Near extinction of the HBV quasispecies driven by the hard selective sweep in chronic hepatitis B by Daiqiang Lu, Andong He, Guichan Liao, Renyu Zhou, Zichun Cheng, Ka Cheuk Yip, Xiufang Wang, Wei Cao, Jiaojiao Peng, Ruiman Li, Jie Peng, Feng Gao

“…The nearly identical viral population suggests that all these viruses are from a single source. Predominant mutations were identified in known T cell epitopes but not in epitopes for neutralizing antibodies, indicating that the hard selective sweep is most likely driven by T cell selection pressure. …”
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Machine Learning and Feature Selection-Enabled Optimized Technique for Heart Disease Classification and Prediction by P. Nancy, Prasad Raghunath Mutkule, Kalpana Sunil Thakre, Ajay S. Ladkat, S.B.G. Tilak Babu, Sunil L. Bangare, Mohd Naved

“…It comes as no surprise that cardiovascular disease is a leading source of morbidity and death in contemporary society. …”
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Business awareness in the management of a modern organisation regarding the usage of selected information technologies by Filip Rembisz, Piotr Zaskórski

“…Implications for theory and practice The article presents not only aspects related to the functioning of a modern organization but also the possibilities of using selected IT solutions in this aspect. …”
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Myeloma mesenchymal stem cells’ bioenergetics afford a novel selective therapeutic target by Oded Komemi, Elina Orbuch, Osnat Jarchowsky-Dolberg, Yaron Shraga Brin, Shelly Tartakover-Matalon, Metsada Pasmanik-Chor, Michael Lishner, Liat Drucker

“…Interfering with BM-MSCs mitochondrial dynamics equilibrium demonstrated their significance to bioenergetics and fitness according to the source. While ND-MSCs depended on fission, reducing MM-MSCs fusion attenuated glycolysis, OXPHOS and mtROS. …”
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Signatures of positive selection for local adaptation of African native cattle populations: A review by Wondossen AYALEW, Xiao-yun WU, Getinet Mekuriaw TAREKEGN, Min CHU, Chun-nian LIANG, Tesfaye SISAY TESSEMA, Ping YAN

“…It has played a crucial role in providing valuable protein for billions of households and sources of income and employment for producers and other actors in the livestock value chains. …”
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Influence of Lineage-Negative Stem Cell Therapy on Articulatory Functions in ALS Patients by Wioletta Pawlukowska, Bartłomiej Baumert, Monika Gołąb-Janowska, Anna Sobuś, Agnieszka Wełnicka, Agnieszka Meller, Karolina Machowska-Sempruch, Alicja Zawiślak, Karolina Łuczkowska, Sławomir Milczarek, Bogumiła Osękowska, Edyta Paczkowska, Iwona Rotter, Przemysław Nowacki, Bogusław Machaliński

“…Bone marrow-derived stem and progenitor cells (SPCs) may be a valuable source of trophic factors. In this study, we assessed whether adjuvant cellular therapy could affect the levels of selected neurotrophins and proinflammatory factors in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and subsequently prevent the deterioration of articulation. …”
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YOLO-PEL: The Efficient and Lightweight Vehicle Detection Method Based on YOLO Algorithm by Zhi Wang, Kaiyu Zhang, Fei Wu, Hongxiang Lv

“…YOLOv8-PEL shows outstanding performance in detection accuracy, computational efficiency, and generalization capability, making it suitable for real-time and resource-constrained applications. …”
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The molecular prevalence of Theileria equi in the Arabian stallion in Egypt with special reference to biochemical parameters by Noora F. Thabet, Omaima M. Kandil, Omnia M. Kandil, Khalid M. Fararh

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DWS-YOLO: A Lightweight Detector for Blood Cell Detection by Yihai Mao, Hongyi Zhang, Wanqing Wu, Xingen Gao, Zhibin Lin, Juqiang Lin

“…Improved attention, loss function, and suppression enhance detection accuracy, while lightweight C3 module reduces computation time. …”
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Statistically Optimized Near-Field Acoustic Holography Using Prolate Spheroidal Wave Functions by Xuxin Zhang, Jingjun Lou, Jinfang Lu, Ronghua Li, Shijian Zhu

“…Near-field acoustic holography (NAH) is an effective tool for realizing accurate sound field reconstruction in three-dimensional space on the prerequisite that appropriate elementary wave functions are selected or constructed to match the characteristics of the sound sources. …”
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Enhancing Antioxidant Benefits of Kombucha Through Optimized Glucuronic Acid by Selected Symbiotic Fermentation Culture by Yu-Chieh Chou, Hui-Wen Lin, Chung-Yi Wang, Chen-Che Hsieh, Shella Permatasari Santoso, Shin-Ping Lin, Kuan-Chen Cheng

“…To optimize the glucuronic acid content in kombucha, various strain combinations by selecting fermented sources were accomplished. According to the experimental results, kombucha produced through co-fermentation with <i>Pichia anomala</i> and <i>Komagataeibacter hansenii</i>, with glucose-added black tea as the carbon source, exhibited the highest glucuronic acid production. …”
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Performance Analysis of Diabetes Detection Using Machine Learning Classifiers by Hung Huynh, Liu Hui, Ngoc Han Nguyen, Ruixuan Qiao

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Assessment of the capacity of health facilities in preventing and managing non-communicable diseases in selected regions of Somaliland by Opeolu O. Ojo, Omar O Hersi, Ayodele A Falobi, Nura Ali, Lawrence Tan, Yusuf A. Ali

“…The survey focused on assessing the capacity of selected hospitals in detecting and managing NCDs by collecting data on the availability of health workers, equipment, screening and management services, medications, and laboratory tests. …”
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Advances in preparation and application of coal-based functional nanomaterials by Shenyong LI, Shenjun QIN, Changquan MEN, Jiajia HOU, Dawei LYU, Xue ZHENG, Wei PANG, Longlong HAO, Daoyuan ZHAO, Shaozhuo ZHANG

“…China’s energy resource endowment, characterized by “abundant coal but scarce oil”, establishes coal’s fundamental role in the national energy system. …”
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Scientific rationale of ingredients choice for functional fish pastes by A. S. Kupriy, N. I. Dunchenko, E. S. Voloshina

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Forecasting springtime rainfall in southeastern Australia using empirical orthogonal functions and neural networks by S. Marčelja

“…In addition to standard ocean climate indicators such as El Niño or the Indian Ocean Dipole, other typical patterns of variation are captured in terms of the temperatures of selected ocean areas. When characteristic patterns of correlation are discovered, they are included in the predictor selection in the form of expansion in terms of the empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs). …”
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Are Your kidneys ok? Detect early to protect kidney health by Joseph A. Vassalotti, Anna Francis, Augusto Cesar Soares Dos Santos Jr, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, Dina Abdellatif, Li-Li Hsiao, Stefanos Roumeliotis, Agnes Haris, Latha A. Kumaraswami, Siu-Fai Lui, Alessandro Balducci, Vassilios Liakopoulos

“…using serum creatinine to estimate kidney function and urine albumin to assess for kidney and endothelial damage. …”
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Randomization-Driven Hybrid Deep Learning for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection by A. M. Mutawa, G. R. Hemalakshmi, N. B. Prakash, M. Murugappan

“…This study pioneers an innovative framework, using Multi-Scale Discriminative Robust Local Binary Pattern (MS-DRLBP) features, combined with a hybrid Convolutional Neural Network-Radial Basis Function (CNN-RBF) classifier, to enhance the detection of DR. …”
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Toward global rooftop PV detection with Deep Active Learning by Matthias Zech, Hendrik-Pieter Tetens, Joseph Ranalli

“…It is crucial to know the location of rooftop PV systems to monitor the regional progress toward sustainable societies and to ensure the integration of decentralized energy resources into the electricity grid. However, locations of PV are often unknown, which is why a large number of studies have proposed variants of Deep Learning to detect PV panels in remote sensing data using supervised Deep Learning. …”
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Detection of water surface targets based on improved Deformable DETR by Pengjiu WANG, Junbin Gong, Wei LUO, Xiao HUANG, Junjie GUO

“…Objective With technological advancements and the increasing demand for water resource exploration, water surface target detection plays a crucial role in various applications, such as ship navigation and maritime safety. …”
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