Quantum-Inspired Multi-Scale Object Detection in UAV Imagery: Advancing Ultra-Small Object Accuracy and Efficiency for Real-Time Applications by Muhammad Muzammul, Muhammad Assam, Ayman Qahmash

“…These advancements are particularly critical for UAV applications such as surveillance, precision agriculture, disaster response, and environmental monitoring. …”
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Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Risk Factors among Individuals Aged 15 Years and Above in Mizan-Aman Town, Southwest Ethiopia, 2016: A Cross Sectional Study by Shiferaw Birhanu Aynalem, Ayalew Jejaw Zeleke

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) stepwise approach for noncommunicable disease surveillance was deployed to collect data. Total cholesterol and triglyceride level measurements were done using the HumaStar 80 chemistry analyzer. …”
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Tissue‐resident memory T cells in diseases and therapeutic strategies by Daoyuan Xie, Guanting Lu, Gang Mai, Qiuyan Guo, Guofeng Xu

“…We also explore the interactions of TRM cells with other immune cells, such as B cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells, highlighting the complex network that underpins the efficacy of TRM cells in immune surveillance and response. Understanding the nuanced regulation of TRM cells is essential for developing targeted therapeutic strategies, including vaccines and immunotherapies, to enhance their protective roles while mitigating adverse effects. …”
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A scoping review of evidence of naturally occurring Japanese encephalitis infection in vertebrate animals other than humans, ardeid birds and pigs. by Zoë A Levesque, Michael G Walsh, Cameron E Webb, Ruth N Zadoks, Victoria J Brookes

“…We hypothesise that bats and passerine birds could play an underappreciated role in JEV epidemiology; however, development of diagnostic tests to differentiate JEV from other orthoflaviviruses will be essential for effective surveillance in these, as well as the companion and livestock species that could be used to evaluate JEV control measures in currently endemic regions.…”
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Improving Super-Resolution in Face Images by Modeling Image Degradation Using Pairs of High-Quality and Low-Quality Images by Ahmad Dolatkhah

“…<p><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Improving image quality for identification and authentication in security and surveillance systems is of particular importance, and today, using artificial intelligence, the quality of images can be significantly improved. …”
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Identification of Imitation Cheese and Imitation Ice Cream Based on Vegetable Fat Using NMR Spectroscopy and Chemometrics by Yulia B. Monakhova, Rolf Godelmann, Claudia Andlauer, Thomas Kuballa, Dirk W. Lachenmeier

“…In this study, 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of the fat fraction of the products was used in the context of food surveillance to validate the labeling of milk-based products. …”
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Understanding the Effect of an E-Hailing App Subsidy War on Taxicab Operation Zones by Zhixiang Fang, Rongxiang Su, Lian Huang

“…., subsidies) is critical to making informed operating decisions for e-hailing companies and for government surveillance. This paper investigates the change of taxicab operation zones in context of an e-hailing app subsidy war in China, which is an important perspective that reflects changes in taxicab behavior, such as how the operation zones of taxicabs under the e-hailing app subsidy war change and how this change affects their trip distance and cruising time. …”
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Quality and resilience of clinical laboratories in Rwanda: a need for sustainable strategies by Vincent Rusanganwa, Innocent Nzabahimana, Magnus Evander

“…Clinical laboratories are the backbone of quality healthcare facilitating diagnostics, treatment, patient monitoring, and disease surveillance. Their effectiveness depends on sustainable delivery of accurate test results. …”
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Case report: Cancer-free survival after chemotherapy, targeted immunotherapy combination with proton therapy following space making technique in a patient with cholangiocarcinoma a... by Jian Kong, Qi Xia, Li Xu, Dongcun Jin, Wenbing Sun

“…As CC-associated malignancy poses a lifelong risk even with complete resection, surveillance should be maintained throughout the follow-up period. …”
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Carotid artery stenosis and ischemic cerebrovascular events after radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer. by Nawaphan Taengsakul, Padungcharn Nivatpumin, Thong Chotchutipan, Sunanta Tungfung

“…Patients with HNC treated by radiotherapy should be assessed for risk factors for CAS and undergo vascular surveillance during follow-up.…”
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Feature-Centric Video Transmission and Analytics in Large-Scale Internet of Video Things by Hongan Wei, Yuxiang Liu, Kejian Hu, Liqun Lin, Youjia Chen, Tiesong Zhao, Wanjian Feng

“…In this paper, we propose a novel city surveillance IoVT architecture to improve performance. …”
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Multihost Tuberculosis: Insights from the Portuguese Control Program by Mónica V. Cunha, Madalena Monteiro, Paulo Carvalho, Paula Mendonça, Teresa Albuquerque, Ana Botelho

“…Notwithstanding the substantial progress achieved with the implementation of a comprehensive test and cull scheme, notification, postmortem inspection and surveillance at slaughterhouses, herd and animal prevalence have unexpectedly increased in 2009. …”
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High Tuberculosis density incidence rate in Matched Unrelated Allogeneic stem cell transplantation recipients in the state of São Paulo, Brazil by Marcelo Nóbrega Litvoc, silvia F costa, Fabio Eudes Leal, Diogo Boldim Ferreira, Max Igor Banks Ferreira Lopes, Ligia Capuani, Vanderson Geraldo Rocha

“…Improving  epidemiological   data  and  a  better surveillance system are essential in tackling this critical condition, especially in endemic countries. …”
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An Efficient FPGA Implementation of Optimized Anisotropic Diffusion Filtering of Images by Chandrajit Pal, Avik Kotal, Asit Samanta, Amlan Chakrabarti, Ranjan Ghosh

“…Digital image processing is an exciting area of research with a variety of applications including medical, surveillance security systems, defence, and space applications. …”
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Roles of human papillomavirus in cancers: oncogenic mechanisms and clinical use by Yu Zhang, Ke Qiu, Jianjun Ren, Yu Zhao, Ping Cheng

“…Notably, E6 and E7 proteins, classified as oncoproteins, trigger the incidence of cancers by fostering cell proliferation, hindering apoptosis, evading immune surveillance, promoting cell invasion, and disrupting the balance of cellular metabolism. …”
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Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Martín Brizuela, María Carolina Palermo, Tomás Alconada, María Macarena Sandoval, Eugenia Ramirez Wierzbicki, Joaquín Cantos, Paula Gagetti, Agustín Ciapponi, Ariel Bardach, Silvina Ruvinsky

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>The data presented in this study highlights the need to establish national surveillance programs to monitor pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage to monitor serotype prevalence and replacement before and after including new pneumococcal vaccines in the region. …”
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Unraveling Dengue Dynamics: In-Depth Epidemiological and Entomological Analyses in Bengaluru, India by Vani H. C., Sujit Nath N., Jaiswal M. K., Tiwari R. P., Bharathi P., Asmita B., Shankar G., Jithen C., Pallavi V. D., Srinivas V., Ashok M., Mahamood Shariff, Renuka S., Shrinivasa B. M.

“…This study highlights the increased risk of dengue fever incidence in communities wherepoor intra and peri-domestic sanitation practices are prevailing and recommendsregular entomological surveillance of denguevirus in its vector population..…”
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An Infrared Small Moving Target Detection Method in Complex Scenes Based on Dual-Region Search by Huazhao Cao, Yuxin Hu, Ziming Wang, Jianwei Yang, Guangyao Zhou, Wenzhi Wang, Yuhan Liu

“…Infrared (IR) small target detection is a crucial component of infrared imaging systems and is vital for applications in surveillance, security, and early warning systems. However, most existing algorithms for detecting small targets in infrared imagery encounter difficulties in achieving both high accuracy and speed, particularly in complex scenes. …”
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First detection of recombinant variant of African swine fever virus in the Russian Federation (brief communication) by A. S. Igolkin, R. S. Chernyshev, N. G. Zinyakov, E. O. Morozova, A. R. Shotin, K. N. Gruzdev, I. A. Chvala, A. Mazloum

“…Given the accelerating rates of AFSV molecular evolution in the East Asian countries (China, Vietnam and the Far Eastern regions of Russia), it is required to improve control measures, general and specific prevention, national and international surveillance over the economically significant animal disease.…”
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Anonymous Authentication Scheme Based on Physically Unclonable Function and Biometrics for Smart Cities by Vincent Omollo Nyangaresi, Ahmad A. AlRababah, Ganesh Keshaorao Yenurkar, Ravikumar Chinthaginjala, Muhammad Yasir

“…ABSTRACT Smart cities amalgamate technologies such as Internet of Things, big data analytics, and cloud computing to collect and analyze large volumes of data from varied sources which facilitate intelligent surveillance, enhanced energy management systems, and environmental monitoring. …”
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