Patient perspectives on the role of nurses in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis care (PrEP-RN). by Lauren Orser, Patrick O'Byrne, Dave Holmes

“…The first theme discussed patients' positive attitudes toward nurses, in terms of the knowledge nurses possessed and the kind and efficient services they. The accommodating nature of nurses, however, led patients to become dependent on their care, which was the focus of the second theme. …”
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Pear Fruit Detection Model in Natural Environment Based on Lightweight Transformer Architecture by Zheng Huang, Xiuhua Zhang, Hongsen Wang, Huajie Wei, Yi Zhang, Guihong Zhou

“…Secondly, HiLo, an improved and efficient attention mechanism with high and low-frequency information extraction, was used to make the model lightweight and improve the feature extraction ability of Xinli No. 7 in complex environments. …”
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Long-term adaptation following influenza A virus host shifts results in increased within-host viral fitness due to higher replication rates, broader dissemination within the respir... by Julien A R Amat, Veronica Patton, Caroline Chauché, Daniel Goldfarb, Joanna Crispell, Quan Gu, Alice M Coburn, Gaelle Gonzalez, Daniel Mair, Lily Tong, Luis Martinez-Sobrido, John F Marshall, Francesco Marchesi, Pablo R Murcia

“…In addition, viral fitness -the ability of an organism to reproduce and survive- is multifactorial and thus difficult to quantify. …”
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Solving the Black–Scholes European options model using the reduced differential transform method with powered modified log-payoff function by S.E. Fadugba, A.M. Udoye, S.C. Zelibe, S.O. Edeki, C. Achudume, A.A. Adeyanju, O. Makinde, P.A. Bankole, M.C. Kekana

“…A significant contribution of this work is the ability to swiftly obtain explicit solutions with reduced computational time compared to traditional methods. …”
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A Review of the Arrival, Effects, and Management of <i>Bagrada hilaris</i> in South America: The Case of Chile by Marta V. Albornoz, Camila C. Santander, Armando Alfaro-Tapia

“…Biological invasions are partly defined by their ability to spread rapidly within invaded regions, posing threats to biodiversity and local species assemblages. …”
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MDEU-Net: Medical Image Segmentation Network Based on Multi-Head Multi-Scale Cross-Axis by Shengxian Yan, Yuyang Lei, Jing Zhang, Xiao Gao, Xiang Li, Penghui Wang, Hui Cao

“…Additionally, a gated attention mechanism facilitates efficient feature fusion by selectively emphasizing key features rather than relying on simple concatenation and improves the model’s ability to capture critical details at multiple scales. …”
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Robust Predictive Current Control Using Luenberger Observer Applied to an Induction Motor for Agricultural Electrical Traction by Gabriel Caramori, Igor Oliani, Angelo S. Lunardi, Alfeu J. Sguarezi Filho

“…In agricultural electrical traction systems, they are crucial for providing reliable, efficient, and high-torque performance. Their ability to deliver consistent power at varying speeds and loads makes them ideal for such applications, where robust and low-maintenance solutions are essential for operational efficiency. …”
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Toward Sustainable Agriculture: DPA-UNet for Semantic Segmentation of Landscapes Using Remote Sensing Imagery by J. Kavipriya, G. Vadivu

“…While keeping a lower computational load, the proposed model efficiently lowers segmentation mistakes in heterogeneous agricultural areas. …”
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Robust self management classification via sparse representation based discriminative model for mild cognitive impairment associated with diabetes mellitus by Yun-xian Wang, Rong Lin, Hao Liang, Yuan-jiao Yan, Ji-xing Liang, Ming-feng Chen, Hong Li

“…A Sparse-representation-based Discriminative Classification model (SDC) is proposed in this paper to correctly classify MCI-DM patients based on their self-management ability. Specifically, an L1-minimization sparse representation model, an efficient machine learning model, is used to obtain the sparse histogram that encodes the identity of the test sample. …”
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Research on High-Resolution Modeling of Satellite-Derived Marine Environmental Parameters Based on Adaptive Global Attention by Ruochu Cui, Liwen Ma, Yaning Hu, Jiaji Wu, Haiying Li

“…These experiments demonstrate the model’s effectiveness in enhancing the spatial resolution of satellite-derived marine environmental parameters and its ability to be applied to any marine region, providing data support for many subsequent oceanic studies.…”
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Time-of-Flight Camera Intensity Image Reconstruction Based on an Untrained Convolutional Neural Network by Tian-Long Wang, Lin Ao, Na Han, Fu Zheng, Yan-Qiu Wang, Zhi-Bin Sun

“…With the continuous development of science and technology, laser ranging technology will become more efficient, convenient, and widespread, and it has been widely used in the fields of medicine, engineering, video games, and three-dimensional imaging. …”
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Multi-Time-Scale Layered Energy Management Strategy for Integrated Production, Storage, and Supply Hydrogen Refueling Stations Based on Flexible Hydrogen Load Characteristics of Po... by Zhuoyu Jiang, Rujie Liu, Weiwei Guan, Lei Xiong, Changli Shi, Jingyuan Yin

“…Aiming at resolving the problem of stable and efficient operation of integrated green hydrogen production, storage, and supply hydrogen refueling stations at different time scales, this paper proposes a multi-time-scale hierarchical energy management strategy for integrated green hydrogen production, storage, and supply hydrogen refueling station (HFS). …”
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Development of automatic insect-tracking robot system for measuring local activity changes in free walking by Ryoko Sekiwa, Tatsuya Ibuki, Shunsuke Shigaki

“…The adaptability of organisms is defined by their ability to select appropriate behaviors based on sensory inputs in response to environmental changes, a capacity that insects exhibit through efficient adaptive behaviors despite their limited nervous systems. …”
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Multi-stream feature fusion of vision transformer and CNN for precise epileptic seizure detection from EEG signals by Qi Li, Wei Cao, Anyuan Zhang

“…It fuses different feature representations through the MSFF strategy to enhance its discriminative ability, and finally completes the classification task through the average pooling layer and the fully connected layer. …”
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Dense dynamic convolutional network for Bel canto vocal technique assessment by Zhenyi Hou, Xu Zhao, Shanggerile Jiang, Daijun Luo, Xinyu Sheng, Kaili Geng, Kejie Ye, Jiajing Xia, Yitao Zhang, Chenxi Ban, Jiaxing Chen, Yan Zou, Yuchao Feng, Xin Yuan, Guangyu Fan

“…Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), renowned for their robust ability to capture spatial hierarchical information, have been widely adopted in various tasks, including audio pattern recognition. …”
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Ultrasound-assisted enzymatic extraction of polysaccharides from corn bran and determination of their antioxidant activity by MA Li-yuan, HUANG Xue-ying, SHANG Er-kun, GUO Li, ZHANG Ya-na

“…<b>Conclusion:</b> Ultrasound-assisted enzymatic method could extract more polysaccharides than single enzymatic method, and the extract could maintain efficient antioxidant capacity.…”
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Optimizing Virtual Power Plants with Parallel Simulated Annealing on High-Performance Computing by Ali Abbasi, Filipe Alves, Rui A. Ribeiro, João L. Sobral, Ricardo Rodrigues

“…Rigorous simulations highlight the method’s ability to reduce optimization time, maintain solution quality, and scale efficiently, facilitating real-time decision making in energy markets. …”
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<p><strong>Reciprocal intraguild predation between <em>Neoseiulus barkeri</em> and <em>Amblyseius swirskii </em>(Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae); does experience affect anti-intraguild... by Mehdi Bohloolzadeh, Azadeh Zahedi Golpayegani, Alireza Saboori, Hosein Allahyari

“…Second, in choice situations between a patch with only shared prey and a patch with shared prey plus IGP risk cues, we scrutinized patch choice, oviposition site selection and ability to counterattack by females of each species that had either experienced the IGP risk or not. …”
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Exploiting Artificial Neural Networks for the State of Charge Estimation in EV/HV Battery Systems: A Review by Pierpaolo Dini, Davide Paolini

“…Addressing these risks requires advanced diagnostic and management strategies, and machine learning presents a powerful solution due to its ability to adapt across multiple facets of battery management. …”
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Magnesium alleviates aluminum toxicity in wheat and maize seedlings by Vanderson Modolon Duart, Eduardo Fávero Caires, Érica Cristina de Oliveira, Rodrigo Rodrigues Matiello

“…Aluminum (Al) toxicity inhibits root growth, affecting the ability of plants to absorb water and nutrients. Although magnesium (Mg) can decrease Al phytotoxicity, its effect on plant root growth in minimal solution containing calcium (Ca) and Al is not yet known. …”
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