Effect of Levothyroxine Replacement on Cognitive Function Impairment in a Sample of Egyptian Population with Subclinical Hypothyroidism by Salwa Seddik Hosny El-khwaga, Dina Ahmed Marwan, Nahla Nader Adly, Marina El-Amir Hakim, Ahmed Mohamed Bahaaeldin

“…Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effect of levothyroxine replacement on cognitive impairment in a sample of Egyptian patients with SHT. …”
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Results of Total Hip Replacement Surgery Using Short-Stem Spiron Prosthesis in Vietnamese Adults by Mai Duc Thuan, Nguyen Quoc Dung

“…Total hip arthroplasty with traditional stem joints, although bringing many benefits to patients indicated for hip replacement, faces many difficulties in reoperations in young patients due to the limited lifespan of the artificial joint. …”
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Effect of Steel Fibers and Iron Filings on Concrete Properties with Partial Replacement of Cement by Fly Ash by Zainab A. Mohammed, Assel Qaddoori Makhool, Yasir W. Abdujaleel, Ishraq Hameed Naser, Gummadi Chiranjeevi

“…Concrete faces persistent challenges, such as low tensile strength, brittleness, and a propensity to crack. …”
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Impact of psychological factors on the final clinical outcomes of patients undergoing ankle arthrodesis and ankle replacement by Hongze Wang, Shihang Cao, Geng Liu, Jun Lu, Junkui Xu

“…Patients with poorer preoperative psychological status had worse clinical outcomes and faced a higher risk of complications. The study indicates that both TAR and AA are effective treatment options for patients with ESAA, but poor preoperative psychological status is one of the important risk factors for poor prognosis. …”
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Development of an Automatic Rock Mass Classification System Using Digital Tunnel Face Mapping by Hyun-Koo Lee, Myung-Kyu Song, Young-Oh Jeong, Sean Seung-Won Lee

“…Tunnel face mapping can be promptly accomplished using images captured at the excavation face, enabling rapid analysis. …”
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Patients’ and caregivers’ perspectives on access to kidney replacement therapy in rural communities: systematic review of qualitative studies by Allison Tong, Stephen May, Jonathan Craig, Martin Howell, Talia Gutman, Rachel Chalmers, David J Tunnicliffe, Nicole Jane Scholes-Robertson, Amanda Baumgart, Victoria SInka

“…Objective Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) requiring kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in rural communities encounter many barriers in accessing equitable care and have worse outcomes compared with patients in urban areas. …”
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eHealth versus face-to-face support for remission of type 2 diabetes by calorie restriction (eHealth DIabetes remission Trial): study protocol for a non-inferiority parallel group... by Lars Lindholm, Per Liv, Julia Otten, Anna Winkvist, Andreas Stomby, Youssef Chninou, Anna Tellström, Claudia Schien

“…A recent study shows that long-term remission of type 2 diabetes can be achieved through calorie restriction using total diet replacement. However, this intervention involves support through face-to-face meetings every 2 to 4 weeks over a 2-year period, which is not feasible in routine care with limited resources. …”
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Riboflavin based setup as an alternative method for a preliminary screening of face mask filtration efficiency by Aida Cavallo, Tamer Al Kayal, Giorgio Soldani, Paola Losi, Lorena Tedeschi

“…Abstract Face masks are essential in reducing the transmission of respiratory infections and bacterial filtration efficiency, a key parameter of mask performances, requires the use of Staphylococcus aureus and specialised staff. …”
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Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Replacement for Autofusion Secondary to Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Case Report by Morgan K Villa, Rafael Robles, Maya Johnson, Wesley Lemons, Geoffrey Marano, Gregory J Golladay

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Power Grid Renovation: A Comprehensive Review of Technical Challenges and Innovations for Medium Voltage Cable Replacement by Amir Rafati, Hamid Mirshekali, Hamid Reza Shaker, Navid Bayati

“…Medium-voltage (MV) aged cables are infrastructures facing significant challenges that can compromise the security of supply and reduce the reliability of power grids. …”
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Learning deep forest for face anti-spoofing: An alternative to the neural network against adversarial attacks by Rizhao Cai, Liepiao Zhang, Changsheng Chen, Yongjian Hu, Alex Kot

“…Face anti-spoofing (FAS) is significant for the security of face recognition systems. neural networks (NNs), including convolutional neural network (CNN) and vision transformer (ViT), have been dominating the field of the FAS. …”
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CFR-YOLO: A Novel Cow Face Detection Network Based on YOLOv7 Improvement by Guohong Gao, Yuxin Ma, Jianping Wang, Zhiyu Li, Yan Wang, Haofan Bai

“…Then, we calculate the frame center of gravity and frame size based on these feature points to design the cow face detection CFR-YOLO network model. To optimize the performance of the model, the activation function of FReLU is used instead of the original SiLU activation function, and the CBS module is replaced by the CBF module. …”
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Evolution Law of Floor Fracture Zone above a Confined Aquifer Using Backfill Replacement Mining Technology by Shan Ning, Weibing Zhu, Xiaoyong Yi, Laolao Wang

“…Then, the destruction of the floor after replacing the remaining coal pillars is explored. The results show that the widths of the strip mining face and coal pillars play an important role in affecting the failure depth of the floor: the greater the width, the larger the failure depth. …”
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Objective Sliding Mode Control for the Flotation Motor Replacement Process Based on a Stepwise Stochastic Configuration Network by Yunze Tang, Jinghui Qiao, Ningkang Xiong

“…Flotation motors face constant vibration and friction in the working process, resulting in wear and often need to be replaced, reducing production efficiency. …”
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The existing business relations model has exhausted itself: restructuring on a scientific basis in the face of changes by I. D. Matskulyak, D. I. Matskulyak, N. Z. Nagdaliev

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Repurposing Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate Pathway Medications, from Vasodilation toward Changing the Face of Heart Failure by Antoine Fakhry AbdelMassih, Buthaina Ramadan, Jana Tarek ElDemerdash, Monia Mostafa Zayed, M. Wasim Soued, Nadine El-Husseiny, Yousef M. Husseiny, Passant Saad

“…This also might mean delaying the necessity for mechanical support or transplantations, which can change the face of advanced or end-stage HF.…”
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Mastery of Skills 4.0 Effect on The Readiness of College Students in Facing Revolution of Industry 4.0 by Isna Juwita, Insannul Kamil, Jonrinaldi, Berry Yuliandra, Irsyadul Halim

“…Some are even unnecessary because they are replaced by automation and robots. The emergence of several new skills (skills 4.0) that are more dominant is needed to make every interested party to prepare themselves to face the challenges of the revolution of industry 4.0. …”
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Advancing Heart Valve Replacement: Risk Mitigation of Decellularized Pulmonary Valve Preparation for Its Implementation in Public Tissue Banks by Rodríguez Martínez JI, Castells-Sala C, Piteira AR, Montagner G, Trojan D, Martinez-Legazpi P, Acosta Ocampo A, Fernández-Santos ME, Bermejo J, Jashari R, Pérez ML, Agustí E, Tabera J, Vilarrodona A

“…Jose Ignacio Rodríguez Martínez,1,2,* Cristina Castells-Sala,1,2,* Ana Rita Baptista Piteira,1,2 Giulia Montagner,3 Diletta Trojan,3 Pablo Martinez-Legazpi,4,5 Alejandra Acosta Ocampo,5,6 Maria Eugenia Fernández-Santos,5,6 Javier Bermejo,5– 7 Ramadan Jashari,8 Maria Luisa Pérez,1,9 Elba Agustí,1,9 Jaime Tabera,1,2 Anna Vilarrodona1,9 1Barcelona Tissue Bank, Banc de Sang i Teixits (BST), Barcelona, Spain; 2Biomedical Research Institute (IIB-Sant Pau; SGR1113), Barcelona, Spain; 3Fondazione Banca dei Tessuti del Veneto, Treviso, Italy; 4Department of Mathematical Physics and Fluids, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, UNED, Madrid, Spain; 5Centre for Biomedical Research in Cardiovascular Disease Network (CIBER-CV) and Red de Investigación Cooperativa Orientada a Resultados En Salud (RICORS) TERAV, from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; 6Department of Cardiology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute (Iisgm), Madrid, Spain; 7Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain; 8European Homograft Bank (EHB) Cliniques Universitaires, Saint-Luc, Bruxelles; 9Vall Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Cristina Castells-Sala, Barcelona Tissue Bank (BTB), Banc de Sang i Teixits (BST, GenCAT), Passeig Taulat 116, Barcelona, E-08005, Spain, Tel +34 935573500, Email ccastells@bst.catPurpose: Cryopreserved homografts for valve replacement surgeries face a major problem regarding their durability after implantation and decellularized pulmonary heart valves have raised as potential new generation substitute for these surgeries. …”
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Restorative Justice in Criminal Cases - Replacing the Adversarial Process as a “Zero-Sum Game”: Case Study of Victoria, Australia by Kirill E. Belsky

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Surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement align survival with general population expectations: insights from standardized mortality ratios by Marin Boute, Marin Boute, David De Azevedo, David De Azevedo, Christophe de Terwangne, Christophe de Terwangne, Anne-Catherine Pouleur, Anne-Catherine Pouleur, Agnès Pasquet, Agnès Pasquet, Bernhard L. Gerber, Bernhard L. Gerber, Laurent de Kerchove, Laurent de Kerchove, Christophe Beauloye, Christophe Beauloye, Christophe Beauloye, Joëlle Kefer, Joëlle Kefer, Frédéric Maes, Frédéric Maes, Sophie Pierard, Sophie Pierard, Sophie Pierard, David Vancraeynest, David Vancraeynest

“…BackgroundComparative long-term survival outcomes between transcatheter (TAVR) and surgical (SAVR) aortic valve replacement remain debated. While randomized controlled trials support TAVR's non-inferiority, real-world data indicate the opposite. …”
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