Spectrum of Ixodidae Ticks Attacking Humans in Novosibirsk Province, Russian Siberia, and Their Association with Tick-Borne Bacterial Agents by Vera Rar, Galina Chicherina, Yana Igolkina, Valeria Fedorets, Tamara Epikhina, Nina Tikunova

“…In this study, we determined tick species attacking people in the vicinity of Novosibirsk and the range of bacterial agents they were infected with. …”
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Tackling the Optimal Phasor Measurement Unit Placement and Attack Detection Problems in Smart Grids by Incorporating Machine Learning by Ramzi Al-Sharawi, Abdelfatah Ali, Mostafa Shaaban, Nasser Qaddoumi, Mohamed S. Abdalzaher

“…Existing research primarily addresses cybersecurity by focusing on the optimal placement of phasor measurement units (PMUs) to ensure topological observability and minimize system costs, followed by developing AI-based attack detection algorithms. However, these studies fail to simultaneously consider system cost, loss in system observability, and false data injection attack (FDIA) detection performance. …”
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Combining Sentinel-2 Data and Risk Maps to Detect Trees Predisposed to and Attacked by European Spruce Bark Beetle by Per-Ola Olsson, Pengxiang Zhao, Mitro Müller, Ali Mansourian, Jonas Ardö

“…The results show that detection accuracy was high already before the trees were attacked in May 2018, indicating that the Sentinel-2 data detect predisposed trees and that the early signs of attack are low for trees at high risk of being attacked. …”
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Combined Use of Spectral and Structural Features for Improved Early Detection of Pine Shoot Beetle Attacks in Yunnan Pines by Yujie Liu, Youqing Luo, Run Yu, Lili Ren, Qi Jiang, Shaoshun He, Xinqiang Chen, Guangzhao Yang

“…The results are as follows: (1) Point cloud segmentation using the Canopy Height Model (CHM) yielded the highest crown segmentation accuracy (F-score: 87.80%). (2) Near-infrared reflectance exhibited the greatest decrease for early-attacked crowns, while the structural variable intensity percentile (int_P50-int_P95) showed significant differences (<i>p</i> < 0.05). (3) In the RF model, spectral variables were predominant, with LiDAR structural variables serving as a supplement. …”
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Serum Vitamin D and B12 Levels in School-aged Children and Adolescents with Frequent Primary Headache Attacks by Gül Demet Kaya Özçora, Elif Söbü, Mehmet Canpolat, Fatih Kardaş, Mustafa Kendirci, Hakan Gümüş, Hüseyin Per, Sefer Kumandaş

“…Additionally, the vitamin D levels in migraine patients with ≥4 attacks per week were significantly lower than those of migraine patients with 2-3 attacks per week (p=0.010). …”
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Heterogeneity and efficacy of immunotherapy in multiple cancer: insights from a meta-analysis by Weidong Wu, Bin Liu, Qing Zhang, Xiaojuan Zhang, Pengya Feng, Yongliang Jia, Xia Xue

“…Findings showed the different efficacy and safety of immunotherapy in treating multiple cancers, with various objective response rates. …”
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SROR: A Secure and Reliable Opportunistic Routing for VANETs by Huibin Xu, Ying Wang

“…In addition, the influence of different learning rate and exploratory factor policy on rewards of agents are analyzed. …”
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La coprésence des touristes et des habitants au cœur de la résilience du tourisme urbain. Une analyse du marché de Noël des Champs Elysées à partir de données d’enquêtes et des tél... by Marie Delaplace, Emmanuelle Gautherat, Leila Kebir

“…We intend to analyse if the co-presence of different types of tourists and inhabitants during such event is a factor of resilience. …”
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Changes in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) content in resistant and non-resistant forest trees in response to bark beetle attack by Petr Soudek, Jan Rezek, Kateřina Moťková, Šárka Petrová, Pavlína Máchová, Adam Véle, Martin Fulín, Petr Hošek

“…The response of forest trees to bark beetle attack involves substantial changes in terpene content, which varies between resistant and non-resistant species. …”
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The establishment of a clinical protocol for hostages returning from captivity by Daniel Trotzky, Idit Segal, Ronit Koren, Orna Tal, Gal Pachys, Galina Goltzman, Karen Or, Margarita Alpro, Ronit Zaidenstein, Maayan Bachar, Baruch Berzon, Roni Enten Vissoker, Inbar Hartmann, Miri Avraham, Vered Shinar, Ada Azar, Osnat Levtzion Korach

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The Role Of Akre In The Barzan Armed Movement (1943-1945) by Dilawar M Sadeeq Zebari

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Evaluation of Double Acid Attack (Dae) on Deformed and Aged Ti-xNb-ySn Alloys for Application in Implants by M. V. Silva, E. C. S. Barboza, A. S. Oliveira, M. A. Rocha, L. L. Santos, A. S. Oliveira, S. Griza

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Aerodynamic analysis of wind turbine blades: A numerical study by İlker Yılmaz, Ayşegül Avci, Ekin Aköz Arslankaya

“…In this study, the aerodynamic performance of different wind turbine blades including FX 63-137, NACA 6415, NACA 63-415 has been investigated. …”
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Diphyllin elicits a doubled-pronged attack on the entry of SARS-CoV-2 by inhibiting cathepsin L and furin by Binli Mao, Vu Thuy Khanh Le-Trilling, Haihuan Tang, Jie Hu, Mona S. Schmitz, Kimberly Barbet, Dan Xu, Zhen Wei, Beinu Guo, Denise Mennerich, Chun Yao, Jinxin Liu, Zhenghan Li, Yushun Wan, Xiaoyong Zhang, Kai Wang, Ni Tang, Zebo Yu, Mirko Trilling, Yong Lin

“…Collectively, our findings establish diphyllin as novel inhibitor of CTSL and furin proteases, resulting in a double-pronged attack on SARS-CoV-2 entry along endosomal as well as cell surface routes. …”
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Advancing Hydrogen Gas Utilization in Industrial Boilers: Impacts on Critical Boiler Components, Mitigation Measures, and Future Perspectives by Edem Honu, Shengmin Guo, Shafiqur Rahman, Congyuan Zeng, Patrick Mensah

“…Specifically, the study focused on hydrogen embrittlement (HE) and high-temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA) and their effects on boiler components. …”
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Optimizing feature selection and deep learning techniques for precise detection of low-rate distributed denial of service (LDDoS) attack by Naeem Ali Al-Shukaili, Miss Laiha M. Kiah, Ismail Ahmedy

“…Abstract The solution for cybersecurity faces significant challenges due to the growing complexity of denial of service (DoS) attacks, especially Low-rate Distributed Denial of Service (LDDoS) attacks. …”
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Efficient Distributed Denial of Service Attack Detection in Internet of Vehicles Using Gini Index Feature Selection and Federated Learning by Muhammad Dilshad, Madiha Haider Syed, Semeen Rehman

“…As noted in this paper, the average accuracy of the models is 91%. Moreover, different types of DDoS attacks were identified by employing our proposed technique. …”
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Dangerous attack paths analysis for power networks based on adaptive limited depth search and improved Z-score pruning by Mu Chen, Yong Li, Nige Li, Yinan Zhong, Guangxin Guo

“…Aiming at the problems of low efficiency of attack path search in a large-scale power system, a dangerous attack path search analysis method is proposed, which searches the dangerous attack path in the attack graph of the node threat value quantification to realize the security analysis in the power system. …”
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Physical Assessment of an SDN-Based Security Framework for DDoS Attack Mitigation: Introducing the SDN-SlowRate-DDoS Dataset by Noe M. Yungaicela-Naula, Cesar Vargas-Rosales, Jesus Arturo Perez-Diaz, Eduardo Jacob, Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo

“…The results demonstrate that the framework effectively mitigates malicious connections, with a mitigation efficiency between 91.66&#x0025;&#x2013; 100&#x0025; for different conditions of the number of attackers and victims. …”
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Antiplatelet regimens in the long-term secondary prevention of transient ischaemic attack and ischaemic stroke: an updated network meta-analysis by Yi Yang, Zhen-Ni Guo, Ying-qi Xing, Peng-Peng Niu, Hang Jin

“…Objective To examine the comparative efficacy and safety of different antiplatelet regimens in patients with prior non-cardioembolic ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack.Design Systematic review and network meta-analysis.Data sources As on 31 March 2015, all randomised controlled trials that investigated the effects of antiplatelet agents in the long-term (≥3 months) secondary prevention of non-cardioembolic transient ischaemic attack or ischaemic stroke were searched and identified.Outcome measures The primary outcome measure of efficacy was serious vascular events (non-fatal stroke, non-fatal myocardial infarction and vascular death). …”
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