Predicting the evolution of pH and total soluble solids during coffee fermentation using near-infrared spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics by Vicente Tirado-Kulieva, Carlos Quijano-Jara, Himer Avila-George, Wilson Castro

“…Currently, coffee fermentation is visually operated, which results in incomplete or excessive processes and coffees with undesirable characteristics. …”
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Comparison of ultrasound⁃guided nerve block and local infiltration analgesia on analgesic effect in patients with laparoscopic cholecystectomy by LIAO Yongfeng，WANG Hui，ZHANG Yuedong

“…Objective To compare the influence of ultrasound⁃ guided nerve block and local infiltration analgesia on analgesic effect and levels of stress markers in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy（LC），and to establish a theoretical foundation for optimizing clinical selection of postoperative pain management approaches. Methods A total of 76 patients undergoing elective LC in Anqing First People's Hospital of Anhui Medical University from January 2020 to November 2024 were selected prospectively and divided into group A（ultrasound⁃guided nerve block analgesia after anesthesia induction，n=38）and group B（local infiltration analgesia after the end of surgery，n=38）by random envelope method. …”
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IMPACT OF THERMAL TREATMENT ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE PROTEIC FOAMS by Alain Riaublanc, Catherine Loisel, Gholamreza Djelveh, Christophe Vial, Irina Nicorescu, Jack Legrand

“…They are appreciated by consumers for their creamy texture, taste and visual aspect. Whey proteins are particularly common ingredients in the formulation of food foams because of their functional properties (foaming properties, interfacial, emulsifying). …”
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A Clinical Study Comparing the Efficacy of SesameOil with Desensitizing Tooth Paste in Reducing Dentinal Hypersensitivity: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Walaa Abdullah Al Qahtani, N. C. Sandeepa, Eman Khalid Abdullah, Yosra Mohammed Mousa, Atheer Abdulhade Ganem, Eman Ali Alqahtani, Afnan Hassan M. Alkhayri

“…Main outcome measures. A Visual Analogue Scale was used to record sensitivity scores for controlled air stimulus and tactile method at the first visit and after 8th week of treatment. …”
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Advanced feature engineering in Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio (ACWR) calculation for injury forecasting in elite soccer. by Jaime B Matas-Bustos, Antonio M Mora-García, Moisés de Hoyo Lora, Alejandro Nieto-Alarcón, Francisco T Gonzalez-Fernández

“…Additionally, we introduce an interpretability framework based on heatmap visualizations of the FWF's cumulative and temporal variations, enhancing explainability. …”
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Standardized quantification of pulmonary fibrosis in histological samples by Ralf-Harto Hübner, Wolfram Gitter, Nour Eddine El Mokhtari, Micaela Mathiak, Marcus Both, Hendrik Bolte, Sandra Freitag-Wolf, Burkhard Bewig

“…The Ashcroft scale for the evaluation of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis is the analysis of stained histological samples by visual assessment. Based on the knowledge that this procedure is not standardized in animals and results are highly variable, we hypothesized that modification of this method may improve quantification of lung fibrosis in small animals. …”
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IPET-CT in inflammatory diseases of kidneys and bladder: diagnostic efficacy by V. B. Berdichevsky, B. A. Berdichevsky, A. V. Romanova, F. R. Rasulov, A. A. Naletov, S. V. Khilkevich, E. I. Gutrova, A. L. Boldyrev, M. A. Korabelnikov

“…Evidence-based data on the diagnostic efficacy in infectious and inflammatory diseases is increasing, making this imaging method very promising. Purpose of the study. To study the diagnostic efficacy of 18F-FDG PET-CT in various chronic inflammatory diseases of kidneys and bladder.Materials and methods. …”
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Multimodal Model for Automated Pain Assessment: Leveraging Video and fNIRS by Jo Vianto, Anjitha Divakaran, Hyungjeong Yang, Soonja Yeom, Seungwon Kim, Soohyung Kim, Jieun Shin

“…Pain assessment is a challenging task for clinicians due to its subjective nature, particularly in individuals with communication difficulties, cognitive impairments, or severe disabilities. Traditional methods such as the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), and Verbal Rating Scale (VRS) rely heavily on patient feedback, which can be inconsistent and subjective. …”
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Mechanism investigation and models evaluation of gas transport in dual-porosity coal seam by Wei LIU, Dongyang HAN, Hao XU, Yujun ZHOU, Tiannan LI

“…To elucidate the mechanism of gas migration and visualize the dynamic migration process of gas, two dual-porosity borehole gas seepage models were established. …”
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Development and multicenter validation of an AI driven model for quantitative meibomian gland evaluation by Li Li, Kunhong Xiao, Taichen Lai, Kunfeng Lai, Jiawen Lin, Zongyuan Ge, Lingyi Liang, Hao Huang, Xiaoshan Zhang, Li Liu, Yujie Wang, Xianwen Shang, Mingguang He, Ying Xue, Zhuoting Zhu

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Efficiency Enhancement of a Cone–Column Combined Microchannel Heat Sink Featuring Graphene–Water Nanofluid by Eid S. Alatawi, Barna Sannyashi, Rehena Nasrin, Most. Zannatul Ferdoushi, Zhi-Gang Feng

“…The Galerkin weighted finite element method solves the nanofluid’s governing partial differential equations. …”
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Albumin Levels before Therapy and Clinicopathological Parameters of Lung Cancer Patients by Erna Kusumawardhani, Nor Fiayanti Hadiani

“…Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between albumin levels and lung cancer. Material and Method: This study included 130 lung cancer patients who underwent albumin testing. …”
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Optimal Dimensional Synthesis of Ackermann and Watt-I Six-Bar Steering Mechanisms for Two-Axle Four-Wheeled Vehicles by Yaw-Hong Kang, Da-Chen Pang, Dong-Han Zheng

“…Kinematic simulations were conducted in ADAMS v2015 to visualize and validate the synthesized mechanisms. …”
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Real-Time Forest Fire Detection with Lightweight CNN Using Hierarchical Multi-Task Knowledge Distillation by Ismail El-Madafri, Marta Peña, Noelia Olmedo-Torre

“…To address the challenge of false positives caused by visually similar non-fire elements, we introduced the Confounding Element Specificity (CES) metric. …”
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Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Radiological Cardiovascular Imaging—A Systematic Review by Matteo Haupt, Martin H. Maurer, Rohit Philip Thomas

“…Grad-CAM was the most frequently employed XAI method, followed by SHAP. Most studies used saliency-based techniques to generate visual explanations of model predictions. …”
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Evaluation of pain intensity and airway changes in non-growing patients treated by MARPE with and without micro-osteoperforation: a randomized clinical trial by Moataz Elshehaby, Nehal Fouad Albelasy, Mohamed A. Elbialy, Ahmad Mohammed Hafez, Yasser Lotfy Abdelnaby

“…Conclusion Transverse maxillary deficit was successfully treated with both expansion methods, with and without MOP, with comparable skeletal effects at the nasal levels and airway volumetric improvement. …”
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The Analgesic Efficacy of Transverse Abdominis Plane Block versus Epidural Block after Caesarean Delivery: Which One Is Effective? TAP Block? Epidural Block? by Ebru Canakci, Ahmet Gultekin, Zubeyir Cebeci, Bulent Hanedan, Anil Kilinc

“…The objective of this study is to compare the analgesic efficacy of both the techniques. Materials and Methods. Eighty patients in the ASA I-II risk group, undergone an elective C-section, were randomly assigned to the study. …”
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Correction of Ametropia in Patients with Posterior Elevation of the Cornea by E. N. Eskina, V. A. Parshina, M. Kh. Movsesyan, A. V. Malakhova

“…Purpose: to evaluate the effectiveness of ametropia correction in patients with posterior corneal elevation but without signs of subclinical keratoconus, based on postoperative results of transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (Trans PRK).Patients and methods. A retrospective comparative study was conducted to analyze the results of surface ablation, which was performed using transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy in 18 patients with posterior corneal elevation (36 eyes). …”
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FP-Deeplab: A Novel Face Parsing Network for Fine-Grained Boundary Detection and Semantic Understanding by Borui Zeng, Can Shu, Ziqi Liao, Jingru Yu, Zhiyu Liu, Xiaoyan Chen

“…Facial semantic segmentation, as a critical technology in high-level visual understanding, plays an important role in applications such as facial editing, augmented reality, and identity recognition. …”
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Prediction of Pharmacokinetics for CYP3A4-Metabolized Drugs in Pediatrics and Geriatrics Using Dynamic Age-Dependent Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Models by Jing Han, Zexin Zhang, Xiaodong Liu, Hanyu Yang, Li Liu

“…The aim of the study was to develop a dynamic age-dependent physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model to predict the pharmacokinetics of drugs in humans at different ages. <b>Method</b>: The PBPK models characterizing dynamic age-dependence were developed in adults (20–59 years old) and 1000 virtual individuals were constructed. …”
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