Alternative futures of food consumption in Tehran metropolis by Farshid Azizkhani, Mohammad Rahim Eivazi, Majid mokhtarianpour, Muhammad Reza Esmaili Givi

“…By accepting that population of Tehran metropolis will definitely increase in future and regarding that based on systematic approach and limits to grow theory (Meadows, Randers, & Meadows, 2004), no growth in the world will continue forever. We must consider factors that limit the growth of Tehran, besides factors provoke development. …”
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An Extremely Rare SRD5A2 Gene c.485A>C Mutation in a Compound Heterozygous Newborn with Disorders of Sex Development First Identified in Vietnam by Phan Tuong Quynh Le, Thanh Nha Uyen Le, Thi Thanh Binh Nguyen, Minh Thao Nguyen, Thi Minh Thi Ha

“…Up to date, this is the first report of this rare compound heterozygous state of SRD5A2 c.485A>C and c.680G>A mutations in patients with 46,XY DSD generally as well as in Vietnamese population particularly and is also the second report in the world carrying the pathogenic mutation NM_000348.4:c.485A>C (NP_000339.2:p.His162Pro). …”
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Dynamical Analysis Applied to Passive Control of Vibrations in a Structural Model Incorporating SMA-SE Coil Springs by Yuri J. O. Moraes, Antonio A. Silva, Marcelo C. Rodrigues, Antonio G. B. de Lima, Rômulo P. B. dos Reis, Paulo C. S. da Silva

“…Mechanical vibrations are severe phenomena of the physical world. These oscillations may become undesirable and may cause temporary and even irreversible damage to the system. …”
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IncSAR: A Dual Fusion Incremental Learning Framework for SAR Target Recognition by George Karantaidis, Athanasios Pantsios, Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Symeon Papadopoulos

“…Deep learning techniques have achieved significant success in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) target recognition using predefined datasets in static scenarios. However, real-world applications demand that models incrementally learn new information without forgetting previously acquired knowledge. …”
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How to Recondition Ex Vivo Initially Rejected Donor Lungs for Clinical Transplantation: Clinical Experience from Lund University Hospital by Sandra Lindstedt, Atli Eyjolfsson, Bansi Koul, Per Wierup, Leif Pierre, Ronny Gustafsson, Richard Ingemansson

“…In the following paper we present our clinical experience from the first six patients in the world. We also present the technique we used in detail with flowchart.…”
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Evaluation of the relationship between adversity quotient, professional identity, and perceived humanistic care of head nurses in Master’s Degrees in nursings by Cai Haina, Gu Lingna, He Qingqing, Wang Yang, Cai Zejun, Tian Chuan, Xu Qinghong

“…However, the high expectations of managers have led to unclear job orientation, high clinical and scientific research pressure, and low recognition of nurses’ sense of professional value from the outside world, which have led to the lowering of master’s degree of professional identity and the tendency to leave the profession, which is not conducive to the stabilization of the nursing workforce. …”
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Application of Response Surface Methodology for Optimization of Urea Grafted Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes in Enhancing Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Nitrogen Uptake by Paddy Plants by Norazlina Mohamad Yatim, Azizah Shaaban, Mohd Fairuz Dimin, Faridah Yusof, Jeefferie Abd Razak

“…Efficient use of urea fertilizer (UF) as important nitrogen (N) source in the world’s rice production has been a concern. Carbon-based materials developed to improve UF performance still represent a great challenge to be formulated for plant nutrition. …”
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Tegaserod maleate exerts anti-tumor effects on prostate cancer via repressing sonic hedgehog signaling pathway by Maoping Cai, Shengdong Ge, Yaying Hong, Yao Chen, Yang-Zi Ren, Dacai Zhong, Mingkun Chen, Yuan Liu, Zhe-Sheng Chen, Ninghan Feng, Zhanghui Chen, Shan-Chao Zhao

“…Abstract Prostate cancer (PCa) is a highly common type of malignancy and affects millions of men in the world since it is easy to recur or emerge therapy resistance. …”
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Intrusion detection in metaverse environment internet of things systems by metaheuristics tuned two level framework by Milos Antonijevic, Miodrag Zivkovic, Milica Djuric Jovicic, Bosko Nikolic, Jasmina Perisic, Marina Milovanovic, Luka Jovanovic, Mahmoud Abdel-Salam, Nebojsa Bacanin

“…A thorough analysis utilizing a real-world IoT network attacks dataset validates the proposed architecture’s efficacy in identification of the specific variants of malevolent assaults, that is a classic multi-class classification challenge. …”
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Coffee and Cocoa By-Products as Valuable Sources of Bioactive Compounds: The Influence of Ethanol on Extraction by Blanca Martínez-Inda, Nerea Jiménez-Moreno, Irene Esparza, Carmen Ancín-Azpilicueta

“…Cocoa and coffee are two of the world’s most important crops. Therefore, their by-products are generated in large quantities. …”
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The Development of Simple Scoring System to Predict Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Patients with Stroke by In-Hui Pak, Se-Ryong Han, Chol-Ho Sin, Hyo-Song Kim, Un-Ryong Rim

“…The variables with significant difference between the non-UTI group and the UTI group were age (non-UTI versus UTI, 56.4 ± 7.2 vs. 59.0 ± 12.8; p<0.001), female (244 (24.2) vs. 176 (36.1), p<0.001), 300 ≦ SI (smoking index) (16 (2.4) vs. 48 (12.0), p<0.001), alcohol > 25 g/d (292 (29.0) vs. 184 (37.7), p<0.001), poststroke hyperglycemia (120 (10.3) vs. 163 (33.4), p<0.001), indwelling of urinary catheter (157 (15.6) vs. 351 (72.0), p<0.001), GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale) on admission (11.2 ± 3.9 vs. 8.5 ± 4.0, p=0.038), and WFNS (World Federation of Neurosurgeons) (in subarachnoid hemorrhage) on admission (2.9 ± 1.7 vs. 3.5 ± 1.5, p<0.001). …”
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Towards Privacy-Aware and Trustworthy Data Sharing Using Blockchain for Edge Intelligence by Youyang Qu, Lichuan Ma, Wenjie Ye, Xuemeng Zhai, Shui Yu, Yunfeng Li, David Smith

“…Extensive experiments and analysis on real-world datasets have testified the proposed model, and achieved better performance compared with existing research from perspectives of privacy protection and effectiveness.…”
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Enhancing Adversarial Transferability With Intermediate Layer Feature Attack on Synthetic Aperture Radar Images by Xuanshen Wan, Wei Liu, Chaoyang Niu, Wanjie Lu, Yuanli Li

“…Existing SAR adversarial attack algorithms require access to the network structure, parameters, and training data, which are often inaccessible in real-world scenarios. To address this problem, this study proposes an intermediate layer feature attack algorithm that does not rely on training data for the adversary model. …”
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Population features of prevalence and clinical-diagnostic role of NOD2 gene polymorphisms associated with Crohn’s disease by D. A. Kuznetsova, M. V. Merzlyakov, G. V. Vavin, A. S. Razumov, V. L. Emanue

“…To discuss features of prevalence and the clinicodiagnostic role of R702W, G908R and 3020insC NOD2 gene polymorphisms associated to Crohn's disease (CD) in various populations and regions of the world. Key points. It is established that there are significant differences in prevalence and clinical manifestations of R702W, G908R and 3020insC polymorphisms of NOD2 gene associated to CD in different countries, as well as in different regions of the same country and in representatives of different ethnic groups enhabiting different regions. …”
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Local Policies in the Fight Against the Covid-19 Pandemic: Ankara and Rome Municipal Councils’ Decisions by Hicran Hamza Çelikyay, Hülya Küçük Bayraktar

“…The findings reveal that fast and effective solutions delivered by local governments through local policies successfully curbed the pandemic that had spread around the world. Practical Implications: The policies implemented by local governments were impressive and complementary to central government policies, providing a valuable guideline for policymakers. …”
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A review of hyperspectral image analysis techniques for plant disease detection and identif ication by A. F. Cheshkova

“…Plant diseases cause signif icant economic losses in agriculture around the world. Early detection, quantif ication and identif ication of plant diseases are crucial for targeted application of plant protection measures in crop production. …”
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Effect of Weathering on Cd Mobilization in Different Sedimentary Bedrock Soils by Yongqiang Ning, Minglong Yang, Chutong Liu, Jiazhong Huang, Tianyi Wang, Yong Pang, Quanheng Li

“…Cd (cadmium) has been categorized as a crucial food pollutant by the World Health Organization. Research regarding Cd pollution mainly centers on the source of anthropogenic pollution. …”
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HIV/AIDS and HBV co-infection with optimal control strategies and cost-effectiveness analyses using integer order model by Shewafera Wondimagegnhu Teklu, Abushet Hayalu Workie

“…Abstract Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV/AIDS co-infection is a common infectious disease that has been spreading through different nations in the world. The main objective of the study is to minimize the number of HBV and HIV co-infected individuals in the community and the cost incurred to the effort applied towards protection and treatment control strategies. …”
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Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding FoodDrug Interaction in the Intensive Care and Emergency Hospitals by Samir Y Lafi, Aram Salih Mohammed Amin Kamali, Bayan Omar Sharif

“…Usually supplement is essential and fundamental components for ensure and creating the human body, also drugs seem to survey the life of each individual and ensure the wellbeing for a long life aimed most of illness, but in case nourishment sedate interaction ignored since of information shortage almost it or any reason maybe lead to futile of medicine for the patients or cause life threatening condition because of that, one of the most significant ethical point in every health care setting in the world is patient's safety;  and  the care for patients must be improved in every country to prevent complication of interaction between food and drug. …”
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Production of Biogas and Bio-fertilizer from Abattoir Waste as Sustainable Management, Eastern Ethiopia, 2019 by Sina Temsgen Tolera, Fekade Ketema Alemu

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