Exploring cognitive function and postoperative neurocognitive recovery after cardiac surgery in older adults (ECPON): a protocol for an observational study by Ulrica Nilsson, Markus Saarijärvi, Lina Bergman, Jeanette Eckerblad, Gabriela Markovic, Ernad Zecevic, Tor Damén, Anna Martinik

“…Introduction Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common health issues facing the older population, and the number of older adults undergoing cardiac surgery is expected to increase. …”
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Electronic nose and machine learning for modern meat inspection by Ivan Shtepliuk, Guillem Domènech-Gil, Viktor Almqvist, Arja Helena Kautto, Ivar Vågsholm, Sofia Boqvist, Jens Eriksson, Donatella Puglisi

“…Early identification of issues that may impact public health and animal health and welfare, such as the presence of chemical contaminants in meat, is critical. …”
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A Deep Learning Approach for Fault Detection and Localization in MT-VSC-HVDC System Utilizing Wavelet Scattering Transform by Manohar Mishra, Debadatta Amaresh Gadanayak, Abha Pragati, Jai Govind Singh

“…The synthetic minority oversampling technique addresses class imbalance issues in fault and no-fault data. Utilizing a 5-fold cross-validation process, the study demonstrates that WST-based features, combined with the proposed VB-LSTM network and a hybrid training strategy, achieve 100% and 99.46% accuracy in classifying internal and external faults with no-noise and 20db noisy conditions respectively. …”
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Evaluating the Feasibility of Web-Monitoring Methodology for Measuring Exposure to Online Cancer Misinformation by Cindy A Turner, Andy J King, Ida Tovar, Morgan M Millar, Rachel R Codden, Jia-Wen Guo, Skyler Johnson, Anne C Kirchhoff, Margaret Raber, Xiaoming Sheng, Deanna Kepka, Echo L Warner

“…A complex installation process negatively impacted implementation and caused an unknown number of participants to drop out after the baseline survey. …”
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Challenges in Managing Noncommunicable Diseases: Perspectives of Family Physicians Practicing in Public‒Private Partnerships: A Qualitative Study by Aboalfazl Marvi, Mohsen Aarabi, Fatemeh Kokabisaghi, Seyed Amir Soltani Kontai, Ali Vafaee‐Najar, Elaheh Hooshmand

“…Graneheim and Lundman's approach was utilized for data analysis. The coding process was performed via MAXQDA 2020 software. Results The current challenges in managing NCDs were categorized into 8 main themes and 36 subthemes. …”
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Red Tide Detection Method Based on a Time Series Fusion Network Model: A Case Study of GOCI Data in the East China Sea by Tianhong Ding, Zhiqiang Xu, Yunjie Wang, Qinglian Hou, Xiangyong Liu, Fengshuang Ma

“…By integrating multi-temporal GOCI data, the model comprehensively captures spatiotemporal characteristics of red tides, enhancing dynamic process modeling. The CSF-RTDNet method improves feature discrimination by introducing NDVI to enhance red tide characteristics and increase separability between red tides and seawater. …”
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A Refined Terrace Extraction Method Based on a Local Optimization Model Using GF-2 Images by Guobin Kan, Jie Gong, Bao Wang, Xia Li, Jing Shi, Yutao Ma, Wei Wei, Jun Zhang

“…We then integrated morphological, textural, and spectral features to optimize the extraction process by addressing issues related to low adhesion and edge segmentation performance. …”
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Optimizing the user-experience (UX) and −interface (UI) of a mHealth application to aid recovery from burn injury (BurnCORE) through a user-centered design approach by Barclay T. Stewart, Kyler Menge, T.Varugis Kurien, Caitlin Orton, Rebecca Estrada, Gretchen Carrougher, Callie Thompson, Gary Hsieh, Tam N. Pham

“…UCD is an iterative design process where a multi-disciplinary team of application designers receive feedback from future end-users to improve understanding of user requirements, optimal features of user experience (UX), and user-app interface considerations (UI). …”
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Is There a Relationship Between <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Infection and Anthropometric Status? by Lilian Camaño Carballo, Alejandro Ernesto Lorenzo Hidalgo, Paola Andrea Romero Riaño, Alejandro Martínez-Rodríguez, Daniela Alejandra Loaiza Martínez

“…Studies conducted in Latin America have found that over 50% of participants are infected with <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>, a situation similar to that reported in Ecuador, where the prevalence of overweight and obesity in individuals aged 19 to 59 years reached 64.58% in 2018. Both health issues are influenced by the high consumption of processed foods or those prepared under inadequate hygiene conditions. …”
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The Role of Ergonomic Interventions to Prevent the Occurrence of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Dentists by Vallerie Trisha, Wita Anggraini, Indrani Sulistyowati, Annisaa Putri Ariyani, Dicha Yuliadewi Rahmawati

“…Dentists are susceptible to CTS due to awkward static body postures and ergonomic issues with the wrist, including the use of vibrating instruments, repetitive movements, large muscle forces, and awkward postures such as flexion, extension, and ulnar and radial deviation. …”
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AI-Based Performance Classification of Multi-Level System-of-Systems via Hypergraph Modeling by Jun Jiang, Abdeslem Smahi, Yiwen Chen, Othman Lakhal, Rochdi Merzouki

“…Subsequently, a performance evaluation framework is proposed to assess the performance degradation of SoS under faults, perturbations and communication issues. One of the key challenges in classifying SoS performance lies in handling raw data collected from diverse CSs across multiple levels. …”
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Pressurized Cyclic Solid–Liquid (PCSL) Extraction of Sea Buckthorn Leaves for Microbiologically Safe, Value-Added Kombucha Production by Jolita Jagelavičiūtė, Juozas Girtas, Ingrida Mažeikienė, Antanas Šarkinas, Karolina Almonaitytė

“…Sea buckthorn (<i>Hippophae rhamnoides</i>) is a valuable plant rich in biologically active compounds, mainly found in its berries and leaves. The harvesting process, which includes pruning, freezing, and shaking, leaves behind large amounts of biomass and juice-pressing residues, typically composted. …”
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Leveraging self attention driven gated recurrent unit with crocodile optimization algorithm for cyberattack detection using federated learning framework by Manal Abdullah Alohali, Hatim Dafaalla, Mohammed Baihan, Sultan Alahmari, Achraf Ben Miled, Othman Alrusaini, Ali Alqazzaz, Hanadi Alkhudhayr

“…Furthermore, the feature selection (FS) process uses the crocodile optimization algorithm (COA) model. …”
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Experiences and needs of patients with MDR/XDR-TB: a qualitative study among Saharia tribe in Madhya Pradesh, Central India by Samridhi Nigam, Ravendra K Sharma, Rajiv Yadav, Vikas Gangadhar Rao, Prashant Mishra, Mercy Aparna Lingala, Jyothi Bhat

“…This will scale down the attrition rate of tribal patients while adhering to the complete treatment process and reducing the high burden of TB among the Saharia community. …”
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Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis Through Graph Convolutional Networks and Joint Task Learning by Hongyu Han, Shengjie Wang, Baojun Qiao, Lanxue Dang, Xiaomei Zou, Hui Xue, Yingqi Wang

“…Furthermore, the model employs the multi-head attention (MHA) mechanism to process input data and uses its output as the input to the GCN. …”
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Metabolic Fingerprinting of Blood and Urine of Dairy Cows Affected by Bovine Leukemia Virus: A Mass Spectrometry Approach by Dawid Tobolski, Grzegorz Zwierzchowski, Roman Wójcik, Klevis Haxhiaj, David S. Wishart, Burim N. Ametaj

“…Around 38% of infected cows showed high somatic cell counts indicative of subclinical mastitis, with 15 experiencing additional health issues such as ketosis, milk fever, and lameness. …”
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A Dual-Mode Compatible CT ADC With FIR DAC and SB Quantization for DSM and IDSM Operations by Han Yang, Yuqi Wang, Ying Hou, Xiaosong Wang, Yu Liu

“…Additionally, a multirate state-space simulation framework is introduced to address compatibility issues arising from excess loop delay (ELD), which conventional approaches fail to adequately handle. …”
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Early Fault Detection in Electro-Pneumatic Actuators using Mathematical Modelling and Machine Learning: A Bottling Company Case Study by Samuel Olufemi Amudipe, Adeyinka Moses Adeoye, Aderonke Oluwaseunfunmi Akinwumi, Rotimi Adedayo Ibikunle, Segun Adebayo

“…Establishing baseline parameters through this process allowed the creation of synthetic datasets for normal operational standards. …”
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Ecosystem Sustainability Assessment Using IUCN (Case Study: Dorook Basin) by Atefeh Teimoori, Seyed Mortza Seyedian, Hamed Rouhani, Reza Ahmadi

“…The IUCN Sustainability Assessment Method, in its full version, describes a process with seven stages. It is presented as a cycle because the assessment process is designed to allow updates that can show changes over time. …”
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Multi-Organ Transplantation in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Navigating the Unique Challenges of a Distinct Patient Population by Valeria E. Duarte, Marcus A. Urey, Eric D. Adler, Brenda Merkelz, Mark J. Hobeika, Erik E. Suarez, Andrea G. Quarti, Rayan Yousefzai

“…ACHD transplantation presents unique surgical challenges, including chest reentry, vascular access issues, bleeding risks, extensive anatomical reconstruction, the need for longer vascular segments from donors, and prolonged ischemic times. …”
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