Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Secrecy Rate Optimization for Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Integ... by Jianwei Wang, Shuo Chen

“…Our research goal is to extend the system’s coverage and improve its flexibility through the introduction of STAR-RIS, while ensuring secure transmission rates. …”
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Habitat factors influencing the brown rat Rattus norvegicus abundance on uninhabited island, South Korea by Hyun-Gi Cha, Hyejin Kim, Hyun-Su Hwang

“…Consequently, many countries have made efforts to eradicate invasive rodents primarily using poison. However, these efforts have led to additional problems, such as the mortality of native animals due to intoxication. …”
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Two-Dimensional Differential Positioning with Global Navigation Satellite System Signal Frequency Division Relay Forwarding to Parallel Leaky Coaxial Cables in Tunnel by Keyuan Jiao, Maozhong Song, Xiaolong Tang, Shimao Dong, Shenkai Xiong

“…These signals are then used to drive three ports of the LCX cables, which are laid in parallel within the tunnel. …”
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Effect of The Media on The Consumption of Poultry Products in The TR72 Region (Kayseri, Sivas and Yozgat) by Hasan Eleroğlu, Hudaverdi Bircan, Rahim Arslan

“…The change in the impact of poultry-related negative media coverage on the consumption of poultry products has been examined on the TR72 region basis. …”
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Outcomes of surgical management in orbital cellulitis due to mucormycosis in patients recovered from COVID-19 by Jemi S Lam, Peeyusha D Kakarla, Mada Harika, Syed S Sultana

“…All patients with a history of COVID-19 infection and biopsy-proven, radiologically confirmed mucormycosis were included in the study and treated using a multidisciplinary approach with systemic and local antifungals and sinus debridement by FESS, with or without medial orbitotomy and lateral canthotomy. …”
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Digital divides in telehealth accessibility for cancer care in the United States by Lingbo Liu, Tracy Onega, Erika L. Moen, Anna N. A. Tosteson, Rebecca E. Smith, Qianfei Wang, Lauren Cowan, Fahui Wang

“…This study assessed spatial and telehealth accessibility to cancer care across 33,499 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTA) in the United States using the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) and two-step virtual catchment area (2SVCA) methods, respectively. …”
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Active Landslide Mapping Along the Karakoram Highway Alternate Route in North Pakistan; Implications for the Expansion of China−Pakistan Economic Corridor by Said Mukhtar Ahmad, Teng Wang, Mumtaz Muhammad Shah, Saad Khan

“…We detected 1037 active landslides in the study region using phase gradient stacking and a deep learning network. …”
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Political factors and arrangements influencing primary health care financing and resource allocation: A scoping review protocol. by Henrique Sant'Anna Dias, Adelyne Maria Mendes Pereira, Elisabete de Fátima Polo de Almeida Nunes, Caroline Pagani Martins, Marcela Castilho, Fernanda de Freitas Mendonça, Luciana Dias de Lima

“…Inclusion and exclusion criteria will be used for literature screening and mapping. Screening and data charting will be conducted by a team of four reviewers.…”
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The role of governance in implementing sustainable global health interventions: review of health system integration for integrated community case management (iCCM) of childhood ill... by Regina Rabinovich, Koya C Allen, Kate Whitfield, Salim Sadruddin

“…An analytical review was conducted using evidence from published and grey literature from 2010 to 2019. …”
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Exploring Suitable Urban Plant Structures for Carbon-Sink Capacities by Hyeseon Eom, Yeeun Shin, Sang-Woo Lee, Kyungjin An

“…This study analyzed South Korean urban parks using QGIS and i-Tree Eco, integrating satellite imagery with field surveys at both spatial and tree scales. …”
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LCD: IDENTIFYING INFLUENTIAL NODES IN COMPLEX NETWORKS WITH LAYERED CLUSTERING AND DEGREE by Abdulhakeem Othman Mohammed

“…The significance of layered clustering in LCD method, is iteratively distributing spreaders across clusters to avoid over-representation of high-degree nodes from a single region of the network. Experimental results using the SIR model on nine real-world networks show that LCD outperforms several popular methods, including VoteRank, K-shell, VoteRank++, ClusterRank, H-Index, EnRenew, and DegreeRank, in terms of spreading rate and final affected scale …”
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Tobacco-related content on social networking sites: evidence from a youth-led campaign in India by Deepika Bahl, Shalini Bassi, Nishibha Thapliyal, Praveen Sinha, Monika Arora, Munish S. Gill

“…Additionally, the youth identified relevant hashtags used to promote tobacco. # Results The youth identified 748 posts (photos and videos) on SNS where tobacco was being promoted. …”
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Adaptive crayfish optimization algorithm for multi-objective scheduling optimization in distributed production workshops by Xin Yang, Xiaoying Yang, Jinhao Du

“…The performance comparison using multi-objective metrics such as HV, IGD, GD, and NR demonstrates that ACOA significantly outperforms COA, WOA, and NSGA-II, with average improvements of 76%, 80%, 28%, and 220%, respectively. …”
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The role of EM radiation in enhancing quantum factorial network performance for Wi-Fi hotspots by Radhey Lal, Rajiv Kumar Singh, Dinesh Kumar Nishad, Dharti raj Shah

“…The experimental methodology employed MATLAB/Simulink simulations with 100 network nodes operating at 2.4 GHz frequency, incorporating quantum enhancement coefficients and modified Maxwell equations for EM field propagation. Statistical analysis using ANOVA (F(2,297) = 156.7, p < 0.001, η2 = 0.51) demonstrated significant performance improvements: throughput increased from 1.2 Gbps to 3.0 Gbps (150% enhancement), latency reduced from 25 to 5 ms (80% improvement), and coverage expanded from 30 to 45 m (50% increase). …”
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Changes in Physicochemical Properties of Soil Encourage the Invasion Establishment and Carbon Dynamics of Lantana camara from Doon Valley, Western Himalaya, India by Gautam Mandal, Shambhu P. Joshi

“…These factors were also positively influencing the measured and calculated attributes of Lantana such as canopy coverage, average crown diameter, shrub canopy area, phytovolume and biomass from all sites. …”
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Semiotic Analysis of Hate Discourse in Spanish Digital News Media: Biden’s Inauguration Case Study by Max Römer-Pieretti, Elías Said-Hung, Julio Montero-Díaz

“…This study analyzes hate in Spanish digital media from a semiotic standpoint by focusing on the coverage and discourse of Joe Biden’s inauguration as the US President in January 2021 by El País, La Vanguardia, ABC, El Mundo, and 20Minutos in Spain on the X platform. …”
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Secure energy efficiency maximization for joint ITS and IRS assisted satellite downlink communications by Shaochuan Yang, Kaizhi Huang, Hehao Niu, Yi Wang, Ya Liu, Zheng Chu

“…Then the reformulated problem is decoupled using alternating optimization algorithm and the subproblems are solved by adopting Riemannian manifold optimization, element‐wise block coordinate descent, Lagrange dual method and Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions. …”
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ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION OF THE SIR MODEL ON THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 BY CONSIDERING THE VACCINATION FACTOR by Atika Ratna Dewi, Ridho Ananda, Utti Marina Rifanti, Nadia Putri Anggraeni, Miko Ardian

“…Model simulation is obtained by using different parameter values. This is proven through the outcomes of the model analysis vaccination coverage is a key parameter that can be controlled to reduce  so that the pandemic ends soon.…”
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Doppler weather radars as a game changer in desert locust swarm tracking by N. A. Anjita, J. Indu, P. Thiruvengadam, Vishal Dixit, Arpita Rastogi, Bagavath Singh Arul Malar Kannan

“…By tapping into the existing Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) infrastructure, originally deployed for meteorological applications, the present study demonstrates a systematic approach to distinctly identify and track concentrations of desert locust swarms in near real-time using single and dual-polarization radars. Findings reveal the potential to establish early warning systems with lead times of 5–7 h and spatial coverage of approximately 100 km, empowering timely mitigation efforts. …”
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A rapid heuristic algorithm to solve the single individual haplotype assembly problem by Melina Bagher, Reza Karimzadeh, Mehran Jahed, Babak Hossein Khalaj

“…The Haplotype Assembly is the computational process in which two distinct nucleotide sequences of chromosomes are reconstructed using the sequencing reads of an individual. The ability to identify haplotypes provides many benefits for future genomic-based studies to be conducted in many areas, such as drug design, population study, and disease diagnosis. …”
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