The Elias University Hospital Approach: A Visual Guide to Ultrasound-Guided Botulinum Toxin Injection in Spasticity: Part III—Proximal Lower Limb Muscles by Marius Nicolae Popescu, Claudiu Căpeț, Cristina Beiu, Mihai Berteanu

“…It serves as both an educational and practical reference for the ultrasound-guided treatment of spasticity in the proximal lower limb, completing the series and offering a standardized framework for comprehensive BoNT-A management. …”
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Analysis of Power Quality Issues in Induction Motors. by Nazziwa, Evalyne

“…A power quality assessment involved gathering data resources; analyzing the data (with reference to power quality standards); then, if problems exist, a suitable recommendation or mitigation techniques was considered. …”
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Prospective Validation of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, d‐Dimer, and Clinical Scales for Acute Large‐Vessel Occlusion Ischemic Stroke Detection by Yasir Durrani, Jakob V. E. Gerstl, Danielle Murphy, Ashley Harris, Imane Saali, Toby Gropen, Shashank Shekhar, Ari D. Kappel, Nirav J. Patel, Rose Du, Rodolfo E. Alcedo Guardia, Juan C. Vicenty‐Padilla, Adam A. Dmytriw, Vitor Mendes Pereira, Saef Izzy, Allauddin Khan, Mohammed A. Aziz‐Sultan, David S. Liebeskind, Jason M. Davies, Adnan H. Siddiqui, Edoardo Gaude, Joshua D. Bernstock

“…We compared rates of LVO detection against a reference standard using computed tomography/magnetic resonance angiography. …”
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Middle mesial canal in mandibular first molar: A narrative review by Raghavendra Penukonda, Harshada Pattar, Phrabhakaran Nambiar, Afaf Al-Haddad

“…Purpose: This review aimed to assess the incidence, anatomical characteristics, identification, and clinical management using conventional techniques and advanced tools to manage MMCs successfully. …”
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Transcriptional Response of Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates to Ciprofloxacin Stress by Roman Farooq Alvi, Bilal Aslam, Muhammad Hidayat Rasool, Saima Muzammil, Abu Baker Siddique, Nafeesa Yasmeen, Mohsin Khurshid, Noreen Sarwar, Ahmad Almatroudi, Riaz Hussain, Zulqarnain Baloch

“…Methods. Isolation and identification of K. pneumoniae were carried out through standard microbiological protocols. …”
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Gastro-esophageal reflux disease symptoms and demographic factors as a pre-screening tool for Barrett's esophagus. by Xinxue Liu, Angela Wong, Sudarshan R Kadri, Andrej Corovic, Maria O'Donovan, Pierre Lao-Sirieix, Laurence B Lovat, Rodney W Burnham, Rebecca C Fitzgerald

“…<h4>Background</h4>Barrett's esophagus (BE) occurs as consequence of reflux and is a risk factor for esophageal adenocarcinoma. The current "gold-standard" for diagnosing BE is endoscopy which remains prohibitively expensive and impractical as a population screening tool. …”
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Ship crack detection method based on lightweight fast convolution and bidirectional weighted feature fusion network by Chong WANG, Yuhui ZHU

“…Methods First, a lightweight convolutional structure (GSConv) is used to replace the standard convolution and introduce an attention mechanism in the backbone of YOLOv5s to achieve the reduction of network parameters and computational complexity while enhancing the ability to extract crack features. …”
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Analysis of relevant normative documents on oil sludge treatment and disposal by CHEN Zhong*, XU Fenglin, YANG Demin, WANG Chaoqiang, XIE Jiacai, MEI Xudong, TAN Xun, TONG Kun*

“…The results can provide reference and inspiration for environmental management, process selection, and research and development of treatment and disposal technology.…”
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Advancing molecular macrobenthos biodiversity monitoring: a comparison between Oxford Nanopore and Illumina based metabarcoding and metagenomics by Karlijn Doorenspleet, Amalia Aikaterini Mailli, Berry B. van der Hoorn, Kevin K. Beentjes, Annelies De Backer, Sofie Derycke, Albertinka J. Murk, Henning Reiss, Reindert Nijland

“…Notably, read counts from the NovaSeq metagenomic analysis showed the weakest correlation to size corrected morphological abundance and there were mismatches between morphological identification and all DNA based findings which are likely caused by a combination of factors such as primer efficiency and an incomplete reference database. …”
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Muscle Spatial Transcriptomic Reveals Heterogeneous Profiles in Juvenile Dermatomyositis and Persistence of Abnormal Signature After Remission by Margot Tragin, Séverine A. Degrelle, Baptiste Periou, Brigitte Bader-Meunier, Christine Barnerias, Christine Bodemer, Isabelle Desguerre, Mathieu Paul Rodero, François Jérôme Authier, Cyril Gitiaux

“…This study aimed to investigate the spatial heterogeneity of molecular signature in the muscle of juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) patients before and after treatment. Unsupervised reference-free deconvolution of spatial transcriptomics and standardized morphometry were performed in two JDM muscle biopsies with different clinical severity at disease onset and compared to healthy muscle. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of stunting in children and adolescents aged 1-18 years with nephrotic syndrome attending Mulago Hospital, Uganda by Raihanah Nalubega, Anthony Batte, Sarah Kiguli

“…The World Health Organisation (WHO) growth reference standards were used to evaluate stunting in the enrolled children. …”
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Risk Priority Number Measurement for Construction Safety Risks in Upper Structure Projects of Military Airbase Hangars Based on Activity by Madeline Nauli Basa Simbolon, Pungky Dharma Saputra, M Ragil

“…This study serves as a crucial reference for formulating construction safety plans that encompass risk identification, assessment, and control measures. …”
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Invited review: Phenotyping strategies and genetic background of dairy cattle behavior in intensive production systems—From trait definition to genomic selection by Hendyel A. Pacheco, Rick O. Hernandez, Shi-Yi Chen, Heather W. Neave, Jessica A. Pempek, Luiz F. Brito

“…Furthermore, there is still a need to standardize phenotyping protocols for existing traits and develop guidelines for recording novel behavioral traits and integrating multiple data sources. …”
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Development of the Maladaptive Eating Behavior Questionnaire after Bariatric Metabolic Surgery and test of its reliability and validity by YANG Ningli, HUA Hongxia, LIANG Hui

“…Objective To develop a scientifically sound and standardized Maladaptive Eating Behavior Questionnaire after Bariatric Metabolic Surgery （MEBQBS）， and to test its reliability and validity， providing a reference for early identification of maladaptive eating behaviors in post-bariatric patients. …”
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Major aspects of STEM education based on U.S. government initiatives by Liliya Batyuk

“…Studying the experience of the United States in the development of the STEM education sector, based on Federal Government initiatives, and studying the experience of training STEM specialists, can contribute to bringing the quality of Ukrainian education closer to international standards. Methodology. The methodology includes specific-search and logical-synthetic analysis (for collecting, analyzing, systematizing and generalizing the provisions of historical, scientific-pedagogical, periodical, methodological, reference literature, and regulatory documentation); and system-structural analysis (for systematizing scientific facts about education and STEM education in the USA). …”
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Occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. from unbranded and branded yogurt in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Mihret Frew, Takele Wolkaro, Ulfina Galmessa

“…The samples were cultured using International Organization for Standardization reference analytical methods. The VITEK 2 XL Compact system (bioMérieux) was employed to confirm the presumptive colonies and perform antimicrobial sensitivity testing, following the manufacturer’s instructions. …”
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Nonpuerperal Uterine Inversion: What the Gynaecologists Need to Know? by R. P. Herath, M. Patabendige, M. Rashid, P. S. Wijesinghe

“…Mean age of the women was 46.3 years (standard deviation: 18, N = 153). Leiomyoma remained the commonest (56.2%) aetiology. …”
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Design of a clinical balance tool for fall risk assessments: A development and usability study. by Jennifer Hornung Garvin, Virginia M Yazzie, Natalie A Katsuyama, Truman Rudloff, Lise C Worthen-Chaudhari, Ajit M W Chaudhari

“…<h4>Background</h4>Falls are a significant source of early morbidity and mortality in the aging population, yet clinical changes that lead to increased fall risks often escape early identification and intervention. A device to measure postural control would facilitate evidence-based fall risk assessment.…”
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Isomeric Differentiation of Four Triterpene Acids Using Full Collision Energy Ramp-MS2 Analysis by Li-juan WU, Rui-ru NAN, Qian WANG, Xin CHEN, Wen-jing LIU, Yue-lin SONG

“…However, these techniques often rely on reference standards or necessitate intricate sample preparation procedures, rendering them less suitable for the analysis of TCMs due to the complexity of their matrices. …”
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Multi-cancer early detection tests for general population screening: a systematic literature review by Ros Wade, Sarah Nevitt, Yiwen Liu, Melissa Harden, Claire Khouja, Gary Raine, Rachel Churchill, Sofia Dias

“…Sensitivity was highly variable and influenced by study design, population, reference standard test used and length of follow-up. …”
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