Assessment of the Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception (KAP) of Sheep Farmers Regarding Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Tunisia, North Africa by Médiha Khamassi Khbou, Syrine Rekik, Rihab Romdhane, Limam Sassi, Felicitas Bergmann, Martin H. Groschup, Mourad Rekik, Mohamed Gharbi

“…A structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge, attitudes/practices, and perceptions (KAP) of 86 farmers of extensive sheep farming systems across different agro-ecological areas in Tunisia. …”
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A novel paradigm for fast training data generation in asynchronous movement-based BCIs by Markus R. Crell, Kyriaki Kostoglou, Kathrin Sterk, Gernot R. Müller-Putz, Gernot R. Müller-Putz

“…By relying on natural movement processes, these BCIs offer a more intuitive control compared to other BCI systems. However, non-invasive movement-based BCIs utilizing electroencephalographic (EEG) signals usually require large amounts of training data to achieve suitable accuracy in the detection of movement intent. …”
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A Patient with a Right Atrium Mass and Congenital Heart Disease: A Challenging Diagnosis of a Stubborn Disease by Wenyan Wang, Huaicong Long, Zhiying Zhao

“…The ability of an echocardiogram to characterize tissue is limited; systemic (18)F-FDG PET/CT scans provide important information for both staging and response assessment in patients with lymphoma. …”
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Sub-nanometer depth resolution and single dopant visualization achieved by tilt-coupled multislice electron ptychography by Zehao Dong, Yang Zhang, Chun-Chien Chiu, Sicheng Lu, Jianbing Zhang, Yu-Chen Liu, Suya Liu, Jan-Chi Yang, Pu Yu, Yayu Wang, Zhen Chen

“…This approach can be implemented on widely available transmission electron microscopes equipped with hybrid pixel detectors, with data processing achievable using high-performance computing systems.…”
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Gene drive-based population suppression in the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi by Xuejiao Xu, Jingheng Chen, You Wang, Yiran Liu, Yongjie Zhang, Jie Yang, Xiaozhen Yang, Bin Chen, Zhengbo He, Jackson Champer

“…Combination of the homing suppression drive and a vasa-Cas9 line boosts the drive conversion rate of the homing drive to 100%, suggesting the use of similar systems for population suppression in a continuous release strategy with a lower release rate than SIT or fsRIDL techniques. …”
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Modulation of virulence and metabolic profiles in Klebsiella pneumoniae under indole-mediated stress response by Xueyao Fang, Yanhui Chen, Longhua Hu, Shumin Gu, Junqi Zhu, Yaping Hang, Xingwei Cao, Yanping Xiao, Hong Luo, Chuwen Zhao, Lianhua Xiao, Qiaoshi Zhong

“…To elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms, transcriptome analysis revealed that indole exposure in K. pneumoniae led to the upregulation of genes associated with pili formation and iron acquisition systems, while simultaneously inducing oxidative stress responses. …”
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A novel machine learning approach for numerical simulation on the hybrid nanofluid flow past a converging/diverging channel: Properties of tantalum and alumina nanoparticles by Shilpa B, Jasgurpreet Singh Chohan, N Beemkumar, Ankur Kulshreshta, Refka Ghodhbani, Nashwan Adnan Othman, Barno Abdullaeva, M Ijaz Khan

“…Also, hybrid nanofluids are being explored as possible working fluids for solar collectors and other high heat flux systems because of their outstanding heat transfer abilities. …”
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Novel cycloviruses identified by mining human blood metagenomic data show close relationship to those from animals by Yuanqing Wang, Yuanqing Wang, Xiaojie Jiang, Yuan Xi, Siqi Wei, Songyi Ning, Wen Zhang, Wen Zhang

“…These proteins are crucial for viral replication and host-cell interaction: the Rep protein is involved in initiating viral genome replication, while the Capsid protein plays a key role in the assembly of new virions and the virus's ability to interact with host immune systems. Distance matrix and phylogenetic analyses show that these cycloviruses share high sequence similarity with viruses found in both humans and animals across different regions of Africa. …”
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The role of firm-level factors and regional innovation capabilities for Polish SMEs by Lukasz Arendt, Wojciech Grabowski

“…This suggests that the S3 framework in less-developed regions should concentrate more on linking firm-level factors and regional innovation systems to enhance companies’ innovation capacity…”
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Optimizing a Rodent Model of Parkinson's Disease for Exploring the Effects and Mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation by Karl Nowak, Eilhard Mix, Jan Gimsa, Ulf Strauss, Kiran Kumar Sriperumbudur, Reiner Benecke, Ulrike Gimsa

“…An outlook is given on further developments of experimental DBS, including the use of transgenic animals and the testing of closed-loop systems for the direct on-demand application of electric stimulation.…”
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Efficient Parallel Implementation of Active Appearance Model Fitting Algorithm on GPU by Jinwei Wang, Xirong Ma, Yuanping Zhu, Jizhou Sun

“…However, the high-dimensional texture representation causes very time-consuming computations, which makes the AAM difficult to apply to real-time systems. The emergence of modern graphics processing units (GPUs) that feature a many-core, fine-grained parallel architecture provides new and promising solutions to overcome the computational challenge. …”
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Repetitive Noninvasive Monitoring of HSV1-tk-Expressing T Cells Intravenously Infused into Nonhuman Primates Using Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography with F-FEAU by Gianpietro Dotti, Mei Tian, Barbara Savoldo, Amer Najjar, Laurence J.N. Cooper, James Jackson, Amanda Smith, Osama Mawlawi, Rajesh Uthamanthil, Agatha Borne, David Brammer, Vincenzo Paolillo, Mian Alauddin, Carlos Gonzalez, David Steiner, William K. Decker, Frank Marini, Steven Kornblau, Catherine M. Bollard, Elizabeth J. Shpall, Juri G. Gelovani

“…However, the long-term spatial-temporal dynamics of the distribution of systemically infused CTLs remains largely unknown. Noninvasive imaging of adoptively transferred CTLs using molecular-genetic reporter imaging with positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET-CT) represents an innovative approach to understanding the long-term migratory patterns and therapeutic potential of adoptively transferred T cells. …”
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Unsupervised Image Super-Resolution for High-Resolution Satellite Imagery via Omnidirectional Real-to-Synthetic Domain Translation by Minkyung Chung, Yongil Kim

“…Image super-resolution (SR) aims to enhance the spatial resolution of images and overcome the hardware limitations of imaging systems. While deep-learning networks have significantly improved SR performance, obtaining paired low-resolution (LR) and high-resolution (HR) images for supervised learning remains challenging in real-world scenarios. …”
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Detection and Prevention of Man-in-the-Middle Spoofing Attacks in MANETs Using Predictive Techniques in Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) by Robert A. Sowah, Kwadwo B. Ofori-Amanfo, Godfrey A. Mills, Koudjo M. Koumadi

“…This work is intended to be an opening for future malicious software time signature creation, identification, isolation, and reconfiguration to supplement existing Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs).…”
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Idiopathic Bilateral Suprachoroidal Haemorrhage: A Rare Case Presentation by Komal Saluja, Mayuresh Naik, Rajshekhar Vemparala, Anuj Mehta

“…As the IOP was controlled, systemic hyperosmotic/antiglaucoma agents were withdrawn in stepwise fashion over next two days. …”
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A Negative Capacitance Field-Effect Transistor with High Rectification Efficiency for Weak-Energy 2.45 GHz Microwave Wireless Transmission by Hualian Tang, Ailan Tang, Weifeng Liu, Jingxiang Huang, Jianjun Song, Wenjie Sun

“…This study demonstrates the superior rectification performance of the proposed NCFET under low-power density conditions, offering an efficient device solution for microwave wireless power transmission systems.…”
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De Novo Transcriptome Assembly and Differential Gene Expression Profiling of Three Capra hircus Skin Types during Anagen of the Hair Growth Cycle by Teng Xu, Xudong Guo, Hui Wang, Xiaoyuan Du, Xiaoyu Gao, Dongjun Liu

“…Despite that goat is one of the best nonmodel systems for villus growth studies and hair biology, limited gene resources associated with skin or hair follicles are available. …”
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Serum Magnesium and Vitamin D Levels as Indicators of Asthma Severity by Mohammed Nadeem Shaikh, Brahma Reddy Malapati, Ruchi Gokani, Bhavita Patel, Mitul Chatriwala

“…After taking clinical history and systemic examination, pulmonary function test was done. …”
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Mitochondrial diseases: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic advances by Haipeng Wen, Hui Deng, Bingyan Li, Junyu Chen, Junye Zhu, Xian Zhang, Shigeo Yoshida, Yedi Zhou

“…Clinical symptoms can manifest in various systems and organs throughout the body, with differing degrees and forms of severity. …”
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High Throughput Approaches to Unravel the Mechanism of Action of a New Vanadium-Based Compound against Trypanosoma cruzi by M. Florencia Mosquillo, Pablo Smircich, Analía Lima, Sergio A. Gehrke, Gonzalo Scalese, Ignacio Machado, Dinorah Gambino, Beatriz Garat, Leticia Pérez-Díaz

“…Instead, proteomic analysis uncovered the modulation of proteins involved in different processes such as energy and redox metabolism, transport systems, detoxifying pathways, ribosomal protein synthesis, and proteasome protein degradation. …”
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