Exploring factors influencing the selection of primary health care delivery models in conflict-affected settings of North West and South West regions of Cameroon and North-East Nig... by Lundi-Anne Omam, Kelli O'Laughlin, Nicholas Tendongfor, Zara Wudiri, Mohammed Ngubdo Hassan, Alain Metuge, Ooju Oluwafemi, Esther Omam, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi

“…To ensure efficient use of resources and quality of services, model of care selection should be evidence based and informed by the specific humanitarian context. …”
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STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY ANALYSIS BASED ON AN IMPROVEMENT OF THE RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD by ZHANG XueGang

“…Then the sample points near the failure boundary from all sample points were selected after convergence, the limit state function was built by a quadratic polynomial response surface with mixed terms and square terms, and finally the structural reliability was calculated by the Monte Carlo method. …”
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Antioxidant Peptides from the Fruit Source of the Oil Crop <i>Litsea cubeba</i> Ameliorate FFA-Induced Oxidative Stress Injury: Based on Nrf2/Keap1 Pathway and Molecular Dynamics S... by Li Li, Ying Hu, Yu-Mei Wang, Xiao-Xue Wu, Si-Tong Lin, Hang Li, Ji Zhang, Guo-Rong Fan, Zong-De Wang, Bin Wang, Shang-Xing Chen

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Do capture and survey methods influence whether marked animals are representative of unmarked animals? by John R. Fieberg, Kurt Jenkins, Scott McCorquodale, Clifford G. Rice, Gary C. White, Kevin White

“…The lone exception to this rule was for the cohort of radiocollared moose in Minnesota, which exhibited a slight decrease in detection probabilities over time. Differences in detection probabilities for marked and unmarked animals may not be a significant problem for sightability models, provided that the source of the variability can be captured by model covariates (e.g., heterogeneity is tied to an individual's propensity to be in heavy cover). …”
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Mid-Water Ocean Current Field Estimation Using Radial Basis Functions Based on Multibeam Bathymetric Survey Data for AUV Navigation by Jiawen Liu, Kaixuan Wang, Shuai Chang, Lin Pan

“…This makes unknown ocean currents a significant error source that leads to substantial cumulative positioning errors. …”
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Genome-wide identification and functional characterization of GPCR family genes reveal their key roles in the vitellarium development and egg production in Schistosoma japonicum by Xiaoxu Wang, Chuantao Fang, Guofeng Cheng

“…Selected GPCRs were functionally characterized using whole-mount in situ hybridization, double fluorescence in situ hybridization, and RNA interference. …”
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Evaluating Cognitive Function and Brain Activity Patterns via Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent Transformer in N-Back Working Memory Tasks by Zhenming Zhang, Yaojing Chen, Aidong Men, Zhuqing Jiang

“…(1) Background: Working memory, which involves temporary storage, information processing, and regulating attention resources, is a fundamental cognitive process and constitutes a significant component of neuroscience research. …”
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Machine Learning Aided Resilient Spectrum Surveillance for Cognitive Tactical Wireless Networks: Design and Proof-of-Concept by Eli Garlick, Nourhan Hesham, MD. Zoheb Hassan, Imtiaz Ahmed, Anas Chaaban, MD. Jahangir Hossain

“…Due to the vast nature of interference signals in the frequency bands used by cognitive TWNs, it is non-trivial to acquire manually labeled data sets of all interference signals. Detecting the presence of an unknown and remote interference source in a frequency band from the transmitter end is also challenging, especially when the received interference power remains at or below the noise floor. …”
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The complexity of aquatic macrophytes and environmental variables as a filter of functional traits of aquatic invertebrates from a subtropical stream in southern Brazil by Bárbara Oleinski, Mikael L. Pereira Morales, Edélti Faria Albertoni

“… Aquatic macrophytes play a key role in structuring aquatic ecosystems due to their varying degrees of structural complexity and perform diverse functions for different organisms (e.g., refuge and food resources). …”
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Shifts in fungal community diversity and potential function under natural forest succession and planted forest restoration in the Kunyu Mountains, East China by Ping Zhu, Xinyu Hu, Qiang Zou, Xiaoyan Yang, Bohan Jiang, Jincheng Zuo, Xinfu Bai, Jianqiang Song, Nan Wu, Yuping Hou

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Enhanced selectivity of carbon quantum dots for metal ion detection through surface modification by heteroatom doping: A study on optical properties and theoretical approach by María Belén Cánchig, Floralba López, Zaillmar Morales-Navarro, Alexis Debut, Karla Vizuete, Thibault Terencio, Manuel Caetano, Juan Pablo Saucedo-Vázquez

“…The study also demonstrated that functionalization with sulfur could modulate emission frequencies, enhancing the detection capabilities for specific ions. …”
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Automatic Road Extraction from Historical Maps Using Transformer-Based SegFormers by Elif Sertel, Can Michael Hucko, Mustafa Erdem Kabadayı

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Urban Traffic State Sensing and Analysis Based on ETC Data: A Survey by Yizhe Wang, Ruifa Luo, Xiaoguang Yang

“…The construction of multi-source data fusion frameworks enables effective complementarity between ETC data, floating car data, and video detection data, significantly improving traffic state estimation accuracy. …”
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Functional and Genomic Evidence of L-Arginine-Dependent Bacterial Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity in <i>Paenibacillus nitricinens</i> sp. nov. by Diego Saavedra-Tralma, Alexis Gaete, Carolina Merino-Guzmán, Maribel Parada-Ibáñez, Francisco Nájera-de Ferrari, Ignacio Jofré-Fernández

“…Although nitric oxide (NO) production in bacteria has traditionally been associated with denitrification or stress responses in model or symbiotic organisms, functionally validated L-arginine-dependent nitric oxide synthase (bNOS) activity has not been documented in free-living, non-denitrifying soil bacteria. …”
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Optimizing Fall Risk Diagnosis in Older Adults Using a Bayesian Classifier and Simulated Annealing by Enrique Hernandez-Laredo, Ángel Gabriel Estévez-Pedraza, Laura Mercedes Santiago-Fuentes, Lorena Parra-Rodríguez

“…The wrapper method of feature selection using the SA algorithm was applied to optimize the cost function based on the difference of the mean minus the standard deviation of the Area Under the Curve (AUC) of the fall risk classifiers across multiple dimensions. …”
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Does the island area also need to insist on salt iodization to prevent iodine deficiency disorders? a cross-sectional survey in Hainan Province, China by Hongying Wu, Shizhu Meng, Dingwei Sun, Yuting Hu, Tingou Wu, Xiaohuan Wang, Xingren Wang, Ying Liu, Chuyan Peng, Chuyan Peng, Bin He, Fangang Meng, Fangang Meng

“…The overall prevalence of thyroid diseases was 27.01%. The detection rates of subclinical hypothyroidism and subclinical hyperthyroidism in males were significantly higher than those in females, and the detection rates of thyroid nodules and goiter were significantly lower than those in females. …”
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Joint Probability Analysis of the Rich‐Poor Runoff and Sediment Discharge in Karst Watersheds by Jiayin Yao, Xingxiu Yu, Zhenwei Li, Shilei Peng, Xianli Xu

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the synchronous‐asynchronous probabilities and return periods of rich‐poor combinations of annual runoff and sediment discharge using a bivariate copula function to assess the risk of soil erosion in four selected karst watersheds in southwest China. …”
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New Cation Sensors Based on Eugenol-Derived Azo Dyes by José R. A. Coelho, Ana Rita F. Pacheco, Diogo C. Domingues, Ana Rita O. Rodrigues, Akani A. Temitope, Paulo J. G. Coutinho, Maria José G. Fernandes, Elisabete M. S. Castanheira, M. Sameiro T. Gonçalves

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Rapid Spectral Evolution of SGR 1935+2154 during Its 2022 Outburst by Chin-Ping Hu, Zorawar Wadiasingh, Wynn C. G. Ho, Matthew G. Baring, George A. Younes, Teruaki Enoto, Sebastien Guillot, Tolga Güver, Marlon L. Bause, Rachael Stewart, Alex Van Kooten, Chryssa Kouveliotou

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The Effects of Soil Cover Thickness on Leaf Functional Traits of Vine Plants in Mining Areas Depend on Soil Enzyme Activities and Nutrient Cycling by Ren Liu, Yun Sun, Zongming Cai, Ping He, Yunxia Song, Longhua Yu, Huacong Zhang, Yueqiao Li

“…In addition, soil factor indicators under different soil cover thicknesses were measured to elucidate the linkages between leaf functional traits of vine plants and soil factors. We found that <i>P. lobata</i> showed a resource acquisition strategy, while <i>H. nepalensis</i> demonstrated a resource conservation strategy. …”
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