High-flow nasal cannula therapy versus continuous positive airway pressure for non-invasive respiratory support in paediatric critical care: the FIRST-ABC RCTs by Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Alvin Richards-Belle, Karen Thomas, Laura Drikite, Zia Sadique, Silvia Moler Zapata, Robert Darnell, Carly Au, Peter J Davis, Izabella Orzechowska, Julie Lester, Kevin Morris, Millie Parke, Mark Peters, Sam Peters, Michelle Saull, Lyvonne Tume, Richard G Feltbower, Richard Grieve, Paul R Mouncey, David Harrison, Kathryn Rowan

“…Secondary outcomes included mortality at PICU/HDU discharge, day 60 and day 180; (re)intubation rate at 48 hours; duration of PICU/HDU and hospital stay; patient comfort assessed during NRS using the COMFORT Behavior (COMFORT-B) score; proportion of children in whom sedation was used during NRS; parental stress measured, in hospital at/around the time of consent at 24–48 hours, using the validated questionnaire Parental Stress Score: PICU; and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at 180 days measured using age-appropriate Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) and Child Health Utility 9 Dimension (CHU-9D) questionnaires. Data sources A secure, dedicated electronic case report form was used for trial data entry. …”
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Lifelong training program on QGIS tools for earth observation sciences in south-east Europe by Bashkim IDRIZI, Lyubka PASHOVA, Pal NIKOLLI

“… Earth Observation (EO) data are an indispensable source of useful geospatial information, which can be efficiently combined with other data within the latest released open-source QGIS software. …”
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Lifelong training program on QGIS tools for earth observation sciences in south-east Europe by Bashkim IDRIZI, Lyubka PASHOVA, Pal NIKOLLI

“… Earth Observation (EO) data are an indispensable source of useful geospatial information, which can be efficiently combined with other data within the latest released open-source QGIS software. …”
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A Framework for Fully Programmable Frequency-Encoded Quantum Networks Harnessing Multioutput Quantum Pulse Gates by Patrick Folge, Michael Stefszky, Benjamin Brecht, Christine Silberhorn

“…Quantum input states for this network can be provided by utilizing the strong frequency entanglement of a type-0 parametric down-conversion (PDC) source. …”
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Production of Single-Cell Oil from a Local Isolate Bacillus subtilis Using Palm Fronds by Wassan Dawood Musa Al-Obeidi, Dhafer F. Al-Rawi, Loay H. Ali

“…This study, conducted at the Department of Biology, University of Anbar, Iraq, focuses on addressing the escalating issue of contamination and aims to acquire microbial oils to alleviate the global shortage in plant and animal oil production, utilizing environmental waste as a carbon source to reduce global pollution and select efficient local bacterial isolates of Bacillus subtilis for the production of single-cell oil (SCO) using local soil and environmental waste as a carbon source. …”
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1,2-Oxidative Trifluoromethylation of Olefin with Ag(O₂CCF₂SO₂F) and O₂: Synthesis of α-Trifluoromethyl Ketones by Shengxue Zhang, Wangchuan Xiao, Jingjing Wu, Fanhong Wu, Houjin Huang, Xiaoyu Ma, Yafei Shi, Chao Liu

“…A novel and efficient 1,2-oxidative trifluoromethylation of olefins employing Ag(O₂CCF₂SO₂F) as a trifluoromethyl source is described with O₂ as the oxidant, which provides access to a variety of valuable α-trifluoromethyl-substituted ketones. …”
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Wavelength multicasting quantum clock synchronization network by Jiaao Li, Hui Han, Xiaopeng Huang, Bangying Tang, Kai Guo, Jinquan Huang, Siyu Xiong, Wanrong Yu, Zhaojian Zhang, Junbo Yang, Bo Liu, Huan Chen, Zhenkun Lu

“…Afterwards, a four node QCS network is demonstrated, where the wavelength multicasting entangled photon source is utilized with dual-pumped four-wave mixing silicon chip. …”
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Streamlining urban tree data collection: a case study on Olomouc housing estates by M. Kašpar, A. Létal

“…Technological advancements in data collection methods offer new possibilities for making these processes more efficient. The aim of this study was to utilize and integrate available technologies and methods for the inventory of urban greenery and to evaluate their effectiveness. …”
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Thickness and Wavelength Optimizations of a High-Performance SPR Sensor Employing a Silver Layer and Black Phosphorus in Principal Directions by Jakub Chylek, Dalibor Ciprian, Petr Hlubina

“…In this paper, we propose an innovative approach based on the wavelength optimization of a light source for a simple, high-performance surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor utilizing comprehensive reflectance analysis in the angular domain. …”
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Central composite design in predicting heat transfer rate on the time-dependent flow of Williamson nanofluid with chemical reaction: A response surface methodology by B.C. Rout, Subhajit Panda, S.R. Mishra, Rupa Baithalu

“…Further, a statistical approach embedding central composite design is executed for the efficient heat transfer rate utilizing various influencing terms. …”
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The Impact of Biowaste Composition and Activated Carbon Structure on the Electrochemical Performance of Supercapacitors by Alisher Abdisattar, Meir Yerdauletov, Mukhtar Yeleuov, Filipp Napolskiy, Aleksey Merkulov, Anna Rudnykh, Kuanysh Nazarov, Murat Kenessarin, Ayazhan Zhomartova, Victor Krivchenko

“…The increasing demand for sustainable and efficient energy storage materials has led to significant research into utilizing waste biomass for producing activated carbons. …”
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CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION PIPELINE WITH JENKINS by Alexander Alexander, Wella Wella

“…A DevOps Engineer facilitates the implementation of Continuous Integration in order to reduce the duration of the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) by utilizing an open-source tool named Jenkins. This ensures that the application development process is efficient and adheres to the designated schedule, allowing all users to benefit from timely delivery.…”
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Design of A Thermoelectric Generator for Battery Charging using Heat from A Steam Iron Base by Delta Sundari, Mauludi Manfaluthy, Legenda Prameswono Pratama, Brainvendra Widi Dionova, Devan Junesco Vresdian, Arisa Olivia Putri, Safaa Najah Sahud Al-Humairi, M. N. Mohammed

“…The research objectives are threefold: to determine power and temperature values for series-connected thermoelectric circuits, to evaluate power and temperature values for parallel-connected thermoelectric circuits, and to utilize heat from the steam iron soleplate as a thermoelectric heat source for generating electrical energy. …”
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Agriculture Sensor-Cloud Infrastructure and Routing Protocol in the Physical Sensor Network Layer by Kyuhyung Kim, Sungwon Lee, Hongseok Yoo, Dongkyun Kim

“…However, the network resources (i.e., channel, battery, etc.) are currently being utilized for redundant operations requested from multiple service users owing to the lack of an efficient system for managing large WSN data. …”
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Dual Key Speech Encryption Algorithm Based Underdetermined BSS by Huan Zhao, Shaofang He, Zuo Chen, Xixiang Zhang

“…When the number of the mixed signals is less than that of the source signals, the underdetermined blind source separation (BSS) is a significant difficult problem. …”
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The Data Artifacts Glossary: a community-based repository for bias on health datasets by Rodrigo R. Gameiro, Naira Link Woite, Christopher M. Sauer, Sicheng Hao, Chrystinne Oliveira Fernandes, Anna E. Premo, Alice Rangel Teixeira, Isabelle Resli, An-Kwok Ian Wong, Leo Anthony Celi

“…The Data Artifacts Glossary was piloted using the MIMIC-IV dataset to validate its utility and structure. Results The Data Artifacts Glossary adopts a collaborative approach modeled on successful open-source projects like Linux and Python. …”
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Time-variant Granger causality analysis for intuitive perception collision risk in driving scenario: an EEG study by Zhe Wang, Jialong Liang, Shang Shi, Peng Zhai, Lihua Zhang, Lihua Zhang

“…Intuition is a rapid and unconscious cognitive process that is widely utilized in driving scenario. The current study examines the neural mechanisms behind intuitive driving by performing a time-varying Granger causality analysis on source-domain EEG data. …”
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Deep learning-based improved transformer model on android malware detection and classification in internet of vehicles by Naif Almakayeel

“…To efficiently counter new malware variants, novel techniques distinct from conventional methods must be utilized. …”
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Establishing Performance Baselines for Secure Software Development by Ying-Ti Tsai, Chung-Ho Wang, Yung-Chia Chang, Lee-Ing Tong

“…However, the source code on these platforms may not always be regularly updated or well-maintained, posing security risks. …”
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Mixotrophic and heterotrophic growth of some microalgae using extract of fungal-treated wheat bran by Mostafa M EL-Sheekh, Mohamed Y Bedaiwy, Mohamed E Osman, Mona M Ismail

“…Background: In this study, wheat bran, an agricultural waste, was utilized as a low-cost carbon source for algal cultivation. …”
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