Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma presenting as acute lumbosacral plexopathy with persistent lower back pain and fatigability by Ritwik Ghosh, Moisés León-Ruiz, Abdus S. Mondal, Souvik Dubey, Julián Benito-León

“…Clinical examination revealed asymmetrical lower limb weakness, an absent right ankle reflex, and a positive straight leg raise test indicative of lumbosacral plexopathy. …”
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How Can Law and Policy Reform Shape Human Resource Strategies in Indonesian State Universities Post-Law No. 20 of 2023? by Siti Mursidah, Cahya Wulandari, Moh Khoiruddin, Muhammad Sayuti Hassan, Ricky Dermawan Fauzi

“…Data was collected through in-depth interviews with HR managers from several public universities in Central Java, supported by a review of relevant documents. The study reveals that while some universities have begun to adopt the provisions of the law, they still face significant challenges, including a lack of professional training and development, complex bureaucratic processes, and budget constraints. …”
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The efficacy of a low-dose combination of febuxostat and benzbromarone versus each drug used alone for the treatment of gout by Caiyu Zheng, Caiyu Zheng, Qingwen Tong, Qingwen Tong, Zhijun Zhang, Chunmei Lin, Zhiyi Wang, Dongshu Kang, Yanmei Lin, Jianqing Tian

“…The results indicated no significant differences on relevant indicators among the three treatment regimens.ConclusionOur study did not identify a difference in the efficacy of reducing uric acid excretion in gout patients when comparing conventional dose febuxostat and benzbromarone monotherapy versus low-dose combination therapy.…”
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Diagnostic accuracy of high-resolution melting curve analysis for discrimination of oncology-associated mutations: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Shu Yu, Yan Cheng, Chen-Cheng Tang, Yue-Ping Liu

“…This study provides a transparent overview of relevant studies in design and conduct.…”
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Comprehensive Analysis of DDoS Anomaly Detection in Software-Defined Networks by Abdinasir Hirsi, Mohammed A. Alhartomi, Lukman Audah, Adeb Salh, Nan Mad Sahar, Salman Ahmed, Godwin Okon Ansa, Abdullahi Farah

“…A novel taxonomy of DDoS attacks is introduced, categorizing them by distinct characteristics, and mapping each attack type to relevant detection methods within specific SDN layers. …”
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Droplet microfluidic screening to engineer angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) catalytic activity by Evelyn F Okal, Philip A. Romero, Pete Heinzelman

“…Our assay detects substrate cleavage via free amino acid release, providing a precise measurement of biologically relevant peptidase activity. Results Using this new platform, we screened a large library of ACE2 variants, identifying position 187 as a hotspot for enhancing enzyme activity. …”
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Perspectives of healthcare stakeholders in Nigeria on the impact of COVID-19 on health services by Adeponle O. Adeoye, Yewande T. Nejo, Chinwe L. Ochu, Josephine Bayigga, Rodgers R. Ayebare, Adedayo O. Faneye, Charles O. Adewemimo, Oluwaseun Emmanuel Falayi, Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Prosper Okonkwo, Adewale Victor Opayele, Gloria Ogochukwu Nwiyi, Sunday Obiajunwa Eziechina, Ikemefule Rex Uzoma, Priscilla Ibekwe, Tamrat Shaweno, Nebiyu Dereje, Francis Kakooza, Mosoka Papa Fallah, Georgina Njideka Odaibo

“…Key Informant Interviews were used to elicit information from twenty-eight healthcare stakeholders in relevant government health Ministries and Agencies as well as partners of the government on health. …”
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INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN UNIVERSITY LEARNING, TEACHING AND RESEARCH by Oleksandr V. Spivakovsky, Serhii A. Omelchuk, Vitaliy V. Kobets, Nataliia V. Valko, Daria S. Malchykova

“…Issues requiring further research regarding generative platforms lie in three thematic areas: knowledge base; transparency and ethics; digital transformation of organizations and societies. It is also relevant to create an educational environment that encourages the interaction and dissemination of positive practice of digital transformation of all participants of the educational process. …”
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German college students’ mental health state and their willingness to use mental health prevention: An online survey during the COVID-19 pandemic by Lena Ehl, Christin Scheiner, Antonia Wasserscheid, Grit Hein, Matthias Gamer, Arne Bürger

“…Participants with clinically relevant scores were significantly more interested in prevention offers compared to those with clinically normal scores. …”
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Toward High-order Solar Corona Simulations: A High-order Hyperbolized Poisson Approach for Magnetic Field Initialization by Rayan Dhib, Firas Ben Ameur, Vatsalya Sharma, Andrea Lani, Stefaan Poedts

“…Such a hyperbolized Poisson solver effectively relaxes magnetic fields extrapolated from solar magnetograms, producing scalar potential fields that align well with theoretical expectations. …”
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From data on gross activity to the characterization of animal behaviour: which metrics for which purposes? by van Dixhoorn, Ingrid, Aubé, Lydiane, van Zyl, Coenraad, de Mol, Rudi, van der Werf, Joop, Lardy, Romain, Mialon, Marie-Madeleine, van Reenen, Kees, Veissier, Isabelle

“…We present metrics describing activity patterns, we discuss their significance, relevance and limitations for behavioural and welfare studies, and we detail how they can be calculated. …”
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Optoelectric coordinated modulation of resistive switching behavior in perovskite based synaptic device by Yucheng Wang, Ruixi Huang, Wenyi Zhang, Dingyun Guo, Jiawei Zheng, Hexin Wang, Fobao Huang, Zhuoya Wang, He Guan

“…By leveraging the linear characteristics of synaptic plasticity, arithmetic operations, Pavlovian conditioned reflex and vision recognition are achieved. The recognition accuracies of 89.8% / 88.1% (electric synapse) are enhanced to 92.4% / 92.2% after the introduction of optoelectronic cooperative stimulation on the 8 × 8 and 28 × 28 modified national institute of standards and technology (MNIST) handwritten digit datasets. …”
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The Anthropocene and the biodiversity crisis: an eco-evolutionary perspective by Jarne, Philippe

“…., climate change) on biodiversity, this representation is used to heuristically show the relevance of an eco-evolutionary perspective: (i) to analyze how biodiversity will respond to the stressors, for example by seeking out more suitable conditions or adapting to new conditions; (ii) to serve in predictive exercises to envision future dynamics (decades to centuries) under stressor impact; (iii) to propose nature-based solutions to the crisis. …”
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Upper blepharoplasty: A comparative study between wound closure strips and subcuticular closure by Hemin Othman Sheriff, Ari Raheem Qader, Avan Hassan M. Ameen

“…Retrospective study done on 16 patients, whom incision closure done by continuous subcuticular  non-absorbable suture using 6-0 polypropylene (prolene), and another 11 patients prospectively studied for using omnistrips for their blepharoplasty incision closure. …”
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Be Your Sister’s Keeper: Personal Experience of Travelling a Lonely Journey in Academia by Duduzile Mzindle

“…This is a qualitative self-study that I narrate my thirty-eight years of lived experiences, and it reflexively evaluates my lonely journey in academia. …”
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Conditional similarity triplets enable covariate-informed representations of single-cell data by Chi-Jane Chen, Haidong Yi, Natalie Stanley

“…Current supervised learning approaches for computing per-sample representations are trained only to accurately predict a single outcome and do not take into account relevant additional clinical features or covariates that are likely to also be measured for each sample. …”
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A qualitative analysis of unintended effects of a digital conditional cash transfer intervention to encourage healthcare utilization in Southern Madagascar by Mara Anna Franke, Anne Neumann, Kim Nordmann, Daniela Suleymanova, Onja Gabrielle Ravololohanitra, Samuel Knauss, Julius Valentin Emmrich

“…We conducted a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with policymakers, healthcare providers, (non-) beneficiaries of the intervention, and staff that implemented the intervention using reflexive thematic analysis. Results We identified three key positive and three key negative unintended consequences of the intervention. …”
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MODELLING OF THE PREPARATION OF MASTERS OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOR ACTIVITIES IN THE INFORMATION AND DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT by Nataliia I. Lazarenko, Roman S. Gurevych, Alla P. Kobysia, Volodymyr M. Kobysia, Nadiia R. Opushko

“…The content of the teacher’s basic digital competencies is analyzed in the study; a model of training and formation of a graduate's professional readiness to work in the information and digital environment based on the development of relevant competencies is proposed; the content of the educational and professional program "Computer Technologies in Management and Education" for the master's degree in the field of knowledge 01 Education/Pedagogy, specialty 015.39 Vocational Education (Digital Technologies) on the basis of the development of digital competencies of a future specialist within his/her  professional training is suggested. …”
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KEY MACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF GOVERNMENT DEBT – THE CASE OF NORTH MACEDONIA by Filip Taskovski

“…This research paper is based on secondary data from relevant sources such as the Ministry of Finance and the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia, the State Statistics Office and the IMF.  …”
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Developing sustainable internal communications systems in the entrepreneurial environment: Empirical and statistical analysis by Sančanin Branislav, Penjišević Aleksandra

“…Information transparency refers to the organizations where employees already have a high level of confidence in the leadership and its decisions, so that the information they receive is considered as relevant and true. On the other hand, the process of two-way communication should be applied to build or re-build trust and connect employees to the organization and leadership. …”
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