The state of public health emergency preparedness and response capacity among countries in the ECOWAS region by Mahmood Dalhat, Margaret Yaa Lartey

“…These include ability to test for COVID-19 and other priority diseases; optimum utilization of incident management systems through establishment of functional emergency operation centers at national and sub-national levels; effective medical counter measures with improved capacity of human resources for rapid response; a sustainable system for production of the required workforce through field epidemiology trainings; and regional coordination and cross-border collaboration. …”
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DistB-Condo: Distributed Blockchain-Based IoT-SDN Model for Smart Condominium by Anichur Rahman, Md. Jahidul Islam, Ziaur Rahman, Md. Mahfuz Reza, Adnan Anwar, M. A. Parvez Mahmud, Mostofa Kamal Nasir, Rafidah Md. Noor

“…Condominium network refers to intra-organization networks, where smart buildings or apartments are connected and share resources over the network. Secured communication platform or channel has been highlighted as a key requirement for a reliable condominium which can be ensured by the utilization of the advanced techniques and platforms like Software-Defined Network (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Blockchain (BC). …”
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Versatile graceful degradation framework for bio-inspired proprioception with redundant soft sensors by Taku Sugiyama, Kyo Kutsuzawa, Dai Owaki, Elijah Almanzor, Fumiya Iida, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe

“…Nevertheless, soft sensors are fragile and are susceptible to various damage sources in such environments. Some researchers have utilized redundant configuration, where healthy sensors compensate instantaneously for lost ones to maintain proprioception accuracy. …”
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Comparative Metabolic Profiling of Lycium Fruits (Lycium barbarum and Lycium chinense) from Different Areas in China and from Nepal by Irma Belinda Yossa Nzeuwa, Baofu Guo, Ting Zhang, Liya Wang, Qian Ji, Hui Xia, Guiju Sun

“…Therefore, Lycium fruits could be used as a dietary source of natural function foods and be worthy of development and utilization.…”
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From Nutrition to Energy: Evaluating the Role of Rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.) Grain in Sustainable Food Systems and Biofuel Applications by Adam Kleofas Berbeć, Marta Wyzińska

“…This review emphasizes its diverse potential utilization routes, and the importance of bioactive compounds, dietary fibers, phenolic acids, phytoestrogens, and benzoxazinoids that enhance its value as a functional food. …”
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POTENTIAL POSSIBILITIES AND OUTLOOKS OF THE DEVELOPPMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS IN ENERGETICS by Faurash N.

“…Occurrences of small business as the partner of the enterprises will promote increase of efficiency of functioning of a power complex, improvement of controllability of this making national economy, and also more to an effective utilization of primary power resources.…”
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Multi-Time Scale Optimal Dispatch of Distribution Network with Pumped Storage Station Based on Model Predictive Control by Pengyu Pan, Zhen Wang, Gang Chen, Huabo Shi, Xiaoming Zha

“…As the penetration of renewable energy increases, the distribution grid faces great challenges in integrating large amounts of distributed energy sources and dealing with their output uncertainty. …”
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The trajectory of intrinsic capacity and its related factors among elderly Chinese patients with cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study by Yanyin Cui, Shanyan Lei, Yubing Xia, Fang Yang

“…The analysis of associated factors show that non-time-varying characteristics such as educational level, residential area, housing type, toilet facilities, and energy sources, are significantly associated with the IC trajectories of CVD patients. …”
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Mass transpiration impact on effectiveness of heat transport of ternary hybrid nanofluid with velocity slip by S. Bilal, Muhammad Yasir

“…Thermal energy transmission in the emergence of radiative flux and variant heat source through non-linear approximating function is also manifested. …”
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Support for family members who are caregivers to relatives with acquired brain injury by Janet Walker, Lourens Schlebusch, Bernhard Gaede

“…A mixed methodology was utilized. It comprised cross-sectional descriptive and phenomenological approaches. …”
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MedAlmighty: enhancing disease diagnosis with large vision model distillation by Yajing Ren, Zheng Gu, Wen Liu

“…In this approach, we utilize DINOv2—a pre-trained large vision model—as a frozen teacher, and a lightweight convolutional neural network (CNN) as the trainable student. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Protein-Based Hydrogel: Cottonseed Protein Grafted with 2-Acrylamido-2-Methylpropanesulfonic Acid (AMPS) by Dehenenet Flatie Tassw, Tamrat Tesfaye, Murugesh Babu K.

“…N,N-methylene bisacrylamide serves as the crosslinking agent, while potassium persulfate (PPS) and sodium bisulfite (SBS) function as redox initiators. The optimization of hydrogel synthesis conditions was achieved using Design Expert-11 software, adjusting the AMPS to CSP ratio. …”
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Stable microbial community promotes aerobic methanotrophy in a large river-reservoir system by Qiong Tang, Zhe Li, Lunhui Lu, Yan Xiao, Xinghua Wu, Dianchang Wang

“…ABSTRACT Aerobic methanotrophy, mainly carried out by methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) in freshwater systems, plays a crucial role in reducing methane (CH4) emissions and serves as an additional carbon source (methane-derived carbon) that supports the development of microbial food loops. …”
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Antalya Kaleiçi and Its Surroundings on the 1905 Maps by Evren Dayar

“…This article aims to evaluate two maps of Antalya prepared on March 27, 1905, utilizing archival documents, inscriptions, and various visual sources. …”
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The diet–intestinal microbiota dynamics and adaptation in an elevational migration bird, the Himalayan bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus) by Shangmingyu Zhang, Chuang Zhou, Zhehan Dong, Kaize Feng, Kexin Peng, Zhengyang Wang, Yong Jiang, Linyu Jin, Ping Zhang, Yongjie Wu

“…An increase in fatty acid and amino acid metabolism was observed in response to low temperatures and limited resources, resulting in enhanced energy extraction and nutrient utilization. …”
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Designing a Theoretical Framework for Ecosystem Products of Agricultural Heritage Systems by Ruyu Ye, Moucheng Liu, Zhidong Li

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Characterization and Analysis of the Role of Corazonin in Regulating Ovarian Development in the Mud Crab <i>Scylla paramamosain</i> by Shiying Yang, Liangjie Liu, Yiwei Tang, An Liu, Haihui Ye

“…This study provides a new insight into the biological function of Crz during the ovarian development of the mud crab, which is of great significance for the sustainable development and utilization of mud crab resources.…”
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Protective effects of Maillard products of skipjack trypsin hydrolysate on uric acid-induced injury of human kidney-2 cell (HK-2) by Yurou Chu, Jiaxing Wang, Jipeng Sun, Ru Song, Liang Chen, Xiaoyu Zou

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Gut bacterium Acinetobacter sp. assists Camellia weevil with host plant adaptation by degrading tea saponin via the benzoate pathway by Feng Song, Jinping Shu, Shouke Zhang

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Research advances in the molecular regulatory mechanisms of fruit coloration in fruit trees by MA Shurui, CHI Fumei, SONG Yang

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