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Abstract Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems play a crucial role in diabetes care. Yet, they focus solely on blood glucose levels (BGL), neglect diet, exercise, and medication, and lack predictive capabilities, leaving patients and clinicians with reactive rather than proactive solutions. This study introduces Dual Temporal Recurrent Ensemble (DTRE), a novel AI model that bridges these gaps by enabling real-time BGL monitoring without a traditional CGM and forecasting BGL for 30 to 120 minutes into the future when integrated with CGM data. The model’s performance is based on two parallel branches of hybrid models that combine advanced machine learning architectures for accurate predictions and integrate key biomarkers like diet, exercise, insulin intake, heart rate (HR), and heart rate variability (HRV). This pioneering study developed and validated DTRE on two diverse datasets, OHIOT1DM and D1NAMO, achieving exceptional forecasting accuracy: a Mean Absolute Relative Difference (MARD) of 7.6% at 30 minutes and 19.2% at 120 minutes, outperforming existing models by 13 to 41%. DTRE also surpassed commercial CGM systems for real-time BGL predictions by achieving a MARD of 7.17% on the high-frequency D1NAMO dataset compared to FreeStyle Libre 3 (7.9%) and Dexcom G7 (8.2%). DTRE is the first AI-driven virtual BGM (vBGM) to integrate all four pillars of diabetes care and validate them on two diverse datasets. It offers a non-invasive, low-cost, and proactive solution. Its real-time insights can provide patients and clinicians with actionable data, transforming diabetes management for individuals who depend on insulin. Validation across diverse datasets underscores its potential for global application. Human Subject Research Statement This research did not utilize any human subjects. Pre-existing and published databases were used for this research.

Density, viscosity and ultrasonic velocity measured experimentally for the aqueous solutions of ceftriaxone sodium, cefotaxime sodium and ampicillin sodium with different concentrations and temperature and 2MHz frequency. Acoustical and thermodynamic parameters such as Wada’s constant, Rao’s constant, relative association, specific acoustic relaxation time, free volume, adiabatic compressibility, intermolecular free length, specific acoustic impedance and apparent molar volume determine from experimental data. The results have been interpreted to comparative study of molecular interactions in the aqueous solution of Ceftriaxone sodium, Ampicillin sodium and Cefotaxime sodium.

This study aims to address the multi-objective problem of selecting the optimal sensors to activate from a spatially distributed sensor array for sound source localization. We aim to achieve this with minimal sensor deployment, thereby maximizing the battery life of a device that powers both the sensors and an onboard processing system. The optimization problem has two conflicting objectives: (a) minimize the sensor deployment, which directly translates to lower power consumption and (b) maximize source localization confidence. We present a novel deterministic greedy algorithm for solving the multi-objective optimization problem. A dictionary of optimized sensor locations is first pre-computed and stored for a variety of scenarios for single source locations case. For test cases, we use the dictionary to generate an initial guess for the actual greedy optimization algorithm. We demonstrate the efficiency of the algorithm through various simulated test cases.

Assessing responses of species, assemblages and habitats to environmental pressures or management actions is often challenging, but essential to preserve marine ecosystems, their functions and associated services. Adjusting management practices based on impact assessment and climate scenarios is a central aspect for MPAs that requires approaches capable of capturing the dynamics of marine life and appraise responses and alterations.Recording sounds in ecosystems allows to investigate ecological complexity from species to communities, and habitats over days and months. Furthermore, as sounds are linked to behaviours, variations in sound production reflect responses to environmental changes or human impacts. Based on multiple eco-acoustic studies within Western Mediterranean MPAs over several years, we show how acoustic fish communities as well as the acoustic courtship behaviour of vulnerable fish species vary with protection measures and human impact. Multivariate analyses and linear models reveal that acoustic diversity and courtship behaviour not only reflect the effectiveness of protection measures (i.e., zonation), but are also negatively related to human presence and activities, as highlighted by a highly significant decrease in sound abundance and richness with increasing boat traffic and recreational diving. Moreover, the analyses of multi-year datasets on reproductive sites reveal temporal variations of courtship calls that reflect diel biorhythms but also seasonal fluctuations that are partly altered by human activities and environmental changes. Finally, we also illustrate that analysing temporal variations allows to identify peaks in courtship calling that can be used as a proxy to identify sensitive periods during which human activities such as recreational diving and vessel traffic can be dislocated or reduced. This kind of information supports the definition of sustainable and targeted management practices, aiming at protecting functional sites and biodiversity hotspots while maintaining socio-economic activities. This work clearly highlights that long-term eco-acoustic monitoring is essential in providing an integrative and dynamic view of coastal ecosystems and organism-environment relationships in the face of environmental changes, and in supporting adaptive management.

On March 14, 2024, the American Library Association (ALA) reported a record number of unique book challenges in 2023.1 The press release went on to note a 65% increase in challenges of unique titles with 4,240 unique book title challenges and a total of 9.021 title challenges. These numbers represented a 92% increase in title challenges at public libraries which accounted for nearly half of all book challenges occurring in 2023. Interestingly, the sharp increase in the sheer number of titles being challenged was related to groups and individuals challenging numerous, sometimes hundreds, of items at once rather than one specific title. Unfortunately, North Carolina was amongst 17 states who experienced attempts to censor more than 100 titles for the year.

Resum: Aquest article se centra en la descripció de l’altra mirada de la València del segle XV, la de la marginació social, que es podia manifestar pel fet d’exercir diversos oficis considerats com a immorals. En les pàgines següents s’ofereix una descripció de dos col·lectius femenins particularment tractats com a vils i menyspreables: el de les curanderes, fetilleres i bruixes, la força de les quals hom considerava que partia d’un origen demoníac, i el de les prostitutes, dedicades a cobrir un «mal menor» en la societat, però vistes com a indignes per la societat a causa de l’exercici pràctic del seu ofici. Paraules clau: marginació, curanderes, bruixes, bordell, repenedides, pecadrius Abstract: This article focuses on the description of the other look of Valencia in the fifteenth century, that of social marginalisation, which could be manifested by the exercise of various immoral offices. The following pages describe two female groups, particularly treated as vile: those of healers, sorcerers, and witches, whose strength was considered to be of demonic origin, and prostitutes, dedicated to covering a «minor evil» in society, but viewed as indignant by society due to the practical exercise of their profession. Keywords: marginalisation, healers, witches, brothels, repentants, sinners

El presente artículo se centra en el estudio de las pinturas murales realizadas para la conocida como Tumba del nadador, hoy en el Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Paestum. El principal objetivo de esta investigación es atender a las confluencias icónicas y culturales procedentes de la cosmovisión griega y etrusca en la particular visualidad de la Antigua Posidonia. Para ello, se ha llevado a cabo un análisis de los elementos significantes de las pinturas murales desde una perspectiva culturalista que atiende tanto a las fuentes icónicas como a las literarias que permiten aproximarnos a su significado.

En esta reseña, se van a tratar los principales contenidos expuestos por Joan Romero González en el año 2009 sobre Geopolítica y gobierno del territorio en España. El ensayo realizado por este autor marca una serie de objetos temáticos que hoy en día siguen siendo determinantes en este mundo de grandes alteraciones. Desde su año de publicación, los paradigmas sociales y las interacciones políticas multinivel han cambiado: las dinámicas institucionales, la desafección política, el diseño de las políticas públicas y la sensibilidad de las identidades políticas y nacionales son algunos de los principales temas centrales del ensayo de Romero. En este sentido, los comentarios realizados en este documento incidirán en el marco teórico y en las afirmaciones político-filosóficas del autor de la obra referenciada. De esta manera, la contextualización política será fundamental para poder adquirir una perspectiva más amplia desde la mirada del presente.

El presente analisis estudia la variación fónica en conversaciones conflictivas y, a partir de dos conversaciones espontáneas del corpus ESPRINT_VLC, y utilizando el pitch y la dirección de los intercambios como indicadores, presenta dos métodos de visualización. Los gráficos de dispersión con Z-Scores permiten rastrear anomalías fónicas en el tiempo, identificando acumulaciones de tonos altos o bajos y correlacionándolos con eventos conversacionales significativos. Los diagramas de red ilustran la interacción entre hablantes, incluyendo la tendencia de cada participante a modificar su pitch y la duración de sus turnos, proporcionando una "radiografía" de las conversaciones Así, la metodología propuesta tiene aplicaciones en terapia de conflictos y comunicación intercultural, puesto que permite detectar patrones conversacionales e interactivos, como el de ‘perseguidor’ y ‘evitador’, que se relacionan con dinámicas interaccionales negativas.