95 Assessing genetic diversity of the Pfs25 vaccine candidate: Implications for malaria transmission-blocking vaccine in Africa by Alessandra Orfano, Awa Cisse, Zizhang Sheng, Yicheng Guo, Leeah Han, Laty G. Thiam, Khadidiatou Mangou, Adam J. Moore, Aboubacar Ba, Rebecca Li, Mariama N. Pouye, Fatoumata Diallo, Seynabou D. Sene, Elhadji Malick Ngom, Bacary D. Sadio, Alassane Mbengue, Christopher Membi, Thomas Bazié, Fabrice Anyirékun Somé, Natalie Olson, Saurabh Patel, Lawrence Shapiro, Sunil Parikh, Brian Foy, Michael Cappello, Zul Premji, Roch K. Dabiré, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo, Amy K. Bei

“…The SPNs were called with a minimum coverage of 500bp, and for this work, we used a very sensitive threshold of 1% variant frequency to determine the frequency of SNPs. …”
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Two-Dimensional DOA Estimation for Coprime Planar Arrays: From Array Structure Design to Dimensionality-Reduction Root MUSIC Algorithm by Yunhe Shi, Xiaofei Zhang, Shengxinlai Han

“…Extensive simulations demonstrate the advantages of the proposed array and algorithm, including higher DOFs, reduced complexity, and superior estimation performance compared to existing methods. …”
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A systematic review on current and future prospects of 5G communications by Mounika Tummala, Punith Bekal, Pramod Kumar, Shalini Puri, Sanyog Rawat, Anjali Kumari

“…Integration with legacy systems and ensuring data security adds to the complexity of deploying 5G networks. However, the future scope of 5G holds immense promise for driving Industry 4.0, global connectivity, and edge computing. …”
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Secure energy efficiency maximization for joint ITS and IRS assisted satellite downlink communications by Shaochuan Yang, Kaizhi Huang, Hehao Niu, Yi Wang, Ya Liu, Zheng Chu

“…The aim is to maximize the secure energy efficiency by jointly designing ITS beamforming, IRS phase shift, jammer precoding vector, and transmit power allocation. To develop a low‐complexity solution,first, an approximated concave lower bound of the non‐concave objective function is derived by utilizing Dinkelbach's method and a novel successive convex approximation technique. …”
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Legal Challenges of Marine Insurance Laws in the Use of Unmanned Ships by Mahsa Bahadoran- Baghbaderani, Masoud Shirani, Reza Soltani

“…Traditional insurance systems struggle to provide appropriate coverage due to the complexities introduced by autonomous technology. …”
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“The needle is already ready to go”: communities’ and health care professionals’ perceptions of routine vaccination in Nunavik, Canada by Eve Dubé, Marie-Pierre Renaud, Marie-Claude Lyonnais, Catherine Pelletier, Christopher Fletcher

“…Improving vaccination coverage in Nunavik requires a more global reflection on how to improve and culturally adapt the health care and services offered to the Inuit population.…”
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ACOFuzz: An ant colony algorithm-based fuzzer for smart contracts by Peixuan Feng, Wenrui Cao, Siqi Lu, Yongjuan Wang, Haoyuan Xue, Runnan Yang

“…As smart contracts grow in complexity, vulnerabilities lurking within deeper layers of code become more prevalent. …”
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A new era in gammaherpesvirus transcriptomics: high-resolution profiling and model development by Kiran Fida, Brent A. Stanfield

“…Here, we discuss the advances in the study as well as how some limitations remain regarding read coverage biases, sequencing errors, and the uncharacterized functions of non-coding RNAs and emphasize the need for validation and functional assays. …”
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Effectiveness of bed nets and media awareness in dengue control: A fuzzy analysis by Shobha Islam, Md. Shahidul Islam, Md. Kamrujjaman

“…It is found that using bed nets is a more effective strategy for dengue control than media coverage regarding vaccination.…”
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Can large language models meet the challenge of generating school-level questions? by Subhankar Maity, Aniket Deroy, Sudeshna Sarkar

“…We performed a human evaluation of the generated questions, assessing their coverage, grammaticality, usefulness, answerability, and relevance. …”
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The Age of Deep Mediatisation and Slovenian Literature by Tina Kozin

“… The evaluation of a literary work is a continuous, multifaceted process, which takes place through a wide range of diverse individual actions and social and institutional activities. The complexity of this process has deepened with the transition to the information society, and many forms of evaluation have been transferred from the material to the digital realm. …”
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Application of Deep Learning on Global Spaceborne Radar and Multispectral Imagery for the Estimation of Urban Surface Height Distribution by Vivaldi Rinaldi, Masoud Ghandehari

“…These findings highlight the need for refinement in preprocessing techniques as well as advanced training approaches and model architecture that can better handle the complexities of urban landscapes encoded in satellite imagery.…”
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A study of dominant factors in the coupled coordination of population–ecology–energy–digital economy in China based on random forest algorithm by Qikang Zhong, Jiawei Zhu, Zhe Li

“…SHAP analysis reveals nonlinear effects of all drivers, highlighting the complexity of subsystem interactions. The findings provide policy-relevant insights for promoting balanced and sustainable development. …”
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Optimal location selection for digital television signal booster towers in poorly covered areas: application of the EDIS multi-criteria decision-making method by Mehdi Soltanifar

“…Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to address the significant challenge of optimizing the placement of digital television signal booster towers to ensure quality coverage and equitable access to high-quality media services in today’s digital landscape. …”
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A Benchmark Arabic Dataset for Arabic Question Classification using AAFAQ Framework by Mariam Essam Abdelaziz, Mohanad A. Deif, Shabbab Ali Algamdi, Rania Elgohary

“…Abstract Arabic Natural Language Processing (NLP) is still faced with the complexity of the language’s morphology and the limited availability of quality annotated resources. …”
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A Robust Tracking Method for Aerial Extended Targets with Space-Based Wideband Radar by Linlin Fang, Yuxin Hu, Lihua Zhong, Lijia Huang

“…Space-based radar systems offer significant advantages for air surveillance, including wide-area coverage and extended early-warning capabilities. The integrated design of detection and imaging in space-based wideband radar further enhances its accuracy. …”
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Short-Term Wind Power Interval Forecasting Based on an EEMD-RT-RVM Model by Haixiang Zang, Lei Fan, Mian Guo, Zhinong Wei, Guoqiang Sun, Li Zhang

“…First, in order to reduce the complexity of data, the original wind power sequence is decomposed into a plurality of intrinsic mode function (IMF) components and residual (RES) component by using EEMD. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Automatic Summarization of Chinese Maritime Judgment Documents by Lin Zhang, Yanan Li, Hongyu Zhang

“…First, we construct a specialized maritime judgment lexicon to enhance the accuracy of legal term identification, specifically targeting the complexity of maritime terminology. Second, for long-text processing, we design an extractive summarization model that integrates the RoBERTa-wwm-ext pre-trained model with dilated convolutional networks and residual mechanisms. …”
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Adaptive Filtering for Channel Estimation in RIS-Assisted mmWave Systems by Shuying Shao, Tiejun Lv, Pingmu Huang

“…This integration enhances data transmission rates and broadens coverage areas, but challenges in channel estimation (CE) remain due to the limitations of the signal processing capabilities of RIS. …”
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Analytical validation of Aspyre Clinical Test for Lung (Blood): A multiplexed PCR and pyrophosphorolysis-based assay for detecting actionable NSCLC variants in plasma cfDNA and cfR... by Ryan Thomas Evans, Katherine Elizabeth Knudsen, Elizabeth Gillon-Zhang, Julia Natalie Brown, Candace King, Mary Beth Rossi, Cory Kiser, James Alexander Schaffernoth, Amanda Shull Green, Ana-Luisa Silva, Kristine von Bargen, Justyna Malgorzata Mordaka, Rebecca Natalie Palmer, Alessandro Tomassini, Alejandra Collazos, Simonetta Andreazza, Iyelola Turner, Chau Ha Ho, Dilyara Nugent, Jinsy Jose, Christina Xyrafaki, Prarthna Barot, Magdalena Stolarek-Januszkiewicz, Sam Abujudeh, Eleanor Ruth Gray, Jeffrey Gregg, Wendy Jo Levin, Barnaby William Balmforth, Kelly Pitts, Shari Brown

“…NGS-based methods require high sample quality, high sequencing depth and associated cost, with complex workflows, while PCR assays are limited in variant coverage. …”
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