Cone-beam computed tomography-guided volumetric assessment of secondary alveolar bone grafting by Julian A. Erkert, Benito K. Benitez, Yoriko Lill, Sebastian Tapia Coron, Andreas A. Mueller

“…The preoperative cleft volume averaged 1505 mm3 (SD 425 mm3) and graft volume 1983 mm3 (SD 407 mm3). …”
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Mantle Zone Cell Lymphomas. New Opportunities for Diagnosis and Treatment (Epidemiological Research) by E. I. Kankumasheva, Ch. Kh. Valiakhmetova

“…In 2015–2017 patients were treated with the R-CHOP protocol with the following support with rituximab. PFS averaged at 20 months, 8 (17%) of patients remain in lasting remission (since 2015). …”
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of urbanization and environmental sustainability: A predictive modelling approach to forecasting land use transitions in Vellore, India by Sai Saraswathi Vijayaraghavalu, Kumaraguru Arumugam, Sakshi Dange

“…Climate modeling indicates a notable upward trend in temperature, with averages rising from 27.7 °C in 2018 to approximately 32 °C by 2100, accompanied by intensified precipitation variability and extreme weather events. …”
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Analysis of inequalities in access to healthcare in North-east Portugal by Sara Reis, Emanuela Maldonado, João Matos de Barros, Afonso Aroso Louro, Manuel Guimarães, Bárbara Barroso, Hélder Fernandes, André Novo

“…Hospitalization frequency averaged 4.73 ± 6.74 instances, with men exhibiting higher rates. …”
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Disease Burden and Treatment-Seeking Behaviour of Adults with Atopic Dermatitis in Singapore: An Online Cross-Sectional Survey by Yik Weng Yew, Malvin Kang, Sharanya Jois, Adrien Gras, Christian Apfelbacher

“…Financial burden is considerable, averaging US dollars (USD) 1368 per month, with 82% perceiving it as 'extreme', affecting treatment adherence. …”
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Investigating the limiting aircraft-design-dependent and environmental factors of persistent contrail formation by L. Megill, L. Megill, V. Grewe, V. Grewe

“…This study is a step towards the development of a new and computationally inexpensive method to analyse the contrail climate impact of novel aviation fuels and propulsion technologies.…”
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Laboratory diagnosis of blood of domestic cats with pancreatitis by Yu. F. Dereza, N. S. Kanivets

“…The number of erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets was analysed, as well as the value of haematocrit, serum transaminases, amylase, pancreatic lipase, glucose, total bilirubin, creatinine and urea. …”
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Effect analysis of power density distribution & temperature dependent thermo-physical properties along MSR fuel channels applying neutronic and thermal hydraulic approach by Mohammad Khan, Nayeem bin Zahid, Saad Islam, Ali Mahdi

“…For the thermal-hydraulic analysis, the Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations with the k–ε turbulence model were utilized and implemented using the state-of-the-art commercial computational fluid dynamics software, ANSYS Fluent. …”
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Impact of work schedules of senior resident physicians on patient and resident physician safety: nationwide, prospective cohort study by Christopher P Landrigan, Salim Qadri, Jason P Sullivan, Charles A Czeisler, Laura K Barger, Matthew D Weaver

“…Working one or more shifts of extended duration in a month while averaging no more than 80 weekly work hours was associated with an 84% increased risk of medical errors (1.84, 1.66 to 2.03), a 51% increased risk of preventable adverse events (1.51, 1.20 to 1.90), and an 85% increased risk of fatal preventable adverse events (1.85, 1.05 to 3.26). …”
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Experimental investigation of the effect of the offset ratio on the flow characteristics and heat transfer behaviour of a wall-bounded dual jet flow by P.J. Murphy, S. Alimohammadi, S.M. O'Shaughnessy

“…The primary objective of this experimental investigation is to analyse the effect of varying the separation distance between the wall and offset jets, i.e., the offset ratio (OR), on the dual jet flow and heat transfer behaviour, therefore providing the very first experimental dataset relating to a dual jet for varying OR. …”
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Strain Hardening of Nickel-Based Alloys: Microstructure Related Analytical Evaluations, Molecular Dynamics Modelling, and Effects of Ultrasonic Surface Finishing by B.M. Mordyuk, V.М. Shyvaniuk, G.S. Mogylnyi, V.І. Bondarchuk, and О.S. Gatsenko

“…This paper aims to review and analyse the feasibility of surface finishing of various types for strengthening and improving other properties of aviation nickel-based alloys. …”
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AI predicting recurrence in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: systematic review with study strengths and weaknesses by Saram Abbas, Rishad Shafik, Naeem Soomro, Rakesh Heer, Rakesh Heer, Kabita Adhikari

“…., radiomics, clinical, histopathological, genomic) and types of ML models, such as neural networks, deep learning, and random forests. Each study was analysed for strengths, weaknesses, performance metrics, and limitations, with emphasis on generalisability, interpretability, and cost-effectiveness. …”
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Spatial epidemiology of gestational age and birth weight in Switzerland: census-based linkage study by Mark Adams, Veronika Skrivankova, Marcel Zwahlen, Claudia Kuehni, Matthias Egger

“…We produced maps of 705 areas and fitted linear mixed-effect models to assess to what extent spatial variation was explained by these variables.Results We analysed all 315 177 eligible live births. Area-level averages of gestational age varied between 272 and 279 days, and between 3138 and 3467 g for birth weight. …”
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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

“…Males in the North-East regions reported the highest averages, particularly among Generation X. Significant determinants included religion, caste, employment status, and health insurance. …”
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Assessment of the main factors affecting goat milk yield and composition in the North West region of Tunisia by Hichem Khemiri, Cyrine Darej, Khaoula Attia, Naceur M’Hamdi, Ines Chouchi, Nizar Moujahed

“…Individual daily milk yield (DMY) was registered and milk samples were taken in duplicate to be analysed for fat (FC), protein (PC), solid not fat (SNF), density and lactose contents. …”
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Genetic and environmental influences on fatty acid and tocopherol diversity in quinoa germplasm by Leonardo Velasco, Javier Matías, Verónica Cruz, Sara Fondevilla

“…Considering the data averaged over the four environments, particularly relevant variation was observed for total fatty acid, from 1.0 to 4.4% of grain weight; oleic acid, from 13.4 to 32.3% of total fatty acids; linoleic acid, from 48.0 to 67.4%; linolenic acid, from 1.8 to 8.4%; tocopherol content, from 22.3 to 121.6 mg kg-1 grain; α-tocopherol, from 24.6 to 81.4% of the total tocopherols; and γ-tocopherol, from, 18.6 to 75.4%. …”
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Detail-preserving denoising of CT and MRI images via adaptive clustering and non-local means algorithm by Mohit Sharma, Ayush Dogra, Bhawna Goyal, Anita Gupta, Manob Jyoti Saikia

“…Noise level estimation is achieved globally by analysing the statistical distribution of eigenvalues from noisy image patch matrices and leveraging the MP law to accurately determine the Gaussian noise variance. …”
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”For this one, let me take the risk”: why surgical staff continued to perform caesarean sections during the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone by Helle Mölsted Alvesson, Gustaf Drevin, Alex van Duinen, Håkon A Bolkan, Alimamy P Koroma, Johan Von Schreeb

“…Semistructured interviews averaged 97 min and healthcare experience 21 years. …”
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Two-Phase Multi-Point Design Exploration of Submerged Nacelles for Marine Propulsive Pump Installation by Filippo Avanzi, Andrea Magrini, Francesco De Vanna

“…The corresponding results show that optimised shapes improving the inlet Pressure Recovery (PR) and nacelle drag at cruise conditions result in beneficial outcomes also at take-off operations, where lip cavitation may occur. Thus, analysing together the off-design PR and the cruise net force underscores their conflicting behaviour. …”
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Using 3D observations with high spatio-temporal resolution to calibrate and evaluate a process-focused cellular automaton model of soil erosion by water by A. Eltner, D. Favis-Mortlock, O. Grothum, M. Neumann, T. Laburda, P. Kavka

“…Here, multiple objective functions using three different spatio-temporal averaging approaches are assessed for their suitability in calibrating and evaluating the model's output. …”
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