DECTNet: A detail enhanced CNN-Transformer network for single-image deraining by Liping Wang, Guangwei Gao

“…While CNNs are highly effective at extracting local information, they struggle to capture global context. Conversely, Transformers excel at capturing global information but often face challenges in preserving spatial and structural details. …”
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FROM HIGH ASPIRATIONS TO HARSH REALITY: EU HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL by A. S. Boyashov

“…Since 1990s the EU has been highly aspirational on its role in human rights promotion on a global scale, which has led to the EU’s proactive participation in international organizations. …”
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Healthcare worker views on antimicrobial resistance in chronic respiratory disease by Sachin Ananth, Adekunle O. Adeoti, Animesh Ray, Peter G. Middleton, Miquel Ekkelenkamp, Stephanie Thee, Anand Shah, the AMR-Lung Clinical Research Collaboration

“…We aimed to assess global healthcare worker views on the challenges they face regarding AMR in chronic respiratory disease. …”
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Role of informal healthcare providers in tuberculosis care in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic scoping review. by Poshan Thapa, Rohan Jayasuriya, John J Hall, Kristen Beek, Parthasarathi Mukherjee, Nachiket Gudi, Padmanesan Narasimhan

“…The importance of strengthening public-private partnership by engaging all identified providers in Tuberculosis (TB) care has long been advocated in global TB policies and strategies. However, Informal Healthcare Providers (IPs) are not yet prioritised and engaged in National Tuberculosis Programs (NTPs) globally. …”
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Suitability of paediatric legislation beyond the USA and Europe: a qualitative study on access to paediatric medicines by Albrecht Jahn, Rosa Jahn, Anna Volodina

“…Ideally, legislative changes would build on global harmonisation of paediatric legislation, which could be achieved through existing WHO structures.…”
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Detecting travel modes from smartphone-based travel surveys with continuous hidden Markov models by Guangnian Xiao, Qin Cheng, Chunqin Zhang

“…A higher accuracy (95.28%) is achieved in the test dataset on dataset 2 that consists of Global Positioning System, accelerometer, Global System for Mobile communication, and Wi-Fi data. …”
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Evaluating Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Using Pharmacy Refill Records in a Rural Treatment Site in South Africa by George Gachara, Lufuno G. Mavhandu, Elizabeth T. Rogawski, Cecile Manhaeve, Pascal O. Bessong

“…Optimal adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) is critical to maintain virologic suppression, thereby ensuring the global success of HIV treatment. We evaluated adherence to cART using pharmacy refill records and determined the adherence threshold resulting in >90% virologic suppression in a community run treatment site in South Africa. …”
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Costs of typhoid vaccination for international travelers from the United States by Heesoo Joo, Brian A. Maskery, Louise K. Francois Watkins, Joohyun Park, Kristina M. Angelo, Eric S. Halsey

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The use of eDNA in the reconstruction of present and past polar vertebrates’ populations by Rodrigo Goldenberg-Barbosa, Anna Donato, Dafne Anjos, Cesar Amaral

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Advancing Sustainable Development Goals through Earth Observation Satellite Data: Current Insights and Future Directions by Qiang Zhao, Le Yu

“…The United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to address critical global challenges by promoting economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability. …”
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Investigation of genes expression of the JAK/STAT signalling pathway and AMPs in the presence of Borrelia spirochetes in Ixodes ricinus by Magdalena Szczotko, Sandra Antunes, Ana Domingos, Małgorzata Dmitryjuk

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Functional Coupled Systems with Generalized Impulsive Conditions and Application to a SIRS-Type Model by Feliz Minhós, Rui Carapinha

“…It is pointed out that this problem generalizes the classical boundary assumptions, allowing two-point or multipoint conditions, nonlocal and integrodifferential ones, or global arguments, as maxima or minima, among others. …”
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The Journey of Plastics: Historical Development, Environmental Challenges, and the Emergence of Bioplastics for Single-Use Products by Jade Stanley, David Culliton, Antonio-Jonay Jovani-Sancho, Adriana Cunha Neves

“…The environmental repercussions of plastic pollution have led to increased global awareness and calls for sustainable alternatives. …”
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تأثیر النشر الدولی على ترتیب الجامعات : جامعة القاهرة نموذجا by د. کریمان بکنام صدقى

“…This study aimed to clarify the importance of the international publication as acriterion for the classification of global universities, according to well-known forthe classification of universities in the world standards, and the study provides apresentation of months international rankings of universities, namely,respectively: Classification of Shanghai, rating Thames, rating Aloibometrucs,rating QS; by definition classification and its objectives and standards underlyingrating and highlighting the relative weight of each standard, in addition be clarifiedearly seeded universities globally in each classification in general and to clarifythe order of Cairo University, in particular, whether at the level of internationaluniversities or universities of Arab or Egyptian universities in each classification.…”
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A Novel Filled Function Method for Nonlinear Equations by Liuyang Yuan, Qiuhua Tang

“…Firstly, the original problem is converted into an equivalent global optimization problem. Subsequently, a novel filled function with one parameter is proposed for solving the converted global optimization problem. …”
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An SLBRS Model with Vertical Transmission of Computer Virus over the Internet by Maobin Yang, Zhufan Zhang, Qiang Li, Gang Zhang

“…Specially, virus-free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable if ℛ0≤1, whereas the viral equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable if ℛ0>1. …”
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LMI-Based Criterion for the Robust Stability of 2D Discrete State-Delayed Systems Using Generalized Overflow Nonlinearities by Anurita Dey, Haranath Kar

“…A computationally tractable, that is, linear-matrix-inequality-(LMI-) based new criterion for the global asymptotic stability of such system is proposed. …”
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Quand les savoirs font ressource : constructions sociales et intégrations territoriales. by Audrey Sérandour

“…Since the early 2000’s and in the prospect of the energy transition, the global demand for lithium has been increasing. Along with the multiplication of mining projects in the South American salt flats, the knowledge about this resource is also developing in Argentinian, Bolivian and Chilean universities. …”
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Reviewing South Africa’s Non-Proliferation Policy and Strategic Trade Controls by Melanie Reddiar

“…It is also aimed at South Africa maintaining its image as a reliable and responsible supplier, recipient and end user of strategic goods and technologies, while contributing meaningfully to global efforts of disarmament and non-proliferation of WMDs as a responsible member of the international community, as an advocate for global disarmament, and as a leader in efforts to prevent the proliferation of WMDs, in general. …”
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NPQ-RRT∗: An Improved RRT∗ Approach to Hybrid Path Planning by Zihan Yu, Linying Xiang

“…The improved Rapidly Exploring Random Trees algorithm PQ-RRT∗ with new distance evaluation function is used as a global planning algorithm to generate the initial global path. …”
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