A finger on the pulse of cardiovascular health: estimating blood pressure with smartphone photoplethysmography-based pulse waveform analysis by Ivan Shih-Chun Liu, Fangyuan Liu, Qi Zhong, Shiguang Ni

“…Abstract Smartphone photoplethysmography (PPG) offers a cost-effective and accessible method for continuous blood pressure (BP) monitoring, but faces persistent challenges with accuracy and interpretability. …”
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Sustainability in food-based dietary guidelines: a review of recommendations around meat and dairy consumption and their visual representation by Maddie Sinclair, Emilie Combet, Tess Davis, Esther K. Papies

“…This well-rounded advice is imperative to empower citizens to take action on their dietary habits, to reduce global meat and dairy consumption and replace these with more sustainable alternatives for human and planetary health.…”
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Production of Biogas and Bio-fertilizer from Abattoir Waste as Sustainable Management, Eastern Ethiopia, 2019 by Sina Temsgen Tolera, Fekade Ketema Alemu

“… Our environment facing by serious problems of high volumes of waste, inadequate disposal system particularly in developing countries worldwide. …”
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LWSARDet: A Lightweight SAR Small Ship Target Detection Network Based on a Position–Morphology Matching Mechanism by Yuliang Zhao, Yang Du, Qiutong Wang, Changhe Li, Yan Miao, Tengfei Wang, Xiangyu Song

“…However, ship detection under complex sea conditions still faces challenges, such as high-frequency noise interference and the limited computational power of edge computing platforms. …”
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Interplay of Fogponics and Artificial Intelligence for Potential Application in Controlled Space Farming by Newton John Suganob, Carey Louise Arroyo, Ronnie Concepcion

“…Insights suggest that developing adaptive fogponics systems for microgravity faces challenges due to uncharacterized fog behavior and optimization complexities without gravity. …”
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Efficient Small Object Detection You Only Look Once: A Small Object Detection Algorithm for Aerial Images by Jie Luo, Zhicheng Liu, Yibo Wang, Ao Tang, Huahong Zuo, Ping Han

“…As a result, object detection in aerial images faces challenges like difficulty in extracting small target information and poor integration of spatial and semantic data. …”
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The impact of synchronous virtual flipped classroom on EFL students’ speaking skill by Safrul Muluk, Habiburrahim Habiburrahim, Syarifah Dahliana, Faishal Zakaria, Azizah Azizah, Muhammad Safwan Safrul

“…Therefore, this mixed-methods study investigates a modified flipped approach using a virtual synchronous classroom environment, replacing traditional face-to-face interaction with online instruction. …”
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Potentials and Challenges of E-assessment in Postgraduate TEFL Programs: Teachers' Insights about Assessment before and during the Pandemic by Fatemeh Jamshidi Gohari, Shima Ghahari, Gholamreza Rouhani, Faezeh Jamshidi Gohari

“…<p><strong>&nbsp;</strong>Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, educational centres worldwide transitioned their assessment modes from face-to-face to electronic assessments (i.e., e-assessments). …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON COMMUNICATION PRACTICES IN THE DIGITAL AGE by Musawer Hakimi, Ahmad Jamy Kohistani, Abdul Shakoor Azimy, I Made Ardi Sudestra

“…When user perceptions associated with technology impacts were reported as moderate agreements that the emerging technologies improved the speed and access of communication; however, concussions about the quality of the interaction that replaced face-to-face time was are something to think about. …”
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Exploring Nurses’ Supportive Care Practices for Managing Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in a Tertiary Care Facility in Ghana by Joana Akpakli Addo RN, MSc, Vivian Efua Senoo-Dogbey RN, MPH, PhD

“…Eighteen nurses from a tertiary hospital dialysis unit in Ghana were purposively recruited. Face-to-face interviews were conducted using a semistructured guide, and thematic analysis was performed using Braun and Clarke's six-step qualitative data analysis method. …”
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Educational effectiveness of cognitive and metacognitive strategies on educational self-destructive behaviors and negative self-evaluation thinking in Arabic lessons by Ali Nourihamid Altome, Mohammad hassani, Masoumeh Talebi

“…According to this theory, when faced with others, people try to attribute failure to external factors such as luck and task difficulty; and success to internal factors such as talent and ability. …”
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Digital Reconstruction of Dār al-Funūn School in the Qajar Period, Based on Visual Evidence by S. Boshra Moossavi

“…Later, at about 1295-1305 AH/ 1878-1878 AD another building was built on the north side of the old one called the New School. Dār al-Funūn didn’t face any other major changes till the end of the Qajar period, but at the beginning of the Pahlavi period, the buildings were destroyed and replaced by another building with the design of Nikolai Markov. …”
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Assessing the effectiveness of a pharmacist-delivered smoking cessation program in the State of Qatar: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Maguy Saffouh El Hajj, Nadir Kheir, Ahmad Mohd Al Mulla, Daoud Al-Badriyeh, Ahmad Al Kaddour, Ziyad R Mahfoud, Mohammad Salehi, Nadia Fanous

“…Participants are randomly assigned to receive an at least four-session face-to-face structured patient-specific smoking cessation program conducted by the pharmacist or 5 to 10 min of unstructured brief smoking cessation advice (emulating current practice) given by the pharmacist. …”
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Integrating Millets into Modern Agriculture: A Strategic Pathway to Advancing Sustainability, Climate Resilience, and Nutritional Security by Waqas Liaqat, Celaleddin Barutçular, Muhammad Tanveer Altaf, Faheem Shehzad Baloch

“…While millets may not replace staple crops, their cultivation alongside these staples provide several benefits, including improved nutritional outcomes and reduced environmental impact. …”
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CTDA: an accurate and efficient cherry tomato detection algorithm in complex environments by Zhi Liang, Caihong Zhang, Zhonglong Lin, Guoqiang Wang, Xiaojuan Li, Xiangjun Zou

“…IntroductionIn the natural harvesting conditions of cherry tomatoes, the robotic vision for harvesting faces challenges such as lighting, overlapping, and occlusion among various environmental factors. …”
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Artificial intelligence and digital art: current state and development prospects by Марія Чікарькова

“…In digital painting, we are already faced with the use of works (the most famous example is the android-artist Ai-Da) who know how to draw in different techniques and with the use of different tools. …”
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Innovative Approaches for PCB Image Reconstruction: Tailored Datasets, Metrics, and Models by Qianyue Wang

“…The reconstruction of PCB (Printed Circuit Board) images is vital for quality control in electronic manufacturing, enabling fault analysis, reverse engineering, and repair. However, this task faces significant challenges due to the high complexity and precision required, compounded by densely packed layouts and image degradation from physical damage, contamination, low-light conditions, or tampered components. …”
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A Metric Learning-Based Improved Oriented R-CNN for Wildfire Detection in Power Transmission Corridors by Xiaole Wang, Bo Wang, Peng Luo, Leixiong Wang, Yurou Wu

“…Wildfire detection in power transmission corridors is essential for providing timely warnings and ensuring the safe and stable operation of power lines. However, this task faces significant challenges due to the large number of smoke-like samples in the background, the complex and diverse target morphologies, and the difficulty of detecting small-scale smoke and flame objects. …”
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Promising Areas of Cooperation on Digital Security and Media Policy Between Russia and Africa by ULANOVA Natalya Sergeevna

“…Because different countries have faced similar problems in the sphere of digital state policy, the fresh opportunity has emerged for international cooperation that has not yet been critically assessed. …”
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Utilidad de la virtualidad en las prácticas profesionales de fisioterapia en el contexto de la pandemia COVID-19 (Usefulness of virtuality in physiotherapy professional practices... by Nathali Carvajal, Leidy Tatiana Ordoñez Mora, Alejandro Segura Ordoñez, Jorge Enrique Daza Arana

“…Physiotherapy education has a practical component that requires contact with patients and through which students acquire professional skills. This face-to-face learning modality has had to be replaced by new pedagogical strategies, such as attention mediated by information and communication technology (ICT), case-based teaching, clinical simulation and tele-rehabilitation, trying to maintain patient-student interaction and compliance with professional training. …”
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