Machine-learning based quantification of lung shunt fraction from 99mTc-MAA SPECT/CT for selective internal radiation therapy of liver tumors using TriDFusion (3DF) by Daniel Lafontaine, Finn Augensen, Adam Kesner, Raoul Vincent, Assen Kirov, Simone Krebs, Heiko Schöder, John L. Humm

“…Semi-automated determination of the LSF using TriDFusion (3DF) analysis of SPECT-CT acquisitions was within 4–12% of the phantom-determined ratio measurements (ground truth). …”
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Assessing and avoiding C isotopic contamination artefacts in mesocosm-scale 13CO2/12CO2 labelling systems: from biomass components to purified carbohydrates and dark respiration by Jianjun Zhu, Regina T. Hirl, Juan C. Baca Cabrera, Rudi Schäufele, Hans Schnyder

“…Results Contamination was small and similar (average 3.3% ±0.9% SD, n = 18) for shoot and root biomass and WSC fractions (fructan, sucrose, glucose, fructose) at every [CO2] level. …”
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Mechanism of mechanical strength degradation and microstructure evolution of anthracite induced by supercritical carbon dioxide by Yichao JIA, Dong YANG, Xudong HUANG, Dingwei SUN, Liguo HE

“…The main period of the deterioration is within 0−5 days of soaking, and the average size of the damaged particles gradually increases with the change of failure mode. …”
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Impact of HbA1c variability and time‐in‐range fluctuations on large and small nerve fiber dysfunction in well‐controlled type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort observational study... by Yun‐Ru Lai, Wen‐Chan Chiu, Ben‐Chung Cheng, I‐Hsun Yu, Ting‐Yin Lin, Hui‐Ching Chiang, Chun‐En Aurea Kuo, Cheng‐Hsien Lu

“…Results Linear regression analysis adjusted for age, diabetes duration, and renal function revealed strong correlations between HbA1c ARV, TIR ARV, and diabetes duration. …”
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Effects of preweaning milk allowance on long-term metabolism in Holstein heifers by L.N. Leal, J.B. Daniel, J. Doelman, B.R. Keppler, M.A. Steele, J. Martín-Tereso

“…Heifers fed the ELE diet exhibited higher average daily gain in the preweaning period, leading to higher body weight at 70 d of age (+ 9 kg). …”
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Identifying Best Ideas in Iranian Mutual Funds by Mahdi Heidari, Ali Marashi

“…ObjectiveBest ideas refer to trades within mutual funds that are driven by the goal of outperforming the index and are primarily based on expert analysis. According to the extant literature, in this study, we use four measures to detect the best ideas in mutual funds trading activities. …”
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Determination of pKA of nonvolatile weak acids in plasma of healthy volunteers and critically ill patients by Martin Krbec, Serena Brusatori, Petr Waldauf, Alberto Zanella, Francesco Zadek, Victor van Bochove, František Duška, Thomas Langer, Paul Elbers

“…Abstract Background The dissociation constant of nonvolatile weak acids in plasma (KA), expressed as pKA, is essential for electroneutrality-based acid–base analysis. To date, its normal value in human plasma has been determined in only one study involving eight healthy volunteers. …”
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A three year review of Tuberculosis surveillance data in Montserrado County, Liberia, 2016-2018 by Alberta Berlynda Corvah, Himiede Wilson Sesay, Delia Akosua Bando, Patrick Konwloh, Benedict Calys-Tagoe, Ernest Kenu

“…Methods: We conducted a descriptive analysis where we reviewed and analyzed reports for all forms of TB notified by districts through the DHIS2 in Montserrado County from 2016 to 2018. …”
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Synthesis and the impact of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles on the viability and activity of rhizobacteria by Bedah Rupaedah, Indrika Novella, Atiek Rostika Noviyanti, Diana Rakhmawaty Eddy, Anna Safarrida, Abdul Hapid, Zhafira Amila Haqqa, Suryana Suryana, Irwan Kurnia, Fathiyah Inayatirrahmi

“…Furthermore, rhizobacteria were identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, followed by analysis to construct a phylogenetic tree. nHA was found to meet the required quality criteria, exhibiting a spherical morphology with an average particle size of 68 nm and a porosity of 54.78%. …”
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Occurrence of Taenia species and Toxoplasma gondii in pigs slaughtered in Bujumbura city, Kayanza and Ngozi provinces, Burundi by Salvator Minani, Emma Spiessens, Alyssa Labarrière, Pascal Niyokwizera, Anastasie Gasogo, Jean-Bosco Ntirandekura, Chiara Trevisan, Sarah Gabriël

“…The average of T. solium cysticerci in the dissected organs was estimated at 80 cysticerci. …”
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Hybrid Deep Learning-Based Enhanced Occlusion Segmentation in PICU Patient Monitoring by Mario Francisco Munoz, Hoang Vu Huy, Thanh-Dung Le, Philippe Jouvet, Rita Noumeir

“…Consequently, the proposed method consistently improves the predictions across all metrics, with an average of 2.75% gain in performance compared to the baseline CNN-based framework. …”
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The Effect of Hyperfiltration on Kidney Function in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Prospective Cohort Study by Maruhum Bonar H. Marbun, Endang Susalit, Diana Aulia, Jacub Pandelaki, Saptawati Bardosono, Bambang Purwanto

“…Results: forty donors were included and mostly were female (67.5%). The average age and body mass index (BMI) were 45.85 (SD 9.74) years old and 24.36 (SD 3.73) kg/m2, respectively. …”
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Knowledge of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance, antibiotic use and eHealth literacy among nursing students in Thailand: a cross-sectional study by Soontaree Jianvitayakij, Atsadaporn Niyomyart, Chuenjit Junsawang, Wunwisa Bualoy, Nipaporn Butsing, Supreeda Monkong, Joachim G Voss

“…In a multiple regression analysis, three factors predict knowledge of antibiotic resistance: knowledge of antibiotics (B=0.199, p<0.001, 95% CI 0.165 to 0.234), eHealth literacy (B=0.078, p<0.001, 95% CI 0.056 to 0.100) and academic year (B=0.271, p<0.001, 95% CI 0.184 to 0.358), with knowledge of antibiotics being the most impact (β=0.318). …”
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The frequency of the development of a maxillary odontogenic sinusitis acording to various sings and standarts by E. I. Rubtsov, Sh. F. Juraeva, A. A. Kholikova, R. V. Bobokalonov

“…The quantitative indicator of the period of hospitalization of patients in the hospital averaged 9.4 bed days. A total of 22 patients referred to chronic perforated sinusitis, among them 10 (45%) men and 12 (55%) women. …”
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Nationwide Trends in Screen Time and Associated Risk Factors by Family Structures Among Adolescents, 2008-2022: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study by Seokjun Kim, Hyesu Jo, Yejun Son, Min Kyung Shin, Kyeongmin Lee, Jaeyu Park, Hayeon Lee, Lee Smith, Elena Dragioti, Guillaume Fond, Laurent Boyer, Guillermo F López Sánchez, Mark A Tully, Masoud Rahmati, Damiano Pizzol, Selin Woo, Dong Keon Yon

“…ConclusionsThere has been a notable increase in average screen time among adolescents since the onset of the pandemic, with the orphanage group exhibiting a pronounced trend. …”
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Restaurant interventions for salt reduction in China: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Yuan Li, Xue Zhou, Feng J He, Graham A MacGregor, Puhong Zhang, Rong Luo, Zhihua Xu, Huijun Wang, Monique Tan, Wei Yan, Wenwen Du, Yifu Gao, Lei Yin, Xiaoyu Chang

“…The primary outcome is the change in the average salt content of the five best-selling dishes of the restaurant, as measured by laboratory tests. …”
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Variabilidade espacial de propriedades químicas do solo e da produtividade de citros na Amazônia Oriental Spatial variability of soil chemical properties and yield of citrus orchar... by Paulo C. G. Oliveira, Paulo R. S. Farias, Herdjania V. Lima, Antonio R. Fernandes, Francisco A. Oliveira, Javier D. Pita

“…The total fruit production ranged from 11.25 to 80.8 kg plant-1, the average fruit size varied with the plant row, probably because of hoeing in alternate plant rows. …”
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Exploring the effect of training set size and number of categories on ice crystal classification through a contrastive semi-supervised learning algorithm by Y. Chu, Y. Chu, H. Zhang, X. Li, J. Henneberger

“…When tested on the unseen CLOUDLAB dataset, CSSL shows superior generalization, improving accuracy by an average of 2.19 %. Our analysis also reveals that both CSSL and purely supervised algorithms exhibit inherent instability when trained on small dataset sizes, and the performance difference between them converges as the training set size exceeds 2048 samples. …”
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Estimating the Intra-Puparial Period of <i>Chrysomya nigripes</i> Aubertin Using Morphology and Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) Spectroscopy by Yi Guo, Yundi Gao, Na Chen, Xin Tang, Liangliang Li, Gengwang Hu, Jiangfeng Wang, Yu Wang

“…With an increase in temperature, the average duration of the intra-puparial period was reduced from the longest at 19 °C of 192 ± 0 h to 77.3 ± 4.6 h at 34 °C. …”
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The regulatory effects of epigallocatechin gallate on growth performance, systemic antioxidant status, immune response, and gut microbiota structure in geese by Mengyu Liu, Yansong Ge, Enshuang Xu, Tingting Zhu, Hongri Ruan, Jiasan Zheng

“…Geese in the EGCG group exhibited significantly higher final body weight (2.93 kg vs. 2.28 kg, P < 0.01) and average daily gain (72.38 g/d vs. 41.4 g/d, P < 0.01) along with a 42.8 % reduction in the feed conversion ratio (3.95 vs. 6.91, P < 0.01) versus the control. …”
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