Secrecy Outage Analysis of Mixed RF-FSO Systems With Channel Imperfection by Hongjiang Lei, Haolun Luo, Ki-Hong Park, Zhi Ren, Gaofeng Pan, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

“…First, the cumulative distribution function and probability density function of FSO links with pointing error and two different detection technologies are derived. …”
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Beyond negative valence: 2-week administration of a serotonergic antidepressant enhances both reward and effort learning signals. by Jacqueline Scholl, Nils Kolling, Natalie Nelissen, Michael Browning, Matthew F S Rushworth, Catherine J Harmer

“…To make good decisions, humans need to learn about and integrate different sources of appetitive and aversive information. While serotonin has been linked to value-based decision-making, its role in learning is less clear, with acute manipulations often producing inconsistent results. …”
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Who Leads Trends on Q&A Platforms? Identifying and Analyzing Trend Discoverers by Yongning Li, Lun Zhang, Ye Wu, Tianlan Wei

“…Q&A platforms are vital sources of information but often face challenges related to their high ratios of passive to active contributors, which can impede knowledge construction and information exchange on the platforms. …”
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Analysis of the Causes of Urban Sprawl in Iran by keramatollah Ziari, Saeed Zanganeh Shahraki, Negin Rajabzadeh, Mohsen Abbas Nejad Jelogir

“…Discussion of Results & ConclusionThe causes of urban sprawl in Iran were categorized into 15 distinct dimensions: city form, urban management and planning, infrastructure and urban elements/transportation, land and housing management, planning, and policy, migration and land preparation, socio-cultural factors, natural factors, economic factors, urban plans, political factors, inner-city problems, marginalization and informal settlement issues, urban peripheral problems, demographic factors, and other factors.Within the dimension of city form, spatial-functional discontinuity was noted as a contributing factor (3 occurrences in the sources). …”
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Safety and Probiotic Evaluation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum CHEN1 and Its Metabolic Analysis of Soymilk Oligosaccharides by Zhina CHEN, Shiyi CAO, Linlin YIN, Mengyuan SHAO, Tao YE, Zhangrui XU, Xiaochen HUANG

“…The genetic characteristics of the strain were analyzed through genome sequencing and functional annotation. Phenotypic experiments, including hemolytic activity assays, detection of harmful metabolites, antibiotic susceptibility testing, tolerance experiments, hydrophobicity, and autoaggregation assays were conducted to evaluate its safety and probiotic potential. …”
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An Improved Fitting Method for Predicting the Zernike Coefficient–Wavelength Curves by Fang Wang, Qiyuan Zhang, Haoyu Wang, Dayong Zhu, Huaikang Zhu, Wenxin Jia, Sen Han

“…Broadband transmitted wavefront measurement is a detection method that uses transmitted wavefronts at a few specific wavelengths though a function of Zernike coefficients and wavelength to predict other transmitted wavefronts at any wavelength within a certain range. …”
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Canopy Transpiration Mapping in an Apple Orchard Using High-Resolution Airborne Spectral and Thermal Imagery with Weather Data by Abhilash K. Chandel, Lav R. Khot, Claudio O. Stöckle, Lee Kalcsits, Steve Mantle, Anura P. Rathnayake, Troy R. Peters

“…In addition, weather information for estimating ET is very often selected from sources that do not represent conditions like heterogeneous site-specific conditions. …”
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DIAGNOSING FAULTS IN THE TIMING SYSTEM OF A PASSENGER CAR SPARK IGNITION ENGINE USING THE BAYES CLASSIFIER AND ENTROPY OF VIBRATION SIGNALS by Piotr CZECH

“…At the moment, it is not yet possible to create a single procedure that would enable the construction of a properly functioning diagnostic system, regardless of the selected object to be diagnosed. …”
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A vehicle coordinate system reconstruction method for end of line calibration applications by Zhigang Ding, Yangyang Gong, Jincheng Lin, Jingjing Jiang, Jiadi Zhang

“…Third, the paper describes how to mitigate the influence of vehicle body color by choosing appropriate light sources, and it employs suitable algorithms to complete the feature point extraction process. …”
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Determination of Technological Features of a Solar Photovoltaic Cell Made of Monocrystalline Silicon P+PNN+ by Cristian-Petre Fluieraru, Gabriel Predușcă, Horia Andrei, Emil Diaconu, Petru Adrian Cotfas, Daniel Tudor Cotfas

“…The development in the field of semiconductor materials and electronic devices has a great impact on systems with renewable energy sources. Determination of the functional parameters of photovoltaic solar cells is essential for the subsequent usage of these semiconductor devices. …”
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Spontaneous blinking and brain health in aging: Large-scale evaluation of blink-related oscillations across the lifespan by Sujoy Ghosh Hajra, Jed A. Meltzer, Prerana Keerthi, Chloe Pappas, Allison B. Sekuler, Cam-CAN Group, Careesa Chang Liu

“…Crucially, these age-related differences were not observed in the behavioral measures of task performance such as reaction time and accuracy, suggesting that blink-related neural responses during the target detection task are more sensitive in capturing aging-related brain function changes compared to behavioral measures alone. …”
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Optimal Operation of Energy Hub Systems under Resiliency Response Options by Ali Khodadadi, Taher Abedinzadeh, Hasan Alipour, Jaber Pouladi

“…A sample hub system is made up of electrical, thermal, and gas loads, electrical and thermal energy sources, and storage systems employed as a test system. …”
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A Review on Treatment of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency: Characteristics, Limitations, and Challenges of Stem Cell versus ExosomeTherapy by Narges Elahi, Jafar Ai, Zohreh Makoolati

“…MSC therapy has been shown to improve ovarian function in some animals with POI, but it can also have side effects such as high cost, time-consuming processes, limited lifespan and cell sources, loss of original characteristics during in vitro proliferation, dependence on specific culture environments, potential immune reactions, unknown therapeutic mechanisms, etc. …”
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Registered Partnerships and LGBT Parenting in the Czech Republic by Zdeněk Sloboda

“…However, RP remains very selective and quite 'unpopular'. Although there has been a weakening of the procreative function of marriage, the role of RP in this respect is less clear-cut. …”
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Enzyme Catalysis for Sustainable Value Creation Using Renewable Biobased Resources by Roland Wohlgemuth

“…The useful properties of enzymes as nature’s preferred catalysts, such as their high selectivity, diversity, and adaptability, enable their optimal function, whether in single or multiple reactions. …”
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«NOVOYE VREMYA» NEWSPAPER ON MILITARY CENSORSHIP OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1916). by Sviridova A. S.

“…The article also shows how the periodical press, which functioned under the censorship restrictions of the war period and remained one of the key sources of public opinion formation, tried to conduct a dialogue with the authorities on the problems of disseminating information about the events that took place.…”
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Efficacy of angiotensin receptor blockers for erectile dysfunction in hypertensive men: A systematic review by Swati Sucharita Dash, Harshita K Kothari, Shashwati Pankaj, Lakshmi Venkatachalam, Jignesh Bhate, Guruprasad K S Rao

“…A literature search was carried out in Medline, Embase, the Cochrane Library databases, and other relevant sources to select clinical studies that compared the efficacy of ARBs with other antihypertensive drugs in men with concomitant hypertension and ED. …”
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A Comparative Study on the Competencies of Ai-supported Translation Tools in Literary Translation by Erdinç Aslan

“…The study describes the translations of randomly selected words and expressions from the source text by human translators and AI-supported translation tools by comparing them based on Koller’s (2004, pp. 228–266) categories of equivalence.…”
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Use of Naringinase to Modify the Sensory Quality of Foods and Increase the Bioavailability of Flavonoids: A Systematic Review by Joanna Bodakowska-Boczniewicz, Zbigniew Garncarek

“…Recent reviews on naringinase have focused on its sources, production, and general applications, whereas the present study highlights its specific applications, its role in the deglycosylation of flavonoids, and the resulting improvement in their bioavailability. …”
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Recapitulating the bone extracellular matrix through 3D bioprinting using various crosslinking chemistries by Laurens Parmentier, Edward Vermeersch, Sandra Van Vlierberghe

“…Natural polymer hydrogel matrices are favorably selected as part of many bioinks thanks to their level of mimicry with the bone osteoid matrix. …”
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