A Powered Prosthetic Hand With Vision System for Enhancing the Anthropopathic Grasp by Yansong Xu, Xiaohui Wang, Junlin Li, Xiaoqian Zhang, Feng Li, Qing Gao, Chenglong Fu, Yuquan Leng

“…The anthropomorphic grasping capability of prosthetic hands is critical for enhancing user experience and functional efficiency. Existing prosthetic hands relying on brain-computer interfaces (BCI) and electromyography (EMG) face limitations in achieving natural grasping due to insufficient gesture adaptability and intent recognition. …”
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Influence of road environmental factors on traffic accidents involving vulnerable road users through negative binomial models. by Ying Chen, Yi Tian, Zhaoheng Ouyang, Jiaxun Zhu

“…However, certain demographics face disproportionately higher risks, necessitating age-appropriate policy and design strategies. …”
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Influence of load-bearing wall material properties on building mine-induced dynamic response by Maciej Zajac, Krystyna Kuzniar, Tadeusz Tatara

“…They may also face extreme conditions, such as seismic activity, which can threaten their safety and functionality. …”
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Study of a solar air conditioning system with ejector by Ghodbane Mokhtar, Boussad Boumeddane, Abderrahmane Khechekhouche, Djamel Benmenine

“…Air conditioning is one of the indispensable conditions of well-being in human life, so the face of this research to provide this basic necessity in remote areas and in desert places far from power grids. …”
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Fuzzy structural risk of default for banks in Southern Africa by Ephraim Matanda, Eriyoti Chikodza, Farai Kwenda

“…The results from the proposed model are fairly stable and consistent compared to those from hazard function and structural credit risk models currently used in the markets. …”
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Research on the A* Algorithm for Automatic Guided Vehicles in Large-Scale Maps by Yuandong Chen, Jinhao Pang, Yuchen Gou, Zhiming Lin, Shaofeng Zheng, Dewang Chen

“…In terms of the improvement of the heuristic function, this study adopted the diagonal distance as the benchmark for cost estimation, and it innovatively introduces the angle coefficient to reflect the complexity of path turning, thus providing the algorithm with a more accurate guidance for the search direction. …”
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A Multimessenger Mass Determination Method for LISA Neutron Star–White Dwarf Binaries by Kaye Jiale Li, Jane SiNan Long, Kinwah Wu, Albert K. H. Kong

“…We further comment on the universal relation of the error bar of the GW mass function versus the GW signal-to-noise ratio and propose a simple method for estimating the capability of using GW observations for mass determination with LISA. …”
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Amplifying School Mental Health Literacy Through Neuroscience Education by Peter J. Vento, Steven B. Harrod, Brittany Patterson, Kristen Figas, Tucker Chandler, Brooke Chehoski, Mark D. Weist

“…Children and adolescents face a wide variety of developmental changes and environmental challenges, and it is estimated that at least one in five children aged 3–17 will experience behavioral or mental health issues. …”
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Balancing Performance and Portability: A Study on CsI(Tl) Crystal Sizes for Real-Time Gamma-Ray Spectrum and Dose Monitoring by Nikolaos Voulgaris, Hikari Nishimura, Shingo Tamaki, Sachie Kusaka, Isao Murata

“…Current radiation dosimeters sometimes face accuracy limitations or provide only cumulative doses over long periods. …”
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Dynamic Real-Time Anchor Selection for Accurate UWB Indoor Positioning-Based Deep Neural Networks by Ammar Fahem Majeed, Rashidah Arsat, Muhammad Ariff Baharudin, Nurul Mu'Azzah Abdul Latiff, Abbas Albaidhani

“…In wireless localization systems, enhancing location estimation performance is critical, particularly in challenging environments, such as military urban operations and emergency response scenarios. …”
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ODD-Net: a hybrid deep learning architecture for image dehazing by C. S. Asha, Abu Bakr Siddiq, Razeem Akthar, M. Ragesh Rajan, Shilpa Suresh

“…Our research introduces a comprehensive data set and an innovative architecture called Atmospheric Light Net (A-Net) to estimate atmospheric light, using dilated convolution, batch normalisation, and ReLU activation functions. …”
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Current Experience of Graduates’ Career Planning and Its Use for Identifying Requirements and Setting Goals for Career Centers at Universities by A. M. Asaliev, E. S. Druzhinina

“…Every university graduate faces a problem of employment. A young specialist without work experience can hardly find a job by his/her specialization, which would allow them not only to use the acquired knowledge but also to get an adequate estimation of their efforts. …”
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Meta-analysis of TB & HIV co-infection mortality rate in sub-Saharan African children, youth, and adolescents by Fassikaw Kebede Bizuneh, Tsehay Kebede Bizuneh, Getaye Tizazu Biwota, Biruk Beletew Abate, Tilahun Gizaw Ayenew

“…Abstract Background Despite the effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment (ART) in reducing morbidity and mortality, children and adolescents with co-infections face an elevated risk of death due to their young age and compromised immune systems. …”
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Quantitative Three-dimensional Scanning of Facial Movements in Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy by Ceren Hangul, Umut Ozsoy, Arzu Hizay, Sibel Berker Karauzum, Elizabeta Sauer, Mehmet Ziya Firat, Hilmi Uysal

“…Facial movements did not correlate with CSS and D4Z4-RU in patients with FSHD. Conclusions: 3D estimations can provide quantitative data on the function of facial muscles. …”
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Managerial concentration, ownership concentration, and firm value: Evidence from Spanish SMEs by Leslie Rodríguez-Valencia, Prosper Lamothe Fernández

“…Overall, we show that the governance configuration of listed SMEs can mitigate several of the central issues, such as agency problems, that large corporations face.…”
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Using Bayesian Population Viability Analysis to Define Relevant Conservation Objectives. by Adam W Green, Larissa L Bailey

“…Adaptive management provides a useful framework for managing natural resources in the face of uncertainty. An important component of adaptive management is identifying clear, measurable conservation objectives that reflect the desired outcomes of stakeholders. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among residents aged 40 years and older in Hebei province: a cross-sectional survey by Weiwei SHI, Yanxin YANG, Yajing CAO, Jingjing ZHAO, Mei LI, Yuhuan LIU, Jixin SUN, Ze CUI, Xiaoli LIU

“…MethodsStudy participants were 6 600 permanent residents aged 40 years and older recruited from urban/rural communities of 11 county-level COPD surveillance sites (counties/districts) in Hebei province using multistage random sampling. Face-to-face interviews with a standardized questionnaire developed by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, physical examinations, and pulmonary function tests were conducted among the participants from July 2019 to May 2020. …”
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Hilbert–Huang transform and spectrum-weighted reconstruction integration for millimeter wave radar-based heart rate detection by Hao CUI, Luyao LIU, Hao CHEN, Wendong XIAO

“…To assess the effect of varying distances on HR estimation, five distances are selected: 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 m, with participants positioned facing the radar. …”
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CLINICAL EFFICACY COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE TREATMENT METHODS OF COMBINED DEFECTS AND DEFORMITIES OF THE ZIGOMA AND ORBIT by Yu.V. Chepurnyi, D.M. Chernohorskyi, O.I. Zhukovtseva, A.V. Kopchak

“…Complex anatomy of zigoma and orbit, as combination of convexities, depressions limited an application of free or vascularised bone transplants for precise 3D restoration of the face. Facing this, new possibilities of reconstructed were developed, based on CAD/CAM technologies. …”
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Quantitative cancer-immunity cycle modeling for predicting disease progression in advanced metastatic colorectal cancer by Chenghang Li, Yongchang Wei, Jinzhi Lei

“…We introduce the treatment response index (TRI) to quantify disease progression in virtual clinical trials and the death probability function (DPF) to estimate overall survival. Additionally, we investigate the impact of predictive biomarkers on survival prognosis in advanced mCRC patients, identifying tumor-infiltrating CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) as key predictors of disease progression and the tumor-infiltrating CD4+ Th1/Treg ratio as a significant determinant of survival outcomes. …”
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