Quantitative swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) analysis of macular microvascular alterations in Bietti crystalline dystrophy by Shiyi Yin, Jinyuan Wang, Haihan Zhang, Xuan Yang, Jingting Luo, Wenbin Wei

“…Retinal vascular alterations are prominent in the early stages of the disease, whereas choroidal damage persists throughout its progression. …”
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Short- to Medium-Term Weather Forecast Skill of the AI-Based Pangu-Weather Model Using Automatic Weather Stations in China by Siyi Xu, Yize Zhang, Junping Chen, Yunlong Zhang

“…Furthermore, the iteration precision of Pangu’s 1 h forecast model is significantly lower than that of the other models, but this discrepancy in precision may not be prominently reflected in Pangu’s actual forecasting process due to the greedy algorithm employed. …”
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Determination of HLA Tissue Type According to the Etiology of Patients with Chronic Renal Failure by Burcu KARAKUS TURAN, Fahri UCAR, Vural Taner YILMAZ, Yahya KILINC, Sule DARBAŞ ARAS, Huseyin KOCAK, Nurten SAYIN EKINCI, Bulent AYDINLI, Habibe Sema ARSLAN

“…Objective: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a prominent public health concern, is defined as functional and structural damage to the kidneys. …”
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Zero-BertXGB: An Empirical Technique for Abstract Classification in Systematic Reviews by Mohammad Shariful Islam, Mohammad Abu Tareq Rony, Md Rasel Hossain, Samah Alshathri, Walid El-Shafai

“…The Zero-BertXGB technique is compared against other prominent LLMs, including BERT, PaLM, LLaMA, GPT-3.5, and GPT-4, to validate its effectiveness. …”
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Application of Minocycline-Containing Bismuth Quadruple Therapies as First-Line Regimens in the Treatment of Helicobacter pylori by Lingyun Zhang, Yu Lan, Qi Wang, Yuexia Zhang, Xiaobei Si

“…A taste disorder was more prominent in patients in the RACB group compared to patients in the other two groups (p<0.05), and one patient discontinued because of the bitterness in the mouth. …”
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Law Studies by G. P. Tolstopiatenko

“…They had a large influence on the education in the international law in the whole USSR, and since 1990s in Russia and other CIS countries. The prominence of the research of MGIMO international lawyers was due to the close connections with the international practice, involving international negotiations in the United Nations and other international fora, diplomatic conferences and international scientific conferences. …”
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Averting War in Northeast Asia: A Proposal by Mel Gurtov

“…Even though China-Taiwan relations have improved, U.S. naval activity in the Pacific has picked up, with a number of exercises conducted alone and with allies leading some Chinese analysts to conclude that containment is again prominent on the U.S. policy agenda. And both China and the United States are beefing up their weapons capabilities relevant to the Taiwan Strait.A bipolar lineup, reminiscent of the Cold War, is shaping up, with China, Russia, and North Korea on one side, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and India on the other-with each side competing for the affections of the ten Southeast Asian countries grouped under ASEAN. …”
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Novel genes involved in vascular dysfunction of the middle temporal gyrus in Alzheimer’s disease: transcriptomics combined with machine learning analysis by Meiling Wang, Aojie He, Yubing Kang, Zhaojun Wang, Yahui He, Kahleong Lim, Chengwu Zhang, Li Lu

“…CellChat analysis of intercellular communication in the middle temporal gyrus showed that the number of cell interactions in this region was decreased in Alzheimer’s disease patients, with altered intercellular communication of endothelial cells and pericytes being the most prominent. Differentially expressed genes were also identified. …”
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Injection Rate-Dependent Deflecting Propagation Rule of Hydraulic Fracture: Insights from the Rate-Dependent Fracture Process Zone of Mixed-Mode (I-II) Fracturing by Yuekun Xing, Bingxiang Huang

“…Mixed-mode (I-II) fracturing is a prominent mechanical characteristic of hydraulic fracture (HF) deflecting propagation. …”
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Intertextuality in Selected Narrative Poems of Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí by Arinpe Adejumo, Adefemi Akinseloyin

“…Fálétí’s works ̀ are greatly influenced by his family background because his father was a 120 Arinpe Adejumo and Adefemi Akinseloyin prominent member of the sàkàrá calabash beating oral poets and entertainers under Olatunji Kúdẹẹ̀ ̀fù in the court of Ọba Ṣiyanbọ́lá Oníkẹẹ̀ pé Ládìg ́ - bòlù I, the Aláàfin of Ọyọ̀ (1911-1944). …”
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Trends and determinants of obesity among ever-married women aged 15–49 in India: insights from National Family Health Surveys (NFHS 1998–2021) by Aditya Singh, Sadanand Karun, Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Rakesh Chandra, Shivani Singh

“…While obesity rates have surged across all states, the degree of increase varies significantly (ranging from 22.9% points in Tamil Nadu to 2.6 in Meghalaya). Presently, two prominent regions in the country exhibit high obesity rates: the southern region, including Tamil Nadu (29%), Kerala (25%), Goa (25%), and Andhra Pradesh (23%), and the northwestern region, encompassing Delhi (33%), Punjab (31%), and Haryana (24%). …”
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East Central Europe in the Federalist-Regional Concepts of the Polish Emigrants of the Second Half ofthe 20th century by Barbara Stankevič

“… The most prominent representatives of the federalist concept among Polish emigrants of the second half of the 20th century are considered to be historian Oskar Halecki (1891-1973) and editor/politician Jerzy Giedroyc (1906-2000). …”
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Evaluating the Impacts of Procedural and Patient-Specific Factors on the Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) by Abilkhair Kurmanaliyev, Rima Braukylienė, Ali Aldujeli, Rassul Zhumagaliyev, Serik Aitaliyev, Ramunas Unikas

“…Advanced age and a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (<50%) were prominent predictors of adverse outcomes. Patients with non-coronary cusp calcification exhibited lower cardiac mortality (<i>p</i> = 0.005), while mitral valve regurgitation was linked to poorer outcomes (<i>p</i> = 0.015). …”
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Balaghah Ar-Ritsa’ Fii Syair Al-Khanasa’ Min Nihayah Al-Lafdhi Wa Al-Ma’ani by Sumardi Sumardi, Ivan Aulia Trisnady, Zulkhairi Sofyan

“…Al-Khansa’a’s poems are related to the purposes of poetry in general, and one of them is lamentation, which is the prominent poetry purpose in pre-Islamic and Islamic poetry, and it occupies a significant place in the poems of most poets. …”
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Effects of respiratory sarcopenia on the postoperative course in elderly lung cancer patient: a retrospective study by Dong Jae Han, Kwon Joong Na, Taeyoung Yun, Ji Hyeon Park, Bubse Na, Samina Park, Hyun Joo Lee, In Kyu Park, Chang Hyun Kang, Young Tae Kim

“…These findings suggest that other factors, such as DLCO and male sex, may play a more prominent role in predicting respiratory complications.…”
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History of Pain Research and Management in Canada by Harold Merskey

“…Partly because of this early start with prominent figures and partly because of its social system in the organization of medicine, Canada became a centre for a number of aspects of pain research and management, ranging from pain clinics in Halifax, Kingston and Saskatoon - which were among the earliest to advance treatment of pain - to studying the effects of implanted electrodes for neurosurgery. …”
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Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between serum vitamin D and continuous metabolic syndrome score among children and adolescents: roles of levels of inflammation in per... by Yanyan Li, Zhuang Ma, Yan Li, Ting Xiong, Ziyang Zhang, Bingxuan Kong, Wenlong Lu, Xiu Zhao, Rongfei Zheng, Yuhan Tang, Ping Yao, Zhe Su, Yuanjue Wu, Jingfan Xiong

“…Conclusions Higher serum 25(OH)D concentration is significantly associated with reduced CMSRS in children and adolescents, and adequate serum vitamin D levels play a prominent role in preventing long-term metabolic disorders, partly meditating by inflammation in peripheral blood.…”
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Presidential Initiatives as a Tool to Manage U.S. Foreign Assistance Policies in the XXI Century: From George W. Bush Jr. to Joseph R. Biden by V. I. Bartenev

“…The second section compares a dozen of the most prominent presidential initiatives of the XXI century — with a special focus on the differences between the most recent Presidential Initiative for Democratic Renewal, launched by Joseph Biden at the Summit for Democracy, and the initiatives of his predecessors. …”
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The viability of treated piggery wastewater for reuse in agricultural irrigation by Viviane F Velho, Rodrigo A Mohedano, Paulo Belli Filho, Rejane HR Costa

“…Background: The swine production is a very important economic matter, occupying prominent position in the worldwide market. However, it appears as the greater impacting activity for the water resources. …”
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After neonatal care, what next? A qualitative study of mothers’ post-discharge experiences after premature birth in Kenya by Justinah Maluni, Dorothy Oluoch, Sassy Molyneux, Mwanamvua Boga, Caroline Jones, Florence Murila, Mike English, Sue Ziebland, Lisa Hinton

“…Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Asia account for more than half of the global preterm deliveries. Prominent healthcare structural and socio-economic factors in SSA, for example poverty and weak health systems, amplify vulnerabilities for mothers and premature babies; often leading to poor outcomes. …”
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