Survival prediction in gliomas based on MRI radiomics combined with clinical factors and molecular biomarkers by Min Hao, Junyu Yan, Xiaochun Wang, Yan Tan, Hui Zhang, Guoqiang Yang

“…Results The radiomics signature based on the combined sequences indicated exceptional predictive ability for OS in three cohorts and stratified glioma patients significantly into high-risk and low-risk groups (P < 0.0001). …”
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A simplified score to quantify comorbidity in COPD. by Nirupama Putcha, Milo A Puhan, M Bradley Drummond, MeiLan K Han, Elizabeth A Regan, Nicola A Hanania, Carlos H Martinez, Marilyn Foreman, Surya P Bhatt, Barry Make, Joe Ramsdell, Dawn L DeMeo, R Graham Barr, Stephen I Rennard, Fernando Martinez, Edwin K Silverman, James Crapo, Robert A Wise, Nadia N Hansel

“…All scores added predictive ability to models including age, gender, race, current smoking status, pack-years smoked and FEV1 (p<0.001 for all comparisons). …”
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Screening of biological activity of phytopreparations based on secondary metabolites of plants on the culture of Phaseolus vulgaris by E. G. Kozar, I. A. Engalycheva, A. A. Antoshkin, N. E. Mashcenco

“…Two-fold treatment of beans with most of the tested preparations reduced the total percentage of affected plants by more than 25%. …”
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ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HYBRID COMPOSITES FOR FILLING TEETH UNDER LOCAL MOUNTING CLOCKS by V.F. Makeev, V.S. Kukhta, O.S. Kyrmanov, V.R. Skalsky

“… For the rational use of materials, it is necessary to have data on their ability to resist deformation and destruction. In particular, in each case it is necessary to have information on the stiffness, strength and resistance to destruction of materials in the specified operating conditions of the elements. …”
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The role of alpha 6 integrin in prostate cancer migration and bone pain in a novel xenograft model. by Tamara E King, Sangita C Pawar, Lisa Majuta, Isis C Sroka, Danyel Wynn, Manolis C Demetriou, Raymond B Nagle, Frank Porreca, Anne E Cress

“…Since integrin cleavage is mediated by Urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator (uPA), further work is warranted to test the efficacy of uPA inhibitors for prevention or delay of cancer induced bone pain.…”
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The Moderating Role of Gender and Mediating Role of Hope in the Performance of Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Demet Cakiroglu, Selen Yılmaz Isıkhan, Hamit Coskun

“…Organizations should focus more on hope and resilience by promoting positive attitudes among employees and managers to improve their ability to cope with crises.…”
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Intimate partner violence injuries in Australian orthopaedic clinics: a survey of clinician perspectives by Ariella Smith, Naomi Pinto, Brett Dyer, David Graham, Brahman Sivakumar

“…Understanding experiences and perceptions of this issue is key to improving our ability to provide care for this vulnerable population.…”
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“I didn’t mean it that way…”: Design and evaluation of an elective course on dealing with discrimination in medical communication by Schwaab, Lena, Strauß, Bernhard, Philipp, Swetlana

“…For this reason, an elective course (28 units) on “dealing with discrimination in medical communication” was introduced at University Hospital Jena for medical students in the clinical section, which aims to improve the communicative skills of future doctors with marginalized patients. The course was tested for the first time in the winter semester 2023/24. …”
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Diagnostics of mineral nutrition of carrot and red beet at organic and mineral fertilization systems by S. V. Belova

“…Achievement of such conditions is possible through soil and plant nutrition diagnostics, which in turn allows to establish the ability of crops to assimilate nutrients from the soil and adjust the doses of mineral fertilisers as top dressings.Material and Methods. …”
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Fluorescent Hyperbranched Polymers and Cotton Fabrics Treated with Them as Innovative Agents for Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy and Self-Disinfecting Textiles by Desislava Staneva, Paula Bosch, Petar Grozdanov, Ivanka Nikolova, Ivo Grabchev

“…However, many bacteria were still observed on the fiber surface when the microbial test was performed in the dark, whereas only a few single bacteria were noticed after the illumination. …”
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Greening the globe: a multi-stage analysis of human capital, innovation-policy interactions, and renewable energy in driving environmental sustainability by Yu Wence, Chuhao Wang, Xue Zhao, Zhang Haiyuan

“…The key novelty of this study lies in its methodological rigor and ability to address cross-sectional dependence and heterogeneity within the G20 economies. …”
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A Complex Background SAR Ship Target Detection Method Based on Fusion Tensor and Cross-Domain Adversarial Learning by Haopeng Chan, Xiaolan Qiu, Xin Gao, Dongdong Lu

“…The method is designed to address the cross-domain detection problem of SAR ships with large differences between the training and test sets. Specifically, it can be used for the cross-domain detection task from the fully polarised medium-resolution ship dataset (source domain) to the high-resolution single-polarised dataset (target domain). …”
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Phenylbutyrate Is Bacteriostatic against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Regulates the Macrophage Response to Infection, Synergistically with 25-Hydroxy-Vitamin D3. by Anna K Coussens, Robert J Wilkinson, Adrian R Martineau

“…We investigated whether clinically attainable plasma concentrations of PBA (0.4-4 mM) directly affect Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) growth and human macrophage and PBMC response to infection. We also tested the ability of PBA to enhance the immunomodulatory actions of the vitamin D metabolite 25(OH)D3 during infection and synergistically inhibit intracellular Mtb growth. …”
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An Exploration of Factor Affecting Household’s Travel Cost Budget Considering Household Life Stages Applying to Urban Bus Ridership by Sugiarto Sugiarto, Lulusi Lulusi, Cut Mutiawati, Sofyan M. Saleh, Qurrata A'yuni, Irham Iskandar

“…It hypothesizes that the travel cost budget (TCB) has significantly influenced the ability to pay for a particular household to afford the bus fare. …”
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Symbiotic N₂ Fixation, Leaf Photosynthesis, and Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Native Rhizobia Isolated from Soybean Nodules at Da, Upper West Region, Ghana by Mmatladi Tesia Mataboge, Mustapha Mohammed, Felix Dapare Dakora

“…The results showed that the test isolates that induced greater photosynthetic rates from higher stomatal conductance also stimulated increased water loss via leaf transpiration in soybean plants. …”
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Psychological and digital factors of student attitudes towards multitasking by E. I. Rasskazova, G. U. Soldatova

“…Two out of three students consider multitasking as a useful ability; every second student thinks that multitasking can be developed by training. …”
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Does Control Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score Predict Early and Long-Term Mortality at the Initiation of Maintenance Hemodialysis? by Selen T, Ulusal Okyay G, Ayerden Ebinç F, Merhametsiz Ö, Şahin H, Aylı MD

“…This study aimed to assess the CONUT score’s ability to predict mortality in Hemodialysis (HD) patients.Patients and Methods: Data from 243 patients who started HD between 2012 and 2020 were analyzed retrospectively. …”
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Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)- deep neural network (DNN) model to predict hydrodynamic parameters in rectangular and cylindrical bubble columns by Vishal Dhakane, Praneet Mishra, Ashutosh Yadav

“…Further, the model was tested for new data that the CFD-DNN model has not seen with existing literature and showed good agreement with their data and it reflects the excellent generalization ability of the model. …”
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Provenance and Tectonic Setting Discrimination and Their Effects on the Pore-Scale Fluid Flow of Black Shale: Take the Micangshan Tectonic Belt, Central China, as an Example by Tao Tian, Jianming Yao, Wenxiang Guo, Zhonghui Duan, Deliang Fu, Fu Yang

“…A large amount of trace and rare earth element data of black shale in this area was tested to analyze the sediment’s provenance, tectonic setting, and coupling process, and nuclear magnetic resonance was applied for fluid flow ability determination. …”
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Motor skill experience modulates attentional processing regardless of open- or closed-skill types: an ERP study by Mohamed Aly, Turki Alzahrani, Mohammed Fakehy, Mohamed Abass, Sheref Mohamed

“…BackgroundAttentional engagement, the ability to maintain focus on relevant tasks, plays a crucial role in optimizing human performance. …”
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