Prevalence and risk factors of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in northern Peru by Jonathan Zegarra-Valdivia, Leandro Pérez-Fernández, Milagros Casimiro-Arana, Harold Arana-Nombera, Viviana Nayelli Gallegos-Manayay, María del Rosario Oliva-Piscoya, Reyna Alamo-Medina, Eduardo Abanto-Saldaña, Nobuko Vásquez-Zuñe, Lisseth Detquizan Pérez, Diana Gutierrez-Flores, Leslie Lozada Tantarico, Naydelin Hernández, María Celinda Cruz-Ordinola, Carmen Paredes-Manrique, Brenda Chino-Vilca, Brenda Chino-Vilca, Gabriel Espinoza, José Cabrejo, Sheila Castro-Suarez, Sheila Castro-Suarez, Nilton Custodio, Nilton Custodio

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EfficientNetB0-Based End-to-End Diagnostic System for Diabetic Retinopathy Grading and Macular Edema Detection by Long X, Gan F, Fan H, Qin W, Li X, Ma R, Wang L, Hu R, Xie Y, Chen L, Cao J, Shao Y, Liu K, You Z

“…Xin Long,1– 5,* Fan Gan,1– 4,* Huimin Fan,1– 4,* WeiGuo Qin,6 Xiaonan Li,1– 4 Rui Ma,1 Leran Wang,1 Rui Hu,1 Yilin Xie,1 Lei Chen,7 Jian Cao,1– 4 Yinan Shao,1– 4 Kangcheng Liu,1– 4 Zhipeng You1– 4 1Department of Fundus Diseases, The Affiliated Eye Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330000, People’s Republic of China; 2Jiangxi Province Division of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330000, People’s Republic of China; 3Jiangxi Clinical Research Center for Ophthalmic Disease, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330000, People’s Republic of China; 4Jiangxi Research Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330000, People’s Republic of China; 5School of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330000, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The 908th Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army Joint Logistic Support Force, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330001, People’s Republic of China; 7The Second Clinical School of Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330031, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Zhipeng You, The Affiliated Eye Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, 463 Bayi Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13970032654, Email yzp74@sina.comPurpose: This study aims to develop and validate a deep learning-based automated diagnostic system that utilizes fluorescein angiography (FFA) images for the rapid and accurate diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and its complications.Methods: We collected 19,031 FFA images from 2753 patients between June 2017 and March 2024 to construct and evaluate our analytical framework. …”
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Deep learning-driven modality imputation and subregion segmentation to enhance high-grade glioma grading by Jiabin Yu, Qi Liu, Chenjie Xu, Qinli Zhou, Jiajun Xu, Lingying Zhu, Chen Chen, Yahan Zhou, Binggang Xiao, Lin Zheng, Xiaofeng Zhou, Fengming Zhang, Yuhang Ye, Hongmei Mi, Dongping Zhang, Li Yang, Zhiwei Wu, Jiayi Wang, Ming Chen, Zhirui Zhou, Haoyang Wang, Vicky Y. Wang, Enyu Wang, Dong Xu

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The HiSCORE Project by M. Tluczykont, M. Brückner, N. Budnev, O. Chvalaev, A. Dyachok, S. Epimakhov, O. Gress, D. Hampf, D. Horns, A. Ivanova, N. Kalmykov, E. Konstantinov, E. Korosteleva, V. Kozin, M. Kunnas, L. Kuzmichev, B. Lubsandorzhiev, R. Mirgazov, R. Monkhoev, R. Nachtigall, M. Panasyuk, A. Pakhorukov, V. Poleschuk, A. Porelli, V. Prosin, V. Ptuskin, G. I. Rubtsov, P. S. Satunin, Yu. Semeney, D. Spitschan, A. Skukhin, L. Sveshnikova, R. Wischnewski, A. Zagorodnikov, V. Zirakashvili

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Shaping the Milky Way: The Interplay of Mergers and Cosmic Filaments by Arpit Arora, Nicolás Garavito-Camargo, Robyn E. Sanderson, Martin D. Weinberg, Michael S. Petersen, Silvio Varela-Lavin, Facundo A. Gómez, Kathryn V. Johnston, Chervin F. P. Laporte, Nora Shipp, Jason A. S. Hunt, Gurtina Besla, Elise Darragh-Ford, Nondh Panithanpaisal, Kathryne J. Daniel, The EXP collaboration

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Cohort profile: study design and baseline characteristics of an observational longitudinal weight loss cohort and biorepository of patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy in the USA by Melanie Jay, Eran Segal, Brian Elbel, Jose O Aleman, Sally M Vanegas, Silvia Curado, Akash Gujral, Gabriela Valverde, Susan Parraga, Migdalia Reid, Ann Marie Schmidt, Sean P Heffron, Huilin Li, Courtney Abrams, Mary A Sevick, Collin Popp, Evelyn Armijos, Ericka N Merriwether, Valentina Ivezaj, Christine Ren-Fielding, Manish Parikh

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The efficacy of acupuncture for diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trails by Ruisi Ge, Rihe Liu, Mengru He, Jiawei Wu, Feng Zhang, Chang Huang

“…ObjectiveTo systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).MethodsRandomized controlled trial (RCT) of acupuncture for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in Chinese Knowledge Network (CNKI), Wanfang database, VIP database (VIP), PubMed, web of science, cochrane library, AMED and CINAHL were searched by computer since the establishment of the database. All publications in English and Chinese as of 30 December 2023 will be searched, without country or article type restrictions. …”
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Temporal Behavior and Latitudinal Relationships between Key Solar Parameters and Green Line Emissions in the Solar Corona by Jacob Oloketuyi, Yu Liu, Linhua Deng, Abouazza Elmhamdi, Khaled Nasser Almosabeh, Fengrong Zhu, Haitang Li, Feiyang Sha, Qiang Liu, Oladipo Emmanuel Abe, Charles Owolabi, Olufemi Olusola

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Microbiome data management in action workshop: Atlanta, GA, USA, June 12–13, 2024 by Julia M. Kelliher, Mashael Aljumaah, Sarah R. Bordenstein, J. Rodney Brister, Patrick S. G. Chain, Jose Pablo Dundore-Arias, Joanne B. Emerson, Vanessa Moreira C. Fernandes, Roberto Flores, Antonio Gonzalez, Zoe A. Hansen, Eneida L. Hatcher, Scott A. Jackson, Christina A. Kellogg, Ramana Madupu, Cassandra Maria Luz Miller, Chloe Mirzayi, Ahmed M. Moustafa, Christopher Mungall, Aaron Oliver, Nonia Pariente, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Sydne Record, Linta Reji, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Virginia I. Rich, Lorna Richardson, Lynn M. Schriml, Reed S. Shabman, Maria A. Sierra, Matthew B. Sullivan, Punithavathi Sundaramurthy, Katherine M. Thibault, Luke R. Thompson, Scott Tighe, Ethell Vereen, Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh

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Frequency-Domain Characterization of Finite Sample Linear Systems with Uniform Window Inputs by Qihou Zhou

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COVID-19 Course in Vaccinated Patients by Yu. P. Linets, S. V. Artyukhov, A. N. Kazantsev, T. Y. Zaitseva, L. V. Roshkovskaya, S. V. Sokolova, A. Y. Chikin, G. K. Yenova, S. B. Kondakov

“…The comparison group included 475 unvaccinated patients with comparable lung tissue damage according to multispiral computed tomography of the chest (MSCT) and a positive PCR result for the presence of SARS-CoV-2, selected randomly over the same observation period.Results. …”
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Comparing Claims Data to Stroke and Bleeding in the NCDR Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Registry by Kamil F. Faridi, MD, MSc, James V. Freeman, MD, MPH, MS, Yongfei Wang, MS, Lucy Pereira, BA, Sarah Zimmerman, MS, Daniel J. Friedman, MD, Richa Sharma, MD, MPH, Angela Y. Higgins, MD, Bobak J. Mortazavi, PhD, Joseph S. Ross, MD, MHS, Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc, MD, MPH, Jeptha P. Curtis, MD

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The Temporal Trends of Mortality Due to Tuberculosis in Brazil: Tracing the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic’s Effect Through a Bayesian Approach and Unmasking Disparit... by Reginaldo Bazon Vaz Tavares, Dulce Gomes, Thaís Zamboni Berra, Yan Mathias Alves, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Marcela Antunes Paschoal Popolin, André da Silva Abade, Nathalia Zini, Ariela Fehr Tártaro, Josilene Dália Alves, Fernanda Bruzadelli Paulino da Costa, Maria Eduarda Pagano Pelodan, Beatriz Fornaziero Vigato, Daniele de Moraes Pinheiro, Juliana Queiroz Rocha de Paiva, Clara Ferreira de Souza, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio

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INTERNATIONAL FORUM “OLD AND NEW MEDIA: ALONG THE PATH TOWARDS A NEW AESTHETICS” / МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ ФОРУМ «СТАРЫЕ И НОВЫЕ МЕДИА: ПУТИ К НОВОЙ ЭСТЕТИКЕ»... by BOGATYRYOVA ELENA A.

“…Second, assertions and apprehensions regarding the hitherto unknown consequences of the interactions of people with computer technologies have been replaced by detailed descriptions of such consequences. …”
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Semi-empirical forecast modelling of rip-current and shore-break wave hazards by B. Castelle, J. Dehez, J.-P. Savy, S. Liquet, D. Carayon

“…These physics-informed models, which depend on a limited number of free parameters, can be used to compute the time evolution of the rip-current flow speed <span class="inline-formula"><i>V</i></span> and shore-break wave energy <span class="inline-formula"><i>E</i>_sb</span>. …”
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Support on four paws—does the integration of a therapy dog reduce anxiety and increase positive affect in spider phobics during in vivo exposure therapy?: study protocol for a para... by Tanja Michael, Moritz Nicolai Braun, Monika Equit, Johanna Lass-Hennemann

“…(H5) The treatment in the dog group is not inferior to the treatment in the control group.Methods and analysis In this parallel randomised controlled trial of two groups, n=88 participants (spider phobics without: a current diagnosis of a mental disorder other than a specific phobia, insect bite allergy, dog hair allergy, fear of dogs, current psychopharmacological treatment, and current psychotherapeutic treatment; the sample size calculation is based on the results from our previous study) are randomly allocated (with a 1:1 allocation as per a computer-generated randomisation schedule) to either an ambulant one-session in vivo exposure treatment of spider phobia with a therapy dog (dog group) or without a dog (control group). …”
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Proteins and peptides as antigen candidates for the immunodiagnosis of hepatitis D by Sandra Rodrigues Xavier, Isabelle Caroline dos Santos Barcelos, Isadora Braga Gandra, Sabrina Paula Pereira, Anna Julia Ribeiro, Kamila Alves Silva, Carlos Ananias Aparecido Resende, Lucas da Silva Lopes, Rafaela Camargo Rodrigues Machado, Leonardo Maciel Santos Silva, Líria Souza Silva, Lívia Corrêa Ferreira, Luiz Fellype Alves de Souza, Rutilene Barbosa Souza, Ana Maísa Passos-Silva, Mariana Campos da Paz, Miguel Angel Chávez Fumagalli, Eduardo Antônio Ferraz Coelho, Rodolfo Cordeiro Giunchetti, Juliana Martins Machado, Ana Alice Maia Gonçalves, Soraya dos Santos Pereira, Daniel Archimedes da Matta, Deusilene Souza Vieira, Alexsandro Sobreira Galdino

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الاتجاهات الحديثة في تطبيقات الجيوماتكس في دراسات العمليات النهرية by منال سمير شلبى متولى

“…This stage was the beginning of the transition from visual description to quantitative analysis of information (Abu Radi, 2011), by entering this data into the computer through effective programs, for the purpose of collecting, storing and reusing it, as well as displaying it, which gave it the initial form of real geographic information systems, and the establishment of what is called the Canadian Geographic Information Systems Project (Aziz, 1998). …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Operation Safety of Earth-rock Dams Based on Weight Optimization-cloud Model by ZHANG Jianwei, WU Weitao, HOU Ge, HUANG Jinlin, WANG Bingpeng, LIU Hongze, HU Zixu

“…Since the error did not change significantly when the number of cloud drops continued to increase, 5 000 was taken as the optimal number of cloud drops to balance computational efficiency and accuracy.Results and DiscussionsThe established evaluation model was applied to the earth and rock dam of the Helong Reservoir in Guangdong Province. …”
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Efficacy of Combined High-Intensity Laser Therapy and Collagenase Chemonucleolysis in Lumbar Disc Herniation Management: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial by Peng Song, Chao Ma, Chenchen Xu, Yongjun Zhang, Yan Yuan

“…This single-center, single-blind randomized controlled trial finally enrolled 60 eligible patients with lumbar disc herniation; participants were randomly assigned to the experimental (HILT + collagenase) or control (collagenase alone) group using a computer-generated randomization sequence with 1:1 allocation. …”
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