Predicting Solar Flares Using a Convolutional Neural Network with Extreme-ultraviolet Images by Yun Yang, Yi Wei Ni, P. F. Chen, Xue Shang Feng

“…The main advantage of this model lies in that it can effectively leverage the historical and spatial information of the source active regions as well as the interaction information from the surrounding active regions or other structures. This information, which cannot be provided by the data from a single active region alone, is demonstrated to be crucial in predicting solar flares. …”
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From Centralization to Decentralization: Blockchain’s Role in Transforming Social Media Platforms by Bidita Sarkar Diba, Jayonto Dutta Plabon, Nishat Tasnim, Mehjabin Hossain, Durjoy Mistry, Sourav Sarker, M. F. Mridha, Yuichi Okuyama, Jungpil Shin

“…Blockchain is influencing the social media platforms by promising to solve the biggest issues of today, such as privacy concerns and content moderation, and the ability to provide a decentralized system for the management of social media platforms through cryptographic techniques and distributed structures. Conventionally, social media systems are based on central architectures that may indirectly solve the problems of data privacy and platform responsibility since there are increased threats, including identity theft and fake news spread across such systems. …”
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Influencer marketing’s impact on credibility and purchase intention: A study on University of Bisha students in Saudi Arabia by Mudathir Saad, Abdelrehim Awad, Adel Fathy Aziz, Talaat Rashad Shma

“…A descriptive-analytical method was utilized, the research was conducted at University of Bisha, incorporating a structured survey to gather data from 384 university students, both male and female. …”
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Advancing 6G: Survey for Explainable AI on Communications and Network Slicing by Haochen Sun, Yifan Liu, Ahmed Al-Tahmeesschi, Avishek Nag, Mohadeseh Soleimanpour, Berk Canberk, Huseyin Arslan, Hamed Ahmadi

“…With the evolution of the 6G networks, characterized by ultra-low latency, massive data rates, and intricate network structures, the need for transparency, interpretability, and fairness in AI-driven decision-making has become more urgent than ever. …”
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Taming Mambas for 3D Medical Image Segmentation by Luca Lumetti, Vittorio Pipoli, Kevin Marchesini, Elisa Ficarra, Costantino Grana, Federico Bolelli

“…CNNs are constrained by a local receptive field, whereas Transformers are hindered by their substantial memory requirements as well as their data hunger, making them not ideal for processing 3D medical volumes at a fine-grained level. …”
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‘A little bit of support really, that's all I was looking for’ a qualitative study of the biographical disruption of fibromyalgia at work in the UK by Martin J. Stevens, Louise Locock, Stefanie Doebl, Zoe C. Skea, Debra Dulake, Gary J. Macfarlane, Rosemary J. Hollick

“…Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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Genetically Similar Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni Strains and Associated Phages Display Phenotypic and Genotypic Variation Across 35 Years by Katherine M. D'Amico-Willman, Prasanna Joglekar, David F. Ritchie, Amber M. Smith, Helena Heiberger, Alejandra I. Huerta

“…The minor yet significant genetic variation among this small population of Xap strains is structured by both geographic location and response to phage infection. …”
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Assessment of Flood Mitigation Strategies: A Case Study of the Aït Athmane Center in the Errachidia Region by Kadiri Abdelhakim, Essafraoui Badre, Messaoudi Badre, Aït Lahssaine Ismail, Ait Said Brahim, El Ouali Mohamed, Kabiri Lahcen

“…These primarily involve simple mechanical adjustments such as constructing gabion weirs, raising retaining walls along the Wadi's banks, and creating crossing structures.…”
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Leadership Lived Experiences in Implementing Compassionate, Respectful, and Caring Practices: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study by Kemal Jemal BSc, MSc, Abiyu Geta BSc, MSc, Fantanesh Desalegn BSc, MSc, Lidia Gebru BSc, MSc, Tezera Tadele BSc, MSc, Ewnetu Genet BSc, MSc, Mesfin Kifle BSc, MSc, Abebe Bimerew BSc, MPH, Assegid Samuel BSc, MSc

“…The ATLAS.ti version 7.02 software was used for data analysis, and interpretative phenomenological analysis was carried out. …”
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Factors influencing HPV vaccination willingness among male college students in Jinan according to the health belief model by Yanrui Xu, Weibing Wang, Caiying Cheng, Li Yang, Chen Xing, Xiaonan Yang, Caiyun Chang, Qingbin Lu

“…Using convenience sampling, a cross-sectional survey of 3,410 male students from six Jinan universities was conducted in December 2024. The structured questionnaires collected data on demographics, HPV knowledge, and health beliefs via SPSS 27.0 with univariate and binary logistic regression analyses. …”
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Two New Diterpenoids Formed by Transannular Diels–Alder Cycloaddition from the Soft Coral <i>Sarcophyton tortuosum</i>, and Their Antibacterial and PPAR-β Agonist Activities by Min Sun, Songwei Li, Jianang Zeng, Yuewei Guo, Changyun Wang, Mingzhi Su

“…Two new cembrane-derived tricyclic diterpenes belonging to the sarcophytin family, namely 4<i>a</i>-hydroxy-chatancin (<b>1</b>) and sarcotoroid (<b>2</b>), together with two known related ones (<b>3</b> and <b>4</b>), were isolated from the soft coral <i>Sarcophyton tortuosum</i> collected off Ximao Island in the South China Sea. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis, a quantum mechanical nuclear magnetic resonance (QM-NMR) method, a time-dependent density functional theory electronic circular dichroism (TDDFT-ECD) calculation, X-ray diffraction analysis, and comparison with the reported data in the literature. …”
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A Novel Tool Wear Identification Method Based on a Semi-Supervised LSTM by Xin He, Meipeng Zhong, Chengcheng He, Jinhao Wu, Haiyang Yang, Zhigao Zhao, Wei Yang, Cong Jing, Yanlin Li, Chen Gao

“…The method considers the correlation between sample labels and feature structures, as well as the correlation between global and local sample labels. …”
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Stakeholders’ perspectives on a digital myopia screening program in children: a qualitative analysis by Casper van der Zee, Janneau L. J. Claessens, Petra T. Rausch-Koster, Saskia M. Imhof, Ruth M. A. van Nispen, Ruth M. A. van Nispen, Robert P. L. Wisse, Robert P. L. Wisse, Hilde P. A. van der Aa, Hilde P. A. van der Aa

“…PurposeThis study was aimed at identifying barriers and opportunities to use a self-administered online refractive eye test by various stakeholders of a pediatric vision screening program.MethodsThis qualitative study performed semi-structured interviews with myopic children and their parents, eye care professionals, and policymakers. …”
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Demoralization syndrome in elderly patients with advanced lung cancer: a multi-center study in North China by Ya Li, Wei Yang, Weiwei Feng, Lingyuan Zhang, Yikun Yao, Kai Yan, Hong Zhang, Xiaochao Wan

“…ObjectiveThis observational study sought to explore the prevalence and determinants of demoralization syndrome (DS) among elderly patients in North China diagnosed with advanced lung cancer (ALC), with the primary goal of mitigating their psychological distress.MethodsA convenience sampling approach was employed to recruit 420 ALC patients aged 60 years or older from four tertiary hospitals in North China. Data collection was carried out using structured questionnaires, which included the Chinese adaptation of the Demoralization Syndrome Scale and Perceptions of Social Support Questionnaire. …”
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Factors associated with a confirmed Lassa fever outbreak in Eguare community of Esan West, Edo State, Nigeria: January-March, 2019 by Henry Uguru Ekechi, Charles Ibeneme, Biodun Ogunniyi, Emmanuel Awosanya, Babatunde Gbadebo, Aishatu Usman, Muhammad Shakir Balogun, Celestine Ameh, Lilian Okeke, Chioma Dan-Nwafor, Chikwe Ihekweazu

“…We defined a confirmed case-patient as any person from Eguare community with febrile illness and PCR positive for Lassa fever between January and March, 2019; and control as anyone from Eguare community without febrile illness within the same period. Structured questionnaire was used to obtain data on exposures from both cases and controls. …”
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Modulation of growth, gut microbiota, and health markers in rabbits fed hydroponic barley with or without enzymes by Ahmed A. A. Abdel-Wareth, Ahmed A. A. Abdel-Wareth, Esraa M. H. Mohamed, Hamdy A. Hassan, Rokia B. Elamary, Zainab Al-Amgad, Jayant Lohakare

“…Histological examination revealed normal liver and intestinal structures in all treatment groups.DiscussionIncorporating 25% hydroponic barley, with or without enzyme supplementation, improved growth performance, enhanced gut microbiota composition, and supported organ health in growing rabbits. …”
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Awareness of breast cancer and perceived barriers to breast screening methods: a community based cross-sectional study among women in Yemen by Gamil Othman, Faisal Ali, Maria Mudathir, Heba Almoliky, Maria Al-qahtani, Nora Alezzi, Nosibah Ameen, Doa’a Anwar Ibrahim, Mohammed Mohammed Battah, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim

“…However, challenges arise in combating breast cancer in Yemen due to the lack of patient registries, national strategies, and structured cancer treatment plans. Objective This research sought to evaluate the awareness levels of breast cancer and the perceived obstacles to breast cancer screening among adult Yemeni women. …”
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Hemangioma of the umbilical cord: A case report and proposal for standardised reporting criteria by Isabella Charlotte Maréchal-Ross, Sashi Siva, Karen Mizia, Jeremy Nicholas Pulvers, Isabella Turton, Ali Moghimi

“…This case report presents an instance of umbilical cord hemangioma and proposes a structured framework for future documentation.A comprehensive literature review using OVID Medline and Embase identified cases of umbilical cord hemangiomas, their clinical presentations, and maternal and neonatal outcomes. …”
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Lavender Breeding for Winter Hardiness in a Temperate Climate by Viktoriya Kryuchkova, Anastasia Evtyukhova, Sergey Avdeev, Vitaly Donskih, Olga Shelepova, Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Yuri Gorbunov

“…The research years were grouped by winter hardiness structured into clusters, which allowed us to identify common features in climatic conditions and to identify critical periods of the winter period leading to a decrease in winter hardiness. …”
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Implementing COVID-19 home-based care (HBC) using community health volunteers: Early experiences and lessons learned in Uganda, January - May 2021 by Ben Masiira, Atek Kagirita, Herbert Kazoora, Bernard Lubwama, Emmanuel Kaggwa, Faith Nakiyimba, Issa Makumbi, Winyi Kaboyo, Daniel Albert Cohn, Simon Nyovuura Antara, Henry Mwebesa

“…Implementation of the HBC strategy involved identification and orientation of the key stakeholders on COVID-19 infection, HBC procedures and criteria, and activation of the COVID-19 coordination structures. We enhanced COVID-19 surveillance and conducted community sensitization on COVID-19 and the HBC strategy. …”
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