Comparative Analysis of AES, Blowfish, Twofish, Salsa20, and ChaCha20 for Image Encryption by Rebwar Khalid Muhammed, Ribwar Rashid Aziz, Alla Ahmad Hassan, Aso Mohammed Aladdin, Shaida Jumaah Saydah, Tarik Ahmed Rashid, Bryar Ahmad Hassan

“…The as-sessment focused on processing time and speed parameters, examining visual encoding and decoding using Java as the primary platform. A comparative analysis of several symmetric key ciphers was performed, focusing on handling large datasets. …”
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A sedimentological oxymoron: highly evolved glauconite of earliest diagenetic origin by Tribovillard, Nicolas, Bout-Roumazeilles, Viviane, Guillot, François, Baudin, François, Deconinck, Jean-François, Abraham, Romain, Ventalon, Sandra

“…This work examines the possibility of a rapid formation of glauconite in a relatively shallow platform environment (below fair-weather wave baseline). …”
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Serine/threonine protein kinase mediates rifampicin resistance in Brucella melitensis through interacting with ribosomal protein RpsD and affecting antioxidant capacity by Yaqin Yuan, Wenqing Ning, Junjie Chen, Jiquan Li, Tianqi Xue, Cuihong An, Lingling Mao, Guangzhi Zhang, Shizhong Zhou, Jiabo Ding, Xiaowen Yang, Jianqiang Ye

“…Furthermore, the approaches developed in this study provide a platform for screening new resistance genes in Brucella spp., and the identified STPK or its pathway can serve as a potential target for new drug development against rifampicin-resistant Brucella spp.IMPORTANCENew rifampicin resistance gene in Brucella melitensis is identified via bioinformatics predictions and a whole-genome transposon mutant library, new mechanisms of rifampicin resistance in B. melitensis, and new function of serine/threonine protein kinase gene and its interaction proteins.…”
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Complete Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Hartmannibacter diazotrophicus Strain E19T by Christian Suarez, Stefan Ratering, Torsten Hain, Moritz Fritzenwanker, Alexander Goesmann, Jochen Blom, Trinad Chakraborty, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Jörg Overmann, Sylvia Schnell

“…To gain insights into the genetic bases of plant growth promotion and its lifestyle at the rhizosphere under salty conditions, we determined the complete genome sequence using two complementary sequencing platforms (Ilumina MiSeq and PacBio RSII). The E19T genome comprises one circular chromosome and one plasmid containing several genes involved in salt adaptation and genes related to plant growth-promoting traits under salt stress. …”
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Acceptability and Future Considerations for Telegenetic Counseling After the COVID Pandemic: Interviews with Genetic Counselors, Clinicians, and Patients by Meghan C. Martinez MPH, Nina Szwerinski MS, Su-Ying Liang PhD, Sharon Chan MPH, Monique de Bruin MD, Cheryl D. Stults PhD

“…Counselors with broad experience across platforms should be the focus of future recruitment as should patient education around the nature of the genetic counseling visit and the accuracy of various testing options. …”
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Assessing customer satisfaction: the case of test prescribers at the clinical biology laboratory of Centre Muraz/ Institut National de Santé Publique, Burkina Faso by Dame Yenyetou, Issouf Sanou, Chérileila Thiombiano, Bakary Diamoutany Sogodogo, Adama Sanou, Soufiane D. Sanou, Mamoudou Cisse, Amariane M. M. Kone, Aline R. Ouoba, Dramane Kania, Michel K. Gomgnimbou, Ibrahim Sangare, Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo

“…KoboToolbox, a data collection platform, was used. To compute frequencies, Microsoft Excel 2016 was utilized. …”
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Stabilizing milk-derived extracellular vesicles (mEVs) through lyophilization: a novel trehalose and tryptophan formulation for maintaining structure and Bioactivity during long-te... by Alan B. Dogan, Spencer R. Marsh, Rachel J. Tschetter, Claire E. Beard, Md R. Amin, L. Jane Jourdan, Robert G. Gourdie

“…Milk-derived extracellular vesicles (mEVs), separated from bovine milk, could provide a relatively low-cost, scalable platform for large-scale mEV production; however, the reliance on cold supply chain for storage remains a logistical and financial burden for biologics that are unstable at room temperature. …”
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Optimizing longifolene production in Yarrowia lipolytica via metabolic and protein engineering by Yi-Tong Yao, Xiao Zhang, Chen-Yu Wang, Yu-He Zhang, Da-Wei Li, Wei-Dong Yang, Hong-Ye Li, Li-Gong Zou

“…This study not only demonstrates the feasibility of enhancing sesquiterpene production in Y. lipolytica but also highlights the potential of microbial platforms in meeting industrial demands for complex natural products.…”
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In vivo interspecies dissemination of IncM2-type blaNDM-1 carrying plasmid by Mor N. Lurie-Weinberger, Darya Bychenko-Banyas, Meirav Mor, Sivan Laviad-Shitrit, Ella Kaplan, Nadya Rakovitsky, Alona Keren-Paz, Chaim Ben-Zvi, Yehuda Carmeli

“…In the hospital setting, resistant organisms are prevalent and selective antibiotic pressure is high, providing a supportive platform for interspecies dissemination of resistance. …”
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Extended supersingular isogeny Diffie–Hellman key exchange protocol: Revenge of the SIDH by Daniel Cervantes‐Vázquez, Eduardo Ochoa‐Jiménez, Francisco Rodríguez‐Henríquez

“…Furthermore, its richer opportunities for parallelism yield a noticeable speed‐up factor when implemented on multicore platforms. A supersingular isogeny key encapsulation (SIKE) instantiation using the prime eSIDH‐p765 yields an acceleration factor of 1.06, 1.15 and 1.14 over a SIKE instantiation with the prime SIKE‐p757 when implemented on k = {1, 2, 3}‐core processors. …”
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AI-Enhanced Design and Application of High School Geography Field Studies in China: A Case Study of the Yellow (Bohai) Sea Migratory Bird Habitat Curriculum by Binglin Liu, Weijia Zeng, Weijiang Liu, Yi Peng, Nini Yao

“…To this end, optimization strategies such as improving data quality and technical platforms, strengthening student technical training, enhancing teachers’ AI application capabilities, and enriching AI functions and teaching scenarios are proposed to enhance the application effect of AI in geographical research and promote innovation in educational models and student capacity building.…”
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Gamified Shoulder Rehabilitation for Mild Stroke Patients Using Virtual Reality by Roy Francis Navea, Vincent Mao Talde, Francisco Luis Armintia, Sarrah Mae Dela Cruz, Gabriel Medina, Alvin Decena

“…Created in the Unity platform, the game presents users with the challenge of maneuvering a round peg into specific holes on a pegboard using shoulder movements. …”
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Novel transfer learning approach for hand drawn mathematical geometric shapes classification by Aneeza Alam, Ali Raza, Nisrean Thalji, Laith Abualigah, Helena Garay, Josep Alemany Iturriaga, Imran Ashraf

“…Applications of the proposed mathematical geometric shape classification algorithm span various domains, including education, where it enhances interactive learning platforms and provides instant feedback to students.…”
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Social media activism and women's health: Endometriosis awareness and support by Hyunjin Seo, K. Macy Burkett, Moses Okocha, Huong Ha, Rim Chaif, Nazra Izhar, Michaella Barros Coelho, Blessing Jona, Azhar Iqbal

“…Results Our results show that while Instagram users discussed a variety of issues related to the disease on the social media platform, these issues tend to focus on four topic areas: (i) living with endometriosis, (ii) pregnancy and endometriosis, (iii) awareness and empowerment, and (iv) women's health and wellbeing. …”
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Generating high-precision farmland irrigation pattern maps using remotely sensed ecological indices and machine learning algorithms by Yuqi Liu, Yang Wang, Yanling Liao, Renkuan Liao, Jirka Šimůnek

“…To address this, we utilized the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform, integrating environmental covariates and machine learning algorithms, to generate distribution maps of irrigation patterns (micro-irrigation and surface irrigation) at a 30-meter resolution for the Turpan-Hami Basin. …”
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Acute pain pathways: protocol for a prospective cohort study by Christine Lee, Joseph S Ross, Molly Moore Jeffery, Nilay D Shah, David B Page, Nancy Chang, Fernanda Bellolio, Sam Torbati, Jessica D Ritchie, Gregg H Gilbert, Lindsay Emanuel, Mitra Ahadpour, Summer Allen, Richardae Araojo, Laura Ciaccio, Jonathan Fillmore, Patricia Koussis, Heather Lipkind, Celeste Mallama, Tamra Meyer, Megan Moncur, Teryl Nuckols, Michael A Pacanowski, Elektra Papadopoulos, Mat Soukup, Christopher O St. Clair, Stephen Tamang, Douglas W Wallace, Yueqin Zhao, Rebekah Heckmann

“…Participants will be followed for 6 months with the aid of a patient-centred health data aggregating platform that consolidates data from study questionnaires, electronic health record data on healthcare services received, prescription fill data from pharmacies, and activity and sleep data from a Fitbit activity tracker. …”
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Applications and Challenges of High-Throughput Phenotyping of Crops at Ground and Aviation Scales by Longyue CHEN, Dandan DUAN, Weibing XU, Zuolin LI, Chong ZHAO, Yi JIANG, Yonggang GAO, Wenqing ZUO

“…However, with the increasing development of cutting-edge technologies such as cloud big data processing platforms and artificial intelligence, which have great advantages in processing large-volume and high-complexity data, combined with biotechnology and genomics research methods, HTP of crops will play a pivotal role in combating food shortages caused by global environmental changes and population increase.…”
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A Quantum-Classical Collaborative Training Architecture Based on Quantum State Fidelity by Ryan L'Abbate, Anthony D'Onofrio, Samuel Stein, Samuel Yen-Chi Chen, Ang Li, Pin-Yu Chen, Juntao Chen, Ying Mao

“…On the quantum side, we propose a quantum-state-fidelity-based evaluation function to iteratively train the network through a feedback loop between the two sides. co-TenQu has been implemented and evaluated with both simulators and the IBM-Q platform. Compared to state-of-the-art approaches, co-TenQu enhances a classical deep neural network by up to 41.72% in a fair setting. …”
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An Aptamer Sensor Based on Alendronic Acid-Modified Upconversion Nanoparticles Combined with Magnetic Separation for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Thiamethoxam by Qian Huang, Lu Han, Hui Ma, Weijie Lan, Kang Tu, Jing Peng, Jing Su, Leiqing Pan

“…The research exhibited a swift and precise sensing platform that yielded promising results in samples of cucumber, cabbage, and apple.…”
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Assessing in-vitro models for microglial development and fetal programming: a critical review by Steven Schepanski, Steven Schepanski, Gonza B. Ngoumou, Gonza B. Ngoumou, Claudia Buss, Claudia Buss, Claudia Buss, Claudia Buss, Georg Seifert, Georg Seifert

“…Microglia cell lines are highly scalable but lack genetic and epigenetic fidelity. iPSC-derived microglia provide moderate physiological relevance and patient-specific genetic insights but face operational and epigenetic challenges inherent to reprogramming. 3D brain organoids, derived from iPSCs, offer an advanced platform for studying complex neurodevelopmental processes but require extensive resources and technical expertise. …”
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