Ensemble Learning for Three-dimensional Medical Image Segmentation of Organ at Risk in Brachytherapy Using Double U-Net, Bi-directional ConvLSTM U-Net, and Transformer Network by Soniya Pal, Raj Pal Singh, Anuj Kumar

“…Materials and Methods: The dataset comprised computed tomography (CT) scans of 60 patients obtained from our own institutional image bank and 10 patients from the other institute, all in Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine format. …”
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Effect of cytoplasmic male sterility type on chlorophyll content in leaves of grain sorghum hybrids by O. P. Kibalnik, L. A. Elkonin

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Socioeconomic differences in inpatient care expenditure in the last year of life among older people: a retrospective population-based study in Stockholm County by Bo Burström, Nicola Orsini, Megan Doheny, Pär Schön, Anders Walander, J Agerholm

“…Incurring higher ICE at the 95th percentile was driven by greater morbidity (SEK20 333, 95% CI SEK12 673 to SEK29 993) and emergency department care visits (SEK77 995, 95% CI SEK64 442 to SEK79 549), while lower ICE across the distribution was associated with older age and residing in institutional care.Conclusion Gaining insight into patterns of healthcare expenditure in the last year of life has important implications for policy, particularly as socioeconomic differences were visible in ICE at a time of greater care need for all. Future policies should focus on engaging in advanced care planning and strengthening the coordination of care for older people.…”
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Psychometric Evaluation of the Persian Version of the Tinnitus Cognitions Questionnaire by Maryam Sadeghijam, Sahand Rahimi Pour, Zeinab Hasanpour, Iman Hamraz

“…Item-level Face Validity Index (I-FVI) and average of Scale-level Face Validity Indexes (S-FVI) were in a range of 0.8-0.96 and 0.88–0.90, respectively, all of which were higher than the acceptable value of 0.7. …”
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Current achievements in modifying crop genes using CRISPR/Cas system by A. M. Korotkova, S. V. Gerasimova, E. K. Khlestkina

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The real driving emissions characteristics of light-duty diesel vehicle in four typical cities with varying altitudes in China by Haojie Gao, Rui Wang, Zhisong Wen, Xin Xiong, Zhuan Zheng, Shengqiang Lin, Hongchun Ding, Wenbin Tan

“…In high-altitude areas, CO and PN emissions also increased with higher cylinder and exhaust temperatures. The emissions of all pollutants were significantly lower than the China VI b emission standards. …”
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Phase-Amplitude Coupling of Neural Oscillations Can Be Effectively Probed with Concurrent TMS-EEG by Sarah Glim, Yuka O. Okazaki, Yumi Nakagawa, Yuji Mizuno, Takashi Hanakawa, Keiichi Kitajo

“…Relative to sham stimulation, all conditions showed transient but significant increases in phase-amplitude coupling at the stimulation site. …”
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International development cooperation and political risks for transnational business: Linking research topics by V. I. Bartenev

“…The conclusion argues for focusing on the reverse impact of new trends in international development cooperation on the parameters of political risks for international business from the Western and non-Western countries amidst the global turbulence, using all available sources of statistical data — conventional and unconventional. …”
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The road ahead: emerging therapies for primary IgA nephropathy by Edward J. Filippone, Rakesh Gulati, John L. Farber

“…Immunosuppression should be considered for all patients at risk for progression (persisting proteinuria and/or declining eGFR). …”
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Identification of quality problems staff vocational training by Vera V. Zhivaeva, Vadim A. Nikovaev, Svetlana N. Parfenova, Elena P. Tuponosova

“…The lack of commensurability of the real increase in efficiency with the target settings should be considered, first of all, as a problem of software quality. In connection with the insufficiency of the existing theoretical ideas about the internal properties of the educational process (OP), the problem of control synthesis can be solved by observing its inputs and outputs. …”
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COVID-19 Fatality: Statistical Evidence to Engender the Need for Focal Shift from Air Pollutants to Multi-dimensional Intervention by Satya S. Patra, Subhasmita Panda, Trupti Das, Boopathy Ramasamy

“…A strength of association parameter, ω2, and the coefficient of determination, R2, were used to evaluate the transboundary association. ω2 results indicated that only 24.6%, 0.03% and 15.4% of the variation in COVID-19 fatality rates could be explained using PM2.5, NO2, and O3 concentrations respectively for all the analyzed cities. Further, low values of R2 between pollutant concentrations and COVID-19 fatality rates corroborated the results (0.27 for PM2.5, 0.00038 for NO2 and 0.18 for O3). …”
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Sedimentary Signatures of Super Typhoon Haiyan: Insight from Core Record in South China Sea by Yu-Huang Chen, Chih-Chieh Su, Pai-Sen Yu, Ta-Wei Hsu, Sheng-Ting Hsu, Hsing-Chien Juan, Yuan-Pin Chang, Yu-Fang Ma, Shye-Donq Chiu

“…The results showed that Super Typhoon Haiyan deposits with clear graded bedding are preserved at the top of all cores. The thickness of the typhoon layers ranges from 20 to 240 cm and is related to changes in typhoon intensity. …”
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Studying Air Pollutants Origin and Associated Meteorological Parameters over Seoul from 2000 to 2009 by Sunmin Park, Hesham El-Askary, Ismail Sabbah, Hanbin Kwak, Anup K. Prasad, Woo-Kyun Lee, Menas Kafatos

“…The monthly mean of mentioned pollutants all show similar low concentrations during the summer season and high concentrations during the winter season. …”
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Evaluating Cholinergic Receptor Expression in Guinea Pig Primary Auditory and Rostral Belt Cortices After Noise Damage Using [H]Scopolamine and [F]Flubatine Autoradiography by Taylor J. Forrest MS, Timothy J. Desmond MS, Mohamad Issa MD, Peter J. H. Scott PhD, Gregory J. Basura MD, PhD

“…We used [ 3 H]scopolamine and [ 18 F]flubatine binding to measure muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) expression, respectively, in guinea pig A1 and RB 3 weeks following unilateral, left ear noise exposure, and a temporary threshold shift in hearing. [ 3 H]Scopolamine binding decreased in right A1 and RB (contralateral to noise) compared to sham controls across all cortical layers. [ 18 F]Flubatine binding showed a nonsignificant upward trend in right A1 following noise but only significantly increased in right RB and 2 layers of left RB (ipsilateral to noise). …”
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Differential Effects of Alpha-Particle Radiation and X-Irradiation on Genes Associated with Apoptosis by Vinita Chauhan, Matthew Howland, Jeremy Chen, Barbara Kutzner, Ruth C. Wilkins

“…Transcript profiling showed statistical expression of 15 genes at all three doses tested. Cells exposed to X-rays were <5% apoptotic at ~1.5 Gy and induced less than a 2-fold expression in 6 apoptotic genes at the higher doses of radiation. …”
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Laser Beam Welding of AA5052, AA5083, and AA6061 Aluminum Alloys by A. El-Batahgy, M. Kutsuna

“…The effect of laser welding parameters, surface cleaning, filler wire addition, and backing strip on quality of laser welded joints was clarified using 5 kW CO2 laser machine. It was found that all the investigated alloys showed tendencies for porosity and solidification cracking, particularly, at high welding speed (≥4 m/min). …”
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Professional training of students by means of teaching reading in large classes model by M. Ashraf, R. A. Memon, A. Ahmed, V. D. Shevchenko

“…Additionally, this calls for assessing the class size, upgrading the instructional materials, and giving teachers professional development opportunities. All public sector degree-awarding institutions where the large class phenomena is popular would benefit from the study’s findings.…”
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Large-Scale Screening in General Population Children for Celiac Disease with a Multiplex Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) Assay by Ling He, Xiaofan Jia, Yong Gu, Dongmei Miao, Kathleen Waugh, Cristy Geno, Edwin Liu, Marian Rewers, Liping Yu

“…A high throughput multiplex electrochemiluminescence (ECL) assay to screen multiautoantibodies in a single well was applied, parallel with a standard radiobinding assay (RBA). All children with any positive autoantibodies in screening were revisited within one month for confirmation and followed every 6 months. …”
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The right of the wife to maintenance during pregnancy and in the case of living with her child under the age of three by V. Yu. Yevko

“…The author believes that all types of maintenance of family members and relatives, provided by the family legislation of Ukraine, have the same legal nature and require the same legal regulation. …”
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Mortality and patient disposition after ICU tracheostomy for secretion management vs. prolonged ventilation: a retrospective cohort study by Dominique Dundaru-Bandi, Linda M. Zhu, Milana Schipper, Paul J. Warshawsky, Blair C. Schwartz

“…Methods This was a single center historic cohort study of all ICU patients who received a tracheostomy for secretion management or prolonged ventilation from 2011 to 2022. …”
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