Intellectualized forensic technique for Android pattern locks by Jiahao QIU, Weidong QIU, Yangde WANG, Yan ZHA, Yuming XIE, Yan LI

“…In the field of digital forensics, how to unlock mobile devices such as phones has always been an urgent problem to overcome.As a special kind of password, pattern lock is widely used in mobile phone screen unlock and software access authorization.Existing pattern lock cracking techniques have several non-negligible disadvantages, such as poor concealment, low practicability, non-intelligence and single application scenario.Two basic threat models were abstracted from shoulder surfing, surveillance camera, and real-time forensics, and a multi-scenario side channel attack on pattern locks was proposed.Based on the data of surveillance camera or manual video, intelligent vision recognition algorithms were adopted to identify, select and track the target device and biological key points in the video dynamically.Then, discrete tracking points were integrated by spatial mapping and pruning algorithm.The denoising algorithm was used to eliminate redundancy and optimize the trajectory.Through procedures above, the original trajectory was simplified into regular polylines defined by several key turning points.Finally, the simplified pattern was compared and matched with the rules of legal pattern locks to inference and retort its actual pattern.Possible candidates will be sorted in the output according to their confidences.Results show that in the surveillance camera scenario, where the device screen is always visible, the cracking success rate of our technique is 89% for 10 attempts and 99.3% for 20 attempts.In the face-to-face scenario, where the subject consciously blocks the screen and his drawing finger, the success rate was 82% after 10 attempts and 89.3% after 20 attempts.In the surveillance camera scenario, the increase of shooting horizontal distance can significantly decrease the cracking success rate.But this effect diminishes with the increase of the number of attempts.Results show that the cracking success rate of the complex password is always higher than that of the simple password during 20 attempts, which means a complex pattern lock cannot play a better protection role if the proposed technique is applied.Shooting angle deflection within 5° has little effect on the success rate of cracking.…”
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Effects of macrolide antibiotics on blood inflammatory mediators and organ damage markers in lipopolysaccharide-induced pulmonary damage rats by Ayşe Er, Enver Yazar

“…Serum tumor necrosis factor α, interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, interleukin- 10 levels, and plasma 13, 14-dihydro-15-ketoprostaglandin F_2α levels were determined by ELISA, while serum C-reactive protein, creatine kinase-MB, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, cholesterol, triglyceride, blood urea nitrogen and creatinine levels were determined by otoanalyzer. …”
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Effect of Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles on Damaged Human Corneal Endothelial Cells by Raffaele Nuzzi, Lola Buono, Simona Scalabrin, Marco De Iuliis, Benedetta Bussolati

“…MSC-EVs/cell induced a significant decrease in number of total apoptotic cells after 24 hours of serum deprivation. Finally, the wound healing assay showed a significantly faster repair of the wound after HCEC treatment with MSC-EVs. …”
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Tangential Human Posture Recognition with Sequential Images Based on MIMO Radar by Chuanwei DING, Zhilin LIU, Li ZHANG, Heng ZHAO, Qing ZHOU, Hong HONG, Xiaohua ZHU

“…To improve image quality, a modified joint multidomain adaptive threshold-based denoising algorithm is applied to improve the image quality by suppressing noises and enhancing human body outline and structure. Finally, a Spatio-Temporal-Convolution Long Short Term Memory (ST-ConvLSTM) network is designed to process the sequential images. …”
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Algorithms for Solving the Equilibrium Composition Model of Arc Plasma by Zhongyuan Chi, Yuzhang Ji, Ningning Liu, Tianchi Jiang, Xin Liu, Weijun Zhang

“…Subsequently, the principle and process of the HLMA and PV–LMA algorithms are analyzed, alongside an analysis of the unique characteristics of plasma equilibrium composition at high temperatures. Finally, a solving method for an arc plasma equilibrium composition model based on high temperature composition is obtained. …”
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Physical Fruit Traits, Nutritional Composition, and Seed Oil Fatty Acids Profiling in the Main Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Varieties Grown in Morocco by Mohamed Ibourki, Fadma Azouguigh, Si Mohamed Jadouali, El Hassan Sakar, Laila Bijla, Khalid Majourhat, Said Gharby, Abdelatif Laknifli

“…Seeds lipidic fraction was dominated by monounsaturated fatty acid C18 : 1 (47.5%), followed by saturated fatty acids mostly C12 : 0 (18.0%), C14 : 0 (10.5%), and C16 : 0 (10.6%) and finally polyunsaturated fatty acid C18 : 2 (8.8%). …”
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β2-Microglobulin and Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin, Potential Novel Urine Biomarkers in Periodontitis: A Cross-Sectional Study in Japanese by Mayuka Nakajima, Michihiro Hosojima, Koichi Tabeta, Sayuri Miyauchi, Miki Yamada-Hara, Naoki Takahashi, Haruna Miyazawa, Yumi Matsuda-Matsukawa, Keisuke Sato, Noriko Sugita, Yasutaka Komatsu, Tomomi Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Akiishi, Kazuhisa Yamazaki, Kiminori Kato, Akihiko Saito, Hiromasa Yoshie

“…Multivariate regression analysis showed that the number of sites with CAL ≥ 6 mm was associated independently with urine NGAL. Finally, β2-MG was significantly higher in the severe periodontitis subjects compared to the no/mild periodontitis subjects. …”
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Travel Behavior Changes after COVID-19 Outbreak in Taiwan by Rong-Chang Jou, Chen-Siang Yeh, Ke-Hong Chen

“…Second, the total travel activities by private vehicles are significantly reduced, while there is no significant decrease in the use of transit. Finally, the important explanatory variables included the importance of the time to promote government policies (such as implementing the real-name registration system for mask purchases, publishing confirmed cases, and establishing the transit disinfection system), types and number of weekly activities, and storage of various types of consumer goods. …”
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Changes in the Parietal Lobe Subregion Volume at Various Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease and the Role in Cognitively Normal and Mild Cognitive Impairment Conversion by Fang Lu, Qing Ma, Cailing Shi, Wenjun Yue

“…The Cox proportional hazard model was constructed to determine which specific parietal subregions, alone or in combination, could be used to predict progression from MCI to AD and CN to MCI. Finally, we examined the relationship between the cognitive scores and parietal subregion volume in the diagnostic groups. …”
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Research on detection methods of related substances and degradation products of the antitumor drug selpercatinib by Jingjing Xiang, Liangliang Cai, Qin Wang, Yonghong Zhu, Yong Han

“…BackgroundSelpercatinib, a selective RET kinase inhibitor, is approved for treating various cancers with RET gene mutations such as RET-rearranged thyroid cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. …”
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On notch and crack size effects in fatigue, Paris� law and implications for Whler curves by Michele Ciavarella, A. Papangelo

“…A perhaps surprising return to the original slope k is found for very large blunt notches. Finally, Paris law should hold for a distinctly cracked structure, i.e. having a long-crack; indeed, Paris coefficient m is coincident with the limiting value of k lim. …”
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Investigation of Flooding due to Dam Failure: A Case Study of Darlık Dam by Ezgi Selen Tilav, Sezar Gülbaz

“…Flood hazard areas was created and possible flood wave’s hazard ratio was determined by observing flood inundation areas. Finally, damage of buildings in flood wave areas was calculated and damage ratio and risk maps were obtained. …”
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Identification of Key Genes and Prognostic Value Analysis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis by Meng Wang, Licheng Wang, Shusheng Wu, Dongsheng Zhou, Xianming Wang

“…Kaplan-Meier survival curves indicated that high expression of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK1), cyclin B1 (CCNB1), cyclin B2 (CCNB2), MAD2 mitotic arrest deficient-like 1 (MAD2L1), and topoisomerase IIα (TOP2A) predicted poor overall survival in HCC patients (all log-rank P<0.01). …”
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A novel pulse-current waveform circuit for low-energy consumption and low-noise transcranial magnetic stimulation by Xinhua Tan, Ao Guo, Jiasheng Tian, Yingwei Li, Yingwei Li, Jian Shi

“…The relationships between the parameters of the pulse-current waveform, vibration energy, and ohmic resistance loss in the TMS coil were explored, ensuring the necessary depolarization of the nerve membrane potential. Finally, four insulated-gate bipolar transistors, controlled by a series of PWM pulse sequences, generated the desired pulse-current duration and direction in the H-bridge circuit. …”
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C60 fullerene improves the recovery of biomechanical parameters of muscle soleus contraction in rats after chronic alcoholization by Д. М. Ноздренко, В. Нан, Т. Ю. Матвієнко, К. І. Богуцька, Т. Я. Шевчук, В. П. Берест, Ю. І. Прилуцький

“…After 2 months of rehabilitation, the level of minimum muscle contraction force when using C60FAS in both schemes differed by about 15±1% compared to the group of alcoholized animals, and the time of reduction of the force response by 50% was not significantly recorded. Finally, the use of C60FAS revealed a significant increase in the magnitude of the muscle force impulse: up to 86±4% (scheme I) and almost to control values — 94±2% (scheme II). …”
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The Wandering Character in the Coen Brothers’ Films: When the Southern Gothic Meets the Western by Julie Assouly

“…Dishonest preachers, traveling salesmen or runaway prisoners have replaced cowboys and bounty hunters in the Coens’ Southern films, but their whereabouts are always used as a pretext to discover American regionalisms. Finally, what seems to be a specificity of the Coens’ films is the phenomenon of hybridization between Southern and Western cultures which became very clear in Barton Fink (1991) and resurfaced in No Country for Old Men and True Grit (2010), laying stress on the influence of Gothic and Southern grotesque subtexts in which the wanderer plays a prominent part. …”
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Mixed Pulmonary Infection, Asthma, and Nephrotic Syndrome in a Patient Diagnosed with Selective IgA Deficiency: A Case Report by Yan C, Qiu J, Pan X, Huang X, Pan L, Wang C, Mao M

“…Sputum smear; sputum, blood, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid culture; and metagenomic sequencing examination identified multiple mixed pathogens, including Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida parapsilosis, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Klebsiella cepacia. Finally, he was diagnosed with selective IgA deficiency after a laboratory test detected an extremely low serum IgA level (< 0.06 g/L). …”
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Association between Metformin and a Lower Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Yu-Yen Chen, Ying-Cheng Shen, Yun-Ju Lai, Chun-Yuan Wang, Keng-Hung Lin, Shih-Chao Feng, Chiao-Ying Liang, Li-Chen Wei, Pesus Chou

“…Furthermore, propensity score (PS) matching method was used to choose the matched sample, and PS-adjusted Cox regression was performed. Finally, how HRs changed according to metformin treatment duration and dose was also evaluated in the metformin group. …”
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Association between cardiometabolic index and overactive bladder in adult American women: A cross-sectional study. by Junhua Li, Min He, Yu Zhou

“…The association between CMI and OAB was evaluated through multivariate logistic regression, generalized additive models (GAM), smoothing curve fitting, and subgroup analysis. We finally included male participants for sensitivity analysis.…”
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A Quantitative Particle-Based Approach for the Geometallurgical Assessment of Tailings Deposits by Rosie Blannin, Max Frenzel, Raimon Tolosana-Delgado, Kai Bachmann, Alexandra Gomez Escobar, Lucas Pereira, Jens Gutzmer

“…As a result, robust models could be developed for the spatial distributions of particle size and mineralogy, which strongly control the sorting of particles during deposition, and other related properties, such as sulphide mineral grain sizes. Finally, a bulk sulphide flotation process was simulated and acid mine drainage potential estimated using the interpolated particle data. …”
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