Development of a Children’s Visual Function Quality of Life (CVF-QoL) Instrument for Rural School-Going Children with Visual Impairments Within a South African Context: Item Genera... by Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe, Rekha Hansraj, Zamadonda Nokuthula Xulu-Kasaba

“…<b>Background</b>: Assessing visual function and quality of life in children with visual impairments is crucial for understanding its impact and evaluating interventions. …”
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Muscle Mass Index Decline as a Predictor of Lung Function Reduction in the General Population by Joon Young Choi, Chin Kook Rhee, Sang Hyuk Kim, Yong Suk Jo

“…The relationship between muscle mass index (MMI) changes and lung function in the general population remains unclear, especially as muscle mass fluctuates with aging. …”
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Mean Square Integral Inequalities for Generalized Convex Stochastic Processes via Beta Function by Putian Yang, Shiqing Zhang

“…The involvement of the beta function in the results makes the inequalities more convenient for applied sciences.…”
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Certain Inequalities Related to the Generalized Numeric Range and Numeric Radius That Are Associated with Convex Functions by Feras Bani-Ahmad, M. H. M. Rashid

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Provision and Accessibility of Services of General Interest in Functional Urban Regions: The Case of Zagreb, Croatia by Ivan Šišak, Aleksandar Lukić

“…The quality of life in both urban and rural areas is highly dependent on the availability of services of general interest. This study examines the provision and accessibility of 41 types of point-specific services, divided into 10 categories, within the functional urban region of Zagreb, Croatia, characterized by a declining population, despite being the most populous area in Croatia. …”
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A Holography-Based Modal Wavefront Sensor for the Precise Positioning of a Light Emitter Using a High-Resolution Computer-Generated Hologram by Florian Loosen, Johannes Stehr, Lucas Alber, Irina Harder, Norbert Lindlein

“…Instead of Zernike polynomials, more complex phase functions, which are related to certain dislocations of the light source are used as detector modes. …”
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WCN24-1340 Kidney function trajectory in 152 STEC-HUS patients followed for more than 15 years by Lucas Lucarelli, Laura Fernanda Alconcher, Alejandro Balestracci, Sabrina Bronfen, Luciana Meni Battaglia

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CD28 is superior to 4-1BB costimulation in generating CAR-NK cells for tumor immunotherapy by Pengchao Zhang, Xuejia Feng, Xiangyun Niu, Zhongming Liu, Minghui Li, Maoxuan Liu, Dehong Yan, Guizhong Zhang, Xiaochun Wan

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Generative Adversarial Network-Based Distortion Reduction Adapted to Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio Parameters in VVC by Weihao Deng, Zhenglong Yang

“…Furthermore, the perceptual function LPIPS loss is increased to align the image restoration effect more closely with human perception. …”
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Enhancing Cyber Resilience Through Traffic Generation Patterns in Complex Networks: A Study on Cascading Failures by B. Aymar Le Pere Tchimwa, Jean-Pierre Lienou, Wilson Ejuh Geh, Frederica Nelson, Sachin Shetty, Charles Kamhoua

“…To address this issue, we model our networks as unweighted, undirected graphs consisting of non-mobile nodes and use the host survival rate&#x2014;the percentage of functional hosts after a failure&#x2014;as the network&#x2019;s critical function. …”
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Enhancing the power quality in radial electrical systems using optimal sizing and selective allocation of distributed generations. by Bachirou Bogno, Deli Goron, Nisso Nicodem, S Shanmugan, Dieudonné Kidmo Kaoga, Kitmo, Akhlaque Ahmad Khan, Yasser Fouad, Michel Aillerie

“…The proposed approach is based on the evaluation of the power losses and voltage profiles of the IEEE 33 bus and IEEE 69 bus standards This MATLAB-based method establishes an objective function that converges more quickly to the optimal results.…”
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Effect of Internal Heat Generation on Heat Transfer of Trihybrid Nanofluid in an Open Enclosure with a Hot Baffle by Rajab Alsayegh

“…A V-shaped trend in Nu as a function of Ma is observed, highlighting the complex interplay between thermocapillary and buoyancy forces.…”
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Comparative Analysis of Energy Efficiency in High-Voltage Ozone Generators: Resonant Versus Non-Resonant Systems by Tongpian Prombud, Ekkapol Anusurain, Chainarong Wisassakwichai, Choosak Kamonkhantithorn

“…Resonant ozone generators, which utilize tuned electrical circuits for optimal efficiency, are assessed in comparison to non-resonant systems that function without frequency tuning. …”
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Subjective Evaluation of Generative AI-Driven Dialogues in Paired Dyadic and Topic-Sharing Triadic Interaction Structures by Kaori Abe, Changqin Quan, Sheng Cao, Zhiwei Luo

“…By switching interaction structures to adapt to users’ demands, system behavior becomes more appropriate for users.…”
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Effect of the number and placement of punched holes in rectangular winglet vortex generators on solar air heater performance by Boonchai Lertnuwat

“…For the simulations, the Realizable k-epsilon model supplemented with a wall function was employed. The results indicated that the number of holes had a significant effect on the Nusselt number, and the winglet vortex generator featuring a single hole was observed to have the highest averaged Nusselt number, whereas the nine-hole configuration had the lowest. …”
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Thyroid disease classification using generative adversarial networks and Kolmogorov-Arnold network for three-class classification by Aysel Topşir, Ferdi Güler, Ecesu Çetin, Mehmet Furkan Burak, Melih Ağraz

“…Abstract Thyroid disease classification is a critical challenge in medical diagnostics, requiring accurate differentiation between hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and normal thyroid function. This study introduces an advanced machine learning approach that integrates generative adversarial networks (GANs) for data augmentation and Kolmogorov-Arnold networks (KANs) for classification. …”
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Enhancing Planning for Autonomous Driving via an Iterative Optimization Framework Incorporating Safety-Critical Trajectory Generation by Zhen Liu, Hang Gao, Yeting Lin, Xun Gong

“…Dual-CVAE), facilitating efficient generation from normal to safety-critical trajectories. …”
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Ex vivo Akt inhibition promotes the generation of potent CD19CAR T cells for adoptive immunotherapy by Stephen J. Forman, Ryan Urak, Miriam Walter, Laura Lim, ChingLam W. Wong, Lihua E. Budde, Sandra Thomas, Xiuli Wang

“…Background Insufficient persistence and effector function of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-redirected T cells have been challenging issues for adoptive T cell therapy. …”
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Coexistence networks of soil methanogens are closely tied to methane generation in wetlands on the northeastern of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau by Kun He, Jiacheng Zhao, Jianbin Pan, Qi Zhang, Huyuan Feng, Huyuan Feng

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River-sourced Cladophora glomerata macroalgal biomass as a more sustainable and functional feed raw material for growing rabbits by Monika Nutautaitė, Asta Racevičiūtė-Stupelienė, Saulius Bliznikas, Alius Pockevičius, Vilma Vilienė

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