Deep Learning-Driven Beam-Steering for Dual-Polarized 28 GHz Antenna Arrays in 5G Wireless Networks by Siti Zainab M. Zainab Hamzah, Norun Farihah Abdul Malek, Sarah Yasmin Mohamad, Farah Nadia Mohd Isa, Teddy Surya Gunawan, Kuo-Sheng Chin

“…The radiation pattern was computed using AEP method since it is faster and less complex compared to full-wave modelling methods. …”
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Spermiogram, Kinetics, Flow Cytometric Characteristics and DNA Damage Degree in Boar Ejaculates: Summarization and Clustering by Raquel Ausejo-Marcos, María Teresa Tejedor, Sara Miguel-Jiménez, Belén Gómez-Giménez, Cristina Soriano-Úbeda, Noelia Mendoza, Alejandro Vicente-Carrillo, William Fernando Hurtado, Celia Ávila Holguín, Bernardino Moreno, María Victoria Falceto

“…PCA and clustering achieved adequate description of these ejaculates, but no differences among clusters were found for fertility or prolificacy, probably because the minimum sperm requirements had been met.…”
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A Framework to Calibrate a Semianalytic Model of the First Stars and Galaxies to the Renaissance Simulations by Ryan Hazlett, Mihir Kulkarni, Eli Visbal, John H. Wise

“…Our model also includes a treatment of Pop III star formation where a minimum halo mass and log-normal distribution of stellar mass are adopted to match the numerical simulations. …”
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Multi-Level Depression Severity Detection with Deep Transformers and Enhanced Machine Learning Techniques by Nisar Hussain, Amna Qasim, Gull Mehak, Muhammad Zain, Grigori Sidorov, Alexander Gelbukh, Olga Kolesnikova

“…Depression is now one of the most common mental health concerns in the digital era, calling for powerful computational tools for its detection and its level of severity estimation. …”
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Cost and affordability of three levels of diet quality for urban households in Colombia by Ana Milena Yoshioka Vargas, María del Pilar Zea León, Luis Eduardo Girón Cruz, Daniel Enrique González Gómez, Sergio A. Barona Montoya, Sara Rankin-Cortázar, Carlos Eduardo González Rodríguez

“… Abstract Objective To determine the minimum cost and affordability of three levels of diet quality in urban households in Cali, Colombia: a caloric-adequate diet, a nutrient-adequate diet, and a recommended diet. …”
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Temperature in overwintering honey bee colonies reveals brood status and predicts colony mortality by Etienne Minaud, François Rebaudo, Giulia Mainardi, Philippos Vardakas, Fani Hatjina, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Fabrice Requier

“…We collected a total of 26,322,085 temperature data measurements for which we computed the time series of minimum, median, maximum temperature, and thermal amplitude. …”
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Strain-based measurement system on an internal fixator for healing analysis of spinal defects through load redistribution by Philip Johannes Steinbild, Nils Wieja, Luis Rodríguez Pino, Robert Gottwald, Anja Winkler, Stefan Zwingenberger, Alexander Carl Disch, Werner Schmölz, Niels Modler

“…The transmission of the acquired strain data to an evaluation computer was realized by a customized measurement system using an integrated Bluetooth chip. …”
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In silico studies to understand the interactions of flavonoid inhibitor with nsp12-RNA dependent RNA polymerase of SARS-CoV-2 and its homologs by Shamiya Anwar Kizhakkiniyakath, Tejaswini Choudhury, Madhan Vishal Rajan, Sagar Rathee, Basant Meena, Gururao Hariprasad

“…Methodology: Based on experimental structures of RdRp from SARS-CoV-2, computational models were generated of its homologs from SARS-CoV-1, MERS and Bat. …”
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Microbiota-directed intervention in living donor liver transplant recipients: protocol for a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial by Nafiya Muhammed Zackariah, Sudhindran Surendran, Lalitha Biswas, Saraswathy Sivaprasadan Nair, Anila Kutty Narayanan, Krishnanunni Nair, Shweta Mallick, Raaj Praseedom, Bipin Kumar G Nair

“…Following randomisation by computer-generated block number sequence, 3 days prior to LDLT, the intervention arm will receive standard medical treatment and synbiotics (VSL#3 a probiotic, and Yogut, prebiotic and probiotic combination) for 6 weeks, while the control arm will receive standard medical treatment with a placebo. …”
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Machine learning identifies 6-gene signature in peripheral blood for pancreatic cancer diagnosis by Francisco Carrillo-Perez, Octavio Caba, Cristina Jiménez-Luna, Francisco Ortuño, Daniel Castillo-Secilla, Luis Javier Herrera, Jose Prados, Ignacio Rojas

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Equalizer Design: HBOA-DE-trained radial basis function neural networks by Santosh Kumar Das, Satya Ranjan Pattanaik, Pradyumna Kumar Mohapatra, Saroja Kumar Rout, Abdulaziz S. Almazyad, Muhammed Basheer Jasser, Guojiang Xiong, Ali Wagdy Mohamed

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EV charging stations for sustainable urban transport electrification in the Arabian Peninsula: Performance assessment, social-economic aspects, opportunities, implementation challe... by Jamiu O. Oladigbolu, Asad Mujeeb, Mohd Bilal, Yusuf A. Al-Turki, Saleh S. Alharbi, Salah S. Alharbi

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ILN-YOLOv8: A Lightweight Image Recognition Model for Crimped Wire Connectors by Xiaojian Zhou, Jicheng Kan, Nur Fatin Liyana Mohd Rosely, Xu Duan, Jiajing Cai, Zihan Zhou

“…After pruning and knowledge distillation, the model’s complexity and computational load significantly decreased while accuracy improved, meeting the industry’s requirements for crimped wire connectors detection and achieves superior performance. …”
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Multi-Stream Transmission for Directional Modulation Network via Distributed Multi-UAV-Aided Multi-Active-IRS by Ke Yang, Rongen Dong, Wei Gao, Feng Shu, Weiping Shi, Yan Wang, Xuehui Wang, Jiangzhou Wang

“…To achieve a lower computational complexity, a maximum trace method, called Max-TR-SVD, is proposed by optimizing the PSM of all IRSs. …”
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Dosimetric performance of HyperArc and VMAT techniques using full or ipsilateral arcs for unilateral temporal lobe tumor radiotherapy by Hongtao Chen, Lijun Wang, Zhuangling Li, Shihai Wu, Zihuang Li

“…Regarding MU, HyperArc (full) plans exhibited the minimum values among the four plan types, with overall MU for HyperArc plans being less than those for VMAT. …”
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Coronavirus Infection Caused by the Omicron Variant and its Daughter Genovariants in Russia (2022–2023) by L. S. Karpova, M. Yu. Pelikh, N. M. Popovtseva, T. P. Stolyarova, K. M. Volik, K. A. Stolyarov

“…In the interepidemic period, the incidence was less than in the minimum VII (winter-spring) wave in the RF as a whole – by 4.6 times, in St. …”
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Evaluation of levels of exposure of adult patients from common radiographic examinations in the Russian Federation in 2009–2014 by A. V. Vodovatov, V. Yu. Golikov, S. A. Kalnitsky, I. G. Shatsky, L. A. Chipiga

“…A significant ratio of maximum to minimum (up to two orders of magnitude) due to a presence of X-ray units with abnormally high and low typical effective doses was observed for all 13 selected X-ray examinations. …”
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Discitis due to late-onset mesh infection 14 years after inguinal hernia repair: a case report by Chiyo Maeda, Kai Kato, Saki Yamada, Mariko Tanaka, Ken Sujishi, Ryohei Sato, Shuichiro Takanashi, Masahiro Waseda, Tetsutaro Suzuki, Yasuo Ishida, Fumiko Kasahara

“…Upon admission, laboratory tests revealed no elevated inflammatory markers. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a peri-appendicular abscess. …”
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Development of Imaging Complexity Biomarkers for Prediction of Symptomatic Radiation Pneumonitis in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Focusing on Underlying Lung Disease by Jeongeun Hwang, Hakyoung Kim, Joon-Young Moon, Sun Myung Kim, Dae Sik Yang

“…Three indices were utilized to measure the morphometric complexity of the lung parenchyma: box-counting fractal dimension, lacunarity, and minimum spanning tree (MST) fractal dimension. Patients were dichotomized into two groups at median values. …”
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Impact of Wetting-Drying Cycles on Soil Intra-Aggregate Pore Architecture Under Different Management Systems by Luiz F. Pires, Jocenei A. T. de Oliveira, José V. Gaspareto, Adolfo N. D. Posadas, André L. F. Lourenço

“…This study examines the effects of W-D cycles on the architecture of intra-aggregate pores under three different soil management systems: no-tillage (NT), minimum tillage (MT), and conventional tillage (CT). …”
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