Pharmacological Evaluation of Selected Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Oral and Skin Infections in Ebem-Ohafia District, Abia State, Nigeria by Blessing O. Oyedemi, Sunday O. Oyedemi, Johnson V. Chibuzor, Ifeoma I. Ijeh, Roger M. Coopoosamy, Ayobami O. Aiyegoro

“…The thin layer chromatography (TLC) profiling of ten of the selected folklore medicine was carried out using a various solvent system of different polarity index. …”
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Antimicrobial activities evaluation and phytochemical screening of some selected medicinal plants: A possible alternative in the treatment of multidrug-resistant microbes. by Taye Kebede, Eshetu Gadisa, Abreham Tufa

“…The susceptibility test, minimum inhibitory concentration, and minimum bactericidal or fungicidal concentration were measured using disc diffusion or broth micro-dilution as per the CLSI protocols.…”
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Optimal selection of favorable production areas for low-permeability sandstone gas reservoirs in the Benxi Formation of the Upper Carboniferous in Ordos Basin by Yu Lei, Fei Shixiang, Zhao Changhu, Chen Guowei, Cui Yuehua

“…Evaluation criteria for favorable areas within the Benxi Formation reservoir are established based on the natural gas accumulation process, providing guidance for selecting optimal target areas for production. Research has shown that: ① The coal seam source rocks of the Benxi Formation in the central and eastern parts of the Ordos Basin are widely developed, providing sufficient gas source for the Benxi Formation and even the entire Paleozoic reservoir. ② The Benxi Formation belongs to a self-generating and self-storing natural gas reservoir, where gas generated from the coal seam source rocks at the top of the formation preferentially diffuses and migrates into the underlying low-permeability sandstone, accumulating to form the reservoir. ③ The average porosity of the Benxi Formation sandstone reservoir is 6.27 %, with an average permeability of 1.5mD. …”
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DSS-YOLO: an improved lightweight real-time fire detection model based on YOLOv8 by Hongjie Wang, Xiaoyang Fu, Zixuan Yu, Zhifeng Zeng

“…The early stages of a fire, often characterized by small flames, diffuse smoke, and obstructed objects, can lead to challenges such as missed detections and poor real-time performance. …”
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Coronary Angioplasty with a Drug-Coated Balloon Catheter in the Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes: Medico-Social Perspectives and Challenges of Use in the Setting of Diffuse Co... by Evgen V. Aksenov, Artem Yu. Hladun, Sviatoslav A. Kalashnikov

“…This literature review explores the role of drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty in the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), with a particular focus on patients with diffuse coronary artery disease. Aim. To conduct a literature review on the benefits of using DCB in the treatment of patients with diffuse coronary artery disease and ACS. …”
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Reduced Shear Stress and Longer Blood Flow Time Occur in Both Severe Focal and Mild Diffuse LAD Lesions: Angiograms Alone Don’t Always Reveal Their True Impact on Blood Flow by Gianluca Rigatelli, Marco Zuin, Niva Mileva, Dobrin Vassilev, Giuseppe Marchese, Ervis Hiso, Andrea Bertolini, Claudio Bilato

“…<b>Methods</b>: Patients who underwent coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) between 1 January 2023 and 1 September 2024 were selected for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. …”
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Tuberculous Pachymeningitis Presenting as a Diffused Dural Thickening in a Patient with Chronic Headache and Recurrent Neurological Abnormalities for More than a Decade: A Case Rep... by C. L. Fonseka, T. E. Kanakkahewa, S. D. A. L. Singhapura, J. S. Hewavithana, L. P. Kolambage, H. M. M. Herath, K. D. Pathirana, Thilak Priyantha Weeraratna

“…Tuberculous pachymeningitis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis usually suspected from the detection of thickening of the dura in contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. …”
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A Multi-Task Based Deep Learning Framework With Landmark Detection for MRI Couinaud Segmentation by Dong Miao, Ying Zhao, Xue Ren, Meng Dou, Yu Yao, Yiran Xu, Yingchao Cui, Ailian Liu

“…By employing a multi-task learning framework, we synchronized the detection of these landmarks with the segmentation process, resulting in accurate and robust delineation of the Couinaud segments.To comprehensively validate our model, we included multiple patient types in our test set&#x2014;those with normal livers, diffuse liver diseases, and localized liver lesions&#x2014;under varied imaging conditions, including two field strengths, two devices, and two contrast agents. …”
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Detecting representative data and generating synthetic samples to improve learning accuracy with imbalanced data sets. by Der-Chiang Li, Susan C Hu, Liang-Sian Lin, Chun-Wu Yeh

“…In the reducing operation, we use the box-and-whisker plot approach to exclude outliers and the Mega-Trend-Diffusion method to find representative data from the majority data. …”
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PREDICTORS OF AGGRESSIVE DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER. A REPORT OF A CASE OF PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER by R. A. Murashko, A. S. Shatokhina, A. I. Stukan, D. V. Andreev, E. V. Dulina

“…The most aggressive forms of PTC include diffuse sclerosing, tall cell, and insular variants of PTC. …”
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Clinical and radiographic features of sarcoidosis in menopausal women: The impact on therapeutic approach and prognosis by Milošković Vladana R., Pešut Dragica P.

“…Attention should be particularly focused on the detection of extrapulmonary sites involvement in this group of the patients. …”
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Functional Polyacrylate Textile Coatings with <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-Diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET) Immobilized on Zirconia, Alumina and Silica Sorbents by Sergei Zverev, Sergei Andreev, Ekaterina Anosova, Varvara Morenova, Maria Rakitina, Vladimir Vinokurov

“…Scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results revealed that the inorganic sorbents Al₂O₃, ZrO₂ and SiO₂-phenyl were successfully anchored in the polyacrylate structure, and the FTIR spectra confirmed the presence of repellent molecules. The thermal diffusion parameters of <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide were also calculated via thermogravimetric analysis and high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection. …”
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The research on the association between genetic alterations of DLBCLs and 18F-FDG PET/CT SUVmax and their clinical significance by TIAN Tian, CHEN Chen, WEI Ran, BAO Longlong, GU Bingxin, ZHANG Qunling, CAO Junning, YU Baohua, LI Xiaoqiu, ZHOU Xiaoyan

“…Background and purpose: Next generation sequencing-identified genetic alterations of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and baseline SUVmax detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT were correlated with patients’ prognosis. …”
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А Method and a Device for Evaluating the Functional State of Microcirculatory-Tissue Systems of the Human Body Based on Multiparametric Optical Diagnostics by A. V. Dunaev

“…The proposed approach of multiparametric optical diagnostics, when optical non-invasive technologies are used in combination, can be a promising tool that improves the sensitivity and accuracy of detecting microcirculatory and metabolic disorders at an early stage, which is important for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of various profiles.Aim. …”
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Environmental DNA for Assessing Population and Spatial Distribution of <i>Spinibarbus caldwelli</i> in the Liuxi River by Jujing Wang, Haimei Lin, Jinsheng Xiao, Guiyu Tan, Luobin Yan, Jiabo Chen, Jun Zhao, Junjie Wang

“…Our results showed a correlation between eDNA concentration and abundance/biomass of <i>S. caldwelli</i>. eDNA of <i>S. caldwelli</i> can diffuse up to 18 m in lentic ecosystems within 2 h and decreases with distance. eDNA of <i>S. caldwelli</i> released by 10 individuals in Liuxi River could be detected 900 m downstream. …”
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Design and Application of a Liquid Detection Device Based on Transmission Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging by Jintao Liu, Li Luo, Xiangyang Yu, Yefan Cai, Weibin Hong

“…The design of the device mainly includes two parts: a shooting system and a master computer, and the optical path is optimized by selecting the appropriate diffusion plate. As an application example, a concentration-absorbance model of liquid samples at characteristic wavelengths was established and used to predict the concentrations of different liquid samples. …”
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Application of Artificial Intelligence in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Detection and Response to Treatment: A Systematic Review by Faezeh Ghasemi, Ahmad Shalbaf, Ali Esteki

“…This study reviews the application of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly traditional machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL), in the detection of OCD and the prediction of responses to various treatments from clinical data and neuroimaging modalities, including electroencephalography (EEG), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional MRI (fMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging data (DTI). …”
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Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gas Sensor for Acetone Detection Using Correlated Laser Speckles by Xiaoquan Bai, Ning Bu, Yuxiang Yan, Yifei Ma, Mei Wang, Suotang Jia, Xuyuan Chen, Zhaomin Tong

“…The experimental results indicated that the PDLC gas sensor was selectively sensitive to different concentrations of the acetone vapor, ranging from 1 800 ppm to 3 200 ppm. …”
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Robustness Benchmark Evaluation and Optimization for Real-Time Vehicle Detection Under Multiple Adverse Conditions by Jianming Cai, Yifan Gao, Jinjun Tang

“…By evaluation, we provided guidance and direction for optimizing detection robustness. Based on these findings, we propose TDIRM, a traffic-degraded image restoration model based on stable diffusion, designed to efficiently restore degraded images in real traffic scenarios and thereby enhance the robustness of vehicle detection. …”
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Spectral monitoring technology for gas concentrations of multiple target components in oil and gas leakage detection by Zhirong ZHANG, Pengchao CHEN, Yongjun CAI, Wenyou DU, Zhonglin LI, Yuntao PENG, Pengshuai SUN, Bian WU

“…ObjectiveTraditional gas monitoring methods for oil and gas leakage fall short in meeting the growing demands for the safe operation and maintenance of smart pipeline networks, due to factors such as low detection sensitivity levels, short calibration intervals, frequent false alarms, limited ranges of detectable gases, susceptibility to environmental interference, and reliance on charged sensors. …”
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