Thoracoscopic surgery combined with endoscopic creation of a submucosal tunnel for a large complicated esophageal leiomyoma by Koki Oyama, Kenoki Ohuchida, Koji Shindo, Taiki Moriyama, Yoshitaka Hata, Masafumi Wada, Eikichi Ihara, Shuntaro Nagai, Takao Ohtsuka, Masafumi Nakamura

“…Abstract Background The standard surgical method for symptomatic submucosal tumors (SMTs) or tumors with unclear biological behavior is enucleation. Minimally invasive approaches are usually considered appropriate for surgical enucleation; thus, thoracoscopic and laparoscopic enucleation is performed widely and safely. …”
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Impact of Wetting-Drying Cycles on Soil Intra-Aggregate Pore Architecture Under Different Management Systems by Luiz F. Pires, Jocenei A. T. de Oliveira, José V. Gaspareto, Adolfo N. D. Posadas, André L. F. Lourenço

“…The soil samples were subjected to 0 and 12 W-D cycles, and the resulting pore structures were scanned using X-ray micro-computed tomography, generating reconstructed 3D volumetric data. …”
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The influence of e-trust on a job performance model based on employees’ dynamic capabilities during a crisis caused by a Black Swan event by Katarzyna Tworek, Guangyan Luo, Marcin Paska, Anna Sałamacha

“…The structured questionnaire was prepared and the CAWI (Computer-Assisted Web Interview) method was used in this research. …”
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Research on Slope Stability Based on Bayesian Gaussian Mixture Model and Random Reduction Method by Jingrong He, Tao Deng, Shouxing Peng, Xing Pang, Daochun Wan, Shaojun Zhang, Xiaoqiang Zhang

“…A Bayesian Gaussian Mixture Model (BGMM) is employed for intelligent interpretation of the dissipated energy data, and, combined with energy mutation theory, is used to identify instability states under various reduction parameter combinations. To compute the safety factor, the concept of a “reference slope” is introduced. …”
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Speaker-story mapping as a method to evaluate audiovisual scene analysis in a virtual classroom scenario by Stephan Fremerey, Carolin Breuer, Larissa Leist, Maria Klatte, Janina Fels, Alexander Raake

“…Two visual representations were used: 360°/omnidirectional video with intrinsic lip-sync and computer-generated imagery (CGI) without lip-sync. …”
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Fully-automated segmentation of muscle and inter-/intra-muscular fat from magnetic resonance images of calves and thighs: an open-source workflow in Python by Kenneth Tam, Si Wen Liu, Sarah Costa, Eva Szabo, Shannon Reitsma, Hana Gillick, Jonathan D. Adachi, Andy Kin On Wong

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Association of school leaders’ COVID-19 health literacy with the implementation of health promotion in schools in Germany: a cross-sectional study by Marlene Meyer, Kevin Dadaczynski, Melanie Messer, Orkan Okan

“…They are not only responsible for school functioning, but school principals’ behavior and attitudes are also associated with health promoting school activities. …”
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Distance Learning Systems and thei Development Using the Cognitive Mechanisms by A. S. Aleshchenko, V. M. Trembach, Т. G. Trembach

“…Using these approaches and methods, the authors consider the development and construction of modules of intelligent learning systems with the integration of computer paradigm and cognitive mechanisms.Results. …”
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Simulation of Molten Salt Electrorefining Process of U-Pu-Zr Ternary Alloy by Sai WANG, Ru-shan LIN, Lei ZHANG, Yu-xin DU, Zhi-hua CHEN

“…The electrochemical changes of high-temperature molten salt electrorefining process can be explored through computer simulation, which can reduce the investment of experimental time and capital cost in the research process of electrorefining. …”
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The Effectiveness of the Be Prepared mHealth App on Recovery of Physical Functioning After Major Elective Surgery: Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial by Miriam van der Velde, Marike van der Leeden, Edwin Geleijn, Cindy Veenhof, Karin Valkenet

“…The Be Prepared app is a smartphone app with pre- and postoperative information and instructions on changing risk behavior for patients undergoing major elective surgery. …”
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Targeted Drug Delivery of Anticancer Agents Using C₅N₂ Substrate: Insights from Density Functional Theory by Syeda Huda Mehdi Zaidi, Muhammad Ajmal, Muhammad Ali Hashmi, Ahmed Lakhani

“…Recovery time was determined to assess the biocompatibility and the desorption behavior of the drugs. Moreover, negative solvation energies and increased dipole moments in a solvent phase manifested enhanced solubility and easy circulation of the drugs in biological media. …”
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The Predictors of High Dietary Salt Intake among Hypertensive Patients in Iran by Parvin Reyhani, Fariba Azabdaftari, Mehrangiz Ebrahimi-Mamagani, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi, Behjat Shokrvash

“…The aims of this study were to show that, weather the hypertensive patients follow the expertise recommendations and differences between men and women in their levels of knowledge and behavior in salt taking. Methods. The present cross-sectional study was conducted among all hypertensive patients in rural health centers of Tabriz, Iran, in Feb–May; 2016. …”
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Thermomechanical recyclability of acrylonitrile styrene acrylate (ASA) for cyclic economy-driven MEX additive manufacturing by Nectarios Vidakis, Markos Petousis, Nikolaos Michailidis, Dimitrios Sagris, Constantine David, Vassilis Papadakis, Maria Spyridaki, Apostolos Argyros, Ioannis Valsamos, Evgenia Dimitriou, Emmanuel Kymakis

“…Morphological and structural analyses were performed by micro-computed tomography and scanning electron microscopy. …”
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Medidas morfológicas em função do peso e da idade da ave, por meio de imagens Morphologic measures as a function of the weight and broiler age by means of images by Paulo G. de Abreu, Valéria M. N. Abreu, Arlei Coldebella, Marla J. Hassemer, Inaiara L. Tomazelli

“…Both temperature measurements of the broiler parts showed variability though not presenting a defined behavior with age. The rate of heat loss (HLR) increased with age and broiler weight. …”
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Introducción de tecnologías en el aula de dos preescolares públicos costarricenses: estrategias de autogestión, alcances y limitaciones / An introduction of technology in the class... by María de los Ángeles Calderón Jiménez, Michael Padilla Mora, Jaime Fornaguera Trías

“…All the data was gathered from interviews to principals and written forms to teachers, and also from observation to students' behavior when it came to using the technology inside their classroom. …”
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Designing A Blockchain-Empowered Telehealth Artifact for Decentralized Identity Management and Trustworthy Communication: Interdisciplinary Approach by Xueping Liang, Nabid Alam, Tahmina Sultana, Eranga Bandara, Sachin Shetty

“…Overall system implementation facilitates user requirements, thus promoting user behavior for the adoption of the telehealth platform with decentralized identity management and an access control mechanism. …”
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Dynamic modeling and comparative analysis of heat exchangers in supercritical CO2 power cycles by Tianyang Qin, Yuwei Sun, Wei Wei, Jie Lin, Xinping Yan

“…Heat exchangers are essential in supercritical CO2 power cycles, where accurate dynamic modeling is required to capture transient thermal-hydraulic behavior. This study develops a one-dimensional dynamic model of a printed circuit heat exchanger used as the system cooler, based on the finite volume method in Modelica. …”
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Compression Index Regression of Fine-Grained Soils with Machine Learning Algorithms by Mintae Kim, Muharrem A. Senturk, Liang Li

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Exploring Human-centered AI Literacy Education: Interpretation and Insights from UNESCO's AI Competency Framework for Teachers and Students by Dan WU, Xinjue SUN

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Humanoid robots for psychological assessment in mild cognitive impairment: from evaluation to the future of AI-driven data prediction systems by Caterina Formica, Fabio Mauro Giambò, Desiree Latella, Lilla Bonanno, Marco Lombardo, Orazio Tomarchio, Angela Marra, Antonella Alagna, Carmen Bonanno, Angelo Quartarone, Silvia Marino

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