Knowledge, attitudes and practices to hepatitis B among South African primary healthcare staff by Atlegang Mashilo, Itumeleng Mompati, Refilwe Ramakatane, Didintle Sebitloane, Naledi Sibi, Philippa C. Matthews, Cornel Van Rooyen, Dominique Goedhals, Sabeehah Vawda

“…Methods: Data were collected via anonymous, self-applied, 28-question-questionnaires in English. Data were captured on a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and analysed by a biostatistician, using Statistical Analyses Software (SAS 9.4). …”
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Decoding Gestures in Electromyography: Spatiotemporal Graph Neural Networks for Generalizable and Interpretable Classification by Hunmin Lee, Ming Jiang, Jinhui Yang, Zhi Yang, Qi Zhao

“…Despite these achievements, prevailing methodologies often overlook the intrinsic physical configurations and interconnectivity of multi-channel sensory inputs, resulting in a failure to adequately capture relational information embedded within the connections of deployed EMG sensor network topology. …”
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Measuring above-ground carbon stock using spatial analysis and the InVEST model: application in the Thoria Watershed, India by Zhe Guo, Himani Sharma, Mahesh Jadav, Upeksha Hettiarachchi, Chiranjit Guha, Wei Zhang, Pratiti Priyadarshini, Ruth S Meinzen-Dick

“…Using high-resolution NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) data from Sentinel satellites, we disaggregate land cover types into high and low NDVI classes, which allows enhanced assessment of carbon stocks by capturing the spatial variation within the same land cover types. …”
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KE-RSIC: Remote Sensing Image Captioning Based on Knowledge Embedding by Kangda Cheng, Erik Cambria, Jinlong Liu, Yushi Chen, Zhilu Wu

“…The generated entity embeddings and relationship embeddings can effectively capture the intrinsic semantic information of remote sensing categories. …”
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SumGPT: A Multimodal Framework for Radiology Report Summarization to Improve Clinical Performance by Tipu Sultan, Mohammad Abu Tareq Rony, Mohammad Shariful Islam, Samah Alshathri, Walid El-Shafai

“…Combining a Vision Transformer(ViT) with a language model enhances its ability to capture detailed information. The study also shows that SumGPT performs well with different types of reports and could be beneficial in other areas, such as pathology and cardiology. …”
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Eficiencia de la bioestimulación y la bioaumentación en la remoción de hidrocarburos del suelo: una revisión sistemática by Deisy Ore, Daniela Rumiche, Karol Ponce, Manuel Saavedra, Yaneth Vasquez Olivera

“…Se revisa y analiza la literatura científica sobre la biorremediación de hidrocarburos por bacterias, evaluando los parámetros fisicoquímicos, sus mecanismos de acción y la eficiencia mediante los métodos de bioestimulación y bioaumentación, destacando la importancia de las bacterias en la mitigación de la contaminación por hidrocarburos, y ofreciendo una perspectiva sobre las investigaciones necesarias para superar las barreras actuales y mejorar la eficiencia de estas técnicas. …”
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Integrated information theory reveals the potential role of the posterior parietal cortex in sustaining conditioning responses in classical conditioning tasks by Tien Cuong Phi, Shin Ishii, Shin Ishii, Shin Ishii, Masashi Kondo, Masanori Matsuzaki, Masanori Matsuzaki, Masanori Matsuzaki, Masanori Matsuzaki, Ken Nakae

“…Our findings suggest that while traditional functional connectivity (FC) methods struggled to capture the complexity of sustained behavioral engagement, the core complex framework revealed key regions, notably the PPC, that were significantly correlated with enhanced CR sessions. …”
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Implementation of a Smart Home Intruder Detection System using a Vibrometer and ESP 32 CAM by Samuel Owoeye, Folasade Durodola, Adekunle Oyelami, Racheal Oladejo, Samuel Obasuyi, Ademola Qasim, Joshua Ogundairo

“…For surveillance purposes, the ESP32-CAM captures real-time video, streaming it to the user's mobile device or a centralized monitoring station. …”
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Biosynthesis of Lysosomally Escaped Apoptotic Bodies Inhibits Inflammasome Synthesis in Macrophages by Jiayi Mao, Wenzheng Xia, Yanglin Wu, Minxiong Li, Yun Zhao, Peisong Zhai, Yuguang Zhang, Tao Zan, Wenguo Cui, Xiaoming Sun

“…However, challenges such as drug off-target effects and degradation via lysosomal capture remain during treatment. In this study, engineered apoptotic bodies (BHB-dABs) derived from adipose stem cells loaded with β-hydroxybutyric acid (BHB) were synthesized via biosynthesis. …”
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A Speed-Invariant Template-Based Approach for Estimating Running Temporal Parameters Using Inertial Sensors by Rachele Rossanigo, Marco Caruso, Elena Dipalma, Cristine Agresta, Lucia Ventura, Franca Deriu, Andrea Manca, Taian M. Vieira, Valentina Camomilla, Andrea Cereatti

“…The benefit of magneto-inertial sensors is their ability to capture data in outdoor conditions. However, state-of-the-art inertial-based methods for estimating running temporal parameters are limited to a restricted range of running speeds and, thus, not able to analyze running at variable speeds. …”
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Optimized Extraction of Resveratrol from Arachis repens Handro by Ultrasound and Microwave: A Correlation Study with the Antioxidant Properties and Phenol Contents by Leonardo Garcia, Renata Garcia, Georgia Pacheco, Felipe Sutili, Rodrigo De Souza, Elisabeth Mansur, Ivana Leal

“…By CM, at 1 h, the highest RSV content (1.024±0.036 mg/L) and, correspondingly, the highest DPPH capture (23.90±0.04%) were found. The TP contents, at 1 h, presented the highest value (27.26±0.26 mg/g GAE). …”
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Machine learning Hubbard parameters with equivariant neural networks by Martin Uhrin, Austin Zadoks, Luca Binci, Nicola Marzari, Iurii Timrov

“…Here, we present a machine learning model based on equivariant neural networks which uses atomic occupation matrices as descriptors, directly capturing the electronic structure, local chemical environment, and oxidation states of the system at hand. …”
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The Impacts of Breakthrough Drug Classes on Total Healthcare Expenditures by Zeynal Karaca, Steven N. Wiggins

“…To measure the effect of important drugs prescribed for a given condition on the expenditures, we developed a model that captures the effect of important drugs on expenditures in a less restrictive way than the extant literature. …”
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Otolaryngology needs among an adult homeless population: a prospective study by Vincent Wu, Christopher W. Noel, David Forner, Florence Mok, Molly Zirkle, Antoine Eskander, Vincent Lin, John M. Lee

“…Basic demographic and clinical information was captured through verbal administration of a survey. …”
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Real-World Treatment Patterns, Survival, and Costs for Ovarian Cancer in Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Provincial Administrative Data by Manjusha Hurry, Shazia Hassan, Soo Jin Seung, Ryan N. Walton, Ashlie Elnoursi, Jacob D. McGee

“…The cohort was linked to provincial administrative databases to capture treatment patterns, survival, and costs. Overall total and mean cost per patient (unadjusted) were reported in 2017 Canadian dollars, using a macro-based costing methodology called GETCOST. …”
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Synergetic effects of nano-boehmite and Y nano-zeolite on catalytic cracking of residue oil by Ehsan Amini, Kamran Ahmadi, Alimorad Rashidi, Amir Ali Youzbashi, Mehran Rezaei, Sakineh Mesgar

“…In order to evaluate the effect of the content of the mesoporous boehmite nanoparticles on the catalytic performance of the Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) catalyst, alumina active matrix-based and silica inactive matrix-based catalysts were prepared. Results actually demonstrated that the acidity of the zeolite composition improved with the addition of boehmite nanoparticles. …”
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Clinical Examination and Self-Reported Upper Extremity Impairments in Patients with Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Kerstin Gutefeldt, Simon Lundstedt, Ingrid S. M. Thyberg, Margareta Bachrach-Lindström, Hans J. Arnqvist, Anna Spångeus

“…Self-reported shoulder stiffness and reduced hand strength might be used to capture patients with UEIs in need of clinical investigation and enhanced preventive and therapeutic strategies, as well as rehabilitative interventions.…”
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Frequency anomalies and characteristics of extratropical cyclones during extremely wet, dry, windy, and calm seasons in the extratropics by H. Binder, H. Wernli

“…The results from the climate model and from ERA5 are mostly consistent, suggesting that the climate model captures the cyclone properties reasonably well. Compared to the climatology, extremely wet seasons are associated with positive anomalies in cyclone frequency in large parts of the extratropics. …”
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Molecular study of the status of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in rats in Haiti by Fedna Jimmy, Borne Romain, Rieffel Dominique, Bornette Gudrun, Henrys Jean-Hugues, Grenouillet Frédéric, Raoul Francis

“…A total of 70 rats were captured, i.e. 23 Rattus norvegicus and 47 Rattus rattus. …”
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Detecting tropical freshly-opened swidden fields using a combined algorithm of continuous change detection and support vector machine by Ningsang Jiang, Peng Li, Zhiming Feng

“…The first part of the Continuous Change Detection and Classification (CCDC) algorithm holds promising potential in capturing abrupt changes. However, the CCD-derived temporal attributes and other multi-dimension features are seldom utilized to monitor swidden agriculture. …”
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