Advances in colorectal cancer diagnosis using optimal deep feature fusion approach on biomedical images by Sultan Refa Alotaibi, Manal Abdullah Alohali, Mashael Maashi, Hamed Alqahtani, Moneerah Alotaibi, Ahmed Mahmud

“…A series of simulations is accomplished to highlight the significant results of the CCD-ODFFBI method under the Warwick-QU dataset. The comparison of the CCD-ODFFBI method showed a superior accuracy value of 99.39% over existing techniques.…”
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Neutralizing antibody responses to three XBB protein vaccines in older adults by Guo-Jian Yang, Mei Lu, Rui-Rui Chen, Shuang-Qing Wang, Sheng Wan, Xue-Dong Song, Guo-Ping Cao, Lei Lv, Xue-Juan He, Bing-Dong Zhan, Mai-Juan Ma

“…Older adults produce similar neutralizing antibody responses to the vaccines regardless of their underlying medical conditions. These findings indicate that booster vaccination with XBB-containing vaccines can effectively elicit strong neutralizing responses against a number of SARS-CoV-2 variants in older adults over 65 years, which will help guide vaccine strategies in this elderly population.…”
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Automated potato tuber mass estimation and grading with multiangle 2D images by Ayush K. Sharma, Lincoln Zotarelli, Alina Zare, Lakesh K. Sharma

“…Physical data of potato tubers from 23 different cultivars were collected, and their 2D images were captured under controlled light conditions from top and side angles. …”
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Individualized prediction of multi-domain intelligence quotient in bipolar disorder patients using resting-state functional connectivity by Xiaoyu Li, Wei Wei, Linze Qian, Xiaojing Li, Mingli Li, Ioannis Kakkos, Qiang Wang, Hua Yu, Wanjun Guo, Xiaohong Ma, George K. Matsopoulos, Liansheng Zhao, Wei Deng, Yu Sun, Tao Li

“…It is a step toward the development of applicable techniques for quantitative and objective cognitive assessment in BD patients and contributes novel insights into understanding the complex neural mechanisms underlying different IQ domains.…”
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THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE IT SECTOR: WAS THE ADJUSTMENT AS EASY AS IT SEEMED? THE CASE OF CROATIA by Julia Perić, Ružica Stanić

“…This paper examines the impact of the pandemic on employees in the IT sector and analyzes how leaders managed to ensure the psychological safety of their employees under these uncertain conditions. In addition, this paper answers whether and to what extent IT companies had to adapt their business models and what other challenges (cybersecurity, new platforms, etc.) they had to respond to. …”
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Assessment of caries diagnostic threshold of DMFT, and ICDAS II in the estimation of caries prevalence rate in first permanent molars among students of College of Dentistry-Hawler... by Razawa Kareem Saeed, Mustafa Isa Omer, Neenor Nazar Hanna, Hallo Khals Ghafour

“…Clinical examinations were carried out under artificial light using dental mirrors and dental probe/explorers. …”
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Comparative in-vitro degradation of hyaluronic acids exposed to different hyaluronidase enzymes by Marcelo Germani, Márcia V.G.B. de Queiroz, Mariana Yuri de França Shimizu, Thiago Gomes Teixeira, Victor Rogerio, Gabriela Giro, Victor R.M. Munoz-Lora

“…The gels were divided into two groups, with seven aliquots (0.1 mL per aliquot) for each group deposited on a glass plate. A millimeter ruler was positioned behind the plate to measure the gel height. …”
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Obesity-related indices are associated with self-reported infertility in women: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Hong Zhang, Minmin Yu, Li Li, Chen Chen, Qinyuan He

“…CoI had the best diagnostic performance (area under the ROC curve 0.628, 95% CI: 0.597–0.658). …”
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The Result of Timely Therapy for Whipple's Disease: a Clinical Case by S. N. Mekhtiev, O. A. Mekhtieva, E. Yu. Kalinina, V. E. Karev, A. V. Vanyan, O. M. Berko

“…The identified changes were represented by thickening of the villi and accumulations in the stroma of large macrophages (CD68+) with wide light cytoplasm containing abundant accumulations of PAS-positive, negative when stained with carbol fuchsin according to Ziehl — Nielsen and auramine-rhodamine (under microscopy in luminescence mode) short rods, as well as numerous optically empty small and larger cavities. …”
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Empowering recovery: a remote spirometry system and mobile app for monitoring and promoting pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with rib fracture by Ling-wei Kuo, Chih-Yuan Fu, Chien-An Liao, Chien-Hung Liao, Chi-Tung Cheng, Tai-Horng Young, Shih-Ching Kang, Szu-An Chen, Yu-San Tee

“…However, we observed that patients under 65 years demonstrated more remarkable improvement in pulmonary function than their older counterparts, with significant differences in FVC (110% vs 10%, p=0.032) and PEF (64.2% vs 11.9%, p=0.003).Conclusion The adoption of the remote spirometry device is similar between older and younger patients with rib fractures. …”
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The models of behaviour ofthe old generation historians in the presence of sovietization process by Aurimas Švedas

“…Historians with the "bourgeois past" were closely watched and some of them even came under the real threat of repressions. At the same time, authors and stewards of the Soviet model of history cynically attempted to use the authority of the historians of independent Lithuania by constantly assigning them tasks of conjuncture. …”
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Modelling and Simulation of Perturb and Observe MPPT Algorithm Based on The PI Controller for Photovoltaic System by Ahlam Mohamad Shakoor, Hersh Hasan Taha

“…The proposed model is used to simulate and optimize the photovoltaic array output current, voltage and power features under various environmental conditions including solar temperature and radiation. …”
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REDD1 expression in podocytes facilitates renal inflammation and pyroptosis in streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy by Siddharth Sunilkumar, Sandeep M. Subrahmanian, Esma I. Yerlikaya, Allyson L. Toro, Edward W. Harhaj, Scot R. Kimball, Michael D. Dennis

“…REDD1 deletion in podocytes attenuated both the increase in chemokine expression and macrophage chemotaxis under hyperglycemic conditions. Notably, podocyte-specific REDD1 deletion prevented the pro-inflammatory immune cell infiltration in the kidneys of diabetic mice. …”
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Design of a Process Control Laboratory Curriculum Incorporating Simulation Modules and Hands-On Training for Enhanced Learning Experience by Serene Sow Mun Lock, Irene Sow Mei Lock, Lam Ghai Lim

“…Students were exposed to methodologies such as Euler's, Runge-Kutta, and Gear methods for lumped parameter systems, and finite difference methods for distributed systems, to understand the calculation basis underlying the dynamic system. Within this curriculum, students participated in simulation creation, experimentation, results documentation, and comparison with conventional laboratory results. …”
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Role of exercise on ncRNAs and exosomal ncRNAs in preventing neurodegenerative diseases: a narrative review by Shangwu Liu, Runhong Zhang, Jamal Hallajzadeh

“…However, more research is needed to fully understand the underlying mechanisms and to further explore the potential of exercise-induced ncRNA signatures as biomarkers and therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative disorders.…”
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Wet Feeding Promotes Growth without Affecting Hypothalamic Peptide Gene Expression in Growing Broiler Chicks by Tomoya Matsunami, Yuhui Zhang, Yuji Taniguchi, Sei-ichi Hinomoto, Takaoki Saneyasu, Hiroshi Kamisoyama, Kazuhisa Honda

“…Regulatory mechanisms underlying drinking behavior have not yet been identified in chickens; however, the regulation of osmolality and water intake appears to be closely related. …”
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Hubble Space Telescope Observations within the Sphere of Influence of the Powerful Supermassive Black Hole in PKS 0745-191 by Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, Hyunseop Choi, Minghao Guo, Annabelle Richard-Laferrière, Carter Rhea, Marine Prunier, Helen Russell, Andy Fabian, Jonelle L. Walsh, Marie-Joëlle Gingras, Brian McNamara, Steve Allen, André-Nicolas Chené, Alastair Edge, Marie-Lou Gendron-Marsolais, Michael McDonald, Priyamvada Natarajan, Jeremy Sanders, James F. Steiner, Benjamin Vigneron, Anja von der Linden

“…These high-resolution data offer the first spatially resolved map of gas dynamics within an SMBH's sphere of influence under such powerful feedback. Our results reveal the presence of highly chaotic, nondrotational ionized gas flows on subkiloparsec scales, in contrast to the more coherent flows observed on larger scales. …”
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Extraction of Antioxidant Peptides and Activity Evaluation of Frog (Rana nigromaculata) Skin by Ultra-high Pressure Assisted Enzyme Hydrolysis by Xicai ZHANG, Rong LI, Yechuan HUANG

“…Besides, on the basis of neutral protease hydrolysis, the optimum technology parameters for secondary enzymatic hydrolysis were alkaline protease dosage 10210 U/g, ultra-high pressure pressure 315 MPa, pressure action time 9.3 min, liquid-material ratio 16 times, and the yield of small molecule peptides with 1~2000 Da was 25.26% under above condition. Ultra-high pressure assisted two-enzyme hydrolysis significantly increased the yield of small-molecule peptides from the skin of the frog (Rana nigromaculata). …”
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A cross-sectional study of the current status of psychological health and its correlation with academic performance in medical students: taking medical students in a medical univer... by Han Chunhong, Han Chunhong, Ding Jingjing, He Huan, Zheng Peiyao, Zhang Xiaona, Yang Xiaowen, Zheng Aiming

“…BackgroundThe psychological health problems are becoming increasingly prominent among medical students under the heavy academic stress and high-intensity clinical internships. …”
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Analysis of reservoir rock permeability changes due to solid precipitation during waterflooding using artificial neural network by Azizollah Khormali, Soroush Ahmadi, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Aleksandrov

“…A comparison of the predicted values of rock permeability under scaling conditions with experimental data showed that the proposed ANN model makes it possible to predict formation damage due to scaling with high accuracy. …”
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