Feasibility, efficacy, and safety of ventral caudal artery access for transarterial chemoembolization in a rat hepatocellular carcinoma model by Wei Hong, Zizhuo Wang, Lijie Zhang, Xin Zhang, Wei Yao, Tingting Yang, Chuansheng Zheng, Fengyong Liu, Bin Liang

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Central slip defect reconstruction utilizing partial ulnar side of flexor digitorum superficial tendon for chronic boutonniere deformity: A case report by Andriessanto Ceelvin Lengkong, Albertus Djarot Noersasongko, Haryanto Sunaryo, R. Tommy Suharso, Rangga B.V. Rawung, Stefan A.G.P Kambey, Alfons Datui

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The use of modern military technologies in the light of the law of weapons and the law of targeting by Behzad Seyfi

“…In fact, modern wars with modern tools as a dominant issue in contemporary military and security doctrines have made the effectiveness of the implementation and ability to apply international humanitarian rights to future wars questioned and sometimes doubted, and have provided the basis for their strengthening. …”
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A multicenter retrospective study on anesthesia methods and their impact on neurocognitive outcomes and other complications in elderly patients undergoing hemiarthroplasty by Gengrui Zhong, Xiaoli Huang, Congye Li, Deqiang Wang, Dingding Huang, Menghan Sun, Quanhong Zhou, Yong Guo

“…The overall PI incidence was significantly higher in general anesthesia groups compared to regional anesthesia groups, with notable differences in pairwise comparisons. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies for a safe (post-)pandemic implementation of school music trips and their impact on participants’ health by Linus Fritz Felix Möckel, Samipa Pudasaini, Kira Louisa Boldt, Fabian Holert, Anna Slagman, Stefanie Theuring, Frank Mockenhaupt, Martin Möckel

“…Additionally, anxiety symptoms [as measured using generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)-7 score] and the fear of getting infected marginally increased in students. …”
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Polar Ocean Mixing by Internal Tsunamis (POLOMINTS) by Michael Meredith, Katharine Hendry, E. Povl Abrahamsen, J. Alexander Brearley, Emma Young, David Munday, Hugh Venables, Anna Hogg, Benjamin Wallis, Katrien Van Landeghem, Filipa Carvalho, Andrew Yool, Amber Annett, Alberto Naveira Garabato, Mark Inall, Katy Sheen, Andrew Fleming, Estelle Dumont, Oskar Głowacki, Carlos Moffat, Neil Fraser, Sarah Gille, Matthew Alford, Rebecca Jackson, Katherine Retallick

“…There is a pressing need to include the effects of underwater tsunamis in the computer models that are used for projecting future ocean climate and ecosystem conditions and to determine the feedbacks between climate change and the generation of more underwater tsunamis.To answer these questions, our project will deploy innovative techniques for measuring the ocean and ice in close proximity to a calving glacier, including robotic underwater vehicles and remotely-piloted aircraft, and cutting-edge deep-learning techniques applied to satellite data. …”
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Comportamiento del hierro nodular austemperizado en condiciones de corrosión y desgaste // Behavior of austempered ductile iron under wear and corrosion conditions by L. Goyos Pérez, R. Castañeda Segarra, E. Wettinck, R. Valera, M. Moors

“…<p>Los hierros nodulares en general y los austemperizados en particular han sido usados con cada vez mayor frecuencia debido a<br />sus relevantes propiedades mecánicas en comparación con su costo.…”
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Analysis on Genetic Characteristics of the Guangdong Population of Sweetpotato Leaf Curl Virus by Mengdan DU, Zhenggang LI, Zifu HE, Xiaoman SHE, Yafei TANG

“…Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the monitoring of SPLCV and the regulation of sweetpotato seedling transportation, timely control Bemisia tabaci in the field, to effectively control the occurrence and damage of sweetpotato leaf curl disease.…”
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Co-Designing Priority Components of an mHealth Intervention to Enhance Follow-Up Care in Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Health Care Providers: Qualitative Descriptiv... by Sharon H J Hou, Brianna Henry, Rachelle Drummond, Caitlin Forbes, Kyle Mendonça, Holly Wright, Iqra Rahamatullah, Perri R Tutelman, Hailey Zwicker, Mehak Stokoe, Jenny Duong, Emily K Drake, Craig Erker, Michael S Taccone, Liam Sutherland, Paul Nathan, Maria Spavor, Karen Goddard, Kathleen Reynolds, Fiona S M Schulte

“… BackgroundSurvivors of childhood cancer are at risk of medical, psychological, and social late effects. To screen for their risks, receipt of consistent, cancer-specific follow-up care is crucial. …”
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QTL Identification of Hull Color for Foxtail Millet [<i>Setaria italica</i> (L.) P. Beauv.] Through Four Phenotype Identification Strategies in a RIL Population by Zhixiu Ma, Shaohua Chai, Yongjiang Wu, Yujie Li, Huibing Han, Hui Song, Jinfeng Gao, Baili Feng, Pu Yang

“…Four minor QTLs (<i>qHC3.1</i>, <i>qHC3.3</i>, <i>qHC4.1</i> and <i>qHC5.1</i>) can be stably detected only in method III, and two minor QTLs (<i>qHC8.2</i> and <i>qHC9.2</i>) can be stably detected only in method IV. Generally, method I is fast, efficient and cost-effective, which is suitable for the rapid detection of hull color. …”
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Prediction Models for Mortality in Patients With Moderate to Severe ARDS Treated in the ICUTake-Home Points by Katrijn Daenen, MD, Sara C.M. Stoof, MD, PhD, Hugo van Willigen, MD, Anders Boyd, PhD, Virgil A.S.H. Dalm, MD, PhD, Diederik A.M.P.J. Gommers, MD, PhD, Eric C.M. van Gorp, MD, PhD, Abraham J. Valkenburg, MD, PhD, Henrik Endeman, MD, PhD, Jilske A. Huijben, MD, PhD

“…The pooled area under the receiving operating characteristic curve (AUC) was calculated with random effects models both overall and in subgroups of models and study type (development or validation). …”
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Feasibility and usefulness of Gini coefficients of primary care visits as a measure of service inequality: preliminary findings from a cross-sectional study using region-wide elect... by Xin Yang, Jing Chai, Jing Cheng, DeBin Wang, XingRong Shen, Rong Liu, ManMan Lu, Jia Xu, Ningjing Yang, Guocheng Li

“…Then it developed logarithmic models of GPVs using different months of records and performed descriptive and generalised linear mixed-effects regression analyses of the GPVs for all-cause diseases. …”
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Estimation of the Leaf Area Index of Field Plants Based on Multi-Resolution Point Cloud Phenotype Reconstruction by Long Yangyang, Zhou Zhongfa, Zhao Xin, Zhang Tian, Peng Ruiwen, Wu Guijie, Zheng Jiajia, Chen Linlin

“…The cloud phenotype model uses the Lambert spherical coordinate system to convert the three-dimensional coordinates into spherical coordinates, and extracts the target plants to calculate the porosity, effective leaf area index, and clustering index to obtain the real leaf area index. …”
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Continuous collection of human mesenchymal-stromal-cell-derived extracellular vesicles from a stirred tank reactor operated under xenogeneic-free conditions for therapeutic applica... by Cristiana Ulpiano, William Salvador, Teresa Franchi-Mendes, Min-Chang Huang, Yee-Hsien Lin, Han-Tse Lin, Carlos A. V. Rodrigues, Ana Fernandes-Platzgummer, Joaquim M. S. Cabral, Gabriel A. Monteiro, Cláudia L. da Silva

“…Abstract Background Mesenchymal-stromal-cell-derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) play a key role in the paracrine effects of MSC and have demonstrated therapeutic potential in various preclinical models. …”
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Cement-within-cement technique in revision reverse total shoulder arthroplasty: complications, reoperations, and revision rates at 5-year mean follow-up by Rodrigo de Marinis, MD, John W. Sperling, Jr., Erick M. Marigi, MD, Ausberto Velasquez Garcia, MD, Eric R. Wagner, MD, Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo, MD, PhD

“…In hip arthroplasty, the cement-within-cement (CwC) technique has been well described as an effective option. However, for shoulder arthroplasty there remains a paucity of data investigating this technique. …”
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Identifying barriers and disparities in the healthcare of patients with alopecia areata: a mixed-methods analysis using claims data and qualitative interview data by Matthias Augustin, Christine Blome, Katharina Müller, Kristina Hagenström, Toni Maria Janke, Beke Hester, Theresa Klinger, Brigitte Stephan

“…Some patients were sceptical regarding the side effects of treatment and criticised exclusively symptomatic treatment. …”
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The impact of a comprehensive strategy on HIV treatment continuum in a highly endemic area of China: an interrupted time series analysis by Ruiying Liang, Fangfang Chen, Houlin Tang, Ju Wang, Decai Zhao, Junjie Wang, Jiejun Yu, Jian Li, Jun Yan, Zhongfu Liu

“…Subgroup analysis revealed that while the strategy's effects on these outcomes were generally consistent, the magnitude of improvement varied. …”
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A bird song detector for improving bird identification through deep learning: A case study from Doñana by Alba Márquez-Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel Mohedano-Munoz, Manuel J. Marín-Jiménez, Eduardo Santamaría-García, Giulia Bastianelli, Pedro Jordano, Irene Mendoza

“…Our approach demonstrated the effectiveness of integrating a Bird Song Detector with fine-tuned classification models for bird identification at local soundscapes. …”
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Perceptions and Attitudes of People With Cancer and Diabetes Towards Patient Guidelines: A Mixed Methods Study by Lijiao Yan, Ning Liang, Zeyu Yu, Loraine Cook, Sarah E. Scott, Karen Graham, Xing Liao, Haili Zhang, Jiale Hu, Nannan Shi, Jianping Liu

“…Patients' insights were integral to refining the interview questions, ensuring they were appropriate and effective. Additionally, the survey questionnaire was pre‐tested among 20 patients using the Think‐Aloud method, which led to significant revisions for better comprehension and response quality. …”
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Longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody durability in Puerto Rico by Zachary J. Madewell, Nathan E. Graff, Velma K. Lopez, Dania M. Rodriguez, Joshua M. Wong, Panagiotis Maniatis, Freddy A. Medina, Jorge L. Muñoz, Melissa Briggs-Hagen, Laura E. Adams, Vanessa Rivera-Amill, Gabriela Paz-Bailey, Chelsea G. Major

“…Abstract Understanding the dynamics of antibody responses following vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection is important for informing effective vaccination strategies and other public health interventions. …”
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