CSNet: A Remote Sensing Image Semantic Segmentation Network Based on Coordinate Attention and Skip Connections by Jiahao Li, Hongguo Zhang, Liang Chen, Binbin He, Huaixin Chen

“…This promotes the fusion of semantic information at different levels, enhances the recovery of fine-grained details, and optimizes the gradient flow during training, effectively mitigating the vanishing gradient problem and improving training efficiency. …”
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ANALYZING THE INTERESTS AND INTERACTION OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF A TRANSPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT by Dmytro Lytvynenko, Anna Dorokhina, Roman Artiukh

“…The following methods are applied: value approach, structural models, optimization models. …”
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Regeneration Analysis of Bone Char Used in Water Defluoridation: Chemical Desorption Route, Surface Chemistry Analysis and Modeling by Herson Antonio González-Ponce, Didilia Ileana Mendoza-Castillo, Adrián Bonilla-Petriciolet, Hilda Elizabeth Reynel-Ávila, Karla Iveth Camacho-Aguilar

“…High concentrations of fluoride (F−) in drinking water represent a public health threat, and consequently, effective and sustainable methods are required to improve the water quality, mainly in developing and low-income countries. …”
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Understanding the Practical and Psychological Barriers to Clinical Trial Diversity and Accessibility by Parkhurst KL, Froment A

“…Kristin L Parkhurst, Amy Froment Global Trial Optimization, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, USACorrespondence: Kristin L Parkhurst, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, USA, Tel +1-914-847-8795, Email kristin.parkhurst@regeneron.comPurpose: It is crucial to have diverse trial populations to assess the effectiveness of treatments in different patient groups. …”
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Integrated Potential of Microbial, Botanical, and Chemical Pesticides for the Control of Viral Disease Vector Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on Tomato under Greenhouse and Fie... by Amha Gebremariam, Eyerus Mekuriaw, Fekadu Shemekit, Fassil Assefa

“…Although there are several control methods for the control of whitefly pests, the integrated application of entomopathogenic fungi (IPM) with chemical and botanical insecticides has proven more effective than individual control agents. …”
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Synthesis, structure and properties of N-R-2-(5-(5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-yl)-4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-ylthio)acetamides by A. S. Hotsulia, S. O. Fedotov

“…The presence in one molecule structure of fragments of two different azaheterocycles is synthetically interesting and allows increasing the probability to obtain biologically active substance with a wide spectrum of action.The aim of the work was to optimize the synthesis conditions and investigate the properties of N-R-2-(5-(5-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-yl)-4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-ylthio)acetamides in case of change of chemical process conditions.Methods and results. …”
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The value of vector ECG in predicting residual pulmonary hypertension in CTEPH patients after pulmonary endarterectomy. by Dieuwke Luijten, Tamara Rodenburg, Harm-Jan Bogaard, Azar Kianzad, Dieuwertje Ruigrok, Philip Croon, Patrick Smeele, Hubert W Vliegen, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, Lilian J Meijboom, Frederikus A Klok

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We studied 66 CTEPH patients who underwent PEA. …”
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Development of a Mammalian Cell Line for Stable Production of Anti-PD-1 by Erika Csató-Kovács, Pál Salamon, Szilvia Fikó-Lászlo, Krisztina Kovács, Alice Koka, Mónika András-Korodi, Emőke Antal, Emília Brumă, Brigitta Tőrsők, Szilárd Gudor, Ildikó Miklóssy, Kálmán Csongor Orbán, Csilla Albert, Emese Éva Bálint, Beáta Albert

“…<b>Methods:</b> The heavy chain (HC) and light chain (LC) of Nivolumab were cloned into two expression vectors, pOptiVEC and pcDNA3.3. …”
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Enteral Nutrition Practices and Complications in ICU Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study of Healthcare Professionals&rsquo; Perspectives in Saudi Arabia by Zaher S, Alhindi R, Alturki L, Alsobhi E, Alahmadi L, Aldhowayan HA

“…The variation in reported complications may be attributed to differences in practitioner characteristics. These findings may emphasize the importance of targeted training, standardized reporting, and evidence-based practices to optimize EN management and improve patient outcomes in ICU settings.Keywords: enteral nutrition, ICU, PICU, EN complications…”
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Enhancement of motor skill learning by a combination of ideal model-observation and self-observation by Nazanin Maleksabet, Farahnaz Ayatizadeh Tafti, Rosa Rahavi Ezabadi

“…Although, little research is known about the model type and the observation conditions which will optimize learning.Aim: This study aimed to clarify the effect of using a combination of ideal model-observation and self-observation on self-efficacy and learning the forehand service of table tennis.Materials and Methods: Forty females were assigned to one of four experimental groups. …”
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Dissipative Magneto-thermo-convection of Nanofluid Past through a Semi-infinite Vertical Surface with Ohmic Heating by Asra Anjum, Shaik Abdul Gaffar, Sateesh Kumar, Samdani Peerusab

“…A second-order flexible, implicit finite-difference Keller box method (KBM) is employed for solving the modified conservation equations mathematically, subject to physically suitable boundary conditions. …”
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CLOUD COMPUTING AND BIG DATA AS CONVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR RETAIL PRICING STRATEGIES OF SMEs by George SUCIU, Gyorgy TODORAN, Adelina OCHIAN, Victor SUCIU, Janna CROPOTOVA

“…The paper explains why retailers can no longer thrive without a science-based pricing system, defines and illustrates the right science-based approach, and calls out the key features and functionalities of leading science-based price optimization systems. In particular, given a cloud application, we propose to leverage trivial and non-trivial connections between different sensor signals and data from online social networks, in order to find patterns that are likely to provide innovative solutions to existing retail problems. …”
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Diseño de un Software de Intermediación de Comunicación para Sistemas Distribuidos de Tiempo Real Críticos en Java by Daniel Tejera, Alejandro Alonso, Miguel A. de Miguel

“…El objetivo de este trabajo es afrontar dicha limitación definiendo un nuevo modelo de RMI (Remote Method Invocation) basado en los principales perfiles de RTSJ para sistemas de tiempo real crítico. …”
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Classification of Skin Lesion With Features Extraction Using Quantum Chebyshev Polynomials and Autoencoder From Wavelet-Transformed Images by Farhatullah, Xin Chen, Deze Zeng, Jiafeng Xu, Rab Nawaz, Rahmat Ullah

“…The experimental evaluation of the proposed model includes analysis with five different optimizers: Adam, RMSprop, SGD, Adadelta, and Adagrad, accross two widely recognized datasets, ISIC2017 and HAM10000. …”
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Geometrical Features of Subbasal Corneal Whorl-like Nerve Patterns in Dry Eye Disease by Ziqing Feng, MD, Kang Yu, MD, Yupei Chen, MS, Gengyuan Wang, MS, Yuqing Deng, MD, Wei Wang, MD, Ruiwen Xu, MD, Yimin Zhang, MD, Peng Xiao, PhD, Jin Yuan, MD, PhD

“…Participants: The study included 29 healthy subjects (51 eyes) and 62 DED patients (95 eyes). Methods: All subjects underwent comprehensive ophthalmic examinations, dry eye tests, and in vivo confocal microscopy to visualize the whorl-like corneal nerve at the inferior whorl (IW) region and the straight nerve at the central cornea. …”
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Outcomes of teclistamab in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma with prior exposure to BCMA-directed therapy: a multicenter study from the U.S. Multiple Myeloma Immun... by Danai Dima, Mariola A. Vazquez-Martinez, James A. Davis, Utkarsh Goel, Aimaz Afrough, Aishwarya Sannareddy, Oren Pasvolsky, Beatrice Razzo, Rahul Banerjee, Jack Khouri, Ariel Grajales-Cruz, Alex Lieberman-Cribbin, Masooma Shifa Rana, Kelley Julian, Shaun DeJarnette, Andrew J. Portuguese, Mahmoud R. Gaballa, Gabriel De Avila, Sandra Susaniba Adaniya, Shahzad Raza, Megan M. Herr, Evguenia Ouchveridze, Tiffany Richards, Hitomi Hosoya, Lekha Mikkilineni, Gurbakhash Kaur, Omar Castaneda Puglianini, Adriana Rossi, Yi Lin, Shebli Atrash, Douglas Sborov, Kenneth H. Shain, Peter M. Voorhees, Shambavi Richard, Alfred L. Garfall, Doris K. Hansen, Surbhi Sidana, Krina K. Patel, Andrew J. Cowan, Larry D. Anderson, Hans C. Lee, Faiz Anwer, Christopher J. Ferreri, Leyla Shune

“…Using the maximally selected rank statistics method, the optimal cut-off for time from the last BCMA-DT exposure to teclistamab initiation was identified as 8.7 months. …”
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A Dual-Branch Network for Intra-Class Diversity Extraction in Panchromatic and Multispectral Classification by Zihan Huang, Pengyu Tian, Hao Zhu, Pute Guo, Xiaotong Li

“…Specifically, the intra-class diversity identification and splitting (IDIS) module independently analyzes the intra-class variance within each modality to identify semantically broad classes, and it applies an optimized K-means method to split such classes into fine-grained sub-classes. …”
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Correlating the oral swab microbial community with milk production metrics in Holstein dairy cows by Joseph H. Skarlupka, Madison S. Cox, Andrew J. Steinberger, Dino L. Sbardellati, Andrew J. Scheftgen, Ibrahim Zuniga-Chaves, Eric Paget, Charles Skadron, Nithya Attipetty, Jennifer C. McClure, Derek M. Bickhart, Garret Suen

“…Our research demonstrates the potential use of oral swabs as a scalable, effective method for characterizing the microbiome and its associations with milk production metrics, recapitulating established associations obtained through traditional ruminal sampling methods.…”
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Validity of smartwatch-derived estimates of lactate threshold heart rate and pace compared to graded exercise testing by Changda Lu, Wei Cui, Zheng Zhu, Yiwei Wu, Qingjun Xing, Bingyu Pan, Bingyu Pan, Yanfei Shen, Yanfei Shen

“…BackgroundQuantifying exercise intensity through the lactate threshold (LT) is crucial for optimizing athletic training regimes. Traditional methods like maximal lactate steady state and graded exercise testing are valid but invasive and costly. …”
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Early intensive blood pressure management after endovascular treatment in ischaemic stroke (IDENTIFY): a multicentre, open-label, blinded-endpoint, randomised controlled trialResea... by Xuening Zhang, Le Cao, Simiao Wu, Duolao Wang, Hang Wang, Dingwen Zhang, Jian Wang, Lizhang Chen, Xue Lin, Decai Qian, Qinjun Zhang, Lan Xiong, Weiping Wang, Yufeng Tang, Bo Lei, Tianzhu Liu, Jie He, Li Wang, Fuqiang Guo, Guangzong Li, Kuiyun Wang, Jinglun Li, Jun Luo, Jian Shen, Mangmang Xu, Hongbo Zheng, Dong Zhou, Ming Liu, Fayun Hu, Bo Wu, Bo Wu, Fayun Hu, Hongbo Zheng, Yufeng Tang, Decai Qian, Xiang Luo, Wenjie Zi, Xin Hu, Qingwu Yang, Weihai Xu, Anxin Wang, Duolao Wang, Le Cao, Dingwen Zhang, Xing Zhao, Bo Chen, Fayun Hu, Dong Zhou, Ming Liu, Hongbo Zheng, Xuening Zhang, Hang Wang, Mangmang Xu, Ping Wang, Zilong Hao, Jian Wang, Lizhang Chen, Xue Lin, Yuying Yan, Shuai Jiang, Chen Ye, Ruosu Pan, Tang Yang, Kun Lu, Wenzuo Shang, Jingyu Cui, Xueling Bai, Luyao Zhong, Yajun Cheng, Tianxiang Lan, Yuting Wu, Lanhua Liao, Xinyan Peng, Zengju Wue, Fayun Hu, Shuai Jiang, Chen Ye, Ruosu Pan, Tang Yang, Yuying Yan, Yuting Wu, Hang Wang, Ping Wang, Luyao Zhong, Yajun Cheng, Youjie Wang, Congjun Li, Ruishan Liu, Yuan Yao, Jian Wang, Lizhang Chen, Xue Lin, Decai Qian, Lei Deng, Weiping Wang, Yong Yan, Lan Xiong, Chao Li, Qinjun Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yufeng Tang, Zhaokun Li, Bo Lei, Li Chen, Gaoxian Tianzhu Liu, Jie He, Li Wang, Yu Xie, Guangzong Li, Xiaojing Luo, Fuqiang Guo, Shu Yang, Jian Shen, Lei Zhang, Jun Luo, Zhenxuan Tian, Jinglun Li, Yuan Yang, Kuiyun Wang, Weigang Kong, Jie Shen, Xiangping Cheng, Huan Ren, Youlin Wu, Liu Hua, Hui Zheng, Dong Wei, Hong WangZ, Qingwei Yang, Yufeng Hou, Zhou Yu, Miao Peng, Haizhi Guo, Xiangrong Sun, Wei Fan, Zicheng Hu, Jun Liu, Bo Zhang, Yunbo Chen, Lei Liu, Long Zhou, Bo Li, Jiachuan Liao, Xin Zhou, Li Zhou, Xiaolin Tan, Jian Fan, Daqing Xu, Qin Liu, Jia Duan, Xiaojun Luo, Yuqi Peng, Chao He, Jiajun Huang, Jin Fan, Tiao Qiu, Xuanye Yue, Zhijin Yang, Zhuobo Zhang, Yifei Chen, Pingyun Zeng, Haowen Xu, Shenglin Deng, Xiaoyun She, Chunyu Lei, Yifei Ji

“…This study investigated the safety and efficacy of intensive BP control in AIS patients who had received EVT within 6 h. Methods: This randomised, multicentre, open-label, blinded-endpoint clinical trial (ChiCTR2200057770) was conducted at 63 stroke centres in China. …”
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