Refugee Crisis in Jordan: The Logic of Development and Possible Solutions by A. V. Demchenko

“…However, one should not lose sight of the fact that the largest number of refugees from Syria streamed into neighboring countries, dramatically altering social, economic and political situation there. …”
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Smartphone-Based Experimental Analysis of Rainfall Effects on LTE Signal Indicators by Yiyi Xu, Kai Wu, J. Andrew Zhang, Zhongqin Wang, Beeshanga A. Jayawickrama, Y. Jay Guo

“…While existing studies primarily focus on line-of-sight (LoS) microwave propagation environments, this work explores the impact of rainfall on typical signal metrics over cellular links when the LoS path is not guaranteed. …”
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LoRa Resource Allocation Algorithm for Higher Data Rates by Hossein Keshmiri, Gazi M. E. Rahman, Khan A. Wahid

“…Furthermore, BER analysis confirms that the LRA algorithm delivers high-quality images at SNR levels above −5 dB in line-of-sight communication scenarios.…”
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Galaxy Evolution in a Pilot Survey up to z=1 and CDM Halos by E. Giraud, J. Melnick, Q.-S. Gu, H. Quintana, F. Selman, I. Toledo, P. Zelaya

“…We concentrate on the large apparent cosmological structures along the line of sight, and we bin our individual galaxy spectra to obtain representative high S/N spectra based upon these structures. …”
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Structure Functions of Rotation Measures Revealing the Origin of Fast Radio Bursts by Rui-Nan Li, Zhen-Yin Zhao, Qin Wu, Shuang-Xi Yi, Fa-Yin Wang

“…Theoretically, the SF of Faraday rotation measure (RM) is expected to include a geometric component due to the relative orientation of sight lines through an ordered magnetic field. However, observational evidence for this component remains elusive. …”
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Characterization of a Selenium-Tolerant Rhizosphere Strain from a Novel Se-Hyperaccumulating Plant Cardamine hupingshanesis by Xinzhao Tong, Linxi Yuan, Lei Luo, Xuebin Yin

“…The present study provided a sight on the role of rhizosphere bacteria during Se accumulation for Se-hyperaccumulating plant.…”
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Renal Tissue-Derived Exosomal miRNA-34a in Diabetic Nephropathy Induces Renal Tubular Cell Fibrosis by Promoting the Polarization of M1 Macrophages by Shuai Zheng, Yi Zeng, Liqing Chu, Taiyang Gong, Sihong Li, Min Yang

“…Electron microscopy and NanoSight Tracking Analysis (NTA) were used to see the morphology and size of exosomes. …”
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NLOS Dies Twice: Challenges and Solutions of V2X for Cooperative Perception by Lantao Li, Wenqi Zhang, Xiaoxue Wang, Tao Cui, Chen Sun

“…In practical cooperative perception application scenarios, the non-line-of-sight (NLOS) issue causes occluded zones for not only the perception system but also V2X direct communication, especially for busy traffic scenarios. …”
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Comparison of speech intelligibility in a real and virtual living room using loudspeaker and headphone presentations by Schütze Julia, Kirsch Christoph, Kollmeier Birger, Ewert Stephan D.

“…Target and interferer positions were permuted over four different locations, including an acoustically challenging position of a target in the kitchen with interrupted line of sight. Speech intelligibility was compared in the real room, in virtual acoustic representations, and in standard anechoic audiological configurations. …”
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Serial Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Optic Radiations after Acute Optic Neuritis by Scott C. Kolbe, Anneke van der Walt, Helmut Butzkueven, Alexander Klistorner, Gary F. Egan, Trevor J. Kilpatrick

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Comparison of optical coherence tomography vs. fluorescein angiography-based macular neovascularization classifications in age-related macular degeneration by Gábor G. Deák, Klaudia Birner, Bianca S. Gerendas, Georgios Mylonas, Günther Weigert, Martin Michl, Irene Steiner, Ursula M. Schmidt-Erfurth

“…Using a validated AI tool (RetInSight Fluid Monitor Version 2), we localized and quantified retinal fluid. …”
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Energy-Optimized Monitoring System for Underground Cave Environments Based on Long Preamble LoRa by Mattia Ragnoli, Gianluca Barile, Alfiero Leoni, Stefano Ricci, Vincenzo Stornelli

“…This study is part of a pre-commercial survey in sight of a future fixed installation in the aforementioned location. …”
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Coseismic deformation and seismogenic structure of the 2024 Hualien Earthquake measured by InSAR and GNSS by Jiangtao Qiu, Lingyun Ji, Liangyu Zhu, Yongsheng Li, Chuanjin Liu, Qiang Zhao

“…In this study, we employed ascending and descending orbit Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and utilized differential interferometry (InSAR) technique to obtain the co-seismic deformation field of this event. The line-of-sight deformation field revealed that the main deformation caused by this earthquake was predominantly uplift, with maximum uplift values of approximately 38.8 ​cm and 46.1 ​cm for the ascending and descending orbits, respectively. …”
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Stab Incision Glaucoma Surgery: A Modified Guarded Filtration Procedure for Primary Open Angle Glaucoma by Soosan Jacob, Michele Figus, Dhivya Ashok Kumar, Ashvin Agarwal, Amar Agarwal, Saijimol Areeckal Incy

“…There was significant reduction of IOP (p<0.000). 64.7% had IOP at final follow-up of <18 mmHg without medication and 82.35% had IOP <18 mmHg with ≤2 medications. No sight threatening complications were encountered. …”
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Effect of Intelligent Reflecting Surface on WSN Communication With Access Points Configuration by Mahmoud Z. Iskandarani

“…As signal quality and communication channel reliability is critical for wireless communication, and to overcome some of the negative effects affecting the transmitted signals and data, due to environment and line-of-sight problems, and to enable internet based, on-line, and IoT applications, the use of Intelligent Reflecting Surface devices (IRS) become critical. …”
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Minimally Invasive Carpal Tunnel Release (CTR) Using the Wongsiri Technique with MiniSURE by Sunton Wongsiri, Wongthawat Liawrungrueang

“…The Wongsiri technique produces good results with new medical devices such as the MiniSURE View, for improved vision and line-of-sight, and the MiniSURE Cut for improved and complete cutting via the supraretinacular technique that may reduce the nerve problems associated with endoscopic tooling in the carpal tunnel. …”
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Multiscale guided attention network for optic disc segmentation of retinal images by A Z M Ehtesham Chowdhury, Andrew Mehnert, Graham Mann, William H. Morgan, Ferdous Sohel

“…Optic disc (OD) segmentation from retinal images is crucial for diagnosing, assessing, and tracking the progression of several sight-threatening diseases. This paper presents a deep machine-learning method for semantically segmenting OD from retinal images. …”
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Radical Cystectomy and Lymphadenectomy to Two Patients with Pelvic Kidney: Surgical Pitfalls and Considerations by I. Adamakis, C. Pournaras, I. Katafigiotis, G. Kousournas, E. Fragkiadis, I. Leotsakos, C. Alamanis, D. Mitropoulos, C. Constantinides

“…The pelvic kidney is the most common sight of renal ectopia. The etiology is the aborted ascent of the fetal kidney from its initial position in the pelvis. …”
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Energy-Efficient Aerial STAR-RIS-Aided Computing Offloading and Content Caching for Wireless Sensor Networks by Xiaoping Yang, Quanzeng Wang, Bin Yang, Xiaofang Cao

“…Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based wireless sensor networks (WSNs) hold great promise for supporting ground-based sensors due to the mobility of UAVs and the ease of establishing line-of-sight links. UAV-based WSNs equipped with mobile edge computing (MEC) servers effectively mitigate challenges associated with long-distance transmission and the limited coverage of edge base stations (BSs), emerging as a powerful paradigm for both communication and computing services. …”
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Performance Analysis of IRS-Assisted Multi-Link FSO System Under Pointing Errors by Takumi Ishida, Chedlia Ben Naila, Hiraku Okada, Masaaki Katayama

“…The integration of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) into free-space optical (FSO) communication systems is considered as a promising and innovative approach to overcoming existing challenges due to the strict line-of-sight (LoS) requirements faced by conventional FSO setups, thereby ensuring more flexible and controllable links and expanding the communication coverage area. …”
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