A reliable and privacy-preserved federated learning framework for real-time smoking prediction in healthcare by Siddhesh Fuladi, D. Ruby, N. Manikandan, Animesh Verma, M. K. Nallakaruppan, Shitharth Selvarajan, Shitharth Selvarajan, Shitharth Selvarajan, Preeti Meena, V. P. Meena, Ibrahim A. Hameed

“…The ever-evolving domain of machine learning has witnessed significant advancements with the advent of federated learning, a paradigm revered for its capacity to facilitate model training on decentralized data sources while upholding data confidentiality. …”
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Equilateral Triangular Dielectric Resonator Nantenna at Optical Frequencies for Energy Harvesting by Waleed Tariq Sethi, Hamsakutty Vettikalladi, Habib Fathallah, Mohamed Himdi

“…The last decade has witnessed a remarkable growth in the telecommunication industry. …”
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Evaluation of land ecological security and driving factors in the Lower Yellow River Flood Plain based on quality, structure and function by Ge Zhai, Peng Ren, Ruihai Zhang, Bei Wang, Maoxin Zhang, Tingting He, Jinliang Zhang

“…Spatial heterogeneity in LES was evident across floodplain segments, with Jitai Beach witnessing the most decline, Dongying Beach the most improvement, and Zhengkai Beach the largest internal disparities. …”
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The icon of Ukrainian Nazis: on the question of the historical assessment of the «heroes» under the Protection of the Virgin Mary and their modern admirers by A. V. Sushko

“…In addition to the image itself, which became the reason for writing this article, the source for the study is the forensic investigative documentation of the Soviet state security agencies, during and after the end of the Great Patriotic War, interrogating captured employees of the German special services, Ukrainian nationalists and witnesses to their war crimes. The presence of specific common features in the biographies depicted on the icon of Nazi criminals has been established. …”
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Shear Behaviors of the Intersurface between Rice Straw Rope and Dredger Fill Silt: Experimental and Mechanism Studies by Guizhong Xu, Ji Chen, Shenjie Shi, Angran Tian, Qiang Tang

“…The tensile force of rice straw rope increases slowly with the rise of tensile displacement, and the failure mode changes from brittle to ductile with the rise of immersion time, which witnesses first rapid back slow degradation trend. …”
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Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) Know No Geopolitical Borders—An Update of NIS in the Aegean Sea by Argyro Zenetos, Alper Doğan, Ahmet Kerem Bakir, Georgios Chatzigeorgiou, Maria Corsini-Foka, Ertan Dağli, Athanasios Evangelopoulos, Engin Meriç, Maria Stoumboudi, Ergun Taşkin, Mehmet Baki Yokeş, Marika Galanidi

“…The spatial distribution of introduction hotspots largely reflects the following phenomena/processes: unaided introduction is witnessed initially in the southeastern Aegean Sea; monitoring efforts are concentrated in vulnerable and at-risk areas; and research efforts relate to the spatial allocation of institutions and marine experts working on marine NIS along the Aegean coasts.…”
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Designing a Trust-Aware Reputation Model for Enhanced Data Quality in Human-Centric Sensing Systems by Konstantina Banti, Malamati Louta

“…Additionally, the model incorporates multi-source feedback, including witness reports, to provide a more accurate assessment of participant behavior. …”
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Molecular fossils of Aptian–Albian blue marls of the Vocontian Basin (France), depositional conditions and connections to the Tethys Ocean by Riboulleau, Armelle, Quijada, Melesio, Caillaud, Alexis, Baudin, François, Ferry, Jean-Noël, Tribovillard, Nicolas

“…The Mesozoic witnessed some episodes of marked accumulation and burial of organic matter (OM) in the Tethys Ocean and satellite basins, such as the Vocontian Basin (SE-France). …”
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The Collaborative Search by Tag-Based User Profile in Social Media by Haoran Xie, Xiaodong Li, Jiantao Wang, Qing Li, Yi Cai

“…Recently, we have witnessed the popularity and proliferation of social media applications (e.g., Delicious, Flickr, and YouTube) in the web 2.0 era. …”
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Topology-Aware Bus Routing in Complex Networks of Very-Large-Scale Integration with Nonuniform Track Configurations and Obstacles by Ziran Zhu, Zhipeng Huang, Jianli Chen, Longkun Guo

“…As one of the most important routing problems in the complex network within a very-large-scale integration (VLSI) circuit, bus routing has become much more challenging when witnessing the advanced technology node enters the deep nanometer era because all bus bits need to be routed with the same routing topology in the context. …”
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Missional insights on socio-political realities, religious vulnerability, and the choice of Barabbas by Ignatius W. Ferreira

“…Contribution: This article contributes to missional theology by offering insights into how believers can navigate socio-political complexities with spiritual discernment and faithful witness.…”
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Renal Transplantation from Elderly Living Donors by Jacob A. Akoh, Umasankar Mathuram Thiyagarajan

“…This is a review of publications in the English language between 2000 and 2013 about renal transplantation from elderly living donors to determine trends and effects of donation, and the outcomes of such transplantation. The last decade witnessed a 50% increase in living kidney donor transplants, with a disproportionate increase in donors >60 years. …”
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Problems of Vehicle Identification by Tire Marks on the Soil by M. H. Chernets

“…In addition to tire marks, to identify the vehicle, it is worth using the testimony of witnesses regarding the model and color of the car, traces of glass debris and paint chips at the accident site and damage on the car itself.…”
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Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibition as a novel treatment for stroke by Jiahong Zhong, Xihui Yu, Zhuomiao Lin

“…Over the past few years, the treatment of stroke has witnessed a surge in interest towards neuroprotective drugs that possess the potential to enhance neurological function. …”
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Exhausting the (Human) Problem by Annalaura Alifuoco

“…Through the sculptural works of Berlinde De Bruyckere, where organic and synthetic matters merge in states of suspension, we witness exhaustion’s capacity to reshape relations between bodies, forms, and forces. …”
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Russian Science Diplomacy at a Crossroads by R. O. Reinhardt

“…However, the outlined trends and tendencies infer that the ongoing pandemic did hardly bring on new problems, but can rather be seen as a catalyst for processes, which have already been witnessed in this field. Working from these premises, the author formulates a number of concrete and applicable policy recommendations aimed at optimizing the current practices, which might potentially be of use for decision-makers in Russian science and foreign affairs.…”
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Extracting the symmetries of nonequilibrium quantum many-body systems by Aleksandr N. Mikheev, Viktoria Noel, Ido Siovitz, Helmut Strobel, Markus K. Oberthaler, Jürgen Berges

“…Our approach is based on exact relations between correlation functions involving different numbers of spatial points, which can be viewed as nonequilibrium versions of (equal-time) Ward identities encoding the symmetries of the system. We derive symmetry witnesses, which are particularly suitable for the analysis of measured or simulated data at different snapshots in time. …”
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Flow shop manufacturing layout as low carbon approach for application in bonding wire drawing industry by Rajandran Vinod, Prakash Joshua, Kamaruddin Shahrul

“…Preliminary data collection had assessed the existing practices on the factory's shop floor, and simulation model using WITNESS software was developed using this data. A job shop to flow shop conversion framework was developed with the integration of factors such as shop floor layout, order release, and dispatch rule play crucial roles in the conversion process of the production system. …”
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The Clinical Application and Progress of Mirogabalin on Neuropathic Pain as a Novel Selective Gabapentinoids by Hui Tang, Jing Lu, Yazhuo Duan, Dejun Li

“…Neuropathic pain is a complex sort of pain that is detrimental to individuals’ health, both physically and mentally, but merely a small portion of them could witness pain alleviation. Mirogabalin, by distinctive binding characteristics of voltage-gated calcium channels, has won approval from the Japanese authority as a third member of gabapentinoids in Japan. …”
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Analytical Investigation of Laminar Viscoelastic Fluid Flow over a Wedge in the Presence of Buoyancy Force Effects by B. Rostami, M. M. Rashidi, P. Rostami, E. Momoniat, N. Freidoonimehr

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