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Intelligence prediction of integrated circuit reliability based on SSA-LSTM fusion architecture
The relentless scaling of integrated circuits (ICs) into the nanoscale regime has intensified critical reliability challenges, such as Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI), which manifests pri...
DualMask: Federated optimization of privacy-utility-efficiency trilemma via orthogonal gradient perturbation and RL-optimized PSO
Federated learning faces a fundamental privacy-utility-communication trilemma, and existing static defense mechanisms suffer from rigid adaptation and poor multidimensional coordination, leaving a cri...
Growing third places: A qualitative study of experiences and perceived benefits of a campus community garden as a nature-based health intervention
This study explored the experiences and perceived health and wellbeing benefits of participating in a campus community garden among university staff, students, and faculty. Community gardens are incre...
The technological proposal based on enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery for changing traditional care in Latin America: REPLICCAR III Study Protocol
The length of hospital stay following cardiac surgery remains a significant challenge. Enhanced recovery protocols, alongside the use of health applications, offer promising potential for safely and e...
Association of perioperative fentanyl analog exposure with risk of psychiatric disorder in non-cardiac surgery: A 10-year retrospective study in a Korean tertiary hospital
Study objective To evaluate the risk of developing psychiatric disorders within three years after non-cardiac surgery in patients exposed to fentanyl analogs versus other opioids....
Trixis angustifolia DC. as a potential plant for the co-management of diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis
Diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis represent two concurrent conditions that have posed significant challenges to global public health. A comprehensive investigation into new strategies for co-managing...
Access and utilization of e-learning on tropical medicine at higher education institutions in Indonesia: A mixed-methods study
Introduction This study explored the experiences of medical students and lecturers with e-learning online resources on tropical medicine in Indonesia to find opportunities to enhan...
Gender dynamics in the relationship among student-teacher relationships, academic task engagement, academic task value, and positive developmental outcomes
This study examines gender differences in the direct and indirect relationships among student-teacher relationships, academic task engagement, perceived academic task value, and positive developmental...
Exposure to heavy metals, bisphenol A, and phthalates: Implications for precocious or delayed puberty
This study examined the associations between exposure to heavy metals, bisphenol A (BPA), and phthalates and precocious or delayed puberty. This study was a cross-sectional study using the data obtain...
Scenario-based functional modularization framework for consumer electronics using MFD and AHP: A case study on audio products
Consumer Electronics (CE) currently face dual pressures: the growing demand for personalization and multi-scenario usage, and the need to enhance product sustainability. Traditional single-function de...
Exploring gut microbiome and nutritional status among children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (MY-ASD Microbiome): A study protocol
Background Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by persistent deficits in social communication and the presence of restricted, repetitive b...
The power of concentration: Antipredator responses to diluted frozen crayfish alarm cues provide insights on ecologically relevant concentrations and updates to methodology
To optimize fitness when facing predation, animals perform threat-sensitive predator avoidance whereby they match the magnitude of the antipredator response to the severity of the perceived threat. In...
Creole goat morphological diversity partially mirrors district-level variation in the seasonally dry forest of Piura in Peru
Livestock systems in marginal ecosystems such as seasonally dry forests (SDFs) face increasing sustainability challenges, yet the role of morphology in mediating animal adaptation to local environment...
Unmasking the pathways to workplace incivility: A mediated moderation model of despotic leadership, workload stress, and distributive justice in higher education
The purpose of this study is to investigate how despotic leadership impacts workplace incivility through increased workload and to determine whether distributive justice moderates this relationship wi...
Development and validation of the leisure lifestyle and satisfaction assessment: A comprehensive tool for evaluating leisure engagement
Leisure activities play a pivotal role in enhancing the overall well-being and quality of life in people with schizophrenia. Leisure lifestyle and satisfaction provide important leisure-related inform...
Sex-related differences in single- and multi-arterial coronary artery bypass grafting: Insights from the Netherlands Heart Registration
Women are known to suffer from increased mortality and major adverse cardiac events rates after coronary artery bypass grafting compared to men. This study gives an overview of sex-disparities in graf...
Friendship segregation and class composition in schools: A systematic analysis of the role of attribute consolidation
In schools around the world students are sorted to different groups, courses, or classes. In increasingly diverse societies, such sorting practices play an important role to social cohesion. They set...
Exploring differential production of alkaloids and terpenoids in Cristataspora coffeata (Berk:) Robledo (Ganodermataceae) under submerged culture
Basidiomycetes are recognized for their capacity to produce a diverse range of secondary metabolites, particularly terpenoids and alkaloids, which have significant applications in the pharmaceutical,...
The Peak Plasma Concentration (Cmax)/Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of bedaquiline and levofloxacin with special attention to the sputum conversion in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Indonesia
Background Tuberculosis in Indonesia remains a serious public health concern, as the country has the third-largest number of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients in t...
Polarity effects, resistance, and probiotic enhancement of intoxication of Salmonella enterica fraB mutants in murine models
FraB is a deglycase in a metabolic pathway that allows Salmonella to utilize fructose-asparagine (F-Asn). Some fraB muta...
The association between physical and sensory function, self-perceived health, and 24-hour activity patterns for older people: A compositional data analysis
Background and objectives Older adults’ physical and sensory function and self-perceived health state are associated with their daily health behavior, such as moderate-to-vigorous...
Ethnic diversity in UK bioscience: Structural biases and recommendations for action
Scientific research is more innovative and impactful when scientists are drawn from diverse backgrounds. However, the scientific community does not reflect the demographics of wider society. Global Ma...
An entropy-based study of Simplification in ChatGPT translations compared to neural machine translation and human translation across genres
This study investigates the phenomenon of simplification in Chinese-to-English translation across Human Translation (HT), neural machine translation (NMT), and large language model (LLM)-based transla...
Phenotypic and morphometric characterization of local muscovy ducks raised in West Africa, Benin
The Muscovy duck ( Cairina moschata ) is a vital poultry species for rural livelihoods in Benin, yet no prior scientific study has documented its phenotypic and...
Efficient removal of silver ions from wastewater via chelation with dithiooxamide-functionalized polymeric adsorbent
This study investigates Ag(I) adsorption on a dithiooxamide/glutaraldehyde resin (DTG-R) using both experimental and theoretical approaches. Characterization confirmed the resin’s porous structure and...