Viroscope™: a universal solution for plant virus and viroid diagnostics using HTS and cloud-based analysis by Verónica Morgante, Juan Cristóbal Jiménez, Claudio Ponce, Cristóbal Urrutia, Fernanda Vera, Camila Farías, Rocío Camps de la Maza, Valentina Caro, Marco Muñoz, Bernardo Pollak

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Optimised block bootstrap: an efficient variant of circular block bootstrap method with application to South African economic time series data by James Daniel, Kayode Ayinde, Adewale F. Lukman, Olayan Albalawi, Jeza Allohibi, Abdulmajeed Atiah Alharbi

“…This study introduced the optimized block bootstrap (OBB), a novel method designed to enhance time series prediction by reducing the number of blocks while maintaining their representativeness. OBB minimized block overlap, resulting in greater computational efficiency while preserving the temporal structure of data. …”
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A Method for Improving the Monitoring Quality and Network Lifetime of Hybrid Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Networks by Peng Wang, Yonghua Xiong

“…Therefore, how to extend the network lifetime while ensuring coverage quality is a highly challenging task. …”
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“We Have to Move Quickly to Cement This Willingness for Change”: News Narratives About Declarations of Racism as a Public Health Crisis, 2019–2021 by Hina Mahmood, Pamela Mejia, Katherine Schaff, Catherine Labiran, Xavier Morales, Lori Dorfman

“…Government speakers were quoted in 90% of articles while community voices only appeared in 24% of articles. …”
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Temporal trends and epidemiological impact of metabolic risk factors on stroke burden in Chinese individuals aged 65 and older, 1992–2021 by Haiying Wang, Xiaofeng Wang, Jia Wang, Lin Geng, Shaohua Hou, Pu Li, Qiang Wang, Yali Cui, Shengli Sun

“…Joinpoint regression analysis was employed to identify changes in age-standardized deaths rate (ASDR), while age-period-cohort (APC) analysis helped delineate the roles of age, period, and cohort effects on stroke mortality. …”
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Transition Mechanism Design for Wind Power Participating in Energy Markets by WU Yang, LU Zhilin, ZHU Wenjing, LIU Shuangquan, LENG Yuan, ZHU Xinchun, LIU Mingbo

“…It seeks to facilitate a seamless transition from a fixed-price procurement model to a competitive spot market model for wind power while accounting for the inherent uncertainty of wind power generation. …”
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Estimating Household Green Space in Composite Residential Community Solely Using Drone Oblique Photography by Meiqi Kang, Kaiyi Song, Xiaohan Liao, Jiayuan Lin

“…Traditional indicators such as the green space ratio only consider the relationship between green space area and total area of the residential community while ignoring the difference in the amount of green space enjoyed by household residents in high-rise and low-rise buildings. …”
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Forecasting malaria cases using climate variability in Sierra Leone by Saidu Wurie Jalloh, Boniface Malenje, Herbert Imboga, Mary H. Hodges

“…A strong positive correlation between precipitation (r = 0.68) and malaria cases was observed, while maximum temperature showed a moderate negative correlation (r = $$-0.45$$ - 0.45 ), and mean relative humidity demonstrated a moderate positive correlation (r = 0.55). …”
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Extending LoRaWAN: Mesh Architecture and Performance Analysis for Long-Range IoT Connectivity in Maritime Environments by Nuno Cruz, Carlos Mendes, Nuno Cota, Gonçalo Esteves, João Pinelo, João Casaleiro, Rafael Teixeira, Leonor Lobo

“…The C-Mesh integrates with the Custodian ecosystem, alongside C-Beacon and C-Point devices, while maintaining transparent compatibility with standard LoRaWAN infrastructure components through protocol-compliant gateway emulation. …”
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Country risk impacts on export costs of green hydrogen and its synthetic downstream products from the Middle East and North Africa by Julia Terrapon-Pfaff, Josua Braun, Sibel Raquel Ersoy, Magdolna Prantner, Jürgen Kern, Peter Viebahn

“…Our methodology calculates weighted average costs of capital (WACC) for 17 MENA countries under different risk scenarios, providing a more nuanced assessment compared to traditional models that use uniform cost of capital assumptions. …”
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Decentralized Immunization Monitoring: Lessons Learnt from a Pilot Implementation in Kumbotso LGA, Kano State, Nigeria by Adam Attahiru, Yahaya Mohammed, Fiyidi Mikailu, Hyelshilni Waziri, Ndadilnasiya Endie Waziri, Mustapha Tukur, Bashir Sunusi, Mohammed Nasir Mahmoud, Nancy Vollmer, William Vargas, Yusuf Yusufari, Gustavo Corrêa, Heidi W. Reynolds, Teemar Fisseha, Talatu Buba Bello, Moreen Kamateeka, Adefisoye Oluwaseun Adewole, Musa Bello, Imam Wada Bello, Sulaiman Etamesor, Joseph J. Valadez, Patrick Nguku

“…Background: Immunization coverage in Nigeria is low, with many children missing out on important lifesaving vaccines. …”
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Turbulence Modeling Technique has Significant Effects on the Optimization of Centrifugal Blood Pumps by Zhigang Pan, Fei-Hong Gao, Peng Wu

“…RANS failed to capture the variation of pressure head, while LES were closest to experiments. Tip clearance was the most influential factor, followed by splitter blade inlet angle. …”
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A Computational Thermo-Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Slot Jet Impingement Using a Generalized Two-Equation Turbulence Model by Antonio Mezzacapo, Rossella D’Addio, Giuliano De Stefano

“…Through a comparative analysis of the various solutions against one another, in addition to reference experimental and numerical data, the effectiveness of the generalized procedure in predicting both the jet flow characteristics and the heat transfer at the plate is thoroughly evaluated, while determining the optimal set of model parameters. …”
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Optimizing Federated Learning With Aggregation Strategies: A Comprehensive Survey by Naeem Khan, Shibli Nisar, Muhammad Asghar Khan, Yasar Abbas Ur Rehman, Fazal Noor, Gordana Barb

“…Aggregation is a pivotal aspect of FL, as it integrates model updates from diverse clients into a unified global model while addressing critical challenges such as data heterogeneity, scalability, and privacy preservation. …”
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Analysis of the influence internal and external factors on the performance of IDXV30 by Tumpal Samosir, Pardomuan Sihombing

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Evaluating the long-term effects of reclaimed wastewater irrigation on mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivation: Soil quality, fruit yield, and fruit quality by José Francisco Santamaría Ortega, David Sarmiento Sarmiento, Álvaro Palacios Lara, Manuel Díaz-Pérez

“…Fruit yield and numbers were improved, while the average fruit weight decreased due to internal nutrient competition. …”
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Bearing Fault Diagnosis Method Based on Improved VMD and Parallel Hybrid Neural Network by Wuyi Chen, Huafeng Cai, Qiu Sun

“…The parallel hybrid neural network model can extract fault signal features more comprehensively and improve the accuracy of fault diagnosis, while the global average pooling layer can speed up the training and testing. …”
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Global trends of chronic kidney disease from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021 by Zhongtang Li, Riming He, Yuzhi Wang, Ziyi Qu, Jiahui Liu, Renhuan Yu, Shudong Yang

“…ASIR and ASPR were higher among females, while males had higher ASMR and ASDR. At regional and national levels, the incidence of CKD was positively correlated with the socio-demographic index (SDI), while mortality, DALYs, and prevalence negatively correlated with SDI. …”
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Evaluation of the Direct Economic Value of Typhoon Forecasting for Taiwan’s Agriculture—A Case Study on Farmers’ Decision-Making Behavior by Chin-Wen Yang, Che-Wei Chang

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Comparative analysis of fly ash cenosphere and copper reinforcements in friction stir welded AA6082-T6 alloy by Rahul Biradar, Sachinkumar Patil, Nagamadhu M, Priyaranjan Sharma, Gajanan Anne

“…Results reveal that AA6082-T6/Cu joints achieved a refined grain structure with an Average Grain Size (AGS) of 7.6 μm and a tensile strength of 288 MPa, while FAC-reinforced joints showed a lower tensile strength of 176 MPa with a coarser AGS of 9.3 μm. …”
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