Panoramic Image Generation Algorithm Based on Cylindrical Surface Mapping by Fuquan Ji, Yueguang Li, Xianchao Wang

“…This has led to a growing demand for panoramic images to cater to various applications, such as virtual reality, mapping, decorative displays, and more. To meet this demand, we proposed an algorithm based on cylindrical mapping for generating panoramic images with a wide field of view angle. …”
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A Study of Coupled Creep Damaged Constitutive Model of Artificial Frozen Soil by Dongwei Li, Junhao Chen, Yan Zhou

“…The results of numerical simulation and laboratory testing were identical, with a maximum error of no more than 4.8%. This work shows that it is reasonable to describe the creep constitutive model of frozen soil with the viscoelastic-plastic-coupled constitutive model.…”
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Elevational Patterns of Plant Richness in the Taibai Mountain, China by Lili Tang, Tanbao Li, Dengwu Li, Xiaxia Meng

“…In addition to climatic factors, overall plants and seed plants were more related to area in linear regression models, while MDE was a powerful explanatory variable for bryophytes. …”
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Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Solution Multiplicity of Buoyancy Ventilation in Two Vertically Connected Open Cavities with Unequal Heights by Yuxing Wang, Chunyu Wei

“…Compared with two stable states of buoyancy ventilation existing in two vertically connected open cavities with equal heights in the previously published papers, we find that more stable states and unstable states of buoyancy ventilation exist in two vertically connected open cavities with unequal heights in our paper. …”
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Optimization of solid-state fermentation technology of functional Monascus by SUN Qiuwan, HONG Housheng

“…It was found that the addition of L-methionine made the mycelium of Monacolin more robust, the permeability of cell wall and cell membrane increased, and the feedback inhibition of product accumulation was reduced, resulting in increased Monacolin K production. …”
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PENGARUH KARAKTERISTIK PERUSAHAAN TERHADAP LUAS PENGUNGKAPAN INFORMASI KEUANGAN PADA WEBSITE PERUSAHAAN by Linda Agustina

“…The result of study shows that the variable of firm size is statistically significant. …”
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Entrepreneurial Role Models: A New Engine for Return Migrant Worker Entrepreneurship in Rural China by Shuoyan Lin, Lin Tong, Boyi Cao, Aiping Luo

“…These results remain robust after using an instrumental variable approach and an enhanced method to mitigate self-selection bias to address the endogeneity problem. …”
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The Dynamics of Heritagization in Urban Regeneration: East-West Dichotomy by Saad Hanif, Müge Riza

“…Ultimately, this research contributes to a more nuanced, decolonised understanding of heritagization in the built environment. …”
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A Lightweight Person Detector for Surveillance Footage Based on YOLOv8n by Qicheng Wang, Guoqiang Feng, Zongzhe Li

“…Next, a heterogeneous PAFPN with improved MSBlock was formed using heterogeneous convolution kernels. Finally, AKConv, a variable kernel convolution, was applied to further reduce the number of parameters and the computational cost while improving accuracy. …”
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Two-Way Coupling of the National Water Model (NWM) and Semi-Implicit Cross-Scale Hydroscience Integrated System Model (SCHISM) for Enhanced Coastal Discharge Predictions by Hongyuan Zhang, Dongliang Shen, Shaowu Bao, Pietrafesa Len

“…The approach revealed more accurate representations of peak discharge timing and magnitude as well as water storage and release in coastal floodplains. …”
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FORECASTING RAINFALL IN PANGKALPINANG CITY USING SEASONAL AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE WITH EXOGENOUS (SARIMAX) by Ririn Amelia, Elyas Kustiawan, Ineu Sulistiana, Desy Yuliana Dalimunthe

“…However, this model only involves one variable without involving its dependence on other variables. …”
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How does ego depletion reduce sports performance in athletes? A systematic meta-analysis by Xu Yan, Xu Yan, Jingyi Zhong, Yezheng Wang, Ying Tian, Lijuan Wang, Congcong Li, Kaihang Liu, Wei Zhao, Liyan Wang, Hongbiao Wang

“…Subgroup analyses were conducted to compare the magnitude of effect sizes between different ego depletion initiation tasks and which type of sports performance is more susceptible to ego depletion as a moderator variable.MethodsThis article was based on Pubmed, Web of Science, Scopus, EBSCO, Embase, and Cochrane databases for the included articles, and meta-analysis of the included articles was performed using RevMan 5.4 software to evaluate the effect of ego depletion on athletes’ sports performance through standardized mean difference.ResultsEleven articles and 12 studies were finally included. …”
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Community Participation in Health Systems Research: A Systematic Review Assessing the State of Research, the Nature of Interventions Involved and the Features of Engagement with Co... by Asha S George, Vrinda Mehra, Kerry Scott, Veena Sriram

“…The initial search yielded 3,092 articles, of which 260 articles with more than nominal community participation were identified and included. …”
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Factors associated with intimate partner violence among ever-partnered women in two Southern African countries: a multilevel analysis by Ololade Julius Baruwa, Elizabeth Biney, Broline Sagini Asuma, Acheampong Yaw Amoateng

“…Results Findings revealed that women from Malawi were more likely to experience IPV than women from South Africa (aOR = 2.36, 95% CI = 1.97–2.83; p < 0.001). …”
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Enhanced Salt Tolerance of Pea (<i>Pisum sativum</i> L.) Seedlings Illuminated by LED Red Light by Kexin Xu, Xiaoan Sun, Chitao Sun, Yuqing Wang, Haiyan Zhu, Wanli Xu, Di Feng

“…Light quality is an important variable affecting plant growth, so we aimed to explore the impact of light quality on plants under salt stress. …”
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Determinants of antenatal care service utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of demographic and health surveys data (2015–2022) by Belete Achamyelew Ayele, Elizabeth Holliday, Catherine Chojenta

“…ANC service use during pregnancy was classified as no ANC visits, one to three ANC visits, or four or more visits. Multinomial logistic regression was used to estimate explanatory variable effects, reported as relative risk ratios with 95% confidence intervals. …”
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Drug–drug interaction between dexamethasone and direct-acting oral anticoagulants: a nested case–control study in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) by Charles E Leonard, Ainhoa Gomez-Lumbreras, Daniel C Malone, Kathleen M Andersen, G Caleb Alexander, Olga V Kravchenko, Richard D Boyce, Paul T Kocis, Lorenzo Villa Zapata, Malinda Tan, Hemalkumar Mehta

“…This raises a concern about possible interaction between dexamethasone and DOACs that may reduce the efficacy of the DOACs and result in an increased risk of TEE.Design We used nested case–control study design.Setting This study was conducted in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C), the largest electronic health records repository for COVID-19 in the USA.Participants Study participants were adults over 18 years who were exposed to a DOAC for 10 or more consecutive days. Exposure to dexamethasone was at least 5 or more consecutive days.Primary and secondary outcome measures Our primary exposure variable was concomitant exposure to dexamethasone for 5 or more days after exposure to either rivaroxaban or apixaban for 5 or more consecutive days. …”
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Characteristics of patients with mood disorders and schizophrenia who attempt suicide: a 15-year cross-sectional study in Japan by Kohei Harada, Nobuaki Eto, Leo Gotoh, Masato Masuda, Masahiro Ishida, Yuta Okamoto, Hikaru Hori

“…We conducted multivariable logistic regression on the schizophrenia group and the mood disorder group, using those diagnoses as the dependent variable and age, suicide attempt method, sex, and history of psychiatric treatment as explanatory variables. …”
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Trends and disparities in the coexistence of anemia and obesity among Peruvian women aged 20–49 years: doubling prevalence in two decades of National surveillance by Lupita Ana Maria Valladolid-Sandoval, Luisa Erika Milagros Vásquez-Romero, Joan A. Loayza-Castro, Nataly Mayely Sanchez-Tamay, Angie Chuquimbalqui Coronel, Fiorella E. Zuzunaga-Montoya, Carmen Inés Gutierrez De Carrillo, Víctor Juan Vera-Ponce

“…Conclusions The joint occurrence of anemia and obesity constitutes a growing priority problem, as demonstrated by its prevalence of more than doubling over the past 19 years, in a context where obesity without anemia also more than doubled, and the proportion of healthy women decreased considerably. …”
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Bilateral Virtual Water Trade Balance and Sustainable Development using the Gravity Model An Explanation by sepideh ameri golestan, sadegh bakhtiari, Sara Ghobadi

“…Also, the results indicate that virtual water import is more for wheat and rice products and virtual water export is more for pistachio and watermelon products. …”
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