A fuzzy method for the usability evaluation of nuclear medical equipment by Cláudio Henrique dos Santos Grecco, Isaac José Antonio Luquetti dos Santos, Marcos Santana Farias, Larissa Pereira de Farias, Alfredo Marques Vianna Filho

“…In order to remedy this deficiency, the purpose of this work is to adopt a Fuzzy Set Theory (FST) approach to establish a method for the usability evaluation of nuclear medical equipment based on usability heuristics for user interface design and international standards for ergonomics of human-system interaction. …”
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Artificial intelligence prediction of carcinoembryonic antigen structure and interactions relevant for colorectal cancer by Ivan Shabo, Erik Nordling, Mirna Abraham-Nordling

“…The structure of the monomeric glycosylated CEA exhibit two bends, one in the domain interface B1–A2 and one in the domain interface B2-A3. …”
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Nanoemulsion is an effective antimicrobial for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in infected swine skin burn wounds by Zhengyi Cao, Jesse Chen, Jayme Cannon, Zachary Meyer, Yongqing Li, Wenlu Ouyang, James Baker, Su He Wang

“…ABSTRACT Burns are one of the most common injuries in both civilian and combat settings and are difficult to treat. This is particularly true when the wounds are infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). …”
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Atmospheric Deposition of Phosphorus to the Everglades: Concepts, Constraints, and Published Deposition Rates for Ecosystem Management by Garth W. Redfield

“…Particle sources and sinks at the land-air interface produce variation in P deposition from the atmosphere across temporal and spatial scales. …”
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Accelerating phase field simulations through a hybrid adaptive Fourier neural operator with U-net backbone by Christophe Bonneville, Nathan Bieberdorf, Arun Hegde, Mark Asta, Habib N. Najm, Laurent Capolungo, Cosmin Safta

“…We demonstrate that while advantageous for some surrogate model design choices, our proposed U-AFNO model in fully auto-regressive settings consistently outperforms hybrid schemes.…”
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Predicting Oncological and Functional Outcomes by Nephrectomy Type for T1 Renal Tumors Using Machine Learning Models by Dongrul Shin, Maisy Song, Jungyo Suh, Cheryn Song

“…For 5-year eGFR prediction, the GLM outperformed other models, achieving RMSE of 12.700 and R2 of 0.694 on the test set. The 2 models were integrated into a single online interface. …”
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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii in the livestock industry in South Korea under a One Health perspective by Yeon Soo Chung, Eun Jung Sohn, Hyeonwoo Cho, Beomsoon Jang, Miru Lee, Soo-Jin Yang, Kun Taek Park

“…Despite extensive research on clinical isolates, data on A. baumannii outside of hospital settings, particularly in livestock, remain limited. …”
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Bond strength of polymer clay with room temperature vulcanizing maxillofacial silicone – An in vitro study by Jayant N. Palaskar, Amit Dhansukhlal Hindocha, Tejas V. Nalawade, Shrishti R. Khurana, Anupama Patankar, Naisargi Shah

“…Therefore, without primer application, polymer clay substitutes PMMA as an interface between maxillofacial silicone material and attachments/keepers.…”
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Effectiveness of interactive voice response-call for life mHealth tool on adherence to anti-retroviral therapy among young people living with HIV: A randomized trial in Uganda. by Agnes Bwanika Naggirinya, David B Meya, Maria Sarah Nabaggala, Grace Banturaki, Agnes Kiragga, Joseph Rujumba, Peter Waiswa, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi

“…Few studies have evaluated mHealth adherence interventions among young people living with HIV in resource-limited settings.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a randomized parallel trial. …”
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Preliminary evaluation of the FastCAP for users of the Nurotron cochlear implant by Xue-Ying Yang, Sui Huang, Qian-Jie Fu, John Galvin, Bing Chen, Ji-Sheng Liu, Duo-Duo Tao

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Navigating next-gen nutrition care using artificial intelligence-assisted dietary assessment tools—a scoping review of potential applications by Anuja Phalle, Devaki Gokhale

“…In the final phase of screening, 66 articles were reviewed that matched our inclusion criteria and the review followed PRISMA-ScR reporting guidelines.ResultsWe observed that existing AI-assisted dietary assessment tools are integrated with mobile/web-based applications to provide a user-friendly interface. These tools can broadly be categorized as “Image-based” and “Motion sensor-based.” …”
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Immersive virtual reality for unintentional injury prevention training with children: A systematic review by Allana Santiago, Bernadette Matthews, Won Sun Chen, Therese Keane, Jordy Kaufman

“…We evaluated: i) the types of unintentional injury skills taught, ii) research designs, data collection methods and measures used, iii) IVR interface and equipment utilised, and iv) the effectiveness of IVR technologies in comparison to conventional methods of training. …”
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Enhancing physician scientists’ skills in Geographic Information Systems: insights from an interactive workshop by Muktar H. Aliyu, Ibraheem M. Karaye, Chelsea van Wyk, Aishatu L. Adamu, Fatimah I. Tsiga-Ahmed, Hafsah B. El Yakubu, Rukayya S. Alkassim, Baba M. Musa, Mahmoud U. Sani, C. William Wester

“…The percentage increase in post-workshop confidence was greatest for importing spatial data into QGIS (153%), navigating the QGIS interface (150%) and mapping public health data (150%). …”
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What Is(n't) Environmental Stewardship? Eliciting Unspoken Assumptions Using Fisheries as a Model by Abigail S. Golden, William N. S. Arlidge, Chelsey Crandall, Elias Ehrlich, Lotte vanden Heuvel, Thomas Klefoth, Sophia Kochalski, Kai Lorenzen, Valerio Sbragaglia, Christian Skov, Paul Venturelli, Robert Arlinghaus, Samuel Shephard

“…ABSTRACT Environmental stewardship is often invoked as a net social good and an approach for achieving equitable and sustainable conservation outcomes, but it is rarely defined explicitly in management settings, and conflicting definitions have proliferated. …”
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2dSpAn-Auto: an automated tool for analysis of two-dimensional dendritic spine images by Shauvik Paul, Rahul Pramanick, Nirmal Das, Ewa Baczynska, Zeinab Bedrood, Tapabrata Chakraborti, Subhadip Basu, Jakub Wlodarczyk

“…Expert users can fine-tune parameters when needed, though default settings prove robust across various imaging conditions. …”
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A modular and flexible open source cell incubator system for mobile and stationary use by Jens Duru, Benedikt Maurer, Tobias Ruff, Katarina Vulić, Julian Hengsteler, Sophie Girardin, János Vörös, Stephan J. Ihle

“…The system includes a main unit with a user-friendly interface as well as an interchangeable incubation chamber. …”
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CIB: An Improved Communication Architecture for Real-Time Monitoring of Aerospace Materials, Instruments, and Sensors on the ISS by Michael J. Krasowski, Norman F. Prokop, Joseph M. Flatico, Lawrence C. Greer, Phillip P. Jenkins, Philip G. Neudeck, Liangyu Chen, Danny C. Spina

“…The Communications Interface Board (CIB) is an improved communications architecture that was demonstrated on the International Space Station (ISS). …”
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Advancing the implementation of quality-assured oncological exercise therapy in Germany: protocol for the IMPLEMENT project by Mirko Brandes, Anika Berling-Ernst, Hansjoerg Baurecht, Wiebke Jensen, Miriam Götte, Anne Herrmann, Daniela Fuhr, Heike Schmidt, Antonia Lucas, Bernardine Madl, Simon Elmers, Thorsten Schmidt, Christine Welker, Andre Golla, Annalena Wehner, Dominik Morlok, Jana Rueter, Janina Meuer, Melanie Reitz, Jane Kersten, Rebecca Zimmer, Yvonne Gadczikowske, Renee Stark, Kathrin Hegenberg, Michael Laxy, Martin Halle, Patrick Jahn, Carsten Bokemeyer, Sebastian Theurich, Hajo Zeeb, Michael Leitzmann, Freerk T. Baumann, on behalf of the IMPLEMENT consortium

“…Based on these findings, a set of implementation strategies (IPS) will be developed, implemented, and evaluated to facilitate the delivery of qOET for cancer patients. …”
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Construction of a Sparse Covariance Matrix Based on Statistical Data Analysis and Its Use in Choosing an Optimal Portfolio of Securities by V. A. Gorelik, T. V. Zolotova

“…The paper presents one of the possible formalizations of a two-criterion investment problem – setting the problem for the maximum expected portfolio yield with an upper limit on the standard deviation. …”
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Innovative Guardrails for Generative AI: Designing an Intelligent Filter for Safe and Responsible LLM Deployment by Olga Shvetsova, Danila Katalshov, Sang-Kon Lee

“…This universality is achieved by standardizing the interface for requests and responses and applying a consistent set of validation and enhancement processes irrespective of the chosen LLM provider, thus offering a consistent governance layer across a diverse LLM ecosystem. …”
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