Oral Cancer Knowledge and Screening Practices Among Dental Professionals in Yemen: a Web-Based Survey by Sadeq Ali Al-Maweri, Esam Halboub, Anas Shamala, Abdulrazzaq Ahmed Al-Maweri, Alaa Daud, Ebrahim Almurisi, Asma Saleh Almeslet, Saba Kassim, Mohammed Nasser Alhajj

“…Regarding clinical signs, the majority reported that OC can present as nonhealing ulcer (90.3%) or white/red patch (87.2%), yet only 73.7% reported that it can present as swelling/lump, and around 32% reported that teeth attrition is one of its clinical signs. …”
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The Problems of Formation of the National System of Personnel Training for Vocational Schools: Historical and Genetic Analysis by E. M. Dorozhkin, I. A. Сhernoskutova

“…Along with continuing attempts to “patch up personnel holes” through the administrative direction of qualified workers and competent managers to work in vocational schools, it was initiated to create a network of industrial-pedagogical technical schools. …”
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Development of a Hydrogen-Sensing Antenna Operating in the Microwave Region for Applications in Safety-Critical Systems by Antonio Jefferson Mangueira Sales, Stephen Rathinaraj Benjamin, João Paulo Costa do Nascimento, Felipe Felix do Carmo, Juscelino Chaves Sales, Roterdan Fernandes Abreu, Francisco Enilton Alves Nogueira, Paulo Maria de Oliveira Silva, Marcelo Antonio Santos da Silva, José Adauto da Cruz, Enio Pontes de Deus, Antonio Sergio Bezerra Sombra

“…In this study, we present the development and experimental validation of a microwave hydrogen gas sensor based on a patch-type microstrip antenna with a silver sensing element. …”
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Broadband Millimeter-Wave Front-End Module Design Considerations in FD-SOI CMOS vs. GaN HEMTs by Clint Sweeney, Donald Y. C. Lie, Jill C. Mayeda, Jerry Lopez

“…Simulations using an electromagnetic (EM) solver carried out in Cadence AWR with AXIEM suggest that for two uniform square patch antenna arrays at 24 GHz, the 4 element array has ~6 dB lower antenna gain and twice the half power beam width (HPBW) compared to the 16 element array. …”
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Development of a deep learning system for predicting biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer by Lu Cao, Ruimin He, Ao Zhang, Lingmei Li, Wenfeng Cao, Ning Liu, Peisen Zhang

“…The Inception_v3 neural network was employed to train and test models developed from patch-level images. The multiple instance learning method was used to extract whole slide image-level features. …”
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Analysis and prediction of spatiotemporal carbon storage changes in the Taihu Lake Basin in Jiangsu Province based on PLUS and InVEST model by Yu Zhu, Bing Ma, Haibo Hu, Dongxia Ding, Hongwei Zhou, Jiaxuan Liu, Jiacai Liu, Zhirong Lin

“…This study employed the Patch-generating Land Use Simulation (PLUS) and Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) coupling model to analyze carbon storage dynamics (2000–2020) and project future trends (2030) in Taihu Lake Basin in Jiangsu province, a highly urbanized region. …”
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Suture traction—assisted bearclaw fistula closure: a case series describing a novel endoscopic technique for fistula closure by Joelle Sleiman, MD, Mohammad Abureesh, MD, Vishnu Charan Suresh Kumar, MD, Ahmed Elfiky, MD, Jean M. Chalhoub, MD, Sherif Andrawes, MD, Youssef El Douaihy, MD

“…Once enough tissue is pulled inside the over-the-scope cap, the clip is deployed, creating an occlusive patch and effectively sealing the fistulous tract. …”
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A GAN Guided NCCT to CECT Synthesis With an Advanced CNN-Transformer Aggregated Generator by Haozhe Wang, Dawei Gong, Rongzhen Zhou, Junbo Liang, Ruili Zhang, Wenbin Ji, Sailing He

“…Then we trained GCTANet to predict real CECT images using synthetic NCCT images. 3) A multi-scale Patch hybrid attention block (MSPHAB) was proposed to obtain enhanced feature representations. …”
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The skin allergy risk assessment-integrated chemical environment (SARA-ICE) defined approach to derive points of departure for skin sensitization by Emily N. Reinke, Joe Reynolds, Nicola Gilmour, Georgia Reynolds, Judy Strickland, Dori Germolec, David G. Allen, Gavin Maxwell, Nicole C. Kleinstreuer

“…The Skin Allergy Risk Assessment – Integrated Chemical Environment (SARA-ICE) DA for skin sensitization is a Bayesian statistical model that estimates a human-relevant metric of sensitizer potency, the ED01, an estimate of the human predictive patch test dermal dose at which there is 1% chance of inducing sensitization, which can be used in a risk assessment paradigm. …”
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3D-CNN detection of systemic symptoms induced by different Potexvirus infections in four Nicotiana benthamiana genotypes using leaf hyperspectral imaging by Rizos-Theodoros Chadoulis, Ioannis Livieratos, Ioannis Manakos, Theodore Spanos, Zeinab Marouni, Christos Kalogeropoulos, Constantine Kotropoulos

“…Conclusion The proposed patch-based method demonstrated key advantages: (a) exploiting both spectral and textural information, (b) deriving a large training dataset from few hyperspectral images, (c) providing localized classification explainability within leaf regions, and (d) achieving high accuracy for early detection of viral infections.…”
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Nursing experience based on integrated Traditional Chinese and western medicine for a case of grade II phlebitis (1例II级静脉炎患者的中西医结合护理体会) by LI Jinhuan (李金环), YIN Kexin (尹可欣), E Haiyan (鄂海燕), WANG Xiaojia (王晓嘉), DUAN Yixuan (段怡璇), LIU Hongyan (刘红艳), XING Hui (兴慧)

“…In addition to routine nursing, they cooperated with Ruyi Jinhuang Ointment, Kanghuier Absorption Patch and potato chips for joint application. Results Through the application of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine nursing intervention, the pain of patients was alleviated, the repair process was accelerated, and the medical cost was saved. …”
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Microneedles-based local photothermal therapy promotes browning of white adipose tissue and combats obesity by Le Li, Hanxing Chen, Kexin Zhang, Xinying Hu, Mengfan Xu, Taotao Wen, Jialuo Ding, Mengyuan Zhao, Yeying Li, Yu Su, Zhenkun Lin

“…Herein, Fe3O4 nanoparticles-encapsulated microneedles patch (Fe3O4@MNP)-based local photothermal therapy (LPTT) is developed with near-infrared (NIR) irradiation, aiming for a new approach to promote WAT browning in high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity. …”
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The influence of urban and agricultural landscape contexts on forest diversity and structure across ecoregions by John Paul Schmit, Lea R. Johnson, Matthew Baker, Lindsay Darling, Robert Fahey, Dexter H. Locke, Anita T. Morzillo, Nancy F. Sonti, Tara L. E. Trammell, Myla F. J. Aronson, Michelle L. Johnson

“…Abstract Forest patches in urban landscapes make outsized contributions to biodiversity, ecosystem function, and human health and well‐being. …”
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Ginsenoside Re increases human coronary artery endothelial SKCa current and nitric oxide release via glucocorticoid receptor-PI3K-Akt/PKB pathway by Kitinat Rodthongdee, Wattana B. Watanapa, Katesirin Ruamyod, Namoiy Semprasert, Pimchanok Nambundit, Suwattanee Kooptiwut, Luecha Boontaveekul

“…We aimed to investigate whether Re increased SKCa current via glucocorticoid receptor (GR), its non-genomic pathway phosphoinositide 3-kinase-protein kinase B (PI3K-Akt/PKB), and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and whether SKCa mediated Re-induced increase in nitric oxide (NO), prostacyclin (PGI2), epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET), and/or hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Methods: Whole-cell patch clamp technique was employed to study Re-activated HCAEC currents, using specific inhibitors of the proposed mediating pathway. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Evolution and Driving Force Analysis of Water Conservation Function in Yunnan Province Based on Climate and Land Use Change by LIU Fengru, ZHAO Junsan, LIN Yilin, CHEN Guoping, ZHANG Longjiang, PENG Sufen

“…[Methods] Taking Yunnan Province as an example, this paper combined the system dynamics model, patch-level land use change simulation model (PLUS model), and InVEST model to build a water conservation evaluation framework under the impact of future climate and land use change. …”
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Aberrant neuronal connectivity and network activity of neurons derived from patients with idiopathic schizophrenia by Johanna Heider, Emilio Pardo González, Sophia-Marie Hartmann, Nirmal Kannaiyan, Sabrina Vogel, Richard Wüst, Andreas J. Fallgatter, Moritz J. Rossner, Udo Kraushaar, Hansjürgen Volkmer

“…In line with increased synapse density, patch-clamp analyses revealed markedly increased spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSC) recorded from GABAergic SCZ neurons. …”
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Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of ecosystem service interactions and their determining thresholds across distinct climate zones in the temperate desert steppe of northern China by Xin Li, Xiangdong Li, Xiaoqian Li, Zhi Dong, Xinchuang Chen, Jianying Guo, Hongxiao Liu

“…In the semi-arid zone, the proportion of barren land was 43 %, NDVI was 0.38, and the largest patch index was 87.4 %. This study provides support for policymakers’ decisions in the formulation of ecological control objectives and restoration of the temperate desert steppe ecosystem.…”
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Spatial and hydrological consideration for linking multidimensional landscape metrics to riverine P loading—a case study in an agriculture-forest dominated subtropical watershed, C... by Huanyao Liu, Junjie Li, Cen Meng, Wei Ouyang, Xuelei Wang, Wenjie Yin, Yuyuan Li

“…Under low and medium flow regimes, the most sensitive spatial scales of landscape patterns for riverine P loadings were 100–300 m buffer zones (>47.6 %), with landscape shape index of class 15 (residential area, Anthrosols, and slope ranges from 0° to 5.35°) and class 49 (water body, all soil types, and slope ranges from 0° to 80.30°), the largest patch index of class 30 (paddy field, Anthrosols, and slope ranges from 5.35° to 16.06°) and class 45 (forest, Anthrosols, and slope ranges from 16.06° to 28.02°) exhibiting significant correlation to TP and DP loadings. …”
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Prenatal methadone exposure produces functional and molecular alterations in the basolateral amygdala and decreased voluntary ethanol intake in female, but not male offspring by Meredith E. Gamble, Michelle Montero, Dana N. Silberstein, Terrence Deak, Terrence Deak, Elena I. Varlinskaya, Elena I. Varlinskaya, Marvin R. Diaz, Marvin R. Diaz

“…Given the role of the basolateral amygdala (BLA) in emotion and reward processing, we also conducted patch clamp electrophysiology experiments from BLA neurons to investigate changes in synaptic transmission and gene expression of neuromodulatory systems that are known to influence emotion and reward processing.ResultsFemales with a history of PME consumed less ethanol than control females, with no effects of PME on ethanol intake evident in males. …”
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Palaeoenvironments and sequence development of the Upper Palaeogene-Lower Neogene Succession in Kirkuk, Bai Hassan and Khabaz oil Fields, Northern Iraq by Yaseen S. Al-Jwaini, Ali D. Gayara

“…These facies associations were deposited within a rimmed shelf with a barrier reef during the Palaeogene and a steepened ramp setting with fringing patch reef during the Neogene. The digenetic imprints on the recognized microfacies are prominent and dominated by cementation, neomorphism, dolomitization, precipitation of authigenic minerals, dissolution (leaching), compaction, mechanical degredation, micritization and geopitalstractures. …”
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