Cardiac disease diagnosis based on GAN in case of missing data. by Xing Chen, Na Zhang, Xiaohui Yang, Chunyan Wang, Qi Na, Tianyun Luan, Wendi Zhu, Chenjie Zhang, Chao Yang

“…Additionally, data integration is difficult and poses privacy protection challenges, resulting in a large number of missing data in the dataset. …”
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Accurate Extraction of Rural Residential Buildings in Alpine Mountainous Areas by Combining Shadow Processing with FF-SwinT by Guize Luan, Jinxuan Luo, Zuyu Gao, Fei Zhao

“…This methodology effectively addresses the challenges posed by intense shadows in settlements and environmental occlusions common in mountainous terrain analysis. …”
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Neuroscience-informed nomogram model for early prediction of cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease by Sudharshan Putha, Swaroop Reddy Gayam, Bhavani Prasad Kasaraneni, Krishna Kanth Kondapaka, Sateesh Kumar Nallamala, Praveen Thuniki

“…Cognitive impairment is a common non-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD), significantly affecting patients' quality of life and posing challenges for clinical management. Early prediction of cognitive decline in PD is critical for timely diagnosis and intervention. …”
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Transcriptome characterisation and population genetics of Cunninghamia konishii Hayata – An endangered gymnosperm and implication for its conservation in Vietnam by Bich Hong Ha, Mai Phuong Pham, Quoc Khanh Nguyen, Thi Tuyet Xuan Bui, Giap Vu, Syed Noor Muhammad Shah, Dinh Duy Vu

“…In the GO database, 12,056 (20.47%) unigenes were annotated and these genes were divided into three major categories and 50 subcategories. In the KOG analysis, 13,248 (22.49 %) unigenes were annotated and divided into 25 gene function categories. …”
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Multi-omics characterization of aflatoxigenic Aspergillus from grains and rhizosphere of maize across agroecological zones of Cameroon by Rolly Audrey Mvogo Nyebe, Aundy Kumar, Eddy Léonard Ngonkeu Mangaptche, Shanu Kumar, Shanmugam Velmurugan, Charishma Krishnappa, Aditi Kundu, Viviane Djuikwo, Deeksha Joshi, Robin Gogoi, Elie Fokou

“…Gene analysis revealed seven distinct aflatoxin biosynthesis genotypes, with the aflC gene playing a key role in aflatoxin production. qRT-PCR results showed lower expression of aflatoxin biosynthesis genes in rhizosphere strains compared to seed-associated strains, confirming the regulatory function of the aflR gene. …”
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Consequences of in vitro exposure of chicken spermatozoa to the fungicide tebuconazole by Skarlet Napierkowska, Pascal Froment, Joelle Dupont, Natalia Płuciennik, Azindokht Babapour, Sandra Krywko-Valencia, Wojciech Niżański, Artur Kowalczyk, Agnieszka Partyka

“…Sperm motility was analyzed with Computer-Aided Sperm Analysis (CASA) system, while flow cytometry assessed membrane integrity, mitochondrial function, acrosome status, chromatin structure, intracellular calcium, apoptosis, caspase activity, and lipid peroxidation after 1 and 3 hours of exposure. …”
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SegNeXt-RCMSCA: An improved SegNeXt network for detecting winter wheat lodging from UAS RGB images by Yahui Guo, Wei Zhou, Yongshuo H Fu, Fanghua Hao, Xuan Zhang, Le Xu, Ji Liu, Yuhong He

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Patent Dirofilaria immitis infection in Galapagos sea lion rookeries in San Cristóbal Island by Carla A. Culda, Rommel Lenin Vinueza, Marjorie Riofrío-Lazo, Renato Leon, Diego Páez-Rosas, Andrei Daniel Mihalca

“…This research demonstrates the occurrence of Dirofilaria immitis (canine heartworm) in Z. wollebaeki, indicating their possible function as a definitive host for this parasite. Blood samples collected in August 2023 from 50 individuals (juveniles and adults) in 2 rookeries of San Cristóbal Island, revealed a 2% prevalence of D. immitis in juvenile females, as confirmed by Knott’s test and polymerase chain reaction analysis. …”
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Gut microbiota’s role in the enhancement of type 2 diabetes treatment by a traditional Chinese herbal formula compared to metformin by Chengdong Xia, Liya Yue, Yinyu Wang, Cuidan Li, Guannan Ma, Yingjiao Ju, Peihan Wang, Jie Wang, Xiaoyuan Jiang, Xiaotong Wang, Fei Chen

“…ABSTRACT Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a rapidly increasing metabolic disorder that poses a significant threat to global public health. …”
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Immune-related diagnostic indicators and targeted therapies for COPD combined with NASH were identified and verified via WGCNA and LASSO by Jianwei Hong, Zikai Xu, Fangrui Xu, Haifeng Wu, Jinxia Liu, Lishuai Qu

“…IntroductionThe incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has increased significantly in past decades, posing a significant public health burden. An increasing amount of research points to a connection between COPD and NAFLD. …”
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Spatialisation of Electricity Consumption in China Based on Nighttime Light Remote Sensing from 2012 to 2023 by Yanshu Wang, Mingquan Wu, Zheng Niu

“…For the spatial dimension, the power function model was proven to be the most suitable estimation model for China, with an average R² of 0.9385, while for the temporal dimension, the quadratic polynomial model was the most suitable, with an R² of 0.9706. …”
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MoSViT: a lightweight vision transformer framework for efficient disease detection via precision attention mechanism by Yuanqi Chen, Aiping Wang, Ziyang Liu, Jie Yue, Enxu Zhang, Fei Li, Ning Zhang

“…Traditional diagnostic methods are often inefficient and subjective, posing challenges for timely and accurate pest management. …”
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A novel extension of the power lindley distribution with statistical properties and application to COVID-19 data by Danish Qayoom, Aafaq A. Rather, Eid Sadun Alotaibi, Bayan Adel Shukr, Afnan Ali Almazmomi, Abdulrahman Obaid Alshammari

“…A comprehensive theoretical investigation is conducted, deriving key statistical properties including the probability and cumulative distribution functions, reliability functions, moments, moment generating function, order statistics, and entropy measures. …”
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Comparison of swallowing dynamics between jelly and thickened liquid commonly used for swallowing training in Japan by Mineka Yoshikawa, Jun Kayashita, Masahiro Nakamori, Toshikazu Nagasaki, Shin Masuda, Mitsuyoshi Yoshida

“…Apparently, the thin liquid reached the pyriform sinus before maximum laryngeal elevation, posing a risk of laryngeal penetration and aspiration during swallowing. …”
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Noise-immune zeroing neural dynamics for dynamic signal source localization system and robotic applications in the presence of noise by Yuxin Zhao, Jiahao Wu, Mianjie Zheng

“…Theoretical analysis confirms that the proposed NIZND model exhibits global convergence and high precision under noisy conditions. …”
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Benthic invertebrates in the Wadden Sea form a stable community characterized by facilitating relationships by Mark Rademaker, Paula de laBarra, Anieke vanLeeuwen, Allert I. Bijleveld

“…We provide a stepping stone for species‐specific analysis by showing that the numbers of interaction link to functional species traits. …”
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Finding Pareto trade-offs in fair and accurate detection of toxic speech by Soumyajit Gupta, Venelin Kovatchev, Anubrata Das, Maria De-Arteaga, Matthew Lease

“…Optimizing NLP models for fairness poses many challenges. Lack of differentiable fairness measures prevents gradient-based loss training or requires surrogate losses that diverge from the true metric of interest. …”
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PSO-Optimized IT2FLC for load frequency and VRFB control in two-area interconnected power system by Mohammed Hamouda Ali, Mostafa Bahaa, Mohammed A. Mehanna

“…The integration of large-scale renewable energy sources into power systems poses significant challenges for load frequency control (LFC) due to variability and unpredictability. …”
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Differential Transcriptional Landscape of Vero Cells During Dengue Virus 2 Infection in the Presence of Sinococuline by Amit Garg, Rahul Shukla, Amit Kumar, Charu Aggarwal, Arnab Mukhopadhyay, Navin Khanna

“…Dengue virus (DENV) is transmitted by <i>Aedes</i> genus mosquitoes and is responsible for dengue fever (DF) and other severe diseases, posing a significant challenge to the global health system. …”
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Lignin-containing cellulose nanofiber-selenium nanoparticle hybrid enhances tolerance to salt stress in rice genotypes by Abdelghany S. Shaban, Ragab Abouzeid, Qinglin Wu, Prasanta K. Subudhi

“…Furthermore, LCNF/SeNPs improved ion homeostasis in both genotypes by reducing the Na+/K+ ratio, which is crucial for maintaining cellular function under salt stress. Gene expression analysis revealed upregulation of key salt stress-responsive genes, suggesting enhanced stress tolerance due to the application of LCNF/SeNPs in both genotypes. …”
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