Diffuse Active Myocarditis in a Teenager with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - a case report by Mohammad Mahdavi, Shahla Meshgi, Golnar Mortaz Hejri, Hamidreza Pouraliakbar, Golnaz Houshmand

“…Acute deterioration of cardiac function in DMD patients is rarely reported in the medical literature. …”
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Coordinate-Corrected and Graph-Convolution-Based Hand Pose Estimation Method by Dang Rong, Feng Gang

“…Training tests are conducted on the public gesture interaction dataset STB, and the experimental results show that the method in this paper can reduce errors in hand joint point detection and improve the estimation accuracy.…”
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Adverse Cardiovascular Effects of Nicotine Delivered by Chronic Electronic Cigarettes or Standard Cigarettes Captured by Cardiovascular Intrinsic Frequencies by Rashid Alavi, Wangde Dai, Sohrab P. Mazandarani, Rebecca J. Arechavala, David A. Herman, Michael T. Kleinman, Robert A. Kloner, Niema M. Pahlevan

“…Electronic cigarettes with nicotine significantly reduced the second IF (indicating adverse effects on vascular function). …”
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Role of KIT-Positive Interstitial Cells of Cajal in the Urinary Bladder and Possible Therapeutic Target for Overactive Bladder by Yasue Kubota, Yoshiyuki Kojima, Yasuhiro Shibata, Makoto Imura, Shoichi Sasaki, Kenjiro Kohri

“…Recent reports have suggested that KIT is not only a detection marker of these cells, but also may play a crucial role in the control of bladder function. …”
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Investigation on the Radar Scattering and Doppler Spectrum From Trimaran Based on the Motion of Six Degrees of Freedom by Yuxin Deng, Jinxing Li, Wangqiang Jiang, Min Zhang

“…Second, an accelerated geometrical optics and physical optics algorithm using the light source function (GO-PO/LSF) is proposed, which uses the light source function to realize the visibility judgment of surfaces and greatly reduces the computation time. …”
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Path Planning of Underground Robots via Improved A* and Dynamic Window Approach by Jianlong Dai, Yinghao Chai, Peiyin Xiong

“…Secondly, roadway width is incorporated into the heuristic function to guide paths toward the roadway center, improving stability and feasibility. …”
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LSL-SS-Net: level set loss-guided semantic segmentation networks for landslide extraction by Yueheng Yang, Zelang Miao, Xiaojing Li, Hua Zhang, Shuai Chen

“…The spatial details (e.g. small landslides and precise landslide boundary information) in the segmentation results may be lost, reducing the accuracy of landslide extraction. Most studies only focus on training and detection in the local region. …”
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Inversion of Magnetic Anomaly Based on Cross Attention Transformer by Juntao Lei, Jieru Chi, Shandong Li

“…This module is devised to integrate the multi-scale features from each stage of the encoder, facilitating the decoder to achieve high-precision inversion. 3) We propose a forward constraint loss function. During network training, this loss function ensures that the inversion results adhere to geophysical principles. …”
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Utilizing a Transient Electromagnetic Inversion Method with Lateral Constraints in the Goaf of Xiaolong Coal Mine, Xinjiang by Yingying Zhang, Bin Xie, Xinyu Wu

“…Through an OCCAM inversion approach, the regularization factor is dynamically determined by evaluating the norms of the data objective function and model objective function in each iteration, thereby reducing the reliance of inversion results on the initial model. …”
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DEVELOPMENTAL FEATURES OF THE SYSTEM OF REGULATION OF HEART RATE IN A MALE BODY IN STAVROPOL by Olga Alekseevna Butova, Anna Sergeevna Ermakova

“…In general, a fact revealed a sharp increase in parasympathetic regulation loop when the stress test from a position of physiological interpretation, indicating a decline in the functional activity of regulatory mechanisms and detection of reduced functional reserve of the cardiovascular system.…”
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Robot Arm Control System for Assisted Feeding of People With Disabilities in Their Upper Limbs by Daniella Arnáez, Fiorela Manco, José Oliden, Guillermo Kemper

“…This work proposes a robot arm control system for assisted feeding of people with reduced functionality in their upper limbs. It aims at improving their quality of life by helping users recover their independence when feeding, aided by the proposed system. …”
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Improved YOLOv8-Based Segmentation Method for Strawberry Leaf and Powdery Mildew Lesions in Natural Backgrounds by Mingzhou Chen, Wei Zou, Xiangjie Niu, Pengfei Fan, Haowei Liu, Cuiling Li, Changyuan Zhai

“…To improve performance, SCDown and PSA modules were integrated into the backbone to reduce redundancy, decrease computational load, and enhance detection of small objects and complex backgrounds. …”
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Effectiveness and its mechanism of chrysophanic acid for aortic calcification with diabetic nephropathy based on the Notch1-RBP-Jk/Msx2 signaling pathway by DUAN Xiao-xing, CHANG Yong-li, ZHANG Guo-guang, PAN Xue

“…The related expressions of Notch1, RBP-JK, Msx2, α-SMA and Runx2 proteins in abdominal aorta tissues were detected by Western blotting. Results Compared to the model control group, in the three dose groups, after intervention the renal function indexes were improved, abdominal aortic calcification was alleviated and calcium content in abdominal aortic tissues was reduced. …”
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Development and Field Deployment of a Compact Dual-Range Infrared Carbon Dioxide Sensor System by Xiaoteng Liu, Xuehua Xiao, Zhening Zhang, Fang Song, Yiding Wang, Chuantao Zheng

“…A dual-range mid-infrared carbon dioxide (CO₂) sensor is developed with temperature and humidity compensation functionalities. Using the same optical path, the sensor employs dual-channel signal processing circuits to achieve measurements across two detection ranges of 200–3000 parts-per-million (ppm) (low concentration range) and 8–25% (high concentration range), respectively. …”
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PD-1-dependent therapeutic effect of Trichinella spiralis cystatin on myocardial infarction in a mice model by Weixiao Zhang, Wenhui Yin, Hongtao Wang, Lingqin Wu, Chang Li, Xinyu Peng, Xiang Li, Kaibo Jiang, Huiqi Yang, Chenyue Dang, Erhe Gao, Qiwang Jin, Xiaodi Yang

“…Results In WT mice, rTs-Cys treatment significantly improved the 28-day survival rate and cardiac function, reduced local inflammatory cell infiltration and cardiac pathological damage and increased VEGF expression levels of MI mice. …”
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α-Mangostin prevents diabetic cardiomyopathy by inhibiting oxidative damage and lipotoxicity through the AKT–FOXO1–CD36 pathway by Xue Bai, Ziqian Zhang, Miao Zhang, Jiaojiao Xu, Keting Dong, Qian Du, Lei Chen, Ping Ma, Jianhong Yang

“…In diabetic mice, low-dose A-MG treatment increased anti-oxidative stress capacity, decreased myocardial lipid accumulation, reduced fibrosis and cardiomyocyte apoptosis, and improved left ventricular contractile function.ConclusionUsing both in vitro and in vivo DCM models, our study demonstrates that A-MG reduces lipid accumulation and excessive mitochondrial β-oxidation while enhancing antioxidant capacity. …”
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Optimization Techniques for Verification of Out-of-Order Execution Machines by Sudarshan K. Srinivasan

“…Refinement is a notion of equivalence that can be used to check that an ooo processor correctly implements all behaviors of its instruction set architecture (ISA), including deadlock detection. The optimization techniques work by reducing the computational complexity of the refinement map, a function central to refinement proofs that maps ooo processor model states to ISA states. …”
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Beyond the Hit: The Hidden Costs of Repetitive Head Trauma by Sikandar Khan, Lora Talley

“…Repetitive head trauma in sports, particularly concussions, has been strongly associated with neurocognitive impairments, including depression, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and altered brain function. These injuries can have significant consequences on major cognitive processes, such as learning and memory. …”
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Granular analysis of pathways to care and durations of untreated psychosis: A marginal delay model. by Walter S Mathis, Maria Ferrara, Shadie Burke, Emily Hyun, Fangyong Li, Bin Zhou, John Cahill, Emily R Kline, Matcheri S Keshavan, Vinod H Srihari

“…<h4>Objective</h4>An extensive international literature demonstrates that understanding pathways to care (PTC) is essential for efforts to reduce community Duration of Untreated Psychosis (DUP). …”
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Optimizing extraction of microbial DNA from urine: Advancing urinary microbiome research in bladder cancer by Chuang-Ming Zheng, Ho Won Kang, Seongmin Moon, Young Joon Byun, Won Tae Kim, Yung Hyun Choi, Sung-Kwon Moon, Xuan-Mei Piao, Seok Joong Yun

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