Prediabetes risk classification algorithm via carotid bodies and K-means clustering technique by Rafael F. Pinheiro, Maria P. Guarino, Marlene Lages, Rui Fonseca-Pinto

“…Diabetes is a disease that affects millions of people in the world and its early screening prevents serious health problems, also providing relief in the demand for healthcare services. …”
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Diabetes Prevalence in Europe by Sahar Sidahmed, Siegfried Geyer, Johannes Beller

“…Moreover, individuals with a tertiary level of education had a lower risk of reporting having diabetes in most European regions except for the Eastern region. …”
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Enhancing DNA Vaccine Delivery Through Stearyl-Modified Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Improved Antigen Expression and Immune Response In Vitro and In Vivo by Sheng Jiang, Cheng Zu, Bin Wang, Yiwei Zhong

“…Background: Inefficient cellular uptake is a significant limitation to the efficacy of DNA vaccines. …”
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An MCMC Approach to Bayesian Image Analysis in Fourier Space by Konstantinos Bakas, John Kornak, Hernando Ombao

“…To date, BIFS has relied on Maximum a Posteriori (MAP) estimation. This work extends BIFS to an MCMC approach, allowing a range of posterior estimators, including credible intervals and posterior probability maps. …”
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The impact of data from future lepton colliders on light hadrons fragmentation functions by Bin Zhou, Jun Gao

“…We find that either the CEPC, FCC-ee or ILC can significantly reduce the uncertainties of FFs in a wide kinematic range, compared to the NPC23 set obtained with a global analysis to current world data. …”
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Upper Secondary School Students’ Learning at Work: The Effect on Agency in School by Maria Erss, Krista Loogma

“…The analysis comprises a hierarchical linear regression analysis (<i>N</i> = 1947) and a thematic analysis of the interviews. …”
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Bilingualism and Musicianship Enhance Cognitive Control by Scott R. Schroeder, Viorica Marian, Anthony Shook, James Bartolotti

“…Learning how to speak a second language (i.e., becoming a bilingual) and learning how to play a musical instrument (i.e., becoming a musician) are both thought to increase executive control through experience-dependent plasticity. …”
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Crystal structure of (E)-7-hydroxy-2-((6-methoxypyridin-2-yl)methylene)-3,4-dihydronaphthalen-1(2H)-one, C17H15NO3 by Liang Lun-Hai, Zhao Feng-Lan, Meng Qing-Guo

“…C17H15NO3, triclinic, P1‾$P&#x203e;{1}$ (no. 2), a = 7.5016(4) Å, b = 13.6750(8) Å, c = 14.8557(9) Å, α = 115.469(6)°, β = 91.726(5)°, γ = 97.325(5)°, V = 1358.48(15) Å3, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.0442, wRref(F2) = 0.1095, T = 100 K.…”
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The Effectiveness of Ginger Rhizome Extract to Inhibit the Growth of Sclerotium rolfsii in Peanut In-vitro by Syafitri Syafitri, Eri Sulyanti, Arneti Arneti, Fradilla Swandi

“… Sclerotium rolfsii is a fungus that causes stem rot disease in peanuts which causes losses of up to 59%. …”
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Las Estrategias de Seguridad: instrumentos para la lucha por un mundo más libre y seguro. Una visión desde España by Joan Lluís Pérez Francesch, Tomás Gil Márquez

“…La cooperación y la gestión supraestatal son así imprescindibles para hacer frente a las amenazas de todo tipo a la libertad y a la seguridad de las perso-nas, de las organizaciones y de los propios Estados. …”
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Research on Fuzzy Evaluation of Village Officials Based on Triangular Multiplication Preference Relationship Theory by Xuanze Zhao, Liwei Lin, Xia Zhang, Yujia Liu

“…Our research objective is to establish a fuzzy evaluation mechanism for rural village officials in China using the theory of triangular multiplication preference relationships. …”
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Parameter Selection for PSO-Based Hybrid Algorithms and Its Effect on Crack Detection in Cantilever Beams by Amin Ghannadiasl, Saeedeh Ghaemifard

“…The optimal values of these parameters, which generally depend on the specifics of the problem in question, have a significant impact on the performance of the mentioned algorithms and a better search of the solution space. …”
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THE LANGUAGE OF THE “SECRET SENSE”: ON THE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF PROPRIOCEPTION by Alexandra V. Nagornaya

“…The paper proposes a few lines of linguistic research into proprioception. …”
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The Politics of Knowledge Production and Decolonisation: An Appraisal of Mahmood Mamdani’s Contributions by Sifiso Ndlovu

“…Primarily using a decolonial inspired theoretical framework, the paper makes a nuanced reading of Mamdani’s writings to show how his contributions makes visible the impact of colonialism as a project that is not confined to history and its pervasiveness in shaping the production of the objects of knowledge and its subjects. …”
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Chemical Feature-Based Molecular Modeling of Urotensin-II Receptor Antagonists: Generation of Predictive Pharmacophore Model for Early Drug Discovery by Anubhuti Pandey, Sarvesh Kumar Paliwal, Shailendra Kumar Paliwal

“…For a series of 35 piperazino-phthalimide and piperazino-isoindolinone based urotensin-II receptor (UT) antagonists, a thoroughly validated 3D pharmacophore model has been developed, consisting of four chemical features: one hydrogen bond acceptor lipid (HBA_L), one hydrophobe (HY), and two ring aromatic (RA). …”
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GNI Corpus Version 1.0: Annotated Full-Text Corpus of to Support Biomedical Information Extraction by So-Yeon Oh, Ji-Hyeon Kim, Seo-Jin Kim, Hee-Jo Nam, Hyun-Seok Park

“…The preliminary version of the corpus could be used as a training and testing set of a system that serves a variety of functions for future biomedical text mining.…”
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Recent Advances in Pathogenesis and Anticoagulation Treatment of Sepsis-Induced Coagulopathy by Man C, An Y, Wang GX, Mao EQ, Ma L

“…Although immunothrombosis is necessary for infection control, excessive thrombus formation can trigger a systemic thrombo-inflammatory response. Immunothrombosis plays a core role in sepsis-induced coagulopathy, and research has revealed a complex interplay between inflammation and coagulation. …”
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Hypertension in Metabolic Syndrome: Vascular Pathophysiology by Yolanda Mendizábal, Silvia Llorens, Eduardo Nava

“…Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of metabolic and cardiovascular symptoms: insulin resistance (IR), obesity, dyslipemia. …”
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Protein Adsorption on Hybrids of Thermoresponsive Polymers and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Kazuo Umemura, Katsuki Izumi, Yoshikazu Kumashiro, Shusuke Oura, Teruo Okano

“…Although RecA molecules were adsorbed efficiently onto the hybrid surfaces at 37°C, even in the absence of DNA molecules, the adsorption of RecA was inhibited at 4°C. …”
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The Application of Reinforcement Learning in Traffic Flow Prediction: Advantages, Problems, and Prospects by Li Minghui, Zhou Decheng, Zhang Shiqi

“…Experimental results show that it can reduce vehicle queuing time and average delay to a greater extent, and alleviate air pollution. …”
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