P2P and MPEG FGS Encoding: A Good Recipe for Multipoint Video Transmission on the Internet by Alfio Lombardo, Diego Reforgiato, Giovanni Schembra

“…However, although P2P technology gives new opportunities to define an efficient multimedia streaming application, at the same time it involves a set of technical challenges and issues due to the best-effort service offered by the Internet and its dynamic and heterogeneous nature. …”
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Delayered IC image analysis with template‐based Tanimoto Convolution and Morphological Decision by Deruo Cheng, Yiqiong Shi, Tong Lin, Bah‐Hwee Gwee, Kar‐Ann Toh

“…Our proposed TCMD model also achieves competitive accuracy with the reported deep U‐net while requiring 13× shorter training/validation time. To further improve the pixel‐wise precision of the retrieved poly lines, which is important for applications such as analog circuit analysis, we propose a deep learning‐based TCMD‐PL model. …”
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Perceptions and attitudes of medical students toward opioid education: A qualitative study by Angelina Luciano, Mara Schenker, Dawn L. Comeau, Courtney R. Yarbrough, Nicholas A. Giordano

“…Results: Focus group participants indicated they experienced changes in their perceptions and attitudes about opioids during their time in medical school, gradually recognizing the importance of treating pain while avoiding overprescribing and opioid-related harms. …”
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Covid-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among medical students of Faisalabad by Mohi Ud Din, Umer Shahid, Abdul Qudoos, Roman Ahmed, Muazzama Sohail, Saima Javed

“…Most of the participants also showed concerns regarding severe adverse effects of these vaccine and on vaccine trials also before making it available for general public. At the same time, participants showed trust on information about Covid-19 vaccine from government and public health experts. …”
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Multi-type low-rate DDoS attack detection method based on hybrid deep learning by Lijuan LI, Man LI, Hongjun BI, Huachun ZHOU

“…Low-Rate distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack attacks the vulnerabilities in the adaptive mechanism of network protocols, posing a huge threat to the quality of network services.Low-Rate DDoS attack was characterized by high secrecy, low attack rate, and periodicity.Existing detection methods have the problems of single detection type and low identification accuracy.In order to solve them, a multi-type low-rate DDoS attack detection method based on hybrid deep learning was proposed.Different types of low-rate DDoS attacks and normal traffic in different scenarios under 5G environment were simulated.Traffic was collected at the network entrance and its traffic characteristic information was extracted to obtain multiple types of low-rate DDoS attack data sets.From the perspective of statistical threshold and feature engineering, the characteristics of different types of low-rate DDoS attacks were analyzed respectively, and the effective feature set of 40-dimension low-rate DDoS attacks was obtained.CNN-RF hybrid deep learning algorithm was used for offline training based on the effective feature set, and the performance of this algorithm was compared with LSTM-Light GBM and LSTM-RF algorithms.The CNN-RF detection model was deployed on the gateway to realize the online detection of multiple types of low-rate DDoS attacks, and the performance was evaluated by using the newly defined error interception rate and malicious traffic detection rate indexes.The results show that the proposed method can detect four types of low-rate DDoS attacks online, including Slow Headers attack, Slow Body attack, Slow Read attack and Shrew attack, and the error interception rate reaches 11.03% in 120 s time window.The detection rate of malicious traffic reaches 96.22%.It can be judged by the results that the proposed method can significantly reduce the intensity of low-rate DDoS attack traffic at the network entrance, and can be deployed and applied in the actual environment.…”
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Strengthening liability for unauthorised abandonment of a military unit or place of service in the light of current criminal law issues by Р. І. Tkachenko

“…The impossibility of applying the institution of exemption from serving a sentence with probation was considered as a criminal legal consequence in the course of acquired changes. At the same time, separate criminal law norms that are applied by the courts after the acquisition of changes in the criminal legislation have been highlighted. …”
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Cerebral blood flow and histological analysis for the accurate differentiation of infiltrating tumor and vasogenic edema in glioblastoma. by Hideki Kuroda, Yoshiko Okita, Atsuko Arisawa, Reina Utsugi, Koki Murakami, Ryuichi Hirayama, Noriyuki Kijima, Hideyuki Arita, Manabu Kinoshita, Yasunori Fujimoto, Hajime Nakamura, Naoki Kagawa, Noriyuki Tomiyama, Haruhiko Kishima

“…The DSC-MR perfusion imaging-derived parameters calculated for each ROI included the cerebral blood volume (CBV), cerebral blood flow (CBF), and mean transit time (MTT).<h4>Results</h4>Cell density and microvessel area were significantly higher in NETs than those in Edemas (p<0.01 and p<0.05, respectively). …”
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Is Helicobacter pylori eradication required for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-associated erosions and ulcers? by A. Ye. Karateyev, Ye. V. Moroz, Anastasia V. Tsurgan, N. V. Gontarenko

“…H. pylori eradication is capable to decrease the risk of gastrointestinal diseases if carried out prior to NSAIDs prescription. At the same time, severe complicated forms of gastrointestinal diseases are common in H. pylori-negative patients, and H. pylori eradication in patients with NSAID-associated ulcers or ulcer bleeding does not provide essential decrease in recurrence rate at ongoing NSAID intake. …”
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The Effect of Aerobic Training on Weight Loss in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Is It a Sufficient Form of Exercise? by Anita Ptak, Michał Szyc

“…The implementation of training supports weight reduction and, at the same time, has a positive impact on fitness and physical performance. …”
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Prediction of Current and Future Distributions of Chalcophora detrita (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Under Climate Change Scenarios by Arif Duyar, Muhammed Arif Demir, Mahmut Kabalak

“…Two different future scenarios (SSP2‐4.5, relatively optimistic and SSP5‐8.5, most pessimistic) are divided into 2021–2040, 2041–2060, 2061–2080 and 2081–2100 time periods. The results of our ENM indicated that bioclimatic variables contribute more than topographic and land cover variables to suitable habitats for the species under current conditions. …”
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PECULIARITIES OF THE SURFACE FLAW DETECTION BY ELASTIC WAVES SIMULATED BY PULSE-LASER RADIATION by А. R. Bаеv, A. I. Мitkovets, D. A Коstiuk, G. E. Konovalov

“…In the first case amplitude growth of the signal was up to 7–8 time – like as resonance conditions realized. And the ratio of the laser’s beam spot width (as long strip) to wave length were ≈ 1.8–2.2. …”
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Analysis of the Impact of Big Data on E-Commerce in Cloud Computing Environment by Rongrui Yu, Chunqiong Wu, Bingwen Yan, Baoqin Yu, Xiukao Zhou, Yanliang Yu, Na Chen

“…This method can avoid the disadvantages of the traditional e-commerce, where large-scale data cannot be processed in a timely manner, realize the value of mining data behind, and realize the precision marketing of e-commerce enterprises.…”
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Heart rate variability is more sensitive to stress than heart rate in specialist police undergoing selection. by Colin Tomes, Ben Schram, Elisa Canetti, Robin Orr

“…This study included a cohort of six male PTG candidates (n = 6) undergoing selection. As illustrated by a time-series plot, HR values were generally unremarkable, but HRV values were potentially depressed, and tentatively indicated overstress when count data from consecutive short-term analyses were derived. …”
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Adaptive Asymptotic Shape Synchronization of a Chaotic System with Applications for Image Encryption by Yangxin Luo, Yuanyuan Huang, Fei Yu, Diqing Liang, Hairong Lin

“…Diverging from the existing work on shape synchronization, this paper introduces the application of adaptive control methods to achieve asymptotic shape synchronization for the first time. By designing an adaptive controller using the proposed adaptive rule, the response system under control is able to attain asymptotic synchronization with the drive system. …”
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The Effectiveness of Bandotan (Ageratum conyzoides L.) Leaf Extract on Mortality of Boophilus microplus In Vitro by Dwi Retno Widyawati, Iwan Sahrial Hamid, Moh. Sukmanadi, Sri Agus Sudjarwo, Muhammad Hambal

“…The purpose of this research is to find the effectiveness of bandotan's (Ageratum conyzoides L.) leaf extract on mortality of Boophilus microplus in vitro and also to get of lethal concentration and lethal time. This research used 125 Boophilus microplus. …”
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Evaluation of the Relationship between Early Troponin Clearance and Short-Term Mortality in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure by Ahmet Ozbek, Abdullah Algın, Gokhan Tas, Mehmet Ozgur Erdogan

“…By taking the baseline troponin at the time of emergency presentation as reference and comparing them with the fourth-hour troponin values, troponin clearance was investigated in the evaluation of mortality among hospitalized patients with CKD within the first month after discharge. …”
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Surgical Outcomes in Macular Telangiectasia Type 2-Related Macular Holes: A Report on Four Patients by Kinza T. Ahmad, Joseph Chacko, Ahmed B. Sallam, David B. Warner, Sami H. Uwaydat

“…Visual acuity (VA) at the time of surgery ranged from 20/50 to 20/200. Successful hole closure was achieved in four out of five eyes, and final VA ranged from 20/20 to 20/40 at follow-up visits greater than 20 months postoperatively. …”
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Association of body roundness index with cardiovascular disease in patients with cardiometabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2009-2018 by Xiaohua He, Jingling Zhu, Wenfei Liang, Xiuling Yang, Weimin Ning, Zhan Zhao, Jingyi Chen, Qiuxing He

“…Therefore, this study intends to investigate the association of BRI with the risk of CVD and its components including congestive heart failure (CHF), coronary heart disease (CHD), angina, heart attack, and stroke in patients with CMS. At the same time, we hypothesized that BRI would identify CVD better than BMI or WC.MethodsData from the 2009-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). …”
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PROBLEMS OF DIPLOMACY IN THE PROCESS OF EURASIAN INTEGRATION by A. A. Durdyyeva

“…The evolution of the EAU from idea to the main stages of implementation took quite a lot of time. The modern political initiative proceeding from the leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus represents a mature legal form, which actually reflects the historically prevalent tendency of the post-Soviet peoples to associate with each other. …”
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Modern approaches to the therapy of computer visual syndrome by Zakharova M.A., Zh.G. Oganezova

“…According to the estimates of different researchers, working with a computer for more than three hours a day leads to the development of the CVS in its different manifestations in 64-90% of users. At the same time, the risk of developing a CVS increases with increasing duration of work at the computer. …”
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