Exploring the extraction capabilities of natural cyclodextrin-nanosponges: The improvement moving from α- to γ-cyclodextrin-based polymers by Nina Felli, Davide Filardi, Riccardo Sergi, Luisa Maria Migneco, Massimo Giuseppe De Cesaris, Lorenzo Antonelli, Iolanda Francolini, Alessandra Gentili

“…Cyclodextrins (CD) are cyclic oligosaccharides known for their capability to form inclusion complexes with molecules of appropriate size. CDs can also be used as polyfunctional monomers in polymerization reactions to prepare specialised sorbents with characteristics of biodegradability. …”
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Enhancing Maritime Navigation: A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Signal Quality Monitoring System for the North-Western Black Sea by Petrica Popov, Maria Emanuela Mihailov, Lucian Dutu, Dumitru Andrescu

“…This paper presents the implementation of a complex system for monitoring the quality of signals within the GNSS spectrum at the Maritime Hydrographic Directorate (MHD). …”
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Calibration-free picosecond LIPS for quantifying heavy metals in soils near Egyptian industrial sites by Mohamed El-Saeed, Walid Tawfik, Ahmed A. I. Khalil, Manal Mubarak, Mohamed Fikry

“…Abstract Excessive fertilizer and chemical usage have led to soil contamination by toxic heavy metals near the Abu-Zaabal industrial complex in Egypt. We introduce a groundbreaking calibration-free methodology using ultrafast Picosecond Laser-Induced Plasma Spectroscopy (CF-Ps-LIPS) for quantifying contaminant elements (Cd, Zn, Fe, Ni) in soils near Egypt’s Abu-Zaabal industrial complex. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemic as an Indicator of «Blank Spots» in Epidemiology and Infectious Pathology by M. V. Supotnitskiy

“…High transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 is possible because: the binding energy of S1 protein of the virus with its receptor ACE2 is higher than that of viruses of closely related species; the virus penetrates into the endosomes of the cells more efficiently; because of the work of the replication-transcription complex, which counteracts the innate protective response of cells. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of detailed anomaly ultrasound screening in the first trimester: a mixed-methods study by Jehan N Karim, Helen Campbell, Pranav Pandya, Edward C F Wilson, Zarko Alfirevic, Trish Chudleigh, Elizabeth Duff, Jane Fisher, Hilary Goodman, Lisa Hinton, Christos Ioannou, Edmund Juszczak, Louise Linsell, Heather L Longworth, Kypros H Nicolaides, Anne Rhodes, Gordon Smith, Basky Thilaganathan, Jim Thornton, Gillian Yaz, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Aris T Papageorghiou

“…Different types of cardiac anomalies were not equally amenable to detection, though first-trimester detection rates exceeded 70% for the following anomalies: complex cardiac defects, left and right hypoplastic syndromes, arterio-ventricular septal defects, tricuspid atresia, truncus arteriosus and heterotaxy syndromes. …”
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DynaFusion-SLAM: Multi-Sensor Fusion and Dynamic Optimization of Autonomous Navigation Algorithms for Pasture-Pushing Robot by Zhiwei Liu, Jiandong Fang, Yudong Zhao

“…Through laser-vision inertial guidance multi-sensor data fusion, the system achieves high-precision mapping and robust path planning in complex scenes. First, comparing the mainstream laser SLAM algorithms (Hector/Gmapping/Cartographer) through simulation experiments, Cartographer is found to have a significant memory efficiency advantage in large-scale scenarios and is thus chosen as the front-end odometer. …”
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Challenges and opportunities to integrate artificial intelligence in radiation oncology: a narrative review by Chiyoung Jeong, YoungMoon Goh, Jungwon Kwak

“…Through the analysis of large datasets to identify optimal treatment parameters, AI can automate complex tasks, reduce planning time, and improve accuracy. …”
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Faster, more accurate? A feasibility study on replacing human judges with artificial intelligence in video review for the Paris Olympics Taekwondo competition by Yuncheng Zhang, Ruojie Qu, Olivier Girard

“…Additionally, the AI system reduced average review time by approximately 81% by automatically identifying critical frames.DiscussionWhile AI significantly improved efficiency and showed high consistency with expert judgments, human oversight remains crucial for ambiguous or complex cases. …”
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Nuevos modelos para la Caracterización, Detección y Diagnóstico de Fallas en Máquinas Eléctricas Rotativas by Jair Elías Araujo Vargas, Dilan Yesid Franklin Coronel, Victor Manuel Arias Ruiz

“…Physical methods and vibration analysis are currently used to detect problems, although these approaches present limitations in both accuracy and efficiency due to the subjectivity of each case and the loss of information in each case. …”
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A Review: The Application of Path Optimization Algorithms in Building Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Pipe Design by Ruijun Deng, Xiaoliang Li, Yuhua Tian

“…This review systematically integrates recent advancements in path optimization algorithms for the automated layout of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems within complex building environments. A hybrid optimization framework is introduced, combining the global search capability of Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) with the local refinement efficiency of the A* algorithm, enhanced by dynamic weight adjustment and context-aware mechanisms. …”
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Aircraft Measurements of Physicochemical Evolution of Atmospheric Aerosols in Air Pollution Plumes over a Megacity and Suburban Areas by Taehyun Park, Yongjoo Choi, Jinsoo Choi, Junyoung Ahn, Jinsoo Park, Yonghwan Lee, Jihee Ban, Gyutae Park, Seokwon Kang, Kyunghoon Kim, Beom-Keun Seo, Jongho Kim, Soobog Park, Hyunjae Kim, HaEun Jeon, Taehyoung Lee

“…This study highlights the necessity of understanding the complex vertical structures of particle layers, such as those identified in and around the SMA, in order to facilitate the adoption of efficient air quality control strategies and enhance air quality forecasting.…”
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Overview of Oncology: Drug-Induced Cardiac Toxicity by Nilima Rajpal Kundnani, Vincenzo Passini, Iulia Stefania Carlogea, Patrick Dumitrescu, Vlad Meche, Roxana Buzas, Daniel Marius Duda-Seiman

“…Conventional biomarkers alone can only indicate some degree of damage that has already occurred and, therefore, early detection is key. Novel methods like genetic profiling are being developed to detect individuals at risk, prior to the onset of clinical symptoms. …”
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Low-dimensional multiscale fast SAR image registration method by Jiamu Li, Wenbo Yu, Zijian Wang, Jiaxin Xie, Xiaojie Zhou, Yabo Liu, Zhongjun Yu, Meng Li, Yi Wang

“…Many existing SAR image registration methods major in describing detected features in a unique, identifiable, but maybe complex way. …”
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Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its Drug Resistance by Targeted Nanopore Sequencing Technology by Chen Tang, Feng Xu, Xiaoqun Zheng, Guangxin Xiang

“…The main causative agents of TB are known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), which exhibits a highly complex drug resistance profile. Traditional culture-based phenotypic drug susceptibility testing is time-consuming, and PCR-based assays are restricted to detecting known mutational hotspots. …”
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Reveal genomic insights into cotton domestication and improvement using gene level functional haplotype-based GWAS by Guoan Qi, Yiqian Li, Wanying Zhang, Zegang Han, Jinwen Chen, Ziqian Zhang, Lisha Xuan, Rui Chen, Lei Fang, Yan Hu, Tianzhen Zhang

“…Abstract Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are widely used to detect associations between genetic variants and phenotypes. …”
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Adaptively evolved human oral actinomyces‐sourced defensins show therapeutic potential by Shunyi Zhu, Bin Gao, Yoshitaka Umetsu, Steve Peigneur, Ping Li, Shinya Ohki, Jan Tytgat

“…Signatures of natural selection were detected in defensins from the actinomyces colonized in human oral cavity and ruminant rumen and dental plaque, highlighting their role in adaptation to complex multispecies bacterial communities. …”
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Beyond the nuclear border: single-cell analysis of in situ sequenced human brain tissue using cellular features by Janssen M. Kotah, Thomas Rust, Hilmar R. J. van Weering, Janneke Bosma, Amber L. Woudstra, Susanne M. Kooistra, Bart J. L. Eggen

“…A key challenge in ISS data analysis is optimizing transcript allocation while minimizing misallocation, particularly in the morphologically complex central nervous system (CNS). We compared geospatial methods using nuclear and expanded nuclear boundaries for segmentation and transcript allocation. …”
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Bone scintigraphy based on deep learning model and modified growth optimizer by Omnia Magdy, Mohamed Abd Elaziz, Abdelghani Dahou, Ahmed A. Ewees, Ahmed Elgarayhi, Mohammed Sallah

“…To address the aforementioned issues, this work proposed a machine-learning technique that uses phases to detect Bone scintigraphy. The first phase in the proposed model is the feature extraction and it was conducted based on integrating the Mobile Vision Transformer (MobileViT) model in our framework to capture highly complex representations from raw medical imagery using two primary components including ViT and lightweight CNN featuring a limited number of parameters. …”
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Parcel Segmentation Method Combined YOLOV5s and Segment Anything Model Using Remote Sensing Image by Xiaoqin Wu, Dacheng Wang, Caihong Ma, Yi Zeng, Yongze Lv, Xianmiao Huang, Jiandong Wang

“…The improved YOLOv5s module integrates Efficient Channel Attention (ECA) and BiFPN to boost feature extraction and small-object recognition, while Soft-NMS is used to reduce missed detections. …”
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Analyzing customer churn behavior using datamining approach: hybrid support vector machine and logistic regression in retail chain by Mohammad Barzegar, Aliakbar Hasani

“…Customer churn is one of the challenges of business management in today's complex competitive environment. For this purpose, the organization must have an efficient system to detect and analyze the factors influencing customer churn. …”
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