The role of natural and synthetic zeolites as soil amendments for mitigating the negative impacts of abiotic stresses to improve agricultural resilience by Ayesha Javaid, Neelma Munir, Zainul Abideen, Zamin Shaheed Siddiqui, Jean Wan Hong Yong

“…The review presents the negative effects posed by salinity, water scarcity and phytotoxic metals to the agriculture sector and underscores the protective role of natural and synthetic zeolites to improve the unfavourable growth environment. …”
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Durability Test and Service Life Prediction Methods for Silicone Structural Glazing Sealant by Bo Yang, Junjin Liu, Jianhui Li, Chao Wang, Zhiyuan Wang

“…Silicone structural glazing (SSG) sealants are crucial sealing materials in modern building curtain walls, whose performance degradation may lead to functional and safety issues, posing significant challenges to building safety maintenance. …”
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Artificial intelligence-based prediction of treatment failure and medication non-adherence in overactive bladder management by Mert Başaranoğlu, İsa Kamil Taşdemir, Erdem Akbay, Hasan Erdal Doruk

“…Abstract Background Overactive bladder management presents significant challenges, with treatment failures and medication non-adherence posing substantial barriers to patient outcomes. Early prediction of these challenges could enable timely interventions and treatment modifications. …”
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Separation of Antibiotics Using Two Commercial Nanofiltration Membranes—Experimental Study and Modelling by Obinna Anike, Jiří Cuhorka, Nkechi Ezeogu, Petr Mikulášek

“…The widespread use of antimicrobial drugs has contributed to the increasing trace levels of contaminants in the environment, posing an environmental problem and a challenge to modern-day medicine seeking advanced solutions. …”
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Transvenous pacing leads implanted in epicardial position: A recipe for future epicardial pacing electrode?Central MessagePerspective by Seraina Brütsch, MD, Christian Balmer, MD, Hitendu Dave, MD

“…This lead design, although appealing, poses challenges for stable epicardial fixation. …”
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Study of the Formation of Low-Dimensional Defect States in Single-Crystal Silicon with the Participation of Oxygen by Akramjon Y. Boboev, Biloliddin M. Ergashev, Nuritdin Y. Yunusaliyev, Murodiljon M. Xotamov

“…By addressing the challenges posed by oxygen impurities, the study paves the way for developing more efficient and reliable silicon-based devices in the nanoelectronics industry.…”
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Multidimensional assessment of a Nature-based Solution for decentralized greywater treatment in Costa Rica by Maria Perez Rubi, Conrad Schiffmann, Jochen Hack

“…However, the implementation of NbS in urban areas poses significant challenges due to the complex interplay of social, regulatory, and economic factors. …”
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PermQRDroid: Android malware detection with novel attention layered mini-ResNet architecture over effective permission information image by Kazım Kılıç, İbrahim Alper Doğru, Sinan Toklu

“…Applications can be installed on the Android operating system from official application markets and unofficial third-party environments, which poses a great risk to users’ privacy and security. …”
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Ensemble Transformer–Based Detection of Fake and AI–Generated News by Md. Ishraquzzaman, Mohammed Ashraful Islam Chowdhury, Shahreen Rahman, Riasat Khan

“…The proliferation of fake online and AI–generated news content poses a significant threat to information integrity. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Frailty Interventions on Older Patients With Frailty by Miaoyu Zhang, Lingling Zhong

“…Background: As the global population ages, frailty-marked by diminished physiological reserves and increased vulnerability, poses significant health risks such as falls, hospitalization, and mortality. …”
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Explainable Machine Learning for Efficient Diabetes Prediction Using Hyperparameter Tuning, SHAP Analysis, Partial Dependency, and LIME by Md. Manowarul Islam, Habibur Rahman Rifat, Md. Shamim Bin Shahid, Arnisha Akhter, Md Ashraf Uddin, Khandaker Mohammad Mohi Uddin

“…ABSTRACT Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by elevated blood glucose levels and poses significant health risks, such as cardiovascular disease and cognitive damage. …”
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Dose-dependent therapeutic effects of gum acacia on kidney and metabolic dysfunction in adenine-induced chronic kidney disease in rats: involvement of antioxidant pathways by Hadeer Badry, Nadia M. El-Beih, Aya M. Hussein, Hanaa F. Abd El-Kareem, Wael M. El-Sayed

“…Abstract Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) poses significant health challenges worldwide, with limited effective natural therapies targeting its progression through antioxidant mechanisms. …”
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Foliar application of selenium nanoparticles, multiwalled carbon nanotubes and their hybrids stimulates plant growth and yield characters in rice (Oryza sativa L.) under salt stres... by Tashima Garg, Anjali Joshi, Avneesh Kumar, Vajinder Kumar, Neha Jindal, Amit Awasthi, Simranjeet Kaur

“…Excessive soil salinity has been shown to significantly reduce rice productivity, posing a threat to global food security. To mitigate these adverse effects, research has increasingly focused on using nanomaterials to enhance plant tolerance to salt stress. …”
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A new approach for improving dynamic fault ride through capability of gridctied based wind turbines by Shoaib Ahmed Dayo, Ahsanullah Memon, Zeeshan Anjum Memon, Touqeer Ahmed Jumani, Ghulam Abbas, Salwa Othmen, Amr Yousef, Andika Aji Wijaya

“…However, the traditional hysteresis-based methods to detect faults and crowbar activation are prone to false triggering, and to address the challenges posed, this paper presents a novel control strategy that increases the low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) capability of the grid-connected DFIG systems by incorporating Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC) to enhance accuracy in fault detection and employs the Salp Swarm Optimization Algorithm (SSA) to refine controller parameters. …”
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Identification of multicohort-based predictive signature for NMIBC recurrence reveals SDCBP as a novel oncogene in bladder cancer by Chen Zhang, Hubin Yin, Tinghao Li, Junrui Chen, Weiyang He, Ke Ren, Bo Li, Xudong Liu

“…Background Despite surgical and intravesical chemotherapy interventions, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) poses a high risk of recurrence, which significantly impacts patient survival. …”
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“Schmallenberg” virus: Analysis of the Epidemiological Data and Assessment of Impact by European Food Safety Authority

“…EFSA also confirms that new studies support the initial assessment undertaken by the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention, that it is very unlikely that SBV poses a risk to humans. In terms of transmission routes, recent entomological investigations have identified SBV in field samples of biting midges of the Culicoides obsoletus group. …”
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TCN-Based DDoS Detection and Mitigation in 5G Healthcare-IoT: A Frequency Monitoring and Dynamic Threshold Approach by Mirza Akhi, Ciaran Eising, Lubna Luxmi Dhirani

“…However, this technology poses challenges in securing Healthcare-IoT (H-IoT) devices, as low-latency packet transmission increases vulnerability to attacks (e.g., Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)) in 5G networks. …”
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Investigating environmental impacts on mural preservation in heritage buildings using computational fluid dynamics: A case study of the Ratchaburana Historical Temple, Thailand by Mongkol Kaewbumrung, Korn-uma Nutasarin, Chalermpol Plengsa-Ard, Wasan Palasai

“…Preserving ancient mural paintings poses a complex challenge due to their susceptibility to various environmental and climatic factors. …”
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A Lightweight Network for UAV Multi-Scale Feature Fusion-Based Object Detection by Sheng Deng, Yaping Wan

“…To tackle the issues of small target sizes, missed detections, and false alarms in aerial drone imagery, alongside the constraints posed by limited hardware resources during model deployment, a streamlined object detection approach is proposed to enhance the performance of YOLOv8s. …”
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A New Pallet-Positioning Method Based on a Lightweight Component Segmentation Network for AGV Toward Intelligent Warehousing by Bin Wu, Shijie Wang, Yi Lu, Yang Yi, Di Jiang, Mengmeng Qiao

“…In human–robot hybrid intelligent warehouses, pallets often come in various shapes and sizes, posing challenges for AGVs to automate pallet picking. …”
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