Research on Multi-Factor Coastal Waterway Depth Prediction and Application Based on Attention-Enhanced LSTM Model by LING Ganzhan, HAN Yu, WANG Jiawei, JIE Weiwei, TANG Ruikai, HU Jiakai, LIU Xiang, LIANG Guangyue, CAO Lu, LIANG Ming

“…This study proposes a water depth prediction model based on an attention-enhanced Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network, which is integrated into a decision-support platform for real-time management of channel transportation.MethodsFirst, key hydrological factors, including upstream discharge, daily rainfall, tidal current velocity, and tidal level, are incorporated to construct the LSTM-based coastal waterway depth prediction model. …”
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Spatiotemporal trends of ischemic stroke burden attributable to PM2.5 from 1990 to 2021 by Yunyan Lu, Yu Mao, Weiguo Liu, Tian Lan, Gaochen Lan

“…BackgroundTo evaluate the spatiotemporal variation in ischemic stroke attributed to particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) on global, regional, and national scales from 1990 to 2021 is essential for mitigating air pollution and controlling ischemic stroke.MethodsThe death and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were extracted from the Global Burden and Disease Study (GBD) 2021. …”
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Image-Based Detection and Classification of Malaria Parasites and Leukocytes with Quality Assessment of Romanowsky-Stained Blood Smears by Jhonathan Sora-Cardenas, Wendy M. Fong-Amaris, Cesar A. Salazar-Centeno, Alejandro Castañeda, Oscar D. Martínez-Bernal, Daniel R. Suárez, Carol Martínez

“…Traditional diagnostic methods often struggle with inconsistent stain quality, lighting variations, and limited resources in endemic regions, making manual detection time-intensive and error-prone. …”
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Body count- distribution, determinants and geographical mapping of lifetime sexual partners among Gen-X, Millennial and Gen-Z: hierarchical regression modelling study of nationally... by Pritam Halder, Girish Jeer, Shivani Rathor, Manish Chandra Prabhakar, Ankita Chattopadhyay, Sushanta Sarkar, Anamika Das

“…This study aims to explore the distribution, determinants, and geographical mapping of lifetime sexual partners among three generational cohorts in India—Generation X, Generation Y/ Millennials, and Generation Z—using data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). Methods Data were analysed from 149,665 participants (67,352 men and 80,313 women) from the NFHS-5 (2019–2021). …”
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A lactate-related tSNE signature defines prognostic subtypes of bladder cancer and reveals LINC01094-mediated VIM stabilization in metastasis and drug resistance by Pu Zhang, Hegan Zhang, Wanli Yu, Dage Fan, Yao Pan, Wei Zhuang, Fangzhen Cai, Qingliu He

“…This score demonstrated prognostic value and was integrated into a nomogram confirmed by a calibration curve. …”
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A Review of Effluent Water Quality Standards for Sewage and Wastewater Treatment Plants: International Comparison and Recommendations for Domestic Standard Improvements by Soeun Kang, Yujin Go, Suyeon Kim, Dayeon Lee, Bonyoung Koo, Sokhee P. Jung

“…Advanced technologies, inspired by Germany’s combined heat and power (CHP) systems and Japan’s biogas utilization methods, should be introduced. Ultimately, active governmental policy and financial support are crucial for developing and commercializing microbial electrochemical systems (MES) that convert wastewater directly into energy. …”
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Contemporary Patterns of Care for Low-Grade Glioma in Australia and New Zealand by Meghana Maddula, Nicholas McNamee, Hui K. Gan, Laveniya Satgunaseelan, Eng-Siew Koh, Catherine H. Han, Subotheni Thavaneswaran

“…Conclusions: This study describes current management practices for LGGs in Australia and New Zealand, showing ongoing variation and a cautious approach to integrating IDH inhibitors. …”
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Masked and Noise-Masked Multimodal Brain Tumor Image Segmentation Using SegFormer and Shared Encoder Framework by K. Hemalatha, P. R. Vishnu Vardhan, Alfred Dharmaraj Aravindraj, S. Hari Hara Sudhan

“…Evaluation on Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS2020) challenge dataset demonstrates that MNMS outperforms conventional convolutional neural network (CNN) based methods, achieving superior accuracy and Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) scores. …”
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Key performance indicators in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): protocol for a systematic review by Sean M Bagshaw, Eddy Fan, Gurmeet Singh, Oleksa Rewa, Janice Y Kung, Manuel Tisminetzky, Roman Nepomuceno, Ken Kuljit Singh Parhar

“…There remains a significant practice variation in its application. This systematic review will assess the evidence for key performance indicators (KPIs) in ECMO.Methods and analysis We will search Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and the Cochrane Library including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and databases from the National Information Center of Health Services Research and Health Care Technology, for studies involving KPIs in ECMO. …”
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Genetic assessment of age-associated Alzheimer disease risk: Development and validation of a polygenic hazard score. by Rahul S Desikan, Chun Chieh Fan, Yunpeng Wang, Andrew J Schork, Howard J Cabral, L Adrienne Cupples, Wesley K Thompson, Lilah Besser, Walter A Kukull, Dominic Holland, Chi-Hua Chen, James B Brewer, David S Karow, Karolina Kauppi, Aree Witoelar, Celeste M Karch, Luke W Bonham, Jennifer S Yokoyama, Howard J Rosen, Bruce L Miller, William P Dillon, David M Wilson, Christopher P Hess, Margaret Pericak-Vance, Jonathan L Haines, Lindsay A Farrer, Richard Mayeux, John Hardy, Alison M Goate, Bradley T Hyman, Gerard D Schellenberg, Linda K McEvoy, Ole A Andreassen, Anders M Dale

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Using genotype data from 17,008 AD cases and 37,154 controls from the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP Stage 1), we identified AD-associated SNPs (at p < 10-5). …”
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Jump around: Selecting Markov Chain Monte Carlo parameters and diagnostics for improved food web model quality and ecosystem representation by Gemma Gerber, Ursula M. Scharler

“…The extent of data variability eventually integrated into an ensemble depends on how well the LIM-MCMC algorithm samples the solution space. …”
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A fusion analytic framework for investigating functional brain connectivity differences using resting-state fMRI by Yeseul Jeon, Jeong-Jae Kim, SuMin Yu, Junggu Choi, Sanghoon Han, Sanghoon Han

“…Nonetheless, interconnections among ROIs provide essential insights into brain activity and exhibit unique characteristics across groups.MethodsTo address these challenges, we propose an interpretable fusion analytic framework to identify and understand ROI connectivity differences between two groups, revealing their distinctive features. …”
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Metrological studies of the characteristics of multilayer surface coatings using synchrotron radiation by A. S. Sigov, O. A. Minaeva, S. I. Anevsky, A. M. Lebedev, R. V. Minaev

“…The main research were carried out at electron storage rings «Siberia-1» (Kurchatov Institute) and MLS (PTB, Berlin) with low electron energy, in a wide wavelength range, including visible range, AUV, VU, EUV and to exclude the X-ray radiation influence. The methods of the radiometers, photodiodes, filters and multilayer mirrors characteristics measurements are based on the synchrotron  radiation  absolute spectral characteristics and accelerated electrons number variation. …”
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Performance measures of the medical priority dispatch system in an urban basic life support system by Vittorio Nicoletta, Maxime Robitaille-Fortin, Valérie Bélanger, Éric Mercier, Jessica Harrisson

“…Additionally, we examined variations across chief complaints to identify high overtriage and undertriage medical conditions. …”
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Value-based healthcare in Latin America: a survey of 70 healthcare provider organisations from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico by Pedro Ramos, Marcia Makdisse, Daniel Malheiro, Marcelo Katz, Luisa Novoa, Miguel Cendoroglo Neto, Jose Henrique Germann Ferreira, Sidney Klajner

“…This study aim was to investigate how HPOs in five Latin American countries are implementing VBHC.Design Mixed-methods research was conducted using online questionnaire, semistructured interviews based on selected elements of the value agenda (from December 2018 to June 2020), analyses of aggregated data and documents. …”
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AI-derived CT biomarker score for robust COVID-19 mortality prediction across multiple waves and regions using machine learning by Kristof De Smet, Dieter De Smet, Peter De Jaeger, Jannes Dewitte, Geert Antoine Martens, Nico Buls, Johan De Mey

“…Various machine learning methods were trained and compared for diagnostic performance after data preprocessing and feature selection. …”
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Unveiling geological complexity in the Serra Dourada Granite using self-organizing maps and hierarchical clustering: Insights for REE prospecting in the Goiás Tin Province, Brasíli... by Guilherme Ferreira da Silva, Marcos Vinícius Ferreira, Lucy Takehara Chemale, Igor Vasconcelos Santana, Nilson Francisquini Botelho

“…This methodology enabled us to identify distinct geological units with greater accuracy and resolution than traditional methods such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA). …”
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Unseen threats: A systematic review and meta-analysis of pharmaceutical bioaccumulation in aquatic ecosystems by Karthikeyan SUBRAMANIAN, Anandhi SELVARAJ, Shanthi PERIYASAMY, Karthikeyan THANDAPANI, Arbind K. CHOUDHARY

“…High heterogeneity (I² > 80%) was observed, with variation driven by species, lipid content, and contaminant type. …”
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Comparative Effects of Macroalgal Extracts on Tomato Plant Growth and Fruit Quality by Damiano Spagnuolo, Domenico Prisa, Anupam Kundu, Maria Grazia De Michele, Valentino Russo, Giuseppa Genovese

“…These findings underscore the importance of algal species and extraction methods in tailoring biofertilisers for target fruit qualities. …”
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Mixed effects analysis of factors associated with health insurance coverage among women in sub-Saharan Africa. by Hubert Amu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Robert Kokou Dowou, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Kwaku Kissah-Korsah

“…<h4>Results</h4>The overall coverage of health insurance was 8.5%, with cross-country variations. The lowest coverage was recorded in Chad (0.9%) and the highest in Ghana (62.4%). …”
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