A Prospective Controlled Study on the Longitudinal Effects of Rehabilitation in Older Women with Primary Sarcopenia by Bianca Maria Vladutu, Daniela Matei, Anca Maria Amzolini, Constantin Kamal, Magdalena Rodica Traistaru

“…Sarcopenia, defined as a progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength, and function, is a leading contributor to disability, dependence, and reduced quality of life (HRQoL) in older adults. …”
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A differentiated approach to the surgical treatment of intraarticular fracture of the proximal tibia by A.V. Kalashnikov, Y.M. Litun, Ye.E. Chip, A.M. Syvak

“…For a long time, the question of optimal ways and methods of surgical treatment of fractures of the proximal part of the tibia (PPT) remains debatable. …”
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Trust-based energy-efficient routing protocol for Internet of things–based sensor networks by Muhammad Ilyas, Zahid Ullah, Fakhri Alam Khan, Muhammad Hasanain Chaudary, Muhammad Sheraz Arshed Malik, Zafar Zaheer, Hamood Ur Rehman Durrani

“…To overcome aforementioned problems, this work aimed to prolong network lifetime, improve throughput, decrease packet latency/packet loss and further improvise in encountering malicious nodes. …”
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An auditory brainstem implant for treatment of unilateral tinnitus: protocol for an interventional pilot study by Minke J C van den Berge, Marc J M C van Dijk, Jan D M Metzemaekers, Bert Maat, Rolien H Free, Pim van Dijk

“…This is the first study to implant an ABI to investigate its effect on intractable tinnitus.Methods and analysis In this pilot study, 10 adults having incapacitating unilateral intractable tinnitus and ipsilateral severe hearing loss will have an ABI implanted. The ABI is switched on 6 weeks after implantation, followed by several fitting sessions aimed at finding an optimal stimulation strategy. …”
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Design of Morlet wavelet neural networks integrated with sequential quadratic programming to analyze the dynamics of Ebola virus disease by Asifa Ashraf, Abaid Ur Rehman Virk, Umar Ishtiaq, Ahmed Samy Mohamed Elwahsh, Ioan-Lucian Popa

“…For the investigation of this model, we use a hybrid optimization algorithm with MWNNs and a genetic algorithm (GA) integrated with sequential quadratic programming (SQP). …”
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Clinical efficacy of percutaneous endoscopic foraminal approach in the treatment of upper lumbar disc herniation by ZHU Hai，XU Yongyi，WANG Shuai，JI Feng

“…The modified MacNab functional criteria were used to assess the outcome at the last follow⁃up. …”
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Application of UiO-66 MOF for rifampicin removal and post-adsorption antimicrobial activity against MRSA by S. A. Abdel Moaty, Amna A. Kotp, Asmaa M. Salah, Ahmed A. Farghali, Zienab E. Eldin

“…Future studies should include property optimization, industrial application scalability, and drug interaction research.…”
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IndoHerb: Indonesia medicinal plants recognition using transfer learning and deep learning by Muhammad Salman Ikrar Musyaffa, Novanto Yudistira, Muhammad Arif Rahman, Ahmad Hoirul Basori, Andi Besse Firdausiah Mansur, Jati Batoro

“…The experimental setup featured essential hyperparameters, including the ExponentialLR scheduler with a gamma value of 0.9, a learning rate of 0.001, the Cross-Entropy Loss function, the Adam optimizer, and a training epoch count of 50. …”
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Outcomes of total hip replacement in adults with septic arthritis of the native hip joint: A systematic review by Teddy Cheong, Surya Varma Selvakumar, Ryan Kwang Jin Goh, Ing How Moo

“…Abstract Background Septic arthritis is a debilitating condition that results in joint destruction and irreversible loss of joint function. Surgical treatment options include arthroscopy, resection arthroplasty, and total hip replacement (THR). …”
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Calculation of economic velocity in supercritical CO2 transport pipelines by Yuhan CHENG, Changjun LI, Wenlong JIA, Qian GAO, Shixiong FU, Wenqin ZHANG

“…ObjectiveCarbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) is widely recognized as a leading solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while pipeline transport is the optimal method for large-scale, long-distance CO2 transport. …”
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Chip-to-chip photonic quantum teleportation over optical fibers of 12.3 km by Dongning Liu, Zhanping Jin, Jingyuan Liu, Xiaotong Zou, Xiaosong Ren, Hao Li, Lixing You, Xue Feng, Fang Liu, Kaiyu Cui, Yidong Huang, Wei Zhang

“…The unbalanced Mach–Zehnder interferometers (UMZI) for time-bin encoding in these quantum photonic circuits are optimized to reduce insertion losses and suppress noise photons generated on the chip. …”
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Locked Neglected Anterior Shoulder Dislocation Treated With Open Reduction and Latarjet Procedure: A Case Report by I Ibad Sha, Ibrahim S Majeed

“…The Latarjet procedure proved effective in managing chronic dislocations with significant bone loss, providing reliable stabilization and functional recovery. …”
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Fast-RF-Shimming: Accelerate RF shimming in 7T MRI using deep learning by Zhengyi Lu, Hao Liang, Ming Lu, Xiao Wang, Xinqiang Yan, Yuankai Huo

“…Next, we train a Residual Network (ResNet) to map B1+ fields directly to the ultimate RF shimming outputs, incorporating the confidence parameter into its loss function. Finally, we design Non-uniformity Field Detector (NFD), an optional post-processing step, to ensure the extreme non-uniform outcomes are identified. …”
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Dynamic association of serum albumin changes with inflammation, nutritional status and clinical outcomes: a secondary analysis of a large prospective observational cohort study by Yonghao Li, Liru Chen, Xin Yang, Hongyuan Cui, Zijian Li, Wei Chen, Hanping Shi, Mingwei Zhu

“…Significant ALB decline was also strongly associated with worsened nutritional status, weight loss at discharge, exacerbated gastrointestinal symptoms, functional impairments, and edema (P < 0.001 for all). …”
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Sustainable management of Cuba’s fresh supply chain from the perspective of Marx’s metabolism by Lihua Hu, Chengjiu Wang, Ping He

“…Against the backdrop of the intensification of the global climate crisis and the issue of resource scarcity, the fresh supply chain is facing significant governance challenges in achieving sustainable development due to its high loss rate and high carbon emissions. Existing research focuses on cold chain technology optimization or local link innovation. …”
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Analysis of options for using oxygen-helium mixture in complex therapy and rehabilitation of patients with various diseases of the respiratory organs (review of literature) by Yu. A. Khatuntseva, V. M. Manuylov, A. N. Shcherbyuk, Ya. E. Nemstsveridze, A. A. Andrushchenko, G. I. Kurnakin

“…The unique physical properties of helium provide a multifactorial therapeutic effect, including improved pulmonary ventilation, reduced work of breathing, optimized gas exchange, and prevention of atelectasis. …”
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Physical Activity in COPD by Natalia Tylczyńska, Kinga Tylczyńska, Zuzanna Skiba, Jakub Skiba, Aleksandra Zielińska, Szymon Szypulski, Kinga Kowalik, Maria Michalska, Sebastian Iwaniuk, Ignacy Maciejewski

“…Individualized programs based on patient capacity and symptom burden are essential for optimizing rehabilitation outcomes. Conclusions: Pulmonary rehabilitation relieves dyspnoea and fatigue, improves emotional function and enhances the sense of control that individuals have over their condition. …”
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Outcomes of cemented and uncemented stem fixation in Vancouver B1 periprosthetic femur fractures treated with locking plates by Sezer Astan, Orhan Balta

“…The uncemented group showed earlier mobilization and better functional outcomes. In the cemented group, significantly longer healing time for PFF (p = 0.017), and increased blood loss (p < 0.001) were observed. …”
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Physics-enhanced machine learning for predicting strength of high-carbon chromium steel during thermomechanical processing and spheroidizing annealing by Changqing Shu, Shasha Zhang, Peiheng Ding, Yaxin Sun, Xuewei Tao, Xiaolin Zhu, Qiuhao Gu, Liukai Hua, Song Xue, Zhengjun Yao

“…To mitigate dimensionality issues, pearson correlation and random forest rankings are applied for feature selection. A physical loss function is integrated into the neural network, ensuring alignment with metallurgical principles. …”
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Towards climate-resilient conservation: Integrating genetics and environmental factors in determining adaptive units of a xeric shrub by Yong-Zhi Yang, Pei-Wei Sun, Chong-Yi Ke, Min-Xin Luo, Jui-Tse Chang, Chien-Ti Chao, Run-Hong Gao, Pei-Chun Liao

“…Peripheral populations exhibited higher genetic loads of loss-of-function alleles, indicating rapid adaptation. …”
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