Design and Implementation of a Physically Secure Open-Source FPGA and Toolchain by Sergej Meschkov, Daniel Lammers, Mehdi B. Tahoori, Amir Moradi

“…To ensure robust systemsecurity throughout its lifecycle, hardware security updates are indispensable alongsidesoftware security patches. Programmable hardware plays a pivotal role in establishinga robust hardware root-of-trust, serving to effectively mitigate various hardwaresecurity threats. …”
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Impacts of Land Use Change on Ecological Service Value of Land Surrounding Shaoshan City by Cao Ruolan, Mo Hongwei

“…When land use type was converted to water body, the critical distance was the largest, about 100 patches (land type conversion area). [Conclusion] In the future, the impact of land use change on surrounding land should be comprehensively considered in land planning so as to formulate reasonable land use policy, optimize land use structure, and realize the coordinated development of economy and environment in Shaoshan City.…”
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AI-Driven Innovation in Skin Kinetics for Transdermal Drug Delivery: Overcoming Barriers and Enhancing Precision by Nubul Albayati, Sesha Rajeswari Talluri, Nirali Dholaria, Bozena Michniak-Kohn

“…Innovative systems, such as sensor-integrated patches, dynamically adjust drug release based on real-time feedback, ensuring optimal outcomes. …”
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Modeling Functional Connectivity for Bears Among Spawning Salmon Waterways in Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Territory, Coastal British Columbia by Ilona Mihalik, Mathieu Bourbonnais, William Housty, Kevin Starr, Paul Paquet, Chris Darimont

“…The spatial arrangement of landscape features, for example, can affect movement among resource patches. Guided by the Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Integrated Resource Management Department (HIRMD), and within Haíɫzaqv Territory, coastal British Columbia (BC), Canada, our objectives were to (1) estimate functional connectivity for grizzly and black bears (Ursus arctos and U. americanus, respectively) among aggregations of spawning Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), (2) identify important movement pathways for landscape planning, and (3) contribute to the growing body of functional connectivity research on dynamic ecological systems. …”
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Experimental Study of Seismic Behavior and Modification of the Failure Region of Mechanical Bar Splices by Mohamad reza Shokrzadeh, Fariborz Nateghi Alahi

“…In this study, two types of patches are introduced by modifying the method of making a threaded splice and combining it with rotary friction welding. …”
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Natural Occlusion-Based Backdoor Attacks: A Novel Approach to Compromising Pedestrian Detectors by Qiong Li, Yalun Wu, Qihuan Li, Xiaoshu Cui, Yuanwan Chen, Xiaolin Chang, Jiqiang Liu, Wenjia Niu

“…Existing backdoor attacks, relying on unnatural digital perturbations or explicit patches, are difficult to deploy stealthily in the physical world. …”
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Interpretation of the Jiangnan Landscape and Countryside (Shan-Shui) Pattern: Evidence from the Classification and Spatial Form of Traditional Settlements in the Nanxi River Basin by Yuhao Huang, Yingying Huang, Yile Chen, Yu Yan, Liang Zheng, Ziyi Ying

“…There has not been enough research on how to better classify settlements, how to conduct systematic morphological analysis, or how to use dynamic protection methods. This makes it hard to fully show the variety of settlement types and how they differ in different areas. …”
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Effects of Acupotomy on Biomechanical Characteristics of Flexor and Extensor Muscle Groups and Cartilage Degeneration in Rabbits with Knee Osteoarthritis by GAO Hainan, ZHANG Mengyi, LIU Xi, ZHONG Peirong, TANG Yanjuan, SHAO Xinxin, TAN Zili, ZHU Xiangyu

“…For safranin O-fast green staining, compared with the blank group, the cartilage matrix in the model group was unevenly distributed in patches, the chondrocytes were clustered, and the tidemark was blurred. …”
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Cross-Modal Augmented Transformer for Automated Medical Report Generation by Yuhao Tang, Ye Yuan, Fei Tao, Minghao Tang

“…During the locate stage, CAT captures crucial representations by pre-aligning significant patches and their corresponding medical terminologies. …”
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Open-source electrophilic fragment screening platform to identify chemical starting points for UCHL1 covalent inhibitors by Scott B. Ficarro, Zachary H. Marto, Nicholas M. Girardi, Dingyu Deng, Isabella Jaen Maisonet, Guillaume Adelmant, Laura E. Fleming, Mona Sharafi, Isidoro Tavares, Andrew Zhao, HyoJeon Kim, Hyuk-Soo Seo, Sirano Dhe-Paganon, Sara J. Buhrlage, Jarrod A. Marto

“…We provide scripts for fragment pooling, construction of sample batches, along with routines for data processing and visualization. …”
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Upper Elevational Limit of Vegetation in the Himalayas Identified from Landsat Images by Bo Wei, Yili Zhang, Linshan Liu, Binghua Zhang, Dianqing Gong, Changjun Gu, Lanhui Li, Basanta Paudel

“…The image was then smoothed by filling (or removing) small non-vegetated (or vegetated) patches scattered within vegetated (or unvegetated) areas. …”
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Non-contact tracking of shoulder bones using ultrasound and stereophotogrammetry by Ahmed Sewify, Ahmed Sewify, Maxence Lavaill, Maxence Lavaill, Dermot O’Rourke, Dermot O’Rourke, Maria Antico, Maria Antico, Peter Pivonka, Peter Pivonka, Davide Fontanarosa, Davide Fontanarosa, Saulo Martelli, Saulo Martelli

“…We also discussed that 3D US with motion capture technology is very promising for dynamic bone tracking, but the US technology may not be ready for the task yet.…”
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Using an Area-Weighted Loss Function to Address Class Imbalance in Deep Learning-Based Mapping of Small Water Bodies in a Low-Latitude Region by Pu Zhou, Giles Foody, Yihang Zhang, Yalan Wang, Xia Wang, Sisi Li, Laiyin Shen, Yun Du, Xiaodong Li

“…To address these challenges, we propose an area-based weighted binary cross-entropy (AWBCE) loss function. AWBCE dynamically weights water bodies according to their size during model training. …”
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Enhanced rational protein engineering to reduce viscosity in high-concentration IgG1 antibody solutions by Tyler J. Lefevre, Jenna G. Caldwell, Austin Gallegos, Qun Du, Erin Houston, Gilad Kaplan, Reza Esfandiary

“…Then, using in silico antibody modeling, we identified sites near the complementary-determining regions for targeting by rational mutagenesis, which included predicted patches of charge or hydrophobicity within or near peptides highlighted by HDX-MS. …”
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Efficient Stereo Visual Odometry on FPGA Featuring On-Chip Map Management and Pipelined Descriptor-Based Block Matching by Yuki Ichikawa, Kazushi Kawamura, Masato Motomura, Thiem van Chu

“…These irregular patterns arise from the dynamic and non-uniform nature of feature detection, stereo matching, and map management, which vary significantly with scene complexity and camera movement. …”
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<i>pyVPRM</i>: a next-generation vegetation photosynthesis and respiration model for the post-MODIS era by T. Glauch, T. Glauch, J. Marshall, C. Gerbig, S. Botía, M. Gałkowski, M. Gałkowski, S. N. Vardag, S. N. Vardag, A. Butz, A. Butz

“…Neither product is static; hence, dynamic changes of the land cover from year to year can be represented. …”
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Riparian habitat quality and seasonality drives spatiotemporal habitat ecology of sympatric Asian otters in southern Western Ghats by Ankit Moun, Tharmalingam Ramesh, Tharmalingam Ramesh, Riddhika Kalle, Riddhika Kalle

“…The long-term persistence of sympatric Asian otters in the Bhavani-Noyyal river basin would depend on the availability of high-quality riparian habitat patches. Our findings emphasize the need to develop comprehensive riparian habitat management plans in the southern Western Ghats which involves restoration of fragmented riparian zones and maintenance of riparian habitat heterogeneity to facilitate freshwater connectivity and movements of sympatric otters.…”
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Combining high-pressure processing and low storage temperature to extend the functionality shelf life of low-moisture, part-skim mozzarella cheese by L.A. Jiménez-Maroto, S. Govindasamy-Lucey, J.J. Jaeggi, M.E. Johnson, J.A. Lucey

“…ABSTRACT: High-pressure processing (HPP) and low-temperature storage (0°C) were explored as alternatives to freezing for extending the performance shelf life of low-moisture, part-skim (LMPS) mozzarella intended for export. Batches (n = 5) of reduced Na LMPS mozzarella were manufactured using camel chymosin as a lower proteolytic type of rennet. …”
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Research on Data-driven PET-CT Gating Imaging Method by XU Shidong1, 2, 3, 4, SUN Xiaoli1, 3, 4, , LIU Shuangquan1, 3, 4, ZHENG Yushuang1, 3, 4, LI Mohan1, 3, 4, WEI Cunfeng1, 2, 3, 4

“…The experimental results indicate that the improved gating imaging method ensures higher accuracy in cardiac signal extraction, enabling real-time gated dynamic high-precision imaging.…”

The first generic tirzepatide GP30931: physicochemical and biological similarity to the reference drug by I. A. Lugovik, A. V. Babina, S. S. Arutyunyan, D. О. Ermolaeva, V. B. Saparova, T. N. Kobeleva, P. G. Zaikin, A. D. Mikushina, A. S. Bukatin, I. E. Eliseev, B. Ts. Zajchik, Y. S. Keruchenko, I. S. Ohrimenko, E. V. Bocharov, A. Kh. Taldaev, V. A. Lushpa, I. E. Makarenko, R. V. Drai

“…Conducting a physicochemical and biological characterization of the drug Sejaro® (GP30931) in comparison with the original drug Mundjaro® to establish their comparability.Materials and methods. Three batches of each drug (solution for subcutaneous administration, 25 mg/ml) were studied. …”
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