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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Identification of candidate genes associated with growth and development of sheep from a crossbred population using genome-wide association studies by T. E. Deniskova, O. A. Koshkina, S. N. Petrov, A. A. Sermyagin, N. A. Zinovieva

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Respiratory Rate Estimation from Thermal Video Data Using Spatio-Temporal Deep Learning by Mohsen Mozafari, Andrew J. Law, Rafik A. Goubran, James R. Green

“…Thermal videos provide a privacy-preserving yet information-rich data source for remote health monitoring, especially for respiration rate (RR) estimation. …”
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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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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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Delineating flood susceptibility zones using novel ensemble models – An application of evidential belief function, relative frequency ratio, and Shannon entropy by Samuel Yaw Danso, Yi Ma, Isaac Yeboah Addo

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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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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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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

“…Consequently, <i>P. nitricinens</i> expands the known repertoire of microbial NO synthesis and suggests a previously overlooked source of NO flux in well-aerated soils.…”
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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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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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Assessing variability and detecting the effective traits on yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) promising lines under drought stress condition by Sayyed Saeed Moosavi, Mohammad Reza Abdollahi, Fatemeh Abdi, Homayoun Kanouni

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(Too) many policies under one roof? About the integration of competition law enforcement and sectoral regulation within one authority by Anna Piszcz

“…It will attempt at the identification of advantages and disadvantages of entrusting competition authorities with additional sectoral regulation functions and discuss whether Directive 2019/1 (“ECN+ Directive”) may serve as a cure for disadvantages of adding not related objectives, such as overwhelming numbers of tasks and lacking resources, including human resources or a relatively small part of budget dedicated to competition enforcement. …”
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Genome-wide association study reveals the genetic basis of vitamin C content in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) seedlings by Chao Wang, Lieqiong Kuang, Ze Tian, Xinfa Wang, Xinfa Wang, Hanzhong Wang, Hanzhong Wang, Xiaoling Dun

“…Additionally, we selected four superior germplasms (8S079, 8S200, 8S242, and 8S243) that demonstrate extreme Vc content, providing valuable germplasm resources for breeding. …”
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Commercial NIRS May Not Detect Hemispheric Regional Disparity in Continuously Measured COx/COx-a: An Exploratory Healthy and Cranial Trauma Time-Series Analysis by Amanjyot Singh Sainbhi, Logan Froese, Kevin Y. Stein, Nuray Vakitbilir, Alwyn Gomez, Abrar Islam, Tobias Bergmann, Noah Silvaggio, Mansoor Hayat, Frederick A. Zeiler

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An Economic and Econometric Comparative Study of Some Local Wheat Varieties with Imported Ones Planted in Salah al-Din Governorate for the Agricultural Season 2022/2023 (Tikrit Dis... by Nahedh N. Issa, Abdul Khaleq A. Rashid, Khaled Q. Abboud, Muhammad M. Saleh, Wissam A. Qasim

“…As for the average net profit per dunum, it was around (310,567.9) dinars/dunum for local varieties and around (547,781.1) dinars/dunum for varieties. imported, the research results also showed that the estimated production function for local wheat varieties and imported varieties to the total capacity returns are (0.576, 0.805) respectively, and this indicates decreasing capacity returns, which means that increasing the use of production resources by 1% leads to an increase in wheat production for the varieties. local by (0.576) and to increase wheat production for imported varieties by (0.805), And all producers work in the second stage of the production stages of the law of diminishing returns, which is the rational production area. …”
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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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Feasibility and case studies on converting small hydropower stations to pumped storage by Yangqing Dan, Qingyue Chen, Daren Li, Wenhuan Bai, Weiming Zhou, Anyu Yang, Jia Yang

“…Abstract Hydropower, as a controllable energy source, plays a crucial role in supporting essential functions such as peak shaving, frequency regulation, and load reserve within modern power systems, thereby enhancing the overall economic efficiency and safety of these systems. …”
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