Privacy-enhanced skin disease classification: integrating federated learning in an IoT-enabled edge computing by Nada Alasbali, Jawad Ahmad, Ali Akbar Siddique, Oumaima Saidani, Alanoud Al Mazroa, Asif Raza, Rahmat Ullah, Muhammad Shahbaz Khan

“…Most existing automated detection/classification approaches that utilize machine learning or deep learning poses privacy issues, as they involve centralized computing and require local storage for data training.MethodsKeeping the privacy of sensitive patient data as a primary objective, in addition to ensuring accuracy and efficiency, this paper presents an algorithm that integrates Federated learning techniques into an IoT-based edge-computing environment. …”
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A comprehensive assessment of gold leaching wastewater through pollution and water quality indices. Case study: Small scale extraction facilities in the department of Caldas—Colomb... by Guillermo H. Gaviria, Miguel-Ángel Gómez-García, Izabela Dobrosz-Gómez

“…CN− and heavy metals were the main pollutants, posing serious environmental risks due to their high levels. …”
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Liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry based analysis of persistent mobile organic compounds in aqueous samples: Method development and optimization by Kyriaki Anagnostopoulou, Vasileios Alampanos, Eleni Evgenidou, Dimitra A. Lambropoulou

“…Persistent Mobile Organic Compounds (PMOCs) represent a critical threat to water resources due to their high solubility, resistance to degradation, and potential toxicity, posing risks to human health and ecosystems. Their detection and analysis are particularly challenging, necessitating advanced analytical techniques to support regulatory measures and ensure safe drinking water. …”
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Immune Response and Serum Biomarker Screening in Pregnant Women with Influenza A Virus Infection: Insight into Susceptibility and Disease Severity by Suping Zhang, Jiarun Jiang, Rui Wang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Jinghui Sun, Wanting Hong, Likai Qi, Jia Zang, Zeyi Liu, Yu Xia, Haibing Yang, Liling Chen

“…Background: Seasonal influenza infection poses substantial risks to pregnant women, yet the immunological mechanisms underlying their heightened disease susceptibility remain incompletely characterized. …”
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Solar neutrinos in cryogenic detectors by A. Bento, A. Bertolini, L. Canonica, S. Di Lorenzo, F. Dominsky, N. Ferreiro Iachellini, D. Fuchs, A. Garai, D. Hauff, A. Langenkämper, M. Mancuso, B. Mauri, F. Petricca, F. Pröbst, F. Pucci, L. Stodolsky

“…Abstract Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE $$\nu $$ ν NS) poses an irreducible background in the search for dark matter-nucleus elastic scatterings, which is commonly known as the neutrino floor. …”
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WDNET-YOLO: Enhanced Deep Learning for Structural Timber Defect Detection to Improve Building Safety and Reliability by Xiaoxia Lin, Weihao Gong, Lin Sun, Xiaodong Yang, Chunwei Leng, Yan Li, Zhenyu Niu, Yingzhou Meng, Xinyue Xiao, Junyan Zhang

“…Structural timber is an important building material, but surface defects such as cracks and knots seriously affect its load-bearing capacity, dimensional stability, and long-term durability, posing a significant risk to structural safety. Conventional inspection methods are unable to address the issues of multi-scale defect characterization, inter-class confusion, and morphological diversity, thus limiting reliable construction quality assurance. …”
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Functional traits as indicators of maize (Zea mays L.) strategies to cope with Zn, Pb and Cr heavy metal-induced stress by Lina Fusaro, Francesca Lanni, Laura Varone, Giuseppina Falasca, Silvia Serranti, Riccardo Gasbarrone, Davide Gattabria, Vincenza Cozzolino, Alessandro Piccolo, Fausto Manes

“…Abstract Heavy metals (HMs) contamination poses a significant threat to environmental matrices, particularly soil, which is essential for food security, agricultural productivity, and key ecosystem services. …”
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Development of Polydopamine–Chitosan-Modified Electrochemical Immunosensor for Sensitive Detection of 7,12-Dimethylbenzo[a]anthracene in Seawater by Huili Hao, Chengjun Qiu, Wei Qu, Yuan Zhuang, Zizi Zhao, Haozheng Liu, Wenhao Wang, Jiahua Su, Wei Tao

“…7,12-Dimethylbenzo[a]anthracene (DMBA-7,12), a highly toxic and environmentally persistent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), poses significant threats to marine biodiversity and human health due to its bioaccumulation through the food chain. …”
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Failure mechanisms of sandstone subjected to cyclic loading considering stress amplitude effects by Qican Ran, Yunpei Liang, Quanle Zou, Zihan Chen, Jinfei Zhan, Liang Chen, Zhaopeng Wu, Tengfei Ma

“…Abstract In underground engineering fields, such as mining engineering, rocks are often subjected to cyclic loading, resulting in the deterioration of their mechanical properties, which poses a serious threat to engineering construction. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Real-Time Surf Detection Model During Typhoon Events by Yucheng Shi, Guangjun Xu, Yuli Liu, Hongxia Chen, Shuyi Zhou, Jinxiang Yang, Changming Dong, Zhixia Lin, Jialun Wu

“…Surf during typhoon events poses severe threats to coastal infrastructure and public safety. …”
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Wavelet-Based Analysis of Subsidence Patterns and High-Risk Zone Delineation in Underground Metal Mining Areas Using SBAS-InSAR by Jiang Li, Zhuoying Tan, Nuobei Zeng, Linsen Xu, Yinglin Yang, Aboubakar Siddique, Junfeng Dang, Jianbing Zhang, Xin Wang

“…Underground metal mines operated using the natural caving method often result in significant surface collapses. Key parameters such as settlement magnitude, settlement rate, settlement extent, and the influence of underground mining on surface deformation warrant serious attention. …”
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Tiny dLIF: a dendritic spiking neural network enabling a time-domain energy-efficient seizure detection system by Luis Fernando Herbozo Contreras, Leping Yu, Zhaojing Huang, Ziyao Zhang, Armin Nikpour, Omid Kavehei

“…Epilepsy poses a significant global health challenge, driving the need for reliable diagnostic tools like scalp electroencephalogram (EEG), subscalp EEG, and intracranial EEG (iEEG) for accurate seizure detection, localization, and modulation for treating seizures. …”
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Phycomediation of cadmium contaminated aqueous solutions using Chlamydomonas sp.: process optimization and adsorption characterization by Reem Mohammed Alharbi, Neveen Abdel-Raouf, Neveen Abdel-Raouf, Mostafa Shaaban Mohamed, Wael A. Fathy, Ibraheem Borie M. Ibraheem, Walaa Gamal Hozayen

“…The contamination resulting from heavy metals present in industrial effluents represents a critical global challenge, posing profound risks to aquatic ecosystems and human health. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Factors Influencing Multiple Hydraulic Fracture Propagation from Directional Long Boreholes in Coal Seam Roofs by Maolin Yang, Shuai Lv, Yu Meng, Xing Wang, Sicheng Wang, Jiangfu He

“…The hanging of hard roofs in coal seams poses a significant threat to the safe mining of coal. …”
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The effectiveness of phytobiotic additives on performance and intestinal health of broilers after challenging with Eimeria spp by Dimitrios Galamatis, Ioanna Stylianaki, Tilemachos Mantzios, Vasiliki Makri, Elias Papadopoulos, James Caldwell, David Harrington, Damer Blake, Vasilios Tsiouris, Ilias Giannenas

“…Abstract Coccidiosis, caused by Eimeria spp., poses a major challenge to poultry production, leading to poor growth, feed inefficiency, and mortality in broilers. …”
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Uncertainty analysis method and application of neutron multi-sphere spectrometer measurement based on Monte Carlo method by ZHANG Dake, TANG Zhihui, WEI Yingjing, LI Taosheng, CAO Qinjian, SUN Bowen

“…Then, numerous simulations were performed to take into account of variability and uncertainty in the input parameters, hence the robustness of the analysis was enhanced. …”
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Mitigating Waterborne Health Risks Through Malachite Green Biosorption Using Tea Waste-Derived Material by Northaqifah Hasna Mohamed Khir, Nur Fatien Muhamad Salleh, Mohd Shahrul Nizam Salleh, Abdul Mu'iz A Zuhari, Amirul Ammar Rosmini, Nur Ainin Rabithah Mohd Zolkifli

“…Methods: A laboratory-based batch biosorption experiment was conducted under parameters of contact time, biosorbent dosage and initial MG concentration using biosorbents of RTW and FeTW. …”
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Use of an anatomical atlas in real-time EIT reconstructions of ventilation and pulsatile perfusion in preterm infants by Christopher J. Rocheleau, Trevor D. Overton, Nilton Barbosa da Rosa, Gary J. Saulnier, Omid Rajabi Shishvan, Christopher D. Baker, Katelyn G. Enzer, Jennifer L. Mueller

“…Due to the severe ill-posedness of the inverse problem, good spatial resolution poses a challenge in EIT. Conversely, the temporal resolution is high, facilitating dynamic bedside imaging. …”
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Sauerkraut juice fermented with different symbiotic starter cultures: comprehensive assessment of physicochemical, rheological, antioxidant, and microbiological characteristics by Richardos Nikolaos Salek, Pavel Pleva, Daniela Sumczynski, Štěpán Vinter, Jana Kopečková, Anita Rejdlová, Eva Lorencová

“…Additionally, seven biogenic amines were detected in the fermented samples, with their low concentrations posing minimal risk to consumer safety, resulting from microbial activity during fermentation. …”
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Adverse reactions of four multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors: a descriptive analysis of the WHO-VigiAccess database by Lijun Li, Lijun Li, Lijun Li, Jiayu Bai, Xuelong Wen, Xuefan Zeng

“…The data gathering process involved collecting comprehensive information on various parameters, such as age demographics, gender, and the geographical distribution of patients associated with the ADR reports. …”
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