A novel Bézier micro-lens arrays for UVC LED panels to enhance public lift sterilization by Ling Ling Chen, Tengfei Yin, Jianpeng Wang, Wai Sze Yip, Suet To

“…The innovative micro-lens array featuring a Bézier layout enhances UVC light distribution, providing a promising solution for developing disinfection systems that ensure efficient sterilization and reduce bacterial spread in public lifts.…”
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Electrical equivalent circuit for analyzing the effect of signal shape on power distribution in cochlear implant electrodes and surrounding tissue by Merle Sehlmeyer, Mariia Makarenko, Nele Schoerner, Mit B. Bhavsar, Tatiana Blank, Hans Jürgen Maier, Andrej Kral, Hannes Maier, Stefan Zimmermann

“…For example, stimulation with a ramped pulse, such as a sawtooth pulse, has been shown to be more energy-efficient and achieves a similar threshold profile in spiral ganglion neurons. …”
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Harnessing marine microorganisms in the battle against the influenza virus by Jakub Rezmer, Inga Wasilewska, Wojciech Homa, Joanna Wanat, Adam Kobiernik, Weronika Fortuniak

“…Coughing and sneezing can spread the disease, and direct touch can transmit the virus. …”
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Assessing waste separation behaviour in Nigeria: implications for post-Covid-19 pandemic waste management strategies by Tolulope B Osotuyi, Shuliang Zhao, Oyewale D Abioye, Uzoamaka P Mgbachi, Oluwabunmi A Falebita

“…During medical emergencies, effective management of waste is crucial to preventing the spread of infections, protecting healthcare workers, and ensuring the safety of the broader society. …”
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PINN ME: A Physics-informed Neural Network Framework for Accurate Milne–Eddington Inversions of Solar Magnetic Fields by Robert Jarolim, Momchil E. Molnar, Benoit Tremblay, Rebecca Centeno, Matthias Rempel

“…In addition, we directly include the point-spread function to account for instrumental effects. …”
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Identification of Rodent Species That Infest Poultry Houses in Mafikeng, North West Province, South Africa by Tsepo Ramatla, Nthabiseng Mphuthi, Kutswa Gofaone, Moeti O. Taioe, Oriel M. M. Thekisoe, Michelo Syakalima

“…The extent of damage or the diseases spread will depend on the type of rodents that invade the farm. …”
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A Hybrid PSO-GA Optimized Approach for COVID-19 Detection Using CT Scan by Abdelghany Fathy, Hatem Abdelkader, Samia Allaoua Chelloug, Mohammed Saleh Ali Muthanna, Amira Abdelatey

“…The rapid global spread of COVID-19 has underscored the urgency of developing efficient diagnostic tools. …”
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Modular mimicry and engagement of the Hippo pathway by Marburg virus VP40: Implications for filovirus biology and budding. by Ziying Han, Shantoshini Dash, Cari A Sagum, Gordon Ruthel, Chaitanya K Jaladanki, Corbett T Berry, Michael P Schwoerer, Nina M Harty, Bruce D Freedman, Mark T Bedford, Hao Fan, Sachdev S Sidhu, Marius Sudol, Olena Shtanko, Ronald N Harty

“…Importantly, using a stable Amot-knockdown cell line, we found that expression of Amot was critical for efficient egress of mVP40 VLPs as well as egress and spread of authentic MARV in infected cell cultures. …”
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Trichophyton verrucosum infection in livestock in the Chitral district of Pakistan by Khalid Hameed, Farhana Riaz Ch, Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Syed Muhammad Saqlan Naqvi, Yvonne Gräser, Christiane Kupsch, Mario Pasquetti, Luca Rossi, Anna Rita Molinar Min, Paolo Tizzani, Elisa Chiavassa, Andrea Peano

“…A better knowledge of the animal role in the spread of this fungus may allow the adoption of more efficient control measures and prophylaxis. …”
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Establishing an Immune System Conferring DNA and RNA Virus Resistance in Plants Using CRISPR/Cas12a Multiplex Gene Editing by Lili Luo, Liqing Miao, Xuhui Ma, Jinjin Hu, Suzhen Li, Wenzhu Yang, Shuai Ma, Rumei Chen, Xiaoqing Liu

“…We quantified TMV virus accumulation in the transgenic N. benthamiana lines by monitoring dynamic changes in GFP fluorescence and quantitative analysis by qPCR showed that the CRISPR‐Cas12a system can introduce TMV virus resistance to N. benthamiana by preventing its systemic spread. Our study provides an innovative strategy—an mRNA–gRNA nucleic acid complex—which has proven to be highly effective in the gene‐editing system and offers an efficient antiviral approach for generating virus‐resistant plants.…”
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A Method for Recognizing Dead Sea Bass Based on Improved YOLOv8n by Lizhen Zhang, Chong Xu, Sai Jiang, Mengxiang Zhu, Di Wu

“…Deaths occur during the culture of sea bass, and if timely harvesting is not carried out, it will lead to water pollution and the continued spread of sea bass deaths. Therefore, it is necessary to promptly detect dead fish and take countermeasures. …”
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A Novel YOLO Algorithm Integrating Attention Mechanisms and Fuzzy Information for Pavement Crack Detection by Qingqing Li, Tianshu Wu, Tingfa Xu, Jianmei Lei, Jiu Liu

“…Abstract Pavement crack detection is widely spread over road maintenance, ensuring the longevity and safety of infrastructure. …”
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MEDICAL SNORKEL-MASK: A REUSABLE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR HEALTH WORKERS by Hafizh Al-Ghifari Manaf, Muhammad Arsy Reza Suyudi, Muhammad Farraas Razaan, Venansya Maulina Praba, Shofiuddin Al Mufid, Fauziah Adhima, Puguh Setyo Nugroho

“…The filter used is PALL Ultipor 25 with a HEPA filter capable of filtering up to 0.3 microns in size and has an efficiency of 99.99%. Medical snorkel mask that is used properly are quite efficient in preventing the transmission of Covid-19, with a fitting factor of 142 from pass level 100. …”
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Fast 3D localization of nano-objects in wide-field interferometric scattering microscopy via vectorial diffraction model-derived analytical fitting by Liaoliao Wei, Caroline Livan Anyi, Huakun Li, Haitao Nie, Bihan Wen, Tong Ling

“…In this study, we introduce an efficient analytical fitting approach for retrieving the 3D positions of nano-objects in wide-field iSCAT. …”
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Novel Intuitionistic Fuzzy Fault Tree Analysis for Effective Infectious Medical Waste Management by Rocky Khajuria, Komal, Morteza Yazdani

“…The findings may be helpful to develop an efficient medical waste management system.…”
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Analysis of Congestion-Propagation Time-Lag Characteristics in Air Route Networks Based on Multi-Channel Attention DSNG-BiLSTM by Yue Lv, Yong Tian, Xiao Huang, Haifeng Huang, Bo Zhi, Jiangchen Li

“…As air transportation demand continues to rise, congestion in air route networks has seriously compromised the safe and efficient operation of air traffic. Few studies have examined the spatiotemporal characteristics of congestion propagation under different time lag conditions. …”
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Population genomics and molecular epidemiology of wheat powdery mildew in Europe. by Jigisha Jigisha, Jeanine Ly, Nikolaos Minadakis, Fabian Freund, Lukas Kunz, Urszula Piechota, Beyhan Akin, Virgilio Balmas, Roi Ben-David, Szilvia Bencze, Salim Bourras, Matteo Bozzoli, Otilia Cotuna, Gilles Couleaud, Mónika Cséplő, Paweł Czembor, Francesca Desiderio, Jost Dörnte, Antonín Dreiseitl, Angela Feechan, Agata Gadaleta, Kevin Gauthier, Angelica Giancaspro, Stefania L Giove, Alain Handley-Cornillet, Amelia Hubbard, George Karaoglanidis, Steven Kildea, Emrah Koc, Žilvinas Liatukas, Marta S Lopes, Fabio Mascher, Cathal McCabe, Thomas Miedaner, Fernando Martínez-Moreno, Charlotte F Nellist, Sylwia Okoń, Coraline Praz, Javier Sánchez-Martín, Veronica Sărăţeanu, Philipp Schulz, Nathalie Schwartz, Daniele Seghetta, Ignacio Solís Martel, Agrita Švarta, Stefanos Testempasis, Dolors Villegas, Victoria Widrig, Fabrizio Menardo

“…Multiple AvrPm17 haplotypes, which can partially escape recognition by Pm17, spread rapidly throughout the continent upon its introduction in the early 2000s. …”
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Study results of lentil varieties (Lens culinaris Medic.) in the Cis-Urals of the Republic of Bashkortostan by F. A. Davletov, К. P. Gainullina, E. V. Badamshina

“…The technologically efficient varieties with high attachment of lower beans were ‘Ekaterinovskaya’, ‘Oktava’, ‘Nevesta’, ‘Danaya’, ‘Pikantnaya’. …”
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An integration of ensemble deep learning with hybrid optimization approaches for effective underwater object detection and classification model by G. Abirami, S. Nagadevi, J. D. Dorathi Jayaseeli, T. Prabhakara Rao, R S M Lakshmi Patibandla, Rajanikanth Aluvalu, K Srihari

“…Initially, the UODC-EDLHOA model involved several levels of pre-processing and noise removal to improve the clearness of the underwater images. The backbone of EfficientNetB7, which has an attention mechanism, is employed for feature extraction. …”
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A Novel BoHV-1-Vectored Subunit RVFV Vaccine Induces a Robust Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immune Response Against Rift Valley Fever in Sheep by Selvaraj Pavulraj, Rhett W. Stout, Shafiqul I. Chowdhury

“…Therefore, the BoHV-1qmv-vectored subunit RVFV vaccine is safe and highly immunogenic in sheep and can potentially be an efficient subunit vaccine for sheep against RVFV.…”
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