Ficus deltoidea standardized methanolic extract improves kidney structure and function against streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy in rats by Nurdiana Samsulrizal, Noor Syaffinaz Noor Mohamad Zin, Nur Syimal`ain Azmi, Mohd Daud Bakar, Hafandi Ahmad, Yong-Meng Goh

“…FTIR spectroscopy may be useful for monitoring structural and biochemical alterations in the kidney during diabetes treatment.…”
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Prognostic value of tertiary lymphoid structures in triple-negative breast cancer: integrated analysis with the tumor microenvironment and clinicopathological features by Florence Boissière-Michot, Marie-Christine Chateau, Simon Thézenas, Virginie Lafont, Evelyne Crapez, Evelyne Crapez, Priyanka Sharma, Angélique Bobrie, Angélique Bobrie, Pascal Roger, Séverine Guiu, Séverine Guiu, William Jacot, William Jacot, William Jacot, William Jacot

“…BackgroundIn triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), the most immunogenic breast cancer type, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are an independent prognostic factor. Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) are an important TILs source, but they are not integrated in the current prognostic criteria.MethodsIn this retrospective study, TLS were assessed in hematein-eosin-saffron-stained (HES) histological sections from 397 early, chemotherapy-naive TNBC samples after primary surgical resection. …”
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Trends in long-term hydrological data from European karst areas: insights for groundwater recharge evaluation by M. Giese, M. Giese, Y. Caballero, Y. Caballero, A. Hartmann, J.-B. Charlier, J.-B. Charlier

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Echocardiographic assessment of left atrial structural and functional changes after catheter ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with preserved ejection fraction by Qi Zhang, Nan Nan Liu, Jing Shu Sun, Zu Lu Wang, Ming Liang, Gui Shen Li, Mei Yi Wang

“…After catheter ablation, LA reverse remodeling exhibits a pattern of “functional recovery preceding structural recovery”. …”
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Video-based telemedicine utilization patterns and associated factors among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods scoping r... by John M Meddar, Ratnalekha V N Viswanadham, Defne L Levine, Tiffany R Martinez, Kendra Willis, Noah Choi, Jackson Douglas, Katharine S Lawrence

“…This mixed-methods scoping review quantitatively describes patterns of video-based telemedicine utilization and qualitatively evaluates factors impacting utilization among racial/ethnic minorities in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Morphological analysis of cold-water coral skeletons for evaluating in silico mechanical models of reef-scale crumbling by Marta Peña Fernández, Josh Williams, Janina V. Büscher, Janina V. Büscher, J. Murray Roberts, Sebastian J. Hennige, Uwe Wolfram, Uwe Wolfram

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A Data-Driven Approach for Urban Heat Island Predictions: Rethinking the Evaluation Metrics and Data Preprocessing by Berk Kıvılcım, Patrick Erik Bradley

“…After the model training, the prediction results are not simply evaluated with most widely used shallow metrics like the Mean Square Error (MSE), but thanks to the raster format of input and output results, some image similarity metrics such as Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM) and Learned Perceptual Image Patch Similarity (LPIPS) that are able to detect and consider spatial relations are used during the evaluation and interpretation process, because of their higher usefulness in mimicking human visual judgements. …”
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Defining Rural Types Nearby Large Cities from the Perspective of Urban–Rural Integration: A Case Study of Xi’an Metropolitan Area, China by Xiji Jiang, Jiaxin Sun, Tianzi Zhang, Qian Li, Yan Ma, Wen Qu, Dan Ye, Zhendong Lei

“…A clustering algorithm enhanced by the random forest (RF)–principal component analysis (PCA)–partitioning around medoids (PAM) method is applied to evaluate rural integration comprehensively. Key findings in this study include the following: (i) URI should be decoupled from administrative divisions, considering the complex impacts of multi-town functional spillover; (ii) ecological environment, economic development, public service allocation, and construction land supply are key factors influencing URI; (iii) the overall URI index in the Xi’an metropolitan area presents a “high in the center, low in the east and west” pattern. …”
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Comparison of Fuzzy-AHP and ANP Decision Making Methods to Assess the Ecological Capability of Ecotourism Application (Case study: Dehloran National Natural Monuments) by Mohsen Tavakoli

“…Regarding this issue, in this study, the ecological potential of this region has been evaluated for ecotourism use. Ecological capability of these monuments for ecotourism use has been evaluated. …”
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Adaptive DecayRank: Real-Time Anomaly Detection in Dynamic Graphs with Bayesian PageRank Updates by Ocheme Anthony Ekle, William Eberle, Jared Christopher

“…Real-time anomaly detection in large, dynamic graph networks is crucial for real-world applications such as network intrusion prevention, fraud transaction identification, fake news detection in social networks, and uncovering abnormal communication patterns. However, existing graph-based methods often focus on static graph structures, which struggle to adapt to the evolving nature of these graphs. …”
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Compensation of Speckle Noise in 2D Images from Triangulation Laser Profile Sensors Using Local Column Median Vectors with an Application in a Quality Control System by Paweł Rotter, Dawid Knapik, Maciej Klemiato, Maciej Rosół, Grzegorz Putynkowski

“…Unlike the column fixed pattern noise commonly observed in TDI CMOS cameras, the positions of these stripes are not stationary. …”
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Comparative evaluation of titanium-prepared platelet-rich fibrin with and without herbal extract: A histological study by Gummaluri Shiva Shankar, Gurumoorthy Kaarthikeyan, Damera Trinath Kishore, Boddeda Anusha, Kodem Tejaswi, Lekkala Sivaram

“…Histological analysis of titanium-prepared platelet-rich fibrin (T-PRF) injected with herbal extract, could help assess the appearance (pattern) and structural changes of T-PRF. The aim of the study was to evaluate the appearance of the fibrin network, cellularity, and fibrin border area of T-PRF alone and T-PRF injected with herbal extract. …”
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A Quantitative Evaluation of UAV Flight Parameters for SfM-Based 3D Reconstruction of Buildings by Inho Jo, Yunku Lee, Namhyuk Ham, Juhyung Kim, Jae-Jun Kim

“…A comprehensive experimental analysis was conducted to systematically investigate and quantitatively evaluate the effects of various shooting patterns and parameters on SfM reconstruction quality and processing efficiency. …”
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Evaluation of the ecological status of Posidonia oceanica meadows along the Calabrian Coasts: A multi-index approach by Faustino Scarcelli, Chiara Spadaro, Annamaria Ienco, Vincenzo Osso, Pietro Giovannelli, Silvestro Greco, Silvia Mazzuca, Amalia Piro

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Proposal of a basic structure for deformation mechanisms using polytetrafluoroethylene porous fiber sheets inspired by Euglena's pellicular complexes by Masataka NAKABAYASHI, Moe ISHIBASHI, Ayana MIKUNI, Yuhi TAMURA, Ryosuke HATTORI, Satoshi SHIMAWAKI

“…Further experiments with different driving patterns indicated the possibility of locally controlling the deformation within the structure. …”
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Heat Shock Protein 70 and 90 Genes in the Harmful Dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides: Genomic Structures and Transcriptional Responses to Environmental Stresses by Ruoyu Guo, Seok Hyun Youn, Jang-Seu Ki

“…As a microeukaryote, it seems to have distinct genomic characteristics, like gene structure and regulation. In the present study, we characterized heat shock protein (HSP) 70/90 of C. polykrikoides and evaluated their transcriptional responses to environmental stresses. …”
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Monitoring and Evaluation of Fish Passage Effectiveness in Nature-like Fishway of Sanghe River Secondary Hydropower Station by SHEN Chun-ying, WANG Jing-chao, QIN Xin, CHEN Yu-bin, XUE Ru-zhan

“…[Objective] With the continuous expansion of China’s water conservancy infrastructure, hydraulic structures such as dams and sluice gates have obstructed fish migration routes and altered hydrological regimes both upstream and downstream. …”
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Structural Feedback Analysis Based on Monitoring Data from Units with Different Spiral Case Embedding Methods at Three Gorges Hydropower Station by CHEN Qin, SU Hai-dong, DUAN Guo-xue, CUI Jian-hua, ZHOU Shi-hua

“…This study aims to comprehensively evaluate structural safety conditions, providing a basis for the safe operation of the power station and offering references for structural design and embedding method selection at other power stations. …”
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Pore Structure and Its Controlling Factors of Cambrian Highly Over-Mature Marine Shales in the Upper Yangtze Block, SW China by Dadong Liu, Mingyang Xu, Hui Chen, Yi Chen, Xia Feng, Zhenxue Jiang, Qingqing Fan, Li Liu, Wei Du

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Causal analysis of undernutrition among adolescents in the context of the agrarian community of North-West Ethiopia: a general structural equation modelling approach by Eskezyiaw Agedew, Zeweter Abebe, Abebe Ayelign

“…A general structural equation modelling approach was used to determine a multicausal analysis of undernutrition. …”
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