Source Apportionment of Urban Ammonia and its Contribution to Secondary Particle Formation in a Mid-size European City by Laura Ehrnsperger, Otto Klemm

“…Alongside nitrogen oxides (NOx) and PM, ammonia (NH3) is also a relevant air pollutant due to its role as a precursor of particulate ammonium. …”
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Flexible Threshold Quantum Homomorphic Encryption on Quantum Networks by Yongli Tang, Menghao Guo, Binyong Li, Kaixin Geng, Jinxia Yu, Baodong Qin

“…In addition, the quantum computing capability of the evaluator and the scope of quantum computation it can perform are usually somewhat limited, which significantly reduces the flexibility of the scheme in quantum network environments. In this paper, we propose a novel <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>,</mo><mspace width="4.pt"></mspace><mi>n</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>-threshold QHE (TQHE) network scheme based on the Shamir secret sharing protocol, which allows <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>k</mi><mspace width="4.pt"></mspace><mo>(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>≤</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>≤</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> evaluators to collaboratively perform evaluation computation operations on each qubit within the shared encrypted sequence. …”
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Longitudinal Metabolomics Data Analysis Informed by Mechanistic Models by Lu Li, Huub Hoefsloot, Barbara M. Bakker, David Horner, Morten A. Rasmussen, Age K. Smilde, Evrim Acar

“…This paper introduces a novel data analysis approach to incorporate mechanistic models in metabolomics data analysis. <b>Methods</b>: We arranged time-resolved metabolomics measurements of plasma samples collected during a meal challenge test from the COPSAC₂₀₀₀ cohort as a third-order tensor: <i>subjects</i> by <i>metabolites</i> by <i>time samples</i>. …”
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“An Ancient System of Caste”: How the British Law against Caste Depends on Orientalism by Prakash Shah

“…The stereotype of the caste system goes back to Christian theological accounts of India, developed further in Orientalist accounts during the colonial period, and is incorporated in the social sciences today. …”
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End of Pandemic Parental Hesitancy Towards Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination: A Cross-sectional Survey at Two Lebanese Tertiary Hospitals by Sabine Shehab, Lina Anouti, Celina F. Boutros, Christelle Radi, Silma El Baasiri, Arabia Badih, Rawan Korman, Marwa El Masri, Joudie Alwan, Maha Monzer, Yara Bitar, Mona Kassem, Mayse Naser, Yara Salameh, Sarah Khafaja, Murielle Bou Ghosn, Dany Al Hamod, Sarah Ghadban, Soha Ghanem, Ghassan S. Dbaibo

“…Abstract Background This observational prospective cross-sectional study was conducted during the last 4 months of the COVID-19 pandemic to determine whether parental hesitancy to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 had improved compared to earlier studies in other countries showing high levels of hesitancy. …”
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Biosynthesis and Characterization of Iron Nanoparticles for Effective Adsorption of Cr(VI) by Emel Simla Önal, Tolga Yatkın, Tural Aslanov, Memduha Ergüt, Ayla Özer

“…In this study, iron nanoparticles (FeNPs) were synthesized via a green method using loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) leaves aqueous extract as a renewable reducing agent. …”
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Enquiry into Gunpowder Weapons Used by Hülegü in the Middle East Campaign by Oğuz A.Y.

“…Research objectives: To establish whether Hülegü brought gunpowder from China during his military operation in the Middle East in 1256–1260 and whether his army used gunpowder weapons against the Hashashi/Hashashin castles. …”
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Adaptability of high-protein barley genotypes under the conditions of the Volga-Vyatka region by I. Yu. Zaytseva, I. N. Shchennikova, L. V. Panikhina, E. V. Dyagileva

“…Barley grain is unique raw material of versatile uses. More than 60% of the grain produced In the Volga-Vyatka region goes directly to fodder production purposes. …”
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Development and validation of a risk prediction model for acute kidney injury in coronary artery disease by Ming Ye, Chang Liu, Duo Yang, Hai Gao

“…This study focuses on developing accurate predictive models to improve the early detection and prognosis of AKI in CAD patients. Methods We used Electronic Health Records (EHRs) from a nationwide CAD registry including 54 429 patients. …”
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Visual impairment prevention by early detection of diabetic retinopathy based on stacked auto-encoder by Shagufta Almas, Fazli Wahid, Sikandar Ali, Ahmed Alkhyyat, Kamran Ullah, Jawad Khan, Youngmoon Lee

“…Data augmentation techniques address class imbalance, while SAEs facilitate accurate classification through layer-wise unsupervised pre-training and supervised fine-tuning. We evaluate our model’s performance using rigorous quantitative measures, including accuracy, recall, precision, and F1-score, highlighting its effectiveness in early disease diagnosis and prevention of blindness. …”
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Designing and incorporating integrated oral health care pathways for pediatric and adult patients: touchpoints in a dental setting by Talieh Mahmoud Hashemi, Mahdia Gholami, Mohammad Reza Khami, Simin Z. Mohebbi, Armin Shirvani

“…Methods The study was carried out in the clinical departments of the School of Dentistry during 2022–2023. The design process involved utilizing the NHS dental care pathway template and developing the initial model for the IOHCPs. …”
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Heads-Up 3D Surgery under Low Light Intensity Conditions: New High-Sensitivity HD Camera for Ophthalmological Microscopes by Celso Soiti Matsumoto, Masayuki Shibuya, Jun Makita, Takuhei Shoji, Hisato Ohno, Kei Shinoda, Harue Matsumoto

“…The surgical field on the display monitor was created by a 3D system using a high-sensitivity sensor camera and was observed in a heads-up position. …”
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Burden of Sickle Cell Disease in Ghana: The Korle-Bu Experience by Eugenia V. Asare, Ivor Wilson, Amma A. Benneh-Akwasi Kuma, Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh, Fredericka Sey, Edeghonghon Olayemi

“…During the period under review 5,451 patients were seen at the GICG, with 20,788 clinic visits. …”
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Experimental and Simulation Study on Reducing the Liquid Film and Improving the Performance of a Carbon-Neutral Methanol Engine by Yongzhi Li, Zhi Zhang, Haifeng Liu, Weide Chang, Zanqiao Shu, Hu Wang, Zunqing Zheng, Hua Zhao, Xinyan Wang, Mingfa Yao

“…As the EOI advances, the higher methanol evaporation rate during the intake process reduces the amount of methanol droplets and the deposition of a liquid film in the cylinder. …”
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Prevalence of Postpartum Depression among Women in Childbearing Age Attending Primary Health Care Centres, Qassim Region. by Huda G. Alonazi, Saulat Jahan

“… # Methods This was a cross sectional study including 204 mothers aged 18-45 years in postpartum period attending primary health care centres in Buraidah during April to August 2021. A self-administered questionnaire was used to gather data regarding socio-demographic characteristics, newborn related factors, marital and family relationship factors, and social support factors of the participants. …”
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Characterizing pediatric discharge diagnoses associated with daily extreme heat exposure in the Midwestern US: A retrospective case-crossover study by Sarah Oerther, Zachary Phillips, Zidong Zhang, Joanne Salas, Sarah Farabi, Tamara Otey

“…Our study focused on all causes and examined 12 specific morbidities of interest. We focused on pediatric patients during the warm season months of May through September in 2017–2022. …”
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Paradigmatic Discord in US Arctic Policy by L. A. Matiyak

“…During the recent years, the Arctic has been gradually transforming into a "metaregion" for foreign affairs; its geographically limited borders have spread globally due to an increasing international presence in the Polar Region that has significant energy resources and transportation potential. …”
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Privacy protection of sexually transmitted infections information from Chinese electronic medical records by Mengchun Gong, Yue Yu, Zihao Ouyang, Wenzhao Shi, Chao Liu, Qilin Wang, Jiale Nan, Endi Cai, Fen Ding, Sheng Nie

“…The objective is to develop effective information extraction and privacy protection strategies to safeguard STI patients in the Chinese healthcare environment and prevent unnecessary privacy leakage during the data-sharing process of EMRs. The research was conducted at a national healthcare data center, where a committee of experts designed rule-based protocols utilizing natural language processing techniques to extract STI information. …”
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Comparison of diaphragmatic breathing exercises and incentive spirometry on the functional status of heart failure patients: a randomized controlled trial by Amirhossein Nasirmoghadas, Fateme Monjazebi, Malihe Nasiri, Aydin Feyzi, Fariba Borhani

“…The Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Borg dyspnea scale, and New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification were used before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed using SPSS-20 software. …”
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Breeding properties and cytological characteristics of interspecific hybrids between the Ussuri plum and bullace by D. S. Garapov, O. V. Mochalova

“…Conventional cytological andcultivar-testing methods were used.   Results and conclusion. The yield of the Ayskaya and TSG No. 8 interspecific hybrids strongly depended on mean daily temperatures during blossoming (r = 0.77 ± 0.26 and r = 0.74 ± 0.27, respectively) when compared to the Ussuri plum. …”
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