Characterization of Hazelnut Trees in Open Field Through High-Resolution UAV-Based Imagery and Vegetation Indices by Maurizio Morisio, Emanuela Noris, Chiara Pagliarani, Stefano Pavone, Amedeo Moine, José Doumet, Luca Ardito

“…The increasing demand for hazelnut kernels is favoring an upsurge in hazelnut cultivation worldwide, but ongoing climate change threatens this crop, affecting yield decreases and subject to uncontrolled pathogen and parasite attacks. Technical advances in precision agriculture are expected to support farmers to more efficiently control the physio-pathological status of crops. …”
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A Novel Method for Screening the PMU Phase Angle Difference Data Based on Hyperplane Clustering by Ancheng Xue, Shuang Leng, Yecheng Li, Feiyang Xu, Kenneth E. Martin, Jingsong Xu

“…Field data can suffer from errors, such as time synchronization error, transducer error, PMU algorithm error, hardware error or malicious attacks, etc. A time synchronization error can directly cause an error in the phase angle difference calculated between the two ends of a transmission line that could degrade a PMU based application. …”
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Constant Dizziness Versus Episodic Vertigo in Ménière’s Disease: Health-Related Quality of Life, Cognitive Dissonance, and Postural Problems by Ilmari Pyykkö, Jing Zou, Vinaya Manchaiah

“…Constant dizziness was associated with cognitive visual problems, fatigue, balance problems, vestibular drop attacks and syncope. The impact of balance problem was more severe among those with constant dizziness. …”
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An Efficient and Hybrid Deep Learning-Driven Model to Enhance Security and Performance of Healthcare Internet of Things by Muhammad Babar, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Basit Qureshi, Zabeeh Ullah, Fahim Arif, Zahid Khan

“…Secondly, a security module based on Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM) is implemented to recognize various forms of attacks within the H-CIoT network. Third, the past medical records of the patients are used to train the DL model. …”
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Dual antiplatelet therapy with ticagrelor vs clopidogrel in patients with TIA or minor stroke with or without symptomatic carotid artery stenosis: a post hoc analysis of the CHANCE... by Yongjun Wang, Yilong Wang, Xingquan Zhao, Jing Jing, Hao Li, Xia Meng, Anxin Wang, Yong Jiang, Jinxi Lin, Qin Xu, Xuewei Xie, Pan Chen

“…Background and purpose Symptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis (sCAS) is an essential cause of transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke. We aimed to evaluate whether the superiority of aspirin-ticagrelor over aspirin-clopidogrel varies between patients with sCAS or not.Methods This was a post-hoc analysis of the High-Risk Patients with Acute Nondisabling Cerebrovascular Events-II (CHANCE-2) trial, all of which were CYP2C19 loss-of-function alleles carriers. …”
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EFFECTIVENESS OF GOALBALL ATHLETES THROWING IN THE CHILEAN NATIONAL LEAGUE by M.Sc. Kevin Isaías Campos Campos, Ph.D Luis Felipe Castelli Correia de Campos, Ph.D Marcio Pereira Morato, M.Sc. Alessandro Tosim, M.Sc. Mónica Fernández Muñoz, M.Sc.. Karina Alarcón Segura, Ph.D Cristian Luarte Rocha

“…The objective of the study was to analyze the effectiveness of the attack of the Chilean National Goalball League, according to type of shot and trajectory. …”
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Case Report: Novel ADA2 variants cause atypical adenosine deaminase 2 deficiency by Haishao Yu, Haishao Yu, Shuangzhu Lin, Lin Li, Jiayi Li, Qiandui Chen, Yuheng Wu, Yangfan Qi, Wanqi Wang, Xingzhi Chang, Jie Zhang

“…She had no more fevers, and no hemiplegia attacks were observed during the 3 years of follow-up.ConclusionFever and hemiplegia were the main manifestations in this patient, without typical rashes. …”
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Sandpiper optimization with hybrid deep learning model for blockchain-assisted intrusion detection in iot environment by Mimouna Abdullah Alkhonaini, Manal Abdullah Alohali, Mohammed Aljebreen, Majdy M. Eltahir, Meshari H. Alanazi, Ayman Yafoz, Raed Alsini, Alaa O. Khadidos

“…IoT devices face diverse kinds of attacks, and intrusion detection systems (IDSs) play a significant role in detecting and responding to these threats. …”
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Comprehensive Medical and Psychological Rehabilitation in War Trauma (clinical case) by O.A. Panchenko, A.V. Kabantseva, O.O. Zhogina, I.A. Serdyuk

“…The purpose of the work was to analyze a clinical case of the course of war trauma and presents the experience of providing comprehensive medical and psychological clinical rehabilitation to a patient who suffered as a result of a terrorist attack. Patient D., 65 years old, sustained a mine-blast injury (MBI) to the right upper limb extremity during shelling. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of the Antioxidant Profiles Generated by the RoXsta^TM System for Diverse Biological Fluids Highlights the Powerful Protective Role of Human Semina... by Robert J. Aitken, Alexandra Wilkins, Natasha Harrison, Mohammad Bahrami, Zamira Gibb, Kaitlin McIntosh, Quan Vuong, Sarah Lambourne

“…Moreover, comparative studies demonstrated that human SP exhibited significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.001) higher levels of antioxidant potential than any other species examined (stallion, bull, dog) and that this intense activity reflected the relative vulnerability of human spermatozoa to peroxide attack. (4) Conclusions: The RoXsta^TM system provides valuable information on the antioxidant profile of complex biological fluids, supporting its diagnostic role in conditions associated with oxidative stress. …”
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Clinical Features and Visual Outcomes of Optic Neuritis in Chinese Children by Huanfen Zhou, Wei Wang, Quangang Xu, Shaoying Tan, Shuo Zhao, Mo Yang, Chunxia Peng, Shihui Wei

“…The other features of this cohort, such as sex, experienced bilateral attack, VA at presentation, presence of optic disc edema, systemic diseases, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, and aquaporin-4 (AQP-4) antibody status, were not significantly correlated with the final visual outcome. …”
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Epidemiology and response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dadaab Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, March 2020–December 2022 by Maurice Ope, Raymond Musyoka, Abdihakim Kosar, Mohammed Osman, Abdijamal Hassan, Hussein Mohammed, Penina Munyua, Bonventure Juma, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Sofia Mohammed, John Burton, Rachel B. Eidex

“…We calculated case fatality rates (CFR) and attack rates per 100,000 (AR) using the 2019 national census and population statistics from UNHCR and compared them to national figures. …”
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Benefits and Risks of Clopidogrel vs. Aspirin Monotherapy after Recent Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Maurizio Paciaroni, Birsen Ince, Bo Hu, Jiann-Shing Jeng, Kursad Kutluk, Liping Liu, Min Lou, Vladimir Parfenov, Ka Sing Lawrence Wong, Babak Zamani, Dara Paek, Jung Min Han, Michael del Aguila, Shalini Girotra

“…Though combination of clopidogrel added to aspirin has been compared to aspirin alone in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack, limited data exists on the relative efficacy and safety between clopidogrel and aspirin monotherapy in patients with a recent ischemic stroke. …”
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PCA and PSO based optimized support vector machine for efficient intrusion detection in internet of things by Mutkule Prasad Raghunath, Shyam Deshmukh, Poonam Chaudhari, Sunil L. Bangare, Kishori Kasat, Mohan Awasthy, Batyrkhan Omarov, Rajesh R. Waghulde

“…The system aims to accurately categorise and forecast attacks on IoT devices. This approach utilises the publicly accessible NSL KDD dataset as its input dataset. …”
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Non-pharmacological interventions for the reduction and maintenance of blood pressure in people with prehypertension: a systematic review protocol by Paul Rutter, Andrew Clegg, Valerio Benedetto, Caroline Watkins, Nefyn Williams, Joseph Spencer, Lucy Hives, Emma P Bray, Cath Harris, Rachel F Georgiou, Nafisa Iqbal

“…Prehypertension is a warning of development of hypertension as well as a risk for cardiovascular disease, heart attack and stroke. In the UK, non-pharmacological interventions are recommended for prehypertension management but no reviews have focused on the effectiveness of these types of interventions solely in people with prehypertension. …”
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Molecular identification of the brown marmorated stink bug’s egg parasitoids by species-specific PCR collected from Beijing, China by Muhammad Yasir Ali, Yu-Di Liu, Feng-Qi Li, Mao-Lin Hou, Jin-Ping Zhang, Feng Zhang

“…To date, several egg parasitoid species are reported to attack BMSB. In this study, two species of Trissolcus (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) and one Anastatus (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) were recovered from field exposed BMSB sentinel eggs in Beijing, China. …”
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VdPAT1 encoding a pantothenate transporter protein is required for fungal growth, mycelial penetration and pathogenicity of Verticillium dahliae by Stephen Mwangi Kamau, Yongtai Li, Tiange Sun, Feng Liu, Qian-Hao Zhu, Xinyu Zhang, Jie Sun, Yanjun Li

“…IntroductionThe soil-borne vascular fungus Verticillium dahliae is a phytopathogenic fungus known to attack cotton crop causing Verticillium wilt. In previous study, we identified a pantothenate transporter gene (VdPAT1) in V. dahliae which can be induced by root exudates from a susceptible cotton variety.MethodsIn this study, we generated VdPAT1 deletion mutants and complementary strain via homologous recombination by a PEG-mediated transformation method and used for the gene functional characterization.Results and discussionThe VdPAT1 deletion mutants displayed reduced colony growth, melanin production, spore yield and germination rate, showed abnormal mycelial branching and decreased ability of mycelial penetration and utilization of nutrients (carbon, amino acids and vitamin), leading to a lower pathogenicity. …”
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In-silico study of E169G and F242K double mutations in leucine-rich repeats (LRR) polygalacturonase inhibiting protein (PGIP) of Gossypium barbadense and associated defense mechani... by Sneha Murmu, Mayank Rashmi, Dipak T. Nagrale, Tejasman Kour, Mahender Kumar Singh, Anurag Chaurasia, Santosh Kumar Behera, Raja Shankar, Rajiv Ranjan, Girish Kumar Jha, Shailesh P. Gawande, Neelakanth S. Hiremani, Y. G. Prasad, Sunil Kumar

“…PGIPs, also known as leucine-rich repeat pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins, activate the host’s defense response upon interaction with PG, thereby reinforcing the host defense against plant pathogens attacks. In Egyptian or extra-long staple cotton (Gossypium barbadense), the interaction between PGIP and PG is one of the crucial steps in the defense mechanism against major pathogens such as Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum and Alternaria macrospora, which are responsible for bacterial leaf blight and leaf spot diseases, respectively. …”
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Design of multifunctional interfaces on ceramic solid electrolytes for high-performance lithium-air batteries by Yunxin Shi, Ziyang Guo, Changhong Wang, Mingze Gao, Xiaoting Lin, Hui Duan, Yonggang Wang, Xueliang Sun

“…Moreover, Li dendrite/passivation derived from liquid electrolyte-induced side reactions and air/I-attacking can be obviously suppressed by the uniform and compact composite framework. …”
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CWPO mechanism for toxic dye degradation in the presence of Cu@FbHAp catalyst: DFT study, performance analysis, response surface methodology, regeneration, and cost estimation by Youssef Miyah, Mohammed Benjelloun, Fatiha Mejbar, Salma Ssouni, Mohamed El-Habacha, Soulaiman Iaich, Noureddine El Messaoudi, Marouane Zerrouq, Mohammed Souilah, Anissa Lahrichi, Farid Zerrouq

“…The CWPO process mechanism is essentially based on the action of the 1 % Cu@FbHAp catalyst for hydrogen peroxide decomposition into reactive hydroxyl radicals that attack the chemical bonds of organic dyes, leading to their decolorization. …”
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