Mixing Data Cube Architecture and Geo-Object-Oriented Time Series Segmentation for Mapping Heterogeneous Landscapes by Michel E. D. Chaves, Lívia G. D. Soares, Gustavo H. V. Barros, Ana Letícia F. Pessoa, Ronaldo O. Elias, Ana Claudia Golzio, Katyanne V. Conceição, Flávio J. O. Morais

“…Results indicate that, by combining GEOBIA and time series analysis (materialized by the multiresolution segmentation algorithm to derive spatiotemporal geo-objects of the MODIS data cube), representative training data collected after a quality control process, and the Support Vector Machine to classify the ARD, the overall accuracy was 0.95 and all users’ and producers’ accuracies were higher than 0.88. …”
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Misdiagnosis of Leprosy with Severe Reversal Reaction as Psoriatic Arthritis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Gunawan H, Hidayah RMN, Ruchiatan K, Pangastuti M, Usman HA, Amalia F

“…A physical examination revealed edema on the eyelids and all fingers of both hands and feet, accompanied by painful interphalangeal joints. …”
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Carbon footprint of private dental clinics in Egypt: a cross-sectional study by Amira H Elwan, Maha El Tantawi, Ahmed Mahmoud Fouda

“…To determine the average CFP per clinic and per patient visit, the CFP of all clinics was averaged, both with and without considering the depreciation of dental equipment. …”
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Factors Associated with Fluid Sequestration in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis: A Prospective Study in Tertiary Centre Hospital in Nepal by Raju Bhandari, Krishna Sapkota, Seema Subedi, Som Kumar Shrestha, Edward Sutanto, Prabhat Jha, Ramesh Singh Bhandari

“…A prospective observational study was carried out on all adult patients with AP admitted to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Nepal, from January to September 2017. …”
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The impact of climate change on the development of water resources by M.D. Teweldebrihan, M.O. Dinka

“…Population growth, corresponding economic expansion, and irrigation-related factors for food production all contribute to rising water demand. Consequently, the water availability becomes a scarce resource, when the water demand exceeds the supply. …”
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Antibody in Lymphocyte Supernatant (ALS) responses after oral vaccination with live Shigella sonnei vaccine candidates WRSs2 and WRSs3 and correlation with serum antibodies, ASCs,... by Malabi M Venkatesan, Cassandra Ballou, Shoshana Barnoy, Monica McNeal, Jill El-Khorazaty, Robert Frenck, Shahida Baqar

“…Overall, the magnitude of S. sonnei anti-Invaplex50 ALS was higher than that of LPS or IpaB, and both vaccines demonstrated a more robust IgA-ALS response than IgG; however, compared to WRSs3, the magnitude and percentage of responders were higher among WRSs2 recipients for IgA- or IgG-ALS. All WRSs2 vaccinees at the two highest doses responded for LPS and Invaplex50-specific IgA-ALS and 63-100% for WRSs3 vaccinees responded. …”
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The effect of insurance status on treatment modality in advanced oral cavity cancer by Shanmugappiriya Sivarajah, Daniel Ghods-Esfahani, Alexandra Quimby, Fawaz Makki, Giacomo Montagna, Hadi Seikaly

“…The population included all adult (age ≥ 18) patients with advanced (T4a or T4b) oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma diagnosed from 2007 to 2016. …”
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Determining the alignment of assessment items with curriculum goals through document analysis by addressing identified item flaws by Humaira Fayyaz Khan, Shazia Qayyum, Huma Beenish, Rehan Ahmed Khan, Samina Iltaf, Lubna Rani Faysal

“…Of the 2,400 MCQs reviewed across all five years, 561 flaws were identified: 125 test wiseness flaws, 198 irrelevant difficulty flaws, and and 238 miscellaneous flaws. …”
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The prevalence of episiotomy and associated factors at Shahrara Teaching Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan by Parvin Golzareh, Sadaf Sultani, Erin M. Mann, Khair Mohammad Mohammadi

“…The study sample included all women at Shahrara Teaching Hospital with vaginal delivery during the first six months of 2023. …”
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Older, vulnerable patient view: a pilot and feasibility study of the patient measure of safety (PMOS) with patients in Australia by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Natalie Taylor, Rebecca Lawton, Robyn Clay-Williams, Emily Hogden, Zhicheng Li

“…Internal consistency reliability was established using interitem correlation and Cronbach's α for all but 1 subscale. The most and least favourably rated aspects of safety differed between the 3 wards. …”
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Factors associated with treatment response in chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis at a single center: a retrospective cohort study by Katherine D. Nowicki, Nathan D. Rogers, Carson L. Keeter, Nathan J. Donaldson, Jennifer B. Soep, Yongdong Zhao

“…Abstract Background NSAIDs are commonly used as first line therapy in chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) but are not effective for all patients. The objective of this study was to identify clinical variables associated with NSAID monotherapy response versus requiring second-line medication in a single-center cohort of patients with CNO. …”
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Assessment of Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities of a Proprietary Preparation of Quercetin–Rutin Blend (SophorOx™) in Exercised Rats by Devanand Shanmugasundaram, James Martin Roza

“…A total of 24 animals were randomly divided into four groups. All the animals were examined for body weight, feed consumption, signs of clinical abnormalities, and morbidity. …”
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Structural Parameter Design of Magnetic Pulse Welding Coil for Dissimilar Metal Joints: Numerical Simulation, Parameter Optimization, and Experiments by Yangfan Qin, Changhui Ji, Hao Jiang, Yuefan Jiang, Junjia Cui, Guangyao Li

“…The results of the sensitivity analysis indicated that all the selected parameters of the coil had a specific influence on the induced current density in the flyer plate. …”
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Hybrid MPPT control using hybrid pelican optimization algorithm with perturb and observe for PV connected grid by Burhan U. Din Abdullah, Suman Lata Dhar, Shiva Pujan Jaiswal, Muhammad Majid Gulzar, Muhammad Majid Gulzar, Mohammad Alqahtani, Muhammad Khalid, Muhammad Khalid

“…The proposed technique has optimized PV and grid outputs with an MPPT efficiency of 99%, best tracking speed, and total harmonic distortion (THD) for all conditions below 5% agree with IEEE 519 standards.…”
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Diagnosis and Management of Acquired Hemophilia A: Case Reports and a Literature Review by Ikhwan Rinaldi, Findy Prasetyawaty, Siti Fazlines, Kevin Winston, Yusuf Aji Samudera Nurrobi, Jessica Leoni, Ilham Hidayat Restu Tulus Maha, Satrio Wicaksono, Abdillah Yasir Wicaksono, Averina Octaxena Aslani, Rizkania Ikhsani

“…The first patient was a young female, while the second and third patients were middle-aged and elderly males, respectively. All patients presented with a chief complaint of bruises without hemarthrosis and a history of bleeding. …”
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Economic development, alcohol consumption and life expectancy in low- and lower-middle-income countries in the Western Pacific Region: a structural equation modelling study by Jürgen Rehm, Huan Jiang, Ahmed S Hassan, Pol Rovira, Kevin D Shield

“…We examined the role of alcohol consumption in this transition process for lower- and middle-income countries.Methods We tested three hypotheses on the interrelationship between economic growth, level of alcohol consumption and life expectancy in all six countries in the WHO Western Pacific Region, which transitioned from low- to lower-middle-income countries over the past 20 years. …”
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Non-HDL-c/TC: A Novel Lipid-Related Marker in the Assessment of Severity of Coronary Artery Lesions and Cardiovascular Outcomes by Anan Huang, Xin Qi, Liping Wei, Mingyin Zhang, Shiqi Zhou

“…Coronary artery angiography (CAG) was performed, and the Gensini score (GS) was calculated in all the subjects divided into three subgroups of low risk, medium risk, and high risk by the tertiles of GS. …”
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How many stroke survivors develop problematic spasticity requiring pharmacological therapy? An international (Europe and USA) observational study protocol by Pascal Maisonobe, Sergiu Groppa, Simon Page, Richard D Zorowitz, Laura Serrano Barrenechea, Simon Butet, David Hernández Herrero, Rama Prasad, Susan Sandars, Seema Meloni, Alessandro Picelli

“…Participants without clinically confirmed PSS return to remote monitoring.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval was obtained in all seven participating countries. Results will be published at international meetings and in an international peer-reviewed journal. …”
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Impact of tourist and recreational activities on the indicators of soil-ecological monitoring of the adjacent territory of Lake Teletskoe (Altai Mountains) by Olga A. Elchininova

“…Reduction in litter reserves on the moderately developed paths exceeded by more than 2.7–4.0 times, whereas on the well-defined ones (as in the Altai State Biosphere Reserve with the established systemized movement across the territory), litter was absent at all on a few or even single paths. On weakly developed (fresh) paths, litter reserves turned out to be even higher than on the undisturbed areas or on the paths located next to a gravel site. …”
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Effects of Resistant Starch on Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Xinyi Du, Jing Wu, Chenlin Gao, Qinqin Tan, Yong Xu

“…A comprehensive search of MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane systematic review databases was conducted in January 2020, and all new trials were updated in August 2021. Randomized trials were collected to assess the effects of RS on patients with CKD. …”
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