FedBFGCN: A Graph Federated Learning Framework Based on Balanced Channel Attention and Cross-Layer Feature Fusion Convolution by Hefei Wang, Ruichun Gu, Jingyu Wang, Xiaolin Zhang, Hui Wei

“…Due to its ability to effectively handle complex and heterogeneous graph data while protecting user privacy, GFL has shown great potential in processing various types of graph structures and has been proven effective in a wide range of applications. However, existing methods normally assign equal attention to all nodes within a single graph, focusing too much on the information of neighboring nodes, even if some nodes are more important in the graph structure or task (such as high consumption users or popular products), which inevitably leads to inefficient node embedding. …”
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Continuous Estimation of Blood Pressure by Utilizing Seismocardiogram Signal Features in Relation to Electrocardiogram by Aleksandra Zienkiewicz, Vesa Korhonen, Vesa Kiviniemi, Teemu Myllylä

“…There is an ongoing search for a reliable and continuous method of noninvasive blood pressure (BP) tracking. …”
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HETEROPLASMY-ASSOCIATED MITOCHONDRIAL DNA VARIANTS IN HUMAN BLOOD AND SKELETAL MUSCLE SAMPLES by Çağrı Güleç, Asuman Gedikbaşı, Gökçen Şahin, Güven Toksoy, Altuğ Duramaz, Zehra Oya Uyguner

“…We aimed to investigate potential genetic and demographic factors associated with heteroplasmy levels in mitochondrial variants by analyzing both blood and muscle tissues in individuals, regardless of their phenotypes.Material and Methods: High-throughput sequencing was conducted on the mitochondrial genomes of 10 individuals, with an equal gender distribution. …”
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Weighted Gene Coexpression Network Analysis Identifies Neutrophil-Related Molecular Subtypes and Their Clinical Significance in Gastric Cancer by Chen C, Shao Y, Ye C, Yu X, Hu M, Yan J, Ye G

“…High-dimensional weighted gene coexpression network analysis (hdWGCNA) and multiple bioinformatics methods were utilized to classify the molecular subtypes of GC and further investigate the differences among the subtypes. …”
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Unpaired Spatio-Temporal Fusion for Remote Sensing Images via Deformable Global-Local Feature Alignment by Xinlan Ding, Huihui Song, Xu Zhang

“…In the experimental portion, DGFANet performs equally or demonstrates superior performance compared to the existing state-of-the-art methods in two widely recognized public datasets Colebly irrigated area and lower Gwydir catchment, which has been shown to do so in experimental studies.…”
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Can AI-Based ChatGPT Models Accurately Analyze Hand–Wrist Radiographs? A Comparative Study by Ahmet Yıldırım, Orhan Cicek, Yavuz Selim Genç

“…<b>Methods</b>: This study evaluated the performance of three ChatGPT-based models (GPT-4o, GPT-o4-mini-high, and GPT-o1-pro) in predicting bone age and growth stage using 90 anonymized hand–wrist radiographs (30 from each growth stage—pre-peak, peak, and post-peak—with equal male and female distribution). …”
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Assessment of Nurses' Perception toward Application of Evidence Based Practice Approach by Nour Al-huda Muhannad Mousa, Jihad Jawad Kadhim

“… Background Evidence-based nursing practice (EBNP) has become one of the most effective methods for improving patient outcomes and the quality of care as well as delivering cost-efficient health care. …”
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Novel Identification of CD74 as a Biomarker for Diagnosing and Prognosing Sepsis Patients by Hu K, Shi A, Shu Y, Sudesh S, Ling J, Chen Y, Hua F, Yu S, Zhang J, Yu P

“…Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier methods were employed to assess the diagnostic and prognostic value of these genes. …”
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Pan-Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Genetic Factors Associated with the Pathogenicity of Invasive Serotype 19F Streptococcus Pneumoniae by Shi X, Patil S, Yi Q, Liu Z, Wang H, Zhu C, Chen Y, Zheng Y, Dong S, Bao Y

“…To investigate the genetic variations associated with high invasiveness of serotype 19F S. pneumoniae strains isolated from children in Shenzhen.Methods: We compared the genomic profiles of 42 invasive and 162 noninvasive strains from children’s respiratory tracts and employed pan-genome-wide association methods to elucidate the origins of genetic variation.Results: Significant gene presence variability was observed between invasive and noninvasive strains, suggesting a genetic basis for their pathogenicity differences. …”
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Ugandan athletes’ and coaches’ experiences and perceptions on the effectiveness and legitimacy of the doping control process by Haruna Muwonge, Samuel Lubega, Robert Zavuga, Roland Mukana, Hassan Kasujja, Godfrey Katamba, Nana Jacqueline Nakiddu, Mudarshiru Bbuye, Timothy Makubuya

“…This study aimed to explore Ugandan athletes’ and coaches’ experiences and perceptions of the doping control process, emphasizing its effectiveness and legitimacy. Methods A mixed-methods cross-sectional study was conducted, including a survey of 346 Ugandan athletes using a modified WADA questionnaire to evaluate perceptions on test accuracy, detection likelihood, and enforcement seriousness. …”
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A prospective study on enhanced recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from children’s stool using novel power ultrasound decontamination by Jun-ling Wang, Zhen-jin Zhang, Fang Wang, Ming-kai Chen, Peng Tian, Xin-feng Wang

“…A total of 252 stool specimens were collected, and each specimen was subsequently divided into approximately three equal groups. One stool specimen was subjected to direct acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear microscopy, while the other two stool specimens were processed using different decontamination methods(NaOH-NALC method vs. …”
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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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A modified and weighted Gower distance-based clustering analysis for mixed type data: a simulation and empirical analyses by Pinyan Liu, Han Yuan, Yilin Ning, Bibhas Chakraborty, Nan Liu, Marco Aurélio Peres

“…This study aims to introduce a clustering technique specifically designed for datasets containing both continuous and categorical variables to offer better clustering compatibility, adaptability, and interpretability than other mixed type techniques. Methods This paper proposed a modified Gower distance incorporating feature importance as weights to maintain equal contributions between continuous and categorical features. …”
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Designing a sensory, motor, and cognitive intervention program and assessing its effectiveness on the neuropsychological profile of children with high-functioning autism by azam Bahadiori, Saeed Rezaei, Parviz Sharifi Daramadi, Mohammad Asgari

“…Aims: The present study aimed to design a sensory, motor, and cognitive intervention program and its effectiveness on the neuropsychological profile of children with high-functioning autism. Methods: This research employed a mixed-methods approach, encompassing both qualitative and quantitative components. …”
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Selection of Optimal Conditions for the Separation of Curcuminoids by High-performance Capillary Electrophoresis (HPCE) Using Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography (MEKC) by D. I. Pisarev, O. O. Novikov, K. S. Nikitin, N. N. Boyko, K. M. Sakanyan, M. Yu. Novikovа

“…It has been established that for the separation of curcuminoids by this method, it is necessary to use an electrolyte consisting of a mixture of equal volumes of borate buffer (20 mM) and sodium dodecisulfate (30 mM) and ethyl alcohol in an amount of 20 % of the electrolyte volume. …”
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The Forms of Media Violence Against Women .Online Violence as an Example by Nazakat Hussein Hamasaeed, Hakim Othman Hamed

“… Talking about media and the Internet and their relationship to social problems and the making of violent images on social networking sites has become a concern of many professionals and users, and you find many of these people in their research and topics deal with violence and sympathetic dealing in which modern media and social networking sites are a means by which perpetrators of violent acts against society, especially against women, are pleaded with, Women in most societies are exposed to many problems, such as marginalization and violence, especially in backward societies that deal inferiorly with women, which may be the basis and origins of this unfair deal, which is the low awareness and control of old customs and traditions and religious directives that do not find women equal to men, and the existence of this conviction has led Until this conviction transcends the limits of thought and is now being practiced against women in various ways and means, The existence of this conviction has led to this conviction that transcends the boundaries of thought and is now being practiced against women in various ways and means, and the matter came to invoking modern communication technology to practice violence against women, and women suffered as a result of this violent deal by men and women great losses such as avoiding the use of these means and not to benefit from the advantages of technology for fear of exposing women to grief and violence, especially in societies where the percentage of ignorance, unemployment and social freedoms is at low levels, Because fabricated news, an unreal image, sound or video may cause great social problems if the woman is the subject of this news or that image, and technology has facilitated the methods of committing crimes, especially after the proliferation of tablets and mobiles, cheap prices and the spread of applications that make The user is able to re-edit and create events easily and at the lowest costs, and publish it on the widest scale in the shortest possible period of time, and social networking sites have become one of these means sometimes used inappropriately, and thus it becomes facilitated to commit crimes and violence against others, especially against women. …”
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Determining the methodological rigor and overall quality of out-of-hospital clinical practice guidelines: a scoping review by Brendan V. Schultz, Timothy H. Barker, Emma Bosley, Zachary Munn

“…These results should be used to inform future research and initiatives that aim to standardize the methods used to develop guidelines used in this healthcare setting.…”
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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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Renal function and non-coronary atherosclerosis progression in patients with coronary artery disease one year after coronary artery bypass by A. V. Bezdenezhnykh, A. N. Sumin, N. A. Bezdenezhnykh, Ya. V. Kazachek, O. L. Barbarash

“…At the preoperative and annual stages, all patients were assessed with the same set of clinical, instrumental and laboratory methods, and the ankle-brachial index (ABI) was measured. …”
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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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