodology of classical works the equations of motion in Raus - Lyapunov variables in the general problem of four bodies interacting according to a completely arbitrary law are derived, as it took place when Laplace proved the existence of exact partial triangular solutions of the general problem of three bodies with arbitrary masses. …”
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Nommer les lieux de la crise des opioïdes à Boston : un enjeu politique by Elsa Vivant

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Wind Structure of a Subtropical Squall Line in China: Results from Dual-Doppler Radar Data by Haiguang Zhou

“…A subtropical squall line moved from Guangxi to Guangdong province in South China on 23-24 April 2007, which resulted in gale and heavy precipitation. …”
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Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia, as a Poorly Understood Cause of 46 XY Sexual Differentiation Disorder by Raúl Villanueva Rodríguez, Alberto Vielma Valdez, Maricruz Cassou Martinez, Laura Leticia Pérez Corrales, Ramón G. de los Santos Aguilar, Luis David Sol Oliva

“…The genetic study found a steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) mutation. …”
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Design Considerations for Borehole Thermal Energy Storage (BTES): A Review with Emphasis on Convective Heat Transfer by Helge Skarphagen, David Banks, Bjørn S. Frengstad, Harald Gether

“…The BTES is a volume of rock or sediment accessed via an array of borehole heat exchangers (BHE). …”
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Designing and Launching a System for Presenting Marine Charts and Spatial Information (Native Marine Web Service) by Ali Hasankhani

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Evaluation of the Influence Caused by Tunnel Construction on Groundwater Environment: A Case Study of Tongluoshan Tunnel, China by Jian Liu, Dan Liu, Kai Song

“…Then, an evaluation is made using fuzzy comprehensive assessment method, with a result showing that it had influenced the local groundwater environment at a moderate degree. …”
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A Comparative Study of Natural Convection Flow of Fractional Maxwell Fluid with Uniform Heat Flux and Radiation by Ruihua Tang, Sadique Rehman, Aamir Farooq, Muhammad Kamran, Muhammad Imran Qureshi, Asfand Fahad, Jia-Bao Liu

“…The well-known Maxwell fluid equation with an integer-order derivative has been extended to a non-integer-order derivative, i.e., fractional derivative. …”
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Solar Light Radiometry Calibration Unit for a ScanPol Polarimeter of the Aerosol-UA Space Mission by Ivan Syniavskyi, Yevgen Oberemok, Vassyl Danylevsky, Yuriy Ivanov, Roman Osypenko, Mikhail Sosonkin, Gennadi Milinevsky

“…We consider the calibration unit design and operation principle to form a luminous flux with unchanged or well-predicted characteristics in a specified direction. …”
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Éditorial : Des économies morales à la charte éthique de L’Année du Maghreb by Frédéric Abécassis, Katia Boissevain

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Unraveling the power of sense of coherence: a key predictor of symptom severity among depressive disorders clients by Samah Mohamed Taha, Mona Metwally El-Sayed, Mahmoud Abdelwahab Khedr, Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry, Azza Ibrahim Abdelraof, Hassan Mohammed Sonbol, Manal Mohammed Hawash, Eman Sameh Abd Elhay

“…However, research has indicated that a higher sense of coherence (SOC) can act as a protective factor against the development of diseases and promote faster recovery. …”
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Identification of a functional vitamin D response element in the promoter of goose anti-Müllerian hormone gene by Rong Chen, Chen Chen, Yifei Qin, Jie Liu, Mingming Lei, Huanxi Zhu, Zhendan Shi

“…These results suggest that vitamin D3 downregulates AMH mRNA expression via a functional VDRE that binds the VDR/RXR heterodimer in goose ovarian prehierarchical follicles. …”
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GenFedRL: a general federated reinforcement learning framework for deep reinforcement learning agents by Biao JIN, Yikang LI, Zhiqiang YAO, Yulin CHEN, Jinbo XIONG

“…To solve the problem that intelligent devices equipped with deep reinforcement learning agents lack effective security data sharing mechanisms in the intelligent Internet of things, a general federated reinforcement learning (GenFedRL) framework was proposed for deep reinforcement learning agents.The joint training through model-sharing technology was realized by GenFedRL without the need to share the local private data of deep reinforcement learning agents.Each agent device’s data and computing resources could be effectively used without disclosing the privacy of its private data.To cope with the complexity of the real communication environment and meet the need to accelerate the training speed, a model-sharing mechanism based on synchronization and parallel was designed for GenFedRL.Combined with the model structure characteristics of common deep reinforcement learning algorithms, general federated reinforcement learning algorithm suitable for single network structure and multi-network structure was designed based on the FedAvg algorithm, respectively.Then, the model sharing mechanism among agents with the same network structure was implemented to protect the private data of various agents better.Simulation experiments show that common deep reinforcement learning algorithms still perform well in GenFedRL even in the harsh communication environment where most data nodes cannot participate in training.…”
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