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Veterinary Student Experience and Learning Using a 4D Electrocardiogram Simulator

Abstract Cardiac electrophysiology and electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation present challenges for veterinary and medical education. Various resources and simulators exist to address this challenge. This study investigates the impact on learning and student experience of Epicar...

Personalized Prediction of Cutaneous Melanoma Risk Based on Polymorphism of the Genes Related to Skin Aging, Phenotypic Characteristics, and Sun Exposure in Lithuania

Background/Objectives: This is the first study in Eastern Europe to integrate skin and iris phenotypic characteristics with selected polymorphisms in genes related to skin aging, melanogenesis and skin pigmentation, and inflammatory regulation in relation to cutaneous melanoma (C...

Mapping intelligent manufacturing implementation barriers to industry 5.0 pillars: Evidence from the electronics industry

Subject to global economic headwinds, electronics manufacturing is at the cusp of a transition. Several factors, ranging from geopolitics to technological innovation, have challenged manufacturing at a global scale in the form of uncertainties and disruptions. The emergence of di...

Building charisma and trust with prosodic constructions

Abstract The present paper uses a perception experiment to investigate which prosodic factors determine the perceived charisma and trustworthiness conveyed by phrase-final intonation contours. The following factors were manipulated using PSOLA resynthesis and combined into 16 sti...

An Overview of Anti-Islanding Protection Schemes in PV-Based Microgrids

The increasing integration of distributed energy resources (DERs), particularly photovoltaic (PV) systems, is transforming modern power systems and introducing new challenges for protection, reliability, and stability. The transition toward smart grids with bidirectional power fl...

Trends in glaucoma diagnosis and medical management in Germany: A nationwide claims data analysis over 10 years

Abstract Purpose Analysing longitudinal trends in recorded diagnosis and medical management of glaucoma in Germany over a 10‐year period. Methods A retrospective cohort study using nationwide outpatient claims and prescription data from the German statutory health insurance syste...

Does the Democracy Matter? Party Facebook Engagement in Six Smaller European Democracies, 2010 to 2020

Does the state of a country's democracy show up in how people engage with its parties on Facebook? I use 184,317 posts from 35 official party pages in Finland, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Switzerland, posted between 2010 and October 2020, with 60.6 million interact...

Multicompartmental hemorrhage: A high-risk pattern associated with increased risk for progression in TBI patients

BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) often requires repeat head computed tomography (CT) imaging to monitor for bleed progression. While prior literature has explored patient-level factors, data on the impact of ICH morphologies (subdural [S...

Lymphatic Preconditioning for Preservation of Lymphatic Function

Lymphedema is chronic swelling from lymphatic dysfunction. The vascular delay phenomenon is used in flap reconstruction to increase flap viability through staged selective partial disruption of blood supply to enhance flap survival, followed by flap transfer 7–10 days later. A si...

Extracellular vesicle-derived circ6853 drives vascular remodeling and serves as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for gastric cancer

Gastric cancer (GC), a leading global malignancy, urgently requires the discovery of novel diagnostic and therapeutic targets. The roles of extracellular vesicle (EV)- derived circular RNAs (circRNAs) as diagnostic biomarkers and functional regulators, particularly in vascular re...

Characterization of a Resistively Multiplexed SiPM Readout for Position-Sensitive Scintillating Fibre Radiation Detectors

Active stoppers based on scintillating fibres provide fast signal formation, fine segmentation and compact geometry. On the other hand, their implementation requires a readout that can handle many silicon photomultiplier channels and a wide range of light intensities. We present...

Single-cell multi-omics in IPF and COPD: from atlas to impact

Single-cell and spatial multi-omics technologies are transforming our understanding of the normal lung cellular repertoire as well the molecular and cellular networks of chronic lung diseases. In this review we focus on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic obstructive...

Conflict Legacies in Wild Edible Plant Use Across Acholi and Lango Communities in Northern Uganda

Wild and semi-wild edible plants (WEPs) are critical sources of nutrition, food security, and biocultural heritage in rural communities globally. This study investigates the diversity, use, and drivers shaping differences in WEP knowledge and diversity between Lango and Acholi co...

Meta-Learning-Based Few-Shot Membership Inference Attacks Under Restricted Black-Box Access to Ranked Top-K Probabilities

Membership inference attacks (MIAs) determine whether a sample was used to train a target model. Existing attacks often require abundant auxiliary data or many reference models, which may be unavailable in restricted services. We propose a meta-learning-based few-shot MIA for bla...

Quantifying and adjusting for verification bias in diagnostic test accuracy studies with conditional reference standards

Abstract Background In diagnostic test accuracy studies, it is often infeasible to verify the true disease status of all participants with a gold standard. Several alternative study designs with incomplete verification exist. In a “check the negatives” or “check the positives” de...

Spatiotemporal Variation in Suidae–Cervidae Bone Collagen Stable-Isotope Offsets During the Middle and Late Holocene in China: An Exploratory Analysis Using Data-Driven Boundaries

Stable-isotope data are widely used to reconstruct ancient diets, but cross-regional comparisons of raw δ13C and δ15N values can be confounded by ecological baseline variation. Using published bone collagen data, we calculated mean isotope values for human, pig, and deer samples...

Distribution based design framework for ultrasonic process intensification using effective acoustic intensity

Abstract Ultrasonic processes are widely applied for dispersion and structural transformation of layered materials. In such processes, performance is often evaluated based on total input energy. However, because the acoustic pressure field in a liquid medium is inherently spatial...

EuroMillions Breakthrough Mining — 10374 Sources, 101115 Leads Extracted — E8 Intelligence Research

Mined 10374 lottery+quantum breakthroughs. Extracted 101115 leads across 13 categories. 97441 high-value leads found. Categories: {"CORRIDOR": 8838, "FORMULA": 8591, "GEOMETRIC": 1704, "FORWARD_ATTEMPT": 9288, "QUANTUM": 9540, "TIMING": 648, "CELESTIAL": 8656, "GEMATRIA": 9070, "...

Assessing consequences of anthropogenic hybridization: Great Lakes mallard movement and resource selection

The release of domesticated animals is resulting in anthropogenic hybridization with their wild congeners and there is concern that these interactions are a risk to conservation. In North America, large-scale releases of domesticated mallards have continued for over a century, ye...

Comparative Assessment of Machine Learning and Statistical Models for Agricultural Drought Forecasting and Driver Attribution in the North China Plain

ABSTRACT Drought severely threatens agricultural productivity and water resources in the North China Plain (NCP). This study provides a spatiotemporal analysis and prediction of agricultural drought from 2001 to 2024 using the Vegetation Health Index (VHI) derived from satellite...