ECC-Based Authentication Protocol for Military Internet of Drone (IoD): A Holistic Security Framework by Hyeon Choe, Dongsu Kang

“…The proposed protocol demonstrates strong resistance to various military threats, including DoS attacks, replay attacks, and man-in-the-middle attacks. …”
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Continuous atrial fibrillation monitoring using a wearable smartwatch: Using long-term Holter as reference by Yannan Pan, Erdong Chen, Shihui Jie, Dongbo Huo, Zhongru Ding, Jing Zhou, Jie Jiang, Jianping Li, Yong Huo

“…Smartwatch performances varied across AF durations and between day-time and night-time. Strong correlations (PPG: ρ  = 0.877; ECG: ρ  = 0.769) and excellent agreements (PPG: ICC = 0.976; ECG: ICC = 0.927) were found between AF burdens calculated from smartwatch and Holter. …”
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Interface Acoustic Waves in 128° YX-LiNbO₃/SU-8/Overcoat Structures by Cinzia Caliendo, Massimiliano Benetti, Domenico Cannatà, Farouk Laidoudi, Gaetana Petrone

“…Indeed, the IAWs may represent a valid alternative to standing SAWs, which are strongly attenuated when travelling beneath the walls of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic channels for continuous flow particle manipulation, provided that the channel is excavated into the overcoating.…”
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Bridging the gap between defossilization and decarbonization to achieve net-zero industry by Steven Griffiths, Benjamin Sovacool, Marfuga Iskandarova, Hans Jakob Walnum

“…We lastly call for further research on integration of CCE and defossilization visions, strategies and roadmaps and a strong focus on international cooperation in achieving net-zero industry.…”
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False Alarm Causes and Wind Field Sensitivity Analysis of a Severe Rainfall Event in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Urban Cluster by Lan Zhang, Jiawen Zheng, Huaiyu Li, Rui Yu, Lei Wei, Yufei Zhang

“…In this process, weak signal correction can be achieved in strong precipitation forecasts using the distinct signal of lower 850 hPa water vapor flux divergence compared to 925 hPa. …”
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Positive Association between the Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Hyperuricemia in Chinese Adults with Hypertension: An Insight from the China H-Type Hypertension Registry Study by Chao Yu, Tao Wang, Wei Zhou, Lingjuan Zhu, Xiao Huang, Huihui Bao, Xiaoshu Cheng

“…Coincidentally, logistic analyses also demonstrated the TyG index had a positive correlation with hyperuricemia (OR = 2.04; 95% CI: 1.87 to 2.24). Strong linear associations of the TyG index with serum uric acid and hyperuricemia were confirmed by restricted cubic spline analysis. …”
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Interspecific Competition Between <i>Eotetranychus sexmaculatus</i> Riley and <i>Oligonychus biharensis</i> Hirst (Acari: Tetranychidae) by Lijiu Zheng, Yong Zhang, Xia Shi, Wei Gan, Fangping Zhang, Yueguan Fu, Ya Liu, Junyu Chen, Zhengpei Ye

“…These two species share highly overlapping ecological niches, with outbreaks strongly associated with high temperatures and drought stresses. …”
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Rapid Verbal Persuasion to increase influenza vaccine uptake: protocol for a randomized hybrid type 2 effectiveness -implementation trial by Siyuan Liu, Lan Gao, Yingying Jin, Jiangyun Chen, Dadong Wu, Yiyuan Cai, Tao Wang, Sanhao Huang, Ciling Yan, Run Wang, Dong Roman Xu

“…Rapid Verbal Persuasion (RVP), with highly rapid fashion, has a strong evidence base in promoting behavior change. …”
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Apolipoproteins A and B and PCSK9: Nontraditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Chronic Kidney Disease and in End-Stage Renal Disease by Cristiana-Elena Vlad, Liliana Foia, Roxana Popescu, Iuliu Ivanov, Mihaela Catalina Luca, Carmen Delianu, Vasilica Toma, Cristian Statescu, Ciprian Rezus, Laura Florea

“…The ApoB/ApoA-I ratio represents a strong predictor for coronary artery calcifications, cardiovascular mortality, and myocardial infarction in CKD/ESRD. …”
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The Dynamic Damage Mechanisms and Failure Modes of Coal-Rock Masses under the Action of High Order P-Waves by Feng Li, Mingxin Bi, Jing Tian, Shuhao Fang

“…However, under dynamic loading, they had consistently demonstrated crashing or splitting failure, which showed strong dynamic mechanical characteristics. Therefore, the propagation and interaction of stress waves have great effect for the dynamical damage of coal-rock masses. …”
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The temporal scale of energy maximization explains allometric variations in movement decisions of large herbivores by Daniel Fortin, Christopher F. Brooke, Hervé Fritz, Jan A. Venter

“…Selection was particularly strong for red hartebeest, as expected for a ruminant of relatively small size. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Adolescent Obesity among Rural School Adolescents in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study by Deekshanta Sitaula, Aarati Dhakal, Nimesh Lageju, Amisha Silwal, Samjhana Kshetri Basnet, Niki Shrestha, B. C. Anup Bikram, Niraj Phoju

“…Obesity during adolescence is strongly associated with adulthood obesity leading to increased morbidities and mortality. …”
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ECG-LM: Understanding Electrocardiogram with a Large Language Model by Kai Yang, Massimo Hong, Jiahuan Zhang, Yizhen Luo, Suyuan Zhao, Ou Zhang, Xiaomao Yu, Jiawen Zhou, Liuqing Yang, Ping Zhang, Mu Qiao, Zaiqing Nie

“…Results: ECG-LM outperforms existing few-shot and zero-shot solutions in cardiovascular disease detection across all 3 tasks (diagnostic, rhythm, and form) while also demonstrating strong potential in ECG-related question answering. …”
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Exploring the influence of “keeping consumers in suspense” in live streaming on consumer impulse buying behavior: A test of the mediating effects of consumer inner states by Xiangxi Kong, Ren Wang, Yuyang Zhang

“…Expectation perception mediated the relationship between KCIS and impulse buying more strongly (β = 0.35, p < 0.01) than value perception (β = 0.15, p < 0.05). …”
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Anaerobic digestion bacteria algae (ADBA): A mathematical model of mixotrophic algal growth with indigenous bacterial inhibition in anaerobic digestion effluent by S M Hasan Shahriar Rahat, Oluwatunmise Israel Dada, Liang Yu, Helmut Kirchhoff, Shulin Chen

“…Algal growth in the strongly buffered AD effluent resulted in odor removal, turbidity reduction, and the removal of ∼80% of total ammonium-nitrogen and 90% of organic carbon. …”
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Causal associations between osteoporosis and HBV infection across Asian and European populations: evidence from Mendelian randomization and colocalization analysis by Zhengnan Li, Jiarui Cao, Ke Li, Yixin Wu, Zhanpeng Luo, Rui Cao, Zhiheng Cheng, Zhendong Tian, Yiyang Han, Yuping Lai, Bangqi Wang, Shen Chen

“…These results provided strong evidence that HBV infection augmented the risk of developing osteoporosis in East Asian populations and provided novel therapeutic targets.…”
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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

“…Analyses that did not account for spatial genetic structuring yielded strong spurious signals of United Kingdom‐wide population expansion, and Ne estimates from these analyses were suppressed by a factor of 3–4. …”
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Health-related quality of life measures used with Indigenous children/youth in the Pacific Rim: a scoping review by Sue Crengle, Trudy Sullivan, Emma H Wyeth, Sarah Derrett, Vicky Nelson, Georgia McCarty

“…Thirty-three papers did not acknowledge Indigenous concepts of health, and only two measures were specifically created for use with Indigenous populations.Conclusions There is a paucity of research investigating HRQoL measures used with Indigenous children/youth and a lack of involvement of Indigenous peoples in the development and use of HRQoL measures. We strongly recommend explicit consideration of Indigenous concepts when developing, validating, assessing and using HRQoL measures with Indigenous populations.…”
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Factors and barriers to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine uptake for intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy in Ghana by Akua Kumi Yeboah, Patrick Ohemeng Gyaase, Richmond Bediako Nsiah, Regina Amoa-Tutu, Saida Abdul-Rahman Zakaria, Lynna Naa Adede Obeng, Frank Prempeh, Phenihas Kwadwo Opoku, Amos Andoono, Gilbert Elara Dagoe, Kwame Kusi Agyemang, Jonathan Mawutor Gmanyami, Dominic Nyarko, Paul Kofi Awuah, Gifty Sefaah Owusu, Solomon Anum-Doku

“…Fewer antenatal care (ANC) visits (≤3 times) were strongly associated with lower odds of receiving three or more doses (AOR = 0.03, [95% CI 0.01–0.83], p < 0.001). …”
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“Loneliness is a sad disease”: oldest old adults’ empirical definition of loneliness and social isolation from a mixed-method study in Northern Italy by Sara Santini, Mauro Colombo, Antonio Guaita, Paolo Fabbietti, Georgia Casanova

“…The two concepts are often perceived by participants as distinct, but they are strongly interconnected so that they can be used interchangeably by older Italian people. …”
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