Enhancing Building Evacuation Efficiency in Case of Fire Breakout by Integrating Evacuee Categorization Into an Agent-Based Simulation by Selain K. Kasereka, Noella E. Kalondji, Godwill W. K. Ilunga, Ruffin-Benoit M. Ngoie, Kyandoghere Kyamakya, Nathanael M. Kasoro

“…Evacuating occupants from a burning building presents significant challenges owing to the complex interplay between environmental factors and evacuee behavior. Numerous models have been proposed in recent years for building evacuation during fire emergencies. …”
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Improving Implementation of NCD Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Case of Fixed Dose Combinations for Hypertension in Kenya by Adrianna Murphy, Daniel Mbuthia, Ruth Willis, Benjamin Tsofa, Mary Gichagua, Peter Mugo, Kara Hanson, Michael R. Reich

“…These include lack of global implementation guidance, context specific cost-effectiveness data, or prioritization by procurement agencies and clinical guidelines; perceived high cost; poor data for demand forecasting; insufficient budget for procurement of NCD medications; absence of prescriber training and awareness of clinical guidelines; and habitual prescribing behavior and understaffing limiting capacity for change. …”
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Proportional-Switch Adjustment Process-Based Day-by-Day Evolution Model for Mixed Traffic Flow in an Autonomous Driving Environment by Yihao Huang, Han Zhang, Aiwu Kuang

“…The daily dynamic evolution model can capture the temporal evolution of traffic flow in road networks, with a focus on the daily path choice behavior of travelers and the evolving traffic flow in the network. …”
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Transcriptome Concordance Between Borderline Tumors and Endometrioid Carcinoma: An Integrative Genomic Analysis by Mio Takahashi, Kohei Nakamura, Tatsuyuki Chiyoda, Chihiro Okada, Sachio Nohara, Reika Takamatsu, Shintaro Yanazume, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nishihara, Wataru Yamagami

“…ABSTRACT Background Borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs) differ from ovarian carcinomas in their clinical presentation and behavior, yet their molecular characteristics remain poorly understood. …”
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A reliable and privacy-preserved federated learning framework for real-time smoking prediction in healthcare by Siddhesh Fuladi, D. Ruby, N. Manikandan, Animesh Verma, M. K. Nallakaruppan, Shitharth Selvarajan, Shitharth Selvarajan, Shitharth Selvarajan, Preeti Meena, V. P. Meena, Ibrahim A. Hameed

“…By utilizing a distributed approach, the framework ensures secure, privacy-preserved model training on decentralized devices, enabling the capture of diverse smoking behavior patterns. The proposed framework incorporates careful data preprocessing, rational model architecture selection, and optimal parameter tuning to predict smoking with high precision. …”
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Study on the Adsorption Mechanism of Hydrophobic SiO2 Nanoparticles: A Molecular Dynamics Study by Runnan Zhou, Yuyuan Wang, Dong Zhang, Peng Ye, Jianguang Wei

“…Despite many experiments that have proved that nanoparticles can be adsorbed on the rock surface in a macroscopic perspective, the adsorption mechanism and the effects of molecular structure on the adsorption behavior of nanoparticles on rock surfaces remain scarce. …”
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A numerical investigation of heat transfer performance in a prismatic battery cooling system using hybrid nanofluids by B. Venkateswarlu, Santosh Chavan, Sang Woo Joo, Sung Chul Kim, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar

“…The results are analyzed to evaluate the coolant temperature, flow behavior, and heat transfer efficiency of the nanofluids surrounding the battery under varying factors. …”
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From nanoscale heterogeneities to nanolites: cation clustering in glasses by Cormier, Laurent, Galoisy, Laurence, Lelong, Gérald, Calas, Georges

“…The structural behavior of cations in multicomponent oxide glasses cannot be described within a random network model, due to the presence of cation clusters that provide original properties. …”
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An indoor positioning method based on bluetooth array/PDR fusion using the SVD-EKF by Chenhui Li, Jie Zhen, Jianxin Wu

“…However, indoor environment is unpredictable, and the user's behavior is also random. Inevitably, some signal reflection and other factors will affect the positioning accuracy. …”
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Fabrication of Thymoquinone and Ascorbic Acid-Loaded Spanlastics Gel for Hyperpigmentation: In Vitro Release, Cytotoxicity, and Skin Permeation Studies by Ahlam Zaid Alkilani, Rua’a Alkhaldi, Haneen A. Basheer, Bassam I. Amro, Maram A. Alhusban

“…Additionally, R-1 gel was significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.05) more spreadable than control gel, and exhibited a shear thinning behavior. Most importantly, ex vivo skin deposition studies confirmed superior skin deposition of TQ and AA from spanlastic gels. …”
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Can the African weaver ant be used as a vector of entomopathogenic fungi to bolster the biological control of tephritid fruit fly pests? by Thibault Nève de Mévergnies, Samba Diop, Massamba Diakhaté, Claire Detrain, Frédéric Bouvery, Thierry Brévault, Anaïs Chailleux

“…Results showed that while M. anisopliae was intrinsically pathogenic to the weaver ants, they were able to detect its presence and adjust their behavior according to its concentration. Despite exposure, the ants effectively protected themselves through social immunity behaviors. …”
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Enhancing magnetic hyperthermia: Investigating iron oxide nanoparticle coating and stability by Joana Santos, Jorge Carvalho Silva, Manuel A. Valente, Tânia Vieira, Paula I.P. Soares

“…OA- and DMSA-coated SPIONs, both negatively charged NPs, exhibited similar behavior in protein corona formation and MH tests. …”
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Intimate and Personal Sphere in the System of Vital Values of the Anomalous Person – the Offender by A. M. Bolshakova, T. O. Perevozna, I. O. Videnieiev, O. M. Khartsii

“…The authors have studied 100 individuals with personality abnormalities and unlawful behavior. The control group consisted of 50 individuals without personality abnormalities who did not commit offenses and would refer to the main group according to socio-demographic indicators. …”
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A novel virtual inductor optimization methodology of virtual synchronous generators for enhanced power decoupling by Xin Zhang, Lijiao Gong, Yanjun Zhang, Xiaolei Ma, Lianshan Han, Santao Jiang, Weiji Zhou

“…The integration of increasing amounts of inverter-interfaced generation units into power network presents critical challenges regarding the dynamic behavior and stability of grid-connected power electronic systems. …”
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Petrophysical Properties and Microstructural Analysis of Faulted Heterolithic Packages: A Case Study from Miocene Turbidite Successions, Italy by Hannah Riegel, Miller Zambrano, Fabrizio Balsamo, Luca Mattioni, Emanuele Tondi

“…A fault can behave as a conduit or barrier to fluid flow depending on its architecture and the individual hydraulic behavior of its components (i.e., fault core, damage zone). …”
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Economic Evaluation of a Novel Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in US Motor Vehicle Drivers by Jacie T. Cooper, John E. Schneider, Jim Potenziano, David S. Fam

“…ADHD is associated with high-risk driving behavior and costly motor vehicle accidents. DYANAVEL XR (DXR) (Tris Pharma, Inc.) is a once-daily fast-acting amphetamine developed for ADHD treatment. …”
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Rutting Caused by Grouser Wheel of Planetary Rover in Single-Wheel Testbed: LiDAR Topographic Scanning and Analysis by Keisuke Takehana, Vinicius Emanoel Ares, Shreya Santra, Kentaro Uno, Eric Rohmer, Kazuya Yoshida

“…This paper presents datasets and analyses of 3D LiDAR scans capturing the rutting behavior of a rover wheel in a single-wheel terramechanics testbed. …”
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Hot deformation physical mechanisms and a unified constitutive model of a solid solution Ti55511 alloy deformed in the two-phase region by Huijie Zhang, Y.C. Lin, Gang Su, Yongfu Xie, Wei Qiu, Ningfu Zeng, Song Zhang, Guicheng Wu

“…In this work, the flow behaviors and microstructure evolution of a solid solution Ti55511 alloy deformed in the two-phase region are investigated by hot compression experiments. …”
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Socioeconomic and behavioural factors that contribute to the co-occurrence of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases by Naftal Sakaria, Nelago Indongo

“…NCDs share key modifiable behavioral risk factors like unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity that are typically established during adolescence or young adulthood and will set the stage for NCDs development later in life. …”
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A new potential of sodium anthraquinone-2-sulfonate as a corrosion inhibitor for carbon steel in 0.5 M H2SO4 by Nikolay Akatyev, Roza Kenzhegalieva, Meruyet Khapiyeva, Gauhar Uzakbay, Aruzhan Talapova, Ruben Vardanyan

“…Weight loss measurements, electrochemical tests, and metal surface analysis were carried out in this study to evaluate the adsorption behavior of the compound and its influence on the corrosion rate of carbon steel in 0.5 mol dm-3 H2SO4 solution. …”
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