VaSe-MRP: Velocity-aware and stability-estimation–based multi-path routing protocol in flying ad hoc network by Zhongyu Ma, Qun Guo, Ji Ma, Zhe Zhang, Hongfeng Ma, Linru Peng, Ying Li

“…In this article, a velocity-aware and stability-estimation–based multi-path routing protocol is proposed for flying ad hoc network. The protocol is mainly composed of two important parts, which are the routing discovery mechanism and routing maintenance mechanism. …”
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Construction of Multi-Scale Fusion Attention Unified Perceptual Parsing Networks for Semantic Segmentation of Mangrove Remote Sensing Images by Xin Wang, Yu Zhang, Wenquan Xu, Hanxi Wang, Jingye Cai, Qin Qin, Qin Wang, Jing Zeng

“…To address these challenges, we present two main contributions. (1) Using multi-source high-resolution satellite imagery from China’s new generation of Earth observation satellites, we constructed the Mangrove Semantic Segmentation Dataset of Beihai, Guangxi (MSSDBG); (2) We propose a novel Multi-scale Fusion Attention Unified Perceptual Network (MFA-UperNet) for precise mangrove segmentation. …”
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External quality assurance of chest X-ray interpretation to strengthen diagnosis of childhood TB by B.F. Melingui, E. Leroy-Terquem, J.V. Taguebue, T.C. Eap, L. Borand, C. Khosa, R. Moh, J. Mwanga-Amumpaire, S. Beneteau, M.T. Eang, I. Manhiça, A. Mustapha, O. Marcy, E. Wobudeya, P.Y. Norval, M. Bonnet, on behalf of the TB-Speed study group

“…CXR transfer and re-readers’ workload were the main challenges. CONCLUSION: EQA can enhance CXR interpretation for childhood TB diagnosis, provided operational challenges are overcome.…”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Peptic Ulcer in Adults (Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Gastroenterological Association, Russian Society of Colorectal Surgeons and the Russian Endosc... by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, P. V. Tsar’kov, M. P. Korolev, D. N. Andreev, E. K. Baranskaya, S. G. Burkov, A. A. Derinov, S. K. Efetov, T. L. Lapina, P. V. Pavlov, S. S. Pirogov, A. V. Tkachev, A. S. Trukhmanov, E. D. Fedorov, A. A. Sheptulin

“…Peptic ulcer (PU) represents a chronic relapsing disease occurring with alternating periods of exacerbation and remission. The main manifestation of the disease is the formation of a defect (ulcer) in the wall of the stomach and duodenum. …”
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Phragmites australis elevated concentrations of soil-bound heavy metals and magnetic particles in a typical urban plateau lake wetland, China by Xin Yang, Na An, Huipeng Luo, Jiao Zheng, Jianlan Wu, Dan Yang

“…Frequency-dependent magnetic susceptibility ranged from 4.84 % to 10.87 % in top-soils and 6.82 %–9.95 % in sub-soils, lithogenic/pedogenic factors mainly masked the contribution of anthropogenic factors to magnetic signal enhancement. …”
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Experimental opisthorchiasis: a study of blood cells, hematopoiesis and startle reflex in laboratory animals by D. F. Avgustinovich, I. A. Orlovskaya, L. B. Toporkova, G. B. Vishnivetskaya, A. V. Katokhin, M. N. Lvova, E. V. Kashina, N. P. Bondar, N. A. Feofanova, V. A. Mordvinov

“…It was found that the relative weight of the main organ of the peripheral immune system – spleen, is significantly larger in mice than in hamsters. …”
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Urban fruit bats give birth earlier in the season compared to rural fruit bats by Maya Weinberg, Dean Zigdon, Mor Taub, Lee Harten, Ofri Eitan, Adi Rachum, Reut Assa, Omri Gal, Yossi Yovel

“…Urban-dwelling fruit bats encounter higher average temperatures and a richer supply of food (mainly fruit) during winter. Results Here, we set out to determine whether urban-dwelling fruit bats take advantage of urbanization and reproduce earlier in the annual cycle than rural fruit bats. …”
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Technical, economic and lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions analyses of solid sorbent direct air capture technologies by Sylvanus Lilonfe, Sarah Rodgers, Amir F.N. Abdul-Manan, Ioanna Dimitriou, Jon McKechnie

“…The cost and GHG emissions of the five solid sorbents ranged from $20241,200–40,400/t sorbent and 3.1–12.3 tCO2e/t sorbent in 2024, respectively, mainly driven by the raw materials used for sorbent manufacture. …”
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Prostanoid Receptor Subtypes and Its Endogenous Ligands with Processing Enzymes within Various Types of Inflammatory Joint Diseases by Mohammed A. Al-Madol, Mohammed Shaqura, Thilo John, Rudolf Likar, Reham Said Ebied, Magdi M. Salih, Sascha Treskatsch, Michael Schäfer, Shaaban A. Mousa

“…These proinflammatory target molecules were distinctly identified in JT patients mostly in synovial granulocytes, in OA patients predominantly in synovial macrophages and fibroblasts, whereas in RA patients mainly in synovial fibroblasts and plasma cells. Our findings show a distinct expression profile of EP receptor subtypes and PGE2 as well as the corresponding processing enzymes in human synovium that modulate the inflammatory process in JT, OA, and RA patients.…”
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The Impact of Lockdown on eBC Mass Concentration over a Semi-arid Region in Southern India: Ground Observation and Model Simulations by Surya Nagi Reddy Palle, Chakradhar Rao Tandule, Raja Obul Reddy Kalluri, Balakrishnaiah Gugamsetty, Rama Gopal Kotalo, Lokeswara Reddy Thotli, Bhavyasree Akkiraju, Siva Sankara Reddy Lingala

“…The sharp decrease (~35%) of eBC mass concentration observed during the lockdown (LD) period as compared with before lockdown (BLD) period, was mainly due to the reduction of anthropogenic activities and meteorology. …”
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Taenia crassiceps Antigens Control Experimental Type 1 Diabetes by Inducing Alternatively Activated Macrophages by Arlett Espinoza-Jiménez, Roberto De Haro, Luis I. Terrazas

“…Helminth infections have been shown to prevent T1D, mainly through Th2-biased responses and increased recruitment of regulatory cell populations. …”
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Performance of wood bottom ash as a replacement for Portland cement in coating mortars by Leila Celin Nascimento, Gercyr Baptista Junior, Gustavo de Castro Xavier, Afonso Rangel Garcez de Azevedo, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Carla Therezinha Dalvi Borjaille Alledi

“…An alternative residue that offers sustainable benefits for the environment can partially replace cement in mortars used in construction. These residues are mainly agro-industrial waste and are generated in various industrial furnaces. …”
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Meta-analysis of the clinical efficacy of liraglutide in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Yuan-Yuan Xu, Xu Wang, Yu-Qing She, Jie Liu, Qing Zhang

“…This study aimed to systematically evaluate the efficacy of liraglutide in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) complicated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by comparing liraglutide with placebo or other drugs (mainly insulin). The PubMed, Web of Science, and National Library of Medicine databases were systematically searched from their inception until December 1, 2023. …”
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MicroRNA-129-3p Suppresses Tumor Progression and Chemoradioresistance in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Tae Mi Yoon, Sun-Ae Kim, Eun Kyung Jung, Young-Kook Kim, Kyung-Hwa Lee, Sang Chul Lim

“…In this study, the role of miR-129-3p, the main mature form of miR-129, in tumor progression and chemoradiotherapy resistance in head and neck cancer was evaluated. (2) Methods: RT-PCR, western blotting, cell proliferation assays, cell apoptosis assays, and cell invasion and migration assays were used. (3) Results: In this study, the miR-129-3p overexpression suppressed the proliferation, invasion, and migration of SNU1041, SCC15, and SCC25 human HNSCC cell lines. …”
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Geochemical evolution and mechanisms controlling groundwater chemistry in the transboundary Komadugu–Yobe Basin, Lake Chad region: An integrated approach of chemometric analysis an... by Abdulrahman Shuaibu, Robert M. Kalin, Vernon Phoenix, Ibrahim Mohammed Lawal

“…The Principal Component Analysis identified three main components associated with geogenic and anthropogenic processes, agricultural pollution, and mineral weathering. …”
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Classification Algorithms in Automatic Diagnosis of ECG Arrhythmias: A Review by Haibo Sun, Dan Luo, Xin Niu, Xiaoxi Zeng, Bin Zheng, Hao Liu, Jingye Pan

“…This paper systematically analyzes the literatures related to the automatic classification of arrhythmias based on ECG signals, summarizes the classification algorithms of different arrhythmias based on neural network model and non-neural network model, and summarizes the classification characteristics of the two main classification models in the application of automatic diagnosis of arrhythmias under the same AAMI standard and MIT-BIH arrhythmia database. …”
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The Hubble Space Telescope Survey of M31 Satellite Galaxies. IV. Survey Overview and Lifetime Star Formation Histories by Alessandro Savino, Daniel R. Weisz, Andrew E. Dolphin, Meredith J. Durbin, Nitya Kallivayalil, Andrew Wetzel, Jay Anderson, Gurtina Besla, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Thomas M. Brown, James S. Bullock, Andrew A. Cole, Michelle L. M. Collins, M. C. Cooper, Alis J. Deason, Aaron L. Dotter, Mark Fardal, Annette M. N. Ferguson, Tobias K. Fritz, Marla C. Geha, Karoline M. Gilbert, Puragra Guhathakurta, Rodrigo Ibata, Michael J. Irwin, Myoungwon Jeon, Evan N. Kirby, Geraint F. Lewis, Dougal Mackey, Steven R. Majewski, Nicolas Martin, Alan McConnachie, Ekta Patel, R. Michael Rich, Evan D. Skillman, Joshua D. Simon, Sangmo Tony Sohn, Erik J. Tollerud, Roeland P. van der Marel

“…From >1000 orbits of HST imaging, we present deep homogeneous resolved star color–magnitude diagrams that reach the oldest main-sequence turnoff and uniformly measured star formation histories (SFHs) of 36 dwarf galaxies (−6 ≥ M _V ≥ −17) associated with the M31 halo, and for 10 additional fields in M31, M33, and the Giant Stellar Stream. …”
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The association among ball speed and the rotation of pivot leg, pelvis, and trunk separation in collegiate baseball pitchers by Naoki Wada, Mitsuo Otsuka, Yuta Yamaguchi, Takehiko Tsuji, Takatoshi Kojo, Tokuyoshi Kono, Tetsunari Nishiyama

“…Achieving greater trunk separation at stride foot contact, mainly by increasing pelvis rotation in association with pivot leg rotation, might increase ball speed. …”
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Variation in soil enzyme activity with amendments of biochar and polyacrylamide in coal gangue soils by Qiuyun Fan, Na Li, Yuqing Geng, Ying Dong, ChaoYing Zhang

“…The geometric mean values of enzyme activities showed no significant differences among the treatments B2P5, B2P10, B5P2, B5P5, and B5P10, but these were significantly higher than those in the CK. (3) The parameters of pH, active carbon, field capacity, and available phosphorus were identified as the main factors affecting enzyme activity. CGS incorporating 2% BC and 0.05% PAM is recommended for soil reconstruction in mining regions.…”
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Comprehensive Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Snake Fruit: Salak (Salacca zalacca) by Petra Hlásná Čepková, Michal Jágr, Dagmar Janovská, Václav Dvořáček, Anna Kotrbová Kozak, Iva Viehmannová

“…The edible parts of the fruits contain a certain amount of total phenolic, flavonoid, and monoterpenoid compounds, proving them to be their perfect sources. The main goal of this work was to detect, quantify, and identify various phenolic compounds present in snake fruit pulp. …”
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