High-fidelity immersive virtual reality environments for gait rehabilitation exergames by Laura Schalbetter, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey, Fabian Gutscher, Ulrike Wissen Hayek

“…However, effectively engaging patients and providing realistic environments for everyday situations remain major challenges. The technical aspects of developing engaging VR applications for rehabilitation are largely unexplored. …”
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Enhancing signal-to-noise ratio in real-time LED-based photoacoustic imaging: A comparative study of CNN-based deep learning architectures by Avijit Paul, Srivalleesha Mallidi

“…Recent advances in Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology have enabled a more affordable high frame rate photoacoustic imaging (PA) alternative to traditional laser-based PA systems that are costly and have slow pulse repetition rate. However, a major disadvantage with LEDs is the low energy outputs that do not produce high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) PA images. …”
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RECYCLING - VECTOR OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY. SYSTEM ANALYSIS FROM THE BOTTLENECK THEORY PERSPECTIVE by Elena Mihaela ILIESCU, Mirela-Cristina VOICU

“…The objective of the European Union, as a major player on the global socio-economic and political scene, as set out in the European Green Pact, is to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, while ensuring an equitable and socially inclusive economic framework and context. …”
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Assessment of Rear-End Collision Risk Based on a Deep Reinforcement Learning Technique: A Break Reaction Assessment Approach by Muhammad Sameer Sheikh, Yinqiao Peng

“…Rear-end crashes are a major type of traffic crash that occur more frequently on the road, leading to a large number of injuries and fatalities each year around the world. …”
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‘Vychegodsky’: a new potato cultivar for the Republic of Komi by A. G. Tulinov, A. Yu. Lobanov

“…The cultivar demonstrates high field resistance to major potato diseases, and genetically determined resistance to wart disease and golden potato nematode.Conclusion. …”
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The implementation of a system of CardioQVARK to personalize treatment in terms of the digital ecosystem healthcare formation by V. Isaenko, M. Rybina

“…Within the framework of the development of the digital ecosystem healthcare major focus is personalizing treatment of humans, which aims to improve the quality of life and human life expectancy. …”
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Occurrence of Large Geomagnetically Induced Currents Within the EPRI SUNBURST Monitoring Network by Chigomezyo M. Ngwira, Robert Arritt, Charles Perry, James M. Weygand, Rishi Sharma

“…High‐voltage electric power transmission grids constitute one of the most critical technological systems vulnerable to space weather driven geomagnetically induced currents (GICs). One of the major challenges pertaining to the study of GICs over the continental United States has been the availability of GIC measurements, which are critical for validation of geoelectric field and power flow models, for example. …”
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Importance of New Edible Oil Extracted from Seeds of Seven Cereals Species by Amor Slama, Ammar Cherif, Sadok Boukhchina

“…Cereals constitute a major source of human and animal nutrition. In spite of the extensive production of numerous cereal species, some information is unavailable in terms of lipid composition. …”
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Homosexual identity and network overlap predictors of HIV infection among older men from rural China: a case–control study by Yuan Li, Jia He, Yi Yang, Shuangfeng Fan, Jing Xi, ShiJiao He

“…Background The number of newly reported older (≥50 years old) people living with HIV/AIDS in China has been steadily increasing, and heterosexual transmission has been identified as the major route.Methods In this study, based on biopsychosocial model, a case–control study (74 cases vs 296 controls) was applied to find out predictors (21 potential ones) of HIV infection among older men from rural China. …”
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In Vitro Biocontrol Evaluation of Some Selected Trichoderma Strains against the Root Pathogen Fusarium oxysporum of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annum L.) in Bure Woreda, Ethiopia by Abayeneh Girma

“…Capsicum annum L. is a major vegetable crop consumed worldwide as a spice, vegetable, pickle, condiment, and sauce. …”
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Asymmetric risk contagion effect of the interaction between the real economy and the financial sector—an analysis based on the domestic commodity price index by Quan Yonghui, Miao Wenlong

“…There are asymmetric risk contagion effects among different financial sectors, with varying degrees of risk spillover effects on commodity prices (with the banking sector having the greatest risk spillover effects on commodity prices and other financial sectors, and diversified finance having the greatest risk spillover effect on commodities). During major global financial events, the risk spillover effects of commodities and input effects increase significantly due to the intensification of the risk spillover effects of energy, steel, and nonferrous metals. …”
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THE RELIABILITY OF DETERMINING THE SHORT CIRCUIT ZONE OF THE LINES OF 6–35 kV by F. А. Romaniuk, E. V. Buloichyk, O. A. Huryanchyk, V. S. Kachenya

“…Having taken the relative simpleness of the current protection into account the authors consider the unilateral remote method of accounting the parameters of the emergency mode and the type of fault to be the most suitable for the implementation of the algorithm of its functioning as compared with the existing methods of fault location. The major factors affecting the accuracy of determining the short circuit zone based on the remote method are noted. …”
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Le site d’Azrou Iklane : un exemple d’usage de l’imagerie numérique pour l’étude et la préservation de l’art rupestre saharien by Gwenola Graff, Martin Loyer, Abdelhadi Ewague, Romain Simenel, Maxence Bailly

“…They will also contribute to the interpretation and preservation of this site, of major significance in the realm of Moroccan rock art.…”
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Nutrient composition databases in the age of big data: foodDB, a comprehensive, real-time database infrastructure by Peter Scarborough, Mike Rayner, Richard Andrew Harrington, Vyas Adhikari

“…This paper introduces foodDB, a big data approach to the analysis of this marketplace, and presents analyses illustrating its research potential.Design foodDB has been used to collect data weekly on all foods and drinks available on six major UK supermarket websites since November 2017. …”
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Development and Application of a Cost–Effective Analytical Method for Hydrofluorocarbons Using Preconcentrator–Gas Chromatograph–Mass Spectrometer by Yujiro Ichikawa, Yukiko Ono, Kouki Sasaka

“…Their emissions are estimated to increase in the future, which is a major challenge. Observations of HFCs globally were performed using expensive GHG–specific equipment installed at AGAGE and other sites, but many research institutions find it difficult to install such equipment. …”
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Comparison of the commodity certification systems in the European Union and in the Eurasian Economic Union by Valerii Kardanov, Denis Stoikov

“…At the same time, the authors believe that the European Union is capable of playing a major role in solving the issues of improving the states of the Eurasian Economic Union member states, primarily on an economic scale. …”
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Achieving near-zero energy in hot climates: Retrofitting building envelopes for existing homes by Mohammed A Aloshan

“…By focusing on the residential sector, this study addresses a major area of energy consumption, providing practical solutions to reduce energy usage and promote environmental stewardship. …”
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Impact of Metabolic Syndrome Factors on Testosterone and SHBG in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome by Mukhtar Mohammed, Molham AL-Habori, Ahmed Abdullateef, Riyadh Saif-Ali

“…Abdominal obesity is a major determinant of low testosterone levels irrespective of diabetes status. …”
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Knowledge of Future Dental Practitioners towards Oral Cancer: Exploratory Findings from a Public University in Malaysia by Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Nazrin Bin Zakaria, Shazia Qasim Jamshed

“…Further, 61.3% and 14.1% identified tobacco smoking and drinking alcohol as major risk factors for developing oral cancer. Conclusion. …”
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Promising horizons in achondroplasia along with the development of new drugs by Keiichi Ozono, Takuo Kubota, Toshimi Michigami

“…Along with severe short stature, foramen magnum stenosis and spinal canal stenosis are major complications: the former leads to sleep apnea, breathing disorders, myelopathy, hydrocephalus, and sudden death, and the latter causes pain in the extremities, numbness, muscle weakness, movement disorders, intermittent claudication, and bladder-rectal disorders. …”
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