Prognostic factors of survival in patients with lung cancer after low-dose computed tomography screening: a multivariate analysis of a lung cancer screening cohort in China by Jun Li, Hui-Lin Xu, Wei-Xi Li, Xiao-Yu Ma, Xiao-Hua Liu, Zuo-Feng Zhang

“…Survival analyses were conducted using the Kaplan–Meier method and the log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards regression models were utilized to identify prognostic factors, including demographic characteristics, risk factors, low-dose CT (LDCT) screening, and treatment information. …”
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Single-cell transcriptome and multi-omics integration reveal ferroptosis-driven immune microenvironment remodeling in knee osteoarthritis by Yushun Wu, Jing Liu, Wenying Yu, Xiaoding Wang, Jian Li, Weiquan Zeng

“…Single-cell data were processed via Seurat (QC: mitochondrial genes >3 MAD; normalization: LogNormalize; batch correction: Harmony) and annotated using CellMarker/PanglaoDB. …”
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Expression and Prognostic Significance of PDIA3 in Cervical Cancer by Jing Zhang, Hui Li, Huling Li, Dandan Lin, Xiaoyan Wang, Kai Wang

“…The Kaplan–Meier method and log-rank test were used for survival analysis. Based on the cBioPortal database, the Spearman’s and Pearson’s methods were used to analyze the correlation between PDIA3 expression and DNA methylation. …”
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Feeding rumen-protected choline to prepartum Holstein cows in negative energy balance increases circulating lipoprotein phosphatidylcholine and triglyceride concentrations by W.A. Myers, M.G. Zenobi, D.C. Reyes, J.E.P. Santos, C.R. Staples, J.W. McFadden

“…Normalized omics data were natural-log-transformed. Plasma concentrations of total TAG within the TAG-rich lipoprotein fraction increased both linearly and quadratically, whereas total cholesterol exhibited a linear increase with higher RPC intake. …”
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The Mechanism of Aniline Blue Degradation by Short-Chain Dehydrogenase (<i>SDRz</i>) in <i>Comamonas testosteroni</i> by Chuanzhi Zhang, Yong Huang, Jiaxin He, Lei He, Jinyuan Zhang, Lijing Yu, Elshan Musazade, Edmund Maser, Guangming Xiong, Miao Xu, Liquan Guo

“…Through prokaryotic transcriptome analysis, we identified a significantly upregulated short-chain dehydrogenase (<i>SDRz</i>) gene (log₂FC = 2.11, <i>p</i> < 0.05) that plays a crucial role in the degradation process. …”
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Sarcopenia Is Associated With Increased Risk of Abnormal Sleep Duration in the Older People: A 10‐Year Cohort Study From China by Yimi Wang, Weixin Chen, Chun Wang, Lingzhi Li, Bingqing Bi, Shugang Li, Hao Wu

“…ABSTRACT Background With the acceleration of the aging process, health issues of older people have gradually become one of the most important research topics. …”
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The role of transcriptional ‘futile cycles’ in autophagy and microbial pathogenesis by Guowu Hu, Travis McQuiston, Amélie Bernard, Yoon-Dong Park, Jin Qiu, Ali Vural, Nannan Zhang, Scott R. Waterman, Nathan H. Blewett, Timothy G. Myers, John H. Kehrl, Gulbu Uzel, Daniel J. Klionsky, Peter R. Williamson

“…Target of rapamycin (Tor) is a central regulator of this process, acting by post-translational mechanisms, phosphorylating preformed autophagy-related (Atg) proteins to repress autophagy during log-phase growth. …”
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Fault classification method for on-board equipment of metro train control system based on BERT-CNN by XU Qian, ZHANG Lei, OU Dongxiu, HE Yunpeng

“…The on-board equipment of metro communication based train control (CBTC) is facing laborious maintenance problems, and its textual maintenance logs are criticized for having excessively fragmented information, ambiguous semantics and confused categorization, resulting in low classification metrics by traditional textual distributed representation with basic machine learning algorithms. …”
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Technical Analysis of Horizontal Section Geosteering by LI Xiaoqiang, YANG Bin, YANG Zhihua

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Towards the Application of GraphRAG to Network Security by Marco Carvalho, Fitzroy Nembhard, Dhanish Mehta

“… The adoption of large language models (LLMs) has facilitated significant advancements in natural language processing. In a short space of time, LLMs have permeated a wide array of disciplines including healthcare, finance, education, etc. …”
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Digital automatic measurement method for geological information of rock mass structure by Shuangfeng Guo, Runen Qi, Peng Zhang, Aoquan Hu

“…The digital automatic measurement of rock mass structural geological information is achieved with ArcGIS data processing tools. Finally, the reliability and efficiency of the method proposed in this paper were verified by combining the geological logging work of the underground excavation of the large-span station tunnel face at Dan Shan Station on Qingdao Metro Line 15.…”
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Wastewater treatment in tropical, vertical up-flow constructed wetlands with selected macrophytes species: A preliminary analysis by Muhammedziyad Geleto, MihretDananto Ulsido, YohannesSeifu Berego

“…The current study showed that Polygonumhydropiperoides(PH), Chrysopogonzizanioides (CZ), and Cyperusexaltatus(CE) can sustain water logging and partially saturated conditions. The conducted wetland experiments pointed out the feasibility of VUFCW technology in ameliorating the impurities in wet coffee processing mills wastewater. …”
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A strategy for recovering continuous behavioral telemetry data from Pacific walruses by Anthony Fischbach, Chadwick V. Jay

“…Data collected by these tags from Pacific walruses across their range during 2007–2015 demonstrated the consistency of foraging behavior collected by this strategy with data collected by data logging tags; and demonstrated the ability to collect geospatial behavioral chronologies with minimal missing data where recovery of data logging tags is precluded. …”
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Measurement of Intratumor Heterogeneity and Its Changing Pattern to Predict Response and Recurrence Risk After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer by Mingxi Zhu, Qiong Wu, Xiaochuan Geng, Huaying Xie, Yan Wang, Ziping Wu, Yanping Lin, Liheng Zhou, Shuguang Xu, Yumei Ye, Wenjin Yin, Jia Hua, Jingsong Lu, Yaohui Wang

“…Patients were randomly divided into the training cohort and the validation cohort at a 1:1 ratio. MR images were processed by algorithms to quantify the heterogeneity of tumors. …”
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Student Engagement Dataset (SED): An Online Learning Activity Dataset by M. S. S. Kassim, Z. H. Azizul, A. A. H. Ahmad Fuaad

“…It contains information such as grades and daily logged online activities (approximately 12 million data points), including temporal data across four tables. …”
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SulfideNet: Deep Learning for Detection and Quantification of Iron Sulfides in Drill Core Scans by Maral Rasoolijaberi, Chuiqing Zeng, John Manchuk, Michelle Legat, Abigail Jackson-Gain

“…The results indicate that SulfideNet delivers robust and reliable detection of sulfide minerals, positioning it as a useful AI-assistance tool for geologists in core logging. This innovation leads to improved consistency of core logging, improved geological models, and ultimately more informed decisions in mining exploration and processing.…”
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A Method for Identifying Thin Interbedded Lithological Interfaces Based on the Combination of Wavelet and Deconvolution by LI Zhipeng, HUANG Lisha, YAN Jianping, YANG Minglin, WU Hongcui, WANG Min

“…To accurately identify the layering interfaces of thin interbedded lithology, we propose a method that integrates wavelet analysis with deconvolution, approaching it from the perspectives of logging information acquisition resolution and signal analysis. …”
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Loss of OBSCN expression promotes bladder cancer progression but enhances the efficacy of PD-L1 inhibitors by Tao Wang, Tuanjie Guo, Juanjuan Sun, Xinyue Zang, Lei Dong, Jian Zhang, Siteng Chen, Guihua Chen, Sicong Ma, Xinyu Zhai, Chuanmin Chu, Chaofu Wang, Xiang Wang, Dongliang Xu, Mingyue Tan

“…Kaplan-Meier curves with log-rank test, univariate and multivariate COX regression were performed to evaluate the prognostic efficacy of OBSCN expression. …”
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The role of GLP-1 receptor agonists in IBD-related surgery and IBD-related complications of inflammatory bowel disease among patients with metabolic comorbidities: a systematic rev... by Mengqi Yang, Yujia Huo, Yujia Huo, Yujia Huo, Zhining Liu, Guannan Bai, Dongjun He, Lin Zhang, Lin Zhang, Lin Zhang

“…Random-effects meta-analyses were performed using log-transformed effect sizes. Heterogeneity was assessed using I2 and τ2. …”
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Preclinical studies of antiviral activity of the RPH-137 fusion protein and molnupiravir against COVID-19 by E. V. Shipaeva, O. V. Filon, A. V. Zintchenko, G. A. Shipunov, A. A. Dmitrieva, M. S. Lemak, S. A. Grishin, E. I. Trofimets, K. L. Kryshen, L. I. Kozlovskaya, A. S. Lunin, V. D. Apolokhov, S. F. Barbashov, Ya. V. Lavrovsky, M. Yu. Samsonov

“…The animals were infected intranasally with SARS-CoV-2 (PIK35 clinical isolate) in the dose of 5 log TCID50. The authors evaluated body weight measurements, lung–body weight ratios, and lung histopathology findings and determined viral RNA levels in oropharyngeal swabs by RT-PCR using the amplification cycle threshold (Ct). …”
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