Toxic trajectories: Modeling heavy metal-laden phosphate dust dispersion and multi-receptor health risks near Kpémé’s industrial zone by Daouda Sama, Pamane Kpiagou, M’bènibé Gmakouba, Lipoublida Djagre, Agbessi Gerard Gnagamago, Laounwi Lakmon, Aboudoulatif Diallo, Kissao Gnandi

“…., Cd, Hg) or contextualize exposure risks for vulnerable receptors, leaving critical data gaps in meteorology and region-specific standards. …”
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Safe AI for coral reefs: Benchmarking out-of-distribution detection algorithms for coral reef image surveys by Mathew Wyatt, Sharyn Hickey, Ben Radford, Manuel Gonzalez-Rivero, Nader Boutros, Nikolaus Callow, Nicole Ryan, Arjun Chennu, Mohammed Bennamoun, James Gilmour

“…We show with a comparative analysis that the performance of OOD detection algorithms is variable, and highly dependent on in-distribution and out-of-distribution data composition. …”
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Autoimmune manifestations in children with inborn errors of immunity in Morocco: A study from the national registry by Ahamada Elamine, Ibtihal Benhsaien, Fatima Ailal, Abderrahmane Errami, Zakaria Kasmi, Zahra Aadam, Asmaa Drissi Bourhanbour, Ahmed Aziz Bousfiha, Jalila El Bakkouri

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Utilizing Vision Transformers for Predicting Early Response of Brain Metastasis to Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Stage Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Treatment by Simona Ruxandra Volovăț, Diana-Ioana Boboc, Mădălina-Raluca Ostafe, Călin Gheorghe Buzea, Maricel Agop, Lăcrămioara Ochiuz, Dragoș Ioan Rusu, Decebal Vasincu, Monica Iuliana Ungureanu, Cristian Constantin Volovăț

“…The use of the attention mechanism in the vision transformers allowed the model to focus on relevant features in the magnetic resonance imaging images, ensuring an unbiased performance even with the imbalanced data. Confusion matrix analysis further confirmed the model’s reliability, with minimal misclassifications. …”
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Bioinformatics and immunoinformatics assisted multiepitope vaccine construct against Burkholderia anthina by Maha A. Alshiekheid, Ali M. Dou, Mohammad Algahtani, Wafa Abdullah I. Al-Megrin, Yaseer Ali Alhawday, Arwa Essa Alradhi, Khulud Bukhari, Basmah F. Alharbi, Ahmed N. Algefary, Basmah Awwadh Alhunayhani, Khaled S. Allemailem

“…The vaccine construct was designed by joining selected epitopes with the help of a GPGPG linker and additionally linked with cholera toxin b subunit adjuvant to increase the efficacy of the vaccine construct the sequence of the said adjuvant were retrieved from protein data bank through its (PDB ID: 5ELD). The designed vaccine construct was evaluated for its physiochemical properties analysis in which we reported that the vaccine construct comprises 216 amino acids with a molecular weight of 22.37499 kilo Dalton, 15.55 instability index (II) is computed, and this classifies that the vaccine construct is properly stable. …”
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Promoting ‘testicular awareness’: Co‐design of an inclusive campaign using the World Café Methodology by Mohamad M. Saab, Varsha N. Shetty, Megan McCarthy, Martin P. Davoren, Angela Flynn, Ann Kirby, Steve Robertson, Gillian W. Shorter, David Murphy, Michael J. Rovito, Frances Shiely, Josephine Hegarty

“…Six themes emerged from the analysis as follows: (i) online communication; (ii) offline communication; (iii) behavioural targeting and education; (iv) campaign frequency and reach; (v) demographic segmentation; and (vi) campaign identity. …”
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Impacts on Malaysian Fisheries Sectors: Lesson Learned from the Movement Control Order (MCO) by Ameer Farhan Mohd Arzaman, Hayatul Safrah Salleh, Abdul Mutalib Embong, Kais Amir Kadhim, Norzamziah Afzainizam, Loi Hoang Huy Phuoc Pham, Nurul Ashikin Abdul-Kadir, Nur Yuhanis Mohd Nasir

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Emission Characteristics of Concrete Mixer Trucks Under Real-world Operating Conditions by Xinbo SHI, Yao CHEN, Jin LI, Peixuan LI, Zihang ZHOU, Bin WANG, Xue CHEN

“…An analysis of the activity levels and operating conditions of the concrete mixer trucks was performed based on the test data, and the emission characteristics of CO₂, CO, and NO<italic>_x</italic> under different operating conditions and task periods were examined separately.Results and Discussions The research results indicated that: 1) The three selected concrete mixer trucks exhibited noticeable variations in emission factors for CO₂, CO, and NO<italic>_x</italic> under different typical driving conditions. …”
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Abstract 006: Glenzocimab Is Associated With Less Haemorrhagic Transformation Using Artificial Intelligence Imaging In Mechanical Thrombectomy Patients by Andrea Comenducci, Adeline Meilhoc, Yannick Pletan, Sophie Binay, Gilles Avenard, Davide Carone, Alistair Perry, Rafael Namias, Olivier Joly, George Harston, Mikael Mazighi

“…Primary analysis demonstrated a significant reduction in intracranial hemorrhage occurrence stroke‐related mortality and a trend towards reduction in severe disability. …”
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Evaluating the Alimentary and Respiratory Tracts in Health and disease (EARTH) research programme: a protocol for prospective, longitudinal, controlled, observational studies in ch... by Sacha Stelzer-Braid, Michael Doumit, Michael J Coffey, Isabelle R McKay, Sandra Chuang, Susan Adams, Shafagh A Waters, Nadine A Kasparian, Torsten Thomas, Tamarah Katz, Chee Y Ooi

“…The following will be collected at baseline, 6 and 12 months: (i) stool, (ii) oropharyngeal swab/sputum, (iii) semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, (iv) details of disease symptomatology, (v) health-related quality of life and (vi) psychosocial factors. Data on the intestinal and respiratory microbiomes and diet will be compared between children with a condition and HC. …”
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Pomalidomide in relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma: multicenter retrospective study by V. G. Potapenko, E. V. Baumert, A. A. Bobrova, R. V. Vashchenkov, N. V. Dorofeeva, K. D. Kaplanov, E. V. Karyagina, A. N. Levanov, A. S. Luchinin, S. I. Moiseev, A. V. Novitskii, A. S. Nizamutdinova, О. V. Pirogova, S. A. Povzun, М. V. Platonov, V. V. Porunova, D. А. Ptashnikov, V. V. Ryabchikova, S. Ya. Simeniv, I. А. Skorokhod, Е. А. Ukrainchenko, D. А. Chaginskaya, T. V. Shelekhova, M. N. Shirokova, A. A. Shutylev, N. V. Medvedeva

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Molecular landscape of atherosclerotic plaque progression: insights from proteomics, single-cell transcriptomics and genomics by Chaonan Wang, Yuyao Feng, Xiaoyan Liu, Haidan Sun, Zhengguang Guo, Jiang Shao, Kang Li, Junye Chen, Keqiang Shu, Deqiang Kong, Jiaxian Wang, Yiran Li, Xiangling Lei, Chen Li, Bao Liu, Wei Sun, Zhichao Lai

“…These findings were further corroborated by single-cell RNA sequencing, revealing cell-specific expression patterns that align with the observed proteomic data. Additionally, MR analysis indicated the causal role of IL6R, CD44, and SMAD3 in ischemic stroke. …”
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Results of a clinical study of Traumeel® S and Zeel® T in patients with knee osteoarthritis and concomitant cardiovascular disease by L. I. Alekseeva, V. I. Mazurov, E. V. Zonova, O. B. Ershova, O. V. Reshetko

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Influence of matrix nature on the functional efficacy of biomedical cell product for the regeneration of damaged liver (experimental model of acute liver failure) by S. V. Gautier, M. Yu. Shagidulin, N. A. Onishchenko, I. M. Iljinsky, V. I. Sevastianov

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Prevalence of psychiatric disorders during pregnancy—a feasibility study at second trimester ultrasound in the general population (GROUP study): study protocol by Nicolas Molinari, Philippe Deruelle, Lucie Knabe, Camille Tanaka, Sarah Tebeka, Samantha Neilson, Clothilde Cauvin, Nicolas Mercier, Daphné Cayron, Morane Savelli, Florent Fuchs, Joana Pissarra, Raoul Belzeaux

“…The study has received ethical approval from the French National Committee (‘Comité de Protection des Personnes Ouest VI’) (approval number: 23.03919.000236). Results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journal publications and at scientific conferences and meetings.Trial registration number NCT06297252.…”
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Donor Perceptions and Preferences of Telemedicine and In-Person Visits for Living Kidney Donor Evaluation by Ellie Kim, Hannah C. Sung, Katya Kaplow, Victoria Bendersky, Carolyn Sidoti, Abimereki D. Muzaale, Jasmine Akhtar, Macey Levan, Suad Esayed, Amir Khan, Christina Mejia, Fawaz Al Ammary

“…Transcripts were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Results: Eight themes were identified as follows: (i) reducing financial and logistical burdens (minimizing travel time and travel-related expenses), (ii) enhancing flexibility with scheduling (less time off work and child or family caregiver arrangements), (iii) importance of a walkthrough and establishing shared understanding, (iv) supporting information with technology and visual aids, (v) key role of the coordinator, (vi) preferred visit by provider role (meeting donor surgeon in-person to create rapport and engaging primary care provider in donor evaluation/follow-up), (vii) comparing modality differences in human connection, and (viii) opportunity for family and support network engagement (allowing loved ones to be involved in telemedicine visits irrespective of geographic locations and pandemic restrictions). …”
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Towards contextualized complex systems approaches to scaling-up hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination in the African region: a qualitative systematic review by Tasneem Solomon-Rakiep, Tasneem Solomon-Rakiep, Jill Olivier, Edina Amponsah-Dacosta

“…No language restrictions were applied. Data extraction, synthesis and analysis were guided by a systems-based logic model tailored to systematic reviews of complex interventions.ResultsOur search yielded 672 published records. …”
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Biochemical Processes of Chlorella vulgaris and Their Impact on Chlorophyll Quality and Antioxidant Properties by Dian Iriani, Feliatra, Bustari Hasan, Rahman Karnila, Nittaya Chaiyanate, Rozi

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Multispectral UAV-Based Disease Identification Using Vegetation Indices for Maize Hybrids by László Radócz, Csaba Juhász, András Tamás, Árpád Illés, Péter Ragán, László Radócz

“…The orthomosaics were created in WebODM 2.5.2 software and the study included five vegetation indices (NDVI [Normalized Difference Vegetation Index], GNDVI [Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index], NDRE [Normalized Difference Red Edge], LCI [Leaf Chlorophyll Index] and ENDVI [Enhanced Normalized Difference Vegetation Index]) with further analysis in QGIS. The gathered data were analyzed using R-based Jamovi 2.6.13 software with different statistical methods. …”
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Co-creating a person-centered creative engagement intervention for Parkinson's care by Blanca T. M. Spee, Blanca T. M. Spee, Blanca T. M. Spee, Thieme B. Stap, Thieme B. Stap, Marjoke Plijnaer, Gert Pasman, Sara Zeggio, Annelien Duits, Annelien Duits, Julia S. Crone, Suzanne Haeyen, Suzanne Haeyen, Matthew Pelowski, Matthew Pelowski, Bastiaan R. Bloem, Jan-Jurjen Koksma

“…Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.ResultsThe co-creation process resulted in a 10-week creative engagement intervention delivered in a “creative playground” setting. …”
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