The Effect of Local Injections of Bupivacaine Plus Ketamine, Bupivacaine Alone, and Placebo on Reducing Postoperative Anal Fistula Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Alireza Kazemeini, Mojgan Rahimi, Mohammad Sadegh Fazeli, Seyedeh Adeleh Mirjafari, Hamid Ghaderi, Kamal Fani, Mohammad Forozeshfard, Marzieh Matin

“…Intensity of pain in patients was measured using visual analogue scale (VAS) at 0 (transfer to ward), 2, 6, 12, and 24 hours after surgery. …”
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Research trends and prospects in global riverine carbon fluxes: A bibliometric analysis by Wei Fang, Mohd Remy Rozainy Mohd Arif Zainol, Xianbao Zha, Pingping Luo

“…To identify the major characteristics and evolution of the research on RCFs, this study adopts a bibliometric method to analyze the publications retrieved from Web of Science during 1997–2023. …”
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Application of Esophageal Sponge Cytology in Screening Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a High‐Risk Region of China by Shu Huang, Xuexiang Gu, Hailang Zhou, Yadong Feng, Ruihua Shi, Wei Wang, Aijun Zhou, Jie Lin

“…ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the feasibility and accuracy of esophageal sponge cytology in screening esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Methods From May 2021 to June 2022, an opportunistic screening was performed in people aged 40–75 from a high‐risk region for ESCC. …”
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Multi-scale fusion network for coal mine drill rod counting based on directional object detection in complex scenes by Fukai Zhang, Shuo Zhao, Haiyan Zhang, Yongqiang Ma, Qiang Zhang, Shaopu Wang, Wenjing Chang

“…However, challenges such as dim lighting, small target sizes, diverse object perspectives, and complex visual interference in coal mine environments significantly limit the accuracy and real-time performance of existing object detection methods. …”
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SAM-CTMapper: Utilizing segment anything model and scale-aware mixed CNN-Transformer facilitates coastal wetland hyperspectral image classification by Jiaqi Zou, Wei He, Haifeng Wang, Hongyan Zhang

“…Experimental results on two PRISMA-HW datasets and two publicly available hyperspectral wetland datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of CTMapper method in terms of both accuracy metrics and visual quality. …”
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GeoViT: Mixed-Scale Transformer for Perspective Correction in Print-Cam Image Watermarking by Said Boujerfaoui, Anass Mancour-Billah, Hassan Douzi, Rachid Harba

“…Additionally, we incorporate a mixture of expert feature compensators, integrating local context from CNN-based operators to refine distortion correction. Our method significantly outperforms existing approaches in geometric accuracy, visual fidelity, and perceptual quality. …”
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Comparing binaural beats and 432 Hz music for reduction of preoperative anxiety in root canal patients: a randomized controlled trial by Hafsa Zaki, Shahbaz Ahmed, Fazal Ur Rehman Qazi, Nayab Fatima, Yumna Shaheen Ali

“…All the patients and the outcome assessors were kept blinded to the randomisation. The Visual Analogue Scale for Anxiety was used to measure anxiety levels before and after the administration of local anaesthesia and 10 minutes after listening to the sounds. …”
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Empowering Retail Through Advanced Consumer Product Recognition Using Aquila Optimization Algorithm With Deep Learning by Mohammed Alghamdi, Hanan Abdullah Mengash, Mohammed Aljebreen, Mohammed Maray, Abdulbasit A. Darem, Ahmed S. Salama

“…The performance analysis of the ACPR-AOADL method can be examined under the Product-10K dataset. …”
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Intraperitoneal Bupivacaine 0.25% versus intravenous Diclofenac on post-operative analgesia in the cesarean section under spinal anesthesia: A prospective randomized comparative st... by Pragyanrani Panda, Imran Ahmed, Mitesh Kumar Sharma, Rajesh De

“…It is a simpler and more effective method for post-operative pain management in LSCS.…”
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Multisensor Data Fusion for Coastal Boundary Detection by Res-U-Net Implementation Using High-Resolution UAV Imagery by Qin Wang, Nyasha J. Kavhiza, Fakhrul Islam, Ilyas Ahmad Huqqani, Mohsin Abbas, Sanjoy Barman

“…This work presents a scalable and accurate method for operational shoreline monitoring, demonstrating the potential of deep residual structures for coastal boundary mapping using UAV platforms. …”
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Wavelet-Based Analysis of Subsidence Patterns and High-Risk Zone Delineation in Underground Metal Mining Areas Using SBAS-InSAR by Jiang Li, Zhuoying Tan, Nuobei Zeng, Linsen Xu, Yinglin Yang, Aboubakar Siddique, Junfeng Dang, Jianbing Zhang, Xin Wang

“…Underground metal mines operated using the natural caving method often result in significant surface collapses. …”
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Effect of acupoint hot compress on relieving pain in primiparous women during the latent phase of the first stage of labour: a study protocol for a prospective, multicentre, random... by Nan Li, Dong Xu, Fangfang Wang, Fan Qu, Xinyue Li, Yuqun Pu, Tianyi Zhou, Youjing Leng, Yuhang Zhu

“…The purpose is to evaluate the effect of acupoint hot compress on relieving pain in primiparous women during the latent phase of the first stage of labour, as well as its effects on key maternal and neonatal outcomes.Methods and analysis This prospective, multicentre, randomised controlled trial will be conducted across 18 institutions in China from January 2024 to August 2025. …”
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Scalable Nuclei Detection in HER2-SISH Whole Slide Images via Fine-Tuned Stardist with Expert-Annotated Regions of Interest by Zaka Ur Rehman, Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi, Wan Siti Halimatul Munirah Wan Ahmad, Fazly Salleh Abas, Phaik-Leng Cheah, Seow-Fan Chiew, Lai-Meng Looi

“…Quantitatively, the proposed method attained an average F1-score of 98.1% for visual assessments and 97.4% for expert-marked nuclei, outperforming baseline methods across all metrics. …”
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Non-Destructive Detection of Current Internal Disorders and Prediction of Future Appearance in Mango Fruit Using Portable Vis-NIR Spectroscopy by Jasciane da Silva Alves, Bruna Parente de Carvalho Pires, Luana Ferreira dos Santos, Tiffany da Silva Ribeiro, Kerry Brian Walsh, Ederson Akio Kido, Sergio Tonetto de Freitas

“…After spectra were acquired of the stored fruit, the fruit cheeks were cut longitudinally to allow visual assessment of the incidence of the internal disorders. …”
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Heat treatment of Ti6Al4V alloy fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM) for medical implant: A comprehensive review by Anh Tai Le, Van Huan Dau, Tien Dat Hoang, H. Nguyen-Xuan

“…Selective Laser Melting (SLM), an advanced method of 3D metal printing, has been increasingly applied to make industrial-grade products for several industries. …”
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Relationship between central corneal thickness and some ocular and demographic parameters: A cross-sectional study by Olushola Olajide, Benedictus Ajayi, Haroun Ajibode, Omodele Jagun, Anthony Betiku, Ubong Fingesi, Merry Godwin, Laide Olajide

“… Objective: To determine the relationship between central corneal thickness (CCT) and corneal curvature, intraocular pressure, axial length, use of topical glaucoma medications, refractive status, age, race, and gender. Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study involved 270 new and follow-up patients who were at least 18 years old and had no corneal pathology on slit lamp ocular examination. …”
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Non-invasive and early detection of tomato spotted wilt virus infection in tomato plants using a hand-held Raman spectrometer and machine learning modelling by Ciro Orecchio, Camilla Sacco Botto, Eugenio Alladio, Chiara D'Errico, Marco Vincenti, Emanuela Noris

“…After preliminary spectral pre-processing, a filter method based on Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) coefficients was applied to remove redundant and irrelevant variables. …”
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Zero-Shot Remote Sensing Scene Classification Based on Automatic Knowledge Graph and Dual-Branch Semantic Correlation Supervision by Chao Wang, Jiajun Yang, Tanvir Ahmed, Yang Zhao, Tong Zhang, Bing Sun, Tao Xie, Jie Wang, Tianyu Chen

“…On this basis, the dual-branch semantic correlation supervised zero-shot remote sensing scene classification network (DBSS) supervises the mapping of semantic features to the visual space via both global and local branches, ensuring the visual space reflects the correlation structure of the semantic space. …”
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Pituitary apoplexy: surgical or conservative? A meta-analytical insight by Kailai Xia, Jihong Peng, Yunhao Zhou, Xiaoqing Liu, Hongyu Chen, Haiyang Xu, Shuangji Wang, Aini Deng, Hua Tang, Jinyang Hu

“…A fixed-effects model was employed to determine the merged odds ratio (OR) values, utilizing the Mantel-Haenszel estimation method. Publication bias was assessed using a funnel plot. …”
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Efficacy, Kinetics, and Mechanism of Tetracycline Degradation in Water by O₃/PMS/FeMoBC Process by Xuemei Li, Qingpo Li, Xinglin Chen, Bojiao Yan, Shengnan Li, Huan Deng, Hai Lu

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