Skew Logistic Distribution Applied as Activation Function in Artificial Neural Networks by Eder Silva Dos Santos, Altemir da Silva Braga, Ana Beatriz Alvarez, Thuanne Paixao

“…In recent years, Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) have stood out among machine learning algorithms in many applications, such as image and video pattern recognition. …”
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Assessing agricultural damage by wild boar using drones by Anneleen Rutten, Jim Casaer, Marjolein F. A. Vogels, Elisabeth A. Addink, Jeroen Vanden Borre, Herwig Leirs

“…ABSTRACT In Flanders (northern Belgium), wild boar (Sus scrofa) returned in 2006 after 50 years of absence and the population is increasing, both in abundance and geographic extent. …”
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Development of a verified osteoarthritis risk scale based on a cross-sectional study of clinical and anamnestic parameters and pharmacological anamnesis of patients by I. Yu. Torshin, А. М. Lila, N. V. Zagorodniy, А. G. Nazarenko, О. N. Tkacheva, Е. N. Dudinskaya, L. I. Alekseeva, Е. А. Taskina, I. V. Sarvilina, О. А. Shavlovskaya, A. B. Danilov, Т. B. Minasov, А. N. Galustyan, S. I. Malyavskaya, А. N. Gromov, Е. Yu. Egorova, L. V. Vasilyeva, E. F. Evstratova, I. V. Gogoleva, L. E. Fedotova, М. I. Udovika, V. A. Maximov, А. S. Povzun, О. А. Gromova

“…The results of the analysis of a sample of patients aged 35–90 years from the database of the Institute of Trace Elements (n=3440), which included information on clinical and anamnestic, diagnostic parameters and pharmacotherapy of patients, including patients with OA (n=107), are presented. …”
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Functional morphology and ecology of the Arctic pogonophore Nereilinum murmanicum Ivanov, 1961 (Siboglinidae, Annelida) by M.M. Kanafina, R.I. Gabidullina, N.N. Rimskaya-Korsakova, D.V. Zakharov, R.M. Sabirov, A.V. Golikov

“…The abundance distribution of the species in the Barents Sea (30–40 ind/m2 for the major part of the sea, up to 72–113 ind/ m2 for certain areas of the sea in particular years) was considered.…”
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Photonic Horn Jets and Whispering Gallery Modes in Dielectric Micro-Cylinders With Two Point-Source Illumination by Shadi A. Alboon, Qing Huo Liu, Ibrahim Mahariq

“…The interaction of light with micro-scale dielectric structures has garnered significant attention in recent years due to its potential applications in various fields ranging from photonics to biomedical imaging. …”
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Circadian System and Melatonin Hormone: Risk Factors for Complications during Pregnancy by F. J. Valenzuela, J. Vera, C. Venegas, F. Pino, C. Lagunas

“…., shiftwork) have been correlated with increased risk of preterm delivery, intrauterine growth restriction, and preeclampsia. In the last few years evidence is accumulating that the placenta may have a functional circadian system and express the clock genes Bmal1, Per1-2, and Clock. …”
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Variable lymphocyte receptor F is generated via somatic diversification and expressed by lamprey T-like cells by Sabyasachi Das, Francisco Fontenla-Iglesias, Masayuki Hirano, Ryo Morimoto, Byron B. Au-Yeung, Yashuo Wang, Weiming Li, Thomas Boehm, Jonathan P. Rast, Max D. Cooper

“…VLRF is phylogenetically closest to VLRA, with which it likely shares a common ancestral gene of at least 250 million years in the past. VLR assembly analyses show that VLRA, VLRC, VLRD, VLRE, and VLRF share donor cassettes through long-range intra- and inter-chromosomal interactions, whereas VLRB utilizes a distinct, dedicated cassette set. …”
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Articulation Defects in Cleft Palate Cases by Rama Pandit, B. M. Abrol, P. S. Srinivas

“…Cleft palate was found to be more prevalent in males than females. 75% of the cases were below the age of 14 years, Only a few parents could give relevant history. …”
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Current Distribution of the Invasive Kelp <i>Undaria pinnatifida</i> (Harvey) Suringar, 1873 Along Artificial and Natural Habitats in North Portugal—Impacts and Mitigation Initiati... by Marcos Rubal, Jesús Fernández-Gutiérrez, Diego Carreira-Flores, Pedro T. Gomes, Puri Veiga

“…The presence of <i>Undaria</i> in Portugal was reported more than 20 years ago, but there is not recent detailed information about its distribution and impacts. …”
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The Relation Between Bullying and Cyberbullying, Emotional Intelligence, and Empathy in Portuguese Adolescents by Ana Paula Monteiro, Filipa Marques, Inês Carvalho Relva, Margarida Simões, Ana Isabel Sani, Elisete Correia

“…Bullying and cyberbullying share in their definition the pattern of aggressive and intentional conduct, characterized by a perceived or observed imbalance and repeated over time. …”
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Warming alters plankton body-size distributions in a large field experiment by Dania Albini, Emma Ransome, Alex J. Dumbrell, Samraat Pawar, Eoin J. O’Gorman, Thomas P. Smith, Thomas Bell, Michelle C. Jackson, Guy Woodward

“…While substantial empirical evidence has accumulated in recent years on such changes, we still lack general insights due to a limited coverage of warming scenarios that span spatial and temporal scales of relevance to natural systems. …”
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Radiographic diagnosis of erosive hand osteoarthritis by D. M. Kudinsky, A. V. Smirnov, L. I. Alekseeva, A. V. Volkov, E. A. Taskina, А. M. Lila

“…The mean age of the patients was 65.28+6.82 years; the age at onset of the disease was 48.81+7.73 years; its median OA duration was 15.0 [10.0; 19.5] years. …”
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Gestational age at birth and body size from infancy through adolescence: An individual participant data meta-analysis on 253,810 singletons in 16 birth cohort studies. by Johan L Vinther, Tim Cadman, Demetris Avraam, Claus T Ekstrøm, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Ahmed Elhakeem, Ana C Santos, Angela Pinot de Moira, Barbara Heude, Carmen Iñiguez, Costanza Pizzi, Elinor Simons, Ellis Voerman, Eva Corpeleijn, Faryal Zariouh, Gilian Santorelli, Hazel M Inskip, Henrique Barros, Jennie Carson, Jennifer R Harris, Johanna L Nader, Justiina Ronkainen, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, Loreto Santa-Marina, Lucinda Calas, Luise Cederkvist, Maja Popovic, Marie-Aline Charles, Marieke Welten, Martine Vrijheid, Meghan Azad, Padmaja Subbarao, Paul Burton, Puishkumar J Mandhane, Rae-Chi Huang, Rebecca C Wilson, Sido Haakma, Sílvia Fernández-Barrés, Stuart Turvey, Susana Santos, Suzanne C Tough, Suzanne C Tough, Sylvain Sebert, Theo J Moraes, Theodosia Salika, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Deborah A Lawlor, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

“…Using a federated analytical tool (DataSHIELD), we fitted linear and logistic regression models in each cohort separately with a complete-case approach and combined the regression estimates and standard errors through random-effects study-level meta-analysis providing an overall effect estimate at early infancy (>0.0 to 0.5 years), late infancy (>0.5 to 2.0 years), early childhood (>2.0 to 5.0 years), mid-childhood (>5.0 to 9.0 years), late childhood (>9.0 to 14.0 years), and adolescence (>14.0 to 19.0 years). …”
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Effects of dihydroquercetin (DHQ “P” drops) in patients with previous transitory ischemic attacks associated with visual disorders by Wang Zi Way, O.V. Pohorielov, S.V. Bobokalo, O.M. Baranenko, Chun Liu

“…A study involved 48 patients aged 33 to 79 years (average age – 62.6 years) with transient ischaemic attacks (TIA) and visual disorders, caused by cerebrovascular diseases (CVD). 24 patients from this group underwent treatment by GCP criteria and medical care standards in acute brain blood supply disturbances, TIA and therapy with dihydroquercetin “DHQ” “P” drops in the dose of 7 drops, twice a day for 10 days. …”
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Smartwatches in the assessment of heart failure patients in epidemiology and pathophysiology studies: A scoping review by Solenn Fabien, Sandra Waechter, Gbenga A. Kayode, Berno Müller, Marietta Roth, Friedrich Koehler

“…Heart rate and step count measures were deemed moderately accurate in the HF population with Fitbit trackers (n = 5 patients, r = 0.54) and Garmin watches [n = 15 patients (mean age: 65.5 ± 12.6 years), concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) = 0.89 for Vivofit 1 and CCC = 0.92 for Vivofit 3], respectively, while calorimetry was the least reliable measurement [n = 19 patients (mean age: 65.1 ± 6.6 years), mean difference to indirect calorimeter: P = 0.01 for Fitbit Charge 2, P = 0.02 for Mio Slice]. …”
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Effect of Androgen Blockade on HER-2 and Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Expression on Bone Marrow Micrometastasis and Stromal Cells in Men with Prostate Cancer by N. P. Murray, E. Reyes, L. Badinez, N. Orellana, C. Fuentealba, R. Olivares, J. Porcell, R. Dueñas

“…In men with androgen blockade, HER-2 expression was significantly higher; there was a trend for increasing HER-2 expression up to 5 years; central MMP-2 expression significantly increased after 3 years, while stromal MMP-2 significantly increased after 6 years. …”
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Intra-articular Glenoid Fracture Managed by Arthroscopic Fixation and Open Reduction and Internal Fixation Techniques: An Analytical Study by Prahalad K Singhi, Sivakumar Raju, Chidambaram Muthu, Gopi Kumarasamy, Vinoth Thangamani, Muthukishore Marichamy

“…At the end of 2 years’ follow-up, all these patients had good to excellent outcome. …”
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Advantages and potentials of SuperDove imagery for fine monitoring of suspended particulate matter in estuaries and tidal channels by Peng Li, Shenliang Chen, Congliang Xu, Wenjuan Wu, Jiarui Qi, Yinghai Ke, Hongyu Ji, Shihua Li, Xiaojing Zhong

“…Several human-derived floods in recent years caused damage to the south embankment of Yellow River, resulting in lateral transport of high-SPM river water, which dramatically increased SPM concentration in the tidal channels and influenced the neighboring tidal channel networks through the newly developed fine trenches. …”
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Dynamics of mental state and prolactin levels in patients with chronic schizophrenia during aripiprazole therapy by L. N. Gorobets, I. V. Dorovskikh, A. V. Litvinov, V. S. Bulanov, S. K. Gamdullaev, T. A. Pavlova

“…Although scientific literature demonstrates a relationship between prolactin levels, the efficacy of aripiprazole therapy, and negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, many questions regarding these problems remain controversial.Objective to study dynamics of clinical and hormonal parameters in patients with chronic schizophrenia during aripiprazole therapy.Materials and methods: 60 patients with schizophrenia were studied: 42 male (70%) and 18 female (30%), aged 20 to 65 years (mean age 52.84±17.40 years) on inpatient aripiprazole treatment with the mean daily dosage of 15.33±4.52 mg. …”
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Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy: Investigating a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children with and Without Down Syndrome—A Study Protocol by Jolien Verbeke, Iris Meerschman, Karlien Dhondt, Els De Leenheer, Julie Willekens, Kristiane Van Lierde, Sofie Claeys

“…Therefore, a protocol is presented to evaluate the effectiveness of orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT) as a treatment for OSA in two pediatric populations: (1) Non-syndromic children aged 4–18 years: 10 weeks of OMT. (2) Children with Down syndrome aged 4–18 years: 20 weeks of OMT. …”
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