Efficacy of Sound Touch Elastography in Assessing Subcutaneous Lipohypertrophy from Insulin Injections by Xu J, Cheng F, Dai Y, Yu S, Chen W, Zhou R

“…Sound touch elastography (STE) is a crucial tool in the quantitative real-time assessment of tissue hardness within specific target regions. This study aims to explore the efficacy of STE in evaluating the hardness of subcutaneous LH at insulin injection sites in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus and investigate the correlations between the hardness of LH lesions and various clinical indicators.Methods: A cohort of 53 individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus undergoing insulin therapy at the Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated People’s Hospital of Ningbo University from April 2023 to January 2024 was selected. …”
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Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM)-derived perfusion fraction mapping for the visual evaluation of MR-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) ablation of uterine fibroi... by Derk J. Slotman, Lambertus W. Bartels, Ingrid M. Nijholt, Martijn Froeling, Judith A. F. Huirne, Chrit T.W Moonen, Martijn F. Boomsma

“…Contrast in perfusion fraction maps between areas with low perfusion fraction and surrounding tissue in the target uterine fibroid immediately following MR-HIFU treatment was evaluated. …”
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New Plum Detection in Complex Environments Based on Improved YOLOv8n by Xiaokang Chen, Genggeng Dong, Xiangpeng Fan, Yan Xu, Xiangjun Zou, Jianping Zhou, Hong Jiang

“…To address the challenge of accurately detecting new plums amidst trunk and leaf occlusion and fruit overlap, this study presents a novel target detection model, YOLOv8n-CRS. A specialized dataset, specifically designed for new plums, was created under real orchard conditions, with the advanced YOLOv8n model serving as the base network. …”
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YOLOv8-E: An Improved YOLOv8 Algorithm for Eggplant Disease Detection by Yuxi Huang, Hong Zhao, Jie Wang

“…Lastly, we combined intersection over union with auxiliary bounding box (Inner-IoU) and minimum point distance intersection over union (MPDIoU), introducing the Inner-MPDIoU loss to speed up convergence of the model and raise detection precision of overlapped and occluded targets. Ablation studies demonstrated that, compared to YOLOv8n, the mean average precision (mAP) and F1 score of YOLOv8-E reached 79.4% and 75.7%, respectively, which obtained a 5.5% increment and a 4.5% increase, while also reducing the model size and computational complexity. …”
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Image Fusion of High-Resolution DynaCT and T2-Weighted MRI for Image-Guided Programming of dDBS by Fadil Al-Jaberi, Matthias Moeskes, Martin Skalej, Melanie Fachet, Christoph Hoeschen

“…Manual landmark-based alignment based on anatomical landmarks and evaluation metrics such as Target Registration Error (TRE) assessed alignment accuracy. …”
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The overwintering situation and influencing factors of Fulmekiola serrata in Yunnan sugarcane planting areas of China by Jiong Yin, Ya-Lian Gao, Zhi-Xing Lu, Zhi-Ming Luo, Yin-Hu Li, Chang-Mi Wang, You-Qing Chen

“…The average number of females was 1.87 individuals/plant, significantly greater than that of males, at 0.06 individuals/plant. …”
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Minimizing Radiation Exposure in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Approach on X-Ray Practices by Jae Hui Ryu, Seung Han Shin, Young Hun Choi, Ee-Kyung Kim, Han-Suk Kim

“…Additionally, we discouraged full-body infantograms and emphasized the prescription of targeted radiographs, such as chest or abdominal radiographs. …”
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Continuous Train Positioning Using Visible Light Communication Assisted with Zero Velocity Update by Yanpeng ZHANG, Rongrong ZHANG, Nan MENG, Bingqing ZHANG, Xia XIAO

“…After UKF optimization in the zero-speed section, the average train positioning error decreases from 18.74 to 6.52 cm, and the IMU’s accumulated error significantly declines. …”
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Prevalence of nosocomial infections and their influencing factors in a tertiary general hospital in Qingdao by Huan-Fa Ding, Chao Liu, Yu-Xia Xu, Fang Wang, Ming-Xia Luan, Fen Li

“…The use of antibiotics accounted for 41.31% on average; and the proportion of antibiotics used for treatment was 84.99% on average. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of One Health and zoonotic diseases among multisectoral collaborators in Bhutan: Results from a nationwide survey. by Bir Doj Rai, Tenzin Tenzin, Dorji Tshering, Narapati Dahal, Gizachew A Tessema, Lin Fritschi, Sylvester Nyadanu Dodzi, Gavin Pereira

“…Professionals with master's degree or higher (Adjusted Odds Ratio [AOR] = 2.39; 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 1.16-5.12) were more likely to have above-average knowledge. Regarding zoonotic diseases, approximately half of the respondents had above-average knowledge (51%), attitudes (52%), and two-thirds (66%) had above-average practices. …”
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Diverse actions of 15 structurally unrelated mitochondrial uncouplers in cells and mice by Divya P. Shah, Calum S. Vancuylenburg, Ellen M. Olzomer, Sing-Young Chen, Robert J. Grams, Martina Beretta, Frances L. Byrne, Webster L. Santos, Kyle L. Hoehn

“…Another group of mice was fed chow to receive ∼65% of the average daily food intake of control mice as a model of calorie restriction (CR). …”
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Research on the Design Process and Approaches for Low-Carbon Ecological Parks in Urban Areas of Northwestern China by Jingmao WANG, Haobo XU, Tao ZHANG, Jie GAO

“…By leveraging geospatial analysis and lifecycle carbon accounting, such a methodology can transform green spaces from passive carbon reservoirs into active climate mitigation tools, directly supporting the 2060 carbon neutrality target.MethodsThis research takes the low-carbon design of plantscape in Tongchuan Peony Garden as an entry point, applies relevant modes and solutions combining theoretical research, case summarization and research and measurement to the aforesaid project in order to test the operability and applicability of relevant low-carbon design indexes, and systematically and scientifically puts forward a guiding framework for the low-carbon design process of the Peony Garden. …”
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On the trail of CBCT-guided adaptive rectal boost radiotherapy, does daily delineation require a radiation oncologist? by Julien Pierrard, David Dechambre, Christel Abdel Massih, Sophie Cvilic, Ana Da Silva Chambel Roma, Pascale Henderickx, Sofie Heylen, Eleonore Longton, Romain Mony, Mohamed Amine Tenabene, Thaïs Tison, Ad Vandermeulen, Loïc Vander Veken, Aniko Wale Etume, Anne-Emmanuella Yeo, Geneviève Van Ooteghem

“…However, using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)-guided oART requires daily target volume delineation by different operators, leading to inter-operator delineation variability and potential dosimetric issues. …”
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Assessment of genetic variability for intraspecific hybrid derived from muskmelon and Mangalore melon (Arka Siri × SS-17) by Virupakshi Hiremata1,2*, Ratnakar Shet1, Raghavendra Gunnaiah1 and A. Prashantha1

“…This information guides targeted breeding efforts to develop improved muskmelon varieties meeting market demands effectively.…”
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أثر تطبيق احتساب طريقة التكلفة المستهدفة في تخفيض التكاليف وتسعير المنتجات (دراسة ميدانية على مصانع الأغذية الأردنية... by خليل الدليمي, حازم علي المومني

“…Abstract The objective of this study is to identify the impact of the application of target cost method in food products pricing application in food factories, in order to achieve the objectives of the study the researcher designed a questionnaire composed of back vertebrae from all financial managers and accountants working in the food industry and (92), and in the light of the data collection and analysis, hypothesis testing using the statistical package for the social sciences, spss study sample has been chosen (25) factory workers in this field, and has been using many methods For achieving the objectives of the study, after study and analysis, assumptions, the study found a number of the most important results that most Jordanian food plants target cost method is applied to all paragraphs that measure improved performance in food plants of Jordan got high averages, an indication that performance improves in these factories, in addition to developing costing systems effectively contribute in the decision making process and therefore need to adopt pricing target costing approach to ensure the viability of those factories, statistically significant effect For Jordanian food factories using the entrance cost for cost reduction in product pricing, the study found a number of the recommendations highlighted the need for Jordanian food factory expansion in the application of target cost entrance of benefits and advantages and competitive ability in the shadow of global economic and technological developments, and to raise awareness about the importance of plants this portal and its benefits by holding seminars and training courses by the Government agencies in charge, knowing the importance of using the target cost in the measurement and control of cost and performance improvement and cost reduction and the need to pay attention to the cost Targeted to increase the effectiveness of cost management to support and achieve continuous improvement and development, thus achieving a positive impact on the pricing of products for food plants.   …”
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Multiple Incoherent Deconvolutions for Improving the Image Resolution of Diffraction‐Limited Imaging Systems by Jawahar Prabhakar Desai, Vijayakumar Anand, Joseph Rosen

“…Nonlinear Wiener deconvolution (NWD) reconstructs each image according to the corresponding aperture, and as a result, an image of the target with improved resolution is obtained. The relatively high noise level of each resulting image is eliminated by averaging the multiple deconvolution results. …”
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Investigating the relationship between Schwartz’s value orientations and the environmental behaviours of citizens in Tabriz by Hassan Ahmadzadeh, Hossein Maleki

“…The findings indicated a slightly above-average level of environmental behaviors (56.25%), a slightly below-average level of self-oriented values (44.46%), an average level of ecocentric values (52.3%), and a higher-than-average level of altruistic values (63.8%). …”
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Passage through phenophases by milkvetches introduced into the environments of the Kulunda Steppe by T. V. Kornievskaya

“…Increased average temperature and humidity reduced its fruiting phase.Conclusion. …”
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Improving the quality of SAR radar image detection and identification using neural network to increase the security factor of military tactics by ali alizade, Jalil Mazloum, behrang hadian, ahmad dolatkhah, behnam dorostkar

“…The main goal is to provide a powerful algorithm based on artificial intelligence to improve the detection of SAR radar ground targets with object detection algorithms that are obtained through airplanes or satellites in order to monitor ground targets.Analysis: In the pre-processing stage, after reducing the effect of speckle noise on SAR radar images, the proposed model is investigated to improve the detection of SAR radar ground targets with the help of Lee filter.Analysis of the results: by using YOLO and RCNN algorithms, the RCNN algorithm has a better performance in detecting denoised MSTAR images with an average accuracy of 99.84% compared to YOLO with an average accuracy of 90.424%, but in detecting noisy MSTAR images, the YOLO method With an average accuracy of 80.875%, compared to the RCNN method with an average accuracy of 61.49%, it has a better performance for identifying and improving images and increasing the reliability of the system.…”
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Development and Characterization of Optimized Drug-Loaded Niosomes for Delivery of 5-FU and Irinotecan by Kafilat O. Agbaje, Simeon K. Adesina, Amusa S. Adebayo

“…However, achieving treatment goals has been hampered by poor drug delivery to tumor sites and associated toxicity from off-target binding to healthy cells. Though the synergism of 5-FU-IRT has provided incremental improvements in clinical outcomes, the short elimination half-life and off-target binding to healthy cells remain significant challenges. …”
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