Analysis of Autonomous Penetration Testing Through Reinforcement Learning and Recommender Systems by Ariadna Claudia Moreno, Aldo Hernandez-Suarez, Gabriel Sanchez-Perez, Linda Karina Toscano-Medina, Hector Perez-Meana, Jose Portillo-Portillo, Jesus Olivares-Mercado, Luis Javier García Villalba

“…Given the complexity of the tests, time constraints, and the specialized level of expertise required for pentesting, analysis and exploitation tools are commonly used. …”
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Direct conversion of peptides into diverse peptidomimetics using a transformer-based chemical language model by Atsushi Yoshimori, Jürgen Bajorath

“…The design of pharmaceutically relevant compounds that mimic bioactive peptides or secondary structure elements in proteins is an important task in medicinal chemistry. Over time, various chemical strategies have been developed to convert natural peptide ligands into so-called peptidomimetics. …”
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The Role of Endogenous Beta-Endorphin and Enkephalins in the Crosstalk Between Ethanol and Morphine by Andy Tseng, Syed Muzzammil Ahmad, Abdul Hamid, Kabirullah Lutfy

“…On the test days, mice were placed in the central chamber and allowed to explore the chambers. The amount of time that mice spent in the drug-paired chamber was recorded. …”
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Metabarcoding the night sky: Monitoring landscape-scale insect diversity through bat diet by Cynthia Tobisch, Svenja Dege, Bernd Panassiti, Julian Treffler, Christoph Moning

“…Species composition in the diet showed high variation in space and time, but was also associated with edge density and the proportion of grassland within 2 km radius of the roosts. …”
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Primary care utilisation in different patients’ profiles with cardiovascular risk factors by Sara Malo, Lina Maldonado, María José Rabanaque, Irantzu Bengoa-Urrengoechea, Sara Castel-Feced, María Antonia Sánchez-Calavera, Isabel Aguilar-Palacio

“…Panel data models were applied to study the variability of the frequency of visits to both physicians and nurses in Primary Care in the profiles across different time points. Results In this population-based cohort of 446,998 individuals, different profiles were identified among those with hypertension, type 2 DM and/or dyslipidaemia. …”
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A narrow endemic plant: evaluating population dynamics and conservation strategies by Nerea Alvite, Elisa Gago Moldes, Sergio Roiloa, Rodolfo Barreiro

“…Further censuses over time will be needed to provide information on population dynamics, trends, fluctuations and responses to environmental variables.…”
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Preface by CTA Editorial Board

“…For 22 years (1986-2008) Professor Petrov headed the Department of Physical Chemistry in the Ural State University. During that time, he made a lot of effort to maintain close collaboration with Institutes of Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Science and its predecessor - the Academy of Science of the USSR. …”
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Translation and validation of the Chinese version of the menstrual distress questionnaire by Hsin-Huei Chang, Ya-Chien Hsu, Wen-Ling Liao, Chyi Lo, Cherry Yin-Yi Chang, Chun-Hui Liao, Shan-Yu Su

“…Reliability was evaluated using internal consistency across items and two-week test-retest reliability over time.Results The CVI for content validity was .92. …”
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Sexual Health Advocacy for Guys (SHAG): a randomized trial of the impact of a text-messaging program on HIV incidence and STI testing among a national sample of sexual minority cis... by M. L. Ybarra, D. J. Feaster, R. Garofalo, S. Bull

“…Generalized linear models will be used to estimate treatment effects on primary study outcomes, with longitudinal models (estimated based on Generalized Estimating Equations) specified to examine effects over time. Mediation will be assessed based on a product of coefficients approach with bootstrapped standard errors. …”
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Impact of loneliness on suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a cross-sectional online survey in Japan by Takahiro Tabuchi, Ryo Okubo, Hirokazu Tachikawa, Midori Matsushima, Haruhiko Midorikawa, Miyuki Aiba

“…Among them, 23% of male and 20% of female participants experienced suicidal ideation for the first time. The results of the Poisson regression suggested that those who were feeling lonely had higher PRs for suicidal ideation (4.83 for men (95% CI, 3.87 to 6.16) and 6.19 for women (95% CI, 4.77 to 8.45)). …”
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Impacts of Biochar Application on Inorganic Phosphorus Fractions in Agricultural Soils by Liwen Lin, Yutao Peng, Lin Zhou, Baige Zhang, Qing Chen, Hao Chen

“…., feedstock, pyrolysis temperature and time, C:N ratio, pH, ash and P content) and soil-related properties (i.e., pH, texture, P content). …”
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Predictive role of ABC transporters in the efficacy of enfortumab vedotin for urothelial carcinoma by Toshiki Kijima, Atsuko Takada‐Owada, Hiroki Shimoda, Hidetoshi Kokubun, Toshitaka Uematsu, Kohei Takei, Hironori Betsunoh, Masahiro Yashi, Kazuyuki Ishida, Takao Kamai

“…Results Immunohistochemical analysis indicated that tumours with high ABC transporter expression exhibited shorter PFS time and poorer response to EV. Furthermore, a decrease in Nectin‐4 expression and an increase in ABC transporter expression were observed as the disease progressed from non‐muscle‐invasive to muscle‐invasive and metastatic. …”
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Optimizing infant neuroimaging methods to understand the neurodevelopmental impacts of early nutrition and feeding by Claudia A. Carreno, Megan E. Evans, Blakely K. Lockhart, Oziomachukwu Chinaka, Benjamin Katz, Martha Ann Bell, Brittany R. Howell

“…., human milk, alternative milk sources). It is during this time that the brain undergoes its most drastic changes during postnatal development. …”
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Phenotypic and Functional Changes of Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms by Anna Malashicheva, Daria Kostina, Aleksandra Kostina, Olga Irtyuga, Irina Voronkina, Larisa Smagina, Elena Ignatieva, Natalia Gavriliuk, Vladimir Uspensky, Olga Moiseeva, Jarle Vaage, Anna Kostareva

“…We show for the first time that aortic endothelial cell phenotype is changed in the thoracic aortic aneurysms compared to normal aortic wall. …”
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Variations and Asymmetry in Sacral Ventral Rami Contributions to the Bladder by Rebeccah R. Overton, Istvan P. Tamas, Emily P. Day, Nagat Frara, Michel A. Pontari, Susan B. Fecho, Steven N. Popoff, Mary F. Barbe

“…The most common contributor to these shared or single rami contributions was from the S3 ventral ramus, which contributed 100% of the time on the left side and 79% on the right side. …”
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Case report: Personalized management of treatment resistance in advanced NSCLC patients with mutated epidermal growth factor receptor: special examples and literature review by Jun Wang, Jun Wang, Xiaojing Li, Shuang Dong, Sheng Hu, Fengming Ran, Yu Qian

“…Based on the pathological, the patient received combination therapy with anlotinib at different times and achieved a long survival time.…”
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Structural and dynamic changes in mixed forests of beech and fir on Mt. Goč by Snežana Obradović, Damjan Pantić, Milan Medarević, Biljana Šljukić, Biljana Pešić

“…Self-regulatory processes that are allowed over time, as in the case of the analyzed sample plots, are increasingly distancing us from this goal. …”
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Liver Surgery for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Laparoscopic versus Open Approach by C. G. Ker, J. S. Chen, K. K. Kuo, S. C. Chuang, S. J. Wang, W. C. Chang, K. T. Lee, H. Y. Chen, C. C. Juan

“…The CLIP score for LR and OR was 0.59 ± 0.75 and 0.86 ± 1.04, respectively, (𝑃=.016). The operation time was 156.3 ± 308.2 and 190.9 ± 79.2 min for LR and OR groups, respectively. …”
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Personal Identification Using Embedded Raspberry Pi-Based Face Recognition Systems by Sebastian Pecolt, Andrzej Błażejewski, Tomasz Królikowski, Igor Maciejewski, Kacper Gierula, Sebastian Glowinski

“…Testing under various environmental conditions, facial expressions, and user demographics confirmed the system’s accuracy and efficiency, achieving an average recognition time of 10.5 s under different lighting conditions, such as daylight, artificial light, and low-light scenarios. …”
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Stability Control of the Agricultural Tractor-Trailer System in Saline Alkali Land: A Collaborative Trajectory Planning Approach by Guannan Lei, Shilong Zhou, Penghui Zhang, Fei Xie, Zihang Gao, Li Shuang, Yanyun Xue, Enjie Fan, Zhenbo Xin

“…Based on the intrinsic property of the lateral deviation of the TTS, a collaborative trajectory prediction algorithm that satisfies the time domain and system constraints is proposed. Combining the dual-trajectory independent offset and lateral stability parameter of the TTS, an energy function optimization control parameter was constructed to balance the system trajectory tracking performance and lateral control stability. …”
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