Sensitivity of Dynamical Downscaling Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts to Convection and Land Surface Parameterization in a High-Resolution Regional Climate Model by Yuan Li, Guihua Lu, Hai He, Zhiyong Wu

“…To understand the causes of the differences in precipitation forecasts using different parameterization schemes, the simulated moisture flux convergence, thermodynamic parameters at different pressure levels, convective available potential energy (CAPE), convective inhibition (CIN), and heat fluxes are compared with the data in the ERA-5 reanalysis dataset. The WRF model-simulated moisture flux convergence is closer to that of the ERA-5 reanalysis compared with that of the CFSv2 reforecasts in summer. …”
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Cross-Modal Augmented Transformer for Automated Medical Report Generation by Yuhao Tang, Ye Yuan, Fei Tao, Minghao Tang

“…Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method on two datasets.Clinical impact: This work aims to design an automated framework for explaining medical images to evaluate the health status of individuals, thereby facilitating their broader application in clinical settings.Clinical and Translational Impact Statement: In our preclinical research, we develop an automated system for generating diagnostic reports. …”
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Spatio‐Temporal Changes in Effective Population Size in an Expanding Metapopulation of Eurasian Otters by Nia Evelyn Thomas, Elizabeth A. Chadwick, Michael W. Bruford, Frank Hailer

“…Our study highlights the value of including genetic monitoring of endangered or recovering species in monitoring plans, while also providing methodologically important information about Ne estimation from real‐world datasets.…”
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A Novel Telerehabilitation System for Physical Exercise Monitoring in Elderly Healthcare by Muhammad Abrar Ashraf, Shaheryar Najam, Touseef Sadiq, Shabbab Algamdi, Hanan Aljuaid, Hameedur Rahman, Ahmad Jalal

“…Experimental evaluation on the IRDS dataset demonstrates a classification accuracy of 91% for exercise recognition and 82% for movement correctness assessment. …”
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YOLO-UP: A High-Throughput Pest Detection Model for Dense Cotton Crops Utilizing UAV-Captured Visible Light Imagery by Chenglei Sun, Afizan Bin Azman, Zaiyun Wang, Xiaoxiao Gao, Kai Ding

“…This study introduces YOLO-PEST, a novel pest detection model based on YOLOv8n, utilizing a personal cotton field imagery dataset acquired by UAVs. YOLO-PEST incorporates a custom-designed SC3 module to enhance low-level feature extraction and employs the GeLU activation function to address the vanishing gradient issue. …”
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Analysis in Choroidal Thickness in Patients with Graves’ Ophthalmopathy Using Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography by Nan Yu, Yadi Zhang, Lei Kang, Ying Gao, Junqing Zhang, Yuan Wu

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Evaluation of the Operational Simplified Surface Energy Balance Model for Pastureland Evapotranspiration Mapping and Drought Monitoring in North Central Kentucky by Maheteme Gebremedhin, Ian Ries, Gabriel B. Senay, Martin Matisoff, Ibukun Amusan, Jeremy Sandifer, Buddhi Gyawali

“…A three-year (2016–2018) flux ET dataset from a pastureland in north central Kentucky was used to validate the Operational Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEBop) model at monthly and annual scales. …”
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Polymorphism in the Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 Gene Decreases the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease in Han Chinese Men by Xinglong Yang, Pingrong Xu, Quanzhen Zhao, Ran An, Hua Jia, Zhuolin Liu, Yanming Xu

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Stigma of People Affected by Leprosy and its determinants: a cross-sectional study in Sri Lanka by Udhishtran Arudchelvam, Thayaparan Pulendran, Maheshi Sirimanne, Sandali Pabasara, Indira Kahawita, Nadeeka Chandraratne

“…Spearman’s correlation and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to analyze associations, with statistical significance set at 0.05. Results The dataset showed a non-normal, right-skewed distribution. …”
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Effect of Artisanal Processing on Volatile Compounds and Sensory Characteristics of Traditional Soft-Ripened Cheeses Matured with Selected Lactic Acid Bacteria by José M. Martín Miguélez, Irene Martín, Jurgen Robledo, Sonia Ventanas, Juan J. Córdoba

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Development and validation of the Michigan Chronic Disease Simulation Model (MICROSIM). by James F Burke, Luciana L Copeland, Jeremy B Sussman, Rodney A Hayward, Alden L Gross, Emily M Briceño, Rachael Whitney, Bruno J Giordani, Mitchell S V Elkind, Jennifer J Manly, Rebecca F Gottesman, Darrell J Gaskin, Stephen Sidney, Kristine Yaffe, Ralph L Sacco, Susan R Heckbert, Timothy M Hughes, Andrzej T Galecki, Deborah A Levine

“…MICROSIM models changes in risk factors over time, cognition and dementia using changes from a pooled dataset of individual participant data from 6 US prospective cardiovascular cohort studies. …”
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Microbial diversity, functional attributes, and nutritional proficiency of yogurts produced in Bangladesh by Md. Tanvir Islam, M. Shaminur Rahman, Susmita Roy Chowdhury, Tanay Chakrovarty, S. M. Kador, Md. Mazharul Islam, Khondoker Tanjim Islam, Mohammad Imtiaj Uddin Bhuiyan, Ovinu Kibria Islam

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Evaluating the Potential of Commercial Forest Inventory Data to Report on Forest Carbon Stock and Forest Carbon Stock Changes for REDD+ under the UNFCCC by Danae Maniatis, Yadvinder Malhi, Laurent Saint André, Danilo Mollicone, Nicolas Barbier, Sassan Saatchi, Matieu Henry, Laurent Tellier, Mathieu Schwartzenberg, Lee White

“…The data presented originate from five logging companies dispersed over Gabon, totalling 2,240 plots of 0.3 hectares.We distinguish three Forest Types (FTs) in the dataset based on floristic conditions. Estimated mean aboveground biomass (AGB) in the FTs ranges from 312 to 333 Mg ha−1. …”
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Changes in movement patterns in relation to sun conditions and spatial scales in wild western gorillas by B. Robira, S. Benhamou, E. Obeki Bayanga, T. Breuer, S. Masi

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Engineering hydrophobicity and manufacturability for optimized biparatopic antibody–drug conjugates targeting c-MET by Andreas Evers, Simon Krah, Deniz Demir, Ramona Gaa, Desislava Elter, Christian Schroeter, Stefan Zielonka, Nicolas Rasche, Julia Dotterweich, Christine Knuehl, Achim Doerner

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Assessment of Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels in Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension Patients by Vibha Tandon, Swati Hiwale, Dnyanesh Amle, Tripti Nagaria, Pradeep Kumar Patra

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Mamba vision models: Automated American sign language recognition by Ali Salem Altaher, Chiron Bang, Bader Alsharif, Ahmed Altaher, Munid Alanazi, Hasan Altaher, Hanqi Zhuang

“…The Vision Mamba Models, namely, Vision Mamba and Remote Sensing Mamba, were trained on a substantial dataset comprising 87,000 images of ASL hand gestures, and through iterative fine-tuning of their architectural parameters, the models’ accuracy and performance were optimized. …”
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Clinical and Cost Burden of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Descriptive Analysis Using a US Administrative Claims Database by Sue Perera, Liyuan Ma, Raj Punwaney, Sulabha Ramachandran

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WHY DO VIETNAMESE FIRMS HOLD CASH? by Nguyễn Thanh Hồng Ân, Hoàng Mai Phương

“…This research aims at exploring the current state and the reasons for holding cash of Vietnamese firms. Using a dataset of 199 companies listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange in the period from 2011 to 2018, statistical analyses indicate that the median level of cash holding by net assets of Vietnamese firms is about 5.9%, which is lower than firms in many countries in the region. …”
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Profile to frontal face recognition in the wild using coupled conditional generative adversarial network by Fariborz Taherkhani, Veeru Talreja, Jeremy Dawson, Matthew C. Valenti, Nasser M. Nasrabadi

“…Finally, the authors have also evaluated the authors’ cpGAN for reconstruction of frontal faces from input profile faces contained in the VGGFace2 dataset.…”
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