Ranking food security indicators and metrics in Hawaiʻi: a Delphi approach by Jason Shon, Albie Miles

“…Engaging 24 food security experts in Hawaiʻi, with a 58% response rate in the second round, consensus was achieved on 55 of 71 metrics (78%). The U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) received the highest rating among stand-alone metrics (3.5, SD = 0.8). …”
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A composite improved attention convolutional network for motor imagery EEG classification by Wenzhe Liao, Zipeng Miao, Shuaibo Liang, Linyan Zhang, Chen Li

“…CIACNet utilizes a dual-branch convolutional neural network (CNN) to extract rich temporal features, an improved convolutional block attention module (CBAM) to enhance feature extraction, temporal convolutional network (TCN) to capture advanced temporal features, and multi-level feature concatenation for more comprehensive feature representation.ResultsThe CIACNet model performs well on both the BCI IV-2a and BCI IV-2b datasets, achieving accuracies of 85.15 and 90.05%, respectively, with a kappa score of 0.80 on both datasets. …”
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Haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using post-transplant cyclophosphamide in patients with inborn errors of immunity: Experience in a reference center in Colomb... by Diego Medina, Jhonier Orlando Castro, David Esteban Castro, Estefanía Beltrán, Eliana Manzi, Alexis Antonio Franco, Manuela Olaya

“…Reconstitution of B and T lymphocytes was achieved in more than 80%. Overall survival at five years was 81%. …”
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Design of a mammography X-ray image classification assistant system adapted to Chinese population by SUN Changjin, TONG Fei, WU Yi

“…Conclusion‍　‍Through the introduction of sliding window adjustment mechanism and two-stage migration learning strategy， the performance of the breast molybdenum target image classification model has been significantly improved in the Chinese population dataset， and our system primarily achieves the purpose of assisting the classification of breast molybdenum target images for the Chinese population. …”
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Stereospecific α-glucosidase inhibition, kinetics, and molecular docking studies on isolated diastereomeric alkaloids from Uncaria longiflora by Nurul Aina Suzlin Sulaiman, Muhammad Farhan Syakir Nor Azman, Mohd Fadhlizil Fasihi Mohd Aluwi, Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria, Mohammad Jemain Mohammad Ridhwana, Fatimah Salim

“…Phytochemicals isolation was conducted using various chromatographic methods, with purification achieved through recycling high-performance liquid chromatography (rHPLC) and elucidation performed using various spectroscopic techniques. …”
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An integrated approach using social support theory and technology acceptance model to investigate the sustainable use of digital learning technologies by Sultan Hammad Alshammari, Abeer F. Alkhwaldi

“…This study provides practical implications that educational institutions and universities could apply to achieve successful usage of these digital learning technologies.…”
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Cross-Chain Identity Authentication Method Based on Relay Chain by Qipeng Huang, Minsheng Tan, Wenlong Tian

“…More importantly, comparative analysis and experimental results show that our proposed method achieves lower computational cost, reduced storage cost, lower latency, and higher throughput. …”
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The Sustainability of Knowledge-Sharing Behavior Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior in Q&A Social Network Community by Xin Feng, Lijie Wang, Yue Yan, Qi Zhang, Liming Sun, Jiangfei Chen, Ye Wu

“…Therefore, we propose that the platform can use incentive mechanisms to promote knowledge sharing while helping sharers realize their self-worth, improve the existing functions of the platform, or carry out activities to encourage users to participate, so as to achieve the purpose of knowledge sharing and maintain the operation of the Zhihu platform.…”
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Joint beamforming optimization algorithm for secure cognitive radio based on STARS by Chenchi WEN, Jiakuo ZUO, Nan BAO, Pengfei ZHAO

“…Secure cognitive radio (SCR) system based on reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assumes that secondary user (SU) and primary user (PU) locate on the same side of the base station (BS), which can only cover part of the communication area and limits the deployment flexibility and effectiveness of the RIS.In order to solve the above problem, a new SCR system based on simultaneously transmitting and reflecting surface (STARS) was proposed.In the system, STARS could achieve full coverage of communication area, improve the received signal strength of the SU with the transmission beamforming vector and reduce the interference of the SU to the PU with the reflection beamforming vector, which provided new optimization degree of freedom (DoF) for the design of the SCR system.Considering secrecy rate constraint of the SU, interference power constraint (IPC) of the PU and transmission/reflection parameters constraint of the STARS, BS active beamforming vector and STARS transmission/reflection beamforming vectors were jointly optimized to minimize the BS’s transmit power from the perspective of reducing the total power consumption of the system.The minimization problem is a variable coupling non-convex problem, which is difficult to tackle directly.An alternating optimization (AO) algorithm based on difference-of-convex relaxation (DCR) method and sequential rank-one constraint relaxation (SROCR) method was proposed to jointly design the BS active beamforming vector and STARS transmission/reflection beamforming vectors.Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm has good convergence performance and effectively reduces the interference of SU on PU.Compared with the traditional RIS, random phase, maximum-ratio transmission (MRT) and equal energy splitting (Equal ES) schemes, the BS transmitting power is reduced by 8.3%, 15.4%, 5.9% and 5.3%, respectively.…”
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Effect of Blade Number on Internal Flow and Performance Characteristics in Low-Head Cross-Flow Turbines by Ephrem Yohannes Assefa, Asfafaw Haileselassie Tesfay

“…The results indicate that the 28-blade configuration achieved a maximum hydraulic efficiency of 83%, outperforming the preset 24-blade setup by 6%. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Laser-Ablated Surface Characteristics Between the Si Face and C Face of Silicon Carbide Substrates by Hsin-Yi Tsai, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Kuo-Cheng Huang, J. Andrew Yeh, Yi Yang, Chien-Fang Ding

“…Ablation depth is linearly correlated with laser repetitions, achieving a 25% improvement in removal efficiency at 100 mm/s on the C face compared to higher speeds. …”
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Soil chemical properties and growth response of Moringa oleifera to different sources and rates of organic and NPK fertilizers by A. G. Adebayo, H. A. Akintoye, A. O. Shokalu, M. T. Olatunji

“…Abstract Purpose The need for increasing production of Moringa oleifera in Nigeria can be achieved through adequate fertilization. This study investigated the effects of sources and rates of NPK (15:15:15) and compost on soil properties and productivity of Moringa at National Horticultural Research Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria. …”
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A Comparative Study to Determine the Efficacy of Atosiban versus Nifedipine in Management of Preterm Labour by Vidya Gaikwad, Jay Patel, Suhas Gaikwad

“…Results: Nifedipine was associated with a slightly higher percentage (36 cases, or 80%) achieving pregnancy prolongation for more than seven days compared to Atosiban (34 cases, or 75.56%). …”
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Tactical features of the scene inspection in the investigation of the taking of a government official or law enforcement officer as a hostage by O. Yu. Prokopenko

“…The purpose of the study is to determine the tactical features of conducting an inspection of the scene of a hostage-taking of a government official or law enforcement officer. To achieve this research goal, the analysis of scientific literature, investigative and judicial practice has been carried out. …”
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Primary hyperparathyroidism presenting as acute hypercalcemic crisis: a case report by Gia Gill, Veena Agrawal, Paul Kerr

“…Conclusion This case gives potential insight into the etiology of hyperparathyroid crisis, and the difficulty in achieving control of hypercalcemia with medical means. …”
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Insignificant difference in medication adherence to dyslipidemia drugs between visually impaired and non-disabled people in South Korea: A nationwide cohort study using claims reco... by Jong Wook Lee, Hankil Lee, Euna Han, Hye-Young Kang

“…Although good medication adherence (MA) is a crucial factor in achieving therapeutic goals for dyslipidemia, there is a paucity of studies measuring MA in the visually impaired with dyslipidemia. …”
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A New Innovative Approach with Revised Pythagorean Fuzzy SWARA in Assessing of Soil Erodibility Factor by Barış Özkan, Aykut Çağlar, Orhan Dengiz

“…The main aim of this study was to compare the results obtained using the Pythagorean Fuzzy-SWARA method which evaluates the impact weights of the criteria considered for the soil erodibility factor of the soils in the micro-basins located in the district of Çarşamba district of Samsun province, with the results obtained using the formula developed by Wischmeier and Smith. To achieve this case, 78 surface soil samples were collected from micro basins and analyzed for organic matter, clay, sand, silt, very fine sand, degree of structure, and hydraulic conductivity parameters. …”
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Localization and detection of deepfake videos based on self-blending method by Junfeng Xu, Xintao Liu, Weiguo Lin, Wenqing Shang, Yuefeng Wang

“…We utilize the Swin-Unet model for manipulation localization detection, incorporating classification loss functions, local difference loss functions, and manipulation localization loss functions to effectively improve the precision of localization and detection.Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed spatial-based training method without fake samples effectively simulates the features present in real datasets. Our method achieves satisfactory detection accuracy on datasets such as FF++, Celeb-DF, and DFDC, while accurately localizing the manipulated regions. …”
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A Structurally Flexible Occupancy Network for 3-D Target Reconstruction Using 2-D SAR Images by Lingjuan Yu, Jianlong Liu, Miaomiao Liang, Xiangchun Yu, Xiaochun Xie, Hui Bi, Wen Hong

“…In this paper, we propose a structurally flexible occupancy network (SFONet) to achieve high-quality reconstruction of a 3-D target using one or more 2-D SAR images. …”
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Composting of chicken manure with a mixture of sawdust and wood shavings under forced aeration in a closed reactor system by Waqas Qasim, Min Ho Lee, Byeong Eun Moon, Frank Gyan Okyere, Fawad Khan, Mohammad Nafees, Hyeon Tae Kim

“…Abstract Purpose This study aimed to achieve successful composting and aeration rate and to optimize the carbon:nitrogen (C:N) ratio to provide favourable conditions for the process. …”
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