Cataract surgery has minimal effect on corneal shape by Vito Romano, Stephen B Kaye, Keri McLean, Luca Pagano, Esmaeil M Arbabi, Fadi Alfaqawi, Ahmed Al-Maskari, Gabriella Czanner

“…Repeat biometric measurements were taken before surgery and at 6 weeks on both operated and unoperated fellow eyes. Data were transformed into Long’s formalism for analysis. …”
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Comparison of light-transmittance in dental tissues and dental composite restorations using incremental layering build-up with varying enamel resin layer thickness by Rodrigo Rocha Maia, Dayane Oliveira, Tracy D'Antonio, Fang Qian, Frederick Skiff

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of family members of children aged 2–6 years with snoring regarding pediatric snoring and its management by Zhenghan Fang, Yanxia Zhao

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Development and validation of a clinical prediction model for concurrent pulmonary infection in convalescent patients with intracerebral hemorrhage by Jixiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Han, Yinliang Qi, Xiaomei Zhou

“…Methods In this retrospective study, we analyzed clinical data from 761 patients in the subacute recovery phase of ICH, of whom 504 developed PI and 257 did not. …”
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Role of heart rate variability and regulatory-adaptive status index in predicting the heart transplant rejection by M. Kh. Lepshokova, E. D. Kosmacheva

“…Statistical data processing was carried out using the Statistica 10 software (StatSoft Inc., version 10.0.228.8, Oklahoma, USA). …”
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Model Experiment for Mechanical Impact of Karst Cave Location on Metro Tunnel Construction in Urban Shallow-buried Karst Strata by ZHOU Anqi, WANG Shimin, CHEN Fada, WANG Xiang, CHEN Bing

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Detection of hypertension from pharyngeal images using deep learning algorithm in primary care settings in Japan by Takeo Nakayama, Yusuke Tsugawa, Hiroshi Yoshihara, Memori Fukuda, Sho Okiyama

“…Pharyngeal images include vascular morphological information and may therefore be useful for identifying hypertension.Objectives This study sought to develop a deep learning-based artificial intelligence algorithm for identifying hypertension from pharyngeal images.Methods We conducted a secondary analysis of data from a clinical trial, in which demographic information, vital signs and pharyngeal images were obtained from patients with influenza-like symptoms in multiple primary care clinics in Japan. …”
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Vision-Based Navigation and Perception for Autonomous Robots: Sensors, SLAM, Control Strategies, and Cross-Domain Applications—A Review by Eder A. Rodríguez-Martínez, Wendy Flores-Fuentes, Farouk Achakir, Oleg Sergiyenko, Fabian N. Murrieta-Rico

“…By providing a unified taxonomy, a comparative analysis, and engineering guidelines, this review aims to inform researchers and practitioners designing robust, scalable, vision-driven robotic systems.…”
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Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Dam Hydrological Safety by Using a Stochastic Rainfall Generator by Enrique Soriano, Luis Mediero, Andrea Petroselli, Davide Luciano De Luca, Ciro Apollonio, Salvatore Grimaldi

“…Design floods, which are useful to assess possible dam breaks, are usually estimated through statistical analysis of rainfall and streamflow observed data. …”
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Embedded Systems Technologies Using IoT and Wireless Sensor Networks in Semi-Real-Time Modeling by T.A. Samoliuk

“…Embedded systems using IoT and wireless sensor networks or simply embedded IoT systems are characterized by the presence of communication with cloud online services, the presence of connection components, in particular IoT gateways. The operation of embedded IoT systems requires the configuration of a cloud environment for data management, the design of user interfaces, and final testing. …”
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Efficiency of Endovascular Haemostasis at Delivery in Patients with Previa and Placenta Invasion by T. B. Makukhina, V. A. Khorolsky, S. P. Nikitin, A. Yu. Bukhtoyarov, A. V. Solntseva, M. A. Tabelova, A. S. Sumaneeva

“…Aim. Analysis of operative delivery outcomes in pregnant women with abnormal invasive placenta depending on the endovascular treatment for intraoperative haemostasis.Materials and methods. …”
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Predicting liver metastasis in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors with an interpretable machine learning algorithm: a SEER-based study by Jinzhe Bi, Yaqun Yu

“…The model’s performance was assessed using a variety of metrics, including the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), the area under the precision-recall curve (AUPRC), decision curve analysis (DCA), calibration curves, accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, F1 score, and Kappa score. …”
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Design and Fabrication of a Motorized Honey Extractor. by Hasahya, Caxton Joel

“…Various data sources and references used in this report are provided at the end of the document.…”
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Landslide susceptibility assessment in Western Henan Province based on a comparison of conventional and ensemble machine learning by Wen-geng Cao, Yu Fu, Qiu-yao Dong, Hai-gang Wang, Yu Ren, Ze-yan Li, Yue-ying Du

“…The models were evaluated by the receiver operating characteristic curve and statistical index. …”
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Comparative study of National Institute of Health criteria and TNM staging system in predicting the prognosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumours: a retrospective study by Jin-hu Chen, Zhen-rong Yang, Zhi-ming Cai, Tao Lin, Ren Lin, Xin-cheng Su, Rong-bin Kang, Lu Lin, Zai-sheng Ye, Yong-jian Zhou

“…Multivariate Cox analysis revealed that TNM stage was an independent prognostic factor for CSS. …”
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Benefits of Liver Volume and Serum Zinc Level Assessment for the Screening of Covert Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Child–Pugh Class A Cirrhosis by Masanori Fukushima, Hisamitsu Miyaaki, Ryu Sasaki, Yasuhiko Nakao, Masafumi Haraguchi, Kosuke Takahashi, Eisuke Ozawa, Satoshi Miuma, Kazuhiko Nakao

“…The best cutoff values in the receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that the complication rate of CHE was 54.8% in patients with LV/BSA < 620 mL/m², which was 2.9 times higher than that in patients with larger liver volume. …”
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Exploring the Correlation between GCSI Score and GES in Type 2 Diabetic Patients—Proposing a GCSI Cut-off Score for Guiding GES Utilization: A Record-centric Research Approach by Rifika Bansal, Ravi Kant, Vandana K Dhingra, Manisha Naithani, Mukesh Darshan, Mukesh Bairwa, Ashwin Parchani, Balachandra Routhu

“…Gastroparesis cardinal symptom index scores, laboratory parameters, and GES findings were extracted from the records. Data analysis was done utilizing Chi-square tests and correlation coefficients with <i>p</i> < 0.05 considered statistically significant. …”
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First Rib Resection Using Videothoracoscopy in Patients With Vascular Thoracic Outlet Syndrome by Agustín Buero, Soledad Olivera Lopez, Gustavo A. Lyons, Leonardo G. Pankl, Pablo Young, Domingo J. Chimondeguy

“…Among other things, the response to initial anticoagulation, peri-operative data, complications, symptom improvement, duration of post-operative anticoagulation, and symptom recurrence were investigated. …”
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Surface damages of ITER-like W/Cu monoblocks in the lower divertor of EAST by Yang Wang, Dahuan Zhu, Chuanshi Feng, Zongxiao Guo, Pengfei Zi, Changjun Li, Chuannan Xuan, Chunyu He, Wenxue Fu, Binfu Gao, Baoguo Wang, Rui Ding, Junling Chen, the EAST Team

“…Studies on component damage in existing tokamaks provide important reference data for predicting potential damage in ITER and future fusion devices, ensuring the most effective response strategies during future operations. …”
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The impact of buyer shopping orientations and demographic factors on the purchasing for different product types- in the context of online shopping by Haseba Salim Hamad

“…Anderson. (2010). Multivariate Data Analysis. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. …”
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