The Effect of Intrauterine Device Use on the Quality of Sampling Material in Patients Undergoing Endometrial Biopsy by Hüseyin Aksoy, Mehmet Çopuroğlu, Mehmet Genco, Merve Genco, Mürüvet Korkmaz Baştürk

“…<b>Objective:</b> This retrospective study aims to evaluate the effect of copper intrauterine device (Cu-IUD) use on the adequacy and diagnostic quality of endometrial biopsy specimens in women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB). …”
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Impact of a Saline Soil Improvement Project on the Spatiotemporal Evolution of Groundwater Dynamic Field and Hydrodynamic Process Simulation in the Hetao Irrigation District by Yule Sun, Liping Wang, Zuting Liu, Yonglin Jia, Zhongyi Qu

“…This work investigated the spatiotemporal evolution patterns and influencing factors of the groundwater environment in the context of soil salinity–alkalinity improvement, as well as the impact of irrigation on the ionic characteristics of groundwater. …”
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Nuanced perspectives on the challenges, prospects and opportunities confronting sustainable access to potable water and sanitary services in South Africa’s Nompumelelo community by Shadreck Muchaku, Shadreck Muchaku, Leocadia Zhou

“…A matrix questionnaire method was also applied to evaluate the alignment between key informants’ views and broader community perspectives. …”
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Integration of Counter Shaft Shedding Mechanism into Indigenous Two-Heddle Loom: A Novel Approach by Divine Vidgedor, Moses Akrofi, Eric Bruce-Amartey Jnr., Ebenezer Kofi Howard

“…Modular Integration enabled the production of complex weave patterns, enhanced fabric quality, and increased productivity while preserving the loom's affordability and simplicity. …”
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Direction and modality of transcription changes caused by TAD boundary disruption in Slc29a3/Unc5b locus depends on tissue-specific epigenetic context by Paul Salnikov, Polina Belokopytova, Alexandra Yan, Emil Viesná, Alexey Korablev, Irina Serova, Varvara Lukyanchikova, Yana Stepanchuk, Nikita Torgunakov, Savelii Tikhomirov, Veniamin Fishman

“…Using UMI-assisted targeted RNA-seq we evaluated transcriptional changes of Unc5b, Slc29a3, Psap, Vsir, Cdh23, and Sgpl1 across various organs. …”
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Comparing the Kaufman Intelligence Brief Test Second Edition (KBIT-2) with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) by Sait Uluç, Ferhunde Öktem

“…However, the national norm studies of the Second Version of the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (KBIT-2) in Türkiye have been completed recently. This study evaluates within its scope the structural features of KBIT-2, which is a fairly new measurement tool for Türkiye, by comparing them with WISC-IV. …”
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Impacts of Cereal and Legume Cultivation on Soil Properties and Microbial Communities in the Mu Us Desert by Lirong He, Lei Shi, Yang Wu, Guoliang Wang, Guobin Liu

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effects of different crop cultivation practices on soil chemical properties and microbial communities in the Mu Us Desert, with the goal of optimizing land management and promoting ecological restoration. …”
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CGV-Net: Tunnel Lining Crack Segmentation Method Based on Graph Convolution Guided Transformer by Kai Liu, Tao Ren, Zhangli Lan, Yang Yang, Rong Liu, Yuantong Xu

“…By fostering information exchange among local features, the model enhances comprehension of the global structural patterns of cracks and improves inference capabilities in recognizing intricate crack configurations. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of apparent treatment-resistant hypertension among patients in South African primary care: a single-centre observational study by Kellicia Courtney Govender, Mergan Naidoo

“…Accordingly, we aimed to evaluate the prevalence, clinical and biochemical profiles, and therapeutic patterns associated with TRH among hypertensives in primary care. …”
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Dynamics of self-concept in the process of psychotherapy of narcissistic personalities as the focus of empirical research: Theoretical justification and methodological guidelines by Ivan E. Kharchenko

“…Narcissistic personality disorders represent a complex pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy, masking a fragile and vulnerable self. …”
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A Comparison of Southern Hemisphere Cyclone Track Climatology and Interannual Variability in Coarse-Gridded Reanalysis Datasets by Timothy Paul Eichler, Jon Gottschalck

“…More intense storms are also found in the SH active cyclone region in NCEP reanalyses data post-1979 reflecting the positive trend in the AAO in the past few decades. When evaluating interannual variability, our results show Rossby wave trains including the Pacific South American (PSA) and the East Indian Ocean pattern in response to anomalous heating linked to El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), respectively. …”
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Point rotation invariant features and attention fusion network for point cloud registration of 3D shapes by Zeyang Liu, Zhiguo Lu, Yancong Shan

“…The model is trained on the ModelNet40 (Wu et al. in: Proceedings of the IEEE conference on computer vision and pattern recognition, pp 1912–1920, 2015) dataset and evaluated on both ModelNet40 and ShapeNet (Chang et al. in Shapenet: an information-rich 3d model repository, 2015. arXiv:1512.03012 ) datasets, demonstrating its generalization capabilities. …”
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Proteomic studies searching for breast cancer markers: а review of literature by M. A. Taipov, Z. N. Nikiforova, V. E. Shevchenko

“…Breast malignancies hold the lead in the pattern of cancers among women worldwide. Currently used methods for the instrumental diagnosis of breast cancer (BC) and their related diagnostic procedures are not sophisticated. …”
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Block Prediction and Support Analysis for Layered Excavation in an Underground Oil Storage Cavern by LIU Si-xin, YING Yong-jian, KONG Ke-wei, MAI Zhi-jie, ZHANG Qi-hua

“…Traditional rock mass classification methods focus solely on analyzing and evaluating the overall stability of the surrounding rock, often neglecting the problem of block instability caused by unfavorable combinations of structural planes. …”
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Developing Novel Beta-Secretase Inhibitors in a Computer Model as a Possible Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease by Tassanee Ongtanasup, Komgrit Eawsakul

“…However, further experiments are needed to evaluate M4’s potential as a BACE-1 inhibitor.…”
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Advancing interpretation of incoherent scattering in ice-penetrating radar data used for ice core site selection by E. L. Mutter, N. Holschuh

“…This scattering is signal, not noise, and has the potential to inform our understanding of the structure and dynamics of the bottom 20 % of glaciers and ice sheets. …”
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Comparing Diagnostic Tools in Personality Disorders by Emel AKGUN AKTAS, Seher Olga GURIZ, Akfer KARAOGLAN KAHILOGULLARI, Guler ALPASLAN, Esra CAVDAR, Aysegul DAGDEVIREN

“…Personality Disorder is defined as; continually self experience and behavioral pattern which has great variations of individual cultural normal expectations. …”
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Pears Internal Quality Inspection Based on X-Ray Imaging and Multi-Criteria Decision Fusion Model by Zeqing Yang, Jiahui Zhang, Zhimeng Li, Ning Hu, Zhengpan Qi

“…This approach effectively reduced misclassification caused by structural similarities in X-ray images. The study confirms the efficacy of X-ray imaging coupled with multi-classifier fusion for accurate and non-destructive internal quality evaluation of pears, offering practical value for fruit grading and post-harvest management in the pear industry.…”
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Experimental Investigation of Hydrogen Embrittlement in Post-Fire Q690 Weldments by Xu-Yang Wang, Cheng-Wang Tang, Wen-Jiao Dan

“…The results of the study show that the heat treatment temperature has a significant effect on the hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility of welded structural components. Higher heat treatment temperatures and longer hydrogen charging times lead to a decrease in the mechanical properties of the material, which is characterised by a flatter and smoother macroscopic fracture surface, while the microscopic fracture pattern is characterised by micro-voids. …”
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SLAMF receptors: key regulators of tumor progression and emerging targets for cancer immunotherapy by Jia Li, Tao Fan, Di Wang, Chu Xiao, Ziqin Deng, Wenpeng Cai, Yu Ji, Chunxiang Li, Jie He

“…Abstract The signaling lymphocytic activation molecule family (SLAMF) consists of nine distinct cell surface receptors predominantly expressed on immune cells, each characterized by unique structural features, expression patterns, downstream signaling pathways, and biological functions. …”
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