Multi-criteria decision-making method for emergency shelter site selection considering flood risk: A case study of Zhuhai, China by Bo Liu, Yingbing Li, Yan Zhang, Zhichao Wu, Yansong Pan, Meiquan Li

“…To address these two issues, this study innovatively proposes a new multi-criteria decision-making model for selecting urban emergency shelter sites. (1) For the first time, the model systematically classifies the factors affecting the location of emergency shelter sites into four categories: hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and relief capacity, from which 11 decision-making indicators, such as flood risk, precipitation, and slope, are selected; (2) The model integrates multiple algorithms, including analytic hierarchy process, entropy weight method, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and TOPSIS, during the decision-making process, and is capable of comprehensively weighing the expert's subjective preferences, objective indicator levels and the relationship between multiple indicators to achieve a more reasonable ranking. The model was applied and evaluated in the city of Zhuhai as an example, and the results showed that more than 90% of the existing emergency shelters and natural disaster shelters in this study were located near the selected sites. …”
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Harnessing Multi-Source Data and Deep Learning for High-Resolution Land Surface Temperature Gap-Filling Supporting Climate Change Adaptation Activities by Katja Kustura, David Conti, Matthias Sammer, Michael Riffler

“…In non-gap areas validated against ground truth ECOSTRESS data, the model achieves LST predictions with at least 80% of all pixel errors falling within a ±3 °C range. …”
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MIL-53(Al)-derived bimetallic Pd–Co catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene at low temperature by Lili Liu, Miaoliang Zang, Lei Li, Yunkai Zhang, Leyuan Wang, Xiaojing Zhou, Chunling Xin, Xishi Tai

“…The PdCo/MIL-53(Al)-A700 catalyst achieved superior 1,3-butadiene conversion and total butene selectivity compared to the Pd/MIL-53(Al)-A700 catalyst. …”
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Market-based or policy strategies to increase the cultivation of legumes for livestock? Effects on the cropping pattern and economic performance by Efstratios Michalis, Athanasios Ragkos, Chrysovalantis Malesios

“…In addition, it was found that a substantial policy incentive of increasing the coupled payments of LL by 128% (S1) can have an equivalent impact on the expansion of LL as modest levels of market interventions—through the achievement of higher yields or/and higher selling prices—to increase the revenues of LL by 59% (S2). …”
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Research on Small-Target Detection of Flax Pests and Diseases in Natural Environment by Integrating Similarity-Aware Activation Module and Bidirectional Feature Pyramid Network Mod... by Manxi Zhong, Yue Li, Yuhong Gao

“…The experimental results demonstrate that the improved model achieves a significant detection performance on the flax pest and disease dataset, with notable improvements in the detection accuracy and mean average precision compared to the original YOLOv8n model. …”
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Serum stromal cell-derived factor 1α as a prognostic indicator in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia receiving CAG-based chemotherapy by Zhenzhen Wang, Jing Yuan, Nan Zhou, Jianfeng Zhang

“…Serum SDF-1α levels were elevated in patients who did not achieve complete remission (NCR) compared to those in complete remission (CR). …”
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Assessing the detection and interaction of Lawsonia intracellularis and porcine circovirus 2 in low and high-performance wean-to-finish pig groups in different porcine reproductive... by Guilherme Cezar, Fernando L. Leite, Eduardo Fano, Reid Phillips, John Waddell, Kate Dion, Edison Magalhães, Giovani Trevisan, Gustavo Silva, Daniel C. Linhares

“…IntroductionEffective disease management strategies are essential for achieving optimal pig performance, ensuring high-quality animal health and welfare, and maintaining the economic viability of swine systems. …”
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Two-stage multi-objective framework for optimal operation of modern distribution network considering demand response program by Mohamed R. Elshenawy, Abdalla Mohamed, A. A. Ali, Magdi A. Mosa

“…In addition to an individual incentive rate for each consumer participates in DRP which is a new solution in the field of demand side management. The second stage achieves optimal power sharing among generation resources, while considering multiple objectives and incorporating the modified load of the first stage. …”
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A Review of the Environmental Impact of Buildings with an Emphasis on Performance Assessment Tools and Their Incorporation of LCA by Vidhyalakshmi Chandrasekaran, Jolanta Dvarionienė

“…The main conclusion of this study is that a great deal of work is required to achieve the goal of making the existing “environmental” building assessment tools more sustainable. …”
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation as Therapy for Treatment of Active Ulcerative Colitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Xiaolei Liu, Yan Li, Kaichun Wu, Yongquan Shi, Min Chen

“…When data were pooled for all patients, FMT was associated with a higher combined clinical remission with endoscopic remission/response; the RR of combined outcome not achieving after FMT vs. control was 0.79 (95% CI 0.70-0.88). …”
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ONC213: a novel strategy to resensitize resistant AML cells to venetoclax through induction of mitochondrial stress by Jenna L. Carter, Yongwei Su, Eman T. Al-Antary, Jianlei Zhao, Xinan Qiao, Guan Wang, Holly Edwards, Lisa Polin, Juiwanna Kushner, Sijana H. Dzinic, Kathryn White, Steven A. Buck, Maik Hüttemann, Joshua E. Allen, Varun V. Prabhu, Jay Yang, Jeffrey W. Taub, Yubin Ge

“…While this is an important treatment option, many patients fail to achieve complete remission and of those that do, majority relapse. …”
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Endovascular therapy versus best medical care for acute ischemic stroke with distal medium vessel occlusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ziyue Wang, Jiacheng Li, Qianqian Kong, Hao Yan, Yi Zhang, Xirui Zhou, Zhiyuan Yu, Hao Huang, Xiang Luo

“…In individuals with ACA occlusion, EVT resulted in reduced functional independence (OR: 0.55, 95% CI: 0.31-0.98). For NIHSS < 6, BMT achieved better functional independence compared to EVT (OR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.51-0.98) and EVT showed higher sICH (OR: 3.44, 95% CI: 1.42-8.31).Conclusion For patients with AIS and DMVO occlusion, EVT fails to improve functional prognosis while increasing sICH incidence. …”
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High-Stability and Fast Calibration-Free Temperature Measurement Based on Light-Induced Thermoelastic Spectroscopy by Xiaonan Liu, Shunda Qiao, Ying He, Yufei Ma

“…Four methods, first harmonic (1f) difference signal to normalize the second harmonic (2f) fundamental signal (method I, 2ffund/1fdiff), 1f overtone signal to normalize the 2f fundamental signal (method II, 2ffund/1fover), 1f heterodyne difference signal to normalize the 2f heterodyne fundamental signal (method III, 2f-Hfund/1f-Hdiff), and 1f heterodyne overtone signal to normalize the 2f heterodyne fundamental signal (method IV, 2f-Hfund/1f-Hover), for simultaneously detecting 1f and 2f within the frequency response range of the QTF are proposed to achieve calibration-free measurement. A self-designed T-shaped QTF with low fundamental and overtone frequencies was used to increase the energy accumulation time, thereby enhancing the sensor signal level. …”
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INNOVATIONS IN THE USE OF ACIDIFIERS: MODERN SOLUTIONS FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASPECTS by I. Chernega, L. Fihurska, B. Iegorov, A. Makarynska, O. Tsiundyk

“…This is important for farmers, as it allows achieving better results at lower costs. With the development of industrial animal husbandry, there is a need for more effective feeding methods, which makes feed acidifiers an important tool in maintaining animal health and productivity. …”
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Information War in Syria by N. A. Smirnov

“…Analyzing numerous publications, photos and videos, largely specially rigged to achieve the desired result, it is difficult to say about the objective picture of what is happening, but it is an indisputable fact of enormous human sacrifices, millions of people who have fled their country and the destroyed country in the heart of the Middle East.…”
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Cultivating Leadership Attributes In Undergraduate Medical Education: A Mixed Method Study by Hareem Fatima, Muhammad Nasir Ayub Khan, Mahwish Niaz, Mahrukh Durrani, Shazia Irum, Muneeza Aamir Sami

“… Objective: This research aimed to train undergraduate medical students through a feasible and achievable program and assess the effectiveness of integrating leadership training into the formal curricula of undergraduate medical education, aiming to enhance the development of leadership attributes and behaviours among medical students. …”
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Investigating the effect of the teaching method of peer education in medical students of surgical internship on satisfaction, grade at the end of the section, and implementation ab... by Keivan Sabooni, Madjid Shafiayan, Farzaneh Zarei, Behzad Khalafi

“…Results: A significant difference was found between the two control and intervention groups in terms of satisfaction, validity, and applicability, and the level of satisfaction, as well as the level of learning, was significantly higher compared to the observation group that was trained by the lecture method(p<0.05); was higher It has also achieved its educational goals, including satisfaction and learning, as well as self-efficacy. …”
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Role and knowledge of nurses in the management of non-communicable diseases in Africa: A scoping review. by Jean Toniolo, Edgard Brice Ngoungou, Pierre-Marie Preux, Pascale Beloni

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>There is significant potential for nurses to enhance the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic diseases in Africa. Achieving this requires a combination of rigorous training and effective supervision, supported by robust policies. …”
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Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Task Partitioning Ratio Decision Mechanism in High-Speed Rail Environments with Mobile Edge Computing Server by Seolwon Koo, Yujin Lim

“…The results highlight the efficacy of DRL-based approaches in dynamically adapting to the unique characteristics of HSR environments, achieving optimal resource allocation and maintaining high QoS. …”
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Analysis of ecological network evolution in an ecological restoration area with the MSPA-MCR model: A case study from Ningwu County, China by Ziyan Guo, Chuxin Zhu, Xiang Fan, Muye Li, Nuo Xu, Yuan Yuan, Yanjun Guan, Chunjuan Lyu, Zhongke Bai

“…However, it has been rarely applied to evaluate the ecological restoration achievements from the aspect of ecosystem integrity and connectivity. …”
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