What happens between first symptoms and first acute exacerbation of COPD – observational study of routine data and patient survey by Alex Bottle, Alex Adamson, Xiubin Zhang, Benedict Hayhoe, Jennifer K Quint

“…Most patients were offered the flu jab. Older patients, current smokers and those with other conditions such as heart failure had higher risk of an acute exacerbation. …”
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Real time intelligent garbage monitoring and efficient collection using Yolov8 and Yolov5 deep learning models for environmental sustainability by Mohammed M. Abo-Zahhad, Mohammed Abo-Zahhad

“…Nationally, governments have initiated several programs to improve cleanliness by developing systems that alert businesses when it’s time to empty the bins. Current research proposes an enhanced, accurate, real-time object detection system to address the problem of trash accumulating around containers. …”
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Development of Lentil Aquafaba-Based Food Emulsions with Xanthan Gum or Pregelatinized Corn Starch as Stabilizers by Valentyna Dehtiar, Anastasiia Sachko, Anna Radchenko, Olha Hrynchenko, Sergey Gubsky

“…Currently, there is an increasing trend towards the use of legumes aquafaba-based emulsions for food applications. …”
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Polyphenols of Mulberry White (Morus alba L.) Leaves as a Source of Functional Food: A Review by Hagar F. Forsan, Menatalla R. Fayed, Noureldin M. Farahat, Walaa M. Gabr, Ezzeldeen M. Alswerky, Asmaa E. Abd El-Hak, Mohamed A. Fouda, Mennat-Allah Safwat

“…However, this residue in mulberry leaves naturally contains high levels of bioactive compounds, especially polyphenols. …”
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Alpha Helices Are More Robust to Mutations than Beta Strands. by György Abrusán, Joseph A Marsh

“…The rapidly increasing amount of data on human genetic variation has resulted in a growing demand to identify pathogenic mutations computationally, as their experimental validation is currently beyond reach. …”
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Characterization, Conservation, and Breeding of Winter Squash (<i>Cucurbita moschata</i> Duchesne): Case Study of the Collection Maintained at the Federal University of Viçosa Vege... by Derly José Henriques da Silva, Ronaldo Silva Gomes, Ronaldo Machado Júnior, Cleverson Freitas de Almeida, Rebeca Lourenço de Oliveira, Dalcirlei Pinheiro Albuquerque, Santina Rodrigues Santana

“…Studies on <i>C. moschata</i> germplasm have reported high variability, particularly in Brazil. Currently, Brazil maintains six <i>Cucurbita</i> germplasm collections, kept in research and teaching institutions. …”
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The Effect of Monetary Rewards on the Performance of Employees in an Organisation: A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government. by Nayebare, Gaston

“…Though, some of the major goals of training employees contain, increase in production, lesser labor turnover rate, higher confidence and better management and training facilitates to decrease cost as it enhances productivity, and promotes objective congruency. …”
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The State and the Prospects of the Development of Innovative Activity in the Russian Federation in the XXI Century by A. A. Varushchenko, N. A. Vladimirov

“…Global spending on innovation continues to grow, and the share of business in it is increasing. The relevance of this topic is also due to the acceleration of the processes of digital transformation of the Russian and international economy, which is why the need to create conditions for innovation, information and communication technologies is increasing. …”
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Load Forecasting in Electrical Grids: Analysis of Methods and their Trends by Kyryk V.V., Shatalov Y.O.

“…The results show that, although increasingly complex models are being developed, their accuracy gain remains inconsistent in different application contexts, provided that a single-type architecture is used. …”
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Understanding Social Engineering Victimisation on Social Networking Sites: A Comprehensive Review of Factors Influencing User Susceptibility to Cyber-Attacks by Saad S. Alshammari, Ben Soh, Alice Li

“…This systematised analysis emphasises the limitations in current research and identifies future research directions in order to deepen the understanding of the factors influencing SEV. …”
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Be AIware! An AI Competency Model for K-12 Education by Lana Sattelmaier, Jan Pawlowski

“…The rapid emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is reshaping educational contexts, creating an urgent need for K–12 systems to adapt. …”
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Berberis lycium: A Miracle Medicinal Plant with Multifaceted Health Benefits by Bashir Ahmad, Abduh Murshed, Mohamed Y. Zaky, Imran Khan, Faiz ur Rahman, Magda H. Abdellattif, Guojun Liu, Jun Lu

“…The annual sale of medicinal plants increases over time. In plants, Berberis vulgaris f. lycium (Royle) Parsa (Berberis lycium), also called boxthoran barberry, Indian barberry, or Indian lyceum contains key alkaloids such as berberine, camptothecin, koumidine, salutaridine, luteanine, palmatine, and protopine. …”
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A Review of Reject Brine Disposal, Management, and Construction Applications by Pranita Banerjee, Essam K. Zaneldin, Ali H. Al-Marzouqi, Waleed K. Ahmed

“…The study also highlights current research gaps that are still unaddressed, hindering the complete realization of the full potential of reject brine as a sustainable resource.…”
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The Middle East Shiite Arc: A Real Threat or Geopolitical Chimera? by A. V. Sarabiev

“…The term Shiite Crescent, or Shiite Arc, is becoming increasingly popular in political and academic discourse as well as in the media. …”
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Specific features of antagonism of <i>Bacillus</i> bacteria against toxinogenic <i>Fusarium</i> fungi in protecting plants against disease and contamination with mycotoxins (review... by T. M. Sidorova, A. M. Asaturova, V. V. Allakhverdyan

“…The study contains information on the structure and mechanism of action of the main anti‐fungal cyclic lipopetides. …”
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Editor’s Note by Alberto Raposo

“…This indicates that JIS is being increasingly recognized as an interesting publication vehicle. …”
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Sustainable Growth from a Factor Dependence and Technological Progress Perspective: A Case Study of East China by Ying Liu, Wan-Ming Chen, Sheng-Yuan Wang, Xiao-Lan Wu

“…The paper constructs an economic growth model that contains human, physical capital, innovation, and energy factors and estimates the output elasticity of seven provinces and cities in East China in the period of 2004–2018. …”
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Therapy, Pain &amp; Training by Jendrusch G, Henke T, Schnell D, Platen P

“…However, athletes are at increased risk for eye injuries caused by high-velocity objects e.g. balls or physical contact with opponents. …”
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The effectiveness of public health interventions against COVID-19: Lessons from the Singapore experience. by John P Ansah, David Bruce Matchar, Sean Lam Shao Wei, Jenny G Low, Ahmad Reza Pourghaderi, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Tessa Lui Shi Min, Aloysius Chia Wei-Yan, Marcus Eng Hock Ong

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Early public health measures in the context of targeted, aggressive containment including swift and effective contact tracing and quarantine, was likely responsible for suppressing the number of COVID-19 infections in Singapore.…”
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IDEA: Image database for earthquake damage annotationZenodo by Ilaria Senaldi, Chiara Casarotti, Martina Mandirola, Alessio Cantoni

“…Such onthology, can be used either to expand the presented dataset or to produce new ones, in order to increase the availability of data annotated according to a common standard, from the structural engineering point of view. …”
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