Bark water affects the isotopic composition of xylem water in tropical rainforest trees by Adriana Vega Grau, John Herbohn, Susanne Schmidt, Jeffrey McDonnell, Jeffrey McDonnell, Jeffrey McDonnell

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Enhancing Older Adults’ Lives Through Positive Aging Perception, Quality-of-Life Enhancement, and Social Support to Drive Acceptance and Readiness Toward Indoor Assistive Technolog... by Ka Po Wong, Pei-Lee Teh, Weng Marc Lim, Shaun Wen Huey Lee

“…Multivariate analysis revealed significant combined effects of quality-of-life enhancement (P=.01) and social support (P=.03) on technology acceptance and readiness, wherein quality-of-life enhancement (P=.001) and social support (P=.008) negatively impacted security perception. Among demographic variables, educational level significantly impacted gerontechnology confidence (P=.004) while ethnicity influenced optimism (P=.003). …”
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High-precision laser monitoring system with enhanced non-uniform scanning for railway safety by Yingying Yang, Cheng Wang, Xiaoqi Liu, Yu Liu, Weier Lu, Zhonglin Zhu, Hongye Yan, Guotang Zhao, Xuechun Lin

“…With China leading the world in high-speed rail mileage, ensuring railway security is paramount. The current laser monitoring technologies suffer from high false alarm rates and unreliable intrusion identification. …”
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Making the most of existing research: an evidence gap map of the effects of food systems interventions in low-income and middle-income countries by Birte Snilstveit, Ingunn Gilje Storhaug, Charlotte Lane, Nick Moore, Mark Engelbert, Thalia Morrow Sparling, Amber Franich, Heike Rolker

“…Objective Identify and describe the available evidence on the effects food systems interventions on food security and nutrition outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries.Methods An adapted version of the high-level panel of experts food systems framework defined the interventions and outcomes included studies. …”
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Natural factors outweigh anthropogenic impact on aquatic phoD-harboring communities along Yangtze River basin by Lin Xu, Qian Mao, Chaonan Li, Bo Tu, Xiangzhen Li

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Harnessing the Potential of Local Snacks Produced from African Yam Beans and Local Rice for Improved and Sustainable Livelihoods in Nigeria by Chidiebere I. Nwakanma, Ezinne P. Obinwa, Salomi O. Onoriode, Clara N. Okoroafor, Chima, Ejeabukwa

“…In order to improve food security and support sustainable livelihoods in Nigeria, this study recommends employing these indigenous crops to make nutritious snack options.…”
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Scientific support of small fruit growing in Russia and prospects for its development by I. M. Kulikov, S. M. Evdokimenko, T. A. Tumaeva, A. V. Kelina, F. F. Sazonov, N. V. Andronova, M. A. Podgaetsky

“…It is possible to achieve the target indices of the Russian Doctrine of Food Security (self-sufficiency in fruits and berries should be at least 60 %) by combining the competencies of science and business. …”
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Yield, Quality, Antioxidants, and Mineral Composition of Traditional Italian Storage Onion Cultivars in Response to Protein Hydrolysate and Microalgae Biostimulation by Alessio Vincenzo Tallarita, Otilia Cristina Murariu, Tomas Kopta, Florin Daniel Lipșa, Leonardo Gomez, Eugenio Cozzolino, Pasquale Lombardi, Silvio Russo, Gianluca Caruso

“…Increasing interest is being devoted to environmentally friendly strategies, such as the use of plant biostimulants, to enhance crop performance and concurrently ensure food security under the perspective of sustainable management. …”
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FRR: A Fast Routing Recovery mechanism minimizing network formation time in smart grids by Giancarlo C. Heck, Ananias A. Quispe, Patryk H. da Fonseca, Osni S. Junior, Roberto A. Hexsel, Luiz C.P. Albini

“…The adopted standards allow Wi-SUN FAN networks to take advantage of features such as security, frequency hopping, multi-hop packet routing, and IPv6 addressing, ensuring a wide coverage area and immunity against electromagnetic interference. …”
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Microbial Contamination and Food Safety Aspects of Cassava Roasted Flour (“Rale”) in Mozambique by Andreia Massamby, Su-lin L. Leong, Bettina Müller, Lucas Tivana, Volkmar Passoth, Custódia Macuamule, Mats Sandgren

“…Cassava is an important staple food that contributes to the food security of small-scale Mozambican farmers. In southern Mozambique, cassava roots are usually processed into cassava roasted flour, locally known as “rale”. …”
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The role of fMRI in the mind decoding process in adults: a systematic review by Sahal Alotaibi, Maher Mohammed Alotaibi, Faisal Saleh Alghamdi, Mishaal Abdullah Alshehri, Khaled Majed Bamusa, Ziyad Faiz Almalki, Sultan Alamri, Ahmad Joman Alghamdi, Mohammed Alhazmi, Hamid Osman, Mayeen U. Khandaker

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Enhancing voice spoofing detection in noisy environments using frequency feature masking augmentation by Soyul Han, Jaejin Seo, Sunmook Choi, Taein Kang, Sanghyeok Chung, Seungeun Lee, Seoyoung Park, Seungsang Oh, Il-Youp Kwak

“…This technological evolution, however, introduces heightened security vulnerabilities such as voice spoofing attacks. …”
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EAST ASIA - REGIONAL OR GLOBAL FINANCIAL INTEGRATION? by S. V. Nozdrev

“…As regional financial cooperation in Asia has not yet developed as in Western Europe and North America, it is important to pay attention to such essential elements as economic and financial supervision, normative harmonization of banking and securities market, strengthening of regional financial security system and maintenance of development of various segment of financial market, first of all bonds in local currency. …”
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Metode Deteksi Intrusi Menggunakan Algoritme Extreme Learning Machine dengan Correlation-based Feature Selection by Sulandri Sulandri, Achmad Basuki, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar

“…Abstract Intrusion detection of computer networks is a very important activity carried out to maintain data and information security. Intrusion detection is the process of monitoring traffic on a network to detect any data patterns that are considered suspicious, which allows network attacks. …”
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The Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Glimepiride—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mubara Azhar, Mohammed S. Alasmari, Ammara Zamir, Hamid Saeed, Faleh Alqahtani, Tanveer Ahmad, Muhammad Fawad Rasool

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Global demand for rice genetic resources by Nelissa Jamora, Venuprasad Ramaiah

“…As we address food and nutrition security challenges in a changing context, we are motivated by the need to enhance the conservation, management, and use of rice genetic resources. …”
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Validation of Mortality Data Sources Compared to the National Death Index in the Healthcare Integrated Research Database by Jamal-Allial A, Sponholtz T, Vojjala SK, Paullin M, Papazian A, Eshete B, Mahmoudpour SH, Verpillat P, Beachler DC

“…At the same time, positive predictive value (PPV) was 93.4% (95% CI = 93.1%, 93.7%), negative predictive value (NPV) was 82.3% (95% CI = 81.7%, 82.9%), and when comparing each individual source, each had a high PPV but limited sensitivity.Conclusion: The composite algorithm was demonstrated to be a sensitive and precise measure of mortality, while individual database sources were accurate but had limited sensitivity.Plain Language Summary: What is known on this topic:The National Death Index (NDI) is the gold standard for ascertaining death in the US, with several limitations, such as time lag and population restrictions.What this study adds:A composite mortality algorithm of several sources of death was shown to be a sensitive and precise in death ascertainment compared to the NDI.Individual mortality sources, such as the Social Security Death Master File and online obituaries, had limited sensitivity on their own compared to the NDI.Keywords: mortality, validation, National Death Index, real word evidence, obituary, claims…”
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Efficient Method for Robust Backdoor Detection and Removal in Feature Space Using Clean Data by Donik Vrsnak, Marko Subasic, Sven Loncaric

“…These attacks pose a significant security threat in critical applications, such as street sign or pedestrian recognition for autonomous vehicles, biometric authentication, image retrieval, semantic labeling, etc. …”
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Inovação em segurança pública: um estudo bibliométrico by Carlos Nunes, Alexandre Augusto Biz, Patrícia de Sá Freire, Clarissa Stefani Teixeira, João André Rigo

“…Foram analisadas 261 publicações, sem filtro de tempo, espaço ou linguagem, encontradas na base de dados da Scopus, a partir da sintaxe: (“Public Security” or “Public Safety”) and Innovation. Os resultados evidenciam que há dois fortes movimentos, não dicotômicos, sendo desenvolvidos, em concomitância, na área de segurança pública: o primeiro, mais disciplinar, tem enfoque no desenvolvimento de tecnologias e na gestão da informação; o segundo, com enfoque mais transdisciplinar, trata, sobretudo, de ocupação territorial inteligente. …”
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On-farm diversity and production challenges in Ethiopian tef [Eragrostis tef ((Zuccagni) Trotter)] landraces from Arsi zone, Ethiopia: Implications for breeding and conservation by Fekadu Gadissa, Muhamed Adem

“…Significance: Understanding the extents of on-farm diversity and possible production challenges of the crop could facilitate and enhance its breeding, conservation and utilizations and hence, contribute to the food security of the country.…”
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