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GEODESIC ALGORITHMS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019
The figure of the Earth can be modelled either by a cartesian plane, a sphere or an (oblate) ellipsoid, in decreasing order with respect to the approximation quality.
V. Fisikopoulos
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A global neuronopathic gaucher disease registry (GARDIAN): a patient-led initiative

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2023
Background Gaucher disease (GD) is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder. GD types 2 and 3 are known as neuronopathic Gaucher disease (nGD) because they have brain involvement that progresses over time.
Tanya Collin-Histed, Madeline Stoodley, Kathleen Beusterien, Deborah Elstein, Dena H. Jaffe, Shoshana Revel-Vilk, Elin Haf Davies, the International Gaucher Alliance (IGA)   +7 more
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Oracle selection provides insight into how far off practice is from Utopia in plant breeding

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Since the introduction of genomic selection in plant breeding, high genetic gains have been realized in different plant breeding programs. Various methods based on genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) for selecting parental lines that maximize the ...
David Vanavermaete, Steven Maenhout, Jan Fostier, Bernard De Baets   +3 more
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Dynamic Ensemble Algorithm Post-Selection Using Hardness-Aware Oracle

IEEE Access, 2023
Dynamic Ensemble Selection (DES) algorithms have obtained better performance in many tasks compared to monolithic classifiers and static ensembles. However, it is reasonable to assume that no DES algorithm is the optimal solution in different scenarios ...
Paulo R. G. Cordeiro, George D. C. Cavalcanti, Rafael M. O. Cruz   +2 more
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Effect of fruit and mint flavored Rogue® oral nicotine product use on smoking reduction and quitting in a 6-Month prospective cohort of adults who smoke cigarettes

BMC Public Health
Background Quitting cigarette smoking can substantially reduce or eliminate the risk of developing numerous chronic diseases. Use of flavored tobacco or nicotine products is commonly cited by adults who smoke cigarettes to be important in helping them ...
Elliott H. McDowell, Jason N. Kennedy, Michael Feehan, Stacey A. Bell, Sarah E. Marking, Jessica P. Zdinak, Andrew R. Joyce, Michelle Humphreys   +7 more
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Improving Process Efficiency in Iraqi universities: a proposed management information system

Iraqi Journal for Computer Science and Mathematics, 2023
This research paper aims to investigate the current state of process efficiency in Iraqi universities and propose a management information system (MIS) to improve it.
Mohanad Yaseen, Hayder Sabah Salih, Mohammad Aljanabi , Ahmed Hussein Ali , Saad Abas Abed   +4 more
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A nationwide student survey on biochemistry learning resources in Italy

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We conducted a survey among Italian university students to investigate their preferred study materials for biochemistry. We then analyzed the collected data to identify these materials. This information may be valuable to the Biochemistry educational community. The graphical abstract was created with Claude (Opus 5.5; Anthropic, 2026).
Anna Marabotti, Ivano Eberini, Maria Luisa Genova, Francesca Mensitieri, Francesco Malatesta   +4 more
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Stability Oracle: a structure-based graph-transformer framework for identifying stabilizing mutations

Nature Communications
Engineering stabilized proteins is a fundamental challenge in the development of industrial and pharmaceutical biotechnologies. We present Stability Oracle: a structure-based graph-transformer framework that achieves SOTA performance on accurately ...
Daniel J. Diaz, Chengyue Gong, Jeffrey Ouyang-Zhang, James M. Loy, Jordan Wells, David Yang, Andrew D. Ellington, Alexandros G. Dimakis, Adam R. Klivans   +8 more
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Development and validation of a hypertension risk prediction model using electronic health records data from general practices in Hampshire and Isle of Wight integrated care system

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Background Hypertension is a major risk factor for heart, stroke and kidney disease. Identifying patients at risk of developing hypertension early and applying preventative measures can reduce the disease burden and improve outcomes.
Jurgita Gammall, Daria Ruffini, Somil Parmar, Nikolaos Mastellos, Laura Beegan, Kathryn Griffiths, Chris Gibbons, Richard Betteridge   +7 more
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Quantitative study of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards herpes zoster (HZ) and HZ vaccination: Survey findings from a multi-country study in Asia (ZOASIS)

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward herpes zoster (HZ) disease and vaccination and identify factors influencing HZ vaccination perceptions and behavior in adults ≥50 y of age (YOA) among the public and physicians in Hong
Jing Chen, Sumitra Shantakumar, Jennifer Si, Regina Gowindah, Vince Grillo, Raunak Parikh   +5 more
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