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1. Expression of Concern: Hybrid feature selection and classification technique for early prediction and severity of diabetes type 2

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2. FasterNet-YOLO for real-time detection of steel surface defects algorithm

   by Shiwei Yu, Zelin Liu, Liang Zhang, Xiaoqiang Zhang, Jikui Wang

   Steel surface defect detection is an important application of object detection in industry. Achieving object detection in industry while balancing detection accuracy and real-time performance is a challenge. Therefore, this paper proposes an improved FasterNet-YOLO model based on the one-stage detector. Introduce the FasterNet network to reconstruct the YOLOv5 backbone network. Achievement of model lightweighting and significant improvement in detection speed, but with a slight reduction in accuracy. The YOLOv5 neck network’s ordinary convolution is improved by depthwise separable convolution. Continuing to improve detection speed while further reducing redundant parameters in the neck network. To improve model accuracy, the Swin-Transformer is integrated into the C3 module in the neck network. Solve the problem of cluttered backgrounds in defect photographs and easy confusion between defect types. Meanwhile, BiFPN is used for feature fusion. By retaining more informative features, the detector’s ability to adapt to targets at different scales is improved. The results indicated that when comparing FasterNet-YOLO with the original model, the parameters were reduced by 49.4%, GFLOPs were reduced by 57.0%, mAP increased by 6.2%, and FPS increased by 54.1%. The improved model not only increases the detection accuracy, but also significantly improves the speed of hot-rolled strip surface defect detection to meet the requirements of real-time detection.
3. Retraction: Elucidating the monoamine oxidase B inhibitory effect of kaurene diterpenoids from <i>Xylopia aethiopica</i>: An <i>in silico</i> approach

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4. Help! – you need your hands: Contribution of arm movements on balance performance in healthy individuals: A systematic review with meta-analysis

   by Katharina Borgmann, Thomas Muehlbauer, Mathew W. Hill

   Background

   Emerging evidence highlights that arm movements exert a substantial and functionally relevant contribution on postural control in healthy individuals. However, performance differences between free versus restricted arm movement for different balance categories with varying levels of task difficulty have not been systematically investigated yet.

   Objective

   The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to characterise, aggregate, and quantify performance discrepancies between free and restricted arm movement conditions for diverging balance categories with varying levels of task difficulty in healthy individuals.

   Methods

   A systematic search of the literature according to the PRISMA guidelines was performed on the electronic databases PubMed, Web of Science, and SPORTDiscus from their inception date till 1st September 2024. To be applicable for analysis, studies had to report at least one measure of balance performance in healthy individuals. The included studies were coded according to the following criteria: age, sex, status, arm movement conditions, balance test, and test modality. Methodological study quality was assessed using the Appraisal tool for Cross-Sectional Studies. Weighted standardized mean differences (SMD) were calculated and classified according to their magnitude.

   Results

   The literature search identified a total of N = 941 records, 25 of which met the inclusion criteria and were analysed in this review. A total of 725 participants (n = 331 females) participated in the studies. The free use of arm movement resulted in moderate (static: SMD = 0.51, dynamic: SMD = 0.66, proactive: SMD = 0.52, reactive: SMD = 0.50) improvements of balance performance. In addition, the performance enhancements were more pronounced for balance tasks with a high (static: SMD = 0.89, dynamic: SMD = 1.04) compared to a low (static: SMD = 0.20, dynamic: SMD = 0.76) difficulty level. Due to a lack of studies, no analysis for measures of proactive and reactive balance was performed.

   Conclusions

   The findings revealed that the free use of arm movement positively affects several measures of balance performance, and this is effect is more pronounced for balance tasks with a high difficulty level.

5. Retraction: Structure-based virtual screening of <i>Trachyspermum ammi</i> metabolites targeting acetylcholinesterase for Alzheimer’s disease treatment

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