Microbial dark matter spearheading the biogeochemical cycle in the Solar Lake of Taba, Egypt by Rehab Z. Abdallah, Ali H.A. Elbehery, Amged Ouf, Rania Siam

“…Some non-methanogenic MAGs had the genetic capacity to utilize methanol and glycine-betaine as carbon sources. …”
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Implementation of a Smart Home Intruder Detection System using a Vibrometer and ESP 32 CAM by Samuel Owoeye, Folasade Durodola, Adekunle Oyelami, Racheal Oladejo, Samuel Obasuyi, Ademola Qasim, Joshua Ogundairo

“…The topic of security is quite important; hence this paper presents the development and implementation of a Smart Intruder Detection System utilizing the ESP32-CAM board, the Vibrometer and the ATMega328P microcontroller to enhance lighting, security, and surveillance functionalities. …”
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Visual localization in urban environments employing 3D city models by Y. Loeper, M. Gerke, A. Alamouri, A. Kern, M. S. Bajauri, P. Fanta-Jende

“…We investigate how we can use an energy function to determine the quality of the correspondence between the line segments of the query image and the projected line segments of the CityGML model based on a specific camera pose. …”
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Integration of Daylight in Building Design as a Way to Improve the Energy Efficiency of Buildings by Adrian Trząski, Joanna Rucińska

“…According to the United Nations Environment Programme reports, buildings are responsible for nearly 40% of energy-related emissions; therefore, energy-optimized building design is crucial to reduce the reliance on non-renewable energy sources as well as greenhouse gas emissions. The OECD reports indicate the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) as one of the effective strategies for decarbonization of buildings, since a 3D digital representation of both physical and functional characteristics of a building can help to design a more efficient infrastructure. …”
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Chemometrically assisted optimization and validation of the HPLC method for the analysis of alectinib and its related impurity with measurement uncertainty evaluation and whiteness... by Serkan Levent, Abeer Elriş, Hazal Avcı, Saniye Özcan, Nafiz Öncü Can

“…Abstract Alectinib, the most common second-generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitor, is efficacious against various anaplastic lymphoma kinase mutations and is utilized in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. …”
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COVID-19 infection may reduce serum testosterone levels and increase the risk of erectile dysfunction: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Ting Wang, Chao Li, Jinbo Song

“…Sensitivity analyses utilizing various IV sets and MR approach remained consistent. …”
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Effect of the loss on ignition on the unconfined compressive strength of residual clays from Bogotá-Colombia stabilized with cement by Liliana Carolina Hernández García, Henry A. Colorado Lopera

“…This study compares the compressive strength of three clayey wastes sourced from Bogotá, Colombia, each with different organic matter contents measured by loss on ignition (LOI), mixed with varying cement contents. …”
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Identifying Disinformation on the Extended Impacts of COVID-19: Methodological Investigation Using a Fuzzy Ranking Ensemble of Natural Language Processing Models by Jian-An Chen, Wu-Chun Chung, Che-Lun Hung, Chun-Ying Wu

“…To enhance performance, we implemented an ensemble learning strategy that incorporated a reparameterized Gompertz function, which assigned fuzzy ranks based on each model’s prediction confidence for each test case. …”
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Automated Recipe Generation AI Tool from Food Images using Machine Learning. Approach for Ingredient Extraction and Cooking Instructions by Lwamaza, Eddy, Nuwasiima, Happy

“…It outlines the systematic approach taken to analyze user needs, define functional and non-functional requirements, and develop a robust system architecture. …”
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The responses of vegetation water use efficiency to biomass density and CO2 balance in dryland of Central Asia during 21st century by Alphonse Kayiranga, Xi Chen, Xuexi Ma, Dative Ingabire, Tie Liu, Yaoming Li, Emeka Edwin Igboeli, Eldiiar Duulatov, Hubert Hirwa, Clement Nzabanita, Ping Hu

“…Water-use efficiency (WUE) is a critical component that links plant carbon (CO2) and water cycles through various aspects of plant ecosystem functioning. However, the variations of plant CO2 in response to water use efficiency (WUE) across temperate dryland ecosystems remains inadequately understood. …”
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Integrating single-cell RNA-Seq and bulk RNA-Seq data to explore the key role of fatty acid metabolism in hepatocellular carcinoma by Hua Dai, Xin Tao, Yuansen Shu, Fanrong Liu, Xiaoping Cheng, Xiushen Li, Bairui Shu, Hongcheng Luo, XuXiang Chen, Zhaorui Cheng

“…Data procurement encompassed transcriptomic and clinical datasets from HCC patients, sourced from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) repositories. …”
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Beyond access: assessing WASH service delivery models in healthcare facilities of North Mecha, Dera, and Farta, Ethiopia by Abireham Misganaw Ayalew

“…The service providers (HCFs), however, are neither aware of them nor fully comprehend them. Common water sources for healthcare facilities (HCFs) included shallow wells equipped with solar power and utility connections. …”
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SmartExplorer1.0: A Novel Intelligent Framework for Path Planning in Robotics by Chiara Furio, Angelo Ugenti, Giulio Reina, Mario Massimo Foglia, Luciano Lamberti

“…The SmartExplorer1.0 algorithm (SE1.0) utilizes Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) as input to identify navigable areas and plan optimal routes by incorporating terrain gradients, obstacle types, and environmental conditions. …”
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Quality and content evaluation of thyroid eye disease treatment information on TikTok and Bilibili by Haisheng Wang, Huahong Zhang, Jiamin Cao, Feng Zhang, Wei Xiong

“…Abstract Thyroid eye disease (TED) is an autoimmune condition that commonly impacts patients’ visual function, appearance, and psychological well-being. …”
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Assessing Causality Between Plasma Brain‐Derived Neurotrophic Factor With Major Depression Disorder: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by Ming Chen, Hao‐Zhang Huang, Yi‐Hui Liu, Qiang Li, Lin‐Yan Fu, Cai‐Lan Hou

“…In a subsequent phase, we analyzed MDD data from FinnGen (N = 448,069) with plasma BDNF data from three additional GWAS sources: UK Biobank (N = 33,924), deCODE (N = 35,353), and INTERVAL (N = 3301). …”
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Understanding Hip Pain Through Social Media: An Initial Overview of an International Web-Based Survey by John M. Gaddis, BS, Erika Shults, MS, Bretton Laboret, BS, Ryan Bialaszewski, BS, Katerina Wells, MD, MPH, Charles South, PhD, Joel E. Wells, MD, MPH

“…Conclusions: This study demonstrates the feasibility of utilizing social media for a comprehensive web-based survey to gather patient-reported outcomes from individuals with various sources of hip pain internationally.…”
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Above-mJ optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier at 3 μm for laser-driven coherent soft x-ray generation beyond the water window by Pritha Dey, Lutz Ehrentraut, Johannes Tümmler, Matthias Schnürer, Stefan Eisebitt

“…This technology has paved the path toward tabletop coherent soft x-ray (SXR) sources in recent years. Commercial availability of high-power Yb:YAG lasers as the pump lasers has enabled OPCPA to generate high-energy femtosecond mid-IR pulses at a high repetition rate. …”
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An Adiabatic-Expansion-Induced Perturbation Study on Gas–Aerosol Partitioning in Ambient Air—Formation of NH₄NO₃ and Microdroplet Nitrogen Fixation (2) by Yating Gao, Qinchu Fan, Yujiao Zhu, Hengqing Shen, Qi Yuan, Yang Gao, Huiwang Gao, Xiaohong Yao

“…Recent observations have increasingly challenged the conventional understanding of atmospheric NH₃ and its potential sources in remote environments. Laboratory studies suggest that the microdroplet redox generation of NH₃ could offer an alternative explanation. …”
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Fast detection method for radionuclides based on Sequential Bayesian approach by WAN Linjian, ZHANG Xuan, ZHANG Chunlei, HUANG Jianwei, LIU Jiacheng, ZHANG Xiaole, LI Dehong, YANG Zhijun

“…Based on the principle that the time interval between adjacent two rays was exponential distributed, the decision was caculated by collecting a series of ray time samples in chronological sequence, and decisions were made by comparing the decision function with the preset upper and lower thresholds. …”
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Effects of low-intensity pulsed focal ultrasound-mediated delivery of endothelial progenitor-derived exosomes in tMCAo stroke by Ahmet Alptekin, Mohammad B. Khan, Mahrima Parvin, Hasanul Chowdhury, Sawaiz Kashif, Fowzia A. Selina, Anika Bushra, Justin Kelleher, Santu Ghosh, Dylan Williams, Emily Blumling, Roxan Ara, Asamoah Bosomtwi, Joseph A. Frank, Krishnan M. Dhandapani, Ali S. Arbab

“…The objectives of the proposed studies were to determine whether LIPFUS-mediated increased delivery of EPC-derived exosomes enhances stroke recovery and functional improvement in mice with transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAo) stroke.MethodsTo enhance exosome delivery to the stroke area, we utilized LIPFUS. …”
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