Sonographic characteristics of local soft tissue recurrence in primary bone tumor and diagnostic efficacy versus MRI by Ping Yu, Junxue Gao, Yue Hu, Jiaan Zhu, Yu Wang

“…Methods We conducted a retrospective review of medical records from patients who underwent postoperative surveillance for primary bone tumors at our institution between 01/06/2016 to 01/09/2023. …”
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OPPORTUNITIES OF LOW-DOSE DIGITAL FLUOROGRAPHY IN DIAGNOSIS OF PHENOTYPIC VARIANTS OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE by N. A. Gorbunov, A. P. Dergilev, V. I. Kochura, Ya. L. Manakova, S. N. Volchenko, A. V. Sudarkina

“…The technique of LDDF can detect X-ray symptoms and determine inspiratory and expiratory electron optical density of the lungs in patients with COPD that allows optimizing the differential diagnosis of phenotypic variants of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.…”
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Creation and verification of a predictive nomogram model for the incidence of social isolation among China’s older population by Mei You, Yuan Ding, Zixuan Wei, Nannan Han, Annuo Liu

“…ObjectivesTo explore the risk factors associated with social isolation among the older adult in China, develop a nomogram model to forecast the risk, and evaluate its predictive accuracy.MethodsAn investigation was conducted into the demographic, socioeconomic, health, and health behavior aspects of the older adult population. …”
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CFTformer: End-to-End Cross-Frame Multi-Object Tracking With Transformer by Abdollah Amirkhani, Seyed Alireza Khoshnevis

“…Multi-object tracking (MOT) has been at the center of numerous applications from autonomous vehicles (AVs) to surveillance and even retail analytics. Traditional MOT methods typically rely on motion-based and appearance-based similarity information to associate detections across frames. …”
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Multivalent COBRA Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase Influenza Vaccines Adjuvanted with TLR9 Agonist CpG 1018 by Pedro L. Sanchez, Amanda Lynch, Ted M. Ross

“…Background/Objectives: There is a need for effective seasonal influenza virus vaccines that provide broad and long-lasting protection against influenza virus infections. Methods: In this study, next-generation influenza hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) vaccine candidates designed using the computationally optimized broadly reactive antigen (COBRA) methodology were formulated with the TLR9 agonist, CpG 1018. …”
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Global effects of robot-based education on academic achievements, computation, motivation, and performance by Haoran Tang, Wei Xu, Yu Feng, Wenwen Cao

“…The study concludes that robot-based education is associated with moderate-to-large improvements in academic achievement (g = 0.72; 95%CI = 0.30~1.13, medium-to-large effect), computational knowledge (g = 0.85; 95%CI = 0.55~1.15, large effect), motivation (g = 0.47; 95%CI = 0.19~0.75, medium effect), performance (g = 0.81; 95%CI = 0.22~1.40, large effect), and overall educational outcomes (g = 0.71; 95%CI = 0.50~0.92, medium-to-large effect) compared to traditional methods. No significant publication bias was detected, and the results were demonstrated to be robust. …”
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Prognostic model of rapid hepatic fibrosis progression in men with chronic hepatitis C by T. I. Koval, L. M. Syzova, H. M. Dubynska, N. O. Pryimenko, S. S. Rudenko

“…The aim of the research was to determine clinical and genetic predictors and to create a prognostic model for the rapid hepatic fibrosis progression in men with chronic hepatitis C. Materials and methods. А cross-sectional study which included 111 male patients with chronic hepatitis C was conducted. …”
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Twin and triplet discordance in retinopathy of prematurity: a call to integrate genomic, placental, and environmental determinants by Zahra Sharifi, Mojtaba Heydari, Mohammadkarim Johari, Shayan Yousufzai

“…This study aimed to quantify the discordance of ROP in twins and triplets and to identify associated predictive factors. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Poostchi ROP Clinic in southern Iran, involving 339 preterm infants from twin and triplet pregnancies undergoing screening for ROP. …”
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Consequences of Volcanic Ash on Antioxidants, Nutrient Composition, Heavy Metal Accumulation, and Secondary Metabolites in Key Crops of Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador by Raluca A. Mihai, Katherine Elizabeth Rodríguez Valencia, Nina G. Sivizaca Flores, Vivanco Gonzaga Ramiro Fernando, Cubi Isuaste Nelson Santiago, Rodica D. Catana

“…Secondary metabolites, particularly total phenols and flavonoids, were quantified using spectrophotometric methods, while heavy metal content was assessed via atomic absorption spectroscopy. …”
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A Field-Programmable Gate Array-Based Adaptive Sleep Posture Analysis Accelerator for Real-Time Monitoring by Mangali Sravanthi, Sravan Kumar Gunturi, Mangali Chinna Chinnaiah, Siew-Kei Lam, G. Divya Vani, Mudasar Basha, Narambhatla Janardhan, Dodde Hari Krishna, Sanjay Dubey

“…Monitoring sleep posture in real time is challenging, and this approach introduces hardware-based edge computation methods. Initially, we detected the postures using minimally optimized sensing modules and fusion techniques. …”
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Wooden breast myopathy is characterized by satellite cell dysfunction and syndecan-4 shedding by Lucie Pejšková, Addolorata Pisconti, Marianne Lunde, Ka Yi Ho, Nina Therese Solberg, Shiori Koga, Erik Tengstrand, Cathrine Rein Carlson, Mona Elisabeth Pedersen, Sissel Beate Rønning

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Expression of a Novel HIV-1 Gag-Pol-Env-Nef-Rev Multi-Epitope Construct in Escherichia coli by Elahe Akbari, Soheila Ajdari, Esmat Mirabzadeh Ardakani, Elnaz Agi, Vahid Khalaj, Azam Bolhassani

“…This study aimed to express an HIV-1 multiepitope protein as an antigen candidate to develop a vaccine.  Methods: In this study, the codon-optimized encoding sequence of the designed multi-epitope construct (Gag-Pol-Env-Nef-Rev) was synthesized and subcloned into the pET-24a (+) expression vector. …”
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Additive manufacturing of a 3D-segmented plastic scintillator detector for tracking and calorimetry of elementary particles by Tim Weber, Andrey Boyarintsev, Umut Kose, Botao Li, Davide Sgalaberna, Tetiana Sibilieva, Johannes Wüthrich, Siddartha Berns, Eric Boillat, Albert De Roeck, Till Dieminger, Matthew Franks, Boris Grynyov, Sylvain Hugon, Carsten Jaeschke, André Rubbia

“…Unlike previous manufacturing methods, this approach consolidates all production steps within one machine, creating a detector that integrates and precisely aligns its voxels into a unified structure. …”
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Identifying cognitive test scores associated with early tau burden in Alzheimer's disease by Caitlin M. Terao, Madeline Wood Alexander, R. Philip Chalmers, Silina Z. Boshmaf, Jane Paterson, Sandra E. Black, Kathryn V. Papp, Reisa A. Sperling, Jennifer S. Rabin

“…METHODS We analyzed cross‐sectional data from the harvard aging brain study (HABS) (n = 128) and the Anti‐Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer's (A4) study (n = 393). …”
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Study on the effect of GCY-12 gene on albendazole sensitivity of Haemonchus contortus by RNA interference by Xindi Chen, Yaqin Shi, Tengyu Wang, Chunxia Liu, Wenlong Wang, Yu Wang

“…The reaction temperature was optimized, the expression of silenced eggs was detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) technology, and the drug resistance of silenced eggs was detected by egg hatch assay (EHA).ResultsThe results showed that the gene expression level decreased significantly after GCY-12 interference, and the sensitivity of H. contortus to albendazole increased.DiscussionThis study highlights the potential role of GCY-12 in modulating albendazole resistance in H. contortus, offering new insights for developing effective therapeutic approaches.…”
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Review of the lumbar infusion test use in pediatric populations: state-of-the-art and future perspectives by Vojtěch Novák, Adéla Bubeníková, Petr Skalický, Arnošt Mládek, Václav Gerla, Afroditi Despina Lalou, Aleš Vlasák, Róbert Leško, Ondřej Bradáč

“…However, it is rarely used in the paediatric population due to a lack of evidence substantiating its efficacy and overall indications. Methods Articles utilizing the LIT in a paediatric cohort (≤ 18 years) were included according to the PRISMA guidelines with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale to assess the risk of bias. …”
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Automatic Diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury Using Deep Learning with CT scan Images by Behrang Rezvani Kakhki, Hossein Zakeri, Sayyed Majid Sadrzadeh, Seyed Mohammad Mousavi, elnaz vafadar moradi, golnoush shahraki

“…However, manual analysis of CT images is time-consuming and highly dependent on radiologists’ expertise.Material and Methods: This study proposes an automated approach for detecting intracranial hemorrhage and skull fractures using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). …”
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Hydrogen-Rich Water Consumption for Acute and Residual Fatigue After Simulated Football Matches: Protocol for a Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Trial by Michal Hruby, Karel Hulka, David Bernatik

“…These assessments will occur at critical time points: immediately post warm-up; directly following the simulated football match to detect acute fatigue; and 24, 48, and 72 hours after training sessions to detect residual fatigue. …”
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C - reactive protein predicts proximal femur osteomyelitis in suppurative hip arthritis by Haiting Jia, Tao Liu, Jiazhi Yu, Mingzhu Lu

“…The purpose of this study was to find out certain indicators to identify suppurative hip arthritis with proximal femur osteomyelitis in order to optimize MRI. Methods Data of 48 children with acute suppurative arthritis of the hip diagnosed and treated from March 2018 to September 2024 were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Electronic structure of (Mn_{1−x}Pb_{x})Bi_{2}Te_{4}: Experimental evidence of topological phase transition by D. A. Estyunin, T. P. Estyunina, I. I. Klimovskikh, K. A. Bokai, V. A. Golyashov, K. A. Kokh, O. E. Tereshchenko, S. Ideta, Y. Miyai, Y. Kumar, T. Iwata, T. Kosa, T. Okuda, K. Miyamoto, K. Kuroda, K. Shimada, A. M. Shikin

“…The investigation of methods to control and optimize the physical properties of the intrinsic magnetic topological insulator (TI) MnBi_{2}Te_{4} is a critical challenge for the development of functional materials for quantum technologies and spintronics. …”
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