Diagnostic accuracy of MRI-based radiomic features for EGFR mutation status in non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases: a meta-analysis by Yuqin Long, Rong Zhao, Xianfeng Du

“…Substantial heterogeneity was observed, with I² values exceeding 50% for all parameters. The AUC for the receiver operating characteristic analysis was 0.91 (95% CI: 0.88-0.93). …”
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Reliability of Ultrasound Based Compressibility of the Lower Leg Anterior Tibial Muscle Compartment in Healthy Volunteers by Kay van Heeswijk, Daniëlle Spek, Jesse Muijsenberg, Loes Janssen, Michiel Winkes, Adwin R. Hoogeveen, Marc Scheltinga

“…The intra-observer reliability for d10 and d80 was excellent (ICC>0.90) for all three observers. ICC of compressibility varied among observers and ranged from 0.76 to 0.48, with higher ICCs demonstrated for IM compared to TZIT…”
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A Parallel Approach to Generate Sports Highlights from Match Videos Using Artificial Intelligence by Arjun Sivaraman, Tarun Kannuchamy, Anmol Anand, Shivam Dheer, Devansh Mishra, Narayanan Prasanth, S. P. Raja

“…However, the manual process of compiling all the clips into a single video can be time-consuming and cumbersome for video editors. …”
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Three-dimensional Middle Infrared Spectroscopy Study on Crystalline and Amorphous Structures and Thermostability of Corn, Wheat, and Pea Starch by KONG Xiao-mei, DU Lin-nan, JIANG Meng-wei, CHAI Jia-xin, CHANG Mei-ling, ZHANG Yong, CHANG Ming, XU Yuan-yuan

“…The results showed that the infrared absorption modes of the three types of starch structures mainly include the C—O stretching vibration mode (vC—O starch), and all three types of starch contain crystalline and amorphous structures. …”
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Young researchers’ reflections on workshops with youth to develop research recruitment materials by Zeba Khan, Hajar Seiyad, Kaiya Jacob, Ayla Arhinson, Aleyah Williams, Sarah Munro

“…Collaborating with youth and meaningfully engaging them in all stages of the research process may help us better understand and develop solutions and services that yield stronger usability among youth. …”
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The indirect effects of school bullying on mathematics achievement: the mediating roles of teacher-student relationships, sense of belonging and differences between genders by Rongrong Ren, Wei Chen, Shouying Zhao

“…Methods A two-stage stratified sample design was used to select participants. The participants were all eighth grade students from a city of southwest China and 17,527 adolescents (51.7% boys, Mage = 13.34 ± 0.56 years) were included in this study. …”
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Physiological and biochemical features of fig cultivars (<I>Ficus carica</I> L.) from the collection of the Nikita Botanical Gardens by E. L. Shishkina, E. V. Dunaevskaya, R. A. Pilkevich, N. Yu. Marchuk

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In-Package Air Cold Plasma Treatment of Chicken Breast Meat: Treatment Time Effect by Hong Zhuang, Michael J. Rothrock Jr., Kelli L. Hiett, Kurt C. Lawrence, Gary R. Gamble, Brian C. Bowker, Kevin M. Keener

“…There were no differences (P>0.05) in a∗ and b∗ values between pretreatment and posttreatment plus storage; however, all CP treatments resulted in increased L∗ value (P<0.05). …”
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Association between Cysticercosis and Neoplasia: A Study Based on Autopsy Findings by Camila Lourencini Cavellani, Aline Cristina Souza da Silva, Grace Kelly Naves de Aquino Ribeiro, Lívia Ferreira Oliveira, Mara Lúcia Fonseca Ferraz, Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira

“…There was a predominance of three or more cysticerci in groups NC and CC. In the NC group, all had malignant neoplasms, and was predominance of benign neoplasm in NN group. …”
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An analysis of heavy silicone oil treatment for inferior proliferative vitreoretinopathy by Maximilian Hammer, Amanda Ie, Katharina Eibenberger, Gerd Uwe Auffarth, Kanmin Xue

“…Significant cataract progression occurred in all phakic patients. In 25% of pseudophakic cases, posterior capsule opacification was noted. …”
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Assessment of a Low-Cost Ultrasound Pericardiocentesis Model by Marco Campo dell'Orto, Dorothea Hempel, Agnieszka Starzetz, Armin Seibel, Ulf Hannemann, Felix Walcher, Raoul Breitkreutz

“…A total mean VAS score of all questions of 63% showed that participants gained confidence for further interventions. …”
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A qualitative investigation of the influences of gender among low-socioeconomic status students’ motivations to study biology by Svetlana Masjutina, Elizabeth Stearns

“…Results Using interview data from LSES students who were participants in an externally funded scholarship program, we found that personal interests, positive learning experiences, and particularly medical career opportunities were highly influential for shaping major-related choices for LSES students, comparable to the motivations seen among biology students from all demographic groups. Yet the ways LSES men and women translated their preferences and motivations into biology majors were divergent, which highlights the unique perspectives and challenges of LSES students along their motivational trajectories. …”
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Establishing Normative Dynamic Postural Control Values in Elite Female Handball Players by Brice Picot, Jeanne Dury, Guillaume Néron, Patrick O McKeon, Nicolas Forestier

“…No meaningful differences were observed between limbs or across player positions since the values did not exceed the MDD and all 95%CIs overlapped. # Conclusion This study provides normative performance values for dynamic postural control as measured by the mSEBT among young, healthy, elite female handball players. …”
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Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the SCHNOS in French by Marie-Renée Atallah, Daniel Milad, Youcef-Hamza Benamer, Mikhail Saltychev, Sam P. Most, Sami P. Moubayed

“…IRT showed good psychometric properties with almost each step up or down across the scale associating with meaningful differences in outcome severity. All four SCHNOS-O items were equally “important” in defining the total score. …”
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Long-Term Salinity-Responsive Transcriptome in Advanced Breeding Lines of Tomato by Monther T. Sadder, Ahmad Abdelrahim Mohamed Ali, Abdullah A. Alsadon, Mahmoud A. Wahb-Allah

“…Therefore, L56 was more effective in conveying the stress message downstream along all available regulatory pathways. The salt-tolerant genotype L56 is genetically robust, as it shows an enhanced expression of a complete network of salt-responsive genes in response to saline conditions. …”
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Physiological and intestinal microbiota responses of sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus to various stress and signatures of intestinal microbiota dysbiosis by Liang Cui, Yumeng Xie, Kai Luo, Mingyang Wang, Longzhen Liu, Longzhen Liu, Changlin Li, Xiangli Tian

“…Results demonstrated that all stress led to reduced growth performance and digestive capacity of sea cucumber, along with varying degrees of oxidative stress and immune responses. …”
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Effect of Zbtb33 gene knockout and bacterial lipopolysaccharide on home cage behavior in mice by N. V. Khotskin, I. E. Sorokin, E. A. Kulikova, A. V.  Kulikov

“…Experiments were performed on adult male mice with Zbtb33 gene knockout (KO) and animals of the C57BL/6 line (wild type, WT). All animals were 11 weeks old, weighed 26 ± 1 g and had SPF (specific pathogen free) status throughout the experiment. …”
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Evaluation of Melongosides as Potential Inhibitors of NS2B-NS3 Activator-Protease of Dengue Virus (Serotype 2) by Using Molecular Docking and Dynamics Simulation Approach by Partha Biswas, Ommay Hany Rumi, Dhrubo Ahmed Khan, Md Nasir Ahmed, Nusratun Nahar, Rownak Jahan, Md Nazmul Hasan Zilani, Tridib K Paul, Anamul Hasan, Tohmina Afroze Bondhon, Khoshnur Jannat, Md Nazmul Hasan, Mohammed Rahmatullah

“…The blind molecular docking studies carried out gave binding energies (ΔG = −kcal/mol) of melongosides B, F, G, H, N, O, and P as 7.7, 8.2, 7.6, 7.8, 8.3, 8.0, and 8.0, respectively. All the melongosides interacted with the NS3 protease part of NS2B-NS3. …”
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Understanding recruitment to a perioperative randomised controlled trial: protocol for a mixed-methods substudy nested within a feasibility trial of octreotide infusion during live... by Duncan Wagstaff, S Ramani Moonesinghe, Jez Fabes, Michael Spiro, Edgar Brodkin, Ee-Neng Loh, Vivienne Hannon

“…First, after consent to the randomised controlled trial is sought, all patients will be invited to complete a questionnaire to explore their perceptions of the information given to them and motivating factors that influenced their decision to consent or not. …”
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Effects of water-table depth on seed quality as β-glucan content in waxy and non-waxy naked barley grains by Satoko Yasumoto, Yohei Kawasaki, Hidetoshi Mochizuki, Yuta Shimizu, Satoshi Kawakita

“…These results suggest that good drainage may be particularly important before from the 20th to the 30th days after anthesis for all cultivars. Furthermore, for some cultivars similar measures until the 50th day after anthesis may also be important. …”
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