Optimal Preference Satisfaction for Conflict-Free Joint Decisions by Hiroaki Shinkawa, Nicolas Chauvet, Guillaume Bachelier, André Röhm, Ryoichi Horisaki, Makoto Naruse

“…However, probabilistic preferences appear naturally in relation to the stochastic decision-making of humans, and therefore, we theoretically derive conflict-free joint decision-making that satisfies the probabilistic preferences of all individual players. …”
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PPARγ and Its Agonists in Chronic Kidney Disease by Yuhua Ma, Manman Shi, Yuxin Wang, Jian Liu

“…Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) is one of the ligand-activated transcription factor superfamily members and is globally expressed in human tissues. Its agonists such as thiazolidinediones (TZDs) have been applied as effective antidiabetic drugs as they control insulin sensitivity in multiple metabolic tissues. …”
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Physiological and Antagonistic Properties of Pichia kluyveri for Curative and Preventive Treatments Against Post-Harvest Fruit Fungi by Maxwell Mewa Ngongang, Heinrich Wilbur Du Plessis, Chidi Silas Boredi, Ucrecia Faith Hutchinson, Karabo Seteno Obed Ntwampe, Vincent Ifeanyi Okudoh, Neil Paul Jolly

“…Synthetic chemicals can be used to preserve fruits, but they are expensive and pose risks to human health. The replacement of these chemicals by safer and cost- effective biocontrol agents is now a priority. …”
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More Efficient Manual Review of Automatically Transcribed Tabular Data by Bjørn-Richard Pedersen, Rigmor Katrine Johansen, Einar Holsbø, Hilde Sommerseth, Lars Ailo Bongo

“…We allocated these codes to human reviewers, who used our custom annotation tool to review them. …”
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Effect of <i>FABP4</i> Gene Polymorphisms on Fatty Acid Composition, Chemical Composition, and Carcass Traits in Sonid Sheep by Jiada Xiang, Haofan Li, Zhaoxin Guo, Terigele Li, Takahisa Yamada, Xihe Li, Siqin Bao, Lai Da, Gerelt Borjigin, Ming Cang, Bin Tong

“…Lamb meat is rich in FAs required by the human body, which has directed more attention to sheep research and meat production. …”
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Emerson's framework on the output of public-private partnership on hemodialysis services in Indonesia regional hospitals by Masyitoh Basabih, Eko Prasojo, Amy Yayuk Sri Rahayu

“…Conclusions: The outcomes of implementing PPP in hemodialysis services at regional hospital are influenced by system context, drivers, and collaborative processes both directly and indirectly. Policy barriers, human resources, and corrupt practices also affect the process and outcomes of hemodialysis PPP, which are perceived not to be in line with good governance.…”
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Protection of Passeriformes Birds in Wetland Ecological Restoration: A Case Study of the Reed Parrotbill (<i>Paradoxornis heudei</i>) in Baiyangdian by Qi Sun, Heng Wu, Taijun Zuo, Zengrui Tian, Jiaojiao Wang, Jianhua Hou

“…Due to the increasing impact of human activities on the environment, habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation pose significant threats to bird diversity worldwide. …”
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A Multimethod Approach towards Assessing Urban Flood Patterns and Its Associated Vulnerabilities in Singapore by Winston T. L. Chow, Brendan D. Cheong, Beatrice H. Ho

“…We find that, despite effective flood management, (i) significant increases in reported flash flood frequency occurred in contemporary (post-2000) relative to preceding (1984–1999) periods, (ii) these flash floods coincide with more localised, “patchy” storm events, (iii) storms in recent years are also more intense and frequent, and (iv) floods result in low human casualties but have high economic costs via insurance damage claims. …”
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Facial Emotion Recognition and Classification Using the Convolutional Neural Network-10 (CNN-10) by Emmanuel Gbenga Dada, David Opeoluwa Oyewola, Stephen Bassi Joseph, Onyeka Emebo, Olugbenga Oluseun Oluwagbemi

“…This model offers a powerful instrument for reliably detecting and comprehending facial expressions, supporting usage in recognition of emotions, interaction between humans and computers, cognitive computing, and other areas. …”
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Sublemma-Based Neural Machine Translation by Thien Nguyen, Huu Nguyen, Phuoc Tran

“…In addition, automatic machine judgment on the experiment results is verified by human judgment. The proposed sublemma-based model provides an alternative to existing models when we build translation systems from an inflectionally rich language, such as Russian, Czech, or Bulgarian, in low-resource contexts.…”
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Structuring and restructuring COVID-19 Intensive Care Units: a systematic review by Luis Fernando Reis Macedo, Kenya Waléria de Siqueira Coelho Lisboa, Thais Rodrigues de Albuquerque, Alexandre Pazetto Balsanelli, Sarah De Lima Pinto, Izabel Cristina Santiago Lemos de Beltrão, Gyllyandeson de Araujo Delmondes

“…The objective was to identify elements related to the restructuring and organization of human resources, materials, and organization/structure processes in ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Understanding Student Engagement And Satisfaction With Chatgpt In Dental Education: A Qualitative Exploration by Hassan Jan, Atteeb Fatima, Mian Bilal Ahmad, Ayesha Arshad, Malik Zain Ul Abideen, Jawad tareen

“…Themes included perceived utility, ease of access, interactive learning experience, relevance to learning needs, user interface experience, confidence in responses, personalisation of learning, challenges with ChatGPT (language barriers, technical issues, lack of human interaction, content limitations), and suggestions for improvement (language support, technical assistance, enhanced content generation, integration with classroom instruction). …”
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Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Are Major Threats of Otitis Media in Wollo Area, Northeastern Ethiopia: A Ten-Year Retrospective Analysis by Ayele Argaw-Denboba, Asrat Agalu Abejew, Alemayehu Gashaw Mekonnen

“…Antibiotic resistance is an increasingly serious threat to human health that needs an urgent action. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility profiles of bacteria isolated from patient ear discharges suspected of otitis media. …”
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Time-Series Analysis of Continuously Monitored Blood Glucose: The Impacts of Geographic and Daily Lifestyle Factors by Sean T. Doherty, Stephen P. Greaves

“…Continuous blood glucose monitors combined with human activity tracking technologies afford new opportunities for exploration in a naturalistic setting. …”
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AnomLite: Efficient binary and multiclass video anomaly detection by Anna K. Zvereva, Mariam Kaprielova, Andrey Grabovoy

“…Anomaly detection in video surveillance is critical for ensuring public safety, as manual monitoring of numerous video feeds is often challenging and prone to human error. Security operators can struggle to maintain focus over prolonged periods, leading to missed events or delayed responses. …”
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New Insights in the Pathogenesis of HPV Infection and the Associated Carcinogenic Processes: The Role of Chronic Inflammation and Oxidative Stress by Simona Roxana Georgescu, Cristina Iulia Mitran, Madalina Irina Mitran, Constantin Caruntu, Maria Isabela Sarbu, Clara Matei, Ilinca Nicolae, Sandra Milena Tocut, Mircea Ioan Popa, Mircea Tampa

“…Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a small double-stranded DNA virus with tropism for epithelial cells. …”
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Blood Transcriptional Signatures for Disease Progression in a Rat Model of Osteoarthritis by Michał Korostyński, Natalia Małek, Marcin Piechota, Katarzyna Starowicz

“…We revealed three-gene signature differentially expressed in both rat and human blood (TNK2, KCTD2, and WDR37). The alterations in expression of the selected transcripts in peripheral blood samples of the patients indicate heterogeneity of the OA profiles potentially related to disease progress and severity of clinical symptoms. …”
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Oral breathing: dentomaxillofacial irregularities associated with nasorespiratory and orthopedic dysfunctions. by Clotilde de la Caridad Mora Pérez, Salamtu Habadi Amhed, Juan J. Apolinaire Pennini, Raúl López Fernández, Ivette Álvarez Mora, Humberto Agüero García

“…<strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US">Background</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US">: Human beings are conditioned to breathe through the nose and feed through the mouth, when this physiological mechanism is interrupted facial and general growth is also affected. …”
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Non-invasive analysis of faience necklace beads and scarabs from Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age necropolises in southern Portugal by António M. Monge Soares, António P. Gonçalves, Luis C. Alves, Pedro Valério, Filipe Santos, Rui Monge Soares, Manuela de Deus

“…In this work, non-invasive techniques (XRD and microPIXE) were used to study 14 necklace beads associated with human inhumations from the Late Bronze Age (10th-9th century BC) hypogea of Monte da Ramada 1 (Aljustrel), from the Early Iron Age (7th-6th century BC) necropolises of Palhais (Beja), Montinhos 6 (Serpa) and Corte Margarida (Aljustrel), and a blue bead from the Orientalising settlement (8th century BC) of Quinta do Almaraz (Almada). …”
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On Control of Reaching Movements for Musculo-Skeletal Redundant Arm Model by Kenji Tahara, Suguru Arimoto, Masahiro Sekimoto, Zhi-Wei Luo

“…The research suggests a new direction for studies of brain-motor control mechanism of human movements.…”
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