Elderly care and health monitoring using smart healthcare technology: An improved routing scheme for wireless body area networks by Muhammad Hassan, Tom Kelsey, Bilal Mohammad Khan

“…In this paper, we re‐simulate and explain in detail the results of a selected published journal article for WBANs and provide some modifications to improve the network's overall performance. …”
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Calculation Method of Downstream Water Level in Non-Spilling Periods of Hydropower Stations Based on Decision Tree Classification and Multiple Linear Regression by LI Yinghai, HE Liangzhe, ZHANG Hairong, NIE Panpan, QIN Hui, YANG Qingyu, GUO Jiali

“…Inaccurate water level calculations can lead to frequent modifications of power generation plans, seriously affecting the safe, stable, and efficient operation of hydropower stations. …”
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Breeding for improved heat tolerance in dairy cattle: Methods, challenges, and progress* by Ignacy Misztal, Luiz F. Brito, Daniela Lourenco

“…The dairy cattle industry has responded to the challenge of heat stress by implementing management modifications. Methodology exists to calculate genetic prediction of breeding values for high production under heat stress conditions, with high reliabilities of breeding values obtained when incorporating genomic information. …”
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Avian lungs: A novel scaffold for lung bioengineering. by Sean M Wrenn, Ethan D Griswold, Franziska E Uhl, Juan J Uriarte, Heon E Park, Amy L Coffey, Jacob S Dearborn, Bethany A Ahlers, Bin Deng, Ying-Wai Lam, Dryver R Huston, Patrick C Lee, Darcy E Wagner, Daniel J Weiss

“…Avian lungs have different structure and mechanics resulting in more efficient gas exchange than mammalian lungs. Decellularized avian lungs, recellularized with human lung cells, could therefore provide a powerful novel gas exchange unit for potential use in pulmonary therapeutics. …”
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Multi-Objective Routing and Categorization of Urban Network Segments for Cyclists by Konstantinos Theodoreskos, Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis

“…The study aims to contribute to the ongoing efforts to create efficient and cyclist-friendly navigation tools to promote sustainable urban mobility. …”
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Audio Deepfake Detection Using Deep Learning by Ousama A. Shaaban, Remzi Yildirim

“…The efficacy of the method has been verified by examining a range of audio modifications, and its resilience has been thoroughly assessed on the ASVspoof2019 dataset by comprehensive testing across all possible audio manipulation situations. …”
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Assessment and Forecast of Socio-Demographic Threats to Global Security by Yu. V. Yakovets, T. N. Konchenkova

“…A long-term scientifically grounded strategy is necessary to meet efficiently new serious challenges to global security that jeopardize civilization on the Earth. …”
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Arthropod bioindicators of environmental quality by Márcia Soares Spiller, Claiton Spiller, Juliana Garlet

“…In short, because they respond quickly, the changes are considered to be efficient biological indicators; therefore, knowing the diversity of species and their degree of interaction with the environment allows us to analyze the effects of anthropic modifications in ecosystems.…”
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Influenza A virus infection of intestinal epithelial cells enhances the adhesion ability of Crohn's disease associated Escherichia coli strains. by Marta Aleandri, Maria Pia Conte, Giovanna Simonetti, Simona Panella, Ignacio Celestino, Paola Checconi, Massimiliano Marazzato, Catia Longhi, Paola Goldoni, Mauro Nicoletti, Nicolas Barnich, Anna Teresa Palamara, Serena Schippa, Lucia Nencioni

“…Modifications of intestinal glycoreceptors expression, in particular CEACAM6, typically found in ileal Crohn's disease (CD), favor, among the commensal species of microbiota, the enrichment in Escherichia coli. …”
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A lightweight neural attention-based model for service chatbots by Sinarwati Mohamad Suhaili, Mohamad Nazim Jambli

“…Abstract The growing demand for efficient service chatbots has led to the development of various deep learning techniques, such as generative neural attention-based mechanisms. …”
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Advancements in utilizing exosomes for cancer therapy through drug delivery systems: recent developments by MohammadHossein Karami, Majid Abdouss

“…Genetic or chemical modifications can improve targeting and drug loading capabilities. …”
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RCLT-Net: An Indoor Panoramic Room Layout Estimation Framework Based on Consecutive Dilated Convolutions and Transformer by Qiucheng Sun, Zhengkai Deng, Jinlong Zhu

“…Current mainstream models for indoor panoramic room layout depth estimation primarily utilize deep residual networks and various Transformer-based modifications to reconstruct room boundaries from 2D images. …”
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A Lightweight Person Detector for Surveillance Footage Based on YOLOv8n by Qicheng Wang, Guoqiang Feng, Zongzhe Li

“…To enable person detection tasks in surveillance footage to be deployed on edge devices and their efficient performance in resource-constrained environments in real-time, a lightweight person detection model based on YOLOv8n was proposed. …”
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Improved method for a pedestrian detection model based on YOLO by Yanfei LI, Chengyi DONG

“…The proposed method ultimately provides a computationally efficient and robust intelligent monitoring solution for agricultural mechanization, facilitating the transition from conventional agricultural practices toward sustainable, low-carbon production paradigms through algorithmic optimization.…”
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Neuronal Multi Unit Activity Processing with Metal Oxide Memristive Devices by Caterina Sbandati, Xiongfei Jiang, Deepika Yadav, Spyros Stathopoulos, Dana Cohen, Alex Serb, Shiwei Wang, Themis Prodromakis

“…This eMUA‐MIS adaptation offers a viable pathway for developing more scalable and efficient BMIs for clinical use.…”
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Novel Cyano‐Artemisinin Dimer ZQJ29 Targets PARP1 to Induce Ferroptosis in Pancreatic Cancer Treatment by Jianping Chen, Lingyun Yue, Yanna Pan, Bingying Jiang, Junfeng Wan, Haixia Lin, Fujiang Guo, Huiyu Li, Yajuan Li, Qingjie Zhao

“…This unmet clinical need highlights the urgency to discover novel, highly efficient small‐molecule compounds. Herein, a novel cyano‐containing artemisinin dimer derivative, ZQJ29, is synthesized through structural modifications of artemisinin. …”
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Entropy-Regularized Attention for Explainable Histological Classification with Convolutional and Hybrid Models by Pedro L. Miguel, Leandro A. Neves, Alessandra Lumini, Giuliano C. Medalha, Guilherme F. Roberto, Guilherme B. Rozendo, Adriano M. Cansian, Thaína A. A. Tosta, Marcelo Z. do Nascimento

“…Six backbone architectures (ResNet-50, DenseNet-201, EfficientNet-b0, ResNeXt-50, ConvNeXt, CoatNet-small) were trained, with and without our modifications, on five H&E-stained datasets. …”
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Exploring molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in bacteria and progressions in CRISPR/Cas9-based genome expurgation solutions by K.E. Vivekanandan, P. Vinoth Kumar, R.C. Jaysree, T. Rajeshwari

“…Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is a critical global health challenge, driven by molecular mechanisms such as genetic mutations, efflux pumps, enzymatic degradation of antibiotics, target site modifications, and biofilm formation. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) further accelerates the spread of resistance genes across bacterial populations. …”
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An experimental assessment of five distinct solar distiller designs' thermo-economic performance by Umar F. Alqsair, A.S. Abdullah, Z.M. Omara, Fadl A. Essa

“…This study evaluates five solar still (SS) designs—spherical, cylindrical, pyramid, conventional, and double-slope—to determine the most efficient configuration for freshwater production at a specific test location. …”
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Assessment of HACCP plans and Colombian regulations in municipal cattle slaughterhouses for the assurance of standardised food safety and quality management systems by José Fernando Solanilla-Duque, Sandra Morales-Velasco, Margarita del Rosario Salazar-Sánchez

“…There was evidence of scarce equipment, in addition, they do not have an efficient quality and safety management system to ensure the slaughter processes. …”
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