Exploratory integration of near-infrared spectroscopy with clinical data: a machine learning approach for HCV detection in serum samples by Eloy Pérez-Gómez, José Gómez, José Gómez, Jennifer Gonzalo, Sergio Salgüero, Daniel Riado, María Luisa Casas, María Luisa Gutiérrez, Elena Jaime, Enrique Pérez-Martínez, Rafael García-Carretero, Javier Ramos, Conrado Fernández-Rodríguez, Conrado Fernández-Rodríguez, Myriam Catalá, Myriam Catalá, Luca Martino, Óscar Barquero-Pérez

“…Feature importance analysis highlighted specific wavelengths near 1,150 nm, 1,410 nm, and 1,927 nm, associated with water molecular states and liver function biomarkers (GPT, GOT, GGT), reinforcing the biological relevance of this approach.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that integrating NIRS and clinical data through machine learning enhances HCV diagnostic capabilities, offering a scalable and non-invasive alternative for early detection and risk assessment.…”
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Context-dependent PSIICOS: A novel framework for functional connectivity estimation accounting for task-related power leakage by Daria Kleeva, Alexei Ossadtchi

“…The results demonstrate that CD-PSIICOS outperforms the original PSIICOS in suppressing artifacts at the lower projection ranks, maintaining robust detection of functional networks across theta and gamma frequency bands. …”
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ContDataQC: An R package and Shiny app for quality control of continuous water quality sensor data by Michael J. Pennino, Jen Stamp, Erik W. Leppo, David A. Gibbs, Britta G. Bierwagen

“…ContDataQC helps users speed up and standardize the QC process, minimize undetected data errors, and make full use of their sensor data. It has three main functions: generate QC reports to detect anomalies and erroneous data values, merge QC'd data files from different time periods, and generate time series plots and basic summary statistics. …”
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Wearable MXene-enhanced organic Bio-FET paper patch for glucose detection in sweat with pH and temperature calibration by Milad Farahmandpour, Zoheir Kordrostami

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A SERS‐Based Antibody‐Aptamer Sandwich Assay for Extracellular Vesicle‐Associated Tau Detection Using Gold Nanoparticles by Saqer Al Abdullah, Samaneh Ghadami, Md. Arifur Rahman Khan, Farbod Ebrahimi, Kyle Nowlin, Tetyana Ignatova, Kristen Dellinger

“…Subsequently, adding gold nanoparticles functionalized with SERS probes and aptamers enabled the detection of tau in EVs using SERS. …”
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Redox-active sp2-c connected metal covalent organic frameworks for selective detection and reductive separation of uranium by Jin-Lan Liu, Zhi-Hai Peng, Jia-Xin Qi, Cheng-Rong Zhang, Zhen-Wen Zhang, Li Zhang, Ru-Ping Liang, Jian-Ding Qiu

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BiEHFFNet: A Water Body Detection Network for SAR Images Based on Bi-Encoder and Hybrid Feature Fusion by Bin Han, Xin Huang, Feng Xue

“…Water body detection in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery plays a critical role in applications such as disaster response, water resource management, and environmental monitoring. …”
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A Lightweight Method for Road Defect Detection in UAV Remote Sensing Images with Complex Backgrounds and Cross-Scale Fusion by Wenya Zhang, Xiang Li, Lina Wang, Danfei Zhang, Pengfei Lu, Lei Wang, Chuanxiang Cheng

“…Moreover, the CAA attention mechanism is employed to strengthen the model’s global feature extraction abilities; (2) a cross-scale feature fusion strategy known as GFPN is developed to tackle the problem of diverse target scales in road damage detection; (3) to reduce computational resource consumption, a lightweight detection head called EP-Detect has been specifically designed to decrease the model’s computational complexity and the number of parameters; and (4) the model’s localization capability for road damage targets is enhanced by integrating an optimized regression loss function called WiseIoUv3. …”
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Turning Waste into Treasure: Functionalized Biomass‐Derived Carbon Dots for Superselective Visualization and Eradication of Gram‐Positive Bacteria by Ke‐Fei Xu, Zihao Wang, Macheng Cui, Yuhan Jiang, Chengcheng Li, Zi‐Xi Wang, Ling‐Yi Li, Chenyang Jia, Lijie Zhang, Fu‐Gen Wu

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Relationship between early neurological function and motor skills in Brazilian preterm infants: a cross-sectional study by Wendy Gabrielle Franca de Sousa, Ana Luiza Righetto Greco, Maja de Medeiros, Alicia Jane Spittle, Cibelle Kayenne Roberto Formiga

“…Thus, monitoring their development is needed for early detection and targeted intervention. This study aimed to assess the correlation between neurological function and motor skills in preterm infants from 2 to 6 months of corrected age after hospital discharge in an outpatient follow-up program. …”
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Palm-size wireless piezoelectric immune-biosensing system for rapid E. coli O157:H7 detection by Yang Tian, Lisa Kelso, Yiting Xiao, Chaitanya Pallerla, Ramesh Bist, Siavash Mahmoudi, Ziyu Liu, Haizheng Xiong, Jeyam Subbiah, Terry Howell, Dongyi Wang

“…By enabling timely and accurate detection of contaminants, this technology has the potential to significantly impact public health by reducing the incidence of foodborne illnesses, safeguarding environmental resources, and enhancing overall safety and health outcomes.…”
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Location and function of TDP-43 in platelets, alterations in neurodegenerative diseases and arising considerations for current plasma biobank protocols by Ruth Luthi-Carter, Sara Cappelli, Morgan Le Roux-Bourdieu, Noemie Tentillier, James P. Quinn, Tiziana Petrozziello, Lathika Gopalakrishnan, Purva Sethi, Himanshi Choudhary, Giorgia Bartolini, Elias Gebara, Cristiana Stuani, Laure Font, Jiyan An, Vanessa Ortega, Jessica Sage, Edina Kosa, Bianca A. Trombetta, Roberto Simeone, Tamara Seredenina, Tariq Afroz, James D. Berry, Steven E. Arnold, Becky C. Carlyle, Oskar Adolfsson, Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, Emanuele Buratti, Robert Bowser, Abdulbaki Agbas

“…Here, we explore its tractability as a plasma biomarker of disease and describe its localization and possible functions in the cytosol of platelets. Novel TDP-43 immunoassays were developed on three different technical platforms and qualified for specificity, signal-to-noise ratio, detection range, variation, spike recovery and dilution linearity in human plasma samples. …”
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Omics Multi-Layers Networks Provide Novel Mechanistic and Functional Insights Into Fat Storage and Lipid Metabolism in Poultry by Farzad Ghafouri, Abolfazl Bahrami, Abolfazl Bahrami, Mostafa Sadeghi, Seyed Reza Miraei-Ashtiani, Maryam Bakherad, Herman W. Barkema, Samantha Larose

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SILVERRUSH. XIV. Lyα Luminosity Functions and Angular Correlation Functions from 20,000 Lyα Emitters at z ∼ 2.2–7.3 from up to 24 deg2 HSC-SSP and CHORUS Surveys: Linking the Postr... by Hiroya Umeda, Masami Ouchi, Satoshi Kikuta, Yuichi Harikane, Yoshiaki Ono, Takatoshi Shibuya, Akio K. Inoue, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Yongming Liang, Akinori Matsumoto, Shun Saito, Haruka Kusakabe, Yuta Kageura, Minami Nakane

“…We present luminosity functions (LFs) and angular correlation functions (ACFs) derived from 18,960 Ly α emitters (LAEs) at z  = 2.2−7.3 over a wide survey area of ≲24 deg ^2 that are identified in the narrowband data of the HSC-SSP and CHORUS surveys. …”
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Unveiling the Spatial Variation in Ecosystem Services Interactions and Their Drivers Within the National Key Ecological Function Zones, China by Tingjing Zhang, Quanqin Shao, Haibo Huang

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A Method for Service Function Chain Migration Based on Server Failure Prediction in Mobile Edge Computing Environment by Joelle Kabdjou, Norihiko Shinomiya

“…However, traditional hardware-based middleboxes limit flexibility and scalability, leading to the adoption of Network Function Virtualization (NFV). NFV enables the deployment of network functions as software, optimizing resource allocation and reducing costs. …”
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Assessment of the level of security (safety of functioning) of automated systems based on their vulnerabilities, formalized using the theory of queuing systems by A. O. Efimov, E. A. Rogozin

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VIRify: An integrated detection, annotation and taxonomic classification pipeline using virus-specific protein profile hidden Markov models. by Guillermo Rangel-Pineros, Alexandre Almeida, Martin Beracochea, Ekaterina Sakharova, Manja Marz, Alejandro Reyes Muñoz, Martin Hölzer, Robert D Finn

“…Overall, we demonstrate that VIRify is a novel and powerful resource that offers an enhanced capability to detect a broad range of viral contigs and taxonomically classify them.…”
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Improved smart city security using a deep maxout network-based intrusion detection system with walrus optimization by Wahid Rajeh, Majed Aborokbah, Manimurugan S., Umar Albalawi, Ahamed Aljuhani, Osama Shibl Abdalghany Younes, Karthikeyan Periyasami

“…Methods This research addresses the need for robust intrusion detection systems (IDS) tailored to the unique challenges of securing public transportation within smart cities. …”
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DETECTION AND SYSTEMATIZATION OF SIGNS AND MARKERS OF MODIFICATIONS IN MEDIA CONTENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY TO ENHANCING CRITICAL THINKING IN THE ERA OF DEEPFAKES by Ганна Чемерис

“…The paper focuses on creating a comprehensive framework for detecting manipulated content and identifying indicators such as pixelization, unnatural expressions, etc. …”
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