Gender and urban health: a Latin American structured tool for research and policy by Lidia Maria de Oliveira Morais, Elis Borde, Paula Guevara, Roxana Valdebenito, Laura Baldovino-Chiquillo, Olga L. Sarmiento, Alejandra Vives Vergara, Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa

“…Latin American cities have evolved via exclusionary historical processes, resulting in hasty and unplanned urbanization, insufficient infrastructure, and extreme levels of violence. …”
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gTRAVEL+: Enhancing Ground Segmentation for 3D Point Cloud With Temporal Noise Removal and Adaptive Plane Fitting for Urban and Off-Road Environments by Truong Giang Dao, Dinh Tuan Tran, Duc Manh Nguyen, Joo-Ho Lee, Anh Quang Nguyen

“…Our method exploits a temporal and locally-aware noise removal strategy, termed Temporal Node-Wise Noise Removal (TNNR), which effectively eliminates noise points that compromise the ground plane fitting process. Additionally, Merge Node Plane Fitting (MNPF) is proposed to address issues of partial under-segmentation arising from suboptimal region sizing. …”
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Enhancing blood glucose regulation and antioxidant activity in high-protein, high-fiber composite cookies: A study of whole-wheat, sweet potato, peanut, and rice bran incorporation by Udeh Charles Chiedu, Malomo Sunday Abiodun, Ijarotimi Oluwole Steve

“…The crops were individually processed while their different flour blends were formulated as samples 1–3 whereas the 100 % whole wheat and 100 % all-purpose flours served as controls 1 and 2, respectively before baking to cookies. …”
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An Iterative Pixel-Based Dimensional Voting Model for High Spatial-Resolution Image Classification by Muhamad Asyraf Mohd Pouzi, Haza Nuzly Abdull Hamed, Muhammad Razib Othman, Hishammuddin Asmuni, Mohd Adham Isa, Husni Ruslai

“…The findings indicate that Pixel-DMV simplifies the classification process by relying on a single dataset, reducing data preparation costs, and is suitable for frequent data collection tasks. …”
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Microstructural evolution and oxidation in α/β titanium alloy under fretting fatigue loading by Hanqing Liu, Xiaohong Shao, Kai Tan, Zhenjie Teng, Yaohan Du, Lang Li, Qingyuan Wang, Qiang Chen

“…The underlying mechanism of microstructural evolutions caused by fretting wear is ambiguous, which obstructs the understanding of fretting fatigue issues, and is unable to guarantee the reliability of structures for long-term operation. …”
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Advancement in Research on Silicon/Carbon Composite Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries by Binbin Jin, Liwei Liao, Xinyi Shen, Zhe Mei, Qingcheng Du, Liying Liang, Bingxin Lei, Jun Du

“…The carbon composite approach can efficiently counteract these issues by capitalizing on silicon’s high capacity and employing carbon as a cushioning agent to diminish volume swelling, thus enhancing the deployment of silicon-based anode materials. …”
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A new method for preparing high-quality and fatigue-resistant divertor W/Cu joints by Nanyu Mou, Qianqian Lin, Mingchi Feng, Shuai Huang, Le Han, Damao Yao

“…The proposed method provides a new strategy for preparing high-performance and fatigue resistant W/Cu joints, to address the issues of low bonding performance as well as poor fatigue resistance.…”
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HELA-CMM: capability maturity model for adoption of learning analytics in higher education by Diana Šimić, Nina Begičević Ređep, Sabina Rako, Nikola Kadoić, Wim Van Petegem, Bart Rienties, Nati Cabrera Lanzo, Michael Eichhorn, Lourdes Guàrdia, Sandra Kučina Softić, Alexander Tillmann

“…The maturity model will be further developed through an iterative process and evaluated at several higher education institutions in Europe. …”
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Literature review on ability of agricultural crop residues and agro-industrial waste for treatment of wastewater by Nur Hidayat, Sri Suhartini, Tutut Arinda, Elviliana Elviliana, Lynsey Melville

“…Various options of wastewater technologies have also been investigated in recent years. Yet, various issues have been aroused surrounding this technology, including the biosorptive capacity, the performance-effectiveness, the design, and the high operation costs.Conclusion The study found that problems of a high cost of carbonation and activation process, the needs of regeneration treatment, and the up-scaling or commercialization might hinder the sustainable valorisation of ACR and AIW.…”
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Effects of Co-Feeding Dry and Live Feed from the Onset of Exogenous Feeding on Red Seabream <i>Pagrus major</i> Larviculture and Pre-Growing by Sofia Brinkmann Bougali, Nafsika Karakatsouli, Kostas Ntomalis, Anemos Kastelis, Vasiliki-Anna Alexopoulou, Alkisti Batzina, Isidoros Markakis

“…Current feeding protocols used in commercial hatcheries of Mediterranean fish species are, for a species-dependent period after hatching, based on live feeds which have often raised issues of biosecurity, stability, availability, price and nutrients content. …”
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Lipidomics analysis of phospholipid profiles and oxidative stability in pan-fried beef patties incorporating sacha inchi leaf extracts by Putri Widyanti Harlina, Asad Nawaz, Siti Afina Sabrina, Ernisa Adha Nur’isma, Fang Geng, Raheel Shahzad, Mohamad Rafi, Vevi Maritha, Bara Yudhistira, Ahmad Ni’matullah Al-Baarri, Heni Radiani Arifin, Edy Subroto, Elazmanawati Lembong, Vira P. Yarlina

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Dermatomycosis in cats (prevalence, diagnosis, course, treatment) by O.-L. I. Labunska, V. M. Hunchak, B. V. Gutyj, I. I. Khariv, M. P. Soltys

“…Mushroom components mainly cause hypersensitivity reactions with the development of a humoral and cell-mediated immune response. Issues of early diagnosis are also covered, which allows timely detection of sick animals and effective treatment. …”
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A comprehensive review of deep learning approaches for rice disease detection: Datasets, methodologies, and future directions by Usman Idris Ismail, Hui Na Chua, Rosdiadee Nordin, Muhammed Kabir Ahmed

“…Furthermore, it explores the limitations of existing models in terms of real-world deployment, including issues related to data diversity, domain adaptation, and hardware constraints. …”
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Designing a bedside table of wood furniture waste based on TRIZEE methodology by Sari Diana Puspita, Hartini Sri, Azzahra Faradhina, Hamdi Makhrul, Arsiwi Pramudi

“…Environmental issues have become an important consideration to be included in business operations. …”
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Self-stigma in alcohol dependence scale: development and validity of the short form by Sophia Rieckhof, Anya Leonhard, Stephanie Schindler, Juliane Lüders, Nicole Tschentscher, Sven Speerforck, Patrick W. Corrigan, Georg Schomerus

“…Discussion The SSAD-SF is a valid instrument for measuring the process of self-stigmatization in people with AUD. …”
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Parameter optimization and mechanism analysis of pepper spring-tooth drum picking device based on DEM by Jiaxuan Yang, Jin Lei, Xinyan Qin, Shiguo Wang, Yang Liu, Chengfu Wang

“…To address the issues of unclear mechanisms and poor harvesting quality in mechanized pepper harvesting, a simulation model based on the discrete element method (DEM) is developed to analyze the harvesting process and optimize key parameters. …”
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Tire aging: A state-of-the-art review by Pietro Stabile, Gianpiero Mastinu, Massimiliano Gobbi, Perla Bardini

“…Tire aging is a complex process driven by several environmental and mechanical factors. …”
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A new approach to MADM problem using interval-valued hesitant Fermatean fuzzy Hamacher operators and statistical variance by Xiuqin Ma, Xuli Niu, Hongwu Qin, Dong Ren, Siyue Lei, Kexin Tang

“…However, a lot of uncertainty is involved in assessing the WECC level, which presents serious and intricate difficulties for the related multiple- attribute decision-making (MADM) processes. The interval-valued hesitant Fermatean fuzzy set (IVHFFS) is a powerful tool for handling uncertainty in MADM issues. …”
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ParaU-Net: An improved UNet parallel coding network for lung nodule segmentation by Yingqi Lu, Xiangsuo Fan, Jinfeng Wang, Shaojun Chen, Jie Meng

“…Existing methods often inadequately address these issues, highlighting the need for a more effective solution. …”
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Explainable machine learning to quantify the value of proximal remote sensing in latent energy flux estimation by Srishti Gaur, Guler Aslan-Sungur (Rojda), Andy VanLoocke, Darren T. Drewry

“…Latent energy (LE) flux is traditionally estimated using process-based models which rely on vegetation parameters that change during the growing season. …”
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