The Monument experiment: ordinary muon capture studies for $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0 ν β β decay by G. R. Araujo, D. Bajpai, L. Baudis, V. Belov, E. Bossio, T. E. Cocolios, H. Ejiri, M. Fomina, K. Gusev, I. H. Hashim, M. Heines, S. Kazartsev, A. Knecht, E. Mondragón, Z. W. Ng, I. Ostrovskiy, F. Othman, N. Rumyantseva, S. Schönert, M. Schwarz, E. Shevchik, M. Shirchenko, Yu Shitov, E. O. Sushenok, J. Suhonen, S. M. Vogiatzi, C. Wiesinger, I. Zhitnikov, D. Zinatulina

“…This work provides a detailed description of the Monument setup operated during the 2021 campaign, its two DAQ systems, calibration and analysis approaches, and summarises the achieved detector performance. …”
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Exploring Multiscale Causal Interventions for Burned Area Estimation by A. Mustofa Irawan, A. Mustofa Irawan, M. Vall-llossera, M. Vall-llossera, C. López-Martínez, C. López-Martínez, A. Camps, A. Camps, A. Camps, G. Portal, M. Pablos, A. Alonso-González

“…Time-series causal graphs derived from satellite and reanalysis data identified 500-hPa geopotential height anomalies (ΔZ₅₀₀) as the primary driver of surface aridity and wildfire incidence. …”
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A modified liver retraction method decreases liver dysfunction after laparoscopic gastrectomy by Hao-Jie Li, Lang Zhou, Wei-Han Zhang, Kai Liu, Kun Yang, Jian-Kun Hu, Xiao-Long Chen

“…Abstract Background In laparoscopic gastrectomy, liver retraction is an important procedure to obtain a sufficient operative view to ensure the quality of surgery. However, postoperative liver dysfunction is frequently encountered after liver retraction. …”
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Remote Sensing Video Tracking: Current Status, Challenges, and Future by Fang Liu, Jiahao Wang, Licheng Jiao, Jie Zhang, Hao Wang, Shuo Li, Lingling Li, Puhua Chen, Xu Liu, Wenping Ma, Shuang Wang, Shuyuan Yang, Xiangrong Zhang, Yaoyang Du, Qianyue Bao, Long Sun, Biao Hou

“…As a crucial branch of video analysis, remote sensing video tracking enables continuous monitoring and dynamic analysis of ground targets, with widespread applications in military operations, disaster monitoring, environmental protection, and urban management. …”
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C-reactive protein to albumin ratio and Glasgow Coma Scale score as the predictors for weaning outcomes in traumatic brain injury by Jiaxuan Zeng, Jiazhuo Liu, Yin Lu, Jiahui Fu, Dong Han, Jiali Chen, Zhimin Zou, Qin Li, Kun Zhang, Hongping Tan, Wenzhong Yu, Xiucai Wei, Zhengtao Gu, Li Li

“…In the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, the area under the curve (AUC) of CAR predicted the weaning failure was 0.780 (p < .001), and predicted the weaning success by GCS score was 0.727 (p = .003). …”
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Conceptual Design Study of a Coffee Stem Gasification Scheme in the Context of a Biorefinery by Camilo Andrés Guerrero-Martin, Leyder Alejandro Prieto-Moreno, Jaime Eduardo Arturo-Calvache, Stefanny Camacho-Galindo, Laura Estefanía Guerrero-Martin, William Alberto Guerrero, Oswaldo Hideo Ando Junior, John Carlos Arevalo, Elizabete Fernandes Lucas

“…A sensitivity analysis was conducted on the formation of the most important compounds for synthesis gas quality (H₂, CO, CO₂, H₂O, CH₄). …”
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Recursive Class Connectivity Classification (R3C) Applied to Binary Image Segmentation for Improved Infant Fingerprint Enhancement by Joao Leonardo Harres Dall Agnol, Luiz Fernando Puttow Southier, Jefferson Tales Oliva, Marcelo Teixeira, Rodrigo Minetto, Marcelo Filipak, Dalcimar Casanova, Erick Oliveira Rodrigues

“…R3C does not require modifications to the underlying classifier and operates without training data, which is not currently available for infant fingerprints. …”
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Cross-sectional evaluation of host biomarkers for guiding antibiotic use in bacterial and non-bacterial acute febrile illness in low- and middle-income tropical settings by Camille Escadafal, Patrícia Brasil, Louis Banda, Sabine Dittrich, Sunil Pokharel, B Leticia Fernandez-Carballo, Barbara Di Camillo, Martina Vettoretti, Steffen Geis, Victoria Harris, Aurélien Macé, Stefano Ongarello, Sue J Lee, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Braulia C Caetano, Marilda M Siqueira, Jose Moreira, Jullita Kenala Malava, Paulin N Essone, Ayodele Alabi, Meike Jakobi, Nicole Schneiderhan-Marra, Michele Atzeni, Andre M Siqueira, Anita L Kabwende, Juste Christin Bie Ondo, Marguerite Massinga-Loembe, Aline da Rocha Matos, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Érica Aparecida dos Santos Ribeiro da Silva, Maria Cristina S Lourenço, Julia Häring, Anna Günther, Christine Hoogland

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Reliable Multistate RRAM Devices for Reconfigurable CAM and IMC Applications by Shengpeng Xing, Zijian Wang, Zhen Wang, Pengtao Li, Xuemeng Fan, Ziyang Zhang, Guobin Zhang, Jianhao Kan, Qi Luo, Shuai Zhong, Yishu Zhang

“…Statistical analysis conducted over 100 cycles across ten devices reveals consistent resistance characteristics, with variations maintained below 10%. …”
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Concept and Design of Cutting Tools for Osseodensification in Implant Dentistry by Alexander Isaev, Maria Isaeva, Oleg Yanushevich, Natella Krikheli, Olga Kramar, Aleksandr Tsitsiashvili, Sergey Grigoriev, Catherine Sotova, Pavel Peretyagin

“…Thereon, the structural model of osseodensification bur is first represented as a hypergraph. Based on the analysis of previous research, functional relationships between design parameters of osseodensification burs, osseodensification procedure conditions, and procedure performance data were established and, for the first time, described in the comprehensive form of a hypergraph. …”
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Baseline MRI habitat imaging for predicting treatment response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer by Muzhen He, Huijian Chen, Chao Xu, Zhibo Wu, Zijie Lin, Yang Song, Guang Yang, Mingping Ma, Fangqin Xue

“…PurposeThis study was to assess whether baseline magnetic resonance habitat imaging can predict the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC).MethodsThis retrospective study analyzed data from 181 patients with locally advanced rectal cancer, including 60 who exhibited a good treatment response. …”
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Performance of an ultrasound diagnostic algorithm for acute dyspneic patients in the emergency department: an EMERALD-US protocol by Adrien Bassand, Tahar Chouihed, Nicolas Girerd, Xavier Lepage, Ludovic Merckle, Anthony Chauvin, Aurélien Buessler, Deborah Jaeger, Kevin Duarte, Charlene Duchanois, Jérôme Bokobza, Alice Penine, Gaetan Giacomin, Cyrielle Brossard

“…A physician, blinded to any clinical data or previous results, will execute the algorithm. …”
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Clinical value of sublingual microcirculatory dysfunction for screening for primary aldosteronism in hypertensive patients by Wuhao Wang, Wei Liu, Yi Tang, Fang Sun, Hongbo He, Zhencheng Yan, Qiang Li, Zhiming Zhu, Zhiming Zhu

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis revealed that both TVD and the PVD could effectively mirror microcirculation abnormalities in PA patients. …”
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The enhanced integration of proven techniques to quantify the uncertainty of forecasting extreme flood events based on numerical weather prediction models by Mitra Tanhapour, Jaber Soltani, Hadi Shakibian, Bahram Malekmohammadi, Kamila Hlavcova, Silvia Kohnova, Peter Valent

“…A Multi-Model Ensemble (MME) system was developed using the Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH) and Weighted Average-Weighted Least Square Regression (WA-WLSR) models to post-process raw precipitation forecasts. …”
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Interventions to improve the quality of cataract services: protocol for a global scoping review by Nathan Congdon, João M Furtado, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Stephen Gichuhi, Helen Burn, Iris Gordon, William H Dean, John Buchan, Ada Aghaji, Miho Yoshizaki, Ana P Marques

“…For included articles, data regarding publication characteristics, study details and quality-related outcomes will be extracted by two reviewers independently. …”
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Abstract 034: Value of Immediate Flat Panel Perfusion Imaging After Endovascular Therapy: A proof of concept study by Adnan Mujanovic, Christoph Kurmann, Michael Manhart, Eike Piechowiak, Sara Pilgram‐Pastor, Bettina Serrallach, Gregoire Boulouis, Thomas Meinel, David Seiffge, Simon Jung, Marcel Arnold, Thanh Nguyen, Urs Fischer, Jan Gralla, Tomas Dobrocky, Pasquale Mordasini, Johannes Kaesmacher

“…A core‐lab blinded to technical details and clinical data performed reperfusion grading on post‐interventional digital subtraction angiography (DSA) images and time‐sensitive FPCTP maps. …”
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Singular concord in Kalhori Kurdish: A distributed morphology approach by Hannah Hosseini, Shoja Tafakkori Rezayi, Amer Gheitury

“…On the other hand, analyzing the data within the framework of Distributed Morphology showed that the dual behavior of these Kurdish structures can only be explained by considering morphological operations such as impoverishment and the post-syntactic agreement process.…”
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Probiotics in the Management of Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis Patients: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial to Evaluate a Possible Link Between Gut Microbiota Restoring and Symptom Re... by Cristina Vocca, Diana Marisol Abrego-Guandique, Erika Cione, Vincenzo Rania, Gianmarco Marcianò, Caterina Palleria, Luca Catarisano, Manuela Colosimo, Gregorio La Cava, Italo Michele Palumbo, Giovambattista De Sarro, Tommaso Ceccato, Simone Botti, Tommaso Cai, Alessandro Palmieri, Luca Gallelli

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The 7-Methylguanosine (m7G) methylation METTL1 acts as a potential biomarker of clear cell renal cell carcinoma progression by Yi Liu, Yanji Zhan, Jiao Liu, Zhengze Shen, Yudong Hu, Ling Zhong, Yuan Yu, Bin Tang, Jing Guo

“…A multiple-gene risk signature was constructed using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator Cox regression analysis, and its prognostic significance was assessed using Cox regression and survival analyses. …”
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Study of factors influencing the insertion failure of single balloon enteroscopy-assisted ERCP treatment after bilioenteric Roux-en-Y anastomosis by Weng Hao, Fan Qingquan, Gu Jun, Weng Mingzhe, Zhao Mingning, Zhang Yi, Xu Leiming, Shu Yijun, Wei Ding, AWang Suo Lang, Wang Xuefeng, Song Xiaoling

“…Patients and methods We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data of 231 cases undergoing SBE-assisted ERCP from January 2016 to December 2021. …”
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