Risk factors of 180-day rebleeding after management of blunt splenic injury without surgery and embolization: a national database study by Chung-Yen Chen, Hung-Yu Lin, Pie-Wen Hsieh, Yi-Kai Huang, Po-Chin Yu, Jian-Han Chen

“…Patients who died, underwent splenectomy (ICD-9-OP codes 41.5, 41.42,41.43, and 41.95) or transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) (ICD-9-OP codes 39.79 and 99.29) on the first admission were excluded. …”
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Business in the new fiscal environment: innovations in taxation in 2025 by V. V. Roshchupkina, M. V. Roshchupkin

“…The study aims to analyze the likely consequences of changes in tax legislation: to highlight positive and controversial points for doing business under new conditions.Materials and methods. …”
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Hate crimes, the hate speech phenomenon, practice of the European Court of Human Rights and the Russian approach to determining extremist activity by Vyacheslav V. Koryakovtsev, Xenia V. Pitulko, Anzhelika A. Sergeeva

“…This approach must be based on the legal positions of the European Court of Human RightsThe research methodology includes analysis and interpretation of court decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, as well as a dialectical approach to the analysis of various points of view to the definition of extremist activity.The main results and scope of their application. …”
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Vulnerability detection using BERT based LLM model with transparency obligation practice towards trustworthy AI by Jean Haurogné, Nihala Basheer, Shareeful Islam

“…Vulnerabilities in the source code are one of the main causes of potential threats in software-intensive systems. …”
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Exploring the Link among adverse childhood experiences and commercial sexual exploitation by Hugh Hanlin, Aaron Kivisto, Chelsea Gold

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Distributed High-Speed Videogrammetry for Real-Time 3D Displacement Monitoring of Large Structure on Shaking Table by Haibo Shi, Peng Chen, Xianglei Liu, Zhonghua Hong, Zhen Ye, Yi Gao, Ziqi Liu, Xiaohua Tong

“…This paper presents a distributed high-speed videogrammetric method designed to rapidly measure the 3D displacement of large shaking table structures at high sampling frequencies. The method uses non-coded circular targets affixed to key points on the structure and an automatic correspondence approach to efficiently estimate the extrinsic parameters of multiple cameras with large fields of view. …”
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BELARUSIANS’ SELFIDENTIFICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF CIVILIZATIONAL BORDERLAND by L. Volakhava

“…Lukashenko’s pendulum-like foreign policy highlights the national identity reference points and defines its either pro-Russian or pro-Western leaning. …”
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PREDICTION OF FLAT RING FATIGUE LIFE OF SCRAPER CHAIN BASED ON TEST DATA by MAO Jun, WANG HongTao, XIE Miao, ZHENG Wei

“…The stress and strain results are obtained, and the weak key points are found.Finally, based on the results of static strength analysis, the fatigue load of flat ring was simulated by ANSYS nCode DesignLife.The simulation results show that the fatigue life of the flat ring of the scraper conveyor is 30750 cycles, and the chain link is 61500 times.The life conclusion can provide important reference for the later maintenance, replacement and structural optimization of the scraper chain.…”
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Predicting the longevity of resources shared in scientific publications by Daniel E. Acuna, Jian Jian, Tong Zeng, Lizhen Liang, Han Zhuang

“…Abstract Research has shown that most resources shared in articles (e.g., URLs to code or data) are not kept up to date and mostly disappear from the web after some years (Zeng et al., 2019). …”
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Pushover-ML: A Machine Learning approach to predict a trilinear approximation of pushover curves for low-rise reinforced concrete frame buildings by Carlos Angarita, Carlos Montes, Orlando Arroyo

“…The user-friendly executable provides insights into the structure's seismic capacity through the yielding, maximum capacity, and collapse points of the pushover curve. Pushover-ML bridges the gap between advanced ML techniques and practical engineering applications, enabling accurate and efficient seismic response predictions.…”
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FOVEA: Preoperative and intraoperative retinal fundus images with optic disc and retinal vessel annotations by Claudio S. Ravasio, Blanca Flores-Sánchez, Edward Bloch, Christos Bergeles, Lyndon da Cruz

“…The annotations were validated and converted into binary segmentation masks, with the code used available on GitHub. We expect this data to be useful for deep learning applications aimed at supporting surgeons during vitreoretinal surgery procedures e.g. by localising points of interest or registering additional imaging modalities.…”
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Key Risk Factors, Sex Differences, and the Influence of High-Intensity Exercise on Colorectal Carcinogenesis: A 10-Year Cohort Study Based on 1,120,377 Individuals from the NHISS D... by Hyunseok Jee

“…CRC data were retrieved using diagnostic codes from the Korean Standard Classification of Diseases and Causes of Death. …”
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Nurse educators' challenges of problem-based learning implementation at Ethiopian public universities: A phenomenological qualitative study. by Getachew Nigussie Bolado, Bizuayehu Atinafu Ataro, Tamirat Ersino Kebamo, Agumas Shibabaw Ayana, Worku Mimani Minuta

“…The data analysis was done by OpenCode software and conventional content analysis was carried out following Colaizzi's 7-step approach.…”
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Screening general population for family history of sudden cardiac death unmasks high risk individuals as potential victims (pilot study) by Lamia Hamid, Alia Abdelfattah, Khaled Hussien, Khaled Farouk, Mohamed Amin, Lina Omar, M. Sherif Mokhtar

“…Family history of CAD, DM and HTN head the list of risk factors more frequently associated with family history of SCD clearly pointing the role played by those comorbidities in pointing to potential victims of SCD. …”
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Data selection strategies for minimizing measurement time in materials characterization by Alexander Liehr, Kristina Dingel, Daniel Kottke, Sebastian Degener, David Meier, Bernhard Sick, Thomas Niendorf

“…Traditionally, more measurement points and, thus, longer data collection times lead to more accurate information. …”
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PRIMO Monte Carlo Simulation and One-dimensional Gamma Index Analysis as a Tool to Validate Experimentally Measured Beam Data and Treatment Planning System Calculated Dose Distribu... by Ngangom Robert, Ranjit Singh, Arun S Oinam, Budhi Singh, Gaurav Trivedi

“…Results: The results show that the PDD passed the 1D gamma index above 95% of all evaluated points at 2%/2 mm criteria. There was no significant difference between the mean values of measured and MC-simulated PDD at all field sizes. …”
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The Robust Detection and Spatial Distribution of Acetaldehyde in Orion KL: Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array Observations and Chemical Modeling by Miwha Jin, Anthony J. Remijan, Robin T. Garrod, Giseon Baek, Martin Cordiner, Steven Charnley, Eric Herbst, Jeong-Eun Lee

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Identifying Organizational Factors and Components Influencing Customer Experience Management Maturity: A Meta-synthesis Approach by Payam Mardazad Navi, Kambiz Heidarzadeh Hanzaee, Seyyed Buik Mohammadi, Mohsen Khoon Siavash

“…Ultimately, 24 articles were thoroughly examined, and codes and concepts were extracted. Findings After analyzing the papers, several codes were extracted and labeled based on similarity and frequency of replication in 10 main themes, 26 concepts, and 116 open codes (with replication). …”
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Process Re-Engineering and Data Integration Using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources for the Multidisciplinary Treatment of Lung Cancer by Ching-Hsiung Lin, Bing-Yen Wang, Sheng-Hao Lin, Pei Hsuan Shih, Chin-Jing Lee, Yung Ting Huang, Shih Chieh Chen, Mei-Lien Pan

“…Ethnographic observations and stakeholder interviews revealed pain points. The affinity diagram method categorizes the pain points during the discussion process, leading to efficient solutions. …”
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The effect of acupressure on anxiety, fatigue, and blood pressure in hemodialysis patients: a randomized controlled trial study by Manizhe Nasirizade, Toktam Soleimani, Hamid Salehiniya, Reza Ghasemi, Hamidreza Bahrami-Taghanaki

“…The intervention group received acupressure massage at the rate of 3 to 4 kg for 10 minutes, three times a week and for 4 weeks at 9 real points [PC6 or Nei guan, GV20 and ST36 (both feet)] and the sham group at the false points [SP9 (2 points), CV24, SP6, KI27 and TW6] were received by the thumb pulp of the therapist’s hand and before the start of dialysis. …”
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