An Adaptive Parallel Method for Indexing Transportation Moving Objects by Kun-lun Chen, Chuan-wen Li, Guang Lu, Jia-quan Li, Tong Zhang

“…Therefore, applications like traffic control generally manage moving objects in a single-machine multithreaded manner, whereas suffering from frequent locking operations. …”
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Productization of carbon handprint – A product management perspective by Pukar Jung Kunwar, Janne Harkonen, Harri Haapasalo, Iqra Sadaf Khan, Jukka Majava

“…Despite its potential benefits, knowledge of the carbon handprint notion lacks the necessary means to address products and services in a structured manner, hindering appropriate methodological implementation and limiting support for firms' cleantech activities. …”
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Evaluating the Synergy of Conflict Detection and Resolution Services for Constrained Urban Airspace by Calin Andrei Badea, Andrija Vidosavljevic, Joost Ellerbroek, Jacco Hoekstra

“…Very-low-level (VLL) urban air operations have been extensively investigated as a solution for mitigating congestion in cities. However, the manner in which the management of such traffic should be performed is still actively investigated. …”
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Towards understanding the character of quality sampling in deep learning face recognition by Iurii Medvedev, João Tremoço, Beatriz Mano, Luís Espírito Santo, Nuno Gonçalves

“…Namely, we seek for the penalising manner (sampling character) that better satisfies the purpose of adapting deep learning face recognition for images of ID and travel documents. …”
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A review on challenges and future of green charging networks for zero emission electric transportation by Ijaz Ahmed, Muhammad Maaruf, Amjad Ali, Mohammad AlMuhaini, Muhammad Khalid

“…Using independent and interlinked mathematical models, authors examine contemporary computational approaches that manage corporate architectural challenges in novel manners. The aim of this work is to investigate potential avenues for future research, with a focus on attaining sustainable mobility while also promoting the intelligent advancement of microgrids. …”
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Standardized Application of Laxatives and Physical Measures in Neurosurgical Intensive Care Patients Improves Defecation Pattern but Is Not Associated with Lower Intracranial Press... by Martin Kieninger, Barbara Sinner, Bernhard Graf, Astrid Grassold, Sylvia Bele, Milena Seemann, Holger Künzig, Nina Zech

“…After the implementation of the SOP patients suffering from a neurosurgical disorder received pharmacological and nonpharmacological measures to improve bowel movements in a standardized manner within the first 5 days after admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) starting on day of admission. …”
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Energy Efficient Clustering Based Network Protocol Stack for 3D Airborne Monitoring System by Abhishek Joshi, Sarang Dhongdi, Rishabh Sethunathan, Pritish Nahar, K. R. Anupama

“…Wireless Sensor Network consists of large number of nodes densely deployed in ad hoc manner. Usually, most of the application areas of WSNs require two-dimensional (2D) topology. …”
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Combining CS Unplugged and L2T2L to Bridge the Computing Illiteracy Gap of the Elderly Population: A Case Study by José Alfredo Díaz-León, Olatz Arbelaitz, Mikel Larrañaga, Ana Arruarte

“…In light of the aforementioned challenges, this work integrates Computer Science Unplugged exercises, based on games and recreational activities without the use of computers, and L2T2L, a learning-by-teaching methodology whereby university students learn and then, in turn, teach that learning to other populations in a cascading manner. A case study was conducted in Lima, Peru, with the participation of 140 volunteers from centres for the elderly. …”
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Formation of Tumorspheres with Increased Stemness without External Mitogens in a Lung Cancer Model by Juan Sebastian Yakisich, Neelam Azad, Rajkumar Venkatadri, Yogesh Kulkarni, Clayton Wright, Vivek Kaushik, Anand Krishnan V. Iyer

“…LTSs generated in this manner demonstrated several traits usually associated with increased stemness such as elevated expression of the stemness-associated marker Sox2 and increased chemoresistance to conventional anticancer drugs. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles Using Cannonball Leaves and Their Cytotoxic Activity against MCF-7 Cell Line by Preetha Devaraj, Prachi Kumari, Chirom Aarti, Arun Renganathan

“…Cannonball leaf broth as a reducing agent converts silver ions to AgNPs in a rapid and ecofriendly manner. The UV-Vis spectra gave surface plasmon resonance peak at 434 nm. …”
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Specific Influences of Early Acoustic Environments on Cochlear Hair Cells in Postnatal Mice by Aoshuang Chang, Peng Chen, Shasha Guo, Nana Xu, Wenlu Pan, Hongzheng Zhang, Cuixian Li, Jie Tang

“…The results indicated that the acoustic environment significantly decreased the threshold of the auditory brainstem response in a frequency-specific manner. Compared with controls, no difference was found in the number and alignment of inner and outer hair cells or in the length of hair bundles after acoustic overstimulation. …”
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The master male sex determinant Gdf6Y of the turquoise killifish arose through allelic neofunctionalization by Annekatrin Richter, Hanna Mörl, Maria Thielemann, Markus Kleemann, Raphael Geißen, Robert Schwarz, Carolin Albertz, Philipp Koch, Andreas Petzold, Torsten Kroll, Marco Groth, Nils Hartmann, Amaury Herpin, Christoph Englert

“…There it induces the male sex in a germ cell-independent manner in contrast to sex determination in zebrafish and the medaka. …”
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SurvBeNIM: The Beran-Based Neural Importance Model for Explaining Survival Models by Lev V. Utkin, Danila Y. Eremenko, Andrei V. Konstantinov, Vladimir A. Muliukha

“…The main idea behind SurvBeNIM is to extend the Beran estimator by incorporating the importance functions into its kernels and by implementing these importance functions as a set of neural networks which are jointly trained in an end-to-end manner. Two strategies of using and training the whole neural network implementing SurvBeNIM are proposed. …”
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Roquefort Cheese Proteins Inhibit Chlamydia pneumoniae Propagation and LPS-Induced Leukocyte Migration by Ivan M. Petyaev, Naylia A. Zigangirova, Natalie V. Kobets, Valery Tsibezov, Lydia N. Kapotina, Elena D. Fedina, Yuriy K. Bashmakov

“…We report that a proprietary protein extract isolated from Roquefort cheese inhibits the propagation of C. pneumoniae in a human HL cell line in a dose-dependent manner, as revealed by the immunofluorescence analysis. …”
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Cigarette Smoke Suppresses the Surface Expression of c-kit and FcεRI on Mast Cells by M. E. Givi, B. R. Blokhuis, C. A. Da Silva, I. Adcock, J. Garssen, G. Folkerts, F. A. Redegeld, E. Mortaz

“…In conclusion, this study shows that CSM may affect mast cell development and subsequent response to allergic activation in a TLR4-independent manner.…”
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Engaging with Families Is a Challenge: Beliefs among Healthcare Professionals in Forensic Psychiatric Care by Ulrica Hörberg, Eva Benzein, Christen Erlingsson, Susanne Syrén

“…Despite ethical dilemmas of working with families in FPC, healthcare professionals showed a willingness and desire to work in a more family-oriented manner. More knowledge, understanding, and caring tools are needed in order to meet the needs of the family as well as support the family’s resources.…”
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UAV-Aided Data Delivery Scheme Based on Opportunistic Virtual Intersections for Smart Transportation Networks by Wei Li, Xianxing Liu, Xiaoyong Ma, Xianwei Wang, Yi Zhou

“…Specifically, at an opportunistic virtual intersection, UAVs may act as a relay, which can relay data packets between two vehicles as an intermediate hop, or deliver data packets in a store-carry-and-forward manner. The data forwarding rules are devised based on expected delivery delay and delivery probability of data packets. …”
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Adaptive average arterial pressure control by multi-agent on-policy reinforcement learning by Xiaofeng Hong, Walid Ayadi, Khalid A. Alattas, Ardashir Mohammadzadeh, Mohamad Salimi, Chunwei Zhang

“…The controller parameters are optimized using MAOPRL in an adaptive manner, which involves the use of an actor-critic approach in an adaptive fashion. …”
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The Effects of Urethane on Rat Outer Hair Cells by Mingyu Fu, Mengzi Chen, Xiao Yan, Xueying Yang, Jinfang Xiao, Jie Tang

“…We found that urethane hyperpolarizes the outer hair cell membrane potential in a dose-dependent manner and elicits larger outward current. This urethane-induced outward current was blocked by strychnine, an antagonist of the α9 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. …”
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Serpina3k lactylation protects from cardiac ischemia reperfusion injury by Le Wang, Dandan Li, Fang Yao, Shanshan Feng, Chao Tong, Rongjia Rao, Meiyan Zhong, Xianqiang Wang, Wei Feng, Zhan Hu, Bo Jin, Li Wang, Shengshou Hu, Bingying Zhou

“…Using Serpina3k knockout mice and mice overexpressing its lactylation-deficient mutant, we find that Serpina3k protects from cardiac injury in a lysine 351 lactylation-dependent manner. Mechanistically, ischemia-reperfusion-stimulated fibroblasts secrete Serpina3k/SERPINA3, and protect cardiomyocytes from reperfusion-induced apoptosis in a paracrine fashion, partially through the activation of cardioprotective reperfusion injury salvage kinase and survivor activating factor enhancement pathways. …”
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