A site survey of damaged RC buildings in İzmir after the Aegean sea earthquake on October 30, 2020 by Halit Cenan Mertol, Gokhan Tunc, Tolga Akis

“…Site observations also confirmed that the construction of these collapsed or damaged buildings did not conform to the requirements outlined in the Turkish Earthquake Codes used at the time. The failures and severe damage to buildings in earthquake-affected areas are primarily related to inadequate reinforcement configuration, poor material quality, the absence of geotechnical studies, and framing problems related to their lateral load-carrying systems. …”
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Party-civic activism in Iran: challenges and requirements from 1997 to 2023 by Khalil Sardarnia, Jamil Ghoreyshi

“…The results for each group were presented in separate tables. Throughout this process, the principle of theoretical data saturation was applied to ensure comprehensiveness and prevent redundancy.Results and Discussion: The findings, derived from expert opinions, indicate that party and civil activism in Iran faces multifaceted, deeply rooted structural challenges, which can be categorized into four main levels: 1) Legal and Structural Challenges: These include limited space for party activities due to biased legal interpretations, the absence of comprehensive party laws, legal restrictions, government-imposed limitations, a security-driven perspective on political activism, the lack of recognition of parties’ roles in elections, restrictions on freedom of expression, and the inefficiency of legal mechanisms. 2) Internal Organizational and Behavioral Challenges: These encompass weakened party performance and declining public trust due to the lack of party maturity, insufficient engagement with society, reliance on individual leaders, opportunistic behavior, hostile rivalries, disregard for legal norms, lack of financial transparency, absence of internal democracy, poor accountability and conflict management, contradictory actions, overreliance on slogans, weak organizational cohesion, dependence on government or foreign entities, and inadequate training of party members. 3) Challenges in Communication with Society: These involve diminished legitimacy and public acceptance due to a disconnect from the populace, weakened ties with the social base, neglect of public opinion, failure to address societal issues, lack of solidarity with protests, public distrust of political parties and civil institutions, discrediting of intellectual elites, and ineffective networking. 4) Challenges in Relations with the Ruling Establishment: These include a growing gap and lack of constructive interaction caused by insufficient efforts to promote dialogue, the absence of institutionalized communication mechanisms, party conservatism, the closure of electoral channels, suppression of independent civil institutions, and the ruling establishment’s disregard for civil demands.Conclusion: The analysis of solutions proposed by university professors, researchers, and party-civic activists suggests that overcoming the challenges faced by political parties and civil activism in Iran requires a comprehensive, multidimensional approach encompassing structural, legal, behavioral, and communicative reforms. …”
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MANAGEMENT FEATURES OF THE STATE FUND FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF CURRENT CHALLENGES by S. Pukhyr, M. Khmelyarchuk

“…The research period is 2016—2020. The article presents the results of the empirical analysis, which showed that there are systemic problems in the organization of resource management of the State Fund for Regional Development. …”
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The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede Strigamia maritima. by Ariel D Chipman, David E K Ferrier, Carlo Brena, Jiaxin Qu, Daniel S T Hughes, Reinhard Schröder, Montserrat Torres-Oliva, Nadia Znassi, Huaiyang Jiang, Francisca C Almeida, Claudio R Alonso, Zivkos Apostolou, Peshtewani Aqrawi, Wallace Arthur, Jennifer C J Barna, Kerstin P Blankenburg, Daniela Brites, Salvador Capella-Gutiérrez, Marcus Coyle, Peter K Dearden, Louis Du Pasquier, Elizabeth J Duncan, Dieter Ebert, Cornelius Eibner, Galina Erikson, Peter D Evans, Cassandra G Extavour, Liezl Francisco, Toni Gabaldón, William J Gillis, Elizabeth A Goodwin-Horn, Jack E Green, Sam Griffiths-Jones, Cornelis J P Grimmelikhuijzen, Sai Gubbala, Roderic Guigó, Yi Han, Frank Hauser, Paul Havlak, Luke Hayden, Sophie Helbing, Michael Holder, Jerome H L Hui, Julia P Hunn, Vera S Hunnekuhl, LaRonda Jackson, Mehwish Javaid, Shalini N Jhangiani, Francis M Jiggins, Tamsin E Jones, Tobias S Kaiser, Divya Kalra, Nathan J Kenny, Viktoriya Korchina, Christie L Kovar, F Bernhard Kraus, François Lapraz, Sandra L Lee, Jie Lv, Christigale Mandapat, Gerard Manning, Marco Mariotti, Robert Mata, Tittu Mathew, Tobias Neumann, Irene Newsham, Dinh N Ngo, Maria Ninova, Geoffrey Okwuonu, Fiona Ongeri, William J Palmer, Shobha Patil, Pedro Patraquim, Christopher Pham, Ling-Ling Pu, Nicholas H Putman, Catherine Rabouille, Olivia Mendivil Ramos, Adelaide C Rhodes, Helen E Robertson, Hugh M Robertson, Matthew Ronshaugen, Julio Rozas, Nehad Saada, Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia, Steven E Scherer, Andrew M Schurko, Kenneth W Siggens, DeNard Simmons, Anna Stief, Eckart Stolle, Maximilian J Telford, Kristin Tessmar-Raible, Rebecca Thornton, Maurijn van der Zee, Arndt von Haeseler, James M Williams, Judith H Willis, Yuanqing Wu, Xiaoyan Zou, Daniel Lawson, Donna M Muzny, Kim C Worley, Richard A Gibbs, Michael Akam, Stephen Richards

“…We see an intriguing linkage between the absence of any known photosensory proteins in a blind organism and the additional absence of canonical circadian clock genes. …”
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Ultrasensitive Chemical Analysis on Gold Nano Popcorn Substrate Using Digital Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Soyeon Lee, Jaebum Choo

“…This study presents a digital surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) method to enhance the sensitivity of SERS detection for low-concentration analytes. …”
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Noise immunity of QAM-OFDM signal reception using soft-decision demodulation in the presence of narrowband interference by A. A. Paramonov, V. V. Chu

“…As a way of managing this interference, the paper studies the use of a demodulator with soft outputs and subsequent decoding of the convolutional code and low-density paritycheck (LDPC) code used in the system.Methods. …”
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SECURITY ASSESSMENT OF MOODLE-BASED DISTANCE LEARNING SYSTEM COMPONENTS USING STATIC ANALYSIS TOOLS by Vladislav K. Kuchmin, Grigory O. Krylov

“…The article presents a methodological approach to assessing the security of software components within the Moodle-based distance learning system using automated static source code analysis methods. …”
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Machine learning classification meets migraine: recommendations for study evaluation by Igor Petrušić, Andrej Savić, Katarina Mitrović, Nebojša Bačanin, Gabriele Sebastianelli, Daniele Secci, Gianluca Coppola

“…This paper presents a framework of six essential recommendations for evaluating ML-based classification in migraine research: (1) group homogenization by clinical phenotype, attack frequency, comorbidity, therapy, and demographics; (2) defining adequate sample size; (3) quality control of collected and preprocessed data; (4) transparent training, testing, and performance evaluation of ML models, including strategies for data splitting, overfitting control, and feature selection; (5) interpretability of results with clinical relevance; and (6) open data and code sharing to facilitate reproducibility. …”
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Major medical events in patients with acute coronary syndrome during helicopter emergency medical service operations by Julian Ganter, Hans-Jörg Busch, Alina Henis, Florian Reifferscheid, Jörg Braun, Sebastian Heinrich

“…Methods This retrospective observational cohort study analyzed prehospital records from 38,473 HEMS operations with “ACS” coding conducted between 2012 and 2024 in Germany. …”
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Truncated WT1 Protein Isoform Expression Is Increased in MCF-7 Cells with Long-Term Estrogen Depletion by Saavedra-Alonso Santiago, Zapata-Benavides Pablo, Mendoza-Gamboa Edgar, Chavez-Escamilla Ana Karina, Arellano-Rodríguez Mariela, Rodriguez-Padilla Cristina

“…Background. The wt1 gene codes for a transcription factor that presents several protein isoforms with diverse biological properties, capable of positively and negatively regulating genes involved in proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. …”
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LncRNA BACE1-AS delays the propagation of Cryptosporidium parvum through regulating cell apoptosis by targeting the miR-6805-5p/IRF3 axis by Shuang Huang, Xin Yang, Ting-Li Liu, Gui-Rong Hu, Qian Yao, Jun-Ke Song, Ying-Ying Fan, Guang-Hui Zhao

“…Increasing evidence has indicated that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play significant roles in various physiological and pathological processes. …”
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Development of reliable transgenic systems for inducing in vitro-cultured hematopoietic cell proliferation in Cherax quadricarinatus by Yaqi Zhao, Jinwu Wang, Liu Song, Ting Xue, Yifu Xu, Zhenxin Zhao, Zhenmin Bao, Huarong Guo

“…The absence of a stable and efficient transgenic system for crustacean cells has significantly impeded advancements in gene function studies and the establishment of continuous cell lines. …”
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KyberSlash: Exploiting secret-dependent division timings in Kyber implementations by Daniel J. Bernstein, Karthikeyan Bhargavan, Shivam Bhasin, Anupam Chattopadhyay, Tee Kiah Chia, Matthias J. Kannwischer, Franziskus Kiefer, Thales B. Paiva, Prasanna Ravi, Goutam Tamvada

“… This paper presents KyberSlash1 and KyberSlash2 – two timing vulnerabilities in several implementations (including the official reference code) of the Kyber Post-Quantum Key Encapsulation Mechanism, recently standardized as ML-KEM. …”
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Smart Infrastructure and Additive Manufacturing: Synergies, Advantages, and Limitations by Antreas Kantaros, Paraskevi Zacharia, Christos Drosos, Michail Papoutsidakis, Evangelos Pallis, Theodore Ganetsos

“…The integration of 3D printing with smart infrastructure presents a transformative opportunity in urban planning, construction, and engineering, enhancing efficiency, flexibility, and sustainability. …”
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Genetic mapping and gene editing reveal BoAP1 as a crucial factor regulating chloroplast development in Brassica oleracea by Xinyu Zhao, Li Chen, Kaiwen Yuan, Yuxiang Liu, Limei Yang, Mu Zhuang, Yangyong Zhang, Yong Wang, Jialei Ji, Ryo Fujimoto, Honghao Lv

“…Sequence analysis revealed a 3-nucleotide (GAT) deletion in the coding sequence of BolC08g019310.2J in the 6-219W mutant, leading to the absence of the amino acid methionine at position 298 that is conserved in Arabidopsis thaliana, B. rapa, and B. oleracea. …”
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Modern Approaches in Patient Management by Inga V. Anisimova, Svetlana B. Artemyeva, Elena D. Belousova, Nato D. Vashakmadze, Dmitriy V. Vlodavets, Tatiana A. Gremyakova, Olga S. Groznova, Valentina I. Guzeva, Elena V. Gusakova, Lyudmila M. Kuzenkova, Alexey L. Kurenkov, Sergey I. Kutsev, Svetlana V. Mikhaylova, Lyudmila P. Nazarenko, Sergey S. Nikitin, Artem Yu. Novikov, Tatiana V. Podkletnova, Elena V. Polevichenko, Alexander V. Polyakov, Gennady G. Prokopyev, Dmitry I. Rudenko, Svetlana A. Repina, Evgeniia V. Romanenko, Sergey O. Ryabykh, Gul’zhan E. Sakbaeva, Elena Yu. Sapego, Liliia R. Selimzyanova, Andrey A. Stepanov, Dmitry M. Subbotin, Vasiliy M. Suslov, Elena V. Tozliyan, Dmirty A. Feklistov, Nadezhda I. Shakhovskaya, Ekaterina V. Shreder

“…The disease is caused by the mutation in the DMD gene coding the dystrophin protein, it leads to the dystrophin absence or malfunction. …”
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Fetal Tetra-Amelia Birth: A Case Report by Eyob Asefa Belay, Anberbir Girma Asebot, Bezza Kedida Dabi

“…Fetal limb anomaly presentation varies greatly. It can present as amelia (complete absence of skeletal part of one or more limb), meromelia (partial absence of skeletal part of one or more limb), phocomelia (only rudimentary limb formed), and minor limb disorders like polydactyly. …”
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Construction of the graph genomes of Takifugu provides novel insights into the genomic mechanisms of population structure and migratory traits by Rui-shi He, Rong Zhao, Jun-jie Lin, Yan Li, Xiang-zhu Kong, Jin-xuan Xu, Jing-hang Wu, Xing-jiang Bu, Yong-jun Zhang, Yang Sun

“…Results The analysis of 28,085 syntelog groups (SGs) composed of protein-coding genes revealed that only 57.3% of the SGs were shared among all individuals, whereas the remaining genes presented presence-absence variation (PAV) across the seven genomes. …”
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A pipeline for processing hyperspectral images, with a case of melanin-containing barley grains as an example by I. D. Busov, M. A. Genaev, E. G. Komyshev, V. S. Koval, T. E. Zykova, A. Y. Glagoleva, D. A. Afonnikov

“…Thus, it was demonstrated that hyperspectral images can be used to determine the presence or absence of melanin in barley grains with great accuracy. …”
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Enhancing Communication Security in Drones Using QRNG in Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum by J. de Curtò, I. de Zarzà, Juan-Carlos Cano, Carlos T. Calafate

“…This paper presents a novel approach to enhancing the security and reliability of drone communications through the integration of Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNG) in Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) systems. …”
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