Characterizing stroke presenting to a regional referral hospital before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda: a retrospective analysis by Josephine Nambi Najjuma, Timothy Mwanje Kintu, Jane Nakibuuka, Mark Kaddumukasa, Scovia N. Mbalinda, Martin Kaddumukasa, Christopher Burant, Shirley Moore, Martha Sajatovic, Edwin Nuwagira

“…Socio-demographic data, stroke subtypes, medical history, and physical examination findings were extracted from the hospital records. Data analysis was performed using R-Studio, employing descriptive statistics and inferential analyses to compare stroke characteristics and outcomes across the two periods. …”
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A High-Accuracy Underwater Object Detection Algorithm for Synthetic Aperture Sonar Images by Jiahui Su, Deyin Xu, Lu Qiu, Zhiping Xu, Lixiong Lin, Jiachun Zheng

“…The proposed C2fD module integrates spatial differential feature extraction, dynamic feature fusion, and Enhanced Efficient Channel Attention (Enhanced ECA). …”
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Multicenter development of a deep learning radiomics and dosiomics nomogram to predict radiation pneumonia risk in non-small cell lung cancer by Xun Wang, Aiping Zhang, Huipeng Yang, Guqing Zhang, Junli Ma, Shucheng Ye, Shuang Ge

“…The radiomic and dosiomics (RD) features and DL features were extracted from simulated location CT and dosimetry images based on the region of interest (ROI) of total lung-PTV (TL-PTV). …”
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An assessment of study characteristics, quality and reporting in cancer prehabilitation literature: a scoping review by Caroline Dalton, Robert Copeland, Anna Myers, Samantha Welfare, Thomas Maden-Wilkinson, Liam John Humphreys

“…The overall quality of reporting was satisfactory, yet inconsistencies were apparent regarding quantifying and monitoring exercise dose, which limits the ability of researchers and clinicians to replicate, evaluate or scale cancer prehabilitation exercise interventions, impeding evidence-based practice. …”
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Re-composing Physical Form with Energy-Based Resilience Approach to Improve Thermal Comfort (Case Study: Sadra New Town) by Sahar Akbari, Mahsa Sholeh, Sahand Lotfi

“…Urban resilience refers to the ability of an urban system and all the social, environmental, and technical networks that make it up, in time and space scales, to maintain or quickly return to the intended function in the face of disruption, to adapt to rapid change and transformation of systems that limit current or future adaptive capacity. …”
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Association of the body roundness index with new-onset cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and older adults with and without diabetes: evidence from the China Health and Retireme... by Youli Kong, Qian Luo, Qing Zhang, Quan Wei

“…Methods Data for this analysis were extracted from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). …”
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Bioprotection with <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>: A Promising Strategy by Fatima El Dana, Vanessa David, Raphaëlle Tourdot-Maréchal, Salem Hayar, Marie-Charlotte Colosio, Hervé Alexandre

“…Purification procedures with ethanol allowed the extraction of Sc54Kt, yielding two concentrations (0.185 and 0.5 mg/mL). …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenic dysphagia in elderly hospitalized patients: a retrospective cohort study based on data from a comprehensive geriatric assessment system by Pingfeng He, Yaling Li, Fu Ding, Xintong Liu, Qiumei Lin

“…Results A total of 3515 patients with 560,712 datas were extracted, and 3134 patients with 520,244 datas were analysised. …”
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Brain Function Status may be Related to Pelvic Floor Function and Pregnancy Weight Gain in Postpartum Women with Pelvic Floor Dysfunction by Yu Chen, Xiaojuan Yu, Changping Lu, Wei Shi

“…Basic demographic information, brain function tests, pelvic floor examination, and pregnancy-related data were extracted. The brain function status of women after vaginal delivery and cesarean section was analyzed statistically, and analysis of the relationship between pelvic floor assessment and brain function. …”
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Preparation and characterization of biomineralizing dentin bonding primer based on bioactive amphiphilic raspberry-like nanoparticles by Qiuju Li, Guibin Huang, Wei An, Ailing Li, Xiaofeng Huang

“…Then, 48 dentin plane samples were prepared from extracted non-carious human third molars and bonded with each primer. …”
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Res-ECA-UNet++: an automatic segmentation model for ovarian tumor ultrasound images based on residual networks and channel attention mechanism by Shushan Wei, Zhaoting Hu, Lu Tan

“…This integration enhances feature extraction efficiency while improving model stability and generalization capabilities. …”
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Exploring the Potential of Sago Residue for Eco-Friendly Construction Materials by Al Ichlas Imran, Januar Parlaungan Siregar, Sivasubramanian Palanisamy, Tezara Cionita, Deni Fajar Fitriyana, Rozanna Dewi, Joddy Arya Laksmono, Seto Roseno, Kuwar Mausam, Subramanian Lakshmi Sankar, Ehab El Sayed Massoud, Saleh A Al-Farraj

“…This study examines various sago residue extraction methods, including traditional manual techniques, mechanical processes, and chemical or enzymatic methods, highlighting their impact on the properties of construction materials. …”
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A novel framework for esophageal cancer grading: combining CT imaging, radiomics, reproducibility, and deep learning insights by Muna Alsallal, Hanan Hassan Ahmed, Radhwan Abdul Kareem, Anupam Yadav, Subbulakshmi Ganesan, Aman Shankhyan, Sofia Gupta, Kamal Kant Joshi, Hayder Naji Sameer, Ahmed Yaseen, Zainab H. Athab, Mohaned Adil, Bagher Farhood

“…The framework combines feature extraction, deep learning with attention mechanisms, and radiomics to ensure accuracy, interpretability, and practical use in tumor analysis. …”
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Prevalence of Atypical Bacteria in Patients from Different Paediatric Age Groups Diagnosed with a Respiratory Disease by Cesar Arellano-Arellano, Graciela Villeda-Gabriel, Francisco-Javier Prado-Galbarro, Paola Alejandra Barrientos González, Magali Reyes Apodaca, Uriel Gomez-Ramirez, Dina Villanueva García, Araceli Contreras-Rodríguez, Ma. Guadalupe Aguilera-Arreola, María Isabel Franco Hernández, Israel Parra-Ortega, Alma Lidia Olivares-Cervantes, Norma Velázquez-Guadarrama

“…Atypical bacterial pathogens present the ability to induce pulmonary damage. At present, there are no available phenotypic diagnosis tests that achieve up to 100% reliability. …”
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Clustering Zwitterionic Amino Acids at the Upper Rim of Cone Calix[4]arene Triggers the Selective Recognition of Gram‐Negative Bacterial Envelope by Francesco Rispoli, Luca Moretti, Carlo Alberto Vezzoni, Eloisa Tosi, Linda Molteni, Carlotta Ciaramelli, Luciano Marchiò, Stefano Volpi, Laura Baldini, Francesco Sansone, Alessandro Palmioli, Cristina Airoldi, Alessandro Casnati

“…The tetraprolinocalixarene binds to the lipopolysaccharides extracted from two Gram‐negative bacteria (Pseudomonas putida or Escherichia coli), suggesting these biomacromolecules as possible targets in the recognition of their cell walls. …”
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Red ginger confers antioxidant activity, inhibits lipid and sugar metabolic enzymes, and downregulates miR-21/132 expression by Derren David Christian Homenta Rampengan, Rony Abdi Syahputra, Princella Halim, Dian Aruni Kumalawati, Roy Novri Ramadhan, Reggie Surya, Elvan Wiyarta, Happy Kurnia Permatasari, Raymond Rubianto Tjandrawinata, Nurpudji Astuti Taslim, Bonglee Kim, Trina Ekawati Tallei, Apollinaire Tsopmo, Fahrul Nurkolis

“…In vitro studies confirmed the ability of both RGE and RGH extracts to scavenge DPPH and ABTS radicals; inhibit activities of three metabolic enzymes, lipase (EC50 85.58 and 105.50 μg/mL), α-glucosidase (EC50 of 92.56 and 106.20 μg/mL), and α-amylase (EC50 of 96.60 and 111.80 μg/mL). …”
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Assessment of prostate cancer aggressiveness through the combined analysis of prostate MRI and 2.5D deep learning models by Yalei Wang, Yuqing Xin, Baoqi Zhang, Fuqiang Pan, Xu Li, Manman Zhang, Yushan Yuan, Lei Zhang, Peiqi Ma, Bo Guan, Yang Zhang

“…To ensure consistency in feature extraction, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) analysis was performed on features extracted by radiologists, followed by feature normalization using the mean and standard deviation of the training set. …”
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Dual-bonded polyethyleneimine network with electron-withdrawing groups at α, β-sites for ultra-stable and low-energy CO2 capture in harsh environments by Tong Zhou, Yunxia Wen, Zhinan Wu, Shuailong Song, Bohong Wu, Hongwei Guo, Huanhao Chen, Xin Feng, Liwen Mu, Xiaohua Lu, Tuo Ji, Jiahua Zhu

“…In this work, a dual-bond strategy was used to create novel secondary amine structures by a polyethyleneimine (PEI) network with electron-extracted (EE) amine sites at adjacent sites, thereby weakening the CO2 binding energy while maintaining the binding ability. …”
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SMF-net: semantic-guided multimodal fusion network for precise pancreatic tumor segmentation in medical CT image by Wenyi Zhou, Ziyang Shi, Bin Xie, Fang Li, Jiehao Yin, Yongzhong Zhang, Linan Hu, Lin Li, Yongming Yan, Xiajun Wei, Zhen Hu, Zhengmao Luo, Wanxiang Peng, Xiaochun Xie, Xiaoli Long

“…The framework incorporates AMBERT, a progressive feature extraction module, and the Multimodal Token Transformer (MTT) to fuse visual and semantic features for enhanced tumor localization. …”
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Radiomics analysis based on dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for predicting early recurrence after hepatectomy in hepatocellular carcinoma patients by Kai-Di Wang, Ming-Jing Guan, Zi-Yang Bao, Zhe-Jin Shi, Hai-Hang Tong, Zun-Qiang Xiao, Lei Liang, Jun-Wei Liu, Guo-Liang Shen

“…Radiomic features were extracted and selected using the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO). …”
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