Prognostic Value of Creatine Phosphate and Inflammatory Markers for Mitral Valve Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yanhui Zhu, Chengwei Zou, Jun Zhang, Lei Chen, Yanting Jia

“…The postoperative examination results have important prognostic implications. This study was designed to determine the prognostic value of phosphocreatine and inflammatory markers after mitral valve replacement. …”
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Analysis of Foveal and Parafoveal Microvascular Density and Retinal Vessel Caliber Alteration in Inactive Graves’ Ophthalmopathy by Cetin Akpolat, Muhammed M. Kurt, Merve Yılmaz, Fikriye Ordulu, Ferhat Evliyaoglu

“…Patients with inactive Graves’ ophthalmopathy (study group) and healthy individuals (control group) were enrolled in the cross sectionally designed study. The optical coherence tomography angiography parameters and retinal vessel diameter measurements were assessed between the study and control groups. …”
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Root Coverage for Single Deep Gingival Recessions: Outcomes Based on a Decision-Making Algorithm by João B. César Neto, Marília C. Cavalcanti, Ricardo T. Sekiguchi, Claudio M. Pannuti, Giuseppe A. Romito, Dimitris N. Tatakis

“…The step-by-step decision-making algorithm led to a choice among three different flap designs (coronally advanced flap (CAF), double papilla envelope flap (DPE) or modified lateral sliding flap (LSF)) used with a connective tissue graft. …”
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Study the Effect of Exogenous Iodine on the Thyroid Transcription Factors during Pregnancy in Rat Model by Ghina Hamoodi Hussein, Ehab R. Muhssa, Alaa T. Shakir

“…Background: This study was designed to evaluate whether a mother’s iodide supplement would be correlated with embryonic thyroid gland development. …”
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Experimental Study on Fatigue Characteristics and Life Prediction of Rotating Restricted Short Suspender in Suspension Bridge by Lei Zhao, Zhili Yang, Xianneng Tong, Yang Zhang, Ruifeng Nie

“…The rotationally limited working conditions of these short suspenders were skillfully simulated by the specially designed tooling, and the fatigue performance test of the rotating restricted short suspender was carried out. …”
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Treatment strategies for combining immunostimulatory oncolytic virus therapeutics with dendritic cell injections by Joanna R. Wares, Joseph J. Crivelli, Chae-Ok Yun, Il-Kyu Choi, Jana L. Gevertz, Peter S. Kim

“…The efficacy of this process is limited and new OVs are being designed to mediate tumor cell release of cytokines and co-stimulatory molecules, which attract cytotoxic T cells to target tumor cells, thus increasing the tumor-killing effects of OVs. …”
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Community science as a potential tool to monitor animal demography and human-animal interactions by Laëtitia Maréchal, Raul Lobo, Fintan McAdam, Elizabeth Simpson, Josephine Woolston, Mae Stanley, Teresa Romero, Jenny C. Dunn

“…To date, its effectiveness for understanding human-wildlife interactions has not been tested. This is vital for designing effective wildlife management plans. We used a case study of an individually marked population of mute swans Cygnus olor, to test the reliability of community scientist data for quantifying self-reported interactions. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Shear Strength of Directly and Indirectly Loaded Flanged Recycled Self-Compacted Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams by Thamer Hussein Amer Alhussein, Jamal Abdul Samad Khudhair

“…Seventeen RC deep flanged beams were designed to fail in shear. These beams were divided into three groups: twelve indirectly loaded beams without shear reinforcement; three directly loaded beams without stirrups; and two indirectly loaded beams with vertical stirrups. …”
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Evaluating the therapeutic communication skills of nursing students in the clinical setting: The experiences of students, patients and patients’ relatives by Neşe Mercan, Sevinç Mersin

“…Methods: This study was designed using the convergent parallel mixed method and was conducted in Türkiye. …”
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Injectable Self-Assembling Procyanidin Nanospheres for Effective Osteoarthritis Treatment by Li G, He F, Feng J, Xu G, Wu C, Qiao Y, Liu Y, Chen H, Du P, Wang J

“…Current treatment methods primarily rely on analgesics or anti-inflammatory drugs to alleviate symptoms but fail to achieve the desired therapeutic outcome.Methods: To better realize therapeutic effects of OA, procyanidins (PAs), as a type of plant flavonoids with strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, were designed to self-assembly with well-dispersible Pluronic F127 (PF127) through the hydrogen-bond interaction to present an injectable, biocompatibility PA nanospheres.Results: These nanospheres significantly increased the cell viability in mouse L929 fibroblasts and ADTC5 chondrocytes compared with unassembled PAs. …”
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Change Detection and Incremental Updates for Multi-Source Road Networks Considering Topological Consistency by Xiaodong Wang, Dongbao Zhao, Xingze Li, Nan Jia, Li Guo

“…In this paper, we propose a series of methods designed specifically for geometric change detection and the topological consistency updating of multi-source vector road networks without relying on complicated road network matching. …”
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Research on Feature Extracted Method for Flutter Test Based on EMD and CNN by Hua Zheng, Zhenglong Wu, Shiqiang Duan, Jiangtao Zhou

“…Due to the inevitable deviations between the results of theoretical calculations and physical experiments, flutter tests and flutter signal analysis often play significant roles in designing the aeroelasticity of a new aircraft. The measured structural response from aeroelastic models in both wind tunnel tests and real fight flutter tests contain an abundance of structural information, but traditional methods tend to have limited ability to extract features of concern. …”
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The effect of Shirodhara on essential hypertension: Systematic review and meta-analysis by Meenakshi Khapre, Dhanlika Dhanlika, Sriloy Mohanty, Amrita Mehndiratta

“…Relief in clinical symptom score was notable. Larger, well-designed research is needed to prove Shirodhara’s effectiveness in hypertension management and optimize therapy methods.…”
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A Metaheuristic Approach to Detecting and Mitigating DDoS Attacks in Blockchain-Integrated Deep Learning Models for IoT Applications by Manal Alkhammash

“…Therefore, this study develops a Metaheuristic Approach to Detecting and Mitigating Attacks in the Blockchain-Integrated Deep Learning (MHADMA-BCIDL) model. The designed MHADMA-BCIDL approach’s main goal is to classify and detect DDoS attacks and accomplish security in the IoT Application. …”
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Navigating large-volume subcutaneous injections of biopharmaceuticals: a systematic review of clinical pipelines and approved products by Philip Green, Andreas Schneider, Jakob Lange

“…Accordingly, this study systematically reviewed clinical-stage and approved intravenous (IV) and SC biopharmaceuticals, identifying 182 LVSCs – predominantly monoclonal or bispecific antibodies – which correspond to approximately 15% of all IV and SC biopharmaceuticals. These LVSCs are designed to target cancer and a range of non-cancer chronic disease states, including autoimmune, neurological, and cardiovascular diseases. …”
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DEVELOPMENT AND ADAPTATION OF VORTEX REALIZABLE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR BENCHMARK TEST WITH LARGE SCALE MODEL OF NUCLEAR REACTOR by S. M. Dmitriev, A. E. Khrobostov, A. A. Barinov, V. G. Glavny

“…A joint analysis of the obtained results made it possible to identify the main regularities of the process under study, and to demonstrate the capabilities of the designed measuring system to receive the experimental data of the «CFD-quality» required for verification.The carried out adaptation of spatial sensors allows to conduct a more extensive program of experimental tests, on the basis of which a databank and necessary generalizations will be created. …”
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Trends and Associations of Chilblains Prevalence with Connective Tissue Diseases, Including COVID-19 Incidence by Argobi Y

“…However, their co-occurrence with autoimmune illnesses and viral infections, particularly COVID-19, has received increased attention. This study was designed to examine chilblains’ documented prevalence and association with autoimmune diseases and COVID-19.Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out at Mass General Brigham (MGB), an extensive integrated healthcare system situated in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. …”
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Hysteretic Behavior of H-Shaped Honeycombed Steel Web Composite Columns with Rectangular Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Flanges by Jing Ji, Yubo Lin, Liangqin Jiang, Wen Li, Hongguo Ren, Ruili Wang, Zihao Wang, MaoMao Yang, Chenyu Yu

“…Taking the shear span ratio (λs), axial compression ratio (n), steel ratio of section (α), aspect ratio of section (D/B), yield strength of steel tube (fyfk), and compressive strength of concrete (fck) as the main parameters, we designed 22 full-scale STHCCs. By comparing the load-displacement curves between test and simulation, the rationality of finite element modeling method was verified. …”
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Age and Sex‐Related Differences in Neuroprotective Effects of Cardiovascular Endurance on Cortical Thickness and Brain Volume in Adults Across Age by Junyeon Won, Marissa Gogniat, J. Carson Smith

“…Finally, interactions between age, sex, and CE were examined to test sex differences. p < 0.05, two‐sided test, was designed as statistically significant. Results With greater CE, the associations between greater age and lower total and regional GM and WM volumes and MCT were attenuated in whole sample. …”
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Blended Educational Technologies in Higher Education: Systematic Review of Domestic Publications by N. V. Bordovskaya, E. A. Koshkina, M. A. Tikhomirova, L. A. Melkaya

“…However, the structural organization of blended educational technologies models remains the most debatable issue among researches.The authors have identified and described the main directions in the development of the theory and practical application of blended educational technologies, namely: the formation of the structure and boundaries of the conceptual and terminological field; elaboration of the methodological basis of blended education development and definition of theoretical basis for changing traditional learning systems by designing a learning process based on the mechanisms of pedagogical and digital technologies integration.It has been established that the empirical studies with the elements of experimental work focused on defining the most effective combinations of traditional and digital educational technologies dominate in the national scientific community. …”
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