DCE-YOLOv8: Lightweight and Accurate Object Detection for Drone Vision by Jinsu An, Dong Hee Lee, Muhamad Dwisnanto Putro, Byeong Woo Kim

“…Subsequently, the rate of missed detections is mitigated by comprehensively merging the shallow and deep features extracted from the neck part. …”
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A High-Accuracy Underwater Object Detection Algorithm for Synthetic Aperture Sonar Images by Jiahui Su, Deyin Xu, Lu Qiu, Zhiping Xu, Lixiong Lin, Jiachun Zheng

“…Furthermore, an underwater multi-scale contextual attention mechanism, named UWA, is introduced to enhance the model’s discriminative ability for multi-scale objects and complex backgrounds. …”
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Vector competence of Aedes albopictus for Tonate virus highlights transmission risks in temperate and tropical regions by Isabelle Moltini-Conclois, Wipaporn Khanom, Elliott F Miot, Ai-rada Pintong, Hermann Landry Munshili Njifon, Carole Ginebre, Valérie Choumet, Bruno Coutard, Cédric Mariac, Pierre Roques, Agathe M. G. Colmant, Géraldine Piorkowski, Julien Pompon, Dorothée Missé

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Real time counting method for coal mine drill pipes based on deep learning by Fukai ZHANG, Yiran SUN, Xufeng WU, Aijun LI, Peiyang LI, Dengke WANG, Guan YUAN, Shan ZHAO, Haiyan ZHANG

“…There are often factors such as strong light, water vapor, and obstruction that interfere with the recognition effect of drilling rigs, which can easily lead to false or missed detections; At the same time, abnormal behaviors such as lagging and ineffective movement often occur at the tail of the drilling rig during operation, which affects the accuracy of drill Pipe Counting. …”
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Association of social contact with dementia and cognition: 28-year follow-up of the Whitehall II cohort study. by Andrew Sommerlad, Séverine Sabia, Archana Singh-Manoux, Glyn Lewis, Gill Livingston

“…A limitation of our study is ascertainment of dementia status from electronic health records rather than in-person assessment of diagnostic status, with the possibility that milder dementia cases were more likely to be missed.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Findings from this study suggest a protective effect of social contact against dementia and that more frequent contact confers higher cognitive reserve, although it is possible that the ability to maintain more social contact may be a marker of cognitive reserve. …”
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Advancing confidence and competence in junior doctors: specialist medicine weekend teaching programme by Sooraj Mannil, Masooma Hussain, Sonali Katti, Jay Patel, Latif Rahman

“…Introduction: The University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) Specialist Medicine Weekend Teaching Programme supports postgraduate doctors in maintaining high standards of medical practice, as outlined by the General Medical Council (GMC).1 It was designed to help postgraduate doctors enhance their ability to manage acute medical presentations (Fig 1), contributing to the overall improvement of patient care. …”
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Predictive value of pulse oximetry for mortality in infants and children presenting to primary care with clinical pneumonia in rural Malawi: A data linkage study. by Tim Colbourn, Carina King, James Beard, Tambosi Phiri, Malizani Mdala, Beatiwel Zadutsa, Charles Makwenda, Anthony Costello, Norman Lufesi, Charles Mwansambo, Bejoy Nambiar, Shubhada Hooli, Neil French, Naor Bar Zeev, Shamim Ahmad Qazi, Yasir Bin Nisar, Eric D McCollum

“…The main limitation of our study was our ability to only match 6% of CHW episodes and 11% of HC episodes to mortality outcome data.…”
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Press Forward: Advancing Vaccine Production With High Hydrostatic Pressure Inactivation for Global Health Equity by Miss Martina Brandolini, Dr Alessandra Mistral De Pascali, Mr Giorgio Dirani, Mr Massimiliano Guerra, Ms Silvia Zannoli, Prof Pietro Rocculi, Dr Michele Morbarigazzi, Dr Davide Lelli, Dr Antonio Lavazza, Dr Francesca Battioni, Prof Monica Cricca, Prof Alessandra Scagliarini, Prof Vittorio Sambri

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Research and experiments of a new premedication for improving mucosal visibility during esophagogastroduodenoscopy by Li-na Qu, Tao Jiang, Yao-ping Zhang, Jin-yong Hao, Xiao-jun Huang

“…Abstract Background Mucus and bubbles are important factors that can reduce endoscope visibility. This may result in missed diagnoses of minor or early lesions. Therefore, dimethicone, such as drugs used before esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), is called premedication. …”
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Regional Design by Verena Balz

“…An implicit proposition developed is that flexibility, in the form of ambiguous geographies, relates to the creativity of planning and its ability to find novel and innovative solutions to problems on the ground. …”
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Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pericarditis in Zhejiang, China: A Diagnostic Prediction Model Based on LASSO Logistic Regression by Xu X, Liu X, Yang C, Cai L, Liu L, Chen T, Zhu H, Wei H

“…Based on these factors, we constructed a nomogram with an Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (AUC) of 0.757 in both the training and validation sets, indicating high discriminative ability of the model. Calibration curve analysis showed good consistency of the model. …”
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Can ACR TI-RADS predict the malignant risk of medullary thyroid cancer? by Ying Zhang, Bei-Bei Ye, Han-Xiang Wang, Bo-Ji Liu, Yun-Yun Liu, Qing Wei, Chuan Qin, Yi-Feng Zhang

“…Ctn examination would reduce the FNA missed diagnosis of MTC.…”
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Evaluation of parenting interventions for those with additional health and social care needs during pregnancy: THRIVE a multi-arm RCT with embedded economic and process components by Marion Henderson, Anja Wittkowski, Katie Buston, Karen Crawford, Alice MacLachlan, Alex McConnachie, Emma McIntosh, Claudia-Martina Messow, Catherine Nixon, Rosaleen O’Brien, Shona Shinwell, Daniel Wight, Yiqiao Xin, Rachel Calam, Ruth Dundas, James Law, Helen Minnis, Lucy Thompson, Philip Wilson

“…The same pattern of results was found in the per-protocol (PP) analysis and in analyses conducted to assess the sensitivity of HADS + I to missing values and clustering within intervention groups. …”
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Research on kd-tree Cache Optimization Based on Particle Index Sorting Algorithm by 张挺, 林震寰, 杨丁颖, 王宗锴, 陈轶凡

“…Compared to unsorted <italic>kd-tree</italic>, the cache miss rate is reduced by 24.2%, while compared to Z-index-sort, the reduction is 18.6%. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical activity environment in English primary schools: a multi-perspective qualitative analysis by Danielle House, Robert Walker, Ruth Salway, Lydia Emm-Collison, Katie Breheny, Kate Sansum, Sarah Churchward, Joanna G Williams, Frank de Vocht, Russell Jago

“…They have had to ‘catch up’ on missed learning, staff are overloaded and some pupils are still affected by the lockdowns. …”
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DEONTOLOGY AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN DENTIST’S PROFESSION by O.V. Rybalov, I.Yu. Lytovchenko, S.V. Kolomiets, V.L. Prochankina

“…Patients want to believe that their doctor always establishes an absolutely accurate diagnosis and never misses the treatment, but it is simply impossible. …”
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How lived experiences of illness trajectories, burdens of treatment, and social inequalities shape service user and caregiver participation in health and social care: a theory-info... by Carl R May, Katja C Gravenhorst, Alyson Hillis, Mick Arber, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Katie I Gallacher, Frances S Mair, Ellen Nolte, Alison Richardson

“…Interventions that fit these pressure points are likely to effectively solve problems around their ability to influence the organisation and delivery of their care. …”
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Supporting self-management with an internet intervention for low back pain in primary care: a RCT (SupportBack 2) by Adam W A Geraghty, Taeko Becque, Lisa C Roberts, Jonathan Hill, Nadine E Foster, Lucy Yardley, Beth Stuart, David A Turner, Gareth Griffiths, Frances Webley, Lorraine Durcan, Alannah Morgan, Stephanie Hughes, Sarah Bathers, Stephanie Butler-Walley, Simon Wathall, Gemma Mansell, Malcolm White, Firoza Davies, Paul Little

“…Incremental costs and effects were estimated using regression-based methods. Because of missing data, multiple imputation was used in the base-case analysis. …”
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Improving Staff Knowledge and Confidence in Lithium Counselling to Enhance Patient Safety and Standardise Practice Across Community Mental Health Teams by Ella Bauwens, Nazim Zaim, Yousof Osman, Khyati Patel, Nirvana Islam

“…Our preliminary research revealed that 50% of medical professionals lacked confidence in providing lithium counselling with 41% being either unaware or unsure of how to counsel a patient if they had missed a dose. Therefore, we aim to tackle staff knowledge and improve abilities in lithium counselling to enhance patient safety and understanding, ultimately leading to fewer incidences of toxicity and harm.…”
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La bienveillance en éducation : un défi pédagogique by Renaud Hétier

“…But it must also be examined with caution, insofar as it may obscure the essential stake of the school, which is that of a linking with knowledge, and the development of abilities. "Good relationships" cannot save a missed opportunity to meet this challenge. …”
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