A qualitative study on the unmet sexual needs of older women by Farzaneh Saadatmand, Mitra Savabi-Esfahani, Zahra Heidari, Marjan Beigi

“…In this regard, it is recommended that health and social policymakers design effective interventions to improve older women’s sexual health.…”
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CFP-SwinT: building damage classification during floods using cross fusion pyramid Swin-T by Chuyi Wu, Zeyu Wang, Junshi Xia, Feng Zhang

“…Through extensive experiments, CFP-SwinT outperformed all other backbones and settings and achieved 80.2% accuracy on four-level classification, demonstrating its effective focus on multi-scale disaster information and dual-temporal changes. …”
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DOOSRA—Distributed Object‐Oriented Software Restructuring Approach using DIM‐K‐means and MAD‐based ENRNN classifier by G. Sudhakar, S. Nithiyanandam

“…The DOO software is effectively restructured by MAD‐ENRNN. The proposed methodology's performance is contrasted with the prevailing systems in an experimental evaluation. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incident diagnoses in German refugee centres 2018 to 2023 by Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Stella Erdmann, Sven Rohleder, Consortium Pri.CareNet, Rosa Jahn

“…Doctors coded routine diagnoses on-site in healthcare facilities for refugee patients. …”
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Prevalence and incidence of primary autoimmune hemolytic anemia and cold agglutinin disease in the United States, 2016-2023. by Sylvie Bozzi, Siddhi Umarje, Kalyani Hawaldar, Jennifer Tyma, Brad Ward, Jill Schinkel, Barnabie Agatep, Zulkarnain Pulungan, Natalia Petruski-Ivleva

“…The index date was the first observed claim with AIHA or CAD ICD-9/10 diagnosis codes. The 2016-2021 US Census data were used to standardize incidence and prevalence estimates by age and sex. …”
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Emergency and Disaster Preparedness in Nurses: A Concept Analysis by SeyedehNegar Pourvakhshoori, Hamid Reza Khankeh, Farahnaz Mohammadi

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Influence of Maximum Particle Diameter on the Mechanical Behavior of Soil-Rock Mixtures by Zhuoling He, Junyun Zhang, Tao Sun

“…But the current highway embankment codes are still mainly established on the fine-grained soil. …”
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Uncovering Barriers to Maternal Mortality Audits: An Unseen Challenge by Salsabila Dinda Nuril Ishlahi, Metta Octora, Ratih Barirah, Ario Danianto

“…The Maternal Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) program was established to reduce the high maternal mortality rate. However, the effectiveness of maternal audit implementation still faces many obstacles. …”
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Multi-head deep Q-learning for continuous beamforming with selective MC-CDMA operation in V2X highway communications by Nguyen Huu Trung, Nguyen Thuy Anh, Fuqiang Liu

“…Specifically, a physics-inspired Deep Q-Learning (DQL) strategy is proposed, using a force-arm-based mechanism to adaptively correct beam misalignment caused by mobility and Doppler effects. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed system achieves significant improvements in bit error rate (BER), bitrate stability, handover smoothness, and spectral efficiency. …”
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Application of Time-Frequency Analysis with Selection of Suitable Mother Wavelets for Transient States of HVDC Transmission Lines by Muhammad Tarique Chachar, Aslam Pervez Memon, Jamshed Ahmed Ansari

“…The simulation outcomes reveal that the most effective mother wavelet for detecting DC line, symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults occurs at the 6th level of fault signal decomposition. …”
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Aging seeds of weedy broomrapes and witchweeds lose sensitivity to strigolactones as DNA demethylates by Guillaume Brun, Jonathan Pöhl, Susann Wicke

“…Societal Impact Statement Broomrapes and witchweeds have devastating effects on crops in parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia. …”
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Efficient and safe software defined network topology discovery protocol by Dong LI, Junqing YU, Yongpu GU, Pengcheng ZHAO

“…The network topology discovery in OpenFlow-based software-defined networks is mainly achieved by utilizing the OpenFlow discovery protocol (OFDP).However, it has been observed in existing research that OFDP exhibits low updating efficiency and is susceptible to network topology pollution attacks.To address the efficiency and safety concerns of the network topology discovery protocol, an in-depth investigation was conducted on the mechanism and safety of OFDP network topology discovery.The characteristics of network topology establishment and updating in OFDP were analyzed, and an improved protocol named Im-OFDP (improved OpenFlow discovery protocol) based on the minimum vertex covering problem in graph theory was proposed.In Im-OFDP, the switch port table and network link table were initially established using prior information obtained from OFDP network topology discovery.Subsequently, a graph model of the network topology was constructed, and the minimum vertex covering algorithm in graph theory was employed to select specific switches for the reception and forwarding of topology discovery link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) packets.Multi-level flow tables were designed based on the network topology structure, and these flow entries were installed on the selected switches by the controller to process LLDP packets.To address security issues, dynamic check code verification in LLDP packets was employed to ensure the safety of network links.Additionally, a network equipment information maintenance mechanism was established based on known network topologies to ensure the safety of the network equipment.Experimental results demonstrate a significant reduction in the number of network topology discovery messages, bandwidth overhead, and CPU overhead through the deployment of Im-OFDP.Moreover, the response time for node failures and link recovery time after mode failure is substantially reduced.Im-OFDP also effectively mitigates various network topology pollution attacks, such as link fabrication and switch forgery attacks.Overall, Im-OFDP has the capability to enhance the efficiency and safety of SDN topology discovery.…”
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Feasibility of Proton Range Estimation with Prompt Gamma Imaging in Proton Therapy of Lung Cancer: Monte Carlo Study by Elham Rohollahpour, Hadi Taleshi Ahangari

“…Despite significant and diverse approaches explored over the past two decades, challenges still persist for more effective utilization. Aims: The feasibility of estimating proton range with PG imaging (PGI) as an online imaging guide in an anthropomorphic phantom with lung cancer was investigated through GATE/GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulation. …”
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Modeling complex systems in animal science: A pedagogical framework for new researchers by Luis Orlindo Tedeschi, Dan Tulpan, Hector M. Menendez III, Ricardo Augusto Mendonça Vieira

“…After translation to mathematical form and computer code, models undergo rigorous parameterization with real-world data, evaluation against independent datasets, and sensitivity analyses. …”
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Bearing Capacity Analysis and Design Method of Q690 High Strength Steel Round Pipe in Bending by DU Mengxing, ZHANG Hao, CHEN Lei, LI Hongbo

“…[Methods] Numerical analyses were carried out for the mechanical properties and instability mechanism of Q690 high strength steel tubular bending members. The effects of initial imperfections such as residual stress, pre-buckling deformation, and material plasticity on stable bearing capacity were investigated, and different failure characteristics were defined when slenderness ratio was changed. …”
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Post-COVID-19 pandemic lived experiences of nurses about evidence-based care: A phenomenological study by Mohammad Malekzadeh, Mohammadsaeed Mirzaee, Leyla Homayuni, Elham Mirshah, Leila Bozorgin, Tahereh Gilvari, Soheyla Zabolipoor, Leila Gholami

“…People were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. A code of ethics and necessary permits were received. …”
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Analysis of implications of organ donation on living donors in southeastern Iran: A qualitative study by R. S. Bahador, P. Mangolian, J. Farokhzadian, S. S. Afrazandeh, E. Nouhi

“…The main categories of positive effects resulting from organ donation included the «donor’s peace of mind», «fundamental strength», and «recipient’s achievements». …”
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GPCR-A17 MAAP: mapping modulators, agonists, and antagonists to predict the next bioactive target by Ana B. Caniceiro, Ana M. B. Amorim, Nícia Rosário-Ferreira, Irina S. Moreira

“…To address the growing need for effective treatments, the GPCR-A17 Modulator, Agonist, Antagonist Predictor (MAAP) was introduced as an advanced ensemble machine learning model that combines XGBoost, Random Forest, and LightGBM to predict the functional roles of agonists, antagonists, and modulators in GPCR-A17 interactions. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on the 937 Telephone Medical Consultation Service in Saudi Arabia by Najla J. Alhraiwil, Sinaa Al-Aqeel, Amjad F. AlFaleh, Alaa A. AlAgeel, Mostafa A. AlAbed, Walid A. Al-Shroby

“…Utilization of the 937-Call Center increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that it has been an effective strategy for combatting the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. …”
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Introducing right turn on red for cyclists—a before-after study on behavioural adaption in Germany by Bettina Schröter, Sebastian Hantschel, Miriam Niestegge, Hagen Schüller, Regine Gerike

“…This study investigates the effects of introducing RTOR for cyclists based on video observations at 43 sites in nine German cities including all relevant types of cycling infrastructure (mixed traffic, cycle lanes, cycle tracks). …”
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