Pain Management Methods and Techniques in Lumbar Disc Surgery: A Narrative Review Study by Somayeh Mehrpour, Shahram Shafa, Majid Vatankhah, Mehrdad Malekshoar, Mohammad Sadegh Sanie Jahromi, Tayyebeh Zarei, Mansour Deylami, Fateme Maleki, Roohie Farzaneh

“…Methods and Materials/Patients: Our search strategy involved utilizing specific terms, including ‘pain management,’ ‘lumbar disc surgery,’ ‘methods,’ and ‘techniques.’ …”
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Techno-economic analysis of cutting-edge PV systems deployment and reconfigurations on rooftop industrial building in Saudi Arabia’s eastern region by Abdulrhman Klifa Al-Hanoot, Hazlie Mokhlis, Saad Mekhilef, Mohammad Alghoul, Hussain Shareef, Zaid Alotaibi

“…The objective is to determine the most efficient technology and scenario under the project’s environmental conditions. …”
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Honeybee colony soundscapes: Decoding distance-based cues and environmental stressors by Nayan Di, Chunjing Zhu, Zongwen Hu, Muhammad Zahid Sharif, Baizhong Yu, Fanglin Liu

“…These findings highlight the utility of acoustic analysis for studying honey bee behavior and underscore the importance of mitigating environmental stressors to sustain pollinator populations.…”
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The use of low-density EEG for the classification of PPA and MCI by Panteleimon Chriskos, Panteleimon Chriskos, Kyriaki Neophytou, Christos A. Frantzidis, Christos A. Frantzidis, Jessica Gallegos, Alexandros Afthinos, Chiadi U. Onyike, Argye Hillis, Panagiotis D. Bamidis, Kyrana Tsapkini, Kyrana Tsapkini

“…Given the need for low-cost and time-efficient classification, we used low-density electroencephalography (EEG) recordings to automatically classify PPA, MCI and healthy control (HC) individuals. …”
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Characterizing spatial epidemiology in a heterogeneous transmission landscape using the spatial transmission count statistic by Leke Lyu, Gabriella Veytsel, Guppy Stott, Spencer Fox, Cody Dailey, Lambodhar Damodaran, Kayo Fujimoto, Pamela Brown, Roger Sealy, Armand Brown, Magdy Alabady, Justin Bahl

“…Methods We proposed the spatial transmission count statistic that efficiently summarizes the geographic transmission patterns imprinted in viral phylogenies. …”
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Bioprocess exploitation of microaerobic auto-induction using the example of rhamnolipid biosynthesis in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 by Jakob Grether, Holger Dittmann, Leon Willems, Tabea Schmiegelt, Elvio Henrique Benatto Perino, Philipp Hubel, Lars Lilge, Rudolf Hausmann

“…A critical threshold of about 20% oxygen saturation was determined. Conclusions Utilizing the inherent tolerance of P. putida to microaerobic conditions in combination with the application of homologous, low-oxygen inducible promoters is a novel and efficient strategy to control bioprocesses. …”
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Enhanced YOLOv8-based method for space debris detection using cross-scale feature fusion by Yang Guo, Xianlong Yin, Yao Xiao, Zhengxu Zhao, Xu Yang, Chenggang Dai

“…The study utilized a dataset comprising astronomical images captured by an open-source large-field-of-view optical telescope. …”
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Short packet communication in IoT networks: performance analysis by Dinh-Tung Vo, Thu Ha Thi-Pham, Minh Tran, Byung-Seo Kim, Rupak Kharel, Miroslav Voznak

“…In this paper, we investigated the block error rate (BLER) performance of a wireless powered communication network (WPCN) employing short packet communication (SPC). In this system, a source node harvests energy from a dedicated power beacon and utilizes the harvested energy to transmit short packets to a destination equipped with multiple antennas. …”
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Biomass Gasification as a Scalable, Green Route to Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and Synthesis Gas for Materials: A Review by Maximilian Lackner, Qiang Fei, Shuqi Guo, Ning Yang, Xiaoping Guan, Peng Hu

“…The high externalized and still partly unknown costs of fossil fuels through air pollution from combustion, and their limited resources have caused mankind to (re)turn to renewable sources such as wind, solar, and biomass to meet its energy needs. …”
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Machine learning approaches for real-time ZIP code and county-level estimation of state-wide infectious disease hospitalizations using local health system data by Tanvir Ahammed, Md Sakhawat Hossain, Christopher McMahan, Lior Rennert

“…The lack of conventional methods of estimating real-time infectious disease burden in granular regions inhibits timely and efficient public health response. Comprehensive data sources (e.g., state health department data) typically needed for such estimation are often limited due to 1) substantial delays in data reporting and 2) lack of geographic granularity in data provided to researchers. …”
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The State of the Art Electricity Load and Price Forecasting for the Modern Wholesale Electricity Market by Vasileios Laitsos, Georgios Vontzos, Paschalis Paraschoudis, Eleftherios Tsampasis, Dimitrios Bargiotas, Lefteri H. Tsoukalas

“…The high penetration of renewable energy sources and the formation of competitive prices for utilities play a critical role in the wider economic development. …”
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Current Status of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Nigeria by Tolulope Joseph Ogunniyi, Boluwatife Samuel Fatokun, Kafayat Omolara Isah, Asmau Abdulbaki, Adeola Roqeebat Emiola, Kesaobaka Batisani

“…Methods This review utilizes publicly available sources such as GLOBOCAN, Google Scholar, PubMed, and other gray literature. …”
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Mapping stakeholders, services, data, and the information system for adolescent health in the West Bank by Aisha Shalash, Maysaa Nemer, Niveen Abu-Rmeileh, Mohammad Kittaneh, Dervla Kelly, Khalifa Elmusharaf

“…Methods This study utilized a comprehensive landscape analysis to assess adolescent health services in the West Bank. …”
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LNT-YOLO: A Lightweight Nighttime Traffic Light Detection Model by Syahrul Munir, Huei-Yung Lin

“…Low-level feature information is utilized to extract the small-object features that have been missing because of the structure of the pyramid structure in the YOLOv7-tiny neck component. …”
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Blue energy recovery in the Atacama Desert using electrochemical ion pumping devices: a Chilean perspective on salinity gradient energy by Felipe M. Galleguillos Madrid, Sebastián Salazar-Avalos, Markus Bergendahl, Javier Quispe, Norman Toro, Galvarino Casanueva-Yáñez, Alvaro Soliz

“…Among these, blue energy, referring to the power generated from the mixing of waters with different salinities, has emerged as a promising yet underutilized source. This perspective presents a comprehensive synthesis of recent advances in electrochemical harvesting systems, with a particular focus on Mixing Entropy Batteries (MEBs) as efficient, membrane-free devices for salinity gradient energy recovery. …”
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Toward Semantic Event-Handling for Building Explainable Cyber-Physical Systems by Gernot Steindl, Tobias Schwarzinger, Katrin Schreiberhuber, Fajar J. Ekaputra

“…Two case studies in the smart building and smart grid domain are carried out to demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of the approach, utilizing an open-source software stack for the prototypical implementation. …”
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Decoding the Mystery: How Can LLMs Turn Text Into Cypher in Complex Knowledge Graphs? by Ioanna Mandilara, Christina Maria Androna, Eleni Fotopoulou, Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, Symeon Papavassiliou

“…The framework utilizes metrics and validators offered by an open-source software library that we developed, called CyVer. …”
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Space–Ground Remote Sensor Network for Monitoring Suspended Sediments in the Yellow River Basin by Yingzhuo Hou, Yonggang Ma, Zheng Hou, Maham Arif, Jinghu Li, Xing Ming, Xinyue Liu, Qianguo Xing

“…By utilizing ground-based in situ hyperspectral stations for sediment source areas in the upper reaches, such as the Qingshui River basin in Ningxia, and satellite remote sensing for midstream processes in the Xiaolangdi reservoir before the flood season in 2023, as well as downstream monitoring at the Yellow River estuary, this paper demonstrates the novelty and efficiency of the space–air–ground integrated remote sensing monitoring technology.…”
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Reducing Cd Uptake by Wheat Through Rhizosphere Soil N-C Cycling and Bacterial Community Modulation by Urease-Producing Bacteria and Organo-Fe Hydroxide Coprecipitates by Junqing Zhang, Shuangjiao Tang, Hao Wei, Lunguang Yao, Zhaojin Chen, Hui Han, Mingfei Ji, Jianjun Yang

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Plantonome: A Cross-Platform Application for Precision Agriculture by Deroussi Anass, Ait Madi Abdessalam, Alihamidi Imam, Chabou Zakaria, Addaim Adnane

“…This paper presents Plantonome, an open-source application developed using the Flutter software development kit (SDK) and the Dart programming language. …”
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