RBMDC-Net: Effective Jaw Cyst Segmentation Network Using Residual Bottleneck and Multiscale Dilated Convolution by Huixia Zheng, Xiaoliang Jiang, Xu Xu, Zhenfei Yuan

“…Furthermore, when tested on the augmented jaw cyst dataset, the RBMDC-Net continued to show superior performance with F1 of 91.92%, Mcc of 91.85% and Jaccard of 85.14%. These metrics were 3.03%, 2.84%, and 4.88% higher than the corresponding values obtained using U-Net. …”
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Liver steatosis is positively associated with plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in apparently healthy individuals with overweight and obesity: A FibroScan-Based Cross-Sectional stu... by Giuseppe Lisco, Davide Guido, Nicole Cerabino, Martina Di Chito, Rosanna Donvito, Caterina Bonfiglio, Endrit Shahini, Marianna Zappimbulso, Cristiana Randazzo, Domenico Barletta, Dolores Stabile, Anna Ancona, Sergio Coletta, Pasqua Letizia Pesole, Gianluigi Giannelli, Giovanni De Pergola

“…Results Sixty-one individuals (74.4%) had liver steatosis, and 17 (20.7%) had liver fibrosis. PAI-1 mean levels were 3,261 ± 1,270 pg/mL, mean body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) values were 36.6 ± 7.1 kg/m2 and 114.1 ± 16.5 cm, respectively. …”
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Beam hardening of K-edge contrast agents: a phantom study comparing clinical energy-integrating detector and photon-counting detector CT systems by Amir Pourmorteza, Arnaud Richard Choux, Thomas Wesley Holmes, U. Joseph Schoepf, Marly van Assen, Carlo De Cecco, Tilman Emrich, Akos Varga-Szemes

“…Bismuth-based CA artifacts were 3- to 5-fold smaller than those of iodine- or gadolinium-based CA. …”
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PSA LEVEL AND ADVERSE EVENTS IN SIXTH AND TENTH SERIES DOCETAXEL CHEMOTHERAPY IN CASTRATE-RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER (CRPC) PATIENTS by Kurnia Penta Seputra, Andri Kustono, Muhammad Baihaqy Ibnu Hakim

“…Adverse events in 6 series regimen began to occur in 3rd series with 1 participant experiencing nausea, and the most were 3 participants experiencing diarrhea in 6th series. …”
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Bioinformatics analysis of lncRNA and mRNA differentially expressed in patients with cervical cancer by Xiaohua An, Xiaohua An, Xiaoxue Huang, Qiujie Yu, Qiujie Yu, Yiyue Tang, Yan Wang, Yan Wang, Huasu Chen, Huasu Chen, Yafei Zhang, Yafei Zhang, Qianhao Huang, Qianhao Huang, Yudi Rao, Yudi Rao, Guomei Hu, He Zha

“…Compared to paracancerous tissues, there were 3,608 lncRNAs significantly upregulated and 4,383 lncRNAs significantly downregulated in cervical cancer tissues (Fold change >2 and P < 0.05). …”
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COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF PERINDOPRIL AND LOSARTAN IN PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND OBESITY by S. V. Nedogoda, A. A. Ledyaeva, E. V. Chumachek, V. V. Tsoma, G. G. Mazina, A. S. Salasyuk, I. N. Barykina

“…In the losartan group, the respective figures were 3,5% and 1,3% (p<0,05). An important finding for the patients with arterial hypertension and obesity was a reduction in blood leptin levels – by 29,7% vs. 6,9% in participants treated with perindopril А vs. losartan (p<0,05). …”
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A comparison of the survival outcome of paclitaxel liposome-based chemoradiotherapy with or without rhEndostatin for unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospectiv... by Mengyuan Zhu, Jiehao Liao, Min Wei, Shan Huang, Junjie Xu, Qun Li, Xiaofen Pan

“…The primary endpoints were 3-year progression-free survival (PFS) rate. …”
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Efficacy and matrix value of xylanase in broiler fed an energy-deficient corn-wheat-soybean diet by Jun Seon Hong, Myunghwan Yu, Shan Randima Nawarathne, Elijah Ogola Oketch, Hyeonho Yun, Dinesh Darshaka Jayasena, Jung Min Heo

“…The maximum metabolizable energy compensation level of xylanase calculated by the regression was 120 kcal/kg and the marginal xylanase level showed maximum performances were 3,622 U/kg on the linear plateau and 4,000 U/kg on the quadratic plateau. …”
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Comparative mid-term evaluation of unilateral and bilateral total knee arthroplasty utilizing metal-backed components: An assessment of functional and clinical outcomes by Ponnanna Karineravanda Machaiah, Supreet Bajwa, Ravi Teja Rudraraju, Kunal Aneja, Haresh P. Bhalodiya, Rakesh Kumar Singh, Vividh Makwana, Avtar Singh, Vivek Logani, Buddhadev Chatterjee, Devendra S. Solanki, Hemant Wakankar, Sanjeev Mahajan, Chandra-Shekhar Yadav, Ashokkumar Thakkar, Udita Chandra, Sanaa Ansari, Shivadharshni Sivakumar

“…Patients with primary end-stage osteoarthritis (OA) or inflammatory arthritis were included whereas, revision TKA patients were excluded from the study. Primary endpoints were 3-year implant survivorship and revision rates, with secondary endpoints including range of motion (ROM), Knee Society Score (KSS), and quality of life (QoL) assessed through WOMAC and SF-36 at 6 weeks, 6 months, 1- and 3 years. …”
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Long‐term incidence of endometrial cancer after endometrial resection and ablation: A population based Swedish gynecologic cancer group (SweGCG) study by Angelique Flöter Rådestad, Pernilla Dahm‐Kähler, Erik Holmberg, Maria Bjurberg, Kristina Hellman, Thomas Högberg, Preben Kjölhede, Janusz Marcickiewicz, Per Rosenberg, Karin Stålberg, Elisabeth Åvall‐Lundqvist, Christer Borgfeldt

“…The observed incidence was significantly lower than expected (population‐based estimate) after EA but not after TCRE, giving a standardized incidence ratio of 0.13 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.03–0.53) after EA and 1.27 (95% CI 0.86–1.88) after TCRE. Median times to EC were 3.0 and 8.3 years after TCRE and EA, respectively. …”
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Research on Trajectory Tracking Control Method for Crawler Robot Based on Improved PSO Sliding Mode Disturbance Rejection Control by Zhiyong Yang, Qing Lang, Yuhong Xiong, Shengze Yang, Changjin Zhang, Lielei Deng, Daode Zhang

“…The standard deviations of the position errors were 3.19 and 4.28, respectively. Compared with conventional PSO-based SMADRC and standard SMADRC methods, the proposed approach improved the navigation tracking accuracy. …”
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Comparative susceptibility of wild and laboratory-reared Aedes and Anopheles larvae to ivermectin by Cheick Oumar W. Ouédraogo, Fabrice A. Somé, André B. Sagna, Emmanuel Sougué, Dieudonné D. Soma, Mady Ndiaye, Fangala Hamidou Coulibaly, Sié H. Pooda, Lamidi Zela, Christophe Roberge, El Hadji A. Niang, Karine Mouline, Roch K. Dabiré

“…The concentrations leading to 50% larval mortality (4-day-LC50) were 3.65 and 1.86 ng/ml for Anopheles VK5 and Kisumu strains, and 15.60 and 2.56 ng/ml for Aedes Bobo and Bora Bora strains, respectively. …”
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Analysis of the Radiological Anatomy of the Proximal Femur after the Intramedullary Nailing of Trochanteric Fractures by Boris A. Maiorov, Igor G. Belenkiy, Gennadii D. Sergeev, Ivan A. Endovitskiy, Mariya A. Sergeeva, David A. Isakhanyan

“…Patients with type 31A1 fractures were 3.5 times less likely to have an unsatisfactory reduction than patients with type 31A2 fractures (OR 3.511; 95% CI 1.202-10.261) and 6.7 times less likely to have an unsatisfactory reduction than patients with type 31A3 fractures (OR 6.714; 95% CI 1.685-26.752). …”
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Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes and factors associated with antimicrobial resistance in Invasive pneumococcal disease cases in Latvia, 2012–2022 by Larisa Savrasova, Anita Villerusa, Indra Zeltina, Indra Zeltina, Indra Zeltina, Angelika Krumina, Hedija Cupeca, Hedija Cupeca, Hedija Cupeca, Sooria Balasegaram, Mara Greve, Oksana Savicka, Oksana Savicka, Solvita Selderina, Jelena Galajeva, Diana Dushacka

“…The most common serotypes were 3 and 19A. The proportion of IPD cases caused by PCV10 serotypes significantly decreased over the years, while cases caused by PCV13, PCV15, and PPPV23 serotypes increased. …”
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Enhance the efficiency of solar modules and produce electricity from waste heat using thermoelectric generators (TEGs): A comprehensive practical work by Md. Tanjir Rahman Mitul, Nibir Mondol, Md. Nasim Reza, Sourav Roy, Md. Nasirul Islam

“…The maximum outputs for normal water cooling were 3.12V and 0.37A for a 53 °C temperature gradient, and for ice-cooled water cooling, they were 4.03V and 0.61A for an 81 °C temperature gradient. …”
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On the construction of a large-scale database of AI-assisted annotating lung ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy for pulmonary embolism (VQ4PEDB) by Amir Jabbarpour, Eric Moulton, Eric Moulton, Sanaz Kaviani, Sanaz Kaviani, Siraj Ghassel, Wanzhen Zeng, Wanzhen Zeng, Ramin Akbarian, Ramin Akbarian, Anne Couture, Aubert Roy, Richard Liu, Yousif A. Lucinian, Nuha Hejji, Nuha Hejji, Sukainah AlSulaiman, Sukainah AlSulaiman, Farnaz Shirazi, Farnaz Shirazi, Eugene Leung, Eugene Leung, Sierra Bonsall, Samir Arfin, Bruce G. Gray, Ran Klein, Ran Klein, Ran Klein, Ran Klein

“…After annotating 1,500 studies from The Ottawa Hospital, the analysis identified 138 high-probability, 168 intermediate-probability, 266 low-probability, 244 very low-probability, and 669 normal, and 15 normal perfusion with reversed mismatched ventilation defect studies. In 1,500 patients were 3,511 segmented vascular perfusion defects.ConclusionThe VQ4PEDB comprised 8 unique ventilation agents and 11 unique scanners. …”
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Association between perinatal mortality and morbidity and customised and non-customised birthweight centiles in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Wales, and England: comparative, populatio... by Maria Christine Magnus, Pekka Martikainen, Kate Tilling, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Hayley E Jones, Robert French, Deborah A Lawlor, Gillian Santorelli, Scott M Nelson, Derek Tuffnell, Stine Kjaer Urhoj, Fanny Kilpi, Lise Kristine Højsgaard Schmidt, Per Minor Magnus

“…For example, for SGA versus AGA births, when non-customised and customised charts were used, relative risks pooled over countries were 3.60 (95% confidence interval 3.29 to 3.93) versus 3.58 (3.02 to 4.24) for stillbirth, 2.83 (2.18 to 3.67) versus 3.32 (2.05 to 5.36) for neonatal death, 2.82 (2.07 to 3.83) versus 3.17 (2.20 to 4.56) for infant death, 1.66 (1.49 to 1.86) versus 1.54 (1.30 to 1.81) for low Apgar score at 5 minutes, and (based on Bradford data only) 1.97 (1.74 to 2.22) versus 1.94 (1.70 to 2.21) for admission to the neonatal intensive care unit. …”
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Utilisation of the Innovative [18F]-Labelled Radiotracer [18F]-BIBD-071 Within HR+ Breast Cancer Xenograft Mouse Models by Di Fan, Xin Wang, Xueyuan Ling, Hongbin Li, Lu Zhang, Wei Zheng, Zehui Wu, Lin Ai

“…The tumour uptakes at 0.5 h, 1 h, and 2 h were 3.84 ± 0.13, 2.5 ± 0.17, and 2.54 ± 0.32, respectively. …”
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Comparative diagnostic performance of VI-RADS based on biparametric and multiparametric MRI in predicting muscle invasion in bladder cancer by Peikun Liu, Lingkai Cai, Linjing Jiang, Haonan Chen, Qiang Cao, Kexin Bai, Rongjie Bai, Qikai Wu, Xiao Yang, Qiang Lu

“…The Plus criteria (bp-DWI Plus and bp-T2WI Plus) assigned a final VI-RADS score of 4 when both T2WI and DWI scores were 3. The gold standard for diagnosis was histopathological evaluation after surgery. …”
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Prognostic Values of Thalamic Metabolic Abnormalities in Children with Epilepsy by Farshid Gheisari, Amer Shammas, Eman Marie, Afsaneh Amirabadi, Nicholas A. Shkumat, Niloufar Ebrahimi, Reza Vali

“…AAI was a more sensitive variable than other variables. Average AAIs were 3.89% and 7.36% in the control and epilepsy patients, respectively. …”
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