Novel Circulating Tumour Cell-Related Risk Model Indicates Prognosis and Immune Infiltration in Lung Adenocarcinoma by Lu Liang, Yueying Liu, Shiyao Jiang, Jingjing Huang, Hua He, Li Shen, Li Cong, Yiqun Jiang

“…Circulating tumour cells (CTCs) are precursors of distant metastasis, which are considered to adopt the characteristics of cancer stem cells (CSCs). …”
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Functional Skin Grafts: Where Biomaterials Meet Stem Cells by Amtoj Kaur, Swati Midha, Shibashish Giri, Sujata Mohanty

“…In addition, with newer biomaterials being adopted for fabricating patient-specific skin substitutes, issues related to escalating processing costs, scalability, and stability of the constructs under in vivo conditions have raised some concerns. …”
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IMC-YOLO: a detection model for assisted razor clam fishing in the mudflat environment by Jianhao Xu, Lijie Cao, Lanlan Pan, Xiankun Li, Lei Zhang, Hongyong Gao, Weibo Song

“…In this study, firstly, at the end of the backbone network, the Iterative Attention-based Intrascale Feature Interaction (IAIFI) module module was designed and adopted to improve the model’s focus on advanced features. …”
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The “Metropolitan City” in Italy: New Spaces for Dialogue and Interaction Between the City and the Mountain by Federica Corrado, Erwin Durbiano

“…Metropolitan Cities are defined as wide-scale local entities and they are institutional body with task of planning and local development government, in many cases regarding urban and mountain territories.The article proposes a wide range of situations in which forms of strategic planning for the systemization of city-mountain relationships has been adopted. At first level, it has been considered Strategic plans that give formal indication about the exchange between urban and mountain areas. …”
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Exposure to needlestick injury among healthcare support staff in Greater Accra, Ghana: a cross-sectional study by Mary Eyram Ashinyo, Philip Apraku Tawiah, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong, Paul Okyere

“…A multistage sampling method was adopted. The data analyses were performed using STATA V.15 software. χ2, Fisher’s exact and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to identify the preliminary association between the outcome variables and predisposing factors. …”
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Techno-structural and 3-D geometric morphometric analysis applied for investigating the variability of Holocene unifacial tools in tropical Central Brazil. by Marina González-Varas, Antoine Lourdeau, Letícia Gonçalves, Rafael Lemos de Souza, Diego Teixeira Mendes, Tatyana Beltrão de Oliveira, Gustavo Furlaneto Silva, Hubert Forestier, Rolando Romero, Antonio Pérez-Balarezo

“…The combined approach adopted in this research highlights on the cultural significance of unifacial tools within Paleoamerican technological systems. …”
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Feasibility of the area reduction post-closure technique for bedside weaning of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation by Chen Xu, Guo-xiong Xu, Yi-fei Cao, Lei Chen, Yi-qi Jin

“…The area reduction post-closure technique, utilizing two ProGlide devices (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA), was adopted as a standard practice. The technical success was defined as achieving complete hemostasis without a bailout open repair. …”
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Predicting the risk of hematoma expansion in acute intracerebral hemorrhage: the GIVE score by Tian-Nan Yang, Xin-Ni Lv, Zi-Jie Wang, Xiao Hu, Li-Bo Zhao, Jing Cheng, Qi Li

“…Methods We prospectively collected spontaneous ICH patients at the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University to form the development cohort (n = 395) and at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University to establish the validation cohort (n = 139). We adopted a revised HE definition, incorporating the standard definition of HE (> 6 mL or > 33%) and intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) expansion (any new IVH or IVH expansion ≥ 1 ml). …”
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Hypoglycemia and hospital mortality in critically ill patients by Hsuan-Fan Yeh, Wen-Cheng Chao, Chieh-Liang Wu, Ming-Cheng Chan

“…Abstract Prior research has indicated that adopting strict glycemic control measures might elevate the risk of hypoglycemia and result in higher mortality rates among critically ill patients. …”
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Hybrid Quality-Based Recommender Systems: A Systematic Literature Review by Bihi Sabiri, Amal Khtira, Bouchra El Asri, Maryem Rhanoui

“…Major technology businesses have adopted these technologies as essential offerings, resulting in better user experiences and more sales. …”
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Reasons for disengagement in first-episode psychosis – perspectives from service users and their caregivers by Yi Chian Chua, Kumarasan Roystonn, K. Pushpa, Swapna Verma, Charmaine Tang

“…Conclusions There is a need to narrow down urgent areas of attention, aligning the study themes with established risk factors so that feasible solutions can be developed and appropriate care models can be adopted, to minimise adverse outcomes related to disengagement. …”
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Ineffective health maintenance behaviors in people with chronic conditions: Systematic review of etiology and risk by Ana Clara Dantas, Barbara Ebilizarda Coutinho Borges, Jéssica Naiara de Medeiros Araújo, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes, Amanda Barbosa da Silva, Allyne Fortes Vitor

“…For the critical assessment of eligible studies, the checklists for quantitative studies from the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis were adopted. PROSPERO: CRD42022378870. Results: A total of 21 studies were included and 18 related factors were retrieved. …”
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Energy Management Strategy for PV PSO MPPT / Fuel Cell/Battery Hybrid System with Hydrogen Production and Storage by Faris Nasser Shaker, Adel A. Obed, Ahmed J. Abid, Ameer L. Saleh, Reheel J. Hassoon

“…Two energy storage are adopted: battery storage and hydrogen tank. The proposed (Nero-fuzzy) controller also works to fill the hydrogen storage tank wisely and safely by controlling the alkaline electrolyzer and the tank's pressure. …”
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The associations between dietary advanced glycation-end products intake and self-reported infertility in U.S. women: data from the NHANES 2013–2018 by Lingxia Tong, Xiaohui Zhang, Jingsi Chen, Huanying He, Wenzhuo Zhang, Zhongxiao Wan, Hong Zhang

“…Multivariate Logistic regression analyses were adopted to explore the relationships between dietary AGEs intake and self-reported infertility risk. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the Assessment of Burden of Chronic Conditions tool in Dutch primary care: a context analysis by Onno C P Van Schayck, Danny Claessens, Esther A Boudewijns, Liset van Dijk, Marcia Vervloet, Lotte C E M Keijsers, Annerika H M Gidding-Slok

“…HCPs expected several major barriers to the implementation of the ABCC tool:too many different digital environments, high complexity in access, lack of time, no integration of the ABCC tool in guidelines and care standards, and patients not willing to adopt an active role in their care process. The major facilitators for implementation were a clear perception of the ABCC tool’s benefits, high compatibility with and relative advantage over current practices and being part of a progressive work culture that stimulates innovation.Conclusions This study provides insight in the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of an intervention in the patient–HCP conversation. …”
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Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and psychological factors as controllable predictors of academic self-efficacy after reforming a medical education system; the Egyptian Nationwide expe... by Ahmed Amir Samir, Ahmed Hussein Elamir, Mohamed Basyouni Helal, Yomna Goudy, Khaled Elbarbary, Mohamed El-Mezayen, Wesam Abo-Elenien, Ebtehal Hashem Abdelazim, Manar Alaa Mabrouk, the ASE-Egypt Group, Kerollos Abdelsayed

“…Subsequently, targeted interventions to specific sociodemographic, lifestyle, and psychological factors can be adopted and assessed through future longitudinal pre-post interventional studies.…”
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The use of artificial intelligence in adapting process of UI design system for end customer requirements by Kyrylo Polishchuk, Eugene Brezhniev

“…As a conclusion: by leveraging this meticulously crafted approach, organizations can effectively harness the power of AI to drive transformative change in design processes, ultimately enhancing efficiency, consistency, and innovation across their operations. By adopting various AI integration aspects, this paper provides an updated UI design process with the ability to use AI during client-centric design development.…”
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Generic, specific and direct object of a crime under the Article 330 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine by V. Yu. Boichuk

“…In the course of its analysis, the author has considered general classification of objects of a crime generally adopted in the doctrine of criminal law of Ukraine (depending on the degree of generalization of the social relations protected by the criminal law, which are the objects of various crimes) into general, generic, specific and direct ones. …”
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A practical methodology for incorporating volume-translated equation of states in isochoric-isothermal phase equilibrium calculations for liquid phase pressure prediction by Chang Lu, Wenteng Zhou, Chuanwei Wang, Riyi Lin, Yingnan Zhang

“…In this work, a practical methodology is proposed to incorporate a volume-translated equation of state in VT phase equilibrium calculations for more accurate pressure predictions. For this purpose, we adopt the state-of-art volume translation model recently proposed by Abudour et al. …”
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Acceptability and feasibility of pre-exposure prophylaxis for bacterial STIs: a systematic review. by Julie-Anne Carroll, Amy B Mullens, Sarah Warzywoda, Philip R A Baker, Meika Stafford, Faye McMillan, Jacintha Manton, Daniel Demant

“…However, for STI PrEP to be successfully adopted, it is essential not only to assess its acceptability and feasibility but also to focus on knowledge transfer. …”
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