Design of Multi-Objective Energy Management for Remote Communities Connected with an Optimal Hybrid Integrated Photovoltaic–Hydropower–Battery Energy Storage System (PV-HP-BESS) Us... by Chaimongkol Pengtem, Saksit Deeum, Amirullah, Hideaki Ohgaki, Sillawat Romphochai, Pimnapat Bhumkittipich, Krischonme Bhumkittipich

“…Effectiveness was verified through hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing. …”
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HAFREE: A Heatmap-Based Anchor-Free Detector for Apple Defect Detection by Nguyen Bui Ngoc Han, Ju-Hwan Lee, Dang Thanh Vu, Iqbal Murtza, Hyoung-Gook Kim, Jin-Young Kim

“…However, existing methods often rely on expensive equipment and encounter difficulty in detecting small defect areas effectively. To address this challenge, we introduce the Subtle Surface Defects in Apples (SSDA) dataset, a custom dataset specifically collected and annotated for two defect types: scratches and pest damage. …”
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Impact of Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis in Spain from 1997 to 2022 by Hugo Almeida, Montserrat Alonso-Sardón, Beatriz Rodríguez-Alonso, Amparo López-Bernus, Ángela Romero-Alegría, Virginia Velasco-Tirado, Antonio Muro, Moncef Belhassen-García

“…Hospitalized patients with ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 codes for anaplasmosis from 1997 to 2022 were included. …”
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Factors Driving Readmissions in Tibia and Femur Fractures by Alexander Chern, Sarah E. Greenberg, Rachel V. Thakore, Vasanth Sathiyakumar, William T. Obremskey, Manish K. Sethi

“…In a bundled payment system, orthopedic trauma must gain insight into drivers of readmission to identify those at risk for readmission and design effective healthcare plans for these patients.…”
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Climate sensitive growth and yield models in Canadian forestry: Challenges and opportunities by J.M. Metsaranta, M. Fortin, J.C. White, D. Sattler, W.A. Kurz, M. Penner, J. Edwards, W. Hays-Byl, R. Comeau, V. Roy

“…These models are crucial for assessing forest sustainability, however, some models currently used in Canada do not adequately account for climate and other environmental variables, which limits their effectiveness under a changing climate. Climate-sensitive growth and yield models (CSGYMs) are therefore urgently needed to support forest management decisions. …”
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Tool changing and tool sharing system for interconnected multi-material direct ink write 3D printers by James P. Verheyden, Bryce Huffaker, Max J. Sevcik, Isaac Snyder, Finnegan Wilson, Grace I. Rabinowitz, Carter Watkins, Elbert Caravaca, Edward G. Tersine, Veronica Eliasson

“…The hardware consists of a tool changing mechanism, post processor to insert tool exchange G-code, and software to coordinate tool sharing between printers, enabling tool changing and tool sharing between two adjacent printers.…”
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Interactions and tradeoffs for sustainability, equity, and resilience in wasted food models by Tiruwork B Tibebu, Siyu Li, Mariana Torres Arroyo, Katherine Lessard, Joe F Bozeman III, Yongyang Cai, Jessica A Gephart, Megan Konar, Young-Jae Lee, Xiaobo Romeiko, Jessye Talley, Sauleh Siddiqui

“…The model developed in this research is available online as open-source code for others to replicate and build upon for future studies and analysis. …”
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3D MHD modelling of plasmoid drift following massive material injection in a tokamak by M. Kong, E. Nardon, D. Bonfiglio, M. Hoelzl, D. Hu, the JOREK Team, JET Contributors, the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team

“…Mechanisms of plasmoid drift following massive material injection are studied via 3D non-linear MHD modelling with the JOREK code, using a transient neutral source deposited at the low field side midplane of a JET H-mode plasma to clarify basic processes and compare with existing theories. …”
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Dietary fiber intake and hippocampal gray matter volume: an exploratory cross-sectional study in healthy adults by Raghav Pallapothu, Roger D. Newman-Norlund, Makayla Gibson, Pranesh Rajesh Kannan, Sriya Pallapothu, Chris Rorden, Leonardo Bonilha, Julius Fridriksson

“…Hippocampal gray matter volume was quantified using the CAT12 voxel-based morphometry toolbox, using Spearman’s rank order correlation coefficient.ResultsOur exploratory analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between dietary fiber consumption and GMV in the right hippocampus and right parahippocampal gyrus, when controlling for age, race, sex, and median household income within participant zip code. Dietary fiber was also correlated with the MoCA attention/concentration and language subscores.DiscussionThese data are compatible with the hypothesis that dietary fiber may exert neuroprotective effects, and this may have implications for dietary recommendations aimed at reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.…”
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A novel framework for segmentation of small targets in medical images by Longxuan Zhao, Tao Wang, Yuanbin Chen, Xinlin Zhang, Hui Tang, Fuxin Lin, Chunwang Li, Qixuan Li, Tao Tan, Dezhi Kang, Tong Tong

“…Experimental results underscore the superiority of our approach in the domain of medical image segmentation, particularly for small target segmentation. The codes are available at https://github.com/zlxokok/STSNet .…”
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Sputtering yield amplification of Si through the addition of Cu, Mo, or Ta by J Cruz, M Martínez-Fuentes, R Giffard, S Muhl, R Sanginés, R Machorro, E Chávez

“…However, there seems to be a limit to the effective concentration of dopant atoms, and the reasons why certain dopants can promote or fail to produce SYA remain unclear. …”
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SHPNeXt: A Novel Method of Multi-Scale and Variable Resolution AI-Based Tongue Image Segmentation by Chong-Xiao Peng, Zhi-Jun Gao, Jin-Huan Wang, Xin Yue, Yi Li, Li-Li Sun, Yin-Huan Sun, Fu-Quan Du

“…The code has been released on github: (<uri>https://github.com/Kuanzhaipcx/SHPNeXt.git</uri>).…”
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Who Is Against COVID-19 Vaccination and Why? The Perspective of Opponents of the COVID-19Vaccination in An Iranian Context: A qualitative study by Mehrdad Farrokhi, Hamid Reza Khankeh, Mohammad Javad Hosseinabadi-Farahani, Milad Rezaiye, Seyed Tayeb Moradian, Robabeh Khalili, Arya Hamedanchi, Mariye Jenabi Ghods, Mohammad Saatchi, Mohammad Pourebrahimi

“…Results: During the data analysis,16 sub-categories were formed from 1273 codes and after merging similar sub-categories in terms of similarities, 7 main categories including (a."…”
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CPL‐Diff: A Diffusion Model for De Novo Design of Functional Peptide Sequences with Fixed Length by Zhenjie Luo, Aoyun Geng, Leyi Wei, Quan Zou, Feifei Cui, Zilong Zhang

“…However, these models cannot well control the length of the generated sequence, while the sequence length has a very important impact on the physical and chemical properties and therapeutic effects of peptides. Here, a diffusion model is introduced, capable of controlling the length of generated functional peptide sequences, named CPL‐Diff. …”
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Service providers’ perspectives on facilitators and recommendations for improving HIV care in Manitoba, Canada by Katharina Maier, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Enrique Villacis-Alvarez, Lauren J. Mackenzie, Lauren J. Mackenzie, Laurie Ireland, Laurie Ireland, Laurie Ireland, Ken Kasper, Ken Kasper, Yoav Keynan, Yoav Keynan, Yoav Keynan, Yoav Keynan, Zulma Vanessa Rueda, Zulma Vanessa Rueda

“…Interviews were transcribed, coded, and analyzed using a thematic approach within a socio-ecological framework.ResultsWe identified 11 supertheme facilitators and 15 supertheme recommendations at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, socio-cultural, institutional and structural levels. …”
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Hyperparameter optimisation in deep learning from ensemble methods: applications to proton structure by Juan Cruz-Martinez, Aron Jansen, Gijs van Oord, Tanjona R Rabemananjara, Carlos M R Rocha, Juan Rojo, Roy Stegeman

“…This strategy requires the simultaneous parallel training of up to several hundreds of models and can be effectively implemented by deploying hardware accelerators such as graphical processing units (GPUs). …”
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Comparative efficacy and safety of metformin, anti-obesity agents, and myoinositol in improving IVF/ICSI outcomes and reducing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in women with polyc... by Lijun Lin, Ge Chen, Xiaoyong Qiao, Yan Chen, Hongxia Deng, Liangzhi Xu

“…Metformin may lower OHSS risk in agonist protocol, reduce E2 levels on trigger day and increase mature oocytes but cause more side effects, while myoinositol may shorten gonadotropin duration with fewer side effects. …”
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Comparison of different approaches to antibiotic restriction in food-producing animals: stratified results from a systematic review and meta-analysis by William A Ghali, Paul E Ronksley, Karen L Tang, Niamh P Caffrey, Diego B Nóbrega, Susan C Cork, Herman W Barkema, Alicia J Polachek, Heather Ganshorn, Nishan Sharma, James D Kellner, Sylvia L Checkley

“…All studies in the original systematic review that were amenable to meta-analysis were included into this substudy and coded by intervention type. Meta-analyses were conducted using random effects models, stratified by intervention type.Results A total of 127 studies were included. …”
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Equalising power imbalances or a trail of broken promises? A qualitative study on engaging people with diverse lived experience of marginalisation in food policymaking in Australia by Carolina Venegas Hargous, Kevin Kapeke, Kathryn Backholer, Dheepa Jeyapalan, Veronica Nunez, Jennifer Browne, Anna Peeters, Alexandra Chung, Steven Allender, Victoria Stead, Yin Paradies, Christina Zorbas

“…Several actions were deemed necessary to effectively engage people with lived experience in food policymaking and improve current practice: (1) having a dedicated budget; (2) enabling true collaboration where people with lived experience are valued, effectively engaged, sufficiently represented, have the opportunity to work alongside decision-makers, and where power is equalised; (3) striving to do no harm to the people engaged; and (4) ensuring results from engaging people with lived experience are effectively disseminated. …”
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Development and Human Testing of Chemical Warfare Agents and Means of Treatment of Lesions in Germany in 1933–1945 by N. I. Shilo

“…Basically, the damaging effects of sulfur mustard and phosgene was investigated. …”
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