Cultural significance and conservation challenges of the hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) and other vulture species in northeastern Benin by Fidèle Ezéchiel Koffi Hounnouvi, Jemima Lydie Obandza-Ayessa, Stanislas Mahussi Gandaho, Lindy Jane Thompson

“…This approach should integrate awareness campaigns, population monitoring, better enforcement of environmental legislation, and improved habitat conservation to reverse the declines of these critical species.…”
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ProbC: joint modeling of epigenome and transcriptome effects in 3D genome by Emre Sefer

“…For instance, it can predict missing nucleosome resolution Micro-C interactions in human ES cells trained on mouse ES cells only from these 5 chromatin marks with above 0.75 AUC. …”
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MUXAS-VR: A Multi-Dimensional User Experience Assessment System for Virtual Reality by Peerawat Pannattee, Yosuke Fukuchi, Nobuyuki Nishiuchi

“…To validate its effectiveness, we proposed a rigorous evaluation strategy across three scenarios—Missing Content, New Content, and New User—to ensure generalizability and practical applicability. …”
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Relationships between dipstick proteinuria and risk of hearing impairment among Japanese workers: a prospective cohort study by Mitsumasa Umesawa, Toshimi Sairenchi, Yasuo Haruyama, Gen Kobashi, Mikako Hara

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Research on Ship Engine Fuel Consumption Prediction Algorithm Based on Adaptive Optimization Generative Network by Defu Zhang, Yuxuan Song, Jianfeng Gao, Zhenyu Shen, Liangkuan Li, Anren Yao

“…To address common issues in marine engine operational data, such as noise pollution, missing values, inconsistent scales, and feature redundancy, a Diesel Engine Data Enhancement and Optimization Framework (DEOF) was developed to systematically improve data quality. …”
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GLR: Graph Chain-of-Thought with LoRA Fine-Tuning and Confidence Ranking for Knowledge Graph Completion by Yifei Chen, Xuliang Duan, Yan Guo

“…In knowledge graph construction, missing facts often lead to incomplete structures, thereby limiting the performance of downstream applications. …”
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Computational Prediction and Structural Analysis of α-Hairpinins, a Ubiquitous Family of Antimicrobial Peptides, Using the Cysmotif Searcher Pipeline by Anna A. Slavokhotova, Andrey A. Shelenkov, Eugene A. Rogozhin

“…These data allowed us to assume that the evolution of α-hairpinin precursors possibly involved changing the number of Cys-rich modules, leading to some missing middle and C-terminal modules, in particular.…”
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Impact evaluation of invisible intimate partner violence on maternal healthcare utilization in Pakistan by Xinfang Xu, Di Liang, Saeed Anwar, Yanan Zhao, Jiayan Huang

“…Conclusions Pregnant women who experienced EV and LSPV are at greater risk of missing maternal healthcare, even if the violence occurred before pregnancy. …”
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Parental singing during kangaroo care: parents' experiences of singing to their preterm infant in the NICU by Pernilla Hugoson, Friederike Barbara Haslbeck, Ulrika Ådén, Ulrika Ådén, Ulrika Ådén, Louise Eulau, Louise Eulau

“…Prematurely born infants, however, are at risk of missing this vital communication, impacting neurodevelopment and family wellbeing, especially during prolonged hospital stays. …”
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Nonlinear association between visceral fat metabolism score and heart failure: insights from LightGBM modeling and SHAP-Driven feature interpretation in NHANES by Ningyi Cheng, Yukun Chen, Lei Jin, Liangwan Chen

“…Methods After excluding missing data, 30,704 participants were analyzed via survey-weighted statistics, restricted cubic splines (RCS), stratified analyses, and multivariate logistic regression. …”
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PigFRIS: A Three-Stage Pipeline for Fence Occlusion Segmentation, GAN-Based Pig Face Inpainting, and Efficient Pig Face Recognition by Ruihan Ma, Seyeon Chung, Sangcheol Kim, Hyongsuk Kim

“…To address these issues, we introduce the Pig Face Recognition and Inpainting System (PigFRIS). This integrated framework enhances recognition accuracy by removing occlusions and restoring missing facial features. …”
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Performance-Based Damage Quantification and Hazard Intensity Measures for Vertical Forest Systems on RC Buildings by Vachan Vanian, Theodoros Rousakis, Theodora Fanaradelli, Maristella Voutetaki, Makrini Macha, Adamantis Zapris, Ifigeneia Theodoridou, Maria Stefanidou, Katerina Vatitsi, Giorgos Mallinis, Violetta Kytinou, Constantin Chalioris

“…This paper reviews and defines missing reliable damage and hazard intensity measures for the holistic renovation of existing reinforced concrete (RC) buildings with VF systems. …”
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A Large Molecular Gas Reservoir in the Protocluster SPT2349−56 at z = 4.3 by Dazhi Zhou, Scott C. Chapman, Nikolaus Sulzenauer, Ryley Hill, Manuel Aravena, Pablo Araya-Araya, Jared Cathey, Daniel P. Marrone, Kedar A. Phadke, Cassie Reuter, Manuel Solimano, Justin S. Spilker, Joaquin D. Vieira, David Vizgan, George C. P. Wang, Axel Weiss

“…The ∼30 hr integration represents one of the longest exposures yet taken on a single pointing with the ACA 7 m. …”
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Digital augmentation of aftercare for patients with anorexia nervosa: the TRIANGLE RCT and economic evaluation by Janet Treasure, Katie Rowlands, Valentina Cardi, Suman Ambwani, David McDaid, Jodie Lord, Danielle Clark Bryan, Pamela Macdonald, Eva Bonin, Ulrike Schmidt, Jon Arcelus, Amy Harrison, Sabine Landau

“…As there were considerable missing values in outcome variables and non-adherence with ECHOMANTRA predicted later dropout from data collection, multiple imputation (MI) was used to adjust for missing data biases. …”
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Exploring voluntary sector specialist services for victim-survivors of sexual violence in England: the PROSPER co-production study by Caroline Bradbury-Jones, Sarah Damery, Kirsten Fruin, Clare Gunby, Jenny Harlock, Lucy Hebberts, Louise Isham, Anne-Marie Jones, Fay Maxted, Amelia Mighty, Priti Parmar, Laura Patterson, Jason Schaub, Fee Scott, Harriet Smailes, Debs Smith, Julie Taylor

“…Conclusions The PROSPER study has provided hitherto missing evidence regarding the funding and commissioning of sexual violence services in England. …”
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Building Surface Defect Detection Based on Improved YOLOv8 by Xiaoxia Lin, Yingzhou Meng, Lin Sun, Xiaodong Yang, Chunwei Leng, Yan Li, Zhenyu Niu, Weihao Gong, Xinyue Xiao

“…Finally, the backbone network integrates deformable convolution net v2 (DCNV2) to capture the contour deformation features of targets like mesh cracks and spalling. …”
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Coalmine image super-resolution reconstruction via fusing multi-dimensional feature and residual attention network by Jian CHENG, Lifei MI, Hao LI, Heping LI, Guangfu WANG, Yongzhuang MA

“…The complex underground environment of coal coalmines, influenced by lighting, coal dust, and water mist, often results in collected images with blurred details and missing textures, leading to decreased image resolution and posing significant limitations to the intelligent development of coal coalmine safety monitoring. …”
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Geomorphometric analysis of Zimbabwe’ digital elevation model and issues of exogenic metallogeny by P. A. Ignatov, E. V. Polyakova, A. L. Mineev, S. A. Malyutin

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Risk prediction models for stress urinary incontinence after pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Bi Jun Yu, Hao Chong He, Li Wang, Han Mei Shao, Ying Min Liu, Xiao Ying Yan, Jian Liu

“…All studies had a high risk of bias, primarily due to retrospective design, small sample sizes, single-center trials, lack of blinding, and missing data reporting. The meta-analysis revealed moderate heterogeneity (I² = 68.8%). …”
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Unravelling genotype-phenotype correlations in Stargardt disease using patient-derived retinal organoids by Avril Watson, Rachel Queen, Luis Ferrández-Peral, Birthe Dorgau, Joseph Collin, Andrew Nelson, Rafiqul Hussain, Jonathan Coxhead, Michael McCorkindale, Robert Atkinson, Darin Zerti, Valeria Chichagova, Ana Conesa, Lyle Armstrong, Frans P. M. Cremers, Majlinda Lako

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