Addressing the emerging threat of Oropouche virus: implications and public health responses for healthcare systems by Olalekan John Okesanya, Blessing Olawumi Amisu, Olaniyi Abideen Adigun, Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed, Abdulmajeed Opeyemi Agboola, Tolga Kab, Gilbert Eshun, Bonaventure Michael Ukoaka, Tolutope Adebimpe Oso, Jerico Bautista Ogaya, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno

“…The ability of the virus to thrive in both forested and urban areas has raised concerns regarding its potential spread to new regions, particularly in the context of climate change. This paper delves into the epidemiology, clinical features, and transmission patterns of OROV, shedding light on the difficulties in diagnosing and managing the disease. …”
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Investigate on surface/subsurface damage mechanisms and manufacturability of ultra-smooth surface in ultra-precision ductile grinding of sapphire optics by Sheng Wang, Qinghe Zhang, Qingliang Zhao, Ming Zhou

“…However, due to the extremely high hardness and fracture toughness of sapphire that has brought unprecedented huge challenges for the ultra-precision grinding techniques in terms of surface/subsurface damage characteristics and evolution mechanisms. In this paper, the surface/subsurface damage mechanisms and manufacturability of ultra-smooth surface in ultra-precision ductile grinding of sapphire were systematically investigated. …”
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Physiochemical and Phytochemical Properties of Wax Apple (Syzygium samarangense [Blume] Merrill & L. M. Perry var. Jambu Madu) as Affected by Growth Regulator Application by Mohammad Moneruzzaman Khandaker, Amru Nasrulhaq Boyce, Normaniza Osman, ABM Sharif Hossain

“…This study represents the first paper of the effects of growth regulators on the physiochemical and phytochemical properties of the wax apple fruit, a widely cultivated fruit tree in southeast Asia. …”
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Enhancing value cocreation orientation in service innovation: a new service development and service design integrated process by João Francisco da Fontoura Vieira, Márcia Elisa Soares Echeveste, Maria Auxiliadora Cannarozzo Tinoco, Arthur Marcon, Érico Marcon, Fernando Henrique Lermen

“…After applying and evaluating the model, this study provides evidence that (i) hybrid waterfall-cyclic dynamic contributes to managing complexity in service innovation, while maintaining customer focus and creativity; (ii) recurring studies of customer needs in distinct service innovation phases, each focusing on a specific service element, contribute to enriching the understanding of such needs; (iii) active customer involvement in proposing and selecting each service prerequisites across service innovation phases tends to enhance resource integration and value cocreation; (iv) waterfall and cyclic hybrid approach for service innovation contributes to generating detailed service prerequisites specifications, leading to more effective implementation; and (v) customer-centered dynamics throughout the service innovation process contribute to promoting cross-departmental integration, embedding customer needs across the organization. This paper contributes to deepening the discussion on implementing value cocreation in service innovation.…”
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Identifying time patterns in Huntington’s disease trajectories using dynamic time warping-based clustering on multi-modal data by Alexia Giannoula, Audrey E. De Paepe, Ferran Sanz, Laura I. Furlong, Estela Camara

“…A Dynamic Time Warping-based unsupervised-clustering methodology is presented in this paper for the clustering of patient trajectories of multi-modal health data on the basis of shared temporal characteristics. …”
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Identification method of wheel-rail two-point contact state in switch area by Ping Lu, Xinyi Li, Dabin Cui, Boyang An, Wenpeng Jiang

“…Given the problem that the current dynamic wheel-rail contact state is challenging to detect, a theory to detect the two-point contact state of the wheel-rail in switch area using a discrete gauge column was presented and proved in the finite element model. This paper derived the relationship between strain gauge position and stress using a modified rail model. …”
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Oriented ice eddy detection network based on the Sentinel-1 dual-polarization data by Jinqun Wu, Jinqun Wu, Yiqin Zheng, Tingting Wang, Chunyong Ma, Chunyong Ma, Ge Chen, Ge Chen

“…In the Marginal Ice Zones (MIZs), ice eddies contribute to the accelerated melting of surface sea ice by facilitating vertical heat transfer, which influences the evolution of the marginal ice zone and plays an indirect role in regulating global climate. In this paper, we employed high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery and proposed an oriented ice eddy detection network (OIEDNet) framework to conduct automated detection and spatiotemporal analysis of ice eddies in the Nordic Seas. …”
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Imperfect bipolarity: The ‘third power’ factor in Soviet-American relations in the nuclear field (1958–1968) by V. А. Veselov

“…On the basis of a number of historical cases, the paper demonstrates that during this period the superpowers constantly had to reckon with the ‘third power’ factor. …”
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A topology-guided high-quality solution learning framework for security-constraint unit commitment based on graph convolutional network by Liqian Gao, Lishen Wei, Shichang Cui, Jiakun Fang, Xiaomeng Ai, Wei Yao, Jinyu Wen

“…The computational hardness of SCUC remains a significant issue in the power system and electricity market operations, especially with the rapid expansion of the power system, leading to increased challenges of obtaining a high-quality solution in a fast way. In this sense, this paper proposes a topology-guided high-quality solution learning framework based on graph convolutional network (GCN) and neighborhood search (NS). …”
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Single-Path High-Resolution Digital PWM Architectures With Cascadability of Delay Lines by Marziyeh Hajiheidari, Joel Fushekati, Mohammad Emad, Bas J. D. Vermulst, Jeroen van Duivenbode, Henk Huisman

“…This paper introduces two new single-path and cascaded High-Resolution Digital Pulse Width Modulation (HRDPWM) architectures. …”
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THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES OF WESTERN SIBERIA: DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AND GROWTH PARADOXES by Andrei G. Shelomentsev, Vladimir M. Kurikov, Kseniya S. Goncharova, Alina V. Istratii

“…This paper analyzes socio-demographic trends over the past sixty years in the northern territories of Western Siberia, specifically the Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs. …”

Leptin Regulates Proliferation and Apoptosis in Human Prostate by Eduardo Leze, Jorge Luiz Alves-Pereira, Sicilia Colli, Fernanda Silveira Cavalcante, Francisco José Sampaio, Cristiane da Fonte Ramos

“…This paper aimed to evaluate the leptin role on the cellular proliferation and the expression of fibroblast growth factor 2, aromatase enzyme, and apoptotic genes in the human prostate tissue. …”
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Critical Factors Affecting Quality of Building Projects: Professionals Service Providers’ Perspectives by Olusola Aluko, Modupe Mewomo

“…Notwithstanding, previous studies lacked in-depth explorations of professional service providers’ views on critical factors affecting the quality of building projects. Consequently, this paper evaluates critical factors that affect the quality of building projects from the professional service providers’ views. …”
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Elucidation of potential relationship between endogenous proteases and key flavor substances in dry-cured pork coppa by Mingming Li, Qiujin Zhu, Chao Qu, Xiaohui Gong, Yunhan Zhang, Xin Zhang, Shouwei Wang

“…The purpose aimed to reveal the potential relationship between endogenous proteases and key flavor substances in dry-cured pork coppa in this paper. The dynamic changes of endogenous proteases activity, free amino acids, and volatiles during dry-cured pork coppa processing were characterized. …”
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Semantic aware enhanced event causality identification by Xinfang Liu, Wenzhong Yang, Fuyuan Wei, Zhonghua Wu

“…However, this approach underestimates the semantic features of the original input sentences and performs poorly in capturing implicit causal relations. Therefore, this paper proposes a new framework based on Hierarchical Feature Extraction and Prompt-aware Attention (HFEPA) to address the issues above. …”
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Optimization of Barrier Pillar Design in Longwall Mining with Top Coal Caving in Spontaneous Combustion Coal Seam by Qiang Fu, Ke Yang, Qinjie Liu, Shuai Liu, Xiang He, Xin Lyu

“…Determining a reasonable barrier pillar along gob-side entry of spontaneous combustion coal seam is of great significance to the prevention of spontaneous combustion. In this paper, considering the actual situation of 4301 and 4302 working faces of II-class spontaneous combustion coal seam in Changheng Mine, the characteristics of rock mass collapse and mining-induced stress redistribution of barrier pillar and adjacent area were analyzed, the cusp catastrophe model of coal pillar instability and the theoretical model of limit width of coal pillar air leakage spontaneous combustion were established, and a measurement scheme of side abutment pressure in 4301 working face was carried out. …”
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A Study on the Differences in Optimized Inputs of Various Data-Driven Methods for Battery Capacity Prediction by Kuo Xin, Fu Jia, Byoungik Choi, Geesoo Lee

“…Therefore, comparing the differences in optimized input features for different neural networks is essential. This paper extracts 11 types of lithium battery-related health features, and experiments are conducted on two traditional machine learning networks and three advanced deep learning networks in three aspects of input differences. …”
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Effects of H^{−} low beam irradiation and high field pulsing tests in different metals by C. Serafim, S. Calatroni, F. Djurabekova, R. Peacock, V. Bjelland, A. T. Perez-Fontenla, W. Wuensch, A. Grudiev, S. Sgobba, A. Lombardi, E. Sargsyan

“…SS316LN, Ti6Al4V, CuBe2, and CuCr1Zr showed maximum surface electric fields higher than copper, making these promising candidate materials for future RFQs manufacturing. This paper focuses on the results with CuCr1Zr, CuBe2, SS316LN, and Ta, complementing and expanding previous work exploring Cu-OFE, Nb, and Ti6Al4V.…”
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Learning Robust Output Control Barrier Functions From Safe Expert Demonstrations by Lars Lindemann, Alexander Robey, Lejun Jiang, Satyajeet Das, Stephen Tu, Nikolai Matni

“…This paper addresses learning safe output feedback control laws from partial observations of expert demonstrations. …”
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Cardiovascular Disease Detection through Innovative Imbalanced Learning and AUC Optimization by Karthikeyan Palanisamy, Krishnaveni Krishnasamy, Praba Venkadasamy

“…Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a primary global health concern, impacting the heart and blood vessels extensively. In this paper, we introduce a novel imbalanced learning approach named Imbalanced Maximizing-Area Under the Curve (AUC) Proximal Support Vector Machine (ImAUC-PSVM), which harnesses the foundational principles of traditional PSVM for the detection of CVDs. …”
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