Therapeutic Strategies for Dry Mouth Management with Emphasis on Electrostimulation as a Treatment Option by Amela Tulek, Aida Mulic, Martine Hogset, Tor Paaske Utheim, Amer Sehic

“…The aim of this study was to give an overview of the latest and most relevant data related to treatment modalities for the management of dry mouth conditions. Data Resources and Study Selection. The present review was prepared by searching the National Library of Medicine database using the relevant medical terms and their combinations. …”
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Influence of nutritional status on rehabilitation efficacy of patients after stroke—a scoping review by Huan Chen, Caihong Fu, Weihao Fang, Zhenyao Wang, Dawei Zhang, Hu Zhang

“…Following a rigorous screening process, 13 studies were selected for detailed analysis. All selected studies were randomized controlled clinical trials. …”
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Key frame extraction algorithm for surveillance videos using an evolutionary approach by Manjusha Rajan, Latha Parameswaran

“…This proposed method leverages an interactive GA with a well-designed Fitness Function and elitism-based survivor selection to enhance performance. …”
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Distinct oligomeric assemblies of STING induced by non-nucleotide agonists by Anant Gharpure, Ariana Sulpizio, Johannes R. Loeffler, Monica L. Fernández-Quintero, Andy S. Tran, Luke L. Lairson, Andrew B. Ward

“…Abstract STING plays essential roles coordinating innate immune responses to processes that range from pathogenic infection to genomic instability. Its adaptor function is activated by cyclic dinucleotide (CDN) secondary messengers originating from self (2’3’-cGAMP) or bacterial sources (3’3’-CDNs). …”
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A Distributed Energy Optimized Routing Using Virtual Potential Field in Wireless Sensor Networks by Haifeng Jiang, Yanjing Sun, Renke Sun, Wei Chen, Shanshan Ma, Jing Gao

“…We adopt the social welfare function from social sciences to predict equality of residual energy of neighbors after selecting different next nodes, which is used to compute the potential value in energy balance potential field. …”
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LatentDE: latent-based directed evolution for protein sequence design by Thanh V T Tran, Nhat Khang Ngo, Viet Thanh Duy Nguyen, Truong-Son Hy

“…Directed evolution (DE) has been the most effective method for protein engineering that optimizes biological functionalities through a resource-intensive process of screening or selecting among a vast range of mutations. …”
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Operational monitoring of acoustic sensor networks by V. A. Boltenkov, G. Kh. M. Al-Jasri

“…Both of them are based on the placement of the test sound source within a network. The signal processing for ASN sensors had to detect the failed element. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Soil Quality Reconstruction in Agroforestry Ecosystems of High-Altitude Areas: A Case Study of the Jiangcang Mining Area, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau by Liya Yang, Shaohua Feng, Xusheng Shao, Jinde Zhang, Tianxiang Wang, Shuisheng Xiong

“…The study selected the Jiangcang mining area and analyzed the physical, chemical, and carbon characteristics and heavy metal content of soil samples from the slag platforms and slopes (0–20 cm), which were restored in 2015 and 2020 to explore the effects of different soil reconstruction methods on soil function and ecological resilience. …”
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Correction of Disturbances Influence on Results of Elongated Objects's Probe Microscopy Using Predictive Relief Estimates by P. V. Gulyaev

“…The formation of predictive images enhances the sharpness of objects and increases the probability of their correct selection using methods based on the analysis of changes in the brightness function.…”
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Forecasting formation density from well logging data based on machine learning model by Xiankang Cheng, Haoyu Zhang, Haoyu Zhang

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CSCA-YOLOv8: A lightweight network model for evaluating drought resistance in mung bean. by Dongshan Jiang, Jinyang Liu, Haomiao Zhang, Wenxiang Liang, Ziqiu Luo, Wenlong An, Shicong Li, Xin Chen, Xingxing Yuan, Shangbing Gao

“…Finally, the SIoU loss function is used to replace CIoU to accelerate the convergence of the model. …”
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Discriminant analysis of variational pulsometry parameters by U. I. Silkina, V. A. Balandin

“…The parameters with weak cross-correlation with high predictive significance, the spread of the values of which corresponds to the normal distribution law, were selected for the discriminant analysis. A function which allows to identify the patient as “sick” or “healthy” (one of the categories) has been determined. …”
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Economics of Plantain Production among Farmers in Northeast Nigeria by Love Joel, Abubakar Alhaji Umaru Jongur, Elizabeth Femi Adebayo, Amurtiya Michael

“…The specific objectives of the study were to; describe plantain farmers’ socio-economic characteristics in Northeast Nigeria; identify factors affecting plantain production in the study area, and also ascertain farmers’ resource use efficiency in plantain production. The study adopted a multi-stage sampling technique to collect primary data from 250 plantain farmers selected from 13 communities. …”
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The Genome Assembly of Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz by Cristobal A. Onetto, Christopher M. Ward, Anthony R. Borneman

“…Long-read ONT data were selected to produce a highly contiguous genome assembly for Shiraz. …”
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Single-nuclei sequencing of skeletal muscle reveals subsynaptic-specific transcripts involved in neuromuscular junction maintenance by Alexander S. Ham, Shuo Lin, Alice Tse, Marco Thürkauf, Timothy J. McGowan, Lena Jörin, Filippo Oliveri, Markus A. Rüegg

“…The data show that NMJ gene expression is not only driven by agrin-Lrp4/MuSK signaling but is also affected by electrical activity and trophic factors other than agrin. By selecting the three NMJ genes Etv4, Lrtm1, and Pdzrn4, we further characterize novel contributors to NMJ stability and function. …”
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Integrating Food Preference Profiling, Behavior Change Strategies, and Machine Learning for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in a Personalized Nutrition Digital Health Interventio... by Hana Fitria Navratilova, Anthony David Whetton, Nophar Geifman

“…Intervention functions were designed using the Behavior Change Wheel, and behavior change techniques were selected for the DHI features. …”
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Application of modern agronomic and biotechnological strategies to valorise worldwide globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus L.) potential - an analytical overview by Aneta Grabowska, Gianluca Caruso, Ali Mehrafarin, Andrzej Kalisz, Robert Gruszecki, Edward Kunicki, Agnieszka Sękara

“…The growing importance of globe artichoke as modern functional food as well as a source of pharmaceuticals has raised new issues that all producers have to face; hence the necessity of contemporaneous development of new centres of production and new technologies application in traditional regions of growing which can complement the global market. …”
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Differences in Soil Reinforcement and Root Fatigue Properties of Typical Shrubs in Semi-arid Mining Areas by Xin Zhang, Bo Wang, Tiejun Liu, Jianying Guo, Hugang Wang, Zhenqi Yang

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Nitrogen content estimation of apple trees based on simulated satellite remote sensing data by Meixuan Li, Xicun Zhu, Xicun Zhu, Xinyang Yu, Cheng Li, Dongyun Xu, Ling Wang, Dong Lv, Yuyang Ma

“…The data was resampled based on satellite sensor spectral response functions to match the band resolutions of multiple satellite sources. …”
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Conservation and Presentation of the Byzantine Period on the Historical Peninsula of Istanbul: Urban Archaeological Values in Ibrahim Pasha Palace and Imaret of Beyazıt Complex by Neşe Karaçay, Aynur Çiftçi

“…Built in the 16th century, Ibrahim Pasha Palace was given the function of the Turk and Islamic Art Museum in 1966. …”
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