STIDNet: Spatiotemporally Integrated Detection Network for Infrared Dim and Small Targets by Liuwei Zhang, Zhitao Zhou, Yuyang Xi, Fanjiao Tan, Qingyu Hou

“…A mapping from the features to the target probability likelihood map is constructed in a spatiotemporal feature fusion module (STFFM) by performing 3D convolutional fusion on the spatially localized saliency and time-domain motion features. Finally, several ablation and comparison experiments indicate the excellent performance of the proposed network. …”
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Exenatide with Metformin Ameliorated Visceral Adiposity and Insulin Resistance by Xuan Du, Wen Lu, Zijun Lu, Xinyu Shao, Chunhong Hu, Bimin Shi

“…Sequential treatment of exenatide and glargine could be an alternative for low-income patients who cannot afford GLP-1 agonist for long time. This trial is registered with ChiCTR-OOC-17013679.…”
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Simulation and Analysis of Small Break LOCA for AP1000 Using RELAP5-MV and Its Comparison with NOTRUMP Code by Eltayeb Yousif, Zhijian Zhang, Zhaofei Tian, Hao-ran Ju

“…The upper limit of SBLOCA (10 inches) is simulated in the cold leg of the reactor and the calculations performed up to a transient time of 450,000.0 s. The results obtained from RELAP5-MV are in good agreement with those of NOTRUMP code obtained by Westinghouse when compared under the same conditions. …”
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Phase Relations in Ba6−3xLn8+2xTi18O54 (Ln = Nd & Sm) Electroceramics by Amanda L. Snashall, Yun Liu, Frank Brink, Ray L. Withers, Steven Cooper

“…In this paper, we report the effects of composition, morphology, and sintering time on the phase relations and properties of BLnTss (Ln = Nd, Nd/Sm, Sm) ceramics. …”
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Management of calls and threats in digital economy of Russia by V. N. Makhalin, O. M. Makhalina

“…Management of the arising calls and threats is a component of management of development of digital economy, but there are some features connected with uncertainty of their emergence both on time and in the direction and in the place. But it doesn’t exclude a possibility of risk management and threats according to the scheme of manage-ment of development of digital economy of an object…”
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IN THIS ISSUE: Indigenous knowledge at the food systems forefront by Duncan Hilchey

“…Keith is very generous with his time and values helping young and emerging Indigenous researchers. …”
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Role of informal healthcare providers in tuberculosis care in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic scoping review. by Poshan Thapa, Rohan Jayasuriya, John J Hall, Kristen Beek, Parthasarathi Mukherjee, Nachiket Gudi, Padmanesan Narasimhan

“…An increasing trend was observed in publication over time, with most published between 2010-2019. In 60% of the articles, NTPs were mentioned as a collaborator in the study. …”
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The Impact of Job Demands and Resources on Overtime Work and Work-Related Health among Employees of The Isfahan Metro Company by Zohre Sharei, Shahin Ebrahimi

“…Results: The results showed that job demands on workaholism (β=0.394, T=5.969, P <0.05) and job resources had a positive and significant relationship with work engagement (β =0.502, T =7.832, p <0.05), and workaholism and work engagement on the relationship between job demands and resources over time and health. Mediating work-related perceptions (Z= 4.383, Z= 2.189, Z= 3.797). …”
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Romantic pre-wedding tourism: a lucrative market for a destination’s tourism development? The example of the Dalat climatic resort in Vietnam by Anh Thư Lê

“…As a climatic health resort built by the French during the time of Indochina (1887-1954), the city has been particularly significant in the development of this form of tourism, as “its original image is linked to romanticism” (Jennings and Larcher-Goscha, 2013; Jennings, 2011). …”
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Evaluation of the Implementation of the Strategy of Social and Economic Development of Territorial Communities in the Context of Achieving Sustainable Development Goals by Nadiia Pylypiv, Svyatoslav Sologub

“…The article proposes, in the context of achieving the sustainable development goals, to form the following BSC blocks for territorial communities: financing, service providers, service consumers, environment, and cooperation, which have their own characteristics and differ significantly from the four blocks of enterprises: internal processes, finance, training and growth (personnel), and customers interacting with each other. At the same time, the indicators selected for assessing these blocks have appropriate interrelationships and provide the necessary analytical information to achieve the strategic goals of the communities. …”
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Implementation of Individual Educational Trajectories in University by O. E. Iatsevich, N. I. Speranskaya, N. V. Omelaenko, V. V. Iudashkina, L. N. Shabatura

“…The IET realization has a number of advantages, at the same time IET is not free from some disadvantages. The problems identified in the course of the study in the implementation of IOT can be minimized, taking into account the recommendations proposed by the authors of the article, which will rationalize and humanize the education-al process. …”
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The relationship between the individual biomechanical properties of the eye and the intraocular pressure measurements based on modern methods of ocular tonometry by M.D. Kats

“…Filatov City Clinical Hospital No. 15, Moscow, Russian Federation </p> <p> ²Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation </p> <p> A thorough analysis of the intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements is crucial for making diagnosis and decisions concerning the management of glaucoma patients. At the same time, there is a large inter-individual variability of ocular anatomical and physiological parameters impacting such measurements. …”
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Dynamics of a Self-Excited Vibrating Thermal Energy Harvester with Shape Memory Alloys and PVDF Cantilevers by Ivo Yotov, Georgi Todorov, Elitsa Gieva, Todor Todorov

“…The vibrational modeling of the SMA filament takes into account the hysteresis properties and their characteristics when the time gradient changes, leading to the appearance of minor and sub-minor hysteresis. …”
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Geometrical design of minichannels with rectangular wall cavities for flow boiling heat transfer enhancement by Mohammad Sina Yaghoubi, Ali Ahmadpour, Majid Saffar-Avval

“…In the present study, the flow boiling inside a minichannel with wall cavities is numerically simulated using the OpenFOAM flow solver, and a parametric study is carried out to find optimal geometrical measures of wall cavities for the first time. The problem is unsteady, and the fluid properties are considered constant. …”
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Electrophoretic patterns of gliadin as markers of genotypes in the analysis of the durum wheat landrace Kubanka by T. I. Peneva, O. A. Lyapunova

“…Studying the genetic diversity of such wheat accessions according to their gliadin bands as markers of genotypes is important for identification and conservation of their gene pool authenticity.Materials and methods. For the first time, molecular markers were used to differentiate among 38 accessions of the local durum wheat variety known under the name of “Kubanka”, collected and placed into the VIR collection in the 1910–1940s, and five accessions from the seed genebanks of the USA and Canada. …”
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Dynamic Trends in Aquatic Product Supply and Consumption in China: Implications for Sustainable Diets and Environmental Impact Reduction by Wanni Yang

“…While overall supply meets consumption needs, structural imbalances persist at the provincial level. Over time, the influence of marine fishery products has declined from 1.06 million tons (63.63%) in 1952 to 35.85 million tons (50.38%) in 2023, whereas offshore aquaculture shows promising potential for meeting future supply demands (23.96 million tons in 2023, accounting for 66.82% of marine fishery production). …”
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Modification of Nafion Membranes by IL-Cation Exchange: Chemical Surface, Electrical and Interfacial Study by V. Romero, M. V. Martínez de Yuso, A. Arango, E. Rodríguez-Castellón, J. Benavente

“…Electrical characterization of the dry Nafion-112 membrane was performed by impedance spectroscopy while different HCl solutions were used for membrane potential measurements. A study of time evolution of the impedance curves measured in the system “IL aqueous solution/Nafion-112 membrane/IL aqueous solution” was also performed. …”
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Invisible Scout: A Layer 2 Anomaly System for Detecting Rogue Access Point (RAP) by Diki Arisandi, Nazrul M. Ahmad, Subarmaniam Kannan

“…Future research should focus on refining the detection mechanism, incorporating real-time response capabilities, and expanding testing to diverse network scenarios.   …”
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Opportunities to use the EU countries experience in the field of preventive police activities in Ukraine by O. Yu. Prokopenko, D. O. Bulatin, R. O. Kushnirenko

“…In this regard, the experience of a single country cannot be used as a basis for implementation within national realities. At the same time, it is noted that our state should not refuse to borrow European experience in preventive activities. …”
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Role of immediate injection of methylene blue after fiberoptic ductoscopy in selective ductectomy for patients with pathological nipple discharge by Fengfeng Zhang, Silei Wang, Bin Liu, Wenshi Yang

“…The dyeing effect and the operation time were assessed. The pathological results were analyzed with clinical characteristics and ductoscopic appearances. …”
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