Secure internet of medical things based electronic health records scheme in trust decentralized loop federated learning consensus blockchain by Megha Kuliha, Sunita Verma

“…The introduced model provides better outcomes in terms of 98.5% in the training accuracy and 99% in the validation accuracy over Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC-III) dataset, which is more efficient than the other traditional methods.…”
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Utilizing vegetation indices with optimal wavelengths to predict nitrogen uptake at the flowering stage and wheat yield by Akina Mizumoto, Hiroko Sawada, Ryo Terasaki, Kou Nakazono, Hiroe Yoshida, Akihiro Ohsumi, Akira Fukushima

“…The RSIN and RSIY vegetation indices outperformed the well-known NDVI, GNDVI, RENDVI, and plant height × SPAD value × spike number index in explaining the variation in wheat yield and nitrogen uptake. These findings present important implications for enhancing agricultural practices by providing more accurate and efficient methods for predicting nitrogen uptake and wheat yield.…”
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A Test of the Enhanced Vegetation Index as an indicator of human–elephant conflict around Bia Conservation Area, Ghana by Jessica-Jane Lavelle

“…To effectively and efficiently implement mitigation measures, a thorough understanding of the spatial and temporal patterns of HEC is required. …”
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Quantitative Histopathological Analysis of Cervical Intra-Epithelial Neoplasia Sections: Methodological Issues by Martial Guillaud, Dennis Cox, Anais Malpica, Gregg Staerkel, Jasenka Matisic, Dirk Van Niekirk, Karen Adler‐Storthz, Neal Poulin, Michele Follen, Calum MacAulay

“…Several methodological issues have arisen with respect to this analysis: (1) Finding the most efficient way to compensate for staining intensity variation with out losing diagnostic information; (2) Assessing the inter‐ and intra‐observer variability of the semi‐interactive data collection; and (3) the use of non‐overlapping cells from the intermediate layer only. …”
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Development of a New Indirect ELISA Test for the Detection of Anti-Feline Coronavirus Antibodies in Cats by Irene Ferrero, Sarah Dewilde, Paolo Poletti, Barbara Canepa, Enrica Giachino, Paola Dall’Ara, Joel Filipe

“…The aim of this work was the development of FCoVCHECK Ab ELISA, a new rapid indirect test for the detection of FCoV antibodies in feline serum/plasma samples. Methods: FCoVCHECK Ab ELISA was developed after a meticulous set-up and cut-off analysis through several methods, including the Youden’s index and ROC curve, to achieve the best test performance. …”
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SODS: Soil Health On-Demand Sensors—A Multi Parameter Field Study with Temporal Monitoring by Vikram Narayanan Dhamu, Mohammed A. Eldeeb, Anil C. Somenahally, Sriram Muthukumar, Shalini Prasad

“…Real-time monitoring of soil health parameters is crucial for efficient use of resources, improving agricultural productivity, and sustainability. …”
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Synthesis, structure and properties of N-R-amides and hydrazides of 2-[4-R-5-(theophylline-7ʹ-yl)-1,2,4-triazole-3-ylthio]acetic acid by A. S. Gotsulya

“…Derivatives of 1,2,4-triazole and theophylline are a promising class of compounds for synthesis of biologically active substances on their basis, due to a wide range of biological activity of these heterocycles’ derivatives The purpose of work is the development of efficient methods for synthesis of new amides and hydrazides of 2-[4-R-5-(theophylline-7'-yl)-1,2,4-triazole-3-ylthio]acetic acid (R = CH3, C2H5, C6H5) with variation of the reactions conditions and the study of physical properties of the obtained compounds. …”
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Characterization of Lip Thickness Effects in Subsonic Coaxial Jets with Varying Velocity Ratio by I. Angelin, R. Naren Shankar, K. Sathish Kumar, K. Anusindhiya, K. Vijayaraja, E. Rathakrishnan

“…These findings provide insight into optimizing coaxial jet design for applications requiring efficient mixing.…”
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A patient-centric chest pain management approach utilizing a high sensitivity Troponin-I assay by Abby E. Roetger, Christopher D. McKinney, De B. Winter III, Charmaine Lewis, Kristopher Swiger, Claire M. Corbett, Gregory Hall, Adam David, Austin Gratton

“…Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of adoption of a new cardiac chest pain pathway that included hs-cTnI in the emergency department (ED) when evaluating chest pain patients. Methods: A new pathway incorporating both hs-cTnI testing (Seimens Healthineers Atellica) and risk stratification tools was developed. …”
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Implementing Person-Centred Lean Six Sigma to Transform Dermatology Waiting Lists: A Case Study from a Major Teaching Hospital in Dublin, Ireland by Aileen Igoe, Seán Paul Teeling, Orla McFeely, Michelle McGuirk, Siobhan Manning, Vanessa Kelly, Heather Coetzee, Úna Cunningham, Karen Connolly, Patsy Lenane

“…The person-centred Lean Six Sigma approach, which combines Lean techniques to reduce non-value add and Six Sigma methods to eliminate variation through a person-centred lens, was applied to overhaul the referral, triage, and scheduling processes. …”
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Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…Scientists have explored xenotransplantation methods for decades, but research with vital organ xenotransplants has been in largely haphazard and non-controlled studies, which demonstrated only short-duration survival for recipients.…”
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Evaluation of proton and carbon ion beam models in TReatment Planning for Particles 4D (TRiP4D) referring to a commercial treatment planning system by Yinxiangzi Sheng, Lennart Volz, Weiwei Wang, Marco Durante, Christian Graeff

“…Compared to SyngoRT, TRiP4D underestimated the target RBE-weighted dose; however more efficient in RBE-weighted dose calculation. Large variation for proton beam with range shifter was observed. …”
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Rapid and Accurate Measurement of Major Soybean Components Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by Chenxiao Li, Jiatong Yu, Sheng Wang, Qinglong Zhao, Qian Song, Yanlei Xu

“…This study provides technical and theoretical support for achieving the efficient and accurate detection of major soybean components and for the development of portable near-infrared (NIR) instruments. …”
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Correlates of Overweight in Children and Adolescents Living at Different Altitudes: The Peruvian Health and Optimist Growth Study by Carla Santos, Alcibíades Bustamante, Donald Hedeker, Olga Vasconcelos, Rui Garganta, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, José Maia

“…Child- and school-level variables played important roles in explaining overweight variation. This information should be taken into account when designing more efficient strategies to combat the overweight and obesity epidemic.…”
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CBCT-to-CT synthesis using a hybrid U-Net diffusion model based on transformers and information bottleneck theory by Can Hu, Ning Cao, Xiuhan Li, Yang He, Han Zhou

“…Second, we incorporate a variational information bottleneck module at the base of the U-Net. …”
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YOLOv8n-DSDL: A lightweight dual-backbone network with decoupled self-attention for cotton maturity detection by Meiqi Zhong, Linjing Wei, Henghui Mo

“…The overall performance surpasses the original YOLOv8n and other mainstream detection methods. This study provides a novel and practical solution for intelligent maturity monitoring of cotton and potentially other crops. …”
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A Two-Step Leaching Process Using Thiourea for the Recovery of Precious Metals from Waste Printed Circuit Boards by Serap Ubiç, Rasoul Khayyam Nekouei, Veena Sahajwalla

“…The development of efficient recovery methods for waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) not only tackles the environmental risks of disposal but also promotes the conservation of resources within the electronics industry. …”
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Estimation of Mud and Sand Fractions and Total Concentration From Coupled Optical‐Acoustic Sensors by Duc Tran, Matthias Jacquet, Stuart Pearson, Bram VanProoijen, Romaric Verney

“…Abstract Optical turbidity and acoustic sensors have been widely used in laboratory experiments and field studies to investigate suspended particulate matter concentration over the last four decades. Both methods face a serious challenge as laboratory and in‐situ calibrations are usually required. …”
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Privacy-Preserving Approach for Early Detection of Long-Lie Incidents: A Pilot Study with Healthy Subjects by Riska Analia, Anne Forster, Sheng-Quan Xie, Zhiqiang Zhang

“…Real-time deployment on a Raspberry Pi 5 demonstrated the system is capable of accurately detecting long-lie incidents based on continuous monitoring over 15 min, with minimal posture variation; (4) Conclusion: The proposed system introduces a novel approach to long-lie detection by integrating privacy-aware sensing, interpretable posture-based features, and efficient edge computing. …”
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Latent spectral-spatial diffusion model for single hyperspectral super-resolution by Yingsong Cheng, Yong Ma, Fan Fan, Jiayi Ma, Yuan Yao, Xiaoguang Mei

“…Subsequently, the diffusion model undergoes efficient optimization through a variant of the variational bound on the data likelihood. …”
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