Ocular Structural and Vascular Changes in Patients with Severe Asymptomatic Carotid Disease After Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) and Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS) by Foteini Xanthou, Anna Dastiridou, Athanasios Giannoukas, Miltiadis Matsagkas, Chara Tzavara, Athanasios Chaidoulis, Sofia Androudi, Evangelia E. Tsironi

“…<b>Results</b>: The subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT), peripapillary choroidal thickness inferior to the optic nerve head (ppCTi), total overall average retinal vascular density (rVDtot), and total overall average choriocapillaris vascular density (ccVDtot) of the eyes ipsilateral to the operated carotid artery increased significantly after revascularization, whereas a statistically significant increase was also found in the SFCT, rVDtot, and ccVDtot of the contralateral eyes in the overall cohort. …”
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Next-generation calcium oxide nanoparticles: A breakthrough in energy storage and humidity sensing by Asif Khan, Syed Tasleem Hussain, Abdul Naeem, Ayesha Sadiqa, Awais Ahmad, Muhammad Aamir Ali Shehzada, Munirah D. Albaqami

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Early Results After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Severe Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction by M. K. Mazanov, P. V. Chernyavsky, M. A. Sagirov, N. M. Bikbova, N. I. Kharitonova, D. V. Chernyshev, A. V. Timerbayev, S. Y. Kambarov

“…The average age of the patients was 59.36±8.97 years (from 30 to 78 years), 93% of the patients were men. …”
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Subclinical myocardial dysfunction of the left ventricular in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by R. A. Karateev, I. G. Kirillova, Yu. N. Gorbunova, T. V. Popkova

“…The aim – to study the frequency of left ventricular (LV) myocardial dysfunction and its relationship with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Materials and methods. The study included 100 patients with SLE who met the criteria of SLICC/ACR 2012, 87% were women, the average age was 33 [25; 40] years, the average duration of the disease was 1 [1; 9] year, patients with varying degrees of activity according to SLEDAI-2K (low/moderate/high) – 30/45/25 (30%/45%/25%). …”
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SAR-PATT: A Physical Adversarial Attack for SAR Image Automatic Target Recognition by Binyan Luo, Hang Cao, Jiahao Cui, Xun Lv, Jinqiang He, Haifeng Li, Chengli Peng

“…In the physical world, we achieved an average fooling rate of up to 97.87% for these objects, with a certain degree of transferability across the six different network architectures. …”
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Experience of using gene replacement therapy with Zolgensma® (onasemnogene abeparvovec) in real clinical practice in Russia by S. B. Artemyeva, Yu. O. Papina, O. A. Shidlovskaya, A. V. Monakhova, D. V. Vlodavets

“…The average improvement on the HINE-2 scale was 3.3 / 4.4 points, respectively. …”
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Spatial Coupling Pattern of Soil Layer and Upper Epikarst Zone on a Dolomite Hillslope by TANG Xufang, FU Zhiyong, HUANG Yuhan, WANG Sheng, ZHAO Jie, CHEN Hongsong

“…Nevertheless, the coupling relationships between the soil and the upper epikarst zone remain poorly understood. [Methods] A representative dolomite hillslope was chosen for detailed soil-epikarst system structure investigation through trench excavation method. …”
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Optical coherence tomography in the evaluation of structural changes in primary open-angle glaucoma with and without elevated intraocular pressure by Trenkić-Božinović Marija, Zlatanović Gordana, Jovanović Predrag, Veselinović Dragan, Đorđević-Jocić Jasmina, Radenković Marija, Resan Mirko

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences and connections between changes in the visual field and the thickness of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma with normal and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). Methods. This prospective study included 38 patients (38 eyes) with primary open-angle glaucoma with normal intraocular pressure (NTG) and 50 patients (50 eyes) with primary open-angle glaucoma with elevated intraocular pressure (HTG), paired by the same degree of structural glaucomatous changes in the optic nerve head and by age. …”
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Regional disparities, dynamic evolution, and spatial spillover effects of medical resource allocation efficiency in TCM hospitals by Zhihao Wang, Zhiguang Li, Ruijin Xie

“…Results In 17 provinces, the efficiency is higher than the average value of 0.839, and in 8 provinces, the average value has exceeded 1. …”
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Comparative genomic analysis of Helicobacter pylori isolates from gastric cancer and gastritis in China by Peng-fei Kong, Yong-hao Yan, Yan-tao Duan, Yan-tian Fang, Yi Dou, Yong-hu Xu, Da-zhi Xu

“…We observed a high degree of consistency in the VFs predicted for both cohorts; however, there was a significant difference in their cagA status. …”
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SPECIFIC FEATURES IN THE EXPRESSION OF INTRASPECIES VARIABILITY OF PRUNUS PUMILA FRUITS IN CHELYABINSK PROVINCE IN THE PROCESS OF INTRODUCTION by M. S. Lezin, V. S. Simagin, A. V. Lokteva

“…Mamaev’s scale.Results and conclusion. The average fruit weight was 2.49±0.11 g and varied from 1.25 to 5.15 g. …”
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Preoperative alcohol consumption, intraoperative bleeding and postsurgical pain may increase the risk of postoperative delirium in patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatect... by Lađević Nikola, Knežević Nebojša Nick, Magdelinić Anđela, Likić-Lađević Ivana, Durutović Otaš, Stamenković Dušica, Jovanović Vesna, Lađević Nebojša

“…Assessment for the presence and severity of delirium was per-formed using CAM (the Confusion Assessment Method), and an assessment of the degree of agitation and sedation using RASS (the Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale). …”
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF ORIGINAL AND GENERIC BISOPROLOL IN PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION 1-2 GRADE by S. N. Tolpygina, E. V. Shilova, S. Y. Martsevich

“…To study a clinical equivalence of two medications of bisoprolol in patients with arterial hypertension (AH) 1-2 grades.Methods. Efficacy and tolerability of original (Concor, NYCOMED, Merck KGaA) and generic (Bisogamma, WORWAG PHARMA GmbH &amp; Co) bisoprolol were investigated in open-label cross-over randomized comparative study. 32 patients (15 males and 17 females) with AH of 1 (66%) and 2 (34%) grades aged of 60 y.o. on average were involved. …”
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A Study on the Functional Outcome of Hybrid External Fixator in Type 5 and Type 6 Schatzker Tibial Plateau Fracture by Praveen K. Prasannan, Nandu M. S. Nair, E. Kaizar Ennis, Praveen R. Iyer

“…All fractures united in an average time of 14 weeks (range = 8–20 weeks). Six fractures have virus/vagus malunion. …”
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Determination Model of Epidermal Wettability for Apple Rootstock Cutting Based on the Improved U-Net by Xu Wang, Lixing Liu, Jinxuan Zou, Hongjie Liu, Jianping Li, Pengfei Wang, Xin Yang

“…A machine vision-based discrimination model for the moisture degree of cuttings’ epidermis was designed. This model optimizes the structure of the semantic segmentation model U-Net. …”
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Procedure of definition of structure and parameters of multi-band matching circuits on the basis of intracavitary complex criterion for conformity to the ideal filter by V. N. Shashok, A. S. Kanaplizki

“…The research presents a short description of three widely used estimation criteria of the characteristics of frequency-selective circuits: Taylor, Chebyshev and average-degree criteria. Expedients of an estimate of joint approximation of amplitude-frequency and phasefrequency characteristics of synthesized circuits to those of the ideal filter are shown. …”
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Structure and properties of multilayer plasma Ti-Cu coatings by S.A. Guchenko, N.N. Koval, V.M. Yurov, O.V. Krysina, V.Ch. Laurinas, O.N. Zavatskaya

“…The Ti-Cu-N coatings synthesized by us possessed hardness with an average value of up to 32 GPa, an elastic modulus of 400– 550 GPa, a degree of elastic recovery of 0.69, and a plasticity index of about 0.15, which in terms of parameters is one of the best examples among the well-known hardening coatings. …”
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The study of rice hybrids obtained in hybridization of the Turkish and Russian varieties in the Rostov region by P. I. Kostylev, E. V. Krasnova, L. M. Kostyleva

“…The purpose of the work is to analyze quantitative traits of the hybrids F1 among the Turkish and Russian varieties and their effect on productivity of kernels per panicle. The method of the analysis is a statistic and genetic analysis, which allow establishing a degree of phenotypic domination of the trait and an effect of true heterosis. …”
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Digital Landscape Architecture Design Using High Resolution Remote Sensing Image Interpretation by Hang Yin, Lanyu Chang, Guangpeng Yue

“…The overall image segmentation was excellent, with an average diameter at breast height of 8.0–17.0 cm, mixing degree of 0.4–0.6, vertical diversity of 0.5–0.8, and a clear forest hierarchy when the average density was between 800–1100 plants/hm2. …”
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Селекционно-генетическая оценка гибридов озимой твердой пшеницы на качество клейковины by A. P. Samofalov, M. A. Avramenko, N. E. Samofalova, N. P. Ilichkina, M. M. Kopus

“…The most hybrids had average indexes of the trait in the limits of parental variability. …”
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