Memory-corrected quantum repeaters with adaptive syndrome identification by Alena Romanova, Peter van Loock

“…In an eight-segment repeater, one can even achieve nonvanishing secret key rates up to distances of 2000 km for memory coherence times of t_{c}=10 s or less using multiplexing. …”
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Effect of P Application Rate and Rhizobium Inoculation on Nodulation, Growth, and Yield Performance of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) by Mebrahtu Gebremariam, Teklay Tesfay

“…Rhizobium inoculation of the seed may substitute costly N-fertilizers and provide a useful way of achieving sustainable production. Hence, to supply an adequate rhizobial population in the rhizosphere, seed inoculation of chickpea with an effective and importunate rhizobial strain is essential in soils having no/feeble bacterial existence and has revealed optimistic effect on nodule number and mass, growth, yield, and its attributes over uninoculated ones. …”
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Assessing water demand and supply in the Upper Indus Basin using integrated hydrological modeling under varied socioeconomic scenarios by Sareer Ahmad, Muhammad Waseem, Hira Wahab, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Zulqarnain Jehan, Izhar Ahmad, Megersa Kebede Leta

“…The study highlights the critical role of technology and farmer awareness in achieving these reductions, despite current irrigation scheme losses of 20%. …”
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Enhancing individual task performance and productivity: an ethnographic observational study of supported employment among social services clients in Finland by Pirjo Juvonen-Posti, Mirkka Vuorento

“…From the perspectives of both enabling prolonged working careers for employees and providing a clear understanding of task-performance-based productivity to employers, there is a need for more microlevel data on what happens in work and workplaces, particularly the social mechanisms through which results are achieved.…”
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Analysis of Sparse Trajectory Features Based on Mobile Device Location for User Group Classification Using Gaussian Mixture Model by Yohei Kakimoto, Yuto Omae, Hirotaka Takahashi

“…Notably, the RF model achieved the highest accuracy, whereas the SVC model displayed stable generalizability. …”
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The relationship between health-related quality of life and academic success in nursing students: the mediating role of academic burnout and academic motivation by Fatemeh Torkani, Seyed-Hasan Ahmadi, Alireza Binazir, Marjan Moradi Fath, Navid Shafigh, Hanieh Asadiparvar-Masouleh, Parvaneh Vasli

“…To evaluate health-related quality of life, academic burnout, and academic motivation, the 12-item Short Form Health Survey, the Academic Motivation Scale, and Breso’s Academic Burnout Scale were administered, respectively. The study achieved a 95% response rate. Academic success was assessed using the nursing program grade point average. …”
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Assessment of Large Language Models in Cataract Care Information Provision: A Quantitative Comparison by Zichang Su, Kai Jin, Hongkang Wu, Ziyao Luo, Andrzej Grzybowski, Juan Ye

“…Results For accuracy, ChatGPT-4o and Google Bard both achieved average sum scores of 8.7 (out of 9), followed by ChatGPT-3.5, Bing Chat, Llama 2, and Wenxin Yiyan. …”
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Tc-3PRGD Scintimammography in Palpable and Nonpalpable Breast Lesions by Lin Liu, Yan Song, Shi Gao, Tiefeng Ji, Haishan Zhang, Bin Ji, Ben Chen, Bing Jia, Fan Wang, Zheli Xu, Qingjie Ma

“…A sensitivity of 91% was achieved when SMM and mammography results were combined with 60% of all false-negative mammography findings classified as true-positive results by SMM. …”
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Reflecting trends of the contemporary academic landscape in the context of Higher Education 4.0 by Nilüfer Ülker

“…Universities are now expected to equip their graduates with necessary competencies for the jobs of the future so that they will fulfill the professional demands and requirements of I4.0. To be able to achieve this, modifications have taken place in many spheres of higher education including but not limited to the adoption of new instructional methodologies, changes in the teaching and learning environment and the redefinition of student competencies in line with the requirements of the current era. …”
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The Impact and Mechanism of New-Type Urbanization on High-Quality Forestry Development: A Case Study of the Yellow River Basin in China by Longbo Ma, Qian Wang, Yiqi Zhu, Zujun Liu

“…The <i>p</i>-value of the double threshold is 0.037. Accordingly, to achieve high-quality forestry development, joint efforts are required at both the national and regional levels in promoting new-type urbanization. …”
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SS-YOLO: A Lightweight Deep Learning Model Focused on Side-Scan Sonar Target Detection by Na Yang, Guoyu Li, Shengli Wang, Zhengrong Wei, Hu Ren, Xiaobo Zhang, Yanliang Pei

“…The results show that our proposed SS-YOLO model achieves average accuracies of 92.4% (mAP 0.5) and 64.7% (mAP 0.5:0.95), outperforming the original YOLOv8 model by 4.4% and 3%, respectively. …”
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The Role of Innovation in the Development of Cross-Border Cooperation: Potential and Growth Guidance in the EAEU by Yury A. Tikhomirov

“…A scientific search is being carried out for such a combination of innovation economy factors that would achieve the maximum share of the EAEU in the structure of Russia’s international trade. …”
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The efficacy and safety of CD7 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for hematologic malignancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jile Liu, Yuxin An, Rui Sun, Xiaomei Zhang, Shujing Guo, Xuejin Gao, Mingfeng Zhao

“…IntroductionCD7 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T cell) therapy is an emerging method for treating hematological malignancies, and is another breakthrough in CAR-T cell therapy.MethodsThis study summarizes the currently published clinical research results on CD7 CAR-T cells and evaluates the safety and effectiveness of CD7 CAR-T cell therapy.ResultsAmong the 13 studies included in this study, a total of 200 patients received CD7 CAR-T cell therapy, including 88 patients who received autologous CAR-T cells, 112 patients who received donor derived CAR-T cells. 87% (80% -94%, I2=29.65%) of patients achieved complete remission. The incidence of cytokine release syndrome (CRS) was 94% (88% -98%, I2 =32.71%, p=0.12), while the incidence of severe CRS (grade ≥ 3) was 12% (5% -20%, I2=41.04%, p=0.06). …”
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Long-term observations of black carbon and carbon monoxide in the Poker Flat Research Range, central Alaska, with a focus on forest wildfire emissions by T. Kinase, F. Taketani, F. Taketani, M. Takigawa, C. Zhu, Y. Kim, P. Mordovskoi, Y. Kanaya, Y. Kanaya

“…We recommend that FRP be integrated into future bottom-up emission inventories to achieve a better understanding of the dynamics of pollutants from frequently occurring forest wildfires under the rapidly changing climate in the Arctic.…”
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Techno-environmental optimal sizing and dynamic behavior of a hybrid system feeding a large-scale SWRO desalination system: The case of Djerba Island, Tunisia by Mohamed Hamdi, Oumayma Gtari, Majdi Hazami

“…The economic optimization has been performed using hybrid optimization of multiple energy resources, and the dynamic study of the complete system has been achieved using the transient system simulation tool environment. …”
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Successful ventilation through a Rüsch intubation guide catheter in severe laryngotracheal stenosis by Victoria Van Regemorter, Arnaud Potié, Sandra Schmitz, Jean-Louis Scholtes, Laurent Veevaete, Michel Van Boven

“…Controlled ventilation was achieved by means of the Rüsch guide, provided with its two large Murphy’s eyes. …”
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Analysis of Factors Affecting Consumer Decision-Making in Choosing Online Food Delivery in Indonesia by Elysia Elverda, Tasliyah Athaya Nahdah, Sambudi Hamali

“…Research implication: The desire to repurchase through OFDs can be achieved through affordable product prices, having a communication plan that makes customers feel valued when using the website, implementing advertising strategies to make the website easy to use, fast and quality responses, and attractive visual features and designs. …”
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Bio-oil production by pyrolysis of Azolla filiculoides and Ulva fasciata macroalgae by S. Pourkarimi, A. Hallajisani, A. Alizadehdakhel, A. Nouralishahi

“…As for A. filiculoides feedstock, the highest bio-oil ‎yield (30.83%) was achieved at the temperature of 461 °C, nitrogen flow rate of 0.5 L/min, and heating rate of 20 °C/min. …”
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Scaling up computational thinking skills in computer-assisted language learning (CTsCALL) and its fitness with language learners’ intentions to use virtual exchange: A bi-symmetric... by Amir Reza Rahimi, Ana Sevilla-Pavón

“…Many studies have demonstrated that Virtual Exchange (VE) for teaching languages can have a positive effect on learners' intercultural awareness or achievements. However, during this century, the teaching process has shifted from teaching with technology to solving problems with it. …”
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New insights in the low-temperature-dependent formation of amorphous titania-coated magnetic polydopamine nanocomposites for the adsorption of methylene blue by Jiangqun Zhang, Xingyu Long, Meng Hu, Wanli Wei, Jiangning Gong, Chun Yang, Pinhua Xia, Anping Wang

“…Using 4.5 mg of FPaT to adsorb MB solution with an initial concentration of 10 mg/L (pH = 8.2), 97% adsorption rate was achieved within 30 min. Compared with the previously reported values of other absorbent materials, the maximum adsorption capacity (313.7 mg/g) is much higher. …”
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