Risk assessment of femoral head AVN following reduction and fixation of intracapsular hip fractures in patients younger than 65 years over a 10 year follow up by Amit Benady, Noy Yehiel, Ben Efrima, Adnan Abdellatif, Matias Vidra, Morsi Khashan, Tomer Ben-Tov, Amal Khoury

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Achieving cloud resource optimization with trust-based access control: A novel ML strategy for enhanced performance by Bala Subramanian C, Bharathi ST, Shanmugapriya S

“…This paper presents AdaPCA—a novel method that integrates the adaptive capabilities of AdaBoost with the dimensionality-reduction efficacy of PCA. …”
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Transmission reduction and prevention with HPV vaccination (TRAP-HPV) study protocol: a randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of HPV vaccination in preventing transmission of... by François Coutlée, Mariam El-Zein, Pierre-Paul Tellier, Aaron MacCosham, Ann N Burchell, Eduardo L Franco

“…In this context, the Transmission Reduction and Prevention with HPV vaccination (TRAP-HPV) study was designed to determine the efficacy of an HPV vaccine in reducing transmission of genital and oral HPV infection in sexual partners of vaccinated individuals.Methods and analysis The TRAP-HPV study is an ongoing randomised controlled trial among heterosexual couples living in Montreal, Canada. …”
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Promoting iron folic acid consumption using social norms as a mechanism of change in the Reduction in Anemia through Normative Innovations (RANI) project: a randomized controlled t... by Bee-Ah Kang, Rajiv N. Rimal, Jeffrey Bingenheimer, Rohini Ganjoo, Hagere Yilma, Erica Sedlander

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Effects of online mindfulness-based stress reduction training on depression and anxiety symptoms among psychiatric healthcare workers in a randomized controlled trial: the mediatin... by Yuekun Wu, Yue Ban, Guoliang Pan, Mingyang Yao, Li Liu, Ting Chen, Hui Wu

“…Multiple linear regression and mediation models with bias-corrected bootstrapping were performed to explore the mediating role of emotional suppression. …”
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Study protocol for a phase II, double-blind, randomised controlled trial of cannabidiol (CBD) compared with placebo for reduction of brain neuroinflammation in adults with chronic... by Yi Zhang, Robert Edwards, A Eden Evins, Jodi M Gilman, Chelsea K Pike, Minhae Kim, Kristina Schnitzer, Nathaniel Mercaldo, Vitaly Napadow, Erin Janas Morrissey, Zeynab Alshelh, Marco L Loggia

“…Cannabidiol (CBD) is a glial inhibitor in animal models, but studies have not assessed whether CBD reduces neuroinflammation in humans. …”
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Retinal Vessel Diameter Reductions Are Associated with Retinal Ganglion Cell Dysfunction, Thinning of the Ganglion Cell and Inner Plexiform Layers, and Decreased Visual Field Globa... by Andrew Tirsi, Nicholas Leung, Rohun Gupta, Sungmin Hong, Derek Orshan, Joby Tsai, Corey Ross Lacher, Isabella Tello, Samuel Potash, Timothy Foster, Rushil Kumbhani, Celso Tello

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ESLiteU²-Net: A Lightweight U²-Net for Road Extraction From High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images by Rui Xu, Zhenxing Zhuang, Renzhong Mao, Yihui Yang

“…Based on U2-Net, the proposed model reduces complexity by a channel reduction strategy and introduces an Efficient Spatial and Channel Attention Module (ESCA). …”
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Methods and approaches of determining the boundaries of agglomerations (basic case Kharkiv region) by Kateryna Kravchenko, Kostiantyn Niemets, Kateryna Sehida, Lyudmyla Niemets, Olha Suptelo

“…Given that the Kharkiv agglomeration is monocentric, and within it, as in the region there is a sharp uneven development of the center and periphery, effective management and addressing the hypertrophied development of the city, spatial planning and infrastructure development will alleviate this situation and facilitate the transition of the region. to the polycentric model of spatial organization, respectively, and the reduction of territorial disparities in the level and quality of life of the population of the Kharkiv region.…”
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The Efficiency of Membrane Curing Method in Hydration Temperature, Compressive Strength, and Curing Cost of Concrete by Hossein Bakhshi, Ali Kooshkaki, Mohammad Hashem Dolatabadi, Zaher Rezaie, Pouyan Fakharian

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The Detection of COVID-19-Related Multivariate Biomarker Immune Response in Pediatric Patients: Statistical Aspects by Michael Brimacombe, Aishwarya Jadhav, David A. Lawrence, Kyle Carson, William T. Lee, Alexander H. Hogan, Katherine W. Herbst, Michael A. Lynes, Juan C. Salazar

“…The resulting model was shown to compare favorably with an artificial neural network-based predictive model.…”
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FI-SCAPE: A Divergence Theorem Based Emission Quantification Model for Air/Spaceborne Imaging Spectrometer Derived X_CH4 Observations by Yiyang Huang, Ge Han, Tianqi Shi, Siwei Li, Huiqin Mao, Yihuang Nie, Wei Gong

“…This approach overcomes limitations of other methods, such as the inability of Gaussian plume models to recover the integrity of regional concentration enhancements, excessive disruption caused by integrated mass enhancement and divergence integral masking operators, and the requirement for effective wind speed fitting. …”
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Biomimetic Structural Design for Reducing the Adhesion Between Wet Rice Leaves and Metal Surfaces by Pengfei Qian, Qi He, Zhong Tang, Tingwei Gu

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THE USE OF INTERACTIVE STUDYING METHODS IN TEACHING OPERATIVE SURGERY AND TOPOGRAPHIC ANATOMY by V.M. Fedorak

“…There are developed case studies on issues that require discussion and grounding of decision, which allows using this method of interactive training. During the discussion, with the participation of teacher, students widely use tables, models, tools and other visual aids. …”
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A Modified Support Vector Machine Classifiers Using Stochastic Gradient Descent with Application to Leukemia Cancer Type Dataset by Ghadeer Jasim Mahdi

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Planning of Distributed Energy Storage in Distribution Networks Considering Operational Efficacy Under Typhoon Weather by YIN Jianbing, HUO Jiali, YU Dan, CHEN Lin, SONG Kexuan, LI Zhiyi

“…The method solves the dimension disaster of the model considering massive scenes Finally, the IEEE 33 bus system is taken as an example to verify the effectiveness of the proposed model and the rapidity of the solution algorithm.…”
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Optimizing efficiency and sustainability in higher education: development and validation of a lean thinking adoption instrument by Andrés Avilés-Noles, Fabricio Guevara-Viejó, Pedro Javier Fajardo Aguilar, Milton Januario Rueda-Varón, José Divitt Velosa García

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Adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems for improved mastitis classification and diagnosis by Javad Shirani Shamsabadi, Saeid Ansari Mahyari, Mostafa Ghaderi-Zefrehei

“…The results showed that the GD-ANFIS model integrated with the Pearson method demonstrated superior performance compared to PSO-ANFIS and GA-ANFIS across key evaluation metrics such as accuracy and error rates. …”
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Safety, efficacy, and compliance of moderate-to-high dose eptinezumab and erenumab in chronic migraine patients with medication-overuse headache: an updated systematic review and m... by Nhan Nguyen, Vinh Ho Quang Tri, Vy Nguyen Ngoc Dan, Nghi Bao Tran, Laszlo Olah, Mate Heja

“…Anti-CGRP therapy significantly increased the likelihood of a ≥ 50% reduction in MMDs compared to placebo (OR: 2.43; 95% CI: 1.68–3.51; p < 0.00001). …”
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MBSR effects on positive psychological traits and experiential avoidance in head and neck cancer: a randomized controlled trial by Zheng Zhang, Qingqin Zhang, Ping Lu, Nurul Izzah Shari, Nik Ruzyanei Nik Jaafar, Mohd Razif Mohamad Yunus, Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin Abdullah

“…Background: Data on the effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) positive psychological traits and experiential avoidance (EA) among cancer patients are lacking.Objective: This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aimed to: (1) compare the efficacy between MBSR and treatment-as-usual (TAU) control groups in increasing posttraumatic growth (PTG), hope, and optimism and reducing EA across time measurements (T0, T1, and T2) among head and neck cancer (HNC) patients and (2) evaluate the mediation effects of hope, optimism, and EA on the relationship between MBSR and PTG.Methods: A total of 80 HNC participants were randomized to MBSR (n = 40) and TAU (n = 40) groups with the researchers and data analyst blinded, and the group allocation of the participants was concealed. …”
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