UAV rice panicle blast detection based on enhanced feature representation and optimized attention mechanism by Shaodan Lin, Deyao Huang, Libin Wu, Zuxin Cheng, Dapeng Ye, Haiyong Weng

“…Quantitative evaluation demonstrates that the model achieves an overall accuracy of 91.4%, a mean IoU of 79%, and an F1 score of 82% on the test set. The incorporation of Focal Tversky Loss further enhances the model's ability to handle imbalanced datasets, improving detection accuracy for rare and severe disease categories. …”
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Lactococcus lactis I7 isolated from traditional Italian cheese making: a biotechnological integrated platform by Alberto Alfano, Darshankumar Parecha, Alessandra Fusco, Vittoria Savio, Ida De Chiara, Lidia Muscariello, Giovanna Donnarumma, Chiara Schiraldi

“…The samples obtaining after ultrafiltration processes and tested on three different pathogens, Enterococcus faecalis, Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli, gave a reduction on viability by 6–9 log on average. …”
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Resilience in Stroke survivor-care-partner Dyads (ReStoreD): a study protocol for a randomized-control trial by Alexandra L. Terrill, Sasha Gordon, Catharine Sparks, Brian B. Baucom, Beth Cardell, Justin J. MacKenzie, Jennifer J. Majersik, Maija Reblin, Lorie G. Richards

“…Discussion This is the first rigorously designed efficacy trial to test a positive psychology intervention for stroke survivors and their care-partners. …”
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Machine learning-based predictive modeling of angina pectoris in an elderly community-dwelling population: Results from the PoCOsteo study. by Shahrokh Mousavi, Zahrasadat Jalalian, Sima Afrashteh, Akram Farhadi, Iraj Nabipour, Bagher Larijani

“…Future studies could incorporate more direct diagnostic methods to test our findings further and enhance the robustness of the predictive models developed.…”
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Agri‐Mat Mulching Improves Aggregate Stability and Soil Pore Formation on Smallholder Farms in Sub‐Saharan Africa by Sibongiseni Mgolozeli, Adornis D. Nciizah, Isaiah I. C. Wakindiki, Khumbulani Dhavu, Fhatuwani N. Mudau, Siaw Onwona‐Agyeman

“…The aggregate stability test results indicated that 100% agri‐mat (100% AG) mulch had greater aggregate stabilizing ability than all other mulching treatments in both soil types. …”
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Smartphones, citizen science, and the fight against gender-based violence in rural Tanzania by Chandler Klein, Patty Kostkova, Herry Kasunga, Janet Chapman

“…These initiatives offer opportunities to empirically test the efficacy of citizen science approaches to anti-GBV efforts and contribute to broader debates on the role of smartphones in women's empowerment. …”
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Ultrasound non-invasive measurement of intracranial pressure in neurointensive care: A prospective observational study. by Chiara Robba, Danilo Cardim, Tamara Tajsic, Justine Pietersen, Michael Bulman, Joseph Donnelly, Andrea Lavinio, Arun Gupta, David K Menon, Peter J A Hutchinson, Marek Czosnyka

“…Major limitations are the heterogeneity and small number of patients included in this study, the need for specialised training to perform and interpret the ultrasound tests, and the variability in performance among different ultrasound operators.…”
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A novel recyclable hydrolyzed nanomagnetic copolymer catalyst for green, and one-pot synthesis of tetrahydrobenzo[b]pyrans by Behrooz Maleki, Samaneh Sedigh Ashrafi, Pouya Ghamari Kargar, Azita Alipour, Zohreh Pahnavar, Pegah Ebrahimzadeh

“…These functional groups enhance the copolymer’s ability to support the deposition of magnetic nanoparticles and participate in catalytic reactions. …”
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Negative Association of Gulf War Illness Symptomatology with Predicted Binding Affinity of Anthrax Vaccine Antigen to Human Leukocyte (HLA) Class II Molecules by Lisa M. James, Apostolos P. Georgopoulos

“…We hypothesized that this is partly due to the combination of two factors, namely (a) the cytotoxicity of the antigen (anthrax Protective Antigen, PA) contained in the vaccine, and (b) the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) genotype of susceptible vaccinees, reducing their ability to make antibodies against the cytotoxic PA. …”
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Factors influencing reselection of village doctors in rural-oriented tuition-waived medical education program in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study by Jing Gao, Juhua Zhang, Chenlei Shi, Aiqin Fan, Peng Zhang

“…Analysis of variance (ANOVA), chi-square tests and logistic regression analysis was conducted.ResultsA total of 419 questionnaires were collected. …”
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New Plum Detection in Complex Environments Based on Improved YOLOv8n by Xiaokang Chen, Genggeng Dong, Xiangpeng Fan, Yan Xu, Xiangjun Zou, Jianping Zhou, Hong Jiang

“…Initially, the CA attention mechanism was introduced to the backbone network to improve the model’s ability to extract crucial features of new plums. …”
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Economic-mathematical model for predicting financial market dynamics by Artur R. Musin

“…The subsequent model application on GBP/USD series from the test dataset allowed demonstrating its high predictive ability comparing with added random walk model, in particular judging by percentage of correct forecast directions. …”
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The relationship between moral, cultural, and spiritual competences with aggression of psychiatric nurses: a descriptive correlational study by Amir Mohamad Nazari, Seyedeh Narjes Mousavizadeh

“…Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation test and linear regression analysis. Results The mean age of the participants was 35.13 ± 8.01 years. …”
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Experimental application results of mesenchymal stem cell microvesicles in the mouse model of acute renal failure by I. P. Ivanova, G. V. Seledtsova, V. I. Seledtsov, T. S. Khabalova, A. B. Dorzhieva

“…In addition, MVs carry out transport of mRNA, miRNA, and signal proteins into damaged tissues. This increases the ability of cells to regenerate and to inhibit apoptosis, promote to angiogenesis and stimulate cell proliferation. …”
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Development and Validation of a Nomogram to Predict Ventricular Fibrillation During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction by Ruifeng Liu, Xiangyu Gao, Jihong Fan, Huiqiang Zhao

“…The nomogram, incorporating these predictors, demonstrated a strong discriminative ability with an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.882 (0.825–0.939) and good calibration (Hosmer–Lemeshow test, p = 0.769). …”
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Alleles of Ppd-1 genes that control sensitivity to photoperiod in a number of bread winter wheat genotypes by А. О. Бакума, Г. О. Чеботар, А. В. Ткачук, С. В. Чеботар, Т. З. Москалець, В. В. Москалeць

“…A breeding material with a high adaptive ability for growing conditions in Polissia-Forest-Steppe zone was studied by the allelic state of the Ppd-1 genes. …”
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Rationale and study protocol of the MAMELI Cohort study (Mapping the Methylation of repetitive elements to track the Exposome effects on health: the city of Legnano as a Living lab... by Valentina Bollati, Federica Rota, Laura Dioni, Chiara Favero, Simona Iodice, Marta Gallazzi, Andrea Spinazzè, Giacomo Fanti, Davide Campagnolo, Tiago Nardi, Davide Biganzoli, Eva Dariol, Rachele Matsagani, Mirjam Hoxha, Paola Monti, Benedetta Albetti, Letizia Tarantini, Davide Barbuto, Ester Luconi, Giuseppe Marano, Giacomo Biganzoli, Roberta Biciuffi, Patrizia Boracchi, Domenico M Cavallo, Pilar M Guerrieri, Fabio Mosca, Stefano Gustincich, Giovanni Sanesi, Luca Ferrari, Michele Carugno, Silvia Fustinoni, Angela Cecilia Pesatori, Luca Pandolfini, Michele Miragoli, Andrea Cattaneo, Elia Biganzoli

“…This hypothesis suggests that the ability of DNA to adapt to environmental triggers could be monitored and used as an indicator of health resilience. …”
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Estimation of the air conditioning energy consumption of a classroom using machine learning in a tropical climate by Liliana Ortega-Diaz, Julian Jaramillo-Ibarra, German Osma-Pinto

“…Training the models with a larger amount of data allows for capturing more representative patterns, which improves their generalization ability and performance on new data.…”
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The Effectiveness of β-glucan in the Treatment of Caprine Mastitis Induced by Candida albicans by Saddam H Mahmoud, Shaimaa N Yassein

“…Clinical signs, milk quality (California Mastitis Test and fungal cultures), and serum levels of IL-6 and IFN-γ were assessed on days 0, 5, 10, 20, 30, and 40 post-inoculation. …”
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Investigating a Suitable Ratio of Iron Ore Tailings and Quarry Dust in Concrete Production. by Kasozi, Mark

“…Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. …”
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