Impact of Ramadan fasting on kidney function and related outcomes in chronic kidney disease and kidney transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Julia Kurzawa, Michelle E Olah, Anita Lloyd, Syed Habib, Uwais Qarni, Soroush Shojai, Mohamed Abdullahi Osman, Aminu Kasarawa Bello, Thane Chambers, Zahraa Habeeb, Robert Peter Pauly

“…Its consequences on kidney-relevant outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney transplant recipients remain unclear.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources MEDLINE, Embase, Global Health, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar were searched up to 18 September 2023.Eligibility criteria We included observational studies among non-dialysis CKD and kidney transplant recipients who fasted during Ramadan and examined changes in kidney function.Data extraction and synthesis Standardised methods were used by two independent reviewers to screen, select and extract data. …”
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Patterns and risk factors of falls among older adults: a systematic review by Tetiana Yermakova

“…The Web of Science Core Collection database was selected as the data source. The search included publications from the last 10 years (2014–2024). …”
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Challenges issues and future recommendations of deep learning techniques for SARS-CoV-2 detection utilising X-ray and CT images: a comprehensive review by Md Shofiqul Islam, Fahmid Al Farid, F. M. Javed Mehedi Shamrat, Md Nahidul Islam, Mamunur Rashid, Bifta Sama Bari, Junaidi Abdullah, Muhammad Nazrul Islam, Md Akhtaruzzaman, Muhammad Nomani Kabir, Sarina Mansor, Hezerul Abdul Karim

“…According to the taxonomy, each deep learning model is discussed, encompassing its core functionality and a critical assessment of its suitability for imaging-based SARS-CoV-2 detection. …”
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Response of Four Shrubs to Drought Stress and Comprehensive Evaluation of Their Drought Resistance by Bing Ma, Haibo Hu, Xingyu Liu, Qi Wang, Hongwei Zhou, Sheng Chen, Jiacai Liu, Yuyan Li

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Strategy for Construction and Improvement of 4R Resilience Evaluation Model for Coastal Cities by Qixiang QIN, Weiping ZHANG, Yasen YIN

“…The reasons leading to the aforesaid results are mainly summarized in the following three aspects. 1) Due to dense population and land shortage, city samples with high development intensity pay more attention to spatial redundancy and resource acquisition during disasters, and their urban core functional areas have achieved full coverage of public services and emergency service facilities to a large extent through encrypted road networks, mixed land use, vertical functional layout and other ways. …”
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A multi-parameters assessment method and prediction model for ground vibration under the high-speed railway bridge by Wenya Yuan, Baoxin Jia, Zhiyang Zhou, Jing Zhang, Puzhen An

“…Besides, an application example of environment vibration prediction was given, and the site selection distance threshold away from the high-speed railways of different types of environmental vibration function areas were determined. …”
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Numerical Analysis of Transient Burn Injury Grading Through Coupled Heat Transfer and Damage Integral Modeling by Chao Zhang, Xinbin Ma, Mengxi Li, Yubin Qiu, Moon Keun Kim, Jiying Liu

“…Under the working conditions selected in this paper, the heat source mainly affects the epidermis and dermis directly below, and has less influence on the area above, which is in convective heat transfer. …”
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Image acquisition technology for unmanned aerial vehicles based on YOLO - Illustrated by the case of wind turbine blade inspection by Zhenjun Dai

“…Wind energy, as a renewable energy source, is becoming increasingly important. The maintenance and damage detection of wind turbine blades are particularly crucial. …”
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Efficient toluene degradation using Bacillus subtilis biofilm-supported Mn–Ce/zeolite catalysts by Muhammad Zubair Mohsin, Ali Mohsin, Waqas Qamar Zaman, Xiaojuan Zhu, Xihua Zhao, Zain Abbas, Muhammad Hammad Hussain, Ali Shan, Salim-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Rabia Omer, Yingping Zhuang, Meijin Guo, Jiaofang Huang

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RPA: a memory-efficient metric-space recall@R ANNS index by JIANG Runben, CHEN Jiaying, MAO Rui

“…As an array, for each data element, RPA stores only l identities (IDs) of its nearest pivots out of k pre-selected ones (l≪k). During search, the order of distances from each data element to the query is approximated by a score function based on the distances from its nearest pivots to the query, and a bounded heap is maintained to store R candidate results. …”
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Study on Outdoor Spectral Inversion of Winter Jujube Based on BPDF Models by Yabei Di, Jinlong Yu, Huaping Luo, Huaiyu Liu, Lei Kang, Yuesen Tong

“…To address this problem, this study proposes a correction method for outdoor spectral inversion based on the bidirectional polarization reflectance distribution function (BPDF) model. It was used to enhance the detection accuracy of water content and soluble solid (SSC) content of winter jujube. …”
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Heuristically enhanced multi-head attention based recurrent neural network for denial of wallet attacks detection on serverless computing environment by Sarah A. Alzakari, Mohammad Alamgeer, Abdullah M. Alashjaee, Monir Abdullah, Khalid Nazim Abdul Sattar, Asma Alshuhail, Ahmad A. Alzahrani, Abdulwhab Alkharashi

“…Detecting DoW threats involves monitoring and analyzing the system-level resource consumption of specific bare-metal mechanisms. …”
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Genome-wide identification and functional characterization of the LBD transcription factor gene family in Zanthoxylum armatum DC. reveal its potential role in leaf variation by Yifei Deng, Chong Sun, Xueqian Fu, Yuan Guo, Yongxing Zhu, Chongyu Liu, Ruxin Xu, Han Liu, Qiang Li, Ning Tang, Mi Kuang, Wenying Yang, Xia Liu, Zexiong Chen

“…In the natural population of Z. armatum, due to long-term selection, the leaves size and shape show rich diversity in different latitude regions. …”
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A new hybrid distance and similarity based scenario reduction approach for stochastic economic operation of microgrid by Gaurav Gangil, Amit Saraswat, Sunil Kumar Goyal

“…This stochastic model is aimed at generating the optimum schedules for various dispatchable generating resources such as micro-turbines, fuel cells, utility grid, energy storage devices as per the availability of the various VRE resources to meet the uncertain demand for a day-to-day microgrid operation. …”
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The Process of Using Power Supply Technical Solutions for Electronic Security Systems Operated in Smart Buildings: Modelling, Simulation and Reliability Analysis by Michał Wiśnios, Michał Mazur, Sebastian Tatko, Jacek Paś, Adam Rosiński, Jarosław Mateusz Łukasiak, Wiktor Koralewski, Janusz Dyduch

“…The operational tasks of ESSs in SBs require a continuous power supply from various sources, including renewable energy sources. The authors conducted an analysis of the power supply for selected ESSs used in SBs, which enabled the development of a power supply model. …”
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Trade-off and synergy relationships and regional regulation of multifunctional cultivated land in the Yellow River Basin by Aman Fang, Yuanqing Shi, Weiqiang Chen, Lingfei Shi, Jinlong Wang, Yuehong Ma

“…Based on the selection of 379 counties with concentrated distribution of cultivated land, this study comprehensively evaluates the three-dimensional functional level of “production-society-ecology” of cultivated land from 2010 to 2020. …”
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Spatial Distribution Characteristics and Co-occurrence Risk of Rainstorms and High Tide Levels in Guangzhou by Zheng Yangkun, Wang Feng, Wei Qiuying, Zhang Yun, Yang Fang, Hu Maochuan

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Genome-wide analysis of CHYR gene family and BnA03.CHYR.1 functional verification under salt stress in Brassica napus L. by Yanli Guo, Qingxiao Ren, Manman Song, Xiangxiang Zhang, Heping Wan, Fei Liu

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Facile fabrication of selegiline-loaded alginate hydrogel for neuroprotection and functional recovery in a rat model of spinal cord injury through localized spinal delivery by Ramin Abrishami, Ramtin Farhadi, Mehri Farhang Ranjbar, Seyed Hadi Aghili, Maryam Baeeri

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Functional heterogeneity of mesenchymal stem cells and their therapeutic potential in the K18-hACE2 mouse model of SARS-CoV-2 infection by Kátia Nunes da Silva, Fernanda Martins Marim, Gisele Vieira Rocha, Zaquer Suzana Munhoz Costa-Ferro, Luciana Souza de Aragão França, Carolina Kymie Vasques Nonaka, Bruno Diaz Paredes, Erik Aranha Rossi, Erick Correia Loiola, Corynne Stephanie Ahouefa Adanho, Rachel Santana Cunha, Mayck Medeiros Amaral da Silva, Fernanda Ferreira Cruz, Vivian Vasconcelos Costa, Dalila Lucíola Zanette, Clarissa Araújo Gurgel Rocha, Renato Santana Aguiar, Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco, Bruno Solano de Freitas Souza

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