Determining mosquito age using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and artificial neural networks: insights into the influence of origin and sex by Zili Gao, Yuzhen Zhang, Laura C. Harrington, Courtney C. Murdock, Elisabeth Martin, Dalton Manbeck-Mosig, Steve Vetrone, Nicolas Tremblay, Christopher M. Barker, John M. Clark, Lili He, Wei Zhu

“…However, traditional methods, such as tracheole morphology analysis, are labor-intensive and have limited scalability. …”
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Prediction of prognosis in acute ischemic stroke after mechanical thrombectomy based on multimodal MRI radiomics and deep learning by Lei Pei, Xiaowei Han, Chenfeng Ni, Junli Ke

“…Currently, there are no reliable methods for the early prediction of poor prognosis in AIS, especially after mechanical thrombectomy. …”
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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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Clinical and Genetic Correlations of Inherital Retinal Disease with Mutations in the ABCA4 Gene by Patients of the Russian Population by I. V. Zolnikova, V. V. Kadyshev, A. V. Marakhonov, A. B. Chernyak, S. V. Milash, Yu. A. Bobrovskaya, N. A. Urakova, N. Sh. Kokoeva, S. I. Kutsev, R. A. Zinchenko

“…Aim: to study genotype-phenotype correlations in patients with inherited retinal diseases with mutations in ABCA4 gene in Russian Federation.Patients and methods. 21 patients from Russian population aged from 7 to 51 years old (mean age 20 ± 11 years with best-corrected visual acuity from 0,02 to 0,6 (0,14 ± 0,11) with ABCA4-associated retinopathy, verified by molecular genetics methods. …”
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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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Is Butter Back? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Butter Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Total Mortality. by Laura Pimpin, Jason H Y Wu, Hila Haskelberg, Liana Del Gobbo, Dariush Mozaffarian

“…One investigator screened titles and abstracts; and two reviewed full-text articles independently in duplicate, and extracted study and participant characteristics, exposure and outcome definitions and assessment methods, analysis methods, and adjusted effects and associated uncertainty, all independently in duplicate. …”
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Minocycline-Associated Pseudotumor Cerebri with Severe Papilledema by Simon R. Bababeygy, Michael X. Repka, Prem S. Subramanian

“…Vision loss and papilledema have been described as mild and transient, and some authors suggest that treatment is not needed. Methods. Case series of 2 patients with severe papilledema and visual field loss. …”
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STATIC OF ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES WITH MOVABLE INCLINED PLANE FOR MESIAL BATE TREATMENT by P.S. Flis, A.I. Hryhorenko, N.M. Doroshenko, M.M. Tormakhov, V.V. Filonenko

“…Mechanics and mathematical modeling of functionally directing appliance with a movable inclined plane static work for improving sagittal dentoalveolar anomalies and deformations treatment methods. Materials and methods. Maxillodental patient’s static was modeled by the methods of theoretical mechanics during the treatment of mesial occlusion with the appliance with a movable inclined plane. …”
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RESULTS OF QUALITY COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH BLOOD CLOTTING (PATHOLOGY) by M. A. Gavrilenko

“…Background. Treatment methods for diseases of teeth hard tissues and periodontium for children with blood clotting pathology are described in modern literature. …”
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Sensitivity and Specificity of Three Measures of Intrinsic Capacity in Older People Aged 80 and Over in Nursing Homes by Ma L, Zheng E, Fang Y, Chen H, Zhou C, Cai S, Luo F, Jiang W, Wang J, Ning X, Tu H, Yin Z

“…Diagnostic efficacy was gauged using sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value (NPV), positive predictive value (PPV), accuracy, Youden index, and the area under the curve (AUC).Results: The detection of IC decline exceeded 85% across all methods. Using ICOPE Step 2 as a benchmark, ICOPE Step 1 showed robust performance across four domains of locomotion, psychological, cognitive, and vitality, whereas the Lopez-Ortiz’s IC scoring system was generally ineffective.Conclusion: All three IC assessment methods have limitations. …”
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EXERCISE THERAPY ON UNSTABLE SUPPORT AND HYDROKINETIC THERAPY IN THE REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH BACK PAIN by E. V. Filatova, O. A. Boulakh, E. V. Polkovnikova, N. M. Privalova, Kh. M. Malaev

“…A comparative analysis of the efficiency of different procedures of exercise therapy is carried out: hydrokinesitherapy and therapeutic gymnastics with the use of exercise on an unstable support (stabiloplatform) depending on the sex of patients.Materials and methods. Under our observation there were 72 patients undergoing rehabilitation on the basis of SBOH CC No. 201 DHM Zelenograd, an equal number of women and men and 36 people with back pain of vertebrogenic genesis. …”
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FACTORS OD DENTURES’ MALADJUSTMENT, ITS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT by E. Diasamidze, M. Diasamidze, K. Zhukov, S. Schneider

“…Modern medicine has a significant, rapidly replenished arsenal of painkillers and methods, most of which are aimed at the suppression of the nociceptive system. …”
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Optimization of the surgical treatment of optic neuropathy in patients with myopia high degree by O. O. Denisova

“…There was made a comparative assessment of treatment efficiency in patients with myopia of high degree who have manifestations of an optical neuropathy. Methods and results. 115 patients (158 eyes) with an optical neuropathy have been surveyed. …”
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Multiplicity Results for Weak Solutions of a Semilinear Dirichlet Elliptic Problem with a Parametric Nonlinearity by Ayékotan Messan Joseph Tchalla, Kokou Tcharie

“…According to the values of λ, we give both nonexistence and multiplicity results by using variational methods. In particular, we first exhibit a critical positive value such that the problem admits at least a nontrivial non-negative weak solution if and only if λ is greater than or equal to this critical value. …”
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Methodological guidelines and publications of benefit–risk assessment for health technology assessment: a scoping review protocol by Patricia Coelho De Soárez, Uwe Siebert, Franciele Cordeiro Gabriel, Beate Jahn, Bruna De Oliveira Ascef, Erica Aranha Suzumura, Fernando Henrique de Albuquerque Maia, Aline Frossard Ribeiro Bortoluzzi, Natalia Santos Farias

“…Our goal is to perform a scoping review to identify and map methodological guidelines and publications on methods of BRA. This will be done considering the different phases of the life-cycle of health technologies to underline both the depth and extent of research concerning BRA, especially in the context of HTA.Methods and analysis This scoping review protocol was developed following the framework proposed by Arksey and O’Malley, and the updated guidelines by the Joanna Briggs Institute. …”
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Protective effect of resveratrol on retinal damage in glaucoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical studies by Feng Zhang, Feng Zhang, Tao Li, Junli Wan, Junli Wan, Lu Wang, Lu Wang, Wenmei Guo, Wenmei Guo, Yue Hu, Yue Hu, Hao Wang, Hao Wang, Wei Bian, Wei Bian

“…However, there is presently a dearth of relevant evidence available for comprehensive summarization.MethodsIn this study, we conducted an extensive search across 7 electronic databases, encompassing all pertinent animal studies for a systematic review and meta-analysis. …”
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Higher Education – Importance and Funding in Slovenia by Maja Klun, Marina Šućur

“…The article considers the problems of funding higher education from the point of view of the sufficiency of funds and from the point of view of the importance of education. It illustrates methods of direct and indirect funding of education in Slovenia and presents the results of a survey in which students gave their opinions on the importance of education and on education funding. …”
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Nowa ewangelizacja w epoce postmodernizmu i jej implikacje pastoralno-kate- chetyczne by Jacek Wojeński

“…The new evangelization constitutes new pedagogy of the gospel truth transmission taking new methods into account, forms and means of reaching contemporary cultures and the contemporary man. …”
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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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Programmable Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lighting enhances growth and nutrients of red cabbage microgreens in controlled environments by Bin Zhou, Yaguang Luo, Zhihao Liu, Jianghao Sun, Jorge M. Fonseca

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