Diarrhea treatment center (DTC) based diarrheal disease surveillance in settlements in the wake of the mass influx of forcibly displaced Myanmar national (FDMN) in Cox's Bazar, Ban... by Abu S G Faruque, Azharul Islam Khan, S M Rafiqul Islam, Baitun Nahar, M Nasif Hossain, Yulia Widiati, A S M Mainul Hasan, Mukeshkumar Prajapati, Minjoon Kim, Maya Vandenent, Tahmeed Ahmed

“…This study aims to report the clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory characteristics of the hospitalized patients.<h4>Methods</h4>The study followed cross-sectional design. …”
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A Novel Multi-Image Encryption Scheme Using Generalized Rectangular Transform and Advanced 5-D Hyperchaotic Map by Yu-Chi Lan, Chung-Ming Wang

“…Notably, decryption does not require prior knowledge of the transformation matrix&#x2019;s periodicity and achieves a speedup of up to 299 times compared to state-of-the-art methods. Extensive robustness testing against cropping, salt &#x0026; pepper noise, and hybrid attacks confirms that GRTPHM can maintain satisfactory decryption accuracy and visual quality, even under severe image distortions. …”
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Comparison of Muscle Energy Techniques and Myofascial Release in Premenopausal Women with Fibromyalgia by Samar Negm, Abeer ElDeeb, Mai Shehata, ElSayed Abdou, Efrem Kentiba, Elham Hassan

“…The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of ‘muscle energy technique and myofascial release’ on fibromyalgia patients. Materials and Methods In this randomized controlled trial, seventy-four women aged 30 to 45, with a body mass index ranging from 25 - 34.9 kg/m², were participated. …”
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Interpretable prediction of stroke prognosis: SHAP for SVM and nomogram for logistic regression by Kun Guo, Kun Guo, Bo Zhu, Lei Zha, Yuan Shao, Zhiqin Liu, Naibing Gu, Kongbo Chen

“…Machine Learning (ML) models have emerged as promising tools for predicting stroke prognosis, surpassing traditional methods in accuracy and speed.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to develop and validate ML algorithms for predicting the 6-month prognosis of patients with Acute Cerebral Infarction, using clinical data from two medical centers in China, and to assess the feasibility of implementing Explainable ML in clinical settings.MethodsA retrospective observational cohort study was conducted involving 398 patients diagnosed with Acute Cerebral Infarction from January 2023 to February 2024. …”
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Clinical and economic effectiveness of Schroth therapy in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: insights from a machine learning- and active learning-based real-world study by Erdal Ayvaz, Merve Uca, Ednan Ayvaz, Zafer Yıldız

“…ML models identified important predictors overlooked by classical methods, particularly highlighting the importance of treatment duration. …”
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Association between union time and clinical and functional outcomes following reconstruction with free vascularized fibular graft in patients with bone tumors by Mehmet Can Gezer, Mustafa Onur Karaca, Hüseyin Yusuf Yıldız

“…Conclusions: Free vascularized fibula grafts are effective biological reconstruction methods that accelerate bone union. The average union time is 6 months, extending up to 9-12 months in some cases. …”
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Overdiagnosis of dental caries in South Korea: a pseudo-patient study by Ji-Young Son, Yuyi Park, Ji-Yeon Park, Min-Ji Kim, Dong-Hun Han

“…The oral examination was performed using visual and tactile inspection methods only. The interactions between the dental clinic staff and the pseudo-patient were documented on a data collection form shortly after each visit. …”
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On the development of a systemic (biopsychosocial) prediction model for cardiovascular disease. Part I by O. Yu. Shchelkova, M. V. Iakovleva, D. A. Eremina, R. Yu. Shindrikov, N. E. Kruglova, I. A. Gorbunov, E. A. Demchenko

“…A multidisciplinary set of methods was used to accomplish the aim: clinical and psychological. …”
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Home Healthcare Medication Safety risks among older adults with chronic diseases: a qualitative study by Tahereh Najafi Ghezeljeh, Zahra Amrollah Majdabadi Kohne, Mansoureh Ashghali Farahani, Forough Rafii, Sahar Keyvanloo Shahrestanaki

“…Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 7 nurses, 2 supervisors, 2 nursing assistants (experts in non-nursing careers), 1 home care inspector (expert of the Deputy of Treatment), and 3 family caregivers in home settings, along with four participatory observations and visual methods (narrative photography) focusing on medication safety challenges. …”
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Determination of Dynamic Stresses and Displacements under the Action of an Impact Load on a Two-Layer Structure during the Indentation Process by N. E. Babushkina, A. A. Lyapin

“…The advantages of dynamic indentation methods and the distribution of stress intensity on the surface and inside the sample are investigated. …”
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A systematic scoping review of latent class analysis applied to accelerometry-assessed physical activity and sedentary behavior. by Michael Kebede, Annie Green Howard, Yumeng Ren, Blake Anuskiewicz, Chongzhi Di, Melissa A Troester, Kelly R Evenson

“…We conducted a systematic scoping review to describe the application of LCA to accelerometry.<h4>Methods</h4>Comprehensive searches in PubMed, Web of Science, CINHAL, SPORTDiscus, and Embase identified studies published through December 31, 2021. …”
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Comparison of the analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided superficial serratus anterior plane block and intercostal nerve block for rib fractures: a randomized controlled trial by Musa Zengin, Onur Küçük, Muhyettin Aslan, Göktürk Fındık, Ali Alagöz

“…Abstract Background Various regional analgesic methods are frequently incorporated into multimodal analgesia strategies for managing rib fractures. …”
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Mo.Se.: Mosaic image segmentation based on deep cascading learning by Andrea Felicetti, Marina Paolanti, Primo Zingaretti, Roberto Pierdicca, Eva Savina Malinverni

“… • Extensive experiments show that the proposed framework outperforms state-of-the-art methods with higher accuracy, even compared with publicly available datasets.…”
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Protocol of a parallel group Randomized Control Trial (RCT) for Mobile-assisted Medication Adherence Support (Ma-MAS) intervention among Tuberculosis patients. by Zekariyas Sahile, Lua Perimal-Lewis, Paul Arbon, Anthony John Maeder

“…Therefore, there is a reason to approach this problem more rigorously, by developing the intervention systematically with evidence-based theory and conducting the trial with strong measurement methods.<h4>Methods</h4>This study is a single-blind parallel-group design individual randomized control trial. …”
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HybridFusionNet: Deep Learning for Multi-Stage Diabetic Retinopathy Detection by Amar Shukla, Shamik Tiwari, Anurag Jain

“…Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most common causes of visual impairment worldwide and requires reliable automated detection methods. …”
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SHIVA-CMB: a deep-learning-based robust cerebral microbleed segmentation tool trained on multi-source T2*GRE- and susceptibility-weighted MRI by Ami Tsuchida, Martin Goubet, Philippe Boutinaud, Iana Astafeva, Victor Nozais, Pierre-Yves Hervé, Thomas Tourdias, Stéphanie Debette, Marc Joliot

“…An increasing number of automated CMB detection methods being proposed are based on supervised deep learning (DL). …”
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A Spatial–Frequency Combined Transformer for Cloud Removal of Optical Remote Sensing Images by Fulian Zhao, Chenlong Ding, Xin Li, Runliang Xia, Caifeng Wu, Xin Lyu

“…Experimental evaluations on the public datasets demonstrate that SFCRFormer outperforms state-of-the-art methods across various quantitative metrics, including PSNR and SSIM, while delivering superior visual results.…”
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Exploring the Spatial Distribution of Toponyms and Its Correlation with Landscape Characteristics: A Case Study in Wuhan, China by Zihang Zhou, Bidan Yin, Menglin Huang, Xianjie Pan, Diechuan Yang

“…This study analyzes 3638 toponyms in Wuhan as the research objects, utilizing geospatial analysis methods, including kernel density analysis, standard deviation ellipse analysis, and average nearest neighbor analysis, to visualize the spatial distribution of Wuhan’s TCL. …”
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Specificity and Sensitivity of Lung Ultrasound Examination in Patients with COVID-19 Induced Pneumonia by R. E. Lakhin, E. A. Zhirnova, A. V. Shchegolev, I. S. Zheleznyak, I. A. Menkov, A. A. Chugunov

“…The sensitivity and specificity of ultrasound methods were evaluated on the basis of ROC analysis according to CT gold standard.Results. …”
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Radiological and Clinical Outcomes of the Dovetailed Notch Scarf Osteotomy for Correcting the First Metatarsal Pronation in Moderate to Severe Hallux Valgus Deformity: A Comparativ... by Ming-Zhu Zhang MD, PhD, Chao Wang MD

“…Conclusion: Two osteotomy methods can effectively correct moderate to severe hallux valgus deformity. …”
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