A Multi-Task Based Deep Learning Framework With Landmark Detection for MRI Couinaud Segmentation by Dong Miao, Ying Zhao, Xue Ren, Meng Dou, Yu Yao, Yiran Xu, Yingchao Cui, Ailian Liu

“…This method promises improved clinical outcomes by accurately adapting to anatomical variability and reducing potential postoperative complications.Clinical impact: The application of this technique in clinical settings is poised to enhance the precision of liver surgical planning. …”
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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…To identify areas with high variability in aircraft noise exposure (due to changes in flight paths because of wind direction and airport operations), we used coefficients of variation (CoV). …”
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AER-Net: Attention-Enhanced Residual Refinement Network for Nuclei Segmentation and Classification in Histology Images by Ruifen Cao, Qingbin Meng, Dayu Tan, Pijing Wei, Yun Ding, Chunhou Zheng

“…Moreover, the coarse predictions and refined predictions are combined by using a loss function that employs cross-entropy loss and generalized dice loss to efficiently tackle the challenge of class imbalance among nuclei in histology images. …”
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Mandibular reconstruction outcomes for in-house patient-specific solutions by Matthew D. Marquardt, Erin Cowen, Rachel Fenberg, Natalia von Windheim, Margaret Lashutka, Abigail E. Reid, Amit Agarwal, Enver K. Ozer, Ricardo L. Carrau, James W. Rocco, Catherine T. Haring, Stephen Y. Kang, Nolan B. Seim, Matthew O. Old, Kyle K. VanKoevering

“…Inter-rater reliability was assessed via intraclass correlation coefficient. Demographic, clinical, surgical, and radiographic variables were also collected to profile cohort characteristics and outcomes. …”
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REALITIES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UKRAINIAN BANKING SYSTEM by Maryna Korol, Olena Bazhenova, Ihor Korol, Grygoriy Starchenko, Volodymyr Bazhenov, Oksana Banna

“…In addition, during the year after the crisis, the volume of deposits in the banking system is demonstrating a decrease. Other variables do not show any response to the crisis. …”
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Accurate Sugarcane Detection and Row Fitting Using SugarRow-YOLO and Clustering-Based Spline Methods for Autonomous Agricultural Operations by Guiqing Deng, Fangyue Zhou, Huan Dong, Zhihao Xu, Yanzhou Li

“…This model introduces the WTConv convolutional modules to expand the sensory field and improve computational efficiency, adopts the iRMB inverted residual block attention mechanism to enhance the modeling capability of crop spatial structure, and uses the UIOU loss function to effectively mitigate the misdetection and omission problem in the region of dense and overlapping targets. …”
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Biomechanical Analysis of <i>Camellia oleifera</i> Branches for Optimized Vibratory Harvesting by Rui Pan, Ziping Wan, Mingliang Wu, Shikui Lu, Lewei Tang

“…The nonlinear least squares method, based on the hyperbolic tangent function, was employed to fit the bending load–deflection curves of the branches. …”
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Assessment of Matrix Metalloproteinases a Prognostic Indicator in Advanced Fibrotic Lung Disease: A Systematic Review by Mehvish Aqil, Saif Ur Rahman, Muhammad Zeeshan Aslam, Mostafa Ahmed Abdellah Ahmed, Ammar Ahmed, Sidra Javaid, Ehsan Ul Haq

“…The MMP-7 was consistently elevated in 73.3% (n=11) of the studies and correlated with disease severity, lung function decline, and progression. In 46.7% (7) of studies, MMP-9 was associated with imaging severity and functional impairments, and in 26.7% (4) of studies, MMP-7 was found as the strongest biomarker, and the correlation coefficient calculated was from (r = 0.65 to 0.80), for MMP-9 it was (r = 0.4 to 0.6) and for MMP-1 (r = 0.3 to 0.45). …”
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Quantitative analysis of ocular deviation under eye occlusion: a descriptive study using the ORTe EYENAC eye-tracking system by Shunya Tatara, Yuna Magara, Touko Sasaki, Fumiatsu Maeda, Noriaki Murata, Kazuhiro Itagaki, Tomoya Handa, Haruo Toda

“…However, the APCT is time-consuming and prone to interexaminer variability. Video-oculography technology offers a promising alternative for quantifying ocular deviation under occlusion. …”
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Strategies to support the mental health and well-being of health and care workforce: a rapid review of reviews by Cindy E. Frias, Nimesh Samarasinghe, Cecilia Cuzco, Jaseem Koorankot, Andrés de Juan, Husameldin Mohamed Ali Rudwan, Hanan F. Abdul Rahim, Adela Zabalegui, Iain Tulley, Sanaa T. Al-Harahsheh, Mona Shaheen S. T. Al-Homaiddi, Meredith Fendt-Newlin, Jim Campbell

“…Sixteen studies reported two types of mental health and well-being interventions: individual-level interventions and organizational-level interventions with specific impact on mental health and work environment variables. No specific policy interventions were found. …”
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Neighborhood competition improves biomass estimation for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) but not Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.) in young mixed forest stands by Eric Cudjoe, Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado, Hans Pretzsch, Shamim Ahmed, Felipe Bravo

“…Therefore, accurate biomass estimation is essential for understanding ecosystem functioning and informing forest management strategies to mitigate climate change. …”
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Reconfiguration of dynamic brain networks in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Linking neurovascular coupling and cardiac dysfunction by Xiulin Liang, Qinghua Zhang, Chuanlong Zhang, Jingjing Liu, Pengcheng Sang, Qing Mao, Lei Wang

“…Results: (1) Static network topology properties exhibited significantly decreased local network efficiency among patients with HFpEF. The connectivity strength and information processing efficiency were diminished in the left parahippocampal gyrus, left cingulate gyrus, and right insular gyrus brain regions, and improved in the left thalamus, right fusiform gyrus, and right precuneus regions. (2) Dynamic network topology properties of patients with HFpEF showed decreased variability in critical nodes and brain subregions (e.g., the superior frontal gyrus, left amygdala, and left fusiform gyrus) and compensatory increases in the variability of specific regions (e.g., right insular gyrus, right postcentral gyrus, and right temporal gyrus). (3) In HFpEF, the static and dynamic functional brain network topology properties of the fusiform gyrus, cingulate gyrus, superior temporal gyrus, precuneus, parahippocampal gyrus, insular gyrus, and amygdala regions were significantly correlated with cardiac structural and functional indices, such as LVDd, LVMI, and E/e′ ratio. …”
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Characterizing Performance on a Suite of English-Language NeuroUX Mobile Cognitive Tests in a US Adult Sample: Ecological Momentary Cognitive Testing Study by Emily W Paolillo, Jessica Bomyea, Colin A Depp, Ashley M Henneghan, Anunay Raj, Raeanne C Moore

“…The tests tapped the domains of executive function, processing speed, reaction time, recognition memory, and working memory. …”
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Utilization of Ultrasonic-Assisted Extraction for Bioactive Compounds from Floral Sources by Sepidar Seyyedi-Mansour, Pauline Donn, Maria Carpena, Franklin Chamorro, Paula Barciela, Ana Perez-Vazquez, Ana Olivia S. Jorge, Miguel A. Prieto

“…Its effectiveness is influenced by a multitude of factors, including operational variables and the matrix effect, both of which have the potential to impact the molecular structures of the specific compounds being targeted. …”
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Three Decades of Land Cover Dynamics in a Boreal Coastal Basin: A Multisensor Spectral Index and Machine Learning Approach Using Landsat Data and GB-SAR Data by Jinsong Zhang, Bochi Zou, Yifei Yuan, Asad Khan, Muhammad Bilawal Junaid, Qaiser Abbas, Rana Muhammad Zulqarnain, Nazih Y. Rebouh, Olga D. Kucher, Hassan Alzahrani

“…Boreal coastal habitats, with their complex hydrological, ecological, and geological functions, play a pivotal role in regulating regional climate, supporting biodiversity, and sustaining local communities. …”
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Automated ejection fraction and risk stratification in cardiomyopathy patients with diverse LV geometry using 2D echocardiography by Ziwei Zhu, Ke Fan, Shuyuan Zhang, Tingting Hu, Jingyi Li, Ze Zhao, Ye Jin, Shuyang Zhang

“…Abstract Cardiomyopathy often alters left ventricular geometry (LVG), impairing cardiac function. We developed a deep learning (DL) model to estimate left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from echocardiographic images while accounting for LVG variability and assessed prognostic factors across LVG subtypes. …”
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The Relationship Between Supply Environment, Supply Chain Integration and Performance Considering Opportunistic Behaviors by Abbas َAsadi, safanaz Heidari

“…Then, inferential statistics are employed to explain the relationships between variables and generalize the results to the society. …”
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RAMAS-Net: a module-optimized convolutional network model for aortic valve stenosis recognition in echocardiography by Yejia Gan, Wanzhong Huang, Yan Deng, Xiaoying Xie, Yuanyuan Gu, Yaozhuang Zhou, Qian Zhang, Maosheng Zhang, Yangchun Liu

“…IntroductionAortic stenosis (AS) is a valvular heart disease that obstructs normal blood flow from the left ventricle to the aorta due to pathological changes in the valve, leading to impaired cardiac function. Echocardiography is a key diagnostic tool for AS; however, its accuracy is influenced by inter-observer variability, operator experience, and image quality, which can result in misdiagnosis. …”
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Post-thaw dimethyl sulfoxide reduction in autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell suspensions by Miroslava Jandová, Pavel Měřička, Jiří Gregor, Miriam Lánská, Aleš Bezrouk, Dana Čížková, Jakub Radocha

“…Background and objectives: Dimethyl sulfoxide has become the most common cryoprotectant used for cryopreservation of hematopoietic progenitor cells because of its efficiency, regardless of its potentially toxic side effects. …”
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The MiBlend Randomized Trial: Investigating Genetic Polymorphisms in Personalized Responses to Fruit and Vegetable Interventions for Chronic Disease Prevention by Julia N. DeBenedictis, Na Xu, Theo M. de Kok, Simone G. van Breda

“…As with most dietary intervention studies, inter-individual variability was observed in the responses, which might be the consequence of genetic differences. …”
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