Semi-Supervised Salient Object Detection for Side-Scan Sonar Images via Entropy-Based Uncertainty and Contrastive Learning by Shenao Yuan, Zhen Wang, Fu-Lin He, Shan-Wen Zhang

“…However, current methods often face the following challenges: 1) scarce data annotation; 2) complex and dynamically changing underwater environments; 3) difficulty in distinguishing similar target and background features; 4) unclear boundaries with high uncertainty. …”
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Distributed Software Build Assurance for Software Supply Chain Integrity by Ken Lew, Arijet Sarker, Simeon Wuthier, Jinoh Kim, Jonghyun Kim, Sang-Yoon Chang

“…We first describe and explain our scheme using abstraction and then implement our scheme to assure Ethereum as the target software to provide concrete proof-of-concept implementation, validation, and experimental analyses. …”
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Software to Enable Ocean Discoveries: A Case Study With ICESat‐2 and Argo by J. Scheick, R. Piunno, Z. Fair, R. Tilling, A. Di Bella, N. Abib, K. M. Bisson

“…Seamless retrieval of coincident data from ICESat‐2 and Argo enables improved targeted and exploratory studies across the cryosphere and open ocean realms. …”
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Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2) gene expression and its association with genes regulating the VEGF signaling pathway in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Mehta Vedant Kamal, Rama Rao Damerla, Punit Singh Dikhit, Naveena AN Kumar

“…Structured Abstract: Introduction: The PTGS2 gene codes for the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme that catalyzes the committed step in prostaglandin (PG) synthesis. …”
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Artificial intelligence models for determining the strength of centrally compressed pipe-concrete columns with square cross-section by Chepurnenko Anton, Yazyev Batyr, Tyurina Vasilina, Akopyan Vladimir

“…The correlation coefficients between predicted and target values are close to one. The developed models were also tested on experimental data for 123 samples presented in 15 different works. …”
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Utility of Treatment Pattern Analysis Using a Common Data Model: A Scoping Review by Eun-Gee Park, Min Jung Kim, Jinseo Kim, Kichul Shin, Borim Ryu

“…We summarized study characteristics such as phenotypes, patient numbers, data periods, countries, Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) CDM databases, and definitions of index date and target cohort. Type 2 diabetes mellitus emerged as the most frequently studied disease, covered in five articles, followed by hypertension and depression, each addressed in four articles. …”
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Mimicking large spot‐scanning radiation fields for proton FLASH preclinical studies with a robotic motion platform by Fada Guan, Dadi Jiang, Xiaochun Wang, Ming Yang, Kiminori Iga, Yuting Li, Lawrence Bronk, Julianna Bronk, Liang Wang, Youming Guo, Narayan Sahoo, David R. Grosshans, Albert C. Koong, Xiaorong R. Zhu, Radhe Mohan

“…The accuracy of target positioning was verified with a self‐leveling laser system. …”
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TNF-α and IFN-s-Dependent Muscle Decay Is Linked to NF-κB- and STAT-1α-Stimulated Atrogin1 and MuRF1 Genes in C2C12 Myotubes by Barbara Pijet, Maja Pijet, Anna Litwiniuk, Małgorzata Gajewska, Beata Pająk, Arkadiusz Orzechowski

“…Moreover, TNF-α- and IFNα/IFNγ-dependent effects on C2C12 myotubes were associated with increased activity of Atrogin1 and MuRF1 genes, which code ubiquitin ligases. MyHC IIa gene activity was unaltered by cytokines. …”
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Social determinants of health and rehabilitation service areas: an urban and rural mediation analysis by Sanghun Nam, Susanne Schmidt, Julianna M. Dean, Alex F. Bokov, Timothy A. Reistetter, Timothy A. Reistetter

“…Key factors affecting community discharge outcomes included economic inequities, limited healthcare access, and transportation barriers.ConclusionTargeted interventions addressing economic inequities, healthcare access, and transportation challenges are essential to improving community discharge outcomes. …”
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A Catalog of Hα Emission-line Stars and 785 Newly Identified Young Stellar Object Candidates from LAMOST Based on a Deep Learning Method by Lei Tan, Ying Mei, Jiale Qian, Xiaolong Wang, Yue Cui, Aixin Huang, Feng Wang, Hui Deng, Chao Liu, Huanbin Chi

“…All catalogs (H α emission-line stars and YSOs) and the code of the proposed model are publicly released to facilitate community research.…”
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The Rising Tide: Disparities in Fentanyl-Related Mortality Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States by Paige Brinzo, Adrienne Dean, Ayden Dunn, Diana Lobaina, Sebastian Densley, Panagiota Kitsantas, Maria Carmenza Mejia, Lea Sacca

“…Disparities by ethnicity and emerging trends in gender and age category highlight the need for targeted approaches to help aid in reducing fentanyl-involved mortality amongst AYAs. …”
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Challenges in Forming Millisecond Pulsar–Black Holes from Isolated Binaries by Camille Liotine, Vicky Kalogera, Jeff J. Andrews, Simone S. Bavera, Max Briel, Tassos Fragos, Seth Gossage, Konstantinos Kovlakas, Matthias U. Kruckow, Kyle A. Rocha, Philipp M. Srivastava, Meng Sun, Elizabeth Teng, Zepei Xing, Emmanouil Zapartas

“…Binaries harboring a millisecond pulsar (MSP) and a black hole (BH) are a key observing target for current and upcoming pulsar surveys. We model the formation and evolution of such binaries in isolation at solar metallicity using the next-generation binary population synthesis code POSYDON . …”
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Evaluation of solar photovoltaics on university buildings: A case study toward campus sustainability by Antônia Sônia Alves Cardoso Diniz, Gisele Mol da Silva, Raphaela E. Alves Nunes, Vinícius Augusto Camatta Santana, Daniel Sena Braga, Cristiana Brasil Maia

“…Renewable energy leads Brazil's energy mix at about 82 % of its total, with solar photovoltaics (PV) now the second largest contribution to the electric power sector. The country's target to eliminate carbon emissions provides a significant role for higher-education institutions that shape and influence future societies through energy and education leadership. …”
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The BTSbot-nearby Discovery of SN 2024jlf: Rapid, Autonomous Follow-up Probes Interaction in an 18.5 Mpc Type IIP Supernova by Nabeel Rehemtulla, W. V. Jacobson-Galán, Avinash Singh, Adam A. Miller, Charles D. Kilpatrick, K-Ryan Hinds, Chang Liu, Steve Schulze, Jesper Sollerman, Theophile Jegou du Laz, Tomás Ahumada, Katie Auchettl, S. J. Brennan, Michael W. Coughlin, Christoffer Fremling, Anjasha Gangopadhyay, Daniel A. Perley, Nikolaus Z. Prusinski, Josiah Purdum, Yu-Jing Qin, Sara Romagnoli, Jennifer Shi, Jacob L. Wise, Tracy X. Chen, Steven L. Groom, David O. Jones, Mansi M. Kasliwal, Roger Smith, Niharika Sravan, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni

“…Rapid follow-up was enabled by the new BTSbot-nearby program, which involves autonomously triggering target-of-opportunity requests for new transients in Zwicky Transient Facility data that are coincident with nearby ( D  < 60 Mpc) galaxies and identified by the BTSbot machine learning model. …”
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Women's Lived Experiences of Sexual and Reproductive Health Challenges in Temporary Marriage: A Phenomenological Study by Fatemeh Ghasemi, Ghodratolah Khosroshahi, Amir Ghamarani, Mahnaz Noroozi

“…Discussion of Results & ConclusionDuring data analysis, 114 open codes were identified from a total of 273 codes, resulting in 12 categories and 3 main themes. …”
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CPT: Colorful Prompt Tuning for pre-trained vision-language models by Yuan Yao, Ao Zhang, Zhengyan Zhang, Zhiyuan Liu, Tat-Seng Chua, Maosong Sun

“…Moreover, CPT can also be easily extended to achieve promising zero/few-shot performance on other vision-language tasks, such as visual relation detection, visual commonsense reasoning and visual question answering. We make the data and codes publicly available at https://github.com/thunlp/CPT.…”
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Real-time Light Curve Classification Framework for the Wide Field Survey Telescope Using Modified Semisupervised Variational Autoencoder by Yongling Tang, Lulu Fan, Zhen Wan, Yating Liu, Yan Lu

“…The 2.5 m Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST), with its powerful capabilities, is promising to make significant contributions in the era of large sky surveys. …”
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Integrated Behavioral Health: A Curriculum for Residents in Rural and Community Psychiatry by Poonè Haghani Tehrani, Kelsey J. Sala-Hamrick, Sushilla Knottenbelt, John P. Sánchez, Julie G. Salvador

“…More specifically, the curriculum assignment prompted residents to examine a clinical practice, identify the model, make recommendations for changes, and discuss the advantages and barriers of the proposed changes. …”
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Lumped Parameter Model for Structural Analysis of Over-Constrained Multi-Legged Parallel Mechanism Supporting System Applied to Cryogenic Devices by Luca Piacentini, Luca Dassa, Diego Perini, Andris Ratkus, Toms Torims, Stefano Uberti

“…Additionally, the proposed code lets designers change input parameters in a quicker and reliable way.…”
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Bursty Star Formation in Dwarfs is Sensitive to Numerical Choices in Supernova Feedback Models by Eric Zhang, Laura V. Sales, Federico Marinacci, Paul Torrey, Mark Vogelsberger, Volker Springel, Hui Li, Rüdiger Pakmor, Thales A. Gutcke

“…Using the SMUGGLE stellar feedback model, we carry out idealized simulations of an M _vir ∼ 10 ^10 M _⊙ dwarf galaxy, a regime where most simulation codes predict significant burstiness in star formation, resulting in strong gas flows that lead to the formation of dark matter cores. …”
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