Conservation in action: Cost-effective UAVs and real-time detection of the globally threatened swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii) by Ravindra Nath Tripathi, Karan Agarwal, Vikas Tripathi, Ruchi Badola, Syed Ainul Hussain

“…Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) have proven to be successful tools for ecological monitoring, providing excellent visual resolution and the ability to cover large areas with spatial accuracy. …”
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A Novel and Automated Approach to Detect Sea- and Land-Based Aquaculture Facilities by Maxim Veroli, Marco Martinoli, Arianna Martini, Riccardo Napolitano, Domitilla Pulcini, Nicolò Tonachella, Fabrizio Capoccioni

“…An overall accuracy of approximately 85% of correct object recognition of the target class was achieved. …”
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Automation of Hessian-Based Tubularity Measure Response Function in 3D Biomedical Images by Oleksandr P. Dzyubak, Erik L. Ritman

“…The blood vessels and nerve trees consist of tubular objects interconnected into a complex tree- or web-like structure that has a range of structural scale 5 μm diameter capillaries to 3 cm aorta. …”
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Development of High-performance Proton Transfer Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer by Chun-guang XIE, Ji-yang ZHANG, Tong YANG, Yu-liang HUANG, Shu-guang XIE, Hui ZHU, Jing-xuan SUN, Ping CHENG

“…Proton transfer reaction ionization is one of the typical methods of “soft” ionization techniques, which generally takes water and hydronium ions as parent ions, and the objects which have higher proton affinity than water can be ionized. …”
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Deep Venous Reflux Associated with a Dilated Popliteal Fossa Vein Reversed with Endovenous Laser Ablation and Sclerotherapy by Daniel P. Link, Jennifer Feneis, John Carson

“…Objective. To report an incidence of reflux in the deep venous system reversed by ablation of a popliteal fossa vein (PFV). …”
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Successful Vaginal Delivery after Induction of Labour in a Patient Treated for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the Cervix: A Case Report and Literature Review by Paola Quaresima, Gabriele Saccone, Valeria Zuccalà, Giuseppe Guarascio, Livio Leo, Giuseppina Amendola, Fulvio Zullo, Michele Morelli, Roberta Venturella

“…Objective. Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas of the cervix are rare; they represent about 1% of all cases. …”
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Multimodal Imaging of Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia-Associated Hyperviscosity-Related Retinopathy Treated with Plasmapheresis by Michael J. Schatz, Carl S. Wilkins, Oscar Otero-Marquez, Toco Y. P. Chui, Richard B. Rosen, Meenakashi Gupta

“…Applying image analysis software to before and after OCT-A images, the authors were able to show an objective decrease in retinal capillary and large vessel density following plasmapheresis. …”
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Future Generations in Climate Litigation: Early Whispers of an Intergenerational Law? by Alessandro Drigo

“…This nexus, far from being coincidental or sporadic, epitomizes a deeper societal and legal dilemma that necessitates a nuanced articulation for effective resolution. The main objective of this Article is to provide preliminary insights for contextualizing this legal evolution. …”
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Territorial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Galicia (Spain): a geographical approach by Ángel Miramontes Carballada, Jose Balsa-Barreiro

“…For this, we have high spatial resolution data that has been provided by the competent authority under confidentiality. …”
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Selected Topics in Management and Modeling of Complex Systems: Editorial Introduction to Issue 16 of CSIMQ by Peter Forbrig

“…The goal of these algorithms is the identification of different notations of references that refer to the same real-world object. This entity resolution is also called dedublication. …”
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Observations of circumstellar disks in scattered light with SPHERE at the VLT by Boccaletti, Anthony

“…One of the most productive science in this field is certainly the observations at high angular resolution of circumstellar disks, from the very young gas-rich protoplanetary disks all the way to more elusive dust-rich debris disks. …”
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Comparison of Quadratic- and Median-Based Roughness Penalties for Penalized-Likelihood Sinogram Restoration in Computed Tomography by Patrick J. La Rivière, Junguo Bian, Phillip A. Vargas

“…Since the quadratic penalty allows for derivation of an algorithm that is guaranteed to monotonically increase the penalized-likelihood objective function, we find it to be preferable to the median-based penalty.…”
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Treatment of Bleeding Diathesis Associated with a Heparin-Like Anticoagulant in Plasma Cell Neoplasia Using Protamine by Christopher A. Willner, Mohammed M. Chisti

“…We report a case in which intravenous protamine sulfate was administered to a patient with IgG-kappa monotypic multiple myeloma, which resulted in resolution of bleeding and coagulopathy, confirmed via objective laboratory data. …”
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Successfully Treated Norovirus- and Sapovirus-Associated Diarrhea in Three Renal Transplant Patients by Noha Ghusson, Gustavo Vasquez

“…Objectives. To examine the burden of norovirus- and sapovirus-related diarrhea in renal transplant patients and to propose the use of nitazoxanide as a therapeutic option for treatment. …”
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Efficacy of medical thoracoscopy combined with fibrinolytic therapy in the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema by Feng-Fu Zhan, Mao-Hong Huang, Yan-Ping Du, Yan Chen, Han-Han Chen, Yi-Li Lin, Yi-Yuan Chen, Ling Cai, Xiao-Bin Zhang

“…Abstract Objective This study aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy, safety, and feasibility of medical thoracoscopy combined with fibrinolytic therapy for the treatment of complicated parapneumonic effusions and empyema, with a focus on therapeutic outcomes and recovery duration. …”
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Impact of the Revolution´s Programs in Cienfuegos Dental Services by Beatriz García Alpízar, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Emma Gil Ojeda, Yumaidy Colina Sánchez

“…<strong>Background</strong>: Revolution´s Programs in Stomatology are part of a strategy to improve oral health of the population and the quality of the dental services. <strong><br />Objective</strong>: To asses the impact of Revolution´s Programs in the primary dental services in Cienfuegos. …”
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Surgical Management of Ischemic Priapism: what are the New Options? by Rohit Badia, Sidney Roberts, Alexandria Hertz, Allen Morey, Maia VanDyke

“…Newer tunneling techniques—including penoscrotal decompression and the corporal snake maneuver—have shown promising preliminary results, not just in terms of priapism resolution but also perhaps sexual function recovery.…”
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Safety and Reliability Analysis of Reconfigurable Battery Energy Storage System by Helin Xu, Lin Cheng, Daniyaer Paizulamu, Haoyu Zheng

“…Finally, this paper develops a control algorithm for reliability improvement, with the objective of ensuring safe and stable control of the ESS.…”
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Scalable Video Streaming Based on JPEG2000 Transcoding with Adaptive Rate Control by Anthony Vetro, Derek Schwenke, Toshihiko Hata, Naoki Kuwahara

“…A core function of the proposed system is a low-complexity transcoding technique that adapts the quality and resolution of the scene based on available bandwidth. …”
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Elegance as Complexity Reduction in Systems Design by Luca Iandoli, Letizia Piantedosi, Alejandro Salado, Giuseppe Zollo

“…Elegance is often invoked as a characteristic of good design, but it cannot be pursued as a design objective because of the absence of actionable definitions that can be translated into design strategies and metrics. …”
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