Using ERA-5 LAND reanalysis rainfall data to better evaluate the performance of the regional shallow landslide early warning system of Piemonte (north-western Italy) in the context... by Valentina Botto, Davide Tiranti, Simona Barbarino, Christian Ronchi

“…This paper is an update of a previous study, adding to the analysis recent widespread landslide events covering a wider time range with new precipitation data (additional 4 years). …”
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The Effects of Punica granatum Flower Extract on Skin Injuries Induced by Burn in Rats by Ebrahim Nasiri, Seyed Jalal Hosseinimehr, Jafar Akbari, Mohammad Azadbakht, Soheil Azizi

“…The wound area and healing time were assessed. In addition, percentage wound contraction and histopathological characteristics such as neovascularization and collagen formation were determined. …”
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Culture as an attribute of digital transformation by S. V. Firsova, O. M. Danilina, A. A. Dashkov, V. Yu. Pokazanyev

“…The paper considers digital culture from the point of view of the general resource of the knowledge society and as a new social ecology that determines the experience and capabilities of people at the present time, when the digital network environment has brought new practices, opportunities and threats. …”
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Two-Phase Model of Multistep Forecasting of Traffic State Reliability by Jufen Yang, Zhigang Liu, Guiyan Jiang, Lin Zhu

“…Compared with that of backpropagation neural network and support vector machine, results show that the convergence time of the wavelet neural network optimized by particle swarm optimization is the lowest, which only costs 256 and 291 seconds in both two-phase models under the same conditions. …”
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Successful Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery for Recurrent Uterine Fibroid Previously Treated with Uterine Artery Embolization by Sang-Wook Yoon, Kyoung Ah Kim, Sang Heum Kim, Jong Tae Lee

“…A 45-year-old premenopausal woman was referred to our clinic due to recurring symptoms of uterine fibroids, nine years after a uterine artery embolization (UAE). At the time of screening, the patient presented with bilateral impairment and narrowing of the uterine arteries, which increased the risk of arterial perforation during repeated UAE procedures. …”
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The Implementation of a Support Vector Regression Model Utilizing Meta-Heuristic Algorithms for Predicting Undrained Shear Strength by Rami Al-Qasimi, Firas Al-Hajri

“…These conventional strategies are also limited in terms of efficiency, both in time and cost. To address these limitations, this study introduces innovative machine learning techniques, employing the Support Vector Regression (SVR) model to accurately predict USS. …”
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Quo Vadis: Anthropological Dimension of the Modern Civilization Crisis by V. M. Shapoval, I. V. Tolstov

“…Consciousness, based on old, obsolete principles and stereotypes, is unable to cope with the most acute challenges of time. New consciousness, since it is formed, will mark the transition to a new theoretical picture of the world and a model of human behavior, in which people will act, driven by proven knowledge, and not willfulness and prejudice. …”
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Boundedness of classical solutions to a chemotaxis consumption system with signal dependent motility and logistic source by Baghaei, Khadijeh

“…$We prove that the classical solutions to the above system are uniformly-in-time bounded provided that $ k\,(1-\alpha )<\frac{4}{n+5}$ and the initial value $ v_{0}$ and $\mu $ satisfy the following conditions: \begin{align*} 0<\Vert v_{0}\Vert _{L^{\infty }(\Omega )}\le \Bigg [\frac{4\big [1-k \, \big (1-\alpha \big )\big ]}{k\, (n+1)\,(1-\alpha )}\Bigg ]^{\frac{1}{k}}-1, \end{align*} and \begin{equation*} \mu > \frac{k\,n\,(1-\alpha ) \Vert v_{0}\Vert _{L^{\infty }(\Omega )}}{(n+1)(1+\Vert v_{0}\Vert _{L^{\infty }(\Omega )})}. …”
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Improved Genetic Algorithm-Based Harmonic Mitigation Control of an Asymmetrical Dual-Source 13-Level Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverter by Hasan Iqbal, Arif Sarwat

“…The performance of this SC-MLI is modeled under various loading scenarios using MATLAB/Simulink^® 2023b with validation performed through an Opal-RT real-time emulator. Additionally, the inverter’s overall power losses and individual switch losses, along with the efficiency, are analyzed using the simulation tool PLEXIM-PLECS. …”
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PPAR Agonists for the Prevention and Treatment of Lung Cancer by Sowmya P. Lakshmi, Aravind T. Reddy, Asoka Banno, Raju C. Reddy

“…Furthermore, with more than half of all lung cancer patients presenting with distant metastases at the time of initial diagnosis, the overall prognosis for the disease is poor. …”
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Object Detection Post Processing Accelerator Based on Co-Design of Hardware and Software by Dengtian Yang, Lan Chen, Xiaoran Hao, Yiheng Zhang

“…When compared to the RTX 2080 Ti system, our proposed accelerator offers at least 21.93 times the speed for the training post process and 19.89 times for the inference post process, thereby significantly enhancing the efficiency of loss function minimization.…”
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Adaptive Variable Structure Interacting Multiple Model Tracking Algorithm for Hypersonic Glide Vehicle by Zhumu Fu, Dongfeng Wan, Zhikai Wang, Fazhan Tao

“…Compared with the single-model tracking algorithm, the proposed algorithm’s position root mean square error is significantly reduced by nearly one-third, while also reducing the single running time by nearly one-fourth compared to other multi-model tracking algorithms. …”
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The Evaluation of Endotracheal Intubation Effect on Blood Flow Stability Parameters in Baghdad and Gazzi AL-Harriri Hospitals by Azhar A. Mhaibes

“…The current study aimed to assess the impact of endotracheal intubation on the pulse rate (P.R) and blood pressure (B.P) during different time intervals of general anesthesia. This study was performed in Baghdad teaching and Gazzi AL-Harriri hospitals during 2019-2020.  …”
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CONSEQUENCES OF THE REALIZATION OF NATO STRATEGY IN THE CONFLICTS OF "THE ARAB SPRING" FOR THE STATES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA by E. A. Antyukhova

“…On the one hand, the strategic problem of the block has been realized: arrangement of conflicts and an attempt to appear in the opinion of the world community as the only peacekeeping force capable of controlling and resolving regional conflicts. At the same time the Alliance has shown the efficiency of its partner programs. …”
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Nanostructural and nanomechanical alterations of photosensitized lipid membranes due to light induced formation of reactive oxygen species by Ádám Zolcsák, Bálint Kiss, Tamás Bozó, Judit Somkuti, István Vona, Miklós Kellermayer, Levente Herenyi

“…Three key components must be present at the same time to trigger the related photodynamic effect: light, the photosensitizer (PS) and oxygen. …”
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Research on Role of Connexin 36 in Pathogenesis of Rats with Levodopa-induced Dyskinesia by Bingtian ZHANG, Zhibin CHEN, Xiaowu CHEN, Xiaokuo HE, Chao HAN

“…The experiment group and the control group were given levodopa for another two weeks, and the control group was added with rapamycin at the same time. The normal group, the sham operation group and the PD group received no treatment or only placebo. …”
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Mechanical Degradation of Q345 Weathering Steel and Q345 Carbon Steel under Acid Corrosion by Fan Yang, Miao M. Yuan, Wen J. Qiao, Na N. Li, Bin Du

“…Twenty-seven specimens of Q345 weathering steel plates and Q345 carbon steel plates were immersed in a 36% hydrochloric acid solution at room temperature, with the corrosion time being 0 h, 1 h, 2 h, 4 h, 8 h, 12 h, 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h, respectively. …”
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Machine learning models for predicting the bearing capacity of shallow foundations: A Comparative study and sensitivity analysis by Hamid Mohammadnezhad, Seyedmohammad Eslami

“…Moreover, performing in-site tests require an extensive period of time and many resources. With the development of new methods such as Machine Learning (ML) algorithms in recent decades, a resolution to these challenges has been identified. …”
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Nitrile-aminothiol bioorthogonal near-infrared fluorogenic probes for ultrasensitive in vivo imaging by Weiping Xu, Shujuan Yi, Jie Liu, Yuyan Jiang, Jiaguo Huang

“…In living male mice, such ‘cleavage-click-assembly’ regimen allows for real-time and ultrasensitive detection of small cancerous lesions (~2 mm in diameter) with improved SBR (~5) and extended detection window (~36 h), outperforming conventional clinical assays. …”
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Estimation of Phenology Stages of Rapeseed Using Remote Sensing Vegetation Indices and Digital Camera Images Index by Akbar Mirahmadi, Hojjatollah Yazdan Panah, Mehdi Momeni

“…The Savitzky-Goli filter was used to remove outlier data and to produce smooth curves of time series of plant indices. The results showed that the curves obtained from the indices of NDVI, EVI, GCC show all four stages of remote sensing phenology – green-up, dormancy, maturity, and senescence - well, but the Greenness index did not show the dormancy stage well. …”
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