SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE FOR HUMAN IDENTIFICATION BASED ON NON-FIDUCIAL FEATURES OF THE ECG by HATEM ZEHIR, TOUFIK HAFS, SARA DAAS, AMINE NAIT-ALI

“…Using the mean frequency, median frequency, band power, and Welch power spectral density (PSD) of ECG data, we proposed a novel biometric approach in this study. …”
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BRAF mutant appendiceal adenocarcinoma differs from colorectal cancer but responds to BRAF-targeted therapy by Vinay K. Pattalachinti, Emaan Haque, Mahmoud Yousef, Abdelrahman Yousef, Saikat Chowdhury, Michael Overman, Christine M. Parseghian, Van K. Morris, Bryan Kee, Ryan W. Huey, Kanwal Raghav, Colin M. Court, John Paul Shen

“…BRAFV600E + EGFR inhibition shows efficacy in BRAF V600E AA (disease control rate = 80%, median progression-free survival = 7.1 months).…”
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Residual Effect of Lead on Early Growth of Fluted Pumpkin (<i>Telfairia occidentalis</i> Hook F) in an Ultisol by Orhue Ehi Robert, Uzu Frank, Ekhomun Akhere Mathew

“…The greenhouse and field trials were carried out at Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin City to find out the residual influence of Pb on some Telfairia occidentalis agronomic characters and soil chemical properties. …”
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Jan Jakub Rousseau w naturze/ogrodzie? Dyskursy natury we współczesnych odczytaniach feministycznych i posthumanistycznych by Lucyna Kopciewicz

“…This article focuses on Rousseau’s discourses of nature understood as moral and gendered bases of social order. Feminism and posthumanism significantly challenge these discourses and contribute to the development of postanthropocentric nature seen as a vital network of human and nonhuman agents. …”
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Immunoglobulin G4-related disease with pleural involvement in an 80-year-old female patient: A case report and literature review by Liying Zhang, Li Mo

“…Results: Forty-one patients with IgG4-RD confirmed by pleural biopsy were included. The median age was 69 years, with male predominance (31, 75.6 %). …”
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Traumatic Brain Injury: Patient Characteristics, Hospital Costs and Trends Over Time by Pankaj A. Patel, Peter J. Mallow, Mary Vassar, John A. Rizzo, Bhavik J. Pandya, Denise T. Kruzikas

“…TBI patients treated in the inpatient setting incurred fairly long hospital visits (mean 4.8 days; median 3.0 days) and substantial hospital costs (mean $12,717; median $8,176). …”
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Isometric Knee Strength is Greater in Individuals Who Score Higher on Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport After Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction by Barrie S. Sugarman, Zach B. Sullivan, Daniel Le, Carolyn Killelea, Mallory S. Faherty, Lee H. Diehl, Jocelyn R Wittstein, Jonathan C. Riboh, Alison P. Toth, Annunziato Amendola, Dean C. Taylor, Timothy C. Sell

“…. # Results The median ACL-RSI score was 74.17. The average ACL-RSI score was 83.1&plusmn;6.2 for the HS group and 61.8&plusmn;8.0 for the LS group. …”
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Assessment of point-of-care quantitative serum canine pancreatic lipase testing for diagnosing acute pancreatitis in dogs by Pin-Chen Liu, Pin-Chen Liu, Kendy Tzu-yun Teng, Kendy Tzu-yun Teng, Tsia-Lu Lin, Chi-Hsuan Sung, Tsun-Li Cheng, Chi-Chung Chou, Chi-Chung Chou

“…The intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) was used for statistical analysis to assess the agreement between assays and the internists’ consensus score.ResultsDogs with suspected acute pancreatitis had significantly higher serum Vcheck CPL (median: 843 μg/L, range: 77–2001, p &lt; 0.0001) than healthy control dogs (median: 94 μg/L, range: 49–294). …”
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Hypofractionated radiotherapy combined with a PD-1 inhibitor, granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor, and thymosin-α1 in advanced metastatic solid tumors: a multicenter P... by Jiamin Yu, Li Yin, Wenjie Guo, Qiang Wang, Juying Liu, Lansheng Zhang, Hongxun Ye, Jianhong Xia, Youyou Xia, Jianfeng Wu, Wanwei Wang, Yanguang Yang, Dan Zong, Xia He, Lijun Wang, Hong Jiang

“…Results By June 15, 2024, there were 37 study participants. The median follow-up duration was 5.97 months (range 0.40–20.9). …”
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Modified autologous neurosensory retinal transplantation and bevacizumab injection in primary extra-large chronic macular holes by Hossein Ashraf, Sezaneh Haghpanah, Mohammad Hossein Nowroozzadeh

“…The ART procedure included internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling of both donor and macular hole (MH) areas, placement of the harvested tissue under the edges of MH and use of silicone oil tamponade. Results: The median age was 64 (60–77) years. The first patient developed choroidal neovascularization one month after surgery, which was treated with BCZ injections. …”
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Differences in catheter-related complications to insertion site selection for long peripheral intravenous catheters in antimicrobial therapy: a randomized controlled trial by Linfang Zhao, Xianghong Jin, Xiangyun Li, Chang Liu, Jie Wang, Xiuzhu Cao, Xufen Zeng, Yiyu Zhuang

“…The first-attempt insertion success rates were comparable between the experimental group (97.7%) and the control group (97.4%). Similarly, the median total procedure times (IQR) in the experimental and control groups were 5.55 [4.93, 7.48] minutes and 6.17 [5.00, 7.33] minutes, showed no statistically significant difference (Z = 0.511, P > 0.05). …”
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Pre-diagnostic risk factors for brain cancer incidence and survival: insights from the Golestan Cohort Study by Parisa Rezanejad-Asl, Peyvand Parhizkar Roudsari, Negar Rezaei, Maryam Sharafkhah, Gholamreza Roshandel, Hossein Poustchi, Sadaf Sepanlou, Reza Malekzadeh

“…Methods Data for the current study were derived from the Golestan Cohort Study, the largest cohort study in the Middle East on over 50,000 participants aged 40 to 75 years with a median follow-up of 15 years. Minimally adjusted and multiple Cox proportional hazards models were used to investigate the association of demographic and behavioral risk factors with brain cancer incidence and survival. …”
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TOURISM study (Treatment Outcomes in UteRIne SarcoMa): a 10-year retrospective evaluation of practice in the UK by Rebekah Webb, Mohammed Al-Zubaidi, Mark A Baxter, Karin Purshouse, James Robertson, Helen Creedon, Katherine Fair, Asma Sarwar, Laura Hannington, Adam L Peters, Samuel Mcinerney, Karen E Mactier, Georgina E Wood, Mai K Bishr, Leonie Eastlake, Katharine Lankester, Alison L Stillie

“…Routine clinical data, including general patient demographics, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes, were collated and pseudonymised.Setting Patients diagnosed with uterine sarcoma in the UK National Health Service between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2017 were identified from electronic records.Participants A total of 406 patients from eight centres were eligible for inclusion.Results The median age at diagnosis was 56 years, with leiomyosarcoma the most common diagnosis (54.4%). …”
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Retrospective clinical analysis of time to recovery from diabetic ketoacidosis in Ethiopia by Angefa Ayele, Dube Jara, Alo Edin, Digafe Hailu, Mihiret Kifle, Yohannes Fekadu

“…Conclusion: The median DKA recovery time was prolonged, increasing the risk of complications. …”
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Dengue virus infection among renal transplant recipients in Singapore: a 15-year, single-centre retrospective review by Sophie Seine Xuan Tan, Quan Yao Ho, Sobhana Thangaraju, Thuan Tong Tan, Terence Kee, Shimin Jasmine Chung

“…The median time to diagnosis was 99 (IQR 18–169) months from transplant. …”
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Patient–specific hemodynamic modeling to optimize LVAD speed and right heart health by Mustafa M. Ahmed, Holly Grant, Jasmine Martinez, Joshua Thomas, Mohammad Al-Ani, Alex Parker, Juan Vilaro, Juan Aranda, Venkat Keshav Chivukula

“…Results: All patients who underwent RHC speed titration had a clinician–guided speed increase, with a median increase of 300 revolutions per minute (rpm). …”
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miR-182 promoter hypermethylation predicts the better outcome of AML patients treated with AZA + VEN in a real-world setting by Yilan Xu, Danyang Li, Na Wang, Bei Ge, Chen Meng, Min Zhao, Zihan Lin, Min Li, Yigang Yuan, Yue Cai, Liuzhi Shi, Shenmeng Gao, Haige Ye

“…The average time to obtain CR/CRi was shorter in AML patients with miR-182 promoter hypermethylation than AML with hypomethylation. Moreover, the median OS and LFS were longer in AML patients with miR-182 promoter hypermethylation than AML with hypomethylation. …”
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The Prediction Model of High-Frequency Ultrasound Combined with Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Scoring System Improved the Diagnosis of Sclerosing Adenosis and Early Breast Cance... by Ma B, Wu G, Zhu H, Liu Y, Hu W, Zhao J, Liu Y, Liu Q

“…Bingxin Ma,1 Gang Wu,1 Haohui Zhu,1 Yifei Liu,1 Wenjia Hu,1 Jing Zhao,1 Yinlong Liu,1 Qiuyu Liu2 1Department of Ultrasound, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pathology, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Gang Wu, Email drwugang325@126.com; Haohui Zhu, Email zhh761126@163.comObjective: The study aimed to apply an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted scoring system, and improve the diagnostic efficiency of Sclerosing adenosis and early breast cancer.Methods: This study retrospectively collected adenopathy patients (156 cases) and early breast cancer patients (150 cases) in Henan Provincial People’s Hospital from August 2020 to April 2023.Results: The area under the curve of the model constructed by clinical ultrasound features and combined AI features to predict and identify the two in the training group was 0.89 and 0.94, respectively. …”
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The relevance of covenant theology to fatherlessness in Kenya: A youth and family ministry perspective by K.M. Ndereba

“… This article explores fatherlessness within the Kenyan society, as well as its causes and effects. …”
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Yellow Sugarcane Aphid, Sipha flava (Forbes) (Insecta: Heteroptera: Aphididae) by Gregg S. Nuessly

“…The yellow sugarcane aphid causes damage to sorghum, sugarcane and several species of pasture grass (Median-Gaud et al. 1965, Kindler and Dalrymple 1999). …”
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