VisualSAF-A Novel Framework for Visual Semantic Analysis Tasks by Antonio V. A. Lundgren, Byron L. D. Bezerra, Carmelo J. A. Bastos-Filho

“…We introduce VisualSAF, a novel Visual Semantic Analysis Framework designed to enhance the understanding of contextual characteristics in Visual Scene Analysis (VSA) tasks. …”
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A Surface Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for Selective Extraction and Liquid Chromatographic Determination of 4-Methylimidazole in Environmental Samples by Guifen Zhu, Jing Fan, Xia Gao, Jianji Wang

“…A newly designed surface molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) was developed using 4-methylimidazole as the template and ethylenediaminepoly (styrene-divinylbenzene) particles as the support material. …”
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Liquid–Solid Triboelectric Nanogenerator‐Based DNA Barcode Detection Biosensor for Species Identification by Wenlong Ma, Jiawei Li, Xiaolin Qu, Shao‘e Sun, Yanan Zhou, Yitong Liu, Peng Wang, Zhongli Sha

“…Herein, a liquid–solid triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG)‐based DNA barcode detection biosensor is proposed, which consists of water flow, fluid channel, and PDMS film attached by specifically designed capture probe. Through sequentially combining capture probe, targeted DNA barcode, and signal probe with Au nanoparticles (NPs), the surface charge density of friction layer of TENG decreases under the effect of AuNPs, verified by the density functional theory (DFT) method. …”
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CUSE-TD Algorithm for Precision Detection of Coherent and Uncorrelated Signals by Rohini Dakulagi, Ravi Raushan, Soham Dutta, Mohammed Theeb Alosaimi, Miguel Villagomez-Galindo

“…This paper presents a novel algorithm, Coherent and Uncorrelated Sources Estimation using Tensor Decomposition (CUSE-TD), designed to enhance the accuracy of Direction of Arrival (DOA) estimation in Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems. …”
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Unlocking soybean meal pectin recalcitrance using a multi-enzyme cocktail approach by Lauriane Plouhinec, Liang Zhang, Alexandre Pillon, Mireille Haon, Sacha Grisel, David Navarro, Ian Black, Virginie Neugnot, Parastoo Azadi, Breeanna Urbanowicz, Jean-Guy Berrin, Mickael Lafond

“…After observing that these enzymes were not active on soybean meal pectin when used alone, we developed a semi-miniaturized method to evaluate their effect as multi-activity cocktails. We designed and tested 12 enzyme pools, containing up to 15 different CAZymes, using several hydrolysis markers. …”
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Critical review of multimorbidity outcome measures suitable for low-income and middle-income country settings: perspectives from the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) res... by Najma Siddiqi, Meena Daivadanam, J Jaime Miranda, Trishul Siddharthan, John R Hurst, Rajesh Vedanthan, Gary Parker, Gina Agarwal, Shabbar Jaffar, Naomi Levitt, Niels H Chavannes, Pallab K Maulik, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Kamran Siddiqi, Muralidhar M Kulkarni, Gillian Sandra Gould, Job F M van Boven, Kirsten Bobrow, M O Owolabi, Joan B Soriano, Erick Wan-Chun Huang, Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, Lijing Yan, Ricardo Araya, F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Bruce J Kirenga, Rianne M J J van der Kleij, Laura Loli-Dano, Shane Norris, Josefien van Olmen, Antigona C Trofor

“…We, therefore, aimed to summarise and critically review outcome measures suitable for studies investigating mitigation of multimorbidity in LMIC settings.Setting LMIC.Participants People with multimorbidity.Outcome measures Identification of all outcome measures.Results We present a critical review of outcome measures across eight domains: mortality, quality of life, function, health economics, healthcare access and utilisation, treatment burden, measures of ‘Healthy Living’ and self-efficacy and social functioning.Conclusions Studies in multimorbidity are necessarily diverse and thus different outcome measures will be appropriate for different study designs. Presenting the diversity of outcome measures across domains should provide a useful summary for researchers, encourage the use of multiple domains in multimorbidity research, and provoke debate and progress in the field.…”
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Delivering the Nutritional Needs by Food to Food Fortification of Staples Using Underutilized Plant Species in Africa by Ernest Teye, Christabel Irene Deha, Rosemond Dadzie, Roseline Love MacArthur

“…The fortification of staple foods with UUPS has been shown to be promising; however, more designed feeding trials are required to verify the impact on reducing undernutrition and hidden hunger. …”
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Exploring Students Online Learning Behavioral Engagement in University: Factors, Academic Performance and Their Relationship by Yonghong Wang, Mingzhang Zuo, Xiangchun He, Zhifeng Wang

“…The framework offers theoretical and methodological insights for designing online learning activities and evaluating learning quality. …”
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A Water Extraction Method for Multiple Terrains Area Based on Multisource Fused Images: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Basin by Huang Ruolong, Shen Qian, Fu Bolin, Yue Yao, Yuting Zhang, Qianyu Du

“…” To address these problems, we constructed a dataset using both active and passive remote sensing data and designed a partitioning scheme with corresponding water body extraction rules for multiple terrains area. …”
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Barriers Preventing Liver Transplantation in Canadians with HIV Infection – Perceptions of HIV Specialists by Curtis L Cooper, Joanne DeForest, John Gill, Richard Lalonde, on behalf of the Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN) Co-Infection Core Group

“…Based on these data, it is believed that these issues should be the focus of efforts designed to increase access to transplantation in Canadians with end-stage liver disease and concurrent HIV.…”
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Clonorchis sinensis and Echinostoma hortense detected by endoscopy and molecular characterization: two case reports and update on diagnosis by Lijia Wen, Benhe Wang, Hui Zhang

“…To confirm the species, we designed primers targeting the ribosomal ITS (internal transcribed spacer) and mitochondrial COX-1 (cyclooxygenase-1) genes, followed by PCR amplification and sequencing. …”
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Comparing the Global Tariff and Actual Costs of Surgeries at Imam Khomeini Hospital Affiliated with Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences by Jamil Sadeghifar, Nasim Eyvani, GHasem Rajabi Vasukolai, Naser Farhamand Moghadam, Shahram Ekhtyari

“…Conclusion: Although most centers that apply the global surgery tariff are financially unprofitable, implementing operational plans based on essential resources and designing corrective actions to reduce global costs—particularly by managing patient length of stay—can improve efficiency and productivity.…”
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Tenidap sodium inhibits secretory non-pancreatic phospholipase A2 synthesis by foetal rat calvarial osteoblasts by W. Pruzanski, B. P. Kennedy, H. van den Bosch, E. Stefanski, M. Wloch, P. Vadas

“…Tenidap (TD) was initially defined as a dual inhibitor of cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase. This study was designed to assess its inhibitory activity against proinflammatory phospholipase A2. …”
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The Case for Telemedicine from a Sustainability Perspective by Elisa SALA, Luisa BROGONZOLI, Marco DE BENEDICTIS, Maria Franca TOMASSI, Gabriella PAOLI, Mauro GIACOMINI

“…The Liguria telemedicine plan, which was approved in 2023 and financed by the PNRR, has been designed to meet the health needs of an ageing population. …”
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Convolutional Neural Decoder for Surface Codes by Hyunwoo Jung, Inayat Ali, Jeongseok Ha

“…Among QEC codes, topological QEC codes are designed to interact between the neighboring qubits, which is a promising property for easing the implementation requirements. …”
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Predictability of the gingival margin of the upper incisors with transparent aligners: a pilot retrospective study by Antonio Bach-Álvarez, Lourdes Abellán-Ferris, María-Dolores Oteo-Calatayud, Susana de la Cruz-Vigo, Wenceslao Piedra-Gascón, Alba Pérez-Jardón, Naresh Kewalramani, Ángel-Orión Salgado-Peralvo, Carlos Oteo-Morilla

“…This retrospective study aims to analyse the predictability of the gingival margin of the upper incisors designed in the ClinCheck, comparing it with real intraoral photographs of the patients.Materials and methods Thirty-one patients between 16 and 59 years old were selected from the dental clinics of the Complutense University of Madrid and the position of the gingival margin in the ClinCheck was compared with its millimetre template by superimposing it on intraoral photographs taken with a millimetre ruler under the incisors in order to make the match between both.Results In 71% of the upper incisors there were differences between the ClinCheck and the final photographs, being these differences statistically significant (p = 0.001).Conclusion This is a pilot retrospective study with short-term results and a small sample size. …”
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A TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection and Quantification of Sporisorium scitamineum in Sugarcane by Yachun Su, Shanshan Wang, Jinlong Guo, Bantong Xue, Liping Xu, Youxiong Que

“…In this study, we developed a TaqMan real-time PCR assay using specific primers (bEQ-F/bEQ-R) and a TaqMan probe (bEQ-P) which were designed based on the bE (b East mating type) gene (Genbank Accession no. …”
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Performance Based Skills Gap Analysis in Tanzanian Small Scale Manufacturing Firms by Galan Mashenene, Gordian Bwemelo, Evelyne Magambo, Alfred Sallwa

“…The recommendations made include policymakers, development partners and owners of SSMFs to collaborate in closing identified skills gaps by designing training programmes with sufficient budgets being set aside for the training sessions.…”
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Simultaneous Determination of Gallic Acid, Ellagic Acid, and Eugenol in Syzygium aromaticum and Verification of Chemical Antagonistic Effect by the Combination with Curcuma aromati... by Jung-Hoon Kim, Chang-Seob Seo, Seong-Sil Kim, Hyekyung Ha

“…This study was designed to perform simultaneous determination of three reference compounds in Syzygium aromaticum (SA), gallic acid, ellagic acid, and eugenol, and to investigate the chemical antagonistic effect when combining Curcuma aromatica (CA) with SA, based on chromatographic analysis. …”
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Risk factors associate with overweight and obesity in adolescents by Carmen Emilia Guerra Cabrera, Jesús Vila Díaz, Juan José Apolinaire Pennini, Ailyn del Carmen Cabrera Romero, Inti Santana Carballosa, Pilar Maritza Almaguer Sabina

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: We designed a case-control, analytical, observational, retrospective research including 50 school age adolescents assessed after their body mass index as obese and overweight (cases) and 50 adolescents with normal weight (controls), between the ages of 10 and 12 years from four primary schools belonging to Health Area III of Cienfuegos municipality. …”
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