A Novel Gridless Non-Uniform Linear Array Direction of Arrival Estimation Approach Based on the Improved Alternating Descent Conditional Gradient Algorithm for Automotive Radar Sys... by Mingxiao Shao, Yizhe Fan, Yan Zhang, Zhe Zhang, Jie Zhao, Bingchen Zhang

“…However, traditional CS methods suffer from an off-grid effect, which causes their reconstruction results to deviate from the actual positions of the signal sources, thereby reducing the accuracy. …”
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Event-Based Slip Estimation Framework for Space Rovers Traversing Soft Terrains by Ruqayya Alhammadi, Yahya Zweiri, Ahmad Abubakar, Mubarak Yakubu, Laith Abuassi, Lakmal Seneviratne

“…Existing vision-based slip estimation techniques suffer from low temporal resolution sensors and a high sensitivity to motion blur. …”
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Wild pea (<i>Pisum sativum</i>Pisum sativum L. subsp. <i>elatius</i> (Bieb.) Aschers. et Graebn. s.l.) at the periphery of its range: Zagros Mountains by O. E. Kosterin, V. S. Bogdanova, A. V. Mglinets

“…In such regions, wild pea populations are rare, small in size and suffer from climatic change and land exploitation, hence their focused search is strongly desirable. …”
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Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome in Patients with Bronchial Asthma by N. D. Potskhverashvili, O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. I. Kokina, N. L. Dzhakhaya, A. V. Sedova, E. L. Bueverova, A. S. Trukhmanov

“…A frequent combination of the small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome and bronchial asthma was revealed. 67 % and 43 % of the patients with the allergic form and non-allergic asthma form, respectively, are shown to suffer from SBBOS, p = 0.028. High levels of IgE (p &lt; 0.01) and eosinophils in sputum (p &lt; 0.001), combined with severe impairment of the function of external respiration (p &lt; 0.01) in the case of SBBOS with allergic asthma reflect a more pronounced degree of sensitization of these patients. …”
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Auditory Phenotype of a Novel Missense Variant in the CEACAM16 Gene in a Large Russian Family With Autosomal Dominant Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss by Tatiana G. Markova, Natalia N. Alekseeva, Oxana P. Ryzhkova, Olga L. Shatokhina, Anna A. Orlova, Viktoriia V. Zabnenkova, Olga S. Groznova, Olesya V. Sagaydak, Svetlana S. Chibisova, Alexander V. Polyakov, George A. Tavartkiladze

“…Eleven family members suffer from hearing impairment, which starts with tinnitus and threshold increase at high frequencies, since the age of 5-20 years. …”
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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

“…The current laser monitoring technologies suffer from high false alarm rates and unreliable intrusion identification. …”
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An in-situ study in the Xijiang River basin revealed adverse effects of total dissolved gas supersaturation on fish by Xuefeng Chen, Zhiguang Zhang, Yunong Qin, Shikang Liu, Yuanming Wang, Jingjie Feng, Kefeng Li

“…High dam discharge can lead to total dissolved gas (TDG) supersaturation in downstream rivers, causing fish to suffer from bubble trauma and even mortality. Focusing on the Datengxia hydropower station in the Xijiang River basin, we conducted in-situ experiments to explore the tolerance patterns of economic fish species, including Ctenopharyngodon idella, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, and Cirrhinus molitorella, under the influence of TDG supersaturation at different compensation depths. …”
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Uncertainty Inspired Early Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening via Contrastive Image-Viewing Paradigm by Ying Zhang, Yaping Huang, Jiansong Qi, Sihui Zhang, Mei Tian, Yi Tian, Fanchao Meng, Lin Guan, Tianyi Chang

“…However, existing eye-tracking-based methods suffer from long diagnostic times and low diagnostic accuracy due to the lack of awareness of gaze preference derived from individual differences. …”
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A Hybrid Frequency Selective Absorber With Dual-Polarized Wireless Communication and Ultra-Wideband Absorption by Youquan Wen, Sai-Wai Wong, Chunlin Ji, Ruopeng Liu, Yejun He

“…Traditional multi-layer frequency selective absorbers (FSAs) with antenna circuit suffer from inter-layer interference, which can adversely affect the in-band frequency bandwidth of wireless communication (fractional bandwidth FBW &#x003C;20% in literature). …”
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Association between normal saline infusion volume in the emergency department and acute kidney injury in heat stroke patients: a multicenter retrospective study by Lan Chen, Junlu Zhao, Liyun Lu, Zhumei Gong, Shuying Xu, Xiaoling Yang, Yuping Zhang, Xiuqin Feng

“…During hospitalization, 33 patients (23.91%) suffered from AKI. In the multivariate model, as a continuous variable (per 1 L), the volume of NS infusion was associated with the incidence of AKI (OR, 2.51; 95% CI, 1.43–4.40; p = .001), admission to the ICU (OR, 3.46; 95% CI 1.58–7.54; p = .002), and length of stay in the ICU (β, 1.00 days; 95% CI, 0.44–1.56; p < .001) and hospital (β, 1.41 days; 95% CI, 0.37–2.45; p = .008). …”
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Biofuels spray and combustion characteristics in a new micro gas turbine combustion chamber design with internal exhaust recycling by Mohammed R. Abdulwahab, Khaled A. Al-attab, Irfan Anjum Badruddin, Muhammad Nasir Bashir, Joon Sang Lee

“…On the other hand, diesel suffered from its higher TIT value that reached 800 °C, compared to 785 °C and 762 °C for palm oil and biodiesel, respectively.…”
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The Epidemiology of Migraine Headache in Arab Countries: A Systematic Review by Ashraf El-Metwally, Paivi Toivola, Khalid AlAhmary, Salwa Bahkali, Ali AlKhathaami, Shatha A. Al Ammar, Ibrahim M. Altamimi, Saleh M. Alosaimi, Munazza Jawed, Sami Almustanyir

“…Recurring migraine disorders are a common medical problem, standing among the top causes of disability and sufferings. This study aimed to evaluate epidemiological evidence to report updated estimates on prevalence, risk factors, and associated comorbidities of migraine headache in the Arab countries. …”
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Feasibility and safety of zero-fluoro, “apron-less” approach to repeat pulmonary vein isolation procedures using radiofrequency energy after initial cryoballoon ablation by Vedran Velagic, Vedran Pasara, Ivan Prepolec, Andrija Nekic, Zvonimir Katic, Davor Milicic

“…We have analysed in total 50 patients (76% male, 57.9 ± 10.2 years old), 50% of which suffered from paroxysmal AF. All procedures were successfully performed without the use of fluoroscopy. …”
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Double Transseptal Puncture for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Safety of the Technique and Its Use in the Outpatient Setting by Laurent M. Haegeli, Thomas Wolber, Ercüment Ercin, Lukas Altwegg, Nazmi Krasniqi, Paul G. Novak, Laurence D. Sterns, Corinna B. Brunckhorst, Thomas F. Lüscher, Richard A. Leather, Firat Duru

“…Of these, seven patients (2.6%) had pericardial effusion requiring percutaneous drainage, and one patient (0.4%) suffered a minor reversible stroke. One patient (0.4%) had a minor air embolism with transient symptoms. …”
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Development of an Efficient and Generalized MTSCAM Model to Predict Liquid Chromatography Retention Times of Organic Compounds by Mengdie Fan, Chenhui Sang, Hua Li, Yue Wei, Bin Zhang, Yang Xing, Jing Zhang, Jie Yin, Wei An, Bing Shao

“…However, existing retention time prediction methods usually suffer from the scarcity of comprehensive training datasets, sparsity of valid data, and lack of classification in datasets, resulting in poor generalization capability and accuracy. …”
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The mental health impact of COVID-19: the need for community interventions and collaboration for recovery by Nadarajah Rajeshkannan, Daya Somasundaram, Balachandran Kumarendran, Thirunavukarasu Kumanan, Ivan Dinesh Aloysius, Nalayini Sugirthan, Sivanantham Sasikumar, Nalayini Jegathesan

“…The results and suggested recovery strategies were triangulated with literature survey. Results: In COVID sufferers, neuropsychiatric symptoms lasting months were noted while some went on to have a relapse of psychological or neurological conditions. …”
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A Reliable Generative Adversarial Network Approach for Climate Downscaling and Weather Generation by Neelesh Rampal, Peter B. Gibson, Steven Sherwood, Gab Abramowitz, Sanaa Hobeichi

“…While deterministic‐based (deep‐learning or statistical) downscaling of low‐resolution climate simulations are several orders of magnitude faster than direct numerical simulations, it suffers from several limitations. These limitations include the tendency to regress to the mean, which produces excessively smooth predictions and underestimates the magnitude of extreme events. …”
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GnRH pulse generator activity in mouse models of polycystic ovary syndrome by Ziyue Zhou, Su Young Han, Maria Pardo-Navarro, Ellen G Wall, Reena Desai, Szilvia Vas, David J Handelsman, Allan E Herbison

“…One in ten women in their reproductive age suffer from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) that, alongside subfertility and hyperandrogenism, typically presents with increased luteinizing hormone (LH) pulsatility. …”
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A study on the differences in the gut microbiota and metabolism between male and female mice in different stress periods by Yajun Qiao, Yajun Qiao, Yajun Qiao, Juan Guo, Qi Xiao, Jianv Wang, Jianv Wang, Xingfang Zhang, Xingfang Zhang, Xinxin Liang, Xinxin Liang, Lixin Wei, Lixin Wei, Hongtao Bi, Tingting Gao, Tingting Gao

“…Women are twice as likely to suffer from depression as men. However, there were significant differences in the composition of gut microbiota between women and men. …”
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Characterization, Quantification, and Molecular Identification of Co-Infection of Canine Parvovirus (CPV-2) Variants in Dogs Affected by Gastroenteritis in Ecuador During 2022–2023... by Anthony Loor-Giler, Silvana Santander-Parra, Sara Castillo-Reyes, Martin Campos, Renán Mena-Pérez, Santiago Prado-Chiriboga, Luis Nuñez

“…Dogs of all ages can catch it, but puppies are more likely to suffer from it. Severe signs include vomiting, diarrhea with blood, feeling tired, and not drinking enough water. …”
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