Assessing disparities in cancer resources distribution in Mexico by Elysse Bautista-Gonzalez, Andrés Quintero Leyra, Teresa Verenice Munoz Rocha, Heber Tomás Reyes-García, Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, Alejandra Palafox Parrilla, Alejandro Mohar Betancourt, Richard Sullivan

“…Methods Through a realist evaluation of publicly available databases from the High Specialty Medical Equipment National Inventory and the General Direction of Health Information, a comprehensive identification and classification of cancer resources was conducted with the intended outcome to map cancer care infrastructure in Mexico. …”
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Assessment of cataract surgery outcomes at Jimma Medical Center, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia by Amare Atoma Gelalcha, Sisay Bekele, Dagmawit Kifle, Wolela Mulatu, Edosa Kejela Keno, Wondu Reta Demissie

“…The overall prevalence of cataract surgery outcomes based on PQRS guidelines for post-operative visual acuity tests showed good vision in 187 cases (54.8%), no/mild VI in 64 cases (18.8%), moderate VI in 46 cases (13.5%), severe VI in 12 cases (3.5%), and blindness in 32 (9.1%). According to the WHO classification, 253 cases (74.2%) had a good outcome, while 45 cases (13.25%) had a borderline outcome and 43 cases (12.6%) had a poor outcome. …”
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Detecting emotional disorder with eye movement features in sports watching by Wei Qiang, Wei Qiang, Lin Yang, Xucheng Zhang, Na Liu, Yanyong Wang, Jipeng Zhang, Yixin Long, Weiwei Xu, Wei Sun

“…Statistical significance was assessed using t-tests and U-tests, and machine learning models were employed for classification (SVM for single-feature analysis and a decision tree for significant features) with k-fold validation. …”
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Preliminary study on the diagnostic value of urine cell glucose metabolism detection for male urothelial carcinoma by Yaoyao Wu, Angchao Ye, Zhenguo Bu, Shaoxing Zhu, He Wang, Yipeng Xu

“…Both urine cell glycometabolism detection and urine cytology examination were performed on the same samples, with clinical data including tumor classification and grading gathered for statistical analysis. …”
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Correlation between admission hyperglycemia and postoperative pneumonia after hip fracture surgery: A propensity score-matched study by Yuanchao Luo, Xiaomin Ni, Wei Yao, Wei Wang, Yuhao Li, Qiaomei Lv, Wenbo Ding, Wanyun Tang

“…The association persisted after PSM(OR = 2.90, 95% CI: 1.35–3.86, p = 0.016). Additionally, higher blood glucose levels correlated with a greater likelihood of developing POP. …”
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Measurement and optimization paths of the multidimensional development levels of counties in the Yellow River Basin: based on the sustainable livelihoods framework by Lisha Cheng, Lisha Cheng, Li Ma, Jiajun Qiao, Jiajun Qiao, Xiaoyue Li

“…Differences between reaches are non-significant. (3) The multidimensional development levels of counties in the YRB and their development levels in each dimension show strong spatial correlation. …”
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Development and testing of data infrastructure in the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Clinical Emergency Data Registry for opioid‐related research by Andrew Taylor, Jeremiah Kinsman, Kathryn Hawk, Gail D'Onofrio, Caitlin Malicki, Bill Malcom, Pawan Goyal, Arjun K. Venkatesh

“…Validity and feasibility assessments of CEDR opioid‐related data were conducted through the following steps: (1) electronic extraction of CEDR data meeting criteria for an opioid‐related emergency care visit, (2) manual chart review assessing the quality of the extracted data, (3) completion of feasibility scorecards, and (4) qualitative interviews with physician reviewers and informatics personnel. …”
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An organic matter database (OMD): consolidating global residue data from agriculture, fisheries, forestry and related industries by G. Weldesemayat Sileshi, G. Weldesemayat Sileshi, E. Barrios, J. Lehmann, J. Lehmann, F. N. Tubiello

“…Therefore, the objectives of the present work were to provide (1) definitions, typologies and methods to aid consistent classification, estimation and reporting of the various residues and by-products, (2) a global organic matter database (OMD) of residues and by-products from agriculture, fisheries, forestry and related industries and (3) regional and global estimates of residues and by-products potentially available for use in a circular bio-economy. …”
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Clinicopathologic features of superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in different infiltrative growth pattern by Xing Qi, Zhenxiang Zuo, Bin Yu, Huimin Zhang, Xiujie Cui, Guangchun Li, Honglei Wu

“…We aimed to investigate the association between INF types and clinicopathological features in SESCC.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed 368 SESCC patients who underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection and precisely defined INF classification from 2014 to 2023. INF was classified as INFa/b/c per Japanese Esophageal Society guidelines. …”
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MRI-based differentiation of Parkinson's disease by cerebellar gray matter volume by Dacong Zhao, Jiang Guo, Guanghua Lu, Rui Jiang, Chao Tian, Xu Liang

“…Results: Among patients with PD, 3 out of the 7 independent components showed a significant correlation with clinical scales. …”
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A Full-Scale Shadow Detection Network Based on Multiple Attention Mechanisms for Remote-Sensing Images by Lei Zhang, Qing Zhang, Yu Wu, Yanfeng Zhang, Shan Xiang, Donghai Xie, Zeyu Wang

“…The model achieved an overall accuracy (OA) of 97.50%, an <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>F</mi><mn>1</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> score of 94.07%, an intersection over union (IOU) of 88.87%, a precision of 95.06%, and a BER of 4.05%, respectively. …”
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Hydrochemical characteristics and water quality dynamic analysis of shallow groundwater in Huaibei Plain by Chunfang ZHU, Jianshi GONG, Mengjiao TAN, Xiaohu TAO, Kaie ZHOU, Hesheng WANG, Liang LI, Xi QIN

“…In this study, mathematical statistics, Shukarev classification, Piper diagram, and comprehensive evaluation of water quality were used to obtain the Hydrochemical characteristics of shallow groundwater in Huaibei Plain. …”
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Propagating observation errors to enable scalable and rigorous enumeration of plant population abundance with aerial imagery by Andrii Zaiats, T. Trevor Caughlin, Jennyffer Cruz, David S. Pilliod, Megan E. Cattau, Rongsong Liu, Richard Rachman, Maisha Maliha, Donna Delparte, John D. J. Clare

“…The probability of detecting (p) adult plants (≥0.25 m tall) varied between sites within 0.52 < p̂adult < 0.82, whereas the detection of smaller plants (<0.25 m) was lower, 0.03 < p̂small < 0.3. On average, we estimate that 19% of all detected plants were false positive errors, which varied spatially in relation to topographic predictors. …”
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Effectiveness and safety of percutaneous endoscopic debridement and drainage for spinal infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Guozhong Zhou, Xiaorong Liu, Zhi Liang, Xuesong Chen, Chao Song

“…The rates of complication, reoperation, and mortality were 4.1% (95% CI 1.5–8.0%), 8.6% (95% CI 4.3–14.3%), and 1.7% (95% CI 0.4–4.1%), respectively. …”
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The Effectiveness of Conservative Management for Acute Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD) II: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. by Taweewat Wiangkham, Joan Duda, Sayeed Haque, Mohammad Madi, Alison Rushton

“…Conservative intervention was more effective for pain reduction at 6 months (95%CI: -20.14 to -3.38) and 1-3 years (-25.44 to -3.19), and improvement in cervical mobility in the horizontal plane at <3 months (0.43 to 5.60) compared with standard/control intervention. …”
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Mitochondrial genome insights into the phylogenetics and biogeographic evolution of snow trout (Cyprinidae, Schizothorax) in the Tien Shan Mountains by Akbarjon Rozimov, Yufan Wang, Min Wang, Ming Zou, Jobir Sobirov, Erkin Karimov, Bakhtiyor Kholmatov, Jörg Freyhof, Sirojiddin Namozov, Chongnv Wang, Xinxin Li, Baocheng Guo

“…Here, we analyzed three mitochondrial genomes assembled using the next-generation sequencing data of three snow trout species, S. eurystomus, S. fedtschenkoi, and Schizothorax sp., from the western Tien Shan Mountains. …”
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Quantitative biomechanical analysis of fracture patterns in ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures: an in-silico study by Zhongwei Xiong, Zihao Liu, Houquan Zhou, Xiang Zhang, Jialei Chen

“…Simulating combinations of three Pauwels classifications (I-III) of femoral neck fractures (FNFs) and three femoral shaft fracture (FSF) types (transverse, wedge-shaped, comminuted), a total of 90 FNF-FSF models were generated. …”
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Rotational changes and associated risk factors following intramedullary nail fixation for intertrochanteric femoral fractures in elderly patients by Chao Han, Xiaodan Li, Zhe Han, Qiang Dong

“…ObjectiveTo quantify rotational displacement following intramedullary nail fixation for intertrochanteric femoral fractures using three-dimensional (3D) CT imaging, analyze associated risk factors, and evaluate its clinical significance.MethodsA total of 210 patients who underwent intramedullary nail fixation for intertrochanteric femoral fractures between 2020 and 2022 were included. …”
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Computed Tomography Criteria for Differential Evaluation of True and False Lumens in Aortic Dissection by R. S. Muslimov, I. E. Popova, L. T. Khamidova, V. S. Selyaev, I. V. Vasilyeva, L. S. Kokov

“…AD types according to the De Bakey classification were distributed as follows: Type I — in 47% of patients, Type II — in 16.5%, Type III — in 36.5%. …”
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Review of techniques and case studies for saline-alkali land amelioration in the coastal regions of China by Hang LYU, Yue ZHAO, Xulong GONG, Jiajun WAN, Hui GUO, Shugang XU

“…Therefore, this paper aims to systematically review current coastal saline-alkali land improvement technologies and summarize classification methods that are more practical for guiding real-world engineering applications. …”
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