Analysis of pulmonary nodules in patients with high-grade soft tissue sarcomas. by Tomoki Nakamura, Akihiko Matsumine, Miki Matsusaka, Keitaro Mizumoto, Mayuko Mori, Tomoya Yoshizaki, Takao Matsubara, Kunihiro Asanuma, Akihiro Sudo

“…Careful follow-up is needed if nodules are detected after initial treatment or during the clinical course of the disease.…”
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Elizabethkingia meningoseptica: Case report on an emerging pathogen and its associated treatment challenges by Fabrizio Tropea, David Fraulino, Jeffrey Aeschlimann, P. Rocco LaSala, Sonia Magano

“…E. meningoseptica displays a unique multi-drug resistant profile that often makes initial antimicrobial selection challenging. This case illustrates the importance of early detection and use of in vitro susceptibility testing to guide therapeutic decision-making in E. meningoseptica infections; a pathogen known to have both high morbidity and mortality particularly in the immunocompromised.…”
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Lightning Prediction in the Tehran Region Using the WRF Model With Multiple Physical Parameterizations and an Ensemble Approach by Sakineh Khansalari, Maryam Gharaylou

“…Comparisons with ENTLN data showed that configurations 1 and 2, using WSM6 and Goddard schemes, achieved the highest Probability of Detection, Critical Success Index, and higher Success Rates for actual lightning events. …”
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Gastric inverted polyp successfully resected by underwater endoscopic mucosal resection by Yuki Nakamura, Takahiro Nomi, Sho Yasui, Jun‐ichi Okano, Ichiro Yamadori, Hidetaka Yamamoto, Yuichiro Sasaki, Hajime Isomoto

“…In 2024, 11 years after the initial detection, the lesion had grown to over 10 mm in diameter and exhibited central erythematous depression. …”
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Estimation of micro-extraction process hippuric acid for toluene exposure monitoring in urine samples by Behnaz Sarani, Mashaallah Rahmani, Ahmad Reza Abbasian

“…The independent variables for the micro-extraction process of hippuric acid were examined, while the response from the HA monitoring acted as the dependent variable. Initial screening and parameter optimization were performed using the multivariate models. …”
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T3 Talk2Text – A model for near real-time voice transcription in virtual group meetings by Thomas Kasakowskij, Joerg M. Haake

“…The implementation of T3 uses voice activation detection, WebRTC and ASR models to maintain a high level of quality in the transcription process. …”
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Risk factors and an optimized prediction model for urosepsis in diabetic patients with upper urinary tract stones by Chongxiang Gao, Jiancen Liu, Dejuan Wang, Minghui Liu, Jianguang Qiu

“…Abstract To identify independent risk factors for urosepsis in diabetic patients with upper urinary tract stones (UUTS) and develop a prediction model to facilitate early detection and diagnosis, we retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients admitted between January 2020 and June 2023. …”
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A data-driven semi-parametric model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the United States. by John M Drake, Andreas Handel, Éric Marty, Eamon B O'Dea, Tierney O'Sullivan, Giovanni Righi, Andrew T Tredennick

“…The stochastic SEIR-type model includes compartments for latent, asymptomatic, detected and undetected symptomatic individuals, and hospitalized cases, and features realistic interval distributions for presymptomatic and symptomatic periods, time varying rates of case detection, diagnosis, and mortality. …”
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RRBM-YOLO: Research on Efficient and Lightweight Convolutional Neural Networks for Underground Coal Gangue Identification by Yutong Wang, Ziming Kou, Cong Han, Yuchen Qin

“…Coal gangue identification is the primary step in coal flow initial screening, which mainly faces problems such as low identification efficiency, complex algorithms, and high hardware requirements. …”
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Enhancing Melanoma Diagnosis with Advanced Deep Learning Models Focusing on Vision Transformer, Swin Transformer, and ConvNeXt by Serra Aksoy, Pinar Demircioglu, Ismail Bogrekci

“…Nevertheless, the one and only way to save lives is to detect it at its initial stages. This study explores the application of advanced deep learning models for classifying benign and malignant melanoma using dermoscopic images. …”
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Update on hyperuricaemia and gout with evidence based management guidelines by Girish M. Mody

“…Experience with ultrasound and dual energy computed tomography led to the detection of urate crystals in patients with asymptomatic hyperuricaemia. …”
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Diagnosis and treatment of small bowel cancer by B. M. Rakhimov, E. P. Krivoshchekov, A. N. Kirsanov

“…Tumors of the small intestine are difficult to diagnose. Their preoperative detection is an exception rather than the rule.Materials and methods. …”
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Improved Variational Mode Decomposition Based on Scale Space Representation for Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Bearings by Baoxiang Wang, Guoqing Liu, Jihai Dai, Chuancang Ding

“…In concrete, the approach constructs a scale space by computing the inner product between the signal’s Fourier spectrum and a Gaussian function, and then identifies both the mode number and initial center frequencies through peak detection, ensuring more accurate and stable decomposition. …”
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The utility of a Bayesian predictive model to forecast neuroinvasive West Nile virus disease in the United States of America, 2022. by Maggie S J McCarter, Stella Self, Kyndall C Dye-Braumuller, Christopher Lee, Huixuan Li, Melissa S Nolan

“…Arboviruses (arthropod-borne-viruses) are an emerging global health threat that are rapidly spreading as climate change, international business transport, and landscape fragmentation impact local ecologies. Since its initial detection in 1999, West Nile virus has shifted from being a novel to an established arbovirus in the United States of America. …”
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An E. coli two-hybrid system to investigate human protein-protein interactions by Rebecca M. Richardson, Sarah M. Ho, Lane Tong, Morgan G. Daniels, Steven M. Pascal

“…MacConkey agar was used for initial detection of the interaction through colorimetric colony screening, distinguishing pale white-pink colonies (+ interaction) from red colonies (− interaction). …”
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Estimating Tree Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) Using iPad Pro LiDAR Sensor in Boreal Forests by Matthew Guenther, Muditha K. Heenkenda, Brigitte Leblon, Dave Morris, Jason Freeburn

“…This scoping study explored the possibility of using the Apple iPad Pro Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) sensor to estimate DBH. …”
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A Review: The Application of Path Optimization Algorithms in Building Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Pipe Design by Ruijun Deng, Xiaoliang Li, Yuhua Tian

“…To support low-carbon building initiatives, the framework is adaptable to LEED-compliant sustainable MEP design practices. …”
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Measurement of the Effective Refractive Index of Suspensions Containing 5 µm Diameter Spherical Polystyrene Microparticles by Surface Plasmon Resonance and Scattering by Osvaldo Rodríguez-Quiroz, Donato Luna-Moreno, Araceli Sánchez-Álvarez, Gabriela Elizabeth Quintanilla-Villanueva, Oscar Javier Silva-Hernández, Melissa Marlene Rodríguez-Delgado, Juan Francisco Villarreal-Chiu

“…Microplastics (MP) have been found not only in the environment but also in living beings, including humans. As an initial step in MP detection, a method is proposed to measure the effective refractive index of a solution containing 5 µm diameter spherical polystyrene particles (SPSP) in distilled water, based on the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique and Mie scattering theory. …”
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Comparison of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid mNGS and sputum culture in the clinical application of severe pneumonia by Na Gao, Na Gao, Jianwei Yin, Na Niu, Wendong Hao, Wendong Hao, Xiushan Chen, Tian Yang

“…According to the mNGS results, initial antipathogenic treatment was modified in 67.27% of patients. …”
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Upfront blood microRNA test in LDCT-reluctant individuals: insights from the biomild trial by Gabriella Sozzi, Federica Sabia, Luigi Rolli, Miriam Segale, Paola Suatoni, Anna Zanghi, Margherita Ruggirello, Alfonso Marchianò, Mattia Boeri, Ugo Pastorino

“…Based on BioMILD results, we aim to conduct a projection analysis to estimate the number of early lung cancers that could be detected if MSC were used as an initial screening tool for individuals reluctant to undergo LDCT. …”
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