Artificial intelligence in high-dose-rate brachytherapy treatment planning for cervical cancer: a review by Junyue Shi, Junyue Shi, Jun Chen, Gaokui He, Qinghe Peng

“…Cervical cancer remains a significant global health concern, characterized by high morbidity and mortality rates. …”
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RESILIENCE IN AGRICULTURE: IS THERE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CHAOS? by Marlena Grzelczak, Agnieszka Kurdyś-Kujawska, Michał Soliwoda

“…It would be advisable to develop a global measure of risk resistance in parallel (e.g., in the form of a synthetic index).…”
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Tracing glass production in urban centers along the Silk Roads in the early Islamic period by Andrew Meek, St John Simpson, Nadine Schibille

“…We propose that the old model of a globalized glass trade disintegrates by the 9th century in favor of a more flexible and diverse production model, reflected in a variety of localized compositional groups.…”
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Revealing how internal sensors in a smart battery impact the local graphite lithiation mechanism by Annabel Olgo, Sylvie Genies, Romain Franchi, Cédric Septet, Quentin Jacquet, Quentin Berrod, Rasmus Palm, Pascale Chenevier, Elise Villemin, Claire Villevieille, Nils Blanc, Samuel Tardif, Olivier Raccurt, Sandrine Lyonnard

“…To address this question, we perform a synchrotron operando X-ray diffraction experiment to investigate the local and global impact of the presence of internal sensors on a commercial prismatic Li-ion battery cell at various (dis)charge rates. …”
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Challenges in the post-covid-19 world by Fernando H. Taques

“…Economically, the pandemic has triggered widespread job losses, business closures, and disruptions to global supply chains, resulting in economic recessions and financial hardship for individuals and businesses alike. …”
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Advanced Harmony Search with Ant Colony Optimization for Solving the Traveling Salesman Problem by Ho-Yoeng Yun, Suk-Jae Jeong, Kyung-Sup Kim

“…In our algorithm, Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is used to search the local optimum in the solution space, followed by the use of the Harmony Search to escape the local optimum determined by the ACO and to move towards a global optimum. Experiments were performed to validate the efficiency of our algorithm through a comparison with other algorithms and the optimum solutions presented in the TSPLIB. …”
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Asian Perspective on Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Elimination by Apichat Kaewdech, Phunchai Charatcharoenwitthaya, Teerha Piratvisuth

“…Given the overlapping epidemiology of HBV and HCV, comprehensive public health interventions tailored to the unique contexts of different Asian countries are crucial for achieving global elimination goals. This review examines the epidemiological trends, challenges, and opportunities for addressing HBV and HCV in Asia, emphasizing the importance of overcoming sociocultural barriers to improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment efforts across diverse populations.…”
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Comparative Thermal Analysis of Different Cool Roof Materials for Minimizing Building Energy Consumption by Y. Anand, A. Gupta, A. Maini, Avi Gupta, A. Sharma, A. Khajuria, S. Gupta, S. Sharma, S. Anand, S. K. Tyagi

“…The roof and walls in the urban areas contribute to major share in the absorption of solar radiations and also retard the outflow of the absorbed radiation from the building envelope, thereby increasing the global warming by inducing the heat island effect. …”
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Naturally occurring volatile organic compounds in deep bedrock groundwater by Riikka Kietäväinen, Mari Nyyssönen, Maija Nuppunen-Puputti, Malin Bomberg

“…Although their natural sources remain poorly characterized, they potentially have profound effects on global elemental cycles and safety assessment of underground facilities. …”
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Molecular Profiles of Cell-to-Cell Variation in the Regenerative Potential of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by Kim C. O’Connor

“…Cell surface markers and global signatures are presented for proliferation and differentiation potential, as well as immunomodulation and trophic properties. …”
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UFIR Filtering for GPS-Based Tracking over WSNs with Delayed and Missing Data by Karen Uribe-Murcia, Yuriy S. Shmaliy, Jose A. Andrade-Lucio

“…In smart cities, vehicles tracking is organized to increase safety by localizing cars using the Global Positioning System (GPS). The GPS-based system provides accurate tracking but is also required to be reliable and robust. …”
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Climate Change Shrinks and Fragments Salmon Habitats in a Snow‐Dependent Region by Daniele Tonina, James A. McKean, Daniel Isaak, Rohan M. Benjankar, Chunling Tang, Qiuwen Chen

“…Abstract Climate change threatens biodiversity through global alteration of habitats, but efficient conservation responses are often hindered by imprecise downscaling of impacts. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Cutaneous Wound Healing: Current Evidence and Future Potential by M. Isakson, C. de Blacam, D. Whelan, A. McArdle, A. J. P. Clover

“…The ability of skin to expeditiously repair wounds is paramount to survival. With an aging global population, coupled with a rise in the prevalence of conditions such as diabetes, chronic wounds represent a significant biomedical burden. …”
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Minimizing Stress Shielding and Cement Damage in Cemented Femoral Component of a Hip Prosthesis through Computational Design Optimization by Abdellah Ait Moussa, Justin Fischer, Rohan Yadav, Morshed Khandaker

“…In the following analysis we introduce a novel methodology to achieve this objective, the numerical technique combines automatic and realistic modeling of the implant and embedding medium, and finite element analysis to assess the levels of stress shielding and cement damage and, finally, global optimization, using orthogonal arrays and probabilistic restarts, were used. …”
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Exploring Immune Responses through Dynamic Modeling of Cell-Immune Interactions in Viral Infection and Vaccination by Kwang Su Kim, Il Hyo Jung, Jong Hyuk Byun

“…Infectious diseases pose a significant threat to global health, necessitating the development of effective vaccination strategies. …”
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Distributed Control of a Manufacturing System with One-Dimensional Cellular Automata by Irving Barragan-Vite, Juan C. Seck-Tuoh-Mora, Norberto Hernandez-Romero, Joselito Medina-Marin, Eva S. Hernandez-Gress

“…However, the interaction among the resources such as whether they are shared at different stages of the manufacturing process determines the global dynamics of the system. A procedure is shown to obtain the local evolution rule of the automaton based on the relationships among the resources and the material flow through the manufacturing process. …”
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Ionospheric Gradient Threat Mitigation in Future Dual Frequency GBAS by Michael Felux, Mihaela-Simona Circiu, Jiyun Lee, Florian Holzapfel

“…The Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) is a landing system for aircraft based on differential corrections for the signals of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), such as GPS or Galileo. …”
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Two-Dimensional DOA Estimation for Uniform Rectangular Array Using Reduced-Dimension Propagator Method by Ming Zhou, Xiaofei Zhang, Xiaofeng Qiu, Chenghua Wang

“…The proposed algorithm requires no eigenvalue decomposition of the covariance matrix of the receive data and simplifies two-dimensional global searching in two-dimensional PM (2D-PM) to one-dimensional local searching. …”
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Targeting to BMP9 to restrain flare-up of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva by Qiwen Li, Quan Yuan

“…The prevalence is approximately one in 2.5 million births, with over 2,500 cases diagnosed globally. Although rare, FOP is a severe and life-limiting condition with no current cure. …”
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Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient Coefficients with Exact and Strong Wolfe Line Searches Techniques by Awad Abdelrahman, Mogtaba Mohammed, Osman O. O. Yousif, Murtada K. Elbashir

“…We ensure that with this modification, the method is still achieving the sufficient descent condition and global convergence via both exact and strong Wolfe line searches. …”
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