Temperature-Dependent Hydrogen Modulations of Ultra-Scaled a-IGZO Thin Film Transistor Under Gate Bias Stress by Muhammad Aslam, Shu-Wei Chang, Min-Hui Chuang, Yi-Ho Chen, Yao-Jen Lee, Yiming Li

“…A systematic electrical characterization of a-IGZO TFT related to reliability issues, such as positive bias temperature stress (PBTS) and negative bias temperature stress (NBTS), would entitle its integration into novel electronics systems. Unexpectedly, PBTS is characterized by the transition of positive V_th shift to negative V_th shift (ΔV_th, the positive shift followed by the stress and temperature activated negative shift). …”
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Variation and simulation of tomato transpiration in a greenhouse under different ventilation modes by Jiankun Ge, Sen Wang, Xuewen Gong, Yuhao Zhu, Zihui Yu, Yanbin Li

“…Field experiments were conducted at the Xinxiang Integrated Experimental Base of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in northern China from March to July in 2020 and 2021. …”
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Automatic Segmentation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm From Computed Tomography Angiography Using a Patch-Based Dilated UNet Model by Merjulah Roby, Juan C. Restrepo, Haehwan Park, Satish C. Muluk, Mark K. Eskandari, Seungik Baek, Ender A. Finol

“…NURBS enables the creation of continuous curves that seamlessly conform to the intricate contours of anatomical structures, offering a significant improvement in segmentation accuracy. Through the integration of advanced deep learning architectures and the precision of NURBS for segmentation refinement, coupled with the fast processing time and accurate segmentation, the the proposed model represents a promising clinical tool that can be used in the clinical management of AAAs.…”
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A pilot mixed methods randomized control trial investigating the feasibility and acceptability of a culturally tailored intervention focused on beliefs, mistrust and race-congruent... by Meng-Jung Wen, Martha Maurer, Annika L. Pickard, Makenzie Hansen, Olayinka O. Shiyanbola

“…Qualitative content analysis inductively explored participants’ feedback on the program, participation barriers and potential strategies to overcome the challenges. Mixed methods integration was implemented using a side-by-side joint display to compare, synthesize and interconnect the quantitative and qualitative results across all feasibility domains.ResultsThirteen participants (93%) completed the trial, demonstrating high adherence and retention. …”
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Association between weekend catch-up sleep and hypertension of the United States population from 2017 to 2020: a cross-sectional study by Yan Luo, Qingyuan Li, Qingyuan Li, Tong Feng, Shasha Meng, Shasha Meng, Ran Duan, Ran Duan

“…These results suggest the potential for integrating sleep management strategies into public health recommendations to address hypertension. …”
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Cardiovascular Disease Detection through Innovative Imbalanced Learning and AUC Optimization by Karthikeyan Palanisamy, Krishnaveni Krishnasamy, Praba Venkadasamy

“…The ImAUC-PSVM method offers several key advantages: 1) It skillfully incorporates AUC maximization directly into the objective function. This integration simplifies the model by reducing the number of parameters needing adjustment, making it particularly effective for handling imbalanced datasets through an efficient training process; 2) Theoretical analysis demonstrates that ImAUC-PSVM retains the same structural solution as standard PSVM. …”
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Joint Radio Resource Management of Channel-Assignment and User-Association for Load Balancing in Dense WLAN Environment by Hyun Seob Oh, Dong Geun Jeong, Wha Sook Jeon

“…The proposed CA method utilizes a channel bonding technique, which provides a high data rate by integrating multiple basic channels while reducing the interference among neighboring APs. …”
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Crowdsourced Indicators of Flora and Fauna Species: Comparisons Between iNaturalist Records and Field Observations by Hyuksoo Kwon, Bumsuk Seo, Jungin Kim, Heera Lee

“…Addressing these issues and integrating additional metadata—such as time of visit, demographics, and seasonal trends—could provide deeper insights into human–nature interactions. …”
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ZSM-Based E2E Security Slice Management for DDoS Attack Protection in MEC-Enabled V2X Environments by Rodrigo Asensio-Garriga, Pol Alemany, Alejandro M. Zarca, Roshan Sedar, Charalampos Kalalas, Jordi Ortiz, Ricard Vilalta, Raul Munoz, Antonio Skarmeta

“…Our approach employs the zero-touch network and service management (ZSM) standard, integrating autonomous security into end-to-end (E2E) slicing management. …”
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Optimizing Stroke Detection Using Evidential Networks and Uncertainty-Based Refinement by Faranak Akbarifar, Sean P. Dukelow, Albert Jin, Parvin Mousavi, Stephen H. Scott

“…This work highlights the immense potential of integrating deep learning with uncertainty estimation to enhance the detection of stroke-related impairments, potentially paving the way for personalized post-stroke rehabilitation.…”
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Advancing education through e-learning innovation: the case of the Crocodile Chemistry program in higher education by Nawal Alqallaf, Zahra Almahmeed, Ahmad Alsaber, Bedour Alboloushi, Anwaar Alkandari, Fatimah Alhashem

“…This study supports the integration of digital tools in higher education to enhance learning outcomes and student motivation.…”
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Timeline of cognitive impairments after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: A review by K. Wickborn, C.W.J. van der Weijden, E.F.J. de Vries, T.W.H. Meijer, M.C.A. Kramer, J.M. Spikman, A.M. Buunk, A. van der Hoorn

“…Future research in HNC should integrate neuropsychological evaluations to enhance our understanding of domain-specific impairments and the complete timeline of cognitive changes after radiotherapy.…”
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The impact of digital transformation on sustainability: a case of the Iranian telecom industry by Jamal Aghayari, Changiz Valmohammadi, Mahmood Alborzi

“…Digital transformation and sustainability should constitute integral parts of organizational strategy. Considering that business practices affect the environment, society, and economy, digital transformation can influence the business sustainability. …”
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Harmonizing population health data into OMOP common data model: a demonstration using COVID-19 sero-surveillance data from Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System by Michael Ochola, Sylvia Kiwuwa-Muyingo, Tathagata Bhattacharjee, David Amadi, Maureen Ng’etich, Damazo Kadengye, Henry Owoko, Boniface Igumba, Jay Greenfield, Jim Todd, Agnes Kiragga, Agnes Kiragga

“…The ETL process was implemented using Pentaho Data Integration community edition software and structured query language (SQL). …”
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Nomogram for Predicting Survival in Advanced Gastric Cancer after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Radical Surgery by Yonghe Chen, Dan Liu, Jian Xiao, Jun Xiang, Aihong Liu, Shi Chen, Junjie Liu, Xiansheng Hu, Junsheng Peng

“…To identify clinical parameters that are associated with the survival of AGC patients after NAC and radical surgery and to establish a nomogram integrating multiple factors to predict survival. Methods. …”
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Classification and Physical Characteristic Analysis of Fermi-GBM Gamma-Ray Bursts Based on Deep Learning by Jia-Ming Chen, Ke-Rui Zhu, Zhao-Yang Peng, Li Zhang

“…To further investigate the physical properties of these two types of bursts, we conduct a time-integrated spectral analysis and discover significant differences in their spectral characteristics. …”
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Uncovering Deterministic Behavior of Black Hole IGR J17091–3624: A Twin of GRS 1915+105 by Anindya Guria, Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

“…We employ several denoising techniques to mitigate noise effects, and employ methods like principal component analysis, singular value decomposition, and correlation integrals to isolate the deterministic signatures. …”
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Study on the safety distance determination model for natural gas wells in Ordos Basin subsidence areas of coal mining by Wen Wang, Yang Zhang, Shuang Gong, Junqi Lei, Jiandong Ren, Yanxiong Ding, Xiaowei Lu

“…Abstract To optimize the safe distance between coal mining faces and natural gas wells, with the Ordos Basin as the engineering background for the intersectional development of natural gas and coal resources, a Gaussian function equation for subsidence curves under complete mining was proposed based on the probability integral method, and a model was constructed to determine the coordinated mining safety distance between coal mining faces and natural gas wells. …”
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Pavement Disease Visual Detection by Structure Perception and Feature Attention Network by Bin Lv, Shuo Zhang, Haixia Gong, Hongbo Zhang, Bin Dong, Jianzhu Wang, Cong Du, Jianqing Wu

“…Additionally, the convolutional block attention module (CBAM) is integrated to optimize feature map attention across channel and spatial dimensions, enhancing the model focus on critical disease features without significantly increasing complexity. …”
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Estimated inpatient malnutrition prevalence, screening tool utilization, and dietitian referral rates across hospitals during extension of phase 2 of More-2-Eat by Yingying Xu, Rachel A. Warren, Shirley M. Peters, Sonya Boudreau, Tina N. Strickland, Mari Somerville, Brenda L. MacDonald, Heather Keller, Leah E. Cahill

“…Summary: Background & Aims: Malnutrition is associated with increased hospital length of stay, disease burden, and healthcare costs. The Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care (INPAC) is a validated multi-step algorithm that includes screening using the Canadian Nutrition Screening Tool (CNST) and diagnosis using Subjective Global Assessment (SGA). …”
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