Postural sway serves as a predictive biomarker in balance and gait assessments for diabetic peripheral neuropathy screening: a community-based study by Yun-Ru Lai, Wen-Chan Chiu, Chi-Ping Ting, Yi-Fang Chiang, Ting-Yin Lin, Hui-Ching Chiang, Chih-Cheng Huang, Cheng-Hsien Lu

“…Participants with DPN demonstrate increased postural sway velocity and total path length, along with reduced gait speed, shorter stride length, and decreased range of motion in hip flexion and extension. …”
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Elevated aminopeptidase N affects sperm motility and early embryo development. by Amena Khatun, Md Saidur Rahman, Do-Yeal Ryu, Woo-Sung Kwon, Myung-Geol Pang

“…Our results demonstrated that the supplementation of recombinant APN in sperm culture medium significantly increased APN activity, and subsequently altered motility, hyperactivated motility, rapid and medium swimming speeds, viability, and the acrosome reaction of mouse spermatozoa. …”
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Differential Flight Responses of Sympatric Raptor Species to Weather Conditions and Extreme Temperature Events by Lara Naves‐Alegre, Hernán García‐Mayoral, Jon Morant, Juan Manuel Pérez‐García, Andreia Dias, Elvira Cano‐Montes, Ángel Sánchez, Víctor García‐Matarranz

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MARKETING AUDIT AS A TOOL OF MARKETING ANALYTICS by Valentyna Litynska

“…Based on the generalization of approaches to the interpretation of the concept of «marketing audit» and factors that have a significant impact on this concept, it is proposed to define marketing audit as an improved tool used by companies for in-depth analysis of their marketing activities in order to identify opportunities for increasing efficiency and competitiveness.  A marketing audit is not only an analysis of a company’s marketing strategies and actions, but also a systematic review of its marketing activities taking into account changing market conditions and internal factors. …”
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The Impact of Air–Sea Flux Parameterization Methods on Simulating Storm Surges and Ocean Surface Currents by Li Cai, Bin Wang, Wenqian Wang, Xingru Feng

“…Our results quantify how the wind stress drag coefficient’s formulation alters atmosphere–ocean feedback, with wave-state aware schemes exhibiting superior surge prediction accuracy compared to wind-speed-dependent approaches. Specifically, a larger wind stress drag coefficient leads to increased atmospheric bottom stress and sea surface stress, resulting in weaker winds and larger sea surface currents and storm surges. …”
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DYNAMIC DISCIPLINE OF PARALLEL SERVICE IN CONCEPT FLIGHT AND FLOW – INFORMATION FOR A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT by L. E. Rudel'son, S. N. Smorodskiy, V. A. Chernyshyova

“…Following the instructions of the dispatcher, the pilot either proceeds to the bypass route, or changes either the altitude or speed. Minimal interference in the actions of the pilot is one of the criteria for assessing the controller’s work. …”
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LISTENING COMPREHENSION STUDY: DIFFICULTIES AND STRATEGIES USED BY COLLEGE STUDENTS by Dede Purwanto, Fahrus Zaman Fadhly, Wulan Rahmatunisa

“…The result undertakes to increase EFL learners’ consciousness of these difficult areas in listening that are suitable and effective actions. …”
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Integration of Hash Encoding Technique with Machine Learning for Employee Turnover Prediction by Ahya Radiatul Kamila, Johanes Fernandes Andry, Francka Sakti Lee, Felliks F. Tampinongkol

“…Employee turnover refers to the replacement of employees within an organization, which can lead to losses such as recruitment costs and decreased productivity. Predicting turnover is crucial for companies to anticipate and take appropriate actions to retain potential employees. …”
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Research and development of material feeder of drum type shredder by V. I. Zenikov

“…Thus a louver baffle fitted to the end of a material feeder decreased losses by 9 percent.…”
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A Novel Variable-Order Threshold Serial Belief Propagation-Based Decoding Algorithm for LT Codes by Weibai Sun, Shuyan Ni, Tuofeng Lei, Rui Yang

“…In addition, by introducing an adaptive threshold for correcting check node information, the algorithm effectively eliminates redundant update actions throughout the decoding process. Simulation results demonstrate a 63.6% reduction in iteration count compared to BP for long-length codes at medium to high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a 17.4% decrease in computational overhead. …”
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A Swing-Assist Controller for Enhancing Knee Flexion in a Semi-Powered Transfemoral Prosthesis by David M. Marsh, Marco Puliti, Michael Goldfarb

“…The experiments demonstrate that the proposed controller increases peak knee angle and minimum toe clearance during swing phase without increasing hip compensatory actions, relative to the users’ daily-use devices.…”
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A New Approach for Online Transient Instability Assessment and Prediction via Tracing the Variation Trend of Synchronous Generator Energy by Parva Soori, Alireza Sobbouhi, Mohamma Reza Aghamohammadi, Mohamma Sadegh Sepasian

“…The energy is calculated using the integral of the electrical power of the generator measured over time. This energy increases during a fault and subsequently decreases in post-fault. …”
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Numerical Study on the Explosive Separation of Pyrotechnic Cutter by Shihui Xiong, Yaokun Ye, Yanhua Li, Yuquan Wen

“…As the distance increases, the difference between the initial cutting speed and the maximal speed of the cutter gradually decreases and effectively disappears for a distance of 8.5 mm. …”
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A Study of Dynamic Loading and Unloading Damage of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete under Confining Pressure by Chao Lin, Li Rao, Cheng-Lin Zhang, Zhi-Wen Yang, Fang Chen, Qing You, Xian-Jun Tan

“…Finally, a triaxial cyclic dynamic load test with a confining pressure value of 1 MPa and an axial loading speed of 1.5 MPa/s was carried out, revealing that the damage characteristics of the test blocks changed from elastic deformation to obvious plastic deformation damage as the number of loading times increased.…”
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Study of clay soil properties when using the method of concentrated lime exposure by E. N. Alkaev, A. A. Lunev, V. V. Golubenko

“…On the basis of the results obtained and the analysis of literature sources rational distances between slots (wells) are justified when using concentrated lime action technology to drain soils with increased humidity in quarries.Negotiations and conclusions. …”
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Comparison of Empirical and Reinforcement Learning (RL)-Based Control Based on Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) for Walking Assistance: Does AI Always Win? by Nadine Drewing, Arjang Ahmadi, Xiaofeng Xiong, Maziar Ahmad Sharbafi

“…Results showed that both controllers reduced hamstring muscle activation and improved the preferred walking speed, with the empirical controller also decreasing gastrocnemius muscle activity. …”
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The Interconnection Between Pharmaceutical Development and Preclinical Research (Review) by I. N. Ampilogova, M. V. Karlina, V. G. Makarov, M. N. Makarova

“…Pharmaceutical development of an innovative highly effective and competitive drug is a long and expensive process, the result of which is quite difficult to predict in advance. To speed up the entry of a new drug to the treatment and reduce the developer's material costs, it is advisable to include preclinical experiments in the process of creating a drug.Text. …”
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Online Neural Dynamics Forecasting for power system security by Mert Karacelebi, Jochen L. Cremer

“…The increase in variable renewable energy sources has brought about significant changes in power system dynamics, mainly due to the widespread adoption of power electronics and nonlinear controllers. …”
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DLP: REDUCED RISK OF LEAKAGE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OF THE BANK by T. A. Andryianava, S. B. Salomatin

“…The application of the adapted DLP-system in the Bank allowed to increase the speed of response of information security specialists to the information security events detected by the DLP-system adapted to the Bank, and also allowed the DLP-system to transition from the copy mode to the blocking mode of illegitimate transfer of information.…”
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Legal Challenges of Marine Insurance Laws in the Use of Unmanned Ships by Mahsa Bahadoran- Baghbaderani, Masoud Shirani, Reza Soltani

“…These include significant cost reductions in transportation, fewer accidents and collisions attributable to human error, enhanced operational speed, and minimization of idle times. Furthermore, these vessels promise lower operational costs, optimized ship designs, increased cargo capacity, reduced fuel consumption, and consequently, a substantial decrease in environmental pollutants. …”
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