PlantHealthNet: Transformer-Enhanced Hybrid Models for Disease Diagnosis and Severity Estimation in Agriculture by Abid Iqbal

“…Finally, disease impact is quantified in the final severity prediction stage to allow for targeted interventions based on disease intensity. …”
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Enhancement of microstructure homogeneity and hardness after heat treatment of forged flex splines with CNN-based preform design by Joonhee Park, Jaegu Choi, Sangyun Shin, Naksoo Kim

“…These findings demonstrate that CNN-based preform design, targeting effective strain homogenization, offers a highly effective approach to refining the microstructure and enhancing mechanical performance in the manufacturing process of flex splines.…”
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Investigation of a staggered dual-rotor wound field synchronous motor for offshore wind turbine full-scale testing platforms by Yang Xue, Shiyao Qin, Chen Qi, Ning Wang, Cong Liu, Wenliang Zhao

“…To enhance average torque and minimize torque ripple, the rotor structure undergoes further optimization through a multi-objective genetic algorithm. …”
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Nutritionally adequate, healthy, and climate-friendly diets following the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023: an optimization study for Norway by Julie Lengle, Chi Zhang, Chi Zhang, Arnoldo Frigessi, Lene Frost Andersen

“…Optimizations were first run without constraints on GWP, for three diet scenarios: (1) nutrients and health-based targets for food amounts (NNR2023), (2) nutrients and health-based targets for food amounts with ruminant meat ≥ observed intake (62 g/day) (Ruminant), and (3) nutrients and health-based targets for food amounts with legumes content ≥40 g/day (Legumes). …”
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Evaluation of Nitrogen Fertilizer Supply and Soil Nitrate Thresholds for High Yields of Foxtail Millet by Yiwei Lu, Yu Zhao, Xueyan Xia, Meng Liu, Zhimin Wei, Jingxin Wang, Jianjun Liu, Jihan Cui, Shunguo Li

“…Specifically, the average nitrogen application rate of nitrogen-efficient varieties achieving high yield (5607.32–5637.19 kg·ha⁻¹) was 151.5 kg·ha⁻¹, while the average nitrogen application rate of nitrogen-inefficient varieties achieving high yield (4749.77–4847.74 kg·ha⁻¹) was 134.5 kg·ha⁻¹. …”
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HyperSHArc: Single-Isocenter Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Multiple Brain Metastases Using Proton, Helium, and Carbon Ion Arc Therapy by Lennart Volz, PhD, Peilin Liu, MSc, Thomas Tessonnier, PhD, Xiaoda Cong, MSc, Marco Durante, PhD, Andrea Mairani, PhD, Wenbo Gu, PhD, Amir Abdollahi, MD, PhD, Xuanfeng Ding, PhD, Christian Graeff, PhD, Taoran Li, PhD, Stewart Mein, PhD

“…HyperSHArc using carbon ions boosted dose-averaged linear energy transfer inside the target relevant to overcoming radioresistance factors (>100 keV/μm). …”
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Exploration of uncertainty of PRx time trends by Erta Beqiri, Michal M. Placek, Ka Hing Chu, Joseph Donnelly, Giada Cucciolini, Virginia Motroni, Claudia A. Smith, Marek Czosnyka, Peter Hutchinson, Peter Smielewski

“…Results: The time profile of variability of PRx decreases over the first 12h and was higher for average PRx ∼0. Increased variability of PRx was not linearly linked with average ABP, ICP, or CPP. …”
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Real-time and resource-efficient banana bunch detection and localization with YOLO-BRFB on edge devices by Shuo Wang, Shuo Wang, Shuo Wang, Lijiao Wei, Danran Zhang, Danran Zhang, Ling Chen, Ling Chen, Weihua Huang, Dongjie Du, Kangmin Lin, Zhenhui Zheng, Zhenhui Zheng, Zhenhui Zheng, Jieli Duan

“…Experimental results demonstrate that YOLO-BRFB achieves a precision of 0.957, recall of 0.922, mAP of 0.961, and F1-score of 0.939, surpassing YOLOv8 in both recall and mAP. The average positioning error of the system along the X-axis is 12.33 mm, the average positioning error along the Y-axis is 11.11 mm, and the average positioning error along the Z-axis is 16.33 mm. …”
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Impact of community-driven development programs on poverty reduction: evidence from Tanzania’s Social Action Fund (TASAF) in Babati District, Tanzania by Coretha Komba, Felician Andrew Kitole

“…Abstract Poverty remains a persistent challenge in developing countries, prompting targeted interventions such as the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF), which aims to enhance household welfare through Community-Driven Development (CDD) programs. …”
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Anthropometric and fitness predictors of operational preparedness among Malaysian firefighters: a clustering and multivariate logistic regression approach by Borhanudin Mohd Yusof Mohamed, Rabiu Muazu Musa, Mohamad Nizam Nazarudin, Anwar P. P. Abdul Majeed, Naresh Bhaskar Raj, Vijayamurugan Eswaramoorth

“…Discussion: These findings emphasise the operational relevance of targeted fitness parameters and provide a data-driven framework for optimising firefighter recruitment and training. …”
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Effect of Solvents and Stabilizer Molar Ratio on the Growth Orientation of Sol-Gel-Derived ZnO Thin Films by R. Bekkari, B. Jaber, H. Labrim, M. Ouafi, N. Zayyoun, L. Laânab

“…This work targets to control the growth orientation of sol-gel-derived ZnO thin films in order to allow different modes of excitation (longitudinal and transverse) when targeted to be used in piezoelectric applications. …”
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Spi-VSTL: Image data collection platform using off-the shelf hardware for vertically supported crops in state-of-the-art glasshouses by Namal Jayasuriya, Malith Weerasekara, Oula Ghannoum, Yi Guo, Wen Hu

“…The proposed motorised platform has been tested with 30 kg, and speed was measured as an average minimum of 0.06 ms−1 and an average maximum of 0.47 ms−1. …”
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Economic impact of patients with medical evacuation in remote islands: a case study in Matsu Islands by Ping-Hsuan Hsieh, Bo-Xiang Shi, Chung-Yu Lai, Chung-Yu Lai, Yin-Chung Chen, Chin Lin, Olivia Wu, Sy-Jou Chen, Shih-Hung Tsai, Shih-Hung Tsai, Shih-Hung Tsai, Shih-Hung Tsai

“…These results emphasize the need for targeted preventive measures and improved healthcare access to reduce both economic impact and health risks, providing a basis for further cost-effectiveness analysis of future interventions.…”
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A Moving Object Detection Method Based on Conditional Information and Feature Deepening by Hongrui Zhang, Luxia Yang

“…In the field of moving object detection methods relying on generative adversarial networks, there are problems such as uncontrollable generation results and incomplete extraction of target details. To solve these issues, this paper proposes a moving object detection model that integrates conditional information and feature deepening techniques. …”
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Variation in Arterial CO2 is a Stronger Determinant of Brain Tissue Oxygenation Than its Synchronous Value in Critically Ill Patients With Acute Brain Injury by Joanie Martineau, MD, MSc, Francis Bernard, MD, Alexandrine Gagnon, MD, Virginie Williams, PhD, Sabrina Araujo de Franca, BSN, David Williamson, BPharm, PhD, Yiorgos Alexandros Cavayas, MD, Msc

“…In critically ill patients with acute brain injury (ABI), maintaining intracranial pressure (ICP) and brain tissue oxygenation (PbtO2) within targets could prevent secondary neurologic injury. …”
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Psychological adaptation and quality of life of patients who underwent lower limb amputation due to cancer by O Yu Shchelkova, M V Iakovleva, E B Usmanova, E A Sushentsov, D I Sofronov

“…Patients who face a stressful situation related to cancer and loss of a limb have not been thoroughly studied form a psychological perspective, what limits the possibilities of targeted psychological assistance and social rehabilitation. …”
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The impact of the eye model choice on the results of dosage and anatomical location planning in proton therapy of intraocular neoplasms by I. N. Kancheli, Ya. P. Vladimirova

“…It is shown that individual density values for each structure should not be replaced by averaged values when calculating the radiological equivalent (water-equivalent) thickness, as the averaging in calculating dose distributions may lead to an underestimation of the dose absorbed in critical structures and to an incorrect matching of the target and the dose field // Russian Ophthalmological Journal, 2016; 3: 19-25. doi: 10.21516/2072-0076-2016-9-3-19-25.…”
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Protective role of self-assembled nanoparticle vaccine of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a mouse model of bronchiectasis with acute infection by WU Ziyu, WU Ziyu, ZHANG Yueyue, ZHANG Yiwen

“…At 14 and 21 d after modeling, ELISA and HE staining were performed respectively to detect the concentration of IL-6 and to observe pathological changes in lung tissue in order to confirm the modeling. ②A recombinant plasmid encoding the gene of fusion protein rePO-FN was constructed and expressed in E. coli. The target protein was purified via affinity chromatography and renatured to obtain the desired protein. …”
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Himatanthus bracteatus stem bark ethanolic extract obtained by sequential pressurized liquid extraction: Chromatographic characterization and profiling of cytotoxic, antitumoral an... by Rose N. Pereira-Filho, Wilson D. Gonçalves-Júnior, Agenor G. dos Santos-Neto, John L.S. Cunha, Oslei P. de Almeida, Luciana N. Andrade, Daniela Droppa-Almeida, Ricardo G. Amaral, Cláudio Dariva, Juliana C. Cardoso, Patricia Severino, Eliana B. Souto, Ricardo L.C. de Albuquerque-Júnior

“…Molecular docking was predicted using the caspase 3 molecular target with plumeride and isoplumeride ligands. Both compounds were also analyzed by PreADMET. …”
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Efficacy of baits and lures for weasel detection by Scott M. Bergeson, Roland Kays, David S. Jachowski, Courtney D. Anderson, Chad R. Williamson, Ashley Burket, Joseph W. Butfiloski, Amanda E. Cheeseman, Stacy R. Cotey, Catherine C. Dennison, John D. Erb, Zach J. Farris, Michael L. Fies, Michael J. Joyce, Colleen Olfenbuttel, Blake Sasse, Lisa M. Smith, Joshua A. Tabora, Marketa Zimova

“…Cameras baited with meat were 3.5 times more likely to detect both short‐ and long‐tailed weasels on average (mean percentage of cameras detecting weasels: 20–30%) than those with scent lures (3–11%). …”
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