Cone Beam Micro-CT System for Small Animal Imaging and Performance Evaluation by Shouping Zhu, Jie Tian, Guorui Yan, Chenghu Qin, Jinchao Feng

“…In order to reconstruct images with high spatial resolution and low artifacts, raw data preprocessing and geometry calibration are implemented before reconstruction. A method which utilizes a wire phantom to estimate the residual horizontal offset of the detector is proposed, and 1D point spread function is used to assess the performance of geometric calibration quantitatively. …”
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Revealing Spatiotemporal Urban Activity Patterns: A Machine Learning Study Using Google Popular Times by Mikel Barrena-Herrán, Itziar Modrego-Monforte, Olatz Grijalba

“…As a result, this research assesses the utility of this data source for evaluating the changing dynamics of a city across both space and time. …”
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Length–Weight Distribution of Non-Zero Elements in Randomized Bit Sequences by Christoph Lange, Andreas Ahrens, Yadu Krishnan Krishnakumar, Olaf Grote

“…The focus of the current work is on detecting deviations from the ideal gap-density function describing randomized bit sequences. For testing and verification purposes, the well-researched post-quantum cryptographic CRYSTALS suite, including its Kyber and Dilithium schemes, is utilized. …”
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The First Steps to Building Research Collaborative Using Strength-Based Assessments and GIS Maps with a Sample of Community-Based Organizations in the Bronx, NY by María Isabel Roldós, Jaye Jones, Jocelyn Rajaballey

“…Conclusion: This analysis suggests that CBOs center their resources to function as a leader in the Bronx and have identified the need to expand services during the pandemic. …”
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Nyai Hannah and the Qur’anic Preaching in Indonesian Social Media by Kholila Mukaromah, Ika Silviana, Nabila An'imatul Maula, Subkhani Kusuma Dewi

“…In her contents, she utilizes various resources -symbolic, social, and material- to optimize her preach. …”
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Optimizing the Production of LNG and NGL from Arab Crudes and Wet Gases by Adel M. Hemeida, Mohammed S. Al-Blehed, Saad El-Din Desouky

“…The objective function of the model is to maximize the net cash flow return of selling LNG and NGL. …”
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Powering Implanted Devices Wirelessly Using Spider-Web Coil by Amal Ibrahim Mahmood, Sadik Kamel Gharghan, Mohamed A.A. Eldosoky, Ahmed M. Soliman

“…The wireless power transfer (WPT) technique, specifically magnetic resonator coupling (MRC), was utilized to address the limited battery capacity of IBMs. …”
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Identification of hypertension gene expression biomarkers based on the DeepGCFS algorithm. by Zongjin Li, Liqin Tian, Libing Bai, Zeyu Jia, Xiaoming Wu, Changxin Song

“…We propose a novel deep graph clustering feature selection (DeepGCFS) algorithm to identify hypertension gene biomarkers with more biological significance. This algorithm utilizes a graph network to represent the interaction information between genes, builds a GNN model, designs a loss function based on link prediction and self-supervised learning ideas for training, and allows each gene node to obtain a feature vector representing global information. …”
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Expression Quantitative Trait loci (QTL) in tumor adjacent normal breast tissue and breast tumor tissue. by Alejandro Quiroz-Zárate, Benjamin J Harshfield, Rong Hu, Nick Knoblauch, Andrew H Beck, Susan E Hankinson, Vincent Carey, Rulla M Tamimi, David J Hunter, John Quackenbush, Aditi Hazra

“…SNP-gene associations can be explored using an open-source interactive browser distributed in a Bioconductor package. …”
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Key frame extraction algorithm for surveillance videos using an evolutionary approach by Manjusha Rajan, Latha Parameswaran

“…This proposed method leverages an interactive GA with a well-designed Fitness Function and elitism-based survivor selection to enhance performance. …”
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DadY (PA5303) is required for fitness of Pseudomonas aeruginosa when growth is dependent on alanine catabolism by Ronnie L. Fulton, Diana M. Downs

“…Functional characterization of DadY contributes to our understanding of the role of the broadly conserved Rid family members.…”
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Mapping the genetic landscape establishing a tumor immune microenvironment favorable for anti-PD-1 response by Daniel A. Skelly, John P. Graham, Mingshan Cheng, Mayuko Furuta, Andrew Walter, Thomas A. Stoklasek, Hongyuan Yang, Timothy M. Stearns, Olivier Poirion, Ji-Gang Zhang, Jessica D.S. Grassmann, Diane Luo, William F. Flynn, Elise T. Courtois, Chih-Hao Chang, David V. Serreze, Francesca Menghi, Laura G. Reinholdt, Edison T. Liu

“…Summary: Identifying host genetic factors modulating immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) efficacy is experimentally challenging. Our approach, utilizing the Collaborative Cross mouse genetic resource, fixes the tumor genomic configuration while varying host genetics. …”
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Integrating Phenological Priors with Deep Spatio-Temporal Features for tree species mapping by Z. Ma, N. Zhu, Z. Dong, R. Chen, B. Yang, Z. Chen, C. Long, R. Ding

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Algorithms to Identify Copied and Manipulated Spectrum Occupancy Data in Cognitive Radio Networks by Joseph Tolley, Carl B. Dietrich

“…Additionally, we recommend utilizing a cosine similarity function with Elasticsearch to search for manipulated spectrum data and exact copies when sufficient computational resources are available.…”
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Phosphoglucomutase A-mediated metabolic adaptation is essential for antibiotic and disease persistence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Taruna Sharma, Shaifali Tyagi, Rahul Pal, Jayendrajyoti Kundu, Sonu Kumar Gupta, Vishawjeet Barik, Vaibhav Kumar Nain, Manitosh Pandey, Prabhanjan Dwivedi, Bhishma Narayan Panda, Yashwant Kumar, Ranjan Kumar Nanda, Samrat Chatterjee, Amit Kumar Pandey

“…This is done by utilization of a highly flexible and integrated network of metabolic pathways. …”
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Unveiling Salt Tolerance Mechanisms and Hub Genes in Alfalfa (<i>Medicago sativa</i> L.) Through Transcriptomic and WGCNA Analysis by Fengdan Wang, Hanfu Wu, Mei Yang, Wen Xu, Wenjie Zhao, Rui Qiu, Ning Kang, Guowen Cui

“…This also provides valuable genetic resources for better utilization of saline–alkali land. …”
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KnowVID-19: A Knowledge-Based System to Extract Targeted COVID-19 Information from Online Medical Repositories by Muzzamil Aziz, Ioana Popa, Amjad Zia, Andreas Fischer, Sabih Ahmed Khan, Amirreza Fazely Hamedani, Abdul R. Asif

“…We present KnowVID-19, a knowledge-based system that assists medical researchers and scientists in extracting targeted information quickly and efficiently from online medical literature repositories, such as PubMed, PubMed Central, and other biomedical sources. The system utilizes various open-source machine learning tools, such as GROBID, S2ORC, and BioC to streamline the processes of data extraction and data mining. …”
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ANALYSIS OF ECOTOURISM AND DISASTER MITIGATION DATA AT THE KUALA LANGSA MANGROVE FOREST BY USING THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS by Salmawaty Arif, Nanda Akmalia

“…The role of the local government has resulted: developed the programs according to the existing mangrove management law that reached 67% among other law related indicators; budget allocation priority by self-generating which get priority of 59% among budget indicators; oriented on the increasing of fishermen, obtained 49% of economical function elements; encouraged the involvement and partnership of the local resources around the mangrove forest which reached 31% among other programs offered and sustainability approach by considering ecological functions aspect. …”
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Memory-Saving Implementation of High-Speed Privacy Amplification Algorithm for Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution by Dengwen Li, Peng Huang, Yingming Zhou, Yuan Li, Guihua Zeng

“…Here, we propose a novel privacy amplification scheme with an optimal hash function. In particular, by utilizing the linear feedback shift register (LFSR) technique, we optimize and simplify the construction of the Toeplitz matrix. …”
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Climate Change Impacts on Winter Wheat Yield in Northern China by Xiu Geng, Fang Wang, Wei Ren, Zhixin Hao

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