PULLER®: ferramenta educativa para auxílio ao aprendizado sobre proteção radiológica by JAQUELINE SANT' ANNA LAUREANO PEREIRA, DANIEL LAUREANO PEREIRA, SAMUEL QUEIROZ PELEGRINELI, JOSONILTON COSTA MORAES RÊGO, LUCIANO SANTA RITA OLIVEIRA

“…The evaluation of the application was positive, 70% of the 300 participants reached the target average of 08 points. The results showed that the use of the radiological calculator and the information on dosimetry contributed to the learning without pressure of time or place, there was a difference of the weighted averages between the pre and post test of the students with the application, which contributed to the improvement of the welfare process mediated through the use of the PULLER® application.…”
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The design, performance and organizational impact of a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) elective for internal medicine residents by Harry Kuperstein, Werda Alam, Azzam Paroya, Kinner Patel, Sahar Ahmad

“…To address this need, we designed and implemented a five-day (one work week) elective for POCUS training intending to target IM resident POCUS knowledge and skills. This course integrates self-directed learning and supervised hands-on practice to deliver effective resident education in POCUS. …”
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Low KV-low contrast medium dose one-stop dual source CT high pitch integrated coronary-carotid-cerebral-aortic CTA improves image quality and reduces both radiation and contrast me... by Meng Wang, Chao Zheng, Lin Yang, Juan Su, Bo Wang, JieXin Sheng

“…Noise, attenuation, signal to noise ratio (SNR), and contrast to noise ratio (CNR) were compared between the groups by setting region of interest (ROI) in target vessels to evaluate objective image quality. …”
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Prediction analysis and control strategies on coupling coordination between low-carbon transportation and high-quality economic development in the backward U-shaped bend metropolit... by Wang Wei, Mo Yuan-rui, Guan Lei, Gong Liang

“…With the acceleration of China’s Dual Carbon targets, understanding the interactive relationship between low-carbon transportation (LCT) and high-quality economic development (HQED) is an essential prerequisite for advancing ecological protection and implementing high-quality development strategies. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Efficient and Safe Rotenone Solid Nanodispersion by Self-Emulsifying Technique by Yunfei Zhang, Xuesheng Lin, Yunlong Qian, Mingda Qin, Shujing Zhang, Lanying Wang, Yanping Luo

“…The average particle size and polydispersity index (PDI) of Rot–SND were determined to be 101.19 nm and 0.21, respectively. …”
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Multidisciplinary DRG management for rational medication in obstetrics: a cost analysis in Zhejiang Province by Qiqin Zhang, Geer Zhang, Shuangneng Yang, Meng Zhang, Shujuan Shu, Mengdan Zhao

“…First, we descripted the overall DRG operational performance and identified OZ13 (Other Pregnancy-Related diseases, with General Complications and Comorbidities) as the target disease groups by the Boston Matrix analysis. …”
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One-year longitudinal association between changes in aortic regional morphology and muscle mass in cancer by Lu Gao, Wenjun Liu, Zixuan Meng, Jie Zheng, Lele Cheng, Like Ma, Yuan Gao, Tianyi Zhang, Yue Wu, Zhijie Jian

“…Muscle might be an important therapeutic target to improve cancer patients’ prognosis.…”
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The legacy effect of early HbA1c control on microvascular complications and hospital admissions in type 2 diabetes: findings from a large UK study by Rami Aldafas, Yana Vinogradova, Thomas S. J. Crabtree, Jason Gordon, Iskandar Idris

“…Introduction: There is conflicting evidence regarding optimal glycaemic targets to reflect the legacy effect of hyperglycaemia in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). …”
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Sound and mechanical impedance behaviors observed in multifunctional modular bio-inspired lattice metamaterials by Shiyi Wang, Xi Wang, Ruixian Qin, Qijian Li, Bingzhi Chen

“…The results demonstrate that MBLM achieves a stable energy absorption deformation pattern and quasi-perfect broadband sound absorption, with an average absorption coefficient exceeding 0.9 within the target frequency range of 750 Hz to 1610 Hz. …”
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Cataract surgery with corneal astigmatism and aphakia correction by implanting an IOL with a wavefront formation mechanism in patients who had penetrating keratoplasty by G. A. Fedyashev, D. A. Khvan

“…The most effective formulas achieving target refraction were those by Kane and Barrett True K. …”
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Angiographic Predictors for Repeated Revascularization in Patients with Intermediate Coronary Lesions by Yong-Kyun Kim, Soon-Ho Kwon, Young-Hoon Seo, Ki-Hong Kim, Taek-Geun Kwon, Jang-Ho Bae

“…The study subjects were divided into two groups according to their target lesion revascularization (TLR) during the follow-up period: the TLR (+) group (n = 135, 30.9%) and the TLR (−) group (n = 302, 69.1%). …”
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Knowledge map of artificial intelligence in neurodegenerative diseases: a decade-long bibliometric and visualization study by Junwei Huang, Shuqi Wang, Xuankai Liao, Danting Su, Rubing Lin, Tao Zhang, Long Zhao

“…Pathological mechanism analysis and target discovery. 3. Interpretable AI and clinical translation. 4. …”
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Benchmarking and performance evaluation of a novel deformable image registration software for radiotherapy CT images by Shorug S. Alshammari, Sridhar Yaddanapudi, Blaž Kušnik, Rok Ivančič, Kristjan Anderle, Jonathan G. Li, Keith M. Furutani, Chris J. Beltran, Bo Lu

“…Results: For TRE, the average results for DirOne, MIM, and VelocityAI were 3.3 ± 3.1 mm, 2.7 ± 3.7 mm, and 3.4 ± 2.4 mm, respectively. …”
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Deep learning based ensemble model for accurate tomato leaf disease classification by leveraging ResNet50 and MobileNetV2 architectures by Jatin Sharma, Asma A. Al-Huqail, Ahmad Almogren, Hardik Doshi, B. Jayaprakash, B. Bharathi, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Seada Hussen

“…To improve feature extraction, the models were tweaked by changing their output layers with GlobalAverage Pooling2D, Batch Normalization, Dropout, and Dense layers. …”
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Occurrence, variation in the cold season, and correlation analysis of semivolatile organic compounds at typical sites on the eastern coast of China by Bentuo Xu, Xiaojian Qiu, Yangyang Bao, Xiao Xu, Chenyuan Pan, Haowen Zhang, Mengjie Pu

“…Air samples are collected seasonally and the target compounds are quantified by high-resolution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HRGC-MS) following standard protocols. …”
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CLINICAL EFFICACY OF COMBINATION THERAPY WITH PERINDOPRIL AND INDAPAMIDE IN PATIENTS WITH MILD AND MODERATE ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION by G. J. Abdullayeva, A. B. Khalikova, G. A. Khamidullaeva, R. D. Kurbanov

“…According to the ABPM showed a significant decrease of average daily SBP and DBP, as well as a significant decrease in the speed of rnorning SBP surge. …”
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Extracellular vesicles in osteoarthritis synovial fluid contain both transmembrane and intravesical TNF-α by Xin Zhang, Virginia Byers Kraus

“…Conclusions: While intravesical TNF-α may evade TNF-α inhibitors, TNF-α carried by EVs retains pathogenic potential, either by activating pro-inflammatory pathways via TM-TNF-α receptor engagement on target cells, or through the transfer of TNF-α cargo to recipient cells.…”
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Optimizing Remote Sensing Image Retrieval Through a Hybrid Methodology by Sujata Alegavi, Raghvendra Sedamkar

“…Furthermore, on-board storage constraints compel the application of numerous compression algorithms to reduce storage space, intensifying the difficulty of retrieving substantial, sensitive, and target-specific data. This research proposes an innovative hybrid approach to enhance the retrieval of remotely sensed images. …”
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Disentangling the effects of intermittent faecal shedding and imperfect test sensitivity on the microscopy-based detection of gut parasites in stool samples. by Lana C E Ferreira-Sá, Eleuza R Machado, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Fernando Abad-Franch

“…However, not all samples drawn from infected hosts contain parasites (because of intermittent shedding), and no test can detect the target parasites in 100% of parasite-bearing samples (because of imperfect sensitivity). …”
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Application of implementation science frameworks to inform the adaptation process of an evidence-based eating disorder prevention program for high-risk perinatal individuals by Rachel Vanderkruik, Emily C. Woodworth, Caroline M. Frisch, Stacey Nelson, Madison M. Dunk, Marlene P. Freeman, Lee S. Cohen, Eric Stice, Stephen J. Bartels

“…Following initial adaptations informed by a needs assessment and stakeholder input, we conducted a pilot trial with individuals who have lived experience relative to our target population (i.e., previously pregnant individuals with ED history, n  = 10). …”
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