Association between the postoperative glycemic variability and mortality after craniotomy: a retrospective cohort study and development of a mortality prediction model by Yuanshuo Ge, Guangdong Wang, Yun Huang, Yaxin Zhang

“…This study investigated the association between postoperative GV and mortality following craniotomy.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed 1,969 adult ICU patients who underwent cranial surgery. …”
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Dysregulation of protein degradation and alteration of secretome in α-synuclein-exposed astrocytes: implications for dopaminergic neuronal dysfunction by Aishwarya Raj, Roon Banerjee, Vikram Holla, Nitish Kamble, Ravi Yadav, Pramod Kumar Pal, Indrani Datta

“…We also investigated α-synuclein release into the secretome and its effects on healthy dopaminergic neurons. Methods Cellular models used were rat primary astrocytes alongside hiPSC-derived astrocytes, whose impact on rat primary dopaminergic neurons and the human SH-SY5Y cell line was investigated. …”
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Uncovering intra-daily intertidal biofilm dynamics in a shorebird foraging hotspot with hourly UAV multispectral imagery acquisitions by Tristan J. Douglas, Nicholas C. Coops, Mark C. Drever, Brian P.V. Hunt, Tara G. Martin, Robert W. Elner

“…Understanding these dynamics requires high-resolution monitoring, yet traditional methods, including sediment sampling and satellite imagery, lack the necessary spatial and temporal precision. …”
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Automatic Endoscopic Navigation for Monocular Depth and Ego-Motion Estimation in Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Through Transformer Network by Junjun Huang, Tianran He, Juan Xu, Weiting Wu, Wei Wu

“…To address these issues, we introduce a novel self-supervised neural network framework that integrates a dual-attention mechanism within a modified ResNet. …”
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The Silent Risks of Sleepless Nights: Can short sleep duration be considered a significant risk factor for hypertension? - A literature review by Marcel Chudzikowski, Patryk Dudek, Klaudia Łuczak, Agnieszka Pawlik, Justyna Pięta, Agata Prokopiuk, Joanna Prus, Hanna Sitarek, Adrianna Tabeau, Wiktoria Ulicka

“…The aim of this study is to summarise information on the impact of short sleep duration on the incidence and pathophysiology of hypertension. Methods A systematic review of scientific articles published between 2015 and 2024 was conducted using PubMed. …”
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Hypertension and Atrial Fibrillation: Bridging the Gap Between Mechanisms, Risk, and Therapy by Ibrahim Antoun, Georgia R. Layton, Ali Nizam, Joseph Barker, Ahmed Abdelrazik, Mahmoud Eldesouky, Abdulmalik Koya, Edward Y. M. Lau, Mustafa Zakkar, Riyaz Somani, Ghulam André Ng

“…<i>Material and Methods:</i> we conducted a literature search regarding the shared mechanisms, risks and treatments of hypertension and atrial fibrillation. …”
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Rainfall-induced Landslide Susceptibility Prediction Considering Spatial Heterogeneity by ZHANG Xingfu, JIANG Yuanjun, ABI Erdi

“…Unlike conventional models, which struggled to adjust to diverse prediction tasks and shifting environmental conditions, MLANT dynamically modifies its processing strategies to match specific tasks and environmental variations. …”
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Development of indicator system for early warning of clinical nursing critical values in general wards: a Delphi study by Weixin Xiong, Fenglan Xie, Qin Li, Ying Chen, Hongmei Yang, Jieli Wu, Jianying Li, Zhihao Chen, Xiaoqin Hu, Lijing Hu

“…There remains a lack of consensus regarding early warning systems for critical nursing values in general wards, along with a shortage of effective and practical quantitative indicators for nursing risk prevention. Methods This study employed an integrative research approach combining literature review, theoretical analysis, and qualitative methodology. …”
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Defining Nephritic Factors as Diverse Drivers of Systemic Complement Dysregulation in C3 Glomerulopathy by Jill J. Hauer, Yuzhou Zhang, Renee Goodfellow, Amanda Taylor, Nicole C. Meyer, Sarah Roberts, Dingwu Shao, Lauren Fergus, Nicolo Ghiringhelli Borsa, Monica Hall, Carla M. Nester, Richard J.H. Smith

“…However, disease heterogeneity and rarity make accurately defining characteristics of the C3G population difficult. Methods: Here, we present a retrospective analysis of the Molecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories C3G cohort. …”
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Discovering and modeling hidden periodicities in science data by Antonio Napolitano, William A. Gardner

“…The data models this theory is based on are generally called cyclostationary but include variations that are labeled with modifiers like wide-sense, strict sense, n-th order for n = 1, 2, 3,..., almost, poly, and irregular. …”
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Investigation of a chest radiograph-based deep learning model to identify an imaging biomarker for malnutrition in older adults by Ryo Sasaki, Yasuhiko Nakao, Fumihiro Mawatari, Takahito Nishihara, Masafumi Haraguchi, Masanori Fukushima, Ryu Sasaki, Satoshi Miuma, Hisamitsu Miyaaki, Kazuhiko Nakao

“…It is anticipated that AI will be integrated into the NST workflow in the future.…”
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Genetic assessment of age-associated Alzheimer disease risk: Development and validation of a polygenic hazard score. by Rahul S Desikan, Chun Chieh Fan, Yunpeng Wang, Andrew J Schork, Howard J Cabral, L Adrienne Cupples, Wesley K Thompson, Lilah Besser, Walter A Kukull, Dominic Holland, Chi-Hua Chen, James B Brewer, David S Karow, Karolina Kauppi, Aree Witoelar, Celeste M Karch, Luke W Bonham, Jennifer S Yokoyama, Howard J Rosen, Bruce L Miller, William P Dillon, David M Wilson, Christopher P Hess, Margaret Pericak-Vance, Jonathan L Haines, Lindsay A Farrer, Richard Mayeux, John Hardy, Alison M Goate, Bradley T Hyman, Gerard D Schellenberg, Linda K McEvoy, Ole A Andreassen, Anders M Dale

“…Within the cohorts studied here, polygenic architecture plays an important role in modifying AD risk beyond APOE. With thorough validation, quantification of inherited genetic variation may prove useful for stratifying AD risk and as an enrichment strategy in therapeutic trials.…”
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GPD2 inhibition impairs coagulation function via ROS/NF-κB/P2Y12 pathway by Jiajie Chen, Guifeng Xu, Zhipeng Xie, Shaoxia Xie, Wenwei Luo, Shilong Zhong, Weihua Lai

“…Notably, while inherited genetic variations account for part of this heterogeneity, the dynamic regulatory role of modifiable epigenetic mechanisms—particularly DNA methylation in mediating platelet reactivity—remains inadequately characterized, presenting a critical knowledge gap in optimizing precision antiplatelet strategies. …”
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Next-Generation Sequencing–Based Molecular Profiling of Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Its Potential Application for Therapy by Hakan Demirci, MD, Josh N. Vo, PhD, Yi-Mi Wu, PhD, Victor Elner, MD, Arul M. Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD, Dan Robinson, PhD, F. Yesim Demirci, MD

“…Participants: Twenty patients with invasive cSCC consecutively managed at an academic ocular oncology setting. Methods: Integrative exome and transcriptome analysis of fresh-frozen tumor and matching normal samples. …”
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Improved Artificial Bee Colony Optimization Underwater Localization Algorithm by Logistic Chaos Mapping and Differential Evolution by Jiaxing CHEN, Yang LIU, Xiaoqian LIU, Zhihua LIU

“…Objective Localization algorithms for underwater acoustic sensor networks typically depend on distance estimation methods, such as point-to-point distance estimation or angle estimation, to achieve node localization between nodes. …”
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Implementation of personalized customization and enhanced experiences for cultural tourism resources using genetic algorithm-based virtual reality technology by Huiya Xing, Xiangyi Li, Min Liu, Yicong Zhong

“…Premature convergence and inadequate population variety are addressed by the Dynamic variety-Enhanced Genetic Algorithm (DDE-GA), a variation of the conventional GA. DDE-GA improves the investigation of possible solutions by dynamically modifying selection pressure according to population diversity, it makes it particularly useful for tackling optimization problems that are complicated, multi-modal, and highly dimensional. …”
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Quality of Service Routing in Manet Using a Hybrid Intelligent Algorithm Inspired by Cuckoo Search by S. Rajalakshmi, R. Maguteeswaran

“…The results are compared with some of the existing techniques in the literature; therefore the superiority of the proposed method is established.…”
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Population dynamics by E. G. Cooch, A. A. Dhondt

“…Using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) approach (which eliminates the need for some of the standard assumption often invoked in use of a Kalman filter), Brooks and colleagues describe methods to combine information, including potentially relevant covariates that might explain some of the variation, within a larger framework that allows for discrimination (selection) amongst alternative models. …”
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Molecular Marker Techniques and Genotypic Characterization Approaches in Plant Breeding by İsmail Karakaş

“…Because there are multiple steps required in producing new plant varieties, including hybridization, selection, and testing, the process of creating a new variation takes several years. However, it is important to rapidly develop plant varieties with desirable characteristics to meet the increasing food demand of the rapidly growing world population, so the application of biotechnological methods integrated into plant breeding and combined with traditional methods can help reduce food shortages. …”
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Assimilation of INSAT-3D imager retrieved aerosol optical depth for enhanced dust storm prediction using WRF-Chem model by Aman W Khan, Dilip Ganguly, Sagnik Dey, Atul Kumar Varma, Prashant Kumar

“…The Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) three-dimensional variational (3DVAR) method was utilized for data assimilation, with simulations performed for 144 h, adjusting for uncertainties in the model’s background error covariance using different inflation factors. …”
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