Introducing the non-invasive prenatal test for trisomy 21 in Belgium: a cost-consequences analysis by Mattias Neyt, Frank Hulstaert, Wilfried Gyselaers

“…The objective is to estimate the consequences of introducing NIPT for the detection of T21.Methods A cost-consequences analysis was performed presenting the impact on benefits, harms and costs. Context-specific real-world information was available to set up a model reflecting the current screening situation in Belgium. …”
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Inclusive green growth effects of China’s artificial intelligence development by HAN Xianfeng, LI Jiajia, ZHU Chengliang

“…Specifically, as AI levels increased, its impact on urban inclusive green growth first increased and then decreased. The current AI development level (0.003) was substantially below the theoretical optimal threshold (0.441). …”
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Comparison and theoretical conceptualization analysis of statistical methods used to develop heat vulnerability indices in urban areas by Thomas Lagelouze, Julia Hidalgo, Mitia Aranda, Guillaume Dumas

“… In view of the impact of extreme temperatures on physical and psychological health, particularly in urban areas, several studies have focused on assessing social vulnerability using quantitative indexing approaches with the aim of creating a heat vulnerability index (HVI). In this context, this study employs three statistical methodologies frequently used to construct HVIs on the territory of the Toulouse Métropole, France, at the census block (IRIS) scale to assess the efficiency of this type of approach for evaluating social vulnerability in urban environments considering the current theoretical conceptualization. …”
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Changes in tree-ring wood density of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), silver fir (Abies alba Mill.), and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) in European mountain forests... by Chiara Torresan, Torben Hilmers, Admir Avdagić, Edmondo Di Giuseppe, Matija Klopčič, Mathieu Lévesque, Florian Motte, Enno Uhl, Tzvetan Zlatanov, Hans Pretzsch

“…Abstract Key message We found a significant increase in the latewood density of European beech, and a decrease in the latewood and mean wood density of silver fir and Norway spruce in European mountain forests over the period 1901–2016. …”
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The Influence of Substrate, Binder, and Additives on Suspension Coating Properties at Elevated Temperatures by Sergey N. Grigoriev, Yaroslav R. Meleshkin, Nestor Washington Solís Pinargote, Anton Smirnov, Maksim V. Prozhega, Egor O. Konstantinov, Vadim V. Korovushkin, Maksim I. Prudnikov, Marina A. Volosova

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Systemic hormonal contraception and risk of venous thromboembolism by Oskari Heikinheimo, Elena Toffol, Timo Partonen, Anna But, Antti Latvala, Jari Haukka

“…Abstract Introduction The increased risk of venous thromboembolism associated with the use of hormonal contraception is well recognized, but evidence regarding hormonal contraception containing natural estradiol is limited. …”
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The Ukrainian Pryazovye: composition, uniqueness, variability of the recreational development by Олександр Бейдик, Олександр Комлєв, Лариса Донченко, Ірина Арсененко, Олеся Топалова, Ірина Донець

“… The regulations have been grounded in the article according to which the Ukrainian Pryazovye is positioned as the unique resource-recreational space, cultural-world outlook, landscape-physical-geographical, recreational-tourist resources (available and latent, current and potential) of which are used extremely insufficiently. …”
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The relevance of creating a new combination drug for the treatment of cognitive disorders by L. I. Kucherenko, V. H. Slobodianyk

“…Conclusions. The review of current scientific literature devoted to the study of the causes of cognitive disorders reflects the current state of research in this area. …”
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Bibliometric Analysis of the Evaluation Concepts of Humanities Research Outputs by Nahid Kabiri Khozani, Ali Mansouri, Mitra Pashootanizadeh, Elahe Ebrahimi Dorcheh

“…This analysis reveals the strengths and weaknesses of current evaluation practices, offering a foundation for more focused research and informed policy-making in the future. …”
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Oral history as a citizen science tool to understand biodiversity loss and environmental changes: on firefly extirpation in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico by Danna Betsabe Rivera Ramírez, Cisteil X. Pérez-Hernández, Yaayé Arellanes-Cancino, Luis Mendoza-Cuenca

“…Most Morelians believe that the current conditions of the city are unsuitable for the existence of fireflies, and that it is important to conserve these insects because they play an important role in ecosystems and are of high environmental and aesthetic value. …”
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Oral pathology induced by excess or deficiency of glucocorticoids in adults by Rucsandra Elena Dănciulescu Miulescu, Loreta Guja, Bogdan Socea, Anca Dumitriu, Stana Paunica, Emil Ștefănescu

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Perspectives for Surrogate Safety Studies in East-European Countries by Rasa Ušpalytė-Vitkūnienė, Aliaksei Laureshyn

“…The fatality numbers are decreasing, though the improvements for the vulnerable road users are less impressive compared to other road user categories. …”
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An Overview of Heavy Metal Contamination of Water and Its Effect on Human Health by Danjuma, M.S., Abdulkadir, B.

“…Industrial activities that includes; tannery, textile and other industries use chemicals must of which contains certain amount of heavy metals, discharges their untreated effluents into the nearest water bodies and lead to modification and increase in the background concentration of the metals (including those naturally in the water body). …”
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Electrical Model Analysis for Bifacial PV Modules Using Real Performance Data in Laboratory by Valentina González Becerra, Patricio Valdivia-Lefort, Rodrigo Barraza, Jesús García García

“…The evaluation of various models revealed that shadowing from frames and junction boxes contributes to an increase in the error of modeled IV curves. However, among the three evaluated bifacial electrical models, one exhibited superior performance, with current errors approaching approximately <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>20</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Beliefs and perception about mental health issues: a meta-synthesis by Choudhry FR, Mani V, Ming LC, Khan TM

“…The implications of the studies and recommendations based on current findings are also discussed. Keywords: mental health perception, mental health beliefs, mental health attitudes, meta-synthesis, mental disorders…”
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MULTIETHNOLECT, ETHNOLECT, PIDGIN AND CONTACT LANGUAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF USING UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE AMONG FOREIGN STUDENTS IN LVIV by Nazar R. Danchyshyn

“…The analyzed phenomena contains a large amount of foreign vocabulary, which is not in the literary version of the language. …”
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The social-economic burden of spinal muscular atrophy in Russia by A. S. Kolbin, D. V. Vlodavets, A. A. Kurylev, Yu. Ye. Balykina, M. A. Proskurin, S. A. Mishinova, O. Yu. Germanenko, N. Yu. Kolbina

“…The two following calculation scenarios were evaluated: 1) none of the patients with SMA receive pathogenic therapy 2) the share of pathogenic therapy is stable during the time horizon at the current level.Results. National SMA register contains the information about 998 patients; 21% of them have SMA I type. …”
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PATHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR EVALUATION OF CANINE PARVOVIRUS IN SOUTH OF IRAQ by Mansoor Al-Khaled, ِِAsmaa Al-Jawasim, Marid Auda, Jihad Ahmed

“…The microscopical resultof enteric CPV lesion showed sever infiltration of inflammatory cells in themucosal layer of intestine ,hypertrophy of goblet cells in the villi andnecrotizing area in the tip of villi as well to hyperplasia of goblet cells alsoedematous fluid in mucosal layer. cardiac CPV lesion showed infiltration ofinflammatory cells in myocardial cell fibers ,also there was an area ofvacculation of some myocardial cells in addition to edematous fluid in themyocardial interstitiaum .significant increases of biochemical cardiacmarkers(cTi-1,AST,LDH and CPK) showed cardiac troponin I (cTnI), aspartatetransaminase AST, creatinine phosphatkinase (CPK), and lactate dehydrogenaseLDH which showed (0.024 &plusmn; 0.003),( 50.5&plusmn;4.49),( 327.9 &plusmn; 55.01) and (467.9 &plusmn;49.1) respectively when it is compared to healthy group which showed cardiactroponin I (cTnI), aspartate transaminase AST, creatinine phosphatkinase(CPK), and lactate dehydrogenase LDH were (0.004&plusmn; 0.0003),( 24.2&plusmn;1.74),(90&plusmn; 13.58) and (289 &plusmn;15.5), the Parvovirus contains 400 bp of matrimonialbases after being diagnosed using the polymerase chain reaction PCR and thistechnical method widely applied to provide rapid diagnosis The current studyconducts that the CPV-2 is endemic in south of Iraq ,the disease shows veryimportant clinical ,pathological and biochemical feature that lead to increasemorbidity and mortality rate.…”
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CochleaSpecNet: An Attention-Based Dual Branch Hybrid CNN-GRU Network for Speech Emotion Recognition Using Cochleagram and Spectrogram by Atkia Anika Namey, Khadija Akter, Md. Azad Hossain, M. Ali Akber Dewan

“…Furthermore, to improve the performance of this network, a multi-head attention mechanism has been incorporated following the GRU layer. Despite increasing interest in SER, there is a notable lack of studies using Bangla language datasets, revealing a significant gap in current research. …”
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Trends in the choice of a balanced nutrition by consumers of the hospitality industry by H.М. Tarasiuk, A.О. Chahaida

“…Therefore, it is important for catering establishments to take this into account when forming rations and menus both at the current stage of society's development and in the future. …”
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