Nantenna for Standard 1550 nm Optical Communication Systems by Waleed Tariq Sethi, Hamsakutty Vettikalladi, Habib Fathallah, Mohamed Himdi

“…Nanoscale transmission and reception technologies will play a vital role and be part of the next generation communication networks. This applies for all application fields including imaging, health, biosensing, civilian, and military communications. …”
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Comparison of Three Methods for Lip Print Analysis: Lipstick, Latent, and Digital Photography for Sex Determination and Permanency Assessment Over Time by Sumanta K. Kolay, Rohit Sharma, Ajit K. Chaudhary, M. K. Sunil, Swapan K. Purkait, Pradeep K. Jha

“…Results: Lip print patterns exhibited significant differences between males and females across all three methods. The lipstick method demonstrated consistent and identifiable lip print patterns, with 25 males (43.1%) and 39 females (67.2%) displaying pattern 1. …”
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Control of Magnetic Manipulator Using Reinforcement Learning Based on Incrementally Adapted Local Linear Models by Martin Brablc, Jan Žegklitz, Robert Grepl, Robert Babuška

“…The results show that using the RL framework and a suitable approximation method, it is possible to design a stable controller of such a complex system without the necessity of any haphazard learning. While all of the approximation methods were successful, MGGP achieved the best results at the cost of higher computational complexity. …”
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Ferroptosis induced by environmental pollutants and its health implications by Fu-Han Gong, Liyuan Liu, Xuesheng Wang, Qi Xiang, Xin Yi, Ding-Sheng Jiang

“…Furthermore, as is the case with all rapidly evolving research areas, there are numerous unanswered questions and challenges pertaining to environmental pollutant-induced ferroptosis, which we discuss in this review in an attempt to provide some directions and clues for future research in this field.…”
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Algorithm for determining the operating parameters of an electrical network in the problem of optimal reconfiguration in real time by Vladislav A. Rokhlov, Rustam N. Khamitov, Sergey N. Zherebtsov, Anastasia A. Latyntseva

“…Based on the results of the analysis of all possible network configurations determined by combinations of normal breaks, it is concluded that the use of the algorithm will reduce the level of active power losses by up to 23.8%, which will increase the efficiency of the electric grid complex. …”
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Student and Staff Views on Inclusion and Inclusive Education in a Global South and a Global North Higher Education Institution by Acquilina Wafula Nawire, Sally Musungu, Vasiliki Kioupi, Felister Nzuve, George Giannopoulos

“…Results are presented in the following areas: (1) capacity building for staff; (2) support and reporting services for all; (3) class sizes; and (4) modes of course delivery. …”
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Prevalence of Childhood and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity from 2003 to 2010 in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System by Scott Gee, Debbie Chin, Lynn Ackerson, Dewey Woo, Amanda Howell

“…Of the racial and ethnic groups, Hispanics/Latinos had the highest prevalence of obesity across all age groups. The KPNC prevalence of overweight and obesity compares favorably to external benchmarks, although differences in methodologies limit our ability to draw conclusions. …”
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Enhancing lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) production with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria by Muzna Ardin Abdul Gafur, Zulkarnain Sangadji, Riskawati Riskawati, Felia Imelda Mayor

“…Results revealed that PGPR significantly enhanced growth parameters, including plant height, leaf number, fresh biomass weight, biomass weight per plot, fresh weight for consumption, and root length. Among all treatments, 13.5 mL/L (P2) demonstrated the best outcomes, with plant height reaching 14.6 cm, fresh biomass weight of 633.3 g, and root length of 9.6 cm. …”
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Impact of educational interventions on mothers’ awareness and communication with their attention–deficit hyperactivity disorder children by Wafaa Hassan Hassnan Alseraty, Sahar Mohamed Abdullhameed, Atallah Alenezi

“…The intervention should be conducted and followed up for a long period of time to manage all mother’s and children’s daily challenges, improve children’s daily activities, and stabilize effective communication patterns between children and their family members.…”
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Molecular Detection of Pap II, OmpA, and LuxR Genes Responsible for Biofilm Formation in Acinetobacter baumannii Isolated from Hospitalized Patients by Estabraq Ali Maklef, Amal A. Kareem, Susan F. K. Al-Sudani

“…The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products showed genotypically positive results as follows: PapII 12 (31.5%), OmpA 11 (28.9%), and LuxR 8 (21%) out of 38 positive samples of A. baumannii for all genes. Conclusion: Isolates of A. baumannii appeared in different stages of biofilm formation with a higher percentage rate in the ICU compared with hospitalized patients. …”
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Conflits, féminité et identités diasporiques. Le pouvoir de la représentation chez Pratibha Parmar et Gurinder Chadha by Amandine Ducray

“…Meant to make everyone laugh, Bhaji on the Beach, her first mainstream comedy, produced a reconciled, all-inclusive portrait of Britain, as did Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and Bride and Prejudice (2004) years later. …”
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Pulmonary Talcosis in an Immunocompromised Patient by Thanh-Phuong Nguyen, Sowmya Nanjappa, Manjunath Muddaraju, John N. Greene

“…We report an 82-year-old man who is diagnosed with Philadelphia chromosome positive pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treated with palliative imatinib who presented with chronic hemoptysis and dyspnea shortly after his diagnosis. …”
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Groundwater quality evaluation and its suitability for domestic and irrigation use in the hard rock terrain of Olakkur block, Tamilnadu, India by D. Vinodh., S. Senthilkumar, B. Gowtham, Talelign Wegene, M. Jeevanandam

“…To assess the domestic suitability of groundwater, all these parameters were compared with the standards of World Health Organization and Indian standards. …”
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Efficiency and Reliability Analysis of Self-Adaptive Two-Stage Fuzzy Control System in Complex Traffic Environment by Mingzhi Wang, Xianyu Wu, He Tian, Jie Lin, Meimei He, Liuqing Ding

“…In this system, the first stage calculates traffic urgency degree for all red phases and selects the red phase with maximum traffic urgency degree as the next green phase. …”
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Arteriovenous Malformation in Temporal Lobe Presenting as Contralateral Ocular Symptoms Mimicking Carotid-Cavernous Fistula by Fadzillah Mohd-Tahir, Ishak Siti-Raihan, W. H. Wan Hazabbah

“…Ocular examination revealed congestive nonpulsating 7 mm exophthalmos of the left eye with no restriction of movements in all direction. There was diplopia in left lateral gaze. …”
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Application of Noise Control Combined with Relaxation Training in Patients with Skin Laser Cosmetology: A Single-center Retrospective Study by Miaohao Wang, Haiqing Bi, Qichao Ma

“…Results: After the intervention, the SG had overtly lower noise levels and lower scores of anxiety and depression compared to the CG (all P < 0.001). Correlation analysis showed that noise levels were positively correlated with scores of anxiety and depression (r = 0.553, r = 0.592, P < 0.001). …”
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Pectoralis Major Tear with Retracted Tendon: How to Fill the Gap? Reconstruction with Hamstring Autograft and Fixation with an Interference Screw by L. Baverel, K. Messedi, G. Piétu, V. Crenn, F. Gouin

“…At the last follow-up (12 months), the patient was pain-free, with a visual analogic scale at 0 all the time. He was very satisfied concerning the cosmetic and clinical results. …”
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ON THE ISSUE OF INFORMATION AND ANALYTICAL SUPPORT OF THE LEGAL WORK OF THE STATE TAX SERVICE by Vadym O. Anokhin

“…The need is substantiated for a quick response by the tax authority to any changes in all economic and legal processes of the state. …”
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Comparison of the Sorption of Trifluoromethane (R-23) on Zeolites and in an Ionic Liquid by Mark B. Shiflett, David R. Corbin, A. Yokozeki

“…In this study, trifluoromethane (R-23) has been adsorbed on three zeolites, namely 5A, LSX and 13X, and their adsorption isotherms have been measured at approximately 298 and 323 K using a gravimetric microbalance. All cases belong to the adsorption Type II (one of the six IUPAC classifications), and the adsorption (and desorption) processes are reversible. …”
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Arsenic leakage crisis in supply chain of battery storage materials: Water quality footprint of cobalt mining demands action by Anna C. Schomberg, Wolf von Tümpling, Ellen Kynast

“…In such a scenario, this single mine's water quality footprint would constitute up to 0.15 % of Morocco's annual water availability, concerning all electric cars produced annually with cobalt from this mine, and would take up half the annual capacity of one seawater desalination plant. …”
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