Cost of Serum Versus Skin Allergy Testing Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries in the United States by Kenny Y. Kwong, Yang Z. Lu

“…# Background Testing for allergic sensitization can be achieved similarly via skin or serum specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE) testing, although the costs of each method differ. # Objective This study compared cost and utilization of allergy testing utilizing skin vs sIgE testing and whether equal access (parity) to both testing methods affects overall allergy testing costs among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in the United States…”
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Efficient Online Recruitment of Patients With Depressive Symptoms Using Social Media: Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Carolin Haas, Lisa Klein, Marlene Heckl, Marija Kesić, Ann-Katrin Rueß, Jochen Gensichen, Karoline Lukaschek, Tobias Kruse

“…The total cost per patient recruited online was comparable to that achieved using offline methods, but overall recruitment progressed faster. …”
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Peritoneal Laser Doppler Flowmetry in Predicting and Diagnosing Tertiary Peritonitis by D. S. Parshin, M. A. Topchiyev

“…To identify early, trigger indicators of peritoneal microcirculation in tertiary peritonitis, obtained by the PLDF method.Material and methods. A retrospective analysis of the results of treatment of 48 patients operated on for secondary diffuse purulent peritonitis in the clinic of general surgery of the Astrakhan State Medical University in the period from 2015 to 2019 was carried out. …”
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The relationship between serum uric acid level and concentration of proangiogenic endothelial progenitor cells in chronic heart failure patients by A. A. Kremzer

“…the objective of this study: to establish predictive relationship between the content of uric acid in the blood and the level of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with CHF of ischemic origin. Methods: The study population was structured retrospectively in 126 subjects (54 male), aged 48 to 62 years, with mild-to-severe ischemic CHFSUA level was measured by enzymatic methods, NT-pro-BNP level was examined by immunoelectrochemiluminesence method. …”
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Construction and Validation of a Model for Predicting Fear of Childbirth: A Cross-Sectional Population Study via Machine Learning by Zhang ZL, Chen KJ, Chen H, Zhu MM, Gu JJ, Jiang LS, Zheng L, Zhou SG

“…The model was built using ten types of machine learning and was evaluated to perform well.Conclusion: Gravidity, history of adverse pregnancy outcomes, history of cesarean section, planned pregnancy, payment method, and SSRS score are risk factors for FOC in late-pregnancy women. …”
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Continuum topological derivative - A novel application tool for segmentation of CT and MRI images by Viswanath Muthukrishnan, Sandeep Jaipurkar, Nedumaran Damodaran

“…In summary, the proposed CTD method aims to delineate boundaries and contours of the region of interest, facilitating precise estimation of size and shape for accurate detection of the extent of diseased or affected areas.…”
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Luminescence Microscopy in the Identification of Closely related Species Using the Example of the Genus <i>Persicaria</i> Mill. by A. A. Gudkova, A. S. Chistyakova, A. I. Slivkin, A. S. Bolgov

“…The largest number of long tufted trichomes with a bright greenish glow is characteristic of P. amphibia var. terrestris.Conclusion. The method of luminescence microscopy was first applied to the analysis and identification of identification parameters, new diagnostic features were established and visualized, allowing the most accurate identification of species of the genus Persicaria.…”
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Digital educational technology on LGBT-phobic bullying for school-aged adolescents by Mariana Mercês Mesquita Espíndola, Ednaldo Cavalcante de Araújo, Adrian Thaís Cardoso Santos Gomes da Silva, Danilo Martins Roque Pereira, Marclineide Nóbrega de Andrade Ramalho, Thainara Torres de Oliveira, Weslla Karla Albuquerque Silva de Paula, Josueida de Carvalho Sousa

“…ABSTRACT Objectives: to develop a digital educational technology on LGBT-phobic bullying, in the form of a comic book, for health education among school-aged adolescents. Methods: a methodological study employing the Planning of Computer-Supported Learning Activities method to guide the organization of development stages, combined with Edgar Morin’s pedagogical framework, under the perspective of comprehension, health education, and the context of sexual and gender diversity. …”
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A flexible resubmitted variable sampling plan for product quality determination using the process loss index by Darmawan Armin, Bahri Syamsul, Amar Kifayah, Do Bagus Muhammad Reza, Tahir Nurfaidah

“…An analysis is conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed sampling plan and compare it to the characteristics of the typical single-sample plan. The proposed method enables a reduction in the sample size that is tested while maintaining an equal level of protection for both the manufacturer and the consumer. …”
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INTRAOPERATIVE PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR METASTATIC PERITONEAL TUMORS by E. A. Suleimanov, V. M. Khomyakov, L. G. Serova, L. I. Moskvicheva, E. V. Filonenko, A. D. Kaprin

“…Photodynamic therapy – a method with high efficiency and almost no side effects and complications, based on the ability of photosensitizer to accumulate selectively and retain in the high proliferative tissues. …”
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Metal Powder Production by Atomization of Free-Falling Melt Streams Using Pulsed Gaseous Shock and Detonation Waves by Sergey M. Frolov, Vladislav S. Ivanov, Viktor S. Aksenov, Igor O. Shamshin, Fedor S. Frolov, Alan E. Zangiev, Tatiana I. Eyvazova, Vera Ya. Popkova, Maksim V. Grishin, Andrey K. Gatin, Tatiana V. Dudareva

“…The analysis of solidified particles and particle size distribution in the powder is studied by sifting on sieves, optical microscopy, laser diffraction wet dispersion method (WDM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The operation process is visualized by a video camera. …”
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Novel algorithm for multifocus image fusion: integration of convolutional neural network and partial differential equation by Gargi J Trivedi, Rajesh Sanghvi

“…Additionally, a CNN architecture with ReLU activation function is employed for feature extraction. The method is evaluated on a dataset of Multifocus images and compared with traditional and CNN-based approaches, demonstrating superior performance in terms of visual quality and quantitative metrics, such as Normalized Mutual Information, Phase Congruency-based metric, and Structural Similarity-based metric. …”
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Recognition and Application of Wear Detection BTA Deep Hole Drilling by WU Xue-feng, WU Tong-kun, YANG Shu-cai, YUAN Zhong-liang

“…In view of the deficiency of the industrial field BTA deep hole drilling wear artificial detection error，the wear of BTA deep hole drilling was detected based on the wear visual inspection method of the minimum external rectangle． …”
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Providing a model of consumer behavior in creating brand attachment with an emphasis on the packaging component of food industry companies by maziar Ghasemzadeh Sangroudi, karim hamdi, SHADAN VAHABZADEH MUNSHI

“…Finally, partial least squares method has been used to validate the model. Qualitative analysis was performed with MAXQDA 20 software, structural-interpretive analysis with MicMac software and partial least squares method with Smart PLS 3.0 software. …”
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A New Iterative Algorithm for Pseudomonotone Equilibrium Problem and a Finite Family of Demicontractive Mappings by F. U. Ogbuisi, F. O. Isiogugu

“…Our result does not require that we impose the condition that the sum of the control sequences used in the finite convex combination is equal to 1. Furthermore, we state and prove a strong convergence result and give some numerical experiments to demonstrate the efficiency and applicability of our iterative method.…”
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Distribution of Exchange Interaction Fields for 2D and 3D Systems of Spherical Dipoles by A.G. Makarov, K.V. Nefedev

“…By the method of numerical simulation have been shown that the dipole-dipole interaction in the high-anisotropic spherical magnetic dipole moments can result in the case of the particle distribution on the plane to poorly defined ferromagnetism, and for the distribution in the volume to the equality of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions. …”
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Machine Learning‐Based Identification of Children With Intermittent Exotropia Using Multiple Resting‐State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features by Mengdi Zhou, Huixin Li, Xiaoxia Qu, Lirong Zhang, Xueying He, Xiwen Wang, Jie Hong, Jing Fu, Zhaohui Liu

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Long-Duration UAV Localization Across Day and Night by Fusing Dual-Vision Geo-Registration with Inertial Measurements by Xuehui Xing, Xiaofeng He, Ke Liu, Zhizhong Chen, Guofeng Song, Qikai Hao, Lilian Zhang, Jun Mao

“…Remote sensing visual-light spectral (VIS) maps provide stable and rich features for geo-localization. …”
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Outcomes of surgical treatment of thyroid disease in children by Olga S. Rogova, Lubov N. Samsonovа, Goar F. Okminyan, Elena V. Kiseleva, Oleg Yu. Latyshev, Elvira P. Kasatkina, Mikhail I. Pykov, Aleksey B. Okulov, Kirill K. Mirakov

“…At present there is no optimal method of treatment for thyroid gland pathology, but one of the methods is surgery. …”
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Surgical treatment of bone tumors using segmental bone allografts by O. Ye. Vyrva, Ya. O. Holovina, R. V. Malyk, Z. M. Danishchuk, N. O. Ashukina, P. M. Vorontsov

“…The aim of the study is to improve the method of surgical treatment for patients with tumors of long bones with the use of segmental bone allograft. …”
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