Ecological and toxicological screening of the safety of drinking water for livestock enterprises of Odesa region by L. H. Roman, S. I. Ulyzko, O. M. Zelenina, P. M. Skliarov, O. A. Bezaltychna, N. I. Dankevich, V. A. Chornyi, I. S. Sliusarenko

“…The analysis of experimental comparative data and literature sources showed the need for further studies on the quality and safety of water for watering productive animals to optimize the management of safe water supply and obtain organic livestock products.…”
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Accelerating Euclidean Distance Transforms: A Fast and Flexible Approach With Multi-Vendor GPU, Multi-Threading, and Multi-Language Support by Dale Black, Wenbo Li, Qiyu Zhang, Sabee Molloi

“…Our open-source implementation provides a flexible, high-performance solution for exact Euclidean distance transforms, advancing the state-of-the-art in medical image analysis and computer vision.…”
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Automatic Detection of Landslide Surface Cracks from UAV Images Using Improved U-Network by Hao Xu, Li Wang, Bao Shu, Qin Zhang, Xinrui Li

“…Results demonstrate its superiority over current state-of-the-art semantic segmentation networks and open-source crack detection networks, achieving F1 scores and IOU of 82.11% and 69.65%, respectively—representing improvements of 3.31% and 4.63% over the baseline U-Net model. …”
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The dynamic equilibrium between population aging and the allocation of elderly medical care resources in the Yellow River Basin by Long Hai, Yanghao Cui, Jiawei Zhang, Rui Wang

“…This study investigates the spatiotemporal evolution of population aging in the Yellow River Basin and evaluates the equilibrium between aging demographics and healthcare resource distribution. Methods This paper uses the Dagum Gini coefficient decomposition method to analyze regional differences and the dynamic evolution process of population aging in various provinces of the Yellow River Basin. …”
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Horner syndrome as a complication of ultrasound-guided ablation therapy for thyroid nodules: a scoping review by Tianhao Xie, Tianhao Xie, Yan Fu, Xiaoshi Jin, Xiaoshi Jin, Xiangxiang Ren, Xiangxiang Ren, Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Qian Sun, Qian Sun

“…ObjectiveTo synthesize evidence on Horner syndrome (HS) as a complication of ultrasound-guided ablation therapy for thyroid nodules, including its incidence, mechanisms, risk factors, and prevention strategies, to enhance ablation safety and guide future research.Data sourcesWeb of Science, PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase.Review methodsBased on the framework of the PRISMA-ScR, a search was conducted in databases up to December 31, 2024.ResultsTwelve articles were included, covering Microwave Ablation (MWA), Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA), High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), and Percutaneous Ethanol Injection (PEI). …”
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PRODUCING IODINE-131 FROM TELLURIUM-130 NEUTRON ACTIVATION: STUDY OF FEASIBILITY IN THE ARGONAUTA RESEARCH REACTOR AT IEN by LUCIANA CARVALHEIRA, Ramon Matias Nunes MENDONÇA, Francisco José de Oliveira FERREIRA, Rogerio Chaffin NUNES

“…This highlights the need for alternative production methods to ensure timely availability of crucial radionuclides. …”
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The Attitudes Toward Polypharmacy and Willingness to Deprescribe Among Patients with Multimorbidity in Rural Areas of Shandong Province in China: A Cross-Sectional Study by Liu X, Zhao Y, Da T, Zhang S, Wang H, Li H

“…This necessitates medication optimization through deprescribing. Understanding patients’ decision-making preferences regarding medication cessation is crucial for mitigating medication-related risks. …”
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Analysis of Temperature Characteristics of Electrolytic-Plasma Discharge in Jet Processing of a Metal Anode by A. I. Popov, V. I. Novikov, D. N. Ivanov, I. A. Kozyrskiy

“…The lack of comprehensive studies of the temperature characteristics of jet EPD limits the optimization of processes. The research objective is to determine the distribution of temperatures and heat flows in the system “jet electrolytic cathode — metal anode” under various processing conditions.Materials and Methods. …”
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Medical and Social Peculiarities of the Health Condition of Pupils of Lviv and Lviv Region by Nyankovskyy S., Iatsula M., Senkevich O., Pasichnuk I., Kulik I.

“…The results of numerous studies show that the source of the differences in adult health should be sought in their childhood. …”
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A systematic review of the literature in relation to the theoretical knowledge base for the-Clinical-functional research by evaluation including the modern apparatus modality of fu... by Irina Raluca Petcu, Gelu Onose

“…In the conclusion fNIRS is a promising tool for optimizing the rehabilitation of patients whith cerebral palsy, offering an objective method for evaluation and guidance of treatment.…”
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PECULIARITIES OF CULTIVATION OF HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B STRAINS - PRODUCERS OF POLYRIBOSYLRIBITOL PHOSPHATE - THE MAIN COMPONENT OF POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINES by E. L. Salimova, A. D. Konon, S. V. Petrovskii, V. P. Truhin, I. V. Krasilnikov

“…As a result of the literature analysis, the main factors influencing the PRP biosynthesis were identified: the nature and concentration of carbon and nitrogen sources in the growth medium, the concentration of growth factors (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, hemin, vitamins), additional feed, pH adjustment during cultivation, stirring speed. …”
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Smart Farming Solutions: A User-Friendly GUI for Maize Tassel Estimation Using YOLO With Dynamic and Fixed Labelling, Featuring Video Support by Ata Jahangir Moshayedi, Zhonghua Wang, Maryam Sharifdoust, Arash Sioofy Khoojine, Wei Zhang, Amin Kolahdooz, Jiandong Hu

“…The evaluation process comprised four distinct tests: Test 1, conducted on Dataset 1 with 200 images, assessed seven attention mechanisms (SE, CBAM, GA, LKA, CA, SA, and TA) using deep learning metrics (Precision, Recall, mAP50, mAP50-95, F1-score) and statistical methods (Duncan’s test). Test 2 validated model performance on 370 images from external sources, where YOLO.SA achieved 97.48% accuracy, outperforming YOLO.LKA (95.13%). …”
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Visual localization in urban environments employing 3D city models by Y. Loeper, M. Gerke, A. Alamouri, A. Kern, M. S. Bajauri, P. Fanta-Jende

“…In addition, GNSS might be subject to jamming or spoofing, which requires an alternative, complementary positioning method. We introduce a visual localization method which employs building models according to the CityGML standard. …”
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Array Design for Angle of Arrival Estimation Using the Worst-Case Two-Target Cramér-Rao Bound by Costas A. Kokke, Mario Coutino, Richard Heusdens, Geert Leus

“…To handle the unknown target directions when optimizing the Cramér-Rao bound, we propose to use the worst-case Cramér-Rao bound of two uncorrelated equal power sources with arbitrary angles. …”
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Developing an explainable deep learning module based on the LSTM framework for flood prediction by Zhi Zhang, Dagang Wang, Yiwen Mei, Jinxin Zhu, Xusha Xiao

“…The modular design of our approach demonstrates high correlation with Saliency method, validating the credibility of its explanatory mechanisms, providing comparable interpretability features to LSTMs while illuminating key variables and optimal lookback windows considered most informative by hydrological models, and opening up new avenues for AI-assisted scientific discovery in the field.…”
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Management of the Interrelationship between Surface Water Quality and Drinking Water Production Process by Mohamed Hamed

“…The rapid growth of the population in Egypt has made an impact on the portable water demand, which requires exploration of raw water sources, developing treatment and distribution systems. …”
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Construction and Completion of the Knowledge Graph for Cow Estrus with the Association Rule Mining by Zhiwei Cheng, Luyu Ding, Cheng Peng, Helong Yu, Baozhu Yang, Ligen Yu, Qifeng Li

“…The dispersed nature of estrus data and individual cow differences pose significant challenges for accurate identification. <b>Methods:</b> This study gathered cow estrus data from 812 literature sources using Python 3.9 crawler technology. …”
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Computational Analysis of an Ammonia Combustion System for Future Two-Stroke Low-Speed Marine Engines by Jose R. Serrano, Ricardo Novella, Héctor Climent, Francisco José Arnau, Alejandro Calvo, Lauge Thorsen

“…Ammonia, being 17.6% hydrogen by mass, is regarded as a hydrogen carrier and carbon-free fuel as long as its production methods rely on renewable energy sources. The production and combustion of green ammonia do not generate carbon dioxide, offering a promising avenue for substantial reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a well-to-wake perspective. …”
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Mobile applications enhance out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Qingqing Tong, Manhong Zhou, Xiaohui Liu, Jianmei Long, Li Li, Xiaoying Pan, Huiming Gao, Rujun Hu

“…The findings aimed to guide the development and optimization of prehospital public emergency response systems. …”
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Screening of novel β-carotene hydroxylases for the production of β-cryptoxanthin and zeaxanthin and the impact of enzyme localization and crowding on their production in Yarrowia l... by Mladen Soldat, Tadej Markuš, Vasilka Magdevska, Martin Kavšček, Aleksander Johannes Kruis, Jaka Horvat, Gregor Kosec, Štefan Fujs, Uroš Petrovič

“…The low concentration of β-cryptoxanthin in these sources results in low extraction yields, making biotechnological production a promising alternative for achieving higher yields. …”
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