Comparative Study of Blockchain Hashing Algorithms with a Proposal for HashLEA by Abdullah Sevin, Abdu Ahmed Osman Mohammed

“…Blockchain has several unique features: data integrity, security, privacy, and immutability. …”
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Enhancing Border Learning for Better Image Denoising by Xin Ge, Yu Zhu, Liping Qi, Yaoqi Hu, Jinqiu Sun, Yanning Zhang

“…Conv layers apply zero padding at the borders of input data to maintain consistent output dimensions. However, zero padding introduces ring-like artifacts at the borders of output images, referred to as border effects, which negatively impact the network’s ability to learn effective features. …”
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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Eco-Geological Environment Using the RAGA-PP Model in Zigui County, China by Xueling Wu, Jiaxin Lu, Chaojie Lv, Liuting Qin, Rongrui Liu, Yanjuan Zheng

“…It utilized the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), coefficient of variation (CV), and the Real-Coded Accelerating Genetic Algorithm-Projection Pursuit (RAGA-PP) model for evaluation, the latter of which optimizes the projection direction and utilizes PP to transform high-dimensional data into a low-dimensional space, thereby obtaining the values of the projection indices. …”
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Clinical and economic burden of otitis media in children under 5 years of age in the United States: A retrospective study by Lilia Ben Debba, Dominique Derreumaux, Germain Lonnet, Laura Taddei, Michael Scherbakov

“…Granular burden of disease data are needed to guide evaluation and implementation of new measures targeting OM prevention. …”
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Topical corticosteroid phobia among the general population in the western region of Saudi Arabia by Maan A. Magboul, Hamzah A. Fadel, Abdulaziz G. Al-Johani, Feras W. Asali, Abdulaziz S. AL-Zahrani, Mohammed R. Al-Sahari, Jehad O. Hariri

“…Statistical analysis was performed using RStudio (R version 4.3.1). Data was expressed using frequencies and percentages (categorical variables). …”
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Various Bone Disorders Affecting the Medically Underserved South Texas Region by Blake C. Martin, Manoj Peiris, Michael D. Sander

“…Bivariate and binary logistic regression analyses were performed to analyze the data. Hispanic ethnicity showed a decreased risk of bone disorder (estimate = −0.2814), bordering on significance (p=0.053). …”
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The trend in deaths from alcoholic liver disease (ALD) over the past decade by Gopika Biju Pillai, Vedamurthy Adhiyaman, Peter Hobson

“…Methods: We extracted data on all deaths resulting from ALD from the Office of the National Statistics using the ICD code K.70 for England and Wales over the last 10 years (2013- 2023).1 We compared the difference in trend between men and women. …”
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TCAINet an RGB T salient object detection model with cross modal fusion and adaptive decoding by Hong Peng, Yunfei Hu, Baocai Yu, Zhen Zhang

“…Additionally, diverse noise addition and augmentation methods are applied during data preprocessing to boost the model’s robustness and adaptability. …”
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Empathy is associated with older adults’ social behaviors and verbal emotional expressions throughout the day by Meng Huo, Kate A. Leger, Kira S. Birditt, Karen L. Fingerman

“…This study innovatively draws on naturalistic data to delineate how more empathic older adults may have more positive and less negative social experiences than their less empathic counterparts. …”
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Exploring participation of parents of children with complex care needs in higher education by Agnes M. Willemen, Friederike Ertmer, Melanie C. Verdam, Anne de la Croix

“…Questionnaire and interview data were coded using the Towle taxonomy for patient involvement and the CanMEDS competency framework. …”
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Adaptive EMG Pattern Classification via Probabilistic Knowledge Transfer With Scale Mixture-Based Bayesian Sequential Learning by Seitaro Yoneda, Akira Furui

“…This approach enables adaptation to evolving signal characteristics without storing historical data. Furthermore, SMCM represents signal variability through variance uncertainty modeling, thereby improving both the representation of EMG signal distributions and the reliability of prediction confidence estimation. …”
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Global trade of medicinal and aromatic plants. A review by Sahar Zamani, Mehran Fathi, Mohammad-Taghi Ebadi, Ákos Máthé

“…With growing consumer preferences for natural products, the global trade of MAPs (HS code: 1211) has grown significantly. This study analyzed global MAP market trends using export and import data from the International Trade Center (ITC) from 2010 to 2023. …”
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Examination of Thinking Styles of Trainers from Different Branches by Atalay GACAR, Oğuzhan ALTUNGÜL, Eyyüp NACAR

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Properties of the new N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 1 AdS4 vacuum of maximal supergravity by Nikolay Bobev, Thomas Fischbacher, Krzysztof Pilch

“…Guided by the numerical data for that point, we obtain a consistent SO(3) × ℤ2-invariant truncation of the N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 8 theory to an N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 1 supergravity with three chiral multiplets. …”
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FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC CARE OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED OFFENDERS DIMINISHES RISK FOR CRIMINAL RECIDIVISM - FINNISH REGISTER-BASED STUDY by AULIKKI AHLGRÉN-RIMPILÄINEN, MAIJA LINDGREN, PETTERI JOELSSON, NINA LINDBERG

“…The reoffence data was derived from the Police crime register up until 2020. …”
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Critical Analysis of Customs Digitalization-Customs Broker Perspective by John Pius, Sekar Murugan

“…Through qualitative research involving in-depth interviews with experienced, licensed CHAs, the study captures nuanced insights into the operational impact of digital systems and brokers’ adaptive strategies. Data were coded and thematically analysed using MAXQDA software, allowing for the systematic identification of key patterns and themes emerging from expert perspectives. …”
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Localization of mobile robot in prior 3D LiDAR maps using stereo image sequence by I.V. Belkin, A.A. Abramenko, V.D. Bezuglyi, D.A. Yudin

“…It is achieved primarily through the use of multiple data frames during the optimization step and dynamic obstacles elimination on depth image. …”
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Revisiting Leakage-Resilient MACs and Succinctly-Committing AEAD by Mustafa Khairallah

“… Pseudo-Random Injections (PRIs) have been used in several applications in symmetric-key cryptography, such as in the idealization of Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) schemes, building robust AEAD, and, recently, in converting a committing AEAD scheme into a succinctly committing AEAD scheme. …”
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Restructuring Religious Education for Development Sustainability in the 21st Century Nigeria by Bolayemi. O. S. Alaka-Osinowo

“…These knowledge and skills constitute moral values and codes which are learnt through religious education. …”
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A mixed methods exploration of the origin of dental anxiety and coping strategies among participants in a behavioral intervention for dental anxiety by Elizabeth Konneker, Devon Singh, Marisol Tellez, Amid I. Ismail, Eugene M. Dunne

“…., chi-square and t-test) and repeated measures ANOVA were explored. Qualitative data were coded in NVivo.ResultsThe three identified origins for dental anxiety were: “traumatic dental visit in childhood,” “traumatic dental visit in adulthood,” and “anxiety has always been present.” …”
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